'Final' from Louis Vierne's Symphony #1 for Organ

[steelersfanhawaii]

well, regarding the people and commotion around the console, all I can say is "welcome to the REAL WORLD of organ postlude playing"

[goodchappy]

I guess that was pretty good, I would have been so put off just by the people standing there.

[brb21592]

what a fantastic organ! deploy that contra bombarde earlier its fantastic!

[steelersfanhawaii]

@brb21592 I did deploy it earlier in retake of it

[gypsytutu]

Great playing Ken! Keep up the good work--now where are those other songs you promised to post?

[FromHolbergsTime]

A great and thrilling performance with a palpable sense of aliveness and spontaneity often missing from most programs. A Herculean task well accomplished, all in favor of this sublime music.

[3NUNS]

A Viernaly to the Masquerade of the Mass !

[leedshunk]

i can't believe you had to turn your own pages !!!!!!

[3NUNS]

@leedshunk : Simple answer is do not believe that he does turn the pages !

[ctagle23]

Nice playing!  Hope to hear you again play the great organs in the Philippines. We will have the pipe organ in Espiritu Santo completed by early next year.

[RobtheKappelmeister]

Was that played with all 106 ranks pulled? Good playing!

[germromeo]

What a wonderful organ. Man, when I go back home to the Philippines I must see all these organs in the PI. Great playing!!! Are you the primary organist for the Cathedral?

[germromeo]

btw

Love the Contre Bombarde at the end, but I agree with skyler6290 I wish you used it sooner.

[steelersfanhawaii]

@germromeo I must confess that this organ is loaded with mixtures and upperwork. The swell, great, and positive each have two and there is one on the pedal and the choir. The main great mixture is 5-8 ranks (8 ranks come in somewhere in the middle of the tenor octave). The swell and positive divisions each have a sesquialtera II. Almost half of the rank count is in the mixture stops alone. Remove the mixtures and this organ is somewhere in the 50-something number of ranks.

[skyler6290]

Bravo - - such ease and grace despite a few wrong notes, lots of noise from those nearby, pages of music falling down into the manuals ..... and still a splendid performance. I would have thrown the great 32 ' stop on sooner instead just at the very last, but a superb performance under none-too-perfect circumstances.

[steelersfanhawaii]

Next time i play this peace at MLA Cathedral, I will take you up on that, i.e. the 32' Contre-Bombarde earlier. How about bringing it on when the theme comes back in the recapitulation part?

[qivory]

He's looks totally relaxed and all the stuff happening around doesn't seem to bother him. Yet he pulls of a great performance.

[steelersfanhawaii]

The 'stuff going on around' is par for the course...it actually was the postlude on an Easter Sunday morning mass. Lots of people getting up, walking around, browsing.... no biggeee

[mordoquiojunelle]

@steelersfanhawaii ,i love the videos!!!!!hope to see you again,real soon!

[stanmugs]

The last time I heard this in person was at the Episcopal cathedral in New Orleans. Your rendition is very good, also, though I'd have done it not quite so fast.

[joeyboi87]

I find it rather amasing that he is able to change pagfe between playing in this piece, I would have thought that would be impossible

[rotunda57]

Good save at 4:17!

[RobCharles1981]

Wow Just Amazing! When ever I hear that being played on a massive organ it sends gosepimples down my spine!