Olivier Latry Bonnet Variations de Concert St. Patrick's DC

[dastokes1]

Great imagery! Nice tempo as well!

[MegaDani141]

Widor never smiles ;)

[cnmmnc8852]

The best part, by far, is seeing Widor and Dupre and their "Father and Son" demeanor on camera. The Bonnet piece is not what I would call difficult, the challenge is to play with sensitivity and expression at every phrase The tendency is for organists to use the simpler pieces as a 'show-off' and ignore the music. If Horowitz can find the heart and 'soul' in a Bach chorale prelude he's showing the mark of a true artist. He knew he could play it 90 mph, but instead decided to explore its soul.

[36aramis]

Aïe, le son!

[Organistcomposer21]

I just turned 15 and I'm half-way through learning this. The pedal work is hard in some spots, but if you practice slowly you can get through this with barely any problems.

[wernissage]

The Scene with Widor and Dupré is it from

"Les mains de Paris"?

[a55b47]

I honestly can't remember. I think I pulled it from an old edition of the home movies of Ernest Skinner, believe it or not.

[antigonilove]

I'm 16 years old and I play this organ piece in my electric organ exactly as it is..it's not difficult..I hope one day I could play to a church this piece of organ..I

[praisethelord333]

do you have a video of your playing?

[MrJonnykitkat]

Maybe you're a far better player than I am, but I'd say it was a difficult piece, especially the 4th variation which has some difficult pedal work. Perhaps you could upload a video of yourself playing it?

[edolch]

I'm 16 and play this as well. It's not really that difficult. And MrJonnykitkat, the pedal work in the 4th variation is actually the easiest part of it in my opinion.

[a55b47]

Thanks for the heads-up. A Cavaillé-Coll in Spain !! Not surprising, when you think about it: C-C was from Toulouse, & his first instruments are all over southern France in the Midi-Pyrenees.

[Organistcomposer21]

Wow. What a privilege to have such a organ teacher!

-Thomas.

[Organistcomposer21]

What a great video!

Great music played by a great organist.

lol. Widor always looks so thoughtful.

[brestull]

Lively-Fulcher has VERY raucous 32s...hehe.

[jdcrash7]

The Lively-Fulcher organ is gorgeous and they don't advertise.

[a55b47]

Auxerre, sur le Nivernais, n'est-ce pas? J'ai visite il y a 5 ans. C'est un beau (une belle?) ville. Pardon mon français, s.v.p.

[roethinger]

Mon professeur d'Orgue,Michel Jollivet(1945-2008) jouait magnifiquement ces variations de concert! Il les a même enregistré sur l'orgue de la cathédrale d'Auxerre,dont il fut titulaire de 1986 à 1995! Je dis ça pour la mémoire...elle est hélas si fugitive de nos jours!!!

[octave4]

The camera work is pretty good, slow pans and zooms. Each sefment is nicely separated and gives the viewer a good feeling of the image intended. Well done.

[jmeister321684]

And guess who's playing, if you know the organ world? (and if you see this video of this organist as the very first one) Here's a hint for you: if you know him, just his note drive should get you close to his name.

[jmeister321684]

INCREDIBLE seeing both Widor and Dupré together!!! Widor as stoic as it's been said (although Michael Murray said in his CD notes "beneath his sometimes icy exterior he revealed a warmful interior" (relating Louis Vierne's memoires) and Dupré next to his Master looking like joyful kid! Thanks a million for this! JW

[27bibi27]

quelle émotion effectivement...

j'en suis toute émue

Dupré me manque beaucoup