Albi Cathedral Organ recital

[Herve747]

Je n'ai jamais entendu un aussi grande clarté et une si grande majestée dans des jeux d'anches mis à part ceux ci superbe pièce .

[bobnrainy]

The restorer did a top-notch job here!

[wheelsntraks]

What a wonderful piece you've given us. I love listening to this. I wish I could purchase a copy to keep!

[tamiasthechipmunk]

Awesome! What powerful and fiery reeds this organ definitely has. The more I hear french organs the more I like them.

[GogglePlex101]

I'm by no means an organ expert, but that really sounded wonderful - I really like the low bass notes on the pedals such as at 0:26 - they really add character to the piece.

[arkaisk2]

Wonderful!

[MrCwboot]

This organ sounds fantastic. French organs have a sound all of their own and Francois

Couperin's piece from Concerts Royeaux suits it so well

[MrCwboot]

French organs are the best and this piece from francois couperin's concert royeaux

[serassi614]

L'orgue est exceptionnel.

Vous avez joué cette musique en façon élogiable.*****

Corrado

[roethinger]

Vous savez,l'orgue n'est pas né dans les églises(pour l'anecdote,à Lyon il y fut banni jusqu'en 1850!!! les curés étaient méfiants envers cet instrument!!!)... L'orgue est ,ET reste, un instrument comme les autres! Il serait bon de le dé-mystifier! La musique se suffit à elle même! fort heureusement!!! (parole d'organiste! )

Martin.

[florin11bv]

@roethinger

Cher Martin, ne soyez pas trop critique envers moi. Dans mon pays la tres grande majorite des chretiens sont des orthodoxes, ils ne connaissent pas l'orgue. Moi j'ai eu la chance d'etre ne dans la ville qui abrite le grand orgue Buchholz 4 claviers de 1839. Je lui dois le debut de ma relation avec Dieu, sinon plus.

Je ne veux rien mystifier, pourtant je sens que cet instrument est a jamais lie a la veneration du Seigneur.

Florin.

[roethinger]

Cher Florin,loin de moi l'idée de vous peiner ou d'être trop critique envers vous. c'est donc votre ressenti de la musique d'orgue,j'en prend acte et le respecte.

après tout chacun ressent la musique comme il le souhaite... ;-)

Martin.

[florin11bv]

@roethinger

Un grand merci, Martin.

F.

[Greathunter39]

@roethinger

Pas sûr ! Dé-mystifier le Grand Grand voudrait lui faire perdre de l'importance...

En faire un instrument banal signifierait laissé les Orgues en perdition puisque c'est un instrument qui coûte extrêmement cher, et les paroisses économisent trèèèèès longtemps pour pouvoir s'en acheter un.

Donc, comme l'Orgue est actuellement considéré comme la "voix de Dieu" ou

[Greathunter39]

@Greathunter39

encore "le seul instrument capable de lui parler, de monter les âmes jusqu'à lui ou de le représenter", cela voudrait dire que plus beaucoup de gens s'efforcerait d'acheter un orgue...

Résultat : Facteurs, sur la paille ; Organiste, sur la paille aussi, et Église, orchestre pour les offices !

Évidemment, nous, les organistes, restons, et notre passion pour notre instrument fera que nous les ferons encore briller.

[Greathunter39]

@Greathunter39

Mais quand il n'y aura plus d'orgue en état, que personne n'aura restaurer, ni même accorder, et bien soit on ne joue plus, soit on joue sur des instrument domestique... Et franchement, c'est pas le top niveau acoustique ! Il y en aura aussi dans les salles de concert, bien sûr, mais il n'y aura pas tant de titulaire alors !

[Greathunter39]

Nan, je pense que c'est mieux ainsi, l'orgue à sa place dans l'église, il lui doit beaucoup dans sa notoriété, même si il est vrai que la musique se suffit amplement (je suis organiste de concert et liturgique, donc je sais de quoi je parle ! :D)

Musicalement,

Luca Gagliardi.

[florin11bv]

Je sens que c'est le Seigneur qui nous chante, pas un orgue joue avec tant de maitrise.

This is not an organ played by expert hands and feets, but THE VOICE OF LORD.

[latribe]

@florin11bv Yes - I agree - the organ is truly a divine instrument and leads to the inner emotion of the soul

[blogson]

I've tried posting a link to a site with a detailed history of the Albi organ, but that doesn't work. Search: "The Jean-Baptiste Puget Organ of Albi Metropolitan Cathedral." The writer has a very negative comment at the end about a 1986 rebuild. In the light of latribe's try at playing Boellman and organist Mary Pratt-Molinier's refusal, one has to wonder whether there is a connection between her Baroque purism and the historian's negative comment. . . Any ideas?

[latribe]

Hi! My "attempt" at Boellman 4th movement was for fun, on an instrument which is intimidating (SO PLEASE COME AND PLAY IT BETTER! - that's the idea!) and most of all without a page turner!

What was relevant, however, in relation to Albi is the first movement of the Suite Gothique is inspired by the Baroque and the effect of that movement on this instrument in that acoustic would be astounding!

[blogson]

Hi back!

I'm not an organist and I haven't been to the cathedral but I certainly agree with your point. Also, I am still curious about the 1986 rebuild of the organ, and whether how it was carried out was dictated by organist Mary Pratt-Molinier. It seems from the historian's comment that its characteristics were changed quite a lot in the rebuild. Of course, whether that was good or bad would be a matter of opinion.

[orgaman]

J'adore!

c'est la "forlane" du 4° concert extrait des "concerts royaux" de François Couperin.

[latribe]

Aah! Thanks for telling us what this mystery "Encore" piece was!

The organist D'Arcy Trinkwon explains the character of the French trumpets as being "Fit for the Arrival of the King". How appropriate for "concerts royaux"!

[99rhetbaboons]

I need to program this into my alarm clock.

[latribe]

:-) There's another one on Doctor's Orders - "Don't you just LOVE it", he says, "Worth getting up for in the morning". If you enter "Dr Pitches plays the pedals" in the YouTube search box you should get it . . .

[killercoax]

lol big organ

[baxxxterloud]

So beautiful and mighty! :)

[Jman10051988]

Does anyone know the name of this Piece?

[Deronfun]

some should play mario/zelda on this

[latribe]

Some hope! I got special permission to go and see the console and play it. Mary Pratt-Molinier, appointed organist in 1968, was at the console. She saw that I had Boellman in my hand and refused to let me near the instrument! "C'est interdit! Ce n'est pas Baroque!" No joking! The first movement of the Suite Gothique would have been very splended on this instrument. I hope there might be another occasion . . . To go all that way, to get to the console and then be denied was very annoying!

[FromTheGang]

That is one epic sounding organ.

[efr9ir0imf04ij34]

its phenomenal

[latribe]

This was an encore played after some Charpentier by Christian Mouyen of the Cathedral of Périgueux. As it was an encore it wasn't on the programme and I need to listen to the full recording to note the item. Unfortunately for video the lights were turned off except for applause when the organist appeared on the balcony and for this encore!

[efr9ir0imf04ij34]

what pice is this? Does anyone know!!