Henry Mulet,"Tu es Petra"

[SparkyPipes3]

Henry Mulet,"Tu es Petra" Which means . . . Thou Art The Rock . . . This organist is fantastic and does this piece with such ease and clarity. This piece is one that I am working on and it is one that is missed by many organists. Thou Art The Rock . . . The Christ . . . The Son of The Living God!!! Halleujah!! This piece has The Power of The Almighty within it. Many feel that it is demonic, angry but it signifies the Significance of Jesus Christ and His Death on The Cross and Resurrection!!

[bucks74pker]

beautifull!!!!

[powerkites16]

nice acoustics! very fun piece that I like to pull off the shelf every once in a while and play...

[decimaquinta69]

Eccellente

[TrompenCh167]

Is this a Cavaille-Coll organ? I think it is because the tutti has got that blazing firepower to it!

[cblundetto]

When I hear this I get this feeling of Hate.

[NecronHasan]

why?

[octavebasse8]

When I watch this, I get a feeling of envy, because I wish I were this good.

[HomesteadAcres]

its funny how music can do that isnt it ,for some this song could mean fear,hate,energy and courage

[2468HOTROD]

What a beautiful piece of music and awesome playing. Sounds perfect to me! Thank you for this video.

[jory1963]

I still like his interpretation! It's got some shape to it. I don't like French toccatas played at break-neck speed all the notes but with no phrasing. Apart from meaning "fast" or "lively", "Allegro" is only a relative descriptor. Widor's famous toccata is marked "Allegro" but is still open to a great deal of interpretation with regard to speed.

[vinniecaruso]

does anyone have the score of this piece? i cant find it anywhere

[smileychaiguy]

Try calling Patelson's music in NYC, you should be able to find it online. You can also try cliffhillmusic

they tend to have everything, but in fact i have just decided to boycott using cliff hill. they take FOREVER to mail you items that they even have in stock. i emailed them asking where music was that i had ordered months ago and they didnt even respond. But they would have it if you want to risk spending your money and never receiving your music. Try Patelson's first.

[jory1963]

This is the organ of Sint-Anna Church, Genth, Belgium, as stated in the notes and the organist's tempo is fine! There is nothing wrong with him or the speed of the pedal pipes.

[PONTYPRENNAU]

Thanks for the information about the organ. I have to disagree about the tempo. On my score it's marked Allegro. I agree with you that there is nothing wrong with him or the speed of the pedal pipes, it's just that if you are going to play a piece written in this style, you really need to keep up the tempo you started at. I don't think the atmosphere of the piece is helped by rubato or too many musical commas.

[PONTYPRENNAU]

It's a shame the pedal pipes don't sound quick enough for him to keep up the tempo he started at. Where is this organ? It looks like an 2nd console to me.

[smileychaiguy]

I must say that the pipes are sounding fine, but you're right that the tempo is WAY too slow, it sounds like he needed to practice the piece a little more before performing it. Another more likely reason is that the acoustic of this church huge, there is a lot of reverberation in this church and playing the piece any faster could have resulted in a very muddy and sloppy performance. Only the organist knows for sure.

[FF7CloudStrifeAC]

I just heard this performed at an organ concert tonight. It was my favorite piece. The whole idea behind it is that, initially, you hear the Devil sneaking around, breeding evil out of his malice. By the middle, as it picks up, you hear the clash between Satan and Jesus with elements both joyous and dark. By the end, as the organist put it tonight in his own description, "the end in a major key sort of represents Jesus saying "Get thee hence!"" Thank you so much for posting this.

[Hautbois8]

Very nice!!