Litanies by Jehan Alain

Litanies by Jehan Alain
POE Advance-Lincoln, NE July 11, 2008

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[solarus6391]

hey, GREAT video of the Litanies by Jehan Alain. You play very well for your age. As a fellow young organist, I want to tell you some suggestions for playing "Litanies". First, I think if you played it at a faster tempo, it would've been even better. The reasoning for this is that when Jehan Alain wrote the Litanies, he was on a train, and he based the music by the rhythm of the train.

[pianorgano]

I aggreed with you that this piece could be played faster as written but Dr. Chris Young from Indianna who was my assigned teacher at POEA wanted me to play with more pharsing than the speed specially to be clear on the left hand when you do fast and difficult chords not to be muddy.

[trompettechamade1]

@pianorgano I have many excelent recordins of this (including one by Maurice Durufle!), and your performance of this piece is very good indeed! BTY, if you wish to contact Jeremy Filsell about playing, contact the music department at the Washington National Cathedal, where he is currently an artist in residence. The organist there is Scott Dettra. Good luck to you. Keep playing and posting!

[bobnrainy]

In a large acoustic space, this speed would be perfect. It has been slaughtered for years as some demonstration of prowess, at the expense of phrasing. A good organist will know when reverberation smears musicality at the expense of speed. Keep up the good work.

[tjugofyra]

Why didn't you play it faster?

[ProfMoose]

Wish I could have played like you when I was 15. Actually I wish I could play like you now!

I think 1401JSC may have a hot chilli up his bottom.

[1401JSC]

Of course, I didn't get to play this until I was 19. But by then I knew how to

- clearly repeat notes

- register the piece after the indications of the composer

- differentiate staccato, accent and slurred notes

- make each quarter note the equivalant of two eight-notes!

A research into plainchant is also required if this is not simply to become a rhtmic or technical exercice. Have you even translated "When the Christian soul finds no new words to express...."

Intimo = ?

[Bachlives2]

OMFG it's you!

[rosaspon2007]

Por como tocas este organo, juro que muy bien, estarias muy a gusto en la basilica del santisimo sacramento.Alli tienen un Mutin Covaille Coll de 72 registros, maginifico instrumento...

[latribe]

Well done!!!

I heard Jeremy Filsell play this last weekend - he is superb - but so are you - congratulations. In England Jeremy has a devoted following of students. You might visit the National Shrine in Washington and see if you could play to him. His transcription of The Sorcerer's Apprentice is an inspirational work to aim for and a really good piece with which to evangelise the instrument.

Best wishes!

PS If you come to England, please play in Sussex!

[pianorgano]

lol