Sortie, Denis Bedard www.thejoyofmusic.org

Organist Diane Bish plays this incredibly brilliant piece on the organ of Gloucester Cathedral in Gloucester, England.

(You may notice in certain parts the video and audio don't quite sync up. The original audio that came with this DVD was of low quality, so I tried to add in the sound from a separate recording device set further back in the church at the time of this taping... and it sort of worked)

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[TheMysticalOrgan]

@SuperVideodave - I saw it. It was dreadful. Actually, I still haven't seen a really satisfying performance of Litanies from anyone on YouTube. However, I CANNOT STAND Bish - her voice is annoying, her dress sense extremely vulgar and she has to play simplified versions of things like the Widor Toccata - my own mother could play her off the map FFS.

ER aka TMO.

[SuperVideodave]

@EccentricRichard - there was a video on Youtube where she played Alain's Litanies - a shame you didn't had a chance to see it. If you would, you wouldn't be yapping like an imbecile.

[GeigenDiapason4]

@SuperVideodave To some, it's unique- and to others, it sounds like a huge mess- particularly with double pedal. If you were to have the Bourdon 16' and Cornet Separe on and play low C on the pedalboard, you would literally hear the 'open chord' of the dominant 7th of F major- in order being CCCC, GGG, EE and BBb.

[SuperVideodave]

@ds1868 Wow, that Cornet Separe should sound totally alien played by itself???

[jccountertenor]

EccentricRichard clearly has an axe to grind. Such hostility over the mistaken identity of an organ builder! I don't think Ms. Bish is trying to create a false impression of her playing. Perhaps that would be possible were she only commenting on her ability; but she actually is playing, isn't she? For being so allegedly stupid (and a mere woman at that), Ms. Bish has increased public awareness of the organ and its repertoire in a way no other organist has.

[EccentricRichard]

Hill had nothing to do with it - it was a Father Willis, then totally rebuilt by Hill, Norman & Beard in 1971, 100 years after William Hill died and about 55 years after the last Hill, Dr Arthur George Hill, retired and sold his business to Norman & Beard! Stupid woman... she can't play half as well as she'd have you believe anyway! Totally overrated.

[Gregorzednik]

The Sortie is the last movement from 'Suite liturgique' (CH.27) and RSCM Music Direct stock it.

[ds1868]

This organ now has 60 stops, with the addition in July 2010 of a Trompette Harmonique. This has domed French shallots, playable from the Choir division and available via transfer to the Great.

[AeolianSkinner1983]

You can get this music at RSCM Music Direct. I hope this helps.

[Jonesinhop]

@AeolianSkinner1983 Where did you get the music for this?