Johannes Geffert playing the Fantaisie in E Flat by Saint-Saens, it was composed in 1857 and used at the inauguration of the organ in St Merri, Paris. This recording comes from an old Mitra LP fro...
Johannes Geffert playing the Fantaisie in E Flat by Saint-Saens, it was composed in 1857 and used at the inauguration of the organ in St Merri, Paris. This recording comes from an old Mitra LP from the early 1980's and was originally recorded in digital, so perhaps they can one day re-issue it. My recording comes from a cassette recording of the LP (as my LP is in storage with my record player) so there are a few glitches here and there! It is one of the best recordings of St Ouen I know, so often recordings from St Ouen can sound cold, but the sound is warm and beautifully played.
Johannes Geffert (b1951) is professor for organ and improvisation at the State Conservatory for Music in Cologne, trained under Dr. Michael Schneider from 1969 until 1972 and continued studies with Nicolas Kynaston in the UK. He has been organist in Aachen, conductor of the Aachen Bach Society, director of church music in Kreuzkirche, Bonn and titulaire of Bonn's concert hall the Beethovenhalle.
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-121) was an extraordinary talent, from the age of 10 played in the Salle Pleyel, and as an encore offered to play anyone of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas from memory! He studied organ and composition at the Conservatoire de Paris and became good friends with Franz Liszt. He published his first symphony at just 16. He played the organ at St Merri and then at La Madeleine where his weekly improvisations stunned the public, causing Liszt to exclaim he was the greatest organist in the world. He taught only briefly at the Ecole Neidermeyer for 4 years, his pupils include Gabriel Fauré and André Messanger. He spent his latter years travelling and was granted a state funeral at La Madeleine.
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i had the spectacular good fortune to hear johannes play at the college of wooster on 22 september 1978. he played the most delicious vierne i've heard ~
a group of us organ students went out on the town with him after his performance; he was warm and kind with a screaming sense of humor and oh so humble ~
i went to the registrar's office the next morning and changed my major from english to organ performance ~
I dont exactly enjoy the first part of this piece..its towards the end where i find it realy exciting!!!!!!! The last part with all those grand chords is for me the best part of the piece and i love it!!!!!!!
Interesting! I'm exactly the opposite, I love the first part, I like the forte section, but I LOVE the first part. Saint-Saens was such a genius, the piece encompasses two different tastes! So cool!
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a group of us organ students went out on the town with him after his performance; he was warm and kind with a screaming sense of humor and oh so humble ~
i went to the registrar's office the next morning and changed my major from english to organ performance ~
Thanks for posting.
There are many recordings from St Ouen but not so many movies!
Saint-Saens was such a genius, the piece encompasses two different tastes! So cool!