If you like this video please rate it! Les Cloches de Hinckley (The Bells of Hinckley) by Louis Vierne (1870-1937), written in 1927, the finale from the final Suite #4 of Pieces of Fantasy, which V...
If you like this video please rate it! Les Cloches de Hinckley (The Bells of Hinckley) by Louis Vierne (1870-1937), written in 1927, the finale from the final Suite #4 of Pieces of Fantasy, which Vierne wrote for his successful American tour. This piece is scenic and mystical, reminding me of church bell sounds ringing out over the European landscape, awakening God's presence among the people as they go about their day. Performed in about 1987 by Olivier Latry, organist at Notre Dame, where Vierne himself was organist from 1900 until his death at the organ bench while practicing for a concert in 1937. According to a poster on the Magle organ music forum, it was not St. Peter's but St. Mary's church in Hinckley whose bells inspired this piece, while Vierne was on concert tour there. St. Peter's was the only church in Hinckley I could find on the web when I made this video. Later however I found this website: http://www.stmarysparishchurchhinckle... and at the bottom is the story about Vierne. Interestingly, there was also an organist there who died on the organ bench (Good Friday 1932) . Please visit my Vierne website at http://www.sfo.com/~eameece/vierne.htm See my list of organ favorites with links http://www.sfo.com/~eameece/ericorgan... The Magle forum is at http://www.magle.dk/music-forums/pipe...
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It is good to find this on the web, but the pictures of the old St Peter's RC Church (replaced twice since) are not related to this piece. The inspiration came from a night disturbed by the bells of St Mary's (Anglican) Parish Church, very close to the hotel in which Vierne was staying: clearing heard in the musical references to the English change ringing. This piece was part of the opening recital for the St Mary's organ a few years ago by Thomas Trotter.
Yes, St Mary's in Hinckley. Vierne stayed in the George (now closed). Elsewhere on Youtube, Nigel Allcoat has posted the same information: St Peter's RC Church has never had a peal of bells - they are almost uniquely an Anglican thing. Regards. Bob (Associate Vicar at St Catherine's, Burbage).
...but good to see that the understated nature of the majority of the piece turns to blistering power towards the end. Perhaps the feeling of this piece is directly related to the passion in and of Vierne's faith - 'awakening God's presence among the people' - as you say.
There's something inexplicably intoxicating about repeated melodies, rhythms, phrases. Thanks for posting - I really like this. It's understated, perhaps like the church from whence the inspiration for the piece was wrought!
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Thank you for uploading.
I went to the Primary School attached in the 1970s and I've never heard of any connection with Louis Vierne.
Thanks for posting - I really like this. It's understated, perhaps like the church from whence the inspiration for the piece was wrought!