Charles-Marie Widor - 'Allegro Vivace' Symphonie n°5

Ignace Michiels plays Ch.-M. Widor (1844-1937), Allegro Vivace from organ symphony n°5 op. 42. Played on the 1937 Klais organ at Bruges cathedral, November 2nd 2007.

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Music

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• organ
• prelude
• allegro
• vivace
• toccata
• widor
• cathedral
• bruges
• ignace
• michiels
• klais

[julorg]

Les anches ne sonnent pas françaises dans le sens Cavaillé-Coll.... mais faut-il toujours en revenir à CC ? je n'en suis pas sur.

C'est très bien !

[ufni3p]

Yes,it was, off course you need the full organ but when that's all you've got there's nothing you can do:(

[Inspirandus]

Played with so much ease. Great interpretation! Such a pleasure to listen to.

[5610winston]

There seems to be a lot of mechanical noise from the instrument. Not a complaint, just an observation.

This is an absolutely thrilling performance!

[brutusbassoon]

@polgarfan thanks very much for that answer. very interesting.

[jkenefick]

Wow. People know this symphony only for the tocatta, but in my opinion this is THE movement of the symphony!

[polgarfan]

@brutusbassoon I'm not sure if anyone has answered you since it's been @ a year, but I would say that a lot of factors play in the need for assistants on the organ. During Bach's time, this was quite common, but with time came developments of pistons that are designed to allow an organist to change stops with the push of 1 button. More recent is the addition of toe stubs, (i.e pistons for your feet). Even with that, there's still a need for assistants IMO.

[Qaatloz]

As you see the organist is in full use of his fingers and hands. Most of the time in concerts and so, 1 or 2 persons are changing stops and swiching pages.

[diekunstderfuge1749]

Magnifique !

[brutusbassoon]

I'm a bassoonist not an organist so I wondered if it was common practice to have someone change the stops for you,

[FeikeAsmaFan]

C'est fantastique!