Charpentier - Te Deum

Played following Mass at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Savannah, GA.
The video is being shot from the choir loft at the rear of the church.
The organ is Opus 108 from the Noack Organ Company and is being played by Mrs. Patricia Schreck. It was installed in 1987 and restored in 2000 and 2004.

The stop list:
GREAT:
Bourdon 16'
Diapason 8'
Second Diapason 8'
Chimney Flute 8'
Octave 4'
Night Horn 2'
Mixture IV-VI
Trumpet 8'
POSITIVE:
Stopt Flute 8'
Principal 4'
Harmonic Flute 4'
Twelfth 2 2/3'
Fifteenth 2'
Seventeenth 1 3/5'
Sharp IV
Krummhorn 8'
SWELL:
Gedackt 8'
Viola 8'
Celeste 8'
Principal 4'
Recorder 4'
Octave 2'
Sesquialtera II
Mixture IV
Bassoon 16'
Oboe 8'
PEDAL:
Principal 16'
Stopt Bass 16'
Open Bass 8'
Gedackt 8'
Octave 4'
Trombone 16'
Trumpet 8'

Category:

Music

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[punchthedog]

It sounds like she has been drinking hard for months.

[edjib]

Great insight. And, you're right. She drinks very heavily: lots and lots of water.

[MattoVaclav]

What's up with the swing?!

[edjib]

The swing?

[MrJason110]

Just because you have never heard it performed with full organ doesn't mean its wrong or can't be done...Go grandma!

[accordion25]

Bravo this video rocks, this lady is right up there with the big guns. I would like to shake her hand and kiss her on the forehead.

Excellent job!

[stwbill]

It's obvious this is a Postlude of a joyous service. Let's not be critical of an interpretation. Go Grandma! How many of us will be able to play at this point in our lives? Notice this is a tracker instrument. Go Mrs. Schreck!

[K0BLR]

She is nothing short of Amazing! I agree with accordion25 I would like to shake her hand to!

[salmontie]

I think it sounds great!

[ViolinoPrincipale]

Wow!!! Excellent!!!

[iromaromka]

Glorious!

[emeryja23]

wow, i did not expect to see that lady at the console!!! AMAZING!!!! loved it.



[rybaluc]

@punchthedog Well. It could be sound signal processing in recording device. Its too short band and compressed. All details in higher harmonics are missing->probably due agressive codec setting in device.

Even the analog cassette recorder with ordinary hifi microphone will have reasonable quality and not crippled like this.

Organ music requires best hifi recording know how in sound engineer side.

I'll better never criple music if i haven't chance for listenable recording quality.

[frenchiecocorico1]

@NickFr66 Unfortunately your opinion is perfectly right and well described. But this kind of judgement dislike to the right thinking majority even if it is the truth. I may insure you that in anyway this highlight of french baroque music doesn't look like to this horrible din. I repeat rather than all the respect due to this venerable old lady, this performance doesn't glorify neither this organist, nor M.A Charpentier

[frenchiecocorico1]

@jk8429 No your opinion isn't stupid because it is different of mine but because you pretend to tell the true Marc Antoine Charpentier opinion. This is false and nobody can assert something instead of anyone else. You don't know M.A Charpentier thinking and me not.

Here is my opinion. Despite of the valuable effort of this granny organist, this rendition is horrible because it is far to respect the original interpretative qualities of this piece. This don't glorify nor this organist or MAC.

[jk8429]

@frenchiecocorico1 Just because my opinion is different than yours, does not make it "stupid". You think differently than I do, but that doesn't mean your opinion is stupid. I leave tomorrow to visit France and learn of the culture, music, and tradition... I'm am very much looking forward to seeing your beautiful country!