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C.M. Widor - Toccata (from Symphony No. 5)

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Uploaded by on Mar 25, 2008

Kiyo Watanabe performs "Toccata" from Symphony No. 5 by Charles-Marie Widor on 79-rank Garland Pipe Organ (2003) at First United Methodist Church, Wichita Falls, Texas, Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008.

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  • Absolutely fantasic playing Kiyo. Were you using all the stops at the end of the piece, i looked at the specs and it shows many bombardes, trumpets and a 64' pedal reed

    Regards

    Organist12345

  • I actually pulled only around 3/4 of the entire stops even at the end. I did not use the 64' pedal reed, which plays only down to A below the tenor C. The 64' works great if the music is in A, B-flat, or B.

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  • What is doing the audience while the organist give a perfect play of a not easy piece? Giggling, chating and more unrespectfull things. What a shame.

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  • Incredible!

    the player was asked to perform on the wrong moment in ALL aspects!!

    His virtuoisity is beyond question, thats all

  • @LifeforArt I agree! I'm a member of this church, and I hardly ever attend (b/c I have no means of transport), but I agree. Kiyo's a miracle, as is the Garland organ, and both should be respected and appreciated more than they are!

  • He's a very good technician. With the incorporation of a bit of passion and fire, especially in a piece like the Widor toccata, he could be an amazing musician....

    That audience was just plain rude -- don't they teach manners in Texas???

  • At least some of the congregation appreciated it by clapping at the end. I'm afraid the organist's lot is often always recognized though...

    Nice performance here - maybe a bit fast, but comes off in the building and acoustic.

  • @LifeforArt yes, methodists tend to chatter like baptists, & just can't keep their mouths shut, during what they perceive as, "traveling music..."

    yes, it's shameful & disrespectful!

  • BRAVO KIYO!

  • he makes it look so easy !!! great performance ;)

  • @LifeforArt - They are just the talkative southern culture into the High Energy on Easter Sunday - They clapped - Talking is how they could express the magnificent shakti of this piece.. I know - been to many an easter sunday service At Covenant Church in Charlotte, NC - with Dr. Richard Peek and his Widor's Toccata.

  • This totally rocks! He's into it too- watch his head as he tunes out the crowd and blasts himself and this magnificent organ! Unbelievable!!

  • a great performance, but as usual, the congregation's busy "yackin" their heads off to even notice...with most churches, this is considered "background" entertainment so "I can continue to talk, which is what I do all the time, but I must keep talking!

    the postlude is part of worship, NOT TRAVELIN' MUSIC TO THE NEAREST BUFFET LINE!

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