Frederick Hohman plays the popular Toccata from the Fifth Organ Symphony in F, Op 42 #1, by Charles-Marie Widor on the Schantz pipe organ at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, Ne...
Frederick Hohman plays the popular Toccata from the Fifth Organ Symphony in F, Op 42 #1, by Charles-Marie Widor on the Schantz pipe organ at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, New Jersey USA
This performance of Widor's Toccata from the Fifth Organ Symphony is found on the CD recording from PRO ORGANO entitled "A Couple of French Fifths" - Pro Organo CD 7021. This recording contains the complete Widor's Fifth Symphony as well as the complete Fifth Organ Symphony of Louis Vierne. To access details, link to http://www.zarex.com/bin and enter 7021 in the Search Box.
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The organ at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart was originally built and installed in the 1950s by the Schantz Organ Company of Orrville, Ohio http://www.schantzorgan.com/ . In 1989, renovations were made, which included a new 4-manual console located in the Chancel of the Cathedral, which is seen in this video. Frederick Hohman was engaged as a featured organist in the dedication program of this organ in 1990, when he appeared with orchestra in Jongen's Symphonie Concertante before a capacity audience.
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This is an excellent rendition. Not too fast and very precise with a clear sound recording. I have a 1993 CD recording of this piece played by none other than Marie-Claire Alain at St.Sulpice Paris, but she rushes it, resulting in clumsy and imprecise playing. The recording is also quite poor and sounds mushy. So nice work Frederick. Now, where can we get a copy please?
An absolutely mind-blowing, awesome, divinely inspired composition and spine tingling execution of stratospheric proportions!! And, this is probably an understatement!!!
I am happy to say that our parish is in the privileged postiion to have an organist who is able to play this magnificent piece of organ music on our comparatively humble instrument. He plays it at a fairly comparable speed. But hearing it played on such a powerful organ raises my heart even more. I'm aloft, hovering, flying, almost detached from earth... And I'm glad to be bable to share this feeling with my best friends.
Excellent performance. I love this piece and I have heard it both live and recorded many times and I must say this is the best perfomance (tempo, acoustics) so far
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I have a 1993 CD recording of this piece played by none other than Marie-Claire Alain at St.Sulpice Paris, but she rushes it, resulting in clumsy and imprecise playing. The recording is also quite poor and sounds mushy.
So nice work Frederick. Now, where can we get a copy please?