Virgil Fox Legacy | Symphonie Concertante | Allegro Molto

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First Movement: Allegro molto moderato
The opening movement (Allegro molto moderato) begins with a restless fugal figure in the orchestra that leads to the organ's first massive entrance. The movement continues as a conversation between a pair of giants: sometimes alternating themes, sometimes combining them. The ending is surprisingly understated, closing with a quiet chord and pedal note.

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• virgil
• fox
• jongen
• pipe
• organ

[mountainsong100]

The most important thing is Clarity ! ! ! ! listen to the inner voices and the articulation of the playing. Virgil was absolutely precise in that and his rhythm was impeccable. One could never fault on his sense of rhythm.

[19shea85]

One of the main organs on campus when I was an undergrad was a Karl Schuke about 30 ranks smaller than this. I more or less despised that organ for it's screaming quality and limited tonal colors; but it is amazing how every registration change that Fox utilizes makes a notable difference in sound, no matter how subtle it may be.

[lshurr]

I suspect that it's the miking rather than the organ itself. The organ seems very restrained in this recording and I assume that the engineers were trying to balance the organ and orchestra. As you know, by intent, pipe organs are very dominating instruments. Perhaps a live listener in the hall gets a better, more balanced sound than the engineers managed in this recording.

[lshurr]

Briefly, the keyboards and pedals control different "divisions" of the organ and each division has many "ranks" of pipes & other instruments such as bells. A moderately large organ may have 3 divisions: Great, Swell & Pedal and have two keyboards + pedals. This organ, therefore, has no less than 6 divisions! It's big. Which ranks are engaged are controlled by "stops", in this case, the buttons arrayed alongside the keyboards. Some stops also connect one division to another.

[bckm54]

Gawd, I love the organ! Especially when someone like Virgil Fox plays it... But, I know almost nothing about the organ (except that I love it!), so, what differentiates the five keyboards?

[JorPove]

Efectivamente la interpretacion de Michael Murray,con la Orquesta Sinfonica de San Francisco (dirigida por Edo de Waart) es un "standard" para esta sinfonia concertante-practicamente desconocida. La casa disquera es Telarc (DDD) y la obra se publica en 1984.

Esta sinfonia ,al igual que las obras de Jongen (44 en total) solo son conocidas por los cultores del organo,no asi por el publico general.

[baalanca]

Excelso

[iamrepete]

Joseph Jongen.Fox transcribed it for solo organ.

[tactilex]

Check out the online version of Pipedreams this week for a much higher-fidelity rendering of this performance. (No video, however, just audio.)

[julorg]

On September the 27th, Peter Richard Conte and The Philadelphia Orchestra will perform the Jongen Symphonie Concertante at Macy's, on the Wamanaker Organ !