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Olivier Messiaen Improvisations

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Uploaded by on Apr 20, 2011

French composer/organist Olivier Messiaen (1909-1992) improvises at the organ of the Paris Church of the Sainte-Trinité (Holy Trinity), where he was organist for more than six decades (since 1931).

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  • Messiaen's wonderful!

  • What a pity the really aren't much recordings of his improvisations. God knows what parishioners of Saint Trinite might have heard from him on any regular sunday (or Lent, Easter or Christmas for that matter)!

  • @kyotokid4 Your boss is awesome.

  • WOW! you know.. One of the things that defined Messiaen as an artist and as a person was his great self confidence. Just look at the beginning of this vid, he boldly states the title and starts of without hesitation- not a single second throughout the piece. Even great improvisators like Cochereau or Hancock give themselves some thinking time - but Messiaen seems to be in some sort of "Divine Confidence".

  • It should be noticed, though, that I was born in 1908, nothing else!

  • thank you so much for this!!!

  • Insanely beautiful..

  • Fantastic!!! 

  • This is just unreal!

  • Este vídeo me recuerda por qué me apasiona la música y por qué nunca debo perder esa pasión.

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