Toccata by Jon Kristian Fjellestad performed by David M. Patrick

High quality audio: http://www.nrk.no/urort/1.0/track/download/351074.mp3

David M. Patrick plays the Gloucester Cathedral Organ.

If you want the free score/sheetmusic of the tocccata visit http://tinyurl.com/dacpt2

Stay updated on my facebookpage: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Jon-Kristian-Fjellestad/101291279954957

For info about the skilled performer David M. Patrick, visit http://www.impulse-music.co.uk/patrick.htm

My inspiration for this piece: http://youtu.be/5Wm-wSRVk5A

Category:

Music

Tags:

• toccata
• gloucester
• church
• cathedral
• organ
• david
• m.
• patrick
• jon
• kristian
• fjellestad
• monumental
• triumphant
• mighty

[splaticon5]

This sounds like a Tim Burton movie. Love it!

[kontrabombarde32]

@splaticon5 thanks!, Danny Elfman who has scored most of the Burton-movies is one of my favourite-composers!

[lamoyoucooke]

this organ makes a wonderful sound! Seems such a shame though that it's not really capable of the English Romantic tradition. Ralph Downes was a pioneer as is this organ in a ground breaking way, but it's not really conducive ton the Anglican tradition! I've sung in Gloucester many times and as an organist I lament the lack of a tuba! Still, an amazing piece played beautifully - keep up the good work!

[kontrabombarde32]

Thanks!

[12345Nastycat]

What a fab piece , this is 'Tthe Toccata!.'First class!!!!!!!'

[kontrabombarde32]

Thanks for that, Im happy you liked it! May God bless you!

[mrkranen]

Alright guys, I love the organ just as much as you educated organs guys do. Believe me I do, but I think the constant back and forth needs to stop. My suggestion is to listen to some Pink Floyd, and sit back and relax.

[RubenEugene]

helt sykt, jon! du burde bli komponist!

[bfs1888]

i'm sure recording organ music is a bitch. I give the people credit, where it's due. Thanks for this.

[MegaDani141]

@EccentricRichard Ah, ok thanks-

[EccentricRichard]

@MegaDani141 - the case and its front-pipes date back to the 1660s! The 32ft Bombarde is half-length in the bottom octave anyway, buried at nave floor level (with most of the Pedal) inside the screen.

[EccentricRichard]

I rather liked this to start with... but the theme is rather modest and the piece outstays its welcome with the theme. Then one listens to the Toccata from Leon Boellman's Suite Gothique and one realises that this is simply a second-rate piece of plagiarism. Exciting in a slightly superficial way (like the dreaded Widor) nonetheless.

[MegaDani141]

Is that organ REALLY SO BIG??????

32' Bombarde and 8' Principal as Prospect??????

[voixhumaine]

Sincere congratulations to Kristian Fjellestad : this piece is just a pure masterwork ! A man nammed Léon Boëllmann used to be my favourite in gothic style... just before him. A lot to enjoy on my own organ. ANd David Patrick is giving an astonishing performance of it. Gloucester's organ really deserves to be known, in a much wider way it is.

[sovereign254]

@EccentricRichard

Well, nevertheless, whomever originally called the organ the KOI, it's still true whether or not W.G. Mozart or Guillaume de Machaut was the first person to coin the phrase.

[EccentricRichard]

@lamoyoucooke - yeah, instead of Nicholson, the job of the 2001 rebuild should have gone to Willis in Liverpool and the Downes-HNB been scrapped completely and a new Father Willis-type instrument installed. The Nicholson is an interesting instrument, but it lacks the warm flue foundations necessary to be either a convincing French Romantic or English Cathedral organ. Also, no Tuba, no 32ft flue...

[EccentricRichard]

@sovereign254 - yeah, but Mozart nicked that label from Guillaume de Machaut, who called the organ the KOI in the 14th century =P