Organ at Eindhoven Technical University

Music by Dupre' on the pipe organ at the Technical University of Eindhoven in The Netherlands, played by Neal Biggers. This organ is very unusual in that most of the casing is a see-thru Plexiglas material, so that most of the pipes and internal mechanisms are visible. It is located in the cafeteria/multi-purpose room of the university, giving the video a surreal quality with cooking apparatus and food ads around the organ (my friend taking the video had some fun with that). The music is by Marcel Dupre', taken from his set of pieces based on the Magnificat, or Mary's song, "My soul doth magnify the Lord...." I enjoyed experimenting on the instrument while visiting some Dutch friends in Eindhoven.
-Neal Biggers.

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Music

Tags:

• pipe
• organ
• Netherlands
• Eindhoven
• Dupre

[ears61]

Dupre takes us on a fantastic journey exploring pretty extreme tonal ambiguities, let alone the "oldrattletrap" 3s and 2s. Superb and original work. The tempo should be of an unrushed contemplative walk. The player plays like a composer thinking it through. Thank you.

[rosaspon2007]

Very sweet and original, felicitaciones!!!!(Congratulat­ions)

[speedstick77]

This is so refreshing. Thank you for sharing!

[Thijsie92]

@Sesquiltera The university hasn't burned down. One building of the University in Delft burned down.

[Sesquiltera]

Is this organ also gone in the fire when this particular university burned down???

[breadvan1980]

The time is correct, only a bit defective of precision.

Complexively good.

[cembalo75]

This organ and the registration really distort Dupre's music. BTW, your tempo is way too slow - did you actually study this piece somewhere? Check out French recordings of it.

[wurlitzer3]

The brittlness of this organ's sound is typical of the neo-baroque style that was so popular in 1966.

[GJ1986]

It's in the technical university, as is written at the start of the vid. I like the looks of it. A lot :)

[PretPierement]

Dit Pels & van Leeuwen orgel uit 1966 had ik nog nooit zelf gehoord. Maar via dit medium kon ik er mee kennis te maken. Het ziet er indrukwekkend uit.