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Pipe Organ Chartres Cathedral Duruflé "Veni Creator"

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Uploaded by on Feb 2, 2008

Maurice Duruflé's "Prelude, Adagio & Choral Varié" on the Latin hymn tune "Veni Creator" is 18+ minutes of musical magic. It's also too long for YouTube. So I've broken it down into its 3 components. Here's the Prélude.

Philippe Lefebvre performs in a 1981 recording.

I previously (wrongly) attributed this to Tournemire. Sorry for the screw-up.

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  • is it me or is the CD skipping at around 6:25?

  • @meliux  This was a CD I made from a very old & heavily-traveled LP: it's highly possible -- in fact, highly likely.

  • was fortunate enough to sing in this cathedral when i attended Mars Hill College. While on tour, we sang in Notre Dame while workman were drilling and hammering.

  • I've been singing in choirs for a lot longer than I'd care to admit; I've always maintained that every American choir should have the opportunity at least once in a lifetime to sing in those great European spaces. There's just nothing like it here in the U.S., except for a few East Coast churches & Washington Cathedral.

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  • @a55b47 - Grace Cathedral in San Francisco also fits the bill! The new Assistant Organist there is a friend of mine...

  • How very lovely - thank you so very much for this video as it was most inspiring. Please do more - it was absolutely perfect. I cannot walk to visit these cathedrals and so your videos with organ music mean more than you can ever imagine. Blessings xxxooo

  • Beautiful, such technical proficiency and phrasing. It is a little fast for my taste -- feels more frantic than I perceive it. I play it more relaxed, more like easy ripples in a stream. Nonetheless, a gem of a recording by a true master.

  • To a55b47 - there are many churches in the U.S. modelled after the great European cathedrals. I grew up in Chicago and the immigrants there donated every last dime they earned to building enormous edifices that rival those of Europe. But you're right, the churches here are not as old and because of that don't evoke so much awe, though some come pretty close! Lastly, anyone who can play this piece has my respect - it is difficult beyond belief.

  • @mastropazzo I agree to this. Glad to read someone quoting this eloquently.

  • Where are you from? I'm in central Jersey and there are loads of big stone churches (Episcopal); the one I sing in every week is 19th century stone, but not so grand, but still a lively space - just go into NYC if you want to sing in the st. john the divine or something

  • Lefebvre was quite young when this was recorded I believe... I own this album,

  • It was built in 1971.

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