G.F. Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

Kiyo and Chiemi Watanabe perform "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" by George Frideric Handel on Ruffatti Pipe Organ at Immanuel Baptist Church, Little Rock, Arkansas, February 18, 2007.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Pipe
• Organ
• Duet
• Duo
• Kiyo
• Chiemi
• Watanabe
• オルガン
• パイプオルガン
• 渡辺清人
• 渡辺知江美
• ヘンデル
• シバの女王
• クラシック
• 宗教

[ryorgan]

Where did they hide the metronome?

[markpianoman]

too soft, too slow, too subdued, too boring!

[MFMSMITH]

To understand my comment, you need to have read Geoffrey Payzant's book where it discusses Gould's early musical experiences as an organist. I believe the phrase was 'the delightful chiff of old baroque organs' or something like that. That was I think in my mind when I heard this: they certainly bring that out. I was forced to be more explicit to gtimney and will uploaad what I wrote to him.

[MrGayboy1981]

slow bloody slow, needed to be alot faster than that

[hautbois1958]

Orribile !

[gtimny]

@MFMSMITH In the Glenn Gould class? Absolutely ludicrous.

Not awful, but certainly amateurish.

[MFMSMITH]

There are a lot of ridiculously critical comments from people WAY less musical than the players. What they have achieved here is in the Glenn Gould class. The very slight cultural barrier which Japanese tradition (with its fixity) imposes upon western music actually improves and makes unique the aesthetic experience. The tempo is just right, they were thinking of the articulational parameters of the baroque sounding but actually romantically voiced organ at their disposal. Read G Payzant 'GGM&M'

[Imhof44]

They have made this sound like a funeral march,not the arrival of a woman of prescence and panache!!!!!

[bmd42]

I like this, my wife walked up the isle to me on our wedding day to this lovely music :)

[MusicGuy832009]

Wonderful performans Dr. and Mrs. Wantanabe! Is this duet version by any chance in print? I really enjoy it. Thank you again for posting this.

[rottencranberry]

@markpianoman to much for your ears ;)

[JusticeRW]

The pedal work was shabby. But otherwise a good performance