Widor Toccata 5th Symphonie on 5 manual Organ

This is the final part of the 5th Symphony and Ben also performed the preceding 4th movement. I'm fed up of this finale being heard only in isolation and not as part of the larger work. Organists wishing to perform WHOLE Widor symphonies are very welcome at Hammerwood Park.

In handling the 5 manual organ at Hammerwood Park Benjamin Scott clearly demonstrates his ability to progress to instruments at St Pauls, St Sulpice, Wanamaker and Atlantic City . . . This 17 year old performer should go far . . . .

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[BeFrSc]

I've had the fortunate pleasure of hearing Widor's recording of this piece, and this is the correct speed, Organists do tend to play this piece to fast and a lot of the beauty is lost. With an instrument of this size and certain things not connected to the pistons it makes the job much easier, there isn't anything wromg with it.

[tjugofyra]

ny1news, I believe that your comment is very unfair, both to Benjamin Scott and to David , the owner and partly builder of the organ. To Mr Scott's defence; I have heard from many who have played this organ that it is very hard to play. I have heard Scott play many piece (even widor's toccata) much better than this. To david's defence; What david has done for young musicians is truly outstanding and his projects at hammerwood are truly inspiering, even though i don't always like this organ.

[JeckOverfull]

Thanks, great composition, hearty interpretation.

[miesels]

Nicely done. A slower tempo does seem to further validate the majesty of this piece by Widor. Pierre Cochereau and David Defiore also do the piece justice with their controlled tempos.

[danielmkubacki]

COOL ORGAN!!!!!!!!!

[BeFrSc]

David, lovely to hear from you, and indeed, total piston control except for the above mentioned. How does April sound for you, just after Easter ish?

[latribe]

Hi Ben! I thought you played it very well indeed - and hadn't I managed total piston control by this stage except the Baroque Reeds, 128ft and Octave Couplers? :-) It is a beast and that's the challenge. Only the brave can dare . . . and you did brilliantly. When are you able to come again? End of Aug is problemmatic this year . . .

[BeFrSc]

@tjugofyra I wish I could've played it better, but there were some technical hitches, which are mainly what make this instrument so difficult to control, tame and finally play (thats the easy bit lol).

[kb7dqh]

Took the recording mentioned a day ago, and used an FFT "waterfall" program to "see" what I was hearing, and, sure enough, that 4 Hz "sound"

was captured, along with everything else up to 110 Hz, and saved for posterity as a JPG file...Well, the last 15 seconds of this program anyway.

See what you have started?-)

[kb7dqh]

I would, but even the Atlantic City organ is completely across the country... Someday when I become "rich and famous"?) You would be surprised at what "cheap mikes" can "hear".

Because of the uniqueness of the instrument , the method of generation, and the effect it produces (having days ago sat thru a Mag 2.1 earthquake in this very chair:) I "dubbed" it the

Hammerwood Seismastatron... Well, maybe I am "overhyping" it a bit... but time will tell if it lives up to your name or mine.....

[latribe]

:-) Glad you like it. I wanted to call it a Sequoia stop or a Wellingtonia but the family said it was too pretentious - so "Self Destruct" it remained.

It's quite amusing that a cheap digital sound recorder with built in mics can pic it all up.

There are a few more recordings you might like - search "St Maximin Bach" "Hugh Potton Reubke" "Hugh Potton Cochereau" but they didn't use the 128.

Come and experience the instrument for real sometime!

[kb7dqh]

Got home, took what was left of that recording,

stuck it on the DAT and proceeded to "revoice" my subwoofer stack. What ended up happening was adding a third amplifier channel for the single 12"

"low-power" Helmholtz resonator, and using the spare channel to help out the other pair of acoustic-suspension units. It made all the difference in the world, all the while checking my work with the 128' edits played over and over.. Now I really can feel them! Do keep up the excellent work, both of you:)