Messiaen Dieu Parmi Nous Filsell @ Washington National Cathedral

Jeremy Filsell, the Cathedral's Artist in Residence, performed in recital one of the great organ works of the 20th Century, Messiaen's La Nativité du Seigneur (The Birth of the Saviour). Dieu Parmi Nous (God Among Us) is the last of 9 musical tableaux focusing on various aspects of the birth of Christ.

The instrument is the world-renowned Ernest Skinner of 1938, revised & enlarged over years to its current configuration of 189 ranks.

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[tshreenan]

P.S. That has to be the longest final chord I've heard in a long time!

[a55b47]

@tshreenan I'm with you on that. I don't have the sheet music, so I don't know if the chord length is specified by Messiaen -- or if it's Jeremy taking poetic license.

[Belldavid1000]

I stand corrected: St.JDv took first from Gothic and grew to the Norman at the aps and crossing. In England it would've begun as Norman and evolved into The Pointed Style. Whenever I try to be clever i screw up, Sorry. I like the that it's unfinished. The Church IS never finished. DB

[jdcrash7]

A stunning performance indeed!

[tshreenan]

After reading so many comment on piporg-l about this recital, I am grateful to be able to hear what all the discussion was about! It sounds like it was a wonderful experience.

[Sinatra70]

Thanks so much for recording and posting this - I had really hoped to be able to attend; from all I've read, it seems to have been a great performance!