Pastor de Lasala plays his arrangement of Eric Satie's Gymnopédie no 1 on the 1929 Möller organ at Mosman Uniting Church, Sydney, NSW, Australia, against photos he took at Le Corbusier's chapel of Notre-Dame du Haut, Haute-Savoie, France
Hi Pastor, Organ sounds great for the old girl she is. Personally, I thought the building at Ronchamp was asthetically boring visually, as the Satie was musically....... I always associate Satie with the sinking on the Titanic for some reason. Actualy, parts of that building appear to look like the back wall of a demolished cimema, with all those tiny little windows? (what are they?).
Hello John. The Möller turns 80 this year! I thought that the music and building complemented each other. The small windows are part of the aesthetic. Their effect inside is quite unusual.
Hi Pastor, Organ sounds great for the old girl she is. Personally, I thought the building at Ronchamp was asthetically boring visually, as the Satie was musically....... I always associate Satie with the sinking on the Titanic for some reason. Actualy, parts of that building appear to look like the back wall of a demolished cimema, with all those tiny little windows? (what are they?).
tremson 3 years ago
Hello John. The Möller turns 80 this year! I thought that the music and building complemented each other. The small windows are part of the aesthetic. Their effect inside is quite unusual.
tormus1 3 years ago