Louis Vierne, Finale from Symphony No. 1 www.thejoyofmusic.org

Organist Diane Bish plays this great piece on the 117 Rank Ruffatti Organ of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

(sorry about the "wobbly" sound, but that is how it is in the video)

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[ParisOrgue]

This piece has to be played in the right style! This just is not.You should watch from YOUTUBE how does the young Vierne specialist Pétur Sakari play this!



[Africanthropus]

I'd dare compare her to Elton John perhaps (he's also a world reknown singer/composer) but, for CHRIST'S sake, NOT to lady Gaga!!!!!!!!!! I suspect lady Gaga can HARDLY realize where she steps, let alone play with such VIRTUOSITY. What's the matter with all those critics that just try to destroy everybody within reach?????

[RampGuy1]

I didn't know that Louis Vierne was blind.

[hrhjrd]

Ha! Everyone is a critic. How many of you have an internationally recognizable name? Like her or not, she has done more to showcase organ music to the "common" person around the world than any other similar musician I am aware of.

[organboi69]

@healcannon This is one of the funniest things I've heard for a long time! I couldn't agree more-- she is like the Lady GaGa of organ music!

[Naltino]

@healcannon I can appreciate the humor in your comments. I actually chuckled.....but, please let's not connect Ms. Bish to Gaga, who belongs in a circus. While Ms. Bish is a world class musician, Gaga is a......I don't know you fill in the blanks, cause I don't what the hell she is. Definitely not a singer as far as I'm concerned.

[healcannon]

With that outfit, she was the Lady GaGa of her time. And kinda looks like a more mature one too. Her pedalwork is impressive especially in those shoes. I have a hard time wearing a heeled shoe while playing organ.

[MelosAntropon]

I've never commented on a Bish video, because I think she plays most things too damned fast. But this is Bish at her best. As far as registration, it is VERY reminiscent of Simon Preston's landmark 1964 Westminster Abbey recording (and they both belong to a mutual admiration society). I also agree that her pedal technique is flawless. Dynamic control: 10 out of 10. Only dislike: Her truncation of the penultimate chords. Overall? Excellent.

[EIDOSeidos]

She's from Kansas, and there's obviously an Oz overlap here, between the costume (too bad she didn't choose Emerald Green) and the great and powerful organ that she o'ermasters. Wicked witch or good witch? Bewitching pedal technique in this piece IMHO.

[EccentricRichard]

@vinniecaruso - she's OK here, but so many times I've seen/heard her completely STEAMROLLER a piece. If she has to choose between artistry and self-serving, ego-boosting gratuitous virtuosity, she'll take the latter every time, and the music is wrecked in the process. Plus her dress sense is truly horrible... if she looks like that now in incipient old age, she must have looked like a total harlot in her youth.