Demessieux Veni Sancte Spiritus

Stephen Tharp plays Jeanne Demessieux' Méditation "Veni Sancte Spiritus" (from "Sept Méditations sur le Saint-Esprit") on the Aristide Cavaillé-Coll Organ of the Abbatiale Saint-Ouen in Rouen. The movie shows the frescos in the Eglise du Saint-Esprit, where Jeanne Demessieux was organist between 1933 and 1962. The famous fresco in the choir was painted by Maurice Denis and is entitled "Pentcôte".

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• Sancte
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[aeolusianer]

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[tjugofyra]

Amazing music played by the best American organist at St Ouen. Thanks for posting this!

[nufenenpass]

Extraordinaire Jeanne Demessieux!!!

[PiscaCPT]

Bravo! Cheers from Brazil

[tjugofyra]

You are out of your mind!

[voxhunden]

Very impressive music and video. Never knew organ could sound like this, so much power but at the same time meditative and introvert and detached. Most organ music I've heard looks like '!'. This piece looks like '?'. I love it.

[FromHolbergsTime]

Gloriously mysterious, encompassing a high order of majesty, evocative of visions of eternity. I still have the 1960's recordings on London's Stereo Treasury series of all the Cesar Franck organ works performed by Jeanne Demessieux at the Church of the Madeleine at Paris. The fireworks continue to impress the mind and spirit on this impressive range of artistry amidst supreme musicality.