Toccata from Organ Symphony No. 5 by Charles-Marie Widor performed by Black Dyke Band conducted by Dr. Nicholas J. Childs Brass-Gala 24th September 2016, KKL Lucerne 18. World Band Festival Luzern www.worldbandfestival.ch
Don't understand a single one of the comments about the too fast tempo. It's brilliantly played throughout - if I only could write fast enough i could write down every single note.
great ♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪ ♫♪ ♫♪great sound! ♫♪♫♪ ☺ ♥ ♫♪☺♫♪♫♪♫♪☺ BRAVISSIMO @bisbis 🎶🎵🎼 great music! a well tuned ensemble that sounds like an organ ! Fabulous banding
Very fast and very good!! Interesting to see that they didn't use a substitute player for the backrow. I'm sure there are plenty of capable players in Switzerland.
Honestly I usually prefer pieces like this (and also specifically this on the organ), to be played a bit slower... But holy sh*t this is fucking amazing and i wouldn't have it any other way. The articulation is totally on point and to anyone who is saying that the detail is lost, it deffinitely isn't in this performance. Love it!
Widor would cringe at hearing his music played at this tempo. The players seem more intent on demonstrating their technical skill rather than producing meaningful music!
Why do bands do this? It’s way too fast. And detail is lost. The brilliance of the piece depends on being able to hear the arpeggios rather than just flurries of indeterminate semiquavers. Organists can be just as guilty too.
This piece was intended to be played using the double beat metronome practice. This twat of a conductor is doing a "Gwen Stefani" and using single beat metronome practice. Charles Widor would be turning in his grave.
To refer to Nick Childs in that manner is just totally disrespectful . Maybe it wasn't your ' cup of tea' but name calling like that is totally unconstructive . You seem to be quite musically educated so why not use that to inform us rather than abuse to one of the best brass band conductors in the world ?
I think this is more a case of appreciating the skill of the players over the crap tempo chosen by the MD. I see a lot of hate directed to the players, who most of probably agree that the tempo is ridiculous!