Orgelmarathon - Widor: 6. Symphonie, 1. Satz -Olivier Latry 

How did it go?

I thought that too!

RU-vid, especially for us organ music lovers, is what we needed, what we expected. And nothing, absolutely NOTHING, can replace it. It is impossible to imagine having access to so much music, so many instruments, so many musicians, so many recordings of such quality, by any other means. If we didn't have RU-vid, what would we listen to? Boring and overly formalized CDs, filled with the same old songs? Today, this fabulous means of sharing allows us to open our horizons in an incredible way: to know and appreciate the breathtaking technical mastery of *Olivier Latry* , to meet the new wave led by *Gert van Hoef* , to explore (and explode) the limits of our instrument with the rewritings of *Jonathan Scott* , have access to the extroardinary and invaluable library of recordings of *Frédéric Munoz* , listen to the exploits of *Leo van Doeselaar* of the NBS ( *Netherland Bach Society* ) channel. And even hearing, here or there, an amateur playing a piece that we would never, ever have the joy of listening to "live". Because quite simply, in a church, there are things that we don't play, and that we never will play. Dare I say it? Without RU-vid, I would have missed out on extraordinary songs and musicians my whole life. *This* organist, and *this* piece, particuliarly. Today I cannot spend a week without coming here and play the tune. Thank you Olivier, thank you RU-vid, thank you the 21st century for making it possible. _It's a good day to be an organ lover today._

JB Dupont, maybe ? Olivier Latry est extrêmement doué, pour interpréter ces oeuvres de Ch-M Wido, d'une puissance musicale inouïe..Eh, au fait , à 8:05, petite erreur de l'annulaire droit, vite corrigée ? j'ai bien l'impression...mais ça ne retire rien aux talents d'Olivier !

I live in Oregon, but I saw him in Germany and next month I'm going to see him in Washington, DC! Do it -- it's worth it!

Va falloir attendre que "Notre Drame" redevienne pleinement "Notre Dame".

His hands are astoundingly large, yet elegant.

@@tinkaluisa8540 the best organists and pianists tend to be this way...

Did he add something in? For how long?

@@andrewpearce2562 The coda?

Andrej Ivanovic guess I‘d have to follow the music 🙈

bach? this is widor

@@stefanholmborg what I meant was that Bach would be proud of Widor, but I'm sure Widor would be proud of this organist too :)

The symphony has Bach elements in the first movement. Nothing reaches the complexity of Ricercar a 6 from Musikalisches Opfer (which Olivier Latry played) and Die Kunst der Fuge Contrapunctus XI and XIV (unfinished sadly).

Not only this man is excellent in his art, but he's also very classy - and some say he's beautiful too (but that is purely a matter of taste). The most impressive remains the fact that he uses any score ; all from memory! When one knows the difficulty to play such an instrument, extended by the difficulty to play such a piece, extended by the pressure to be filmed during the performance, this is just incredible. I would give an arm to get 1/10° of his ability - which would be stupid: imagine playing the organ with one unique hand :)

MR He plays so good, i would like can this

General Ackbar?! I always remember "him" as Admiral Ackbar, played by the gifted pupetteer Tim M. Rose.. ;)

General, or admiral Ackbar ? that is the question ...Who is behind that name ?....Gial Ackbar, is a un person of the Star War....

@@generalackbar245 I'm going with beautiful, as well as well-mannered and humble.

Zenas M. Savage funny, the Dupré recording I have heard sounds pretty much as different as can be. (NY, 1960)

Christian Schoen last I heard all performers were human!

If it's not a criticism why would you even mention it?

@@reiki2guy Reread what I wrote and I'm sure you can figure it out. In this day and age where people expect music in recordings to be perfect, it's nice to know that folks aren't. Thanks for your comment though.

@@reiki2guy Thanks for clarifying that for me. I didn't realize the person in the recording was a human being. I once was blind, but now I see, and very much appreciate your bringing clarity to this on my behalf.

Liszt used to call wrong notes 'uninvited guests', but of course he would gloss over them, like Latry does.

approxamatura

Oh, you mean his intended 'grace note', errr, that little 'passing tone'? I'm sure it wasn't a mistake at all. Fully intended... 'wink'. I'm fairly certain Widor approves of this performance...even with the added one note improvisation. :)

@@bxlang9214 Hmmm... I must listen again 😆

I believe he clearly overreaches at 8:01, but who knows...

Verein der Orgelfreunde an St. Joseph, Bonn-Beuel thanks for clarifying - I was wondering about the directness of the action.

8:02

Yes he did. Listen at between 7:55 - 8:05, at or very near 8:02 there is an obvious wrong note. But you just play through it and get to the end. So this is only 99.999% perfect.:)

@@numbr6 Truthfully, if you weren't watching his hands--the camera is aimed right down at them--I doubt you'd even notice. I listened to this performance without watching every move, and didn't hear the tiny slip. When I went back and watched, yes, I could see it. But, as you suggest--I think--who cares? Cheers.

저도요 ㅎㅎㅎ

Daniel Roth is just about the only one even in the same class as him, at least with regard to the French music.

2k6baranello we call it "action" in English. (Traktur)

Widor reportedly wrote this piece in 1885 (but it was published three years later), one year before Saint Saëns finished his 3rd symphony. Then again, Widor kept on changing his work, so who knows.

great cassoulet!

It is difficult to reproduce the sound of a Porsche 911. Why ?

Nope - das ist das Original ;-)

All choir stalls look like that. lol

Yup, I heard that wrong note too. Otherwise great performance.