TOCCATA (WIDOR) - THOMASORGANIST ULLRICH BÖHME AT THOMASKIRCHE'S SAUER ORGAN 

So did mine!

Besonders langsam ist das nicht

I agree that this is very good indeed , but saying this is probably the best rendition of this (marvellous) piece wouldn't do right to organists like Jonathan Scott or Frederick Hohman for example. They play it also flawless, at least this is my humble opinion..

@@aartvenema1219 Another great rendition is one by Janez Rus. Found by accident then went down the rabbit hole of comparing the various performers. Apparently the original composer prefers it played with a more controlled tempo, and thought most people of the day were playing it faster than he prefers. The faster tempo on some make it sound rushed, like the organist is late for supper and just wanted to go home.

@@SuperRede4u If you want to be annoyed by a certain organist, search for : martin mans widor. This is a typical example of: How do I ruin a beautiful piece of music like this as fast as possible? And yes, there will be people saying Aart Venema, who are you to make a judgement like that? You can't probably play this piece yourself? And I must admit that that's the case, unfortunately..But however, there's nothing wrong with my musical hearing though. Search for some old recordings from Widor himself playing this piece. So frankly, I don't care what people say about me: )

@@aartvenema1219 I have listened to a recording of Mr Widor play his own composition and the tempo he played at is beautiful. I totally agree with you.

@@aartvenema1219 I just found another beautiful rendition. Check out this link ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HQbFcvgatO0.html

He's just turning the pages!

Ich würde nur die wichtigsten Blätter hinlegen

The original Bach organ is gone. The Sauer organ is built between 1885-1889 and was not especially suited for JS Bach. The second organ (white paint) dates from 2000, and is especially built to be close to the original baroque organ sound

I disagree.

It is the acoustics of the church that makes it sound so magnificent . Read up on Widor and you will know that he wrote his organ symphonies for the Cavaillé-Coll organs and performed this toccata at St-Sulpice.

@@duprattcarol Sounds really great at St.Ouen on that Cavaille-Coll instrument, also.

It seems film director Francis Ford Coppola would agree with you in that he used portions of J.S. Bach's Passacaglia & Fugue in C Minor (BWV 582) to bond with the climactic church baptism scene in his 1972 film The Godfather.

which ones did you have in mind?

I heard a couple of really tiny slips of the fingers but, apart from that, nothing was wrong note-wise. There's a slight delay between the movements of the hands and the sound of the pipes with this organ, so anyone reading this, try closing your eyes.