It was great to learn something of Widor - thanks! The video also added another dimension to the piece (awe). The organist looked like he had been left in sole charge of the starship Enterprise in a major crisis. It is one thing to know an organ is complicated but quite another to see it illustrated so clearly - congrats to the video-maker also.
It was to this magnificent music that, in December 1971, Louise and I walked down the aisle and into the winter sunshine after our marriage in London’s Soho - (A church that was once attached to the Sardinian embassy!)
Stirring & forever a favourite. I can remember, as if it was yesterday, being a very young child in my Sunday best, hearing this played in church & thinking my heart was beating faster and faster with the vibration of the organ music.
It was great to learn something of Widor - thanks! The video also added another dimension to the piece (awe). The organist looked like he had been left in sole charge of the starship Enterprise in a major crisis. It is one thing to know an organ is complicated but quite another to see it illustrated so clearly - congrats to the video-maker also.
…and congrats to the organist!
It is quite something to see isn't it?
Great stuff, my only criticism is that it's so mainstream that even I am familiar with it!
Well that's a fair criticism but still very few people know of Widor even if they know of his music....
It was to this magnificent music that, in December 1971, Louise and I walked down the aisle and into the winter sunshine after our marriage in London’s Soho - (A church that was once attached to the Sardinian embassy!)
One can only wonder how it became unattached?
Stirring & forever a favourite. I can remember, as if it was yesterday, being a very young child in my Sunday best, hearing this played in church & thinking my heart was beating faster and faster with the vibration of the organ music.