I LOVE Saint-Sulpice. I had the good fortune to attend one of the Paris international organ competitions (Concours internationaux de la Ville de Paris) which are, sadly, no more. Of all of the locations used for the competition, Saint-Sulpice was my favorite. Great organ, great cathedral. People were free to come and go so I took advantage of not needing to be seated to walk very slowly through the déambulatoire while the competitors were playing. It was an amazing aural and visual experience I'll never forget.
Great Organist! Great recording! Thomas Ospital has played this fantastic work by Duruflé incredibly well! Thank to all the members of the team! Paolo Maria
An fantastic moment for me when the bass comes in just after 5:22 Oh to be there and hear that marvellous sound! Thank you very much to everyone involved: THIS why we have the internet!
I’ve just heard this part of the piece for the first time. The entrance of that pedal line has to be one of the most dramatic in all of organ literature... there are others equally impressive but very few...
So wonderful that one of the registrants is another one of the world's great organists, Daniel Roth, master of the Saint-Sulpice organ. And Thomas Ospital is magnificent.
I was at this recital, 2 days after the 11-13-15 atrocities. As people left at the end, the playing began again even though there had been no clamor for an encore, which in any event is quite rare in organ recitals. I recognized the lugubrious strains of Bach's sublime chorale prelude, O Mensch, Bewein Dein Sunde Gros (O Man, Bewail Thy Great Sin). I supposed it was an impromptu dirge in recognition of the events. Much of the audience simply stopped and stood where they were.
Big compliment on the registrants here! What a fabulous team, it always amazes me how fluently and "given" these changes happen. Also of course Tomas Ospitals playing was magnificent. So many thanks for that Video (and the two other parts ;) ) Greetings from Austria, MegaDani141
The music of Duruflé was written when he was organist in Saint-Étienne-du-Mont (Paris) on an electric action organ with a (modern-type) combination action. Consequently, it is more complicated to perform at St.-Sulpice with its pneumatic stop preset system, toe-lever reed ventils, toe-lever couplers, toe-lever sub-octave couplers and the mechanical spool lever for the expression shutters than the music of Franck or Widor which was composed with the ventil system in mind. The team of registrants does a magnificent job and seamlessly change registrations, create crescendi and diminuendi and sometimes play notes which are out of range of the pedalboard. I have seen and heard this instrument in action with both Daniel ROTH and Sophie-Veronique CHAUCHEFER-CHOPLIN performing and it is an unforgettable experience regardless of how many times I've experienced the music making on the magnificent sounds of the Clicquot/Cavaillé-Coll organ!
Simply magnificent in so many ways. Wonderful music; brilliant playing and a perfect team of registrants. Thank you so much Pierre Francois Dub-Attenti for all your wonderful recordings from Saint Sulpice. Christophe Verbini Repose en Paix.
Many thanks for this video. It is so wonderful that M. Roth is having other fine organists play at St. Sulpice. M. Dub-Attenit, you are to be commended for the efforts you have made to bring this video to us. Many thanks as well for the wonderful work you M. Roth and others did to help with all the registrations. It is always a great pleasure for us to hear M. Ospital play. The music of Durulfe comes to life once again on this magnificent organ that Durufle knew quite well. And, it is glorious how the Veni creator, a magnificent chant by itself, once again shows us the Holy Spirit in the hands of Durufle and Thomas Ospital. It was a joy to listen.
Derufle is so blatantly beautiful but I must say looking at four men at the controls just brings it more to life. Lovely! Hopefully I’ll be at the Roth recital at St Sulpice Friday 20th May, all being well!
Superbe ! Et si intéressant de voir grâce à ces vidéos le travail de toute l'équipe pour conduire ce géant ! C'est une chance de pouvoir profiter de ce spectacle, merci pour le partage.
Great! Grand! Duruflé, the best organcomposer of the 20th century. Beautifully performed!!!!! It is also really great that Daniel Roth gives young talents the opportunity to play. Never heard the St. Sulpice-organ life. Maybe someday......
Comme la première lumière de l'aube, cette musique ouvre les yeux à de nouvelles promesses et à toutes les merveilles de la nature. Evocatrice de la croyance dans «l'au-delà» et de pouvoirs au-delà de l'observation, les pièces de Duruflé tirent les ficelles du cœur, attirent les nostalgies et éveillent les amours, les vies écorchés et les veilleurs endormis.
Thank you for using decent microphones other than the camera microphone used in so many other videos. The full glory of the instrument shows instead of the keyboard clatter.
+videoduffer Thank you for your comment. I must however precise, regarding some other videos I posted with mix sound from the console (R09 Edirol) and from the nave, that it allows people to understand how this instrument works and also better feel the unique atmosphere of St-Sulpice tribune. But for "Kommst Du nun", these videos are live moments. I personally feel highly unconfortable looking at people chating / communicating and not being able to hear what they are saying, which again, is of crucial importance at Saint-Sulpice, where registrants and the organist should communicate as in music chamber. (this might surely comes from the fact I experienced these moments). As for keyboard clatter and stop action sounds, I feel happy to hear them as they are part of the instrument and would feel very depressed the day we will not hear them any more "thanks to" electric action. I believe video and pure audio are fundamentally different, but this is debatable ) Best!
I love Saint-Sulpice, visited twice put never heard the organ, have seen Mr Roth in person when he visited the US, and have several recordings including Marcel Dupre. I love the You Tube posts. I just thought the sound was refreshingly different on this. Thank you.
+videoduffer Thank you, it is always interesting to discuss these subjects (best solution would probably to post 2 versions: one with, and one without "console noise") :)
Just ordered his CD (Liszt on the organ of St Eustache, Paris); but had to use Amazon's French site to do it; as the UK site did not have it. There is a sampler available on TH-cam. Also recommend the Fugal State set of the great Cavaille-Coll (CDs and DVDs). Vive les orgues Francais!
This royal throne of organists. This sceptred instrument. This place of majesty. This seat of Euterpe. This other Eden, demi Paradise. This fortress built by the genius of Clicquot and Cavaillé Coll which protects itself against failure and the hand of mediocrity. This happy breed of musical men on board. This little WORLD. This precious stone set in the golden heart of the city of Paris where culture and technique meets serving in the office of a wall or as a moat defenisve to a house against the envy of less happier ambiences, organs and organists. This blessed plot. This land of Art, this realm : Saint Sulpice
Yes this is really well played and it's a magnificent instrument, but St Sulpice is not a romantic organ. About half of the pipework is by Cliquot - pre-Revolution. As for CC's part of it, it was installed in 1862. CC's "romantic" organs - say St Sernin or St Ouen - were built in the 1889/90.
I'm not sure, but they must be the "appel generals", a very complex pneumatic memory mechanism used to recall stored stop settings. You can read more about it here: www.aross.fr/en/documents/console-layout/
Wonderful sound. Is there a particular reason the French build their organs with these rather impractical consoles needing an veritable army of registrants for a performance? A good modern draw stop console with all stops in easy reach of the organist, and a capture system is surely a little easier to plan and manage. And of course less drinks to buy afterwards.
You need to keep in mind that in addition to being a wonderful musical instrument, this organ is also a historical artifact, in that it is about 160 years old and is essentially unchanged since being built. It was a mechanical marvel when built and is amazingly still playing with its original mechanism. Very few organs have been so fortunate.
Your opinion would be valid if those console features were available when this instrument was built roughly 150 years ago. This instrument is nearly unchanged from its original installation.
I imagine it's as much of an ordeal for the organist being hemmed in by pullers and pushers and page turners as well as the omnipresent Monsieur Roth muttering along and looking intensely as the visiting artist struggles with his nerves and a critical audience listening intently down below.
Would someone please let me know why it takes FOUR PEOPLE to play/control ONE ORGAN???!!! Every other organist I've observed does this solo; and the sound/deliverance/performance FAR exceeds this!!!
LOTS OF PIPES PIPING AND PEOPLE PUSHING LEVERS, BUT DOES IT MAKE ANY MORE "MUSIC" IT SOUNDS LIKE A QUALITY OF QUANTITY TO ME, WITH NO POINT BEING MADE.
I LOVE Saint-Sulpice. I had the good fortune to attend one of the Paris international organ competitions (Concours internationaux de la Ville de Paris) which are, sadly, no more. Of all of the locations used for the competition, Saint-Sulpice was my favorite. Great organ, great cathedral. People were free to come and go so I took advantage of not needing to be seated to walk very slowly through the déambulatoire while the competitors were playing. It was an amazing aural and visual experience I'll never forget.
Great Organist! Great recording! Thomas Ospital has played this fantastic work by Duruflé incredibly well! Thank to all the members of the team! Paolo Maria
An fantastic moment for me when the bass comes in just after 5:22
Oh to be there and hear that marvellous sound!
Thank you very much to everyone involved: THIS why we have the internet!
I’ve just heard this part of the piece for the first time. The entrance of that pedal line has to be one of the most dramatic in all of organ literature... there are others equally impressive but very few...
So wonderful that one of the registrants is another one of the world's great organists, Daniel Roth, master of the Saint-Sulpice organ. And Thomas Ospital is magnificent.
I was at this recital, 2 days after the 11-13-15 atrocities. As people left at the end, the playing began again even though there had been no clamor for an encore, which in any event is quite rare in organ recitals. I recognized the lugubrious strains of Bach's sublime chorale prelude, O Mensch, Bewein Dein Sunde Gros (O Man, Bewail Thy Great Sin). I supposed it was an impromptu dirge in recognition of the events. Much of the audience simply stopped and stood where they were.
Big compliment on the registrants here! What a fabulous team, it always amazes me how fluently and "given" these changes happen. Also of course Tomas Ospitals playing was magnificent. So many thanks for that Video (and the two other parts ;) )
Greetings from Austria,
MegaDani141
MegaDani141
Yes, the registrants really "earn their keep"!
The music of Duruflé was written when he was organist in Saint-Étienne-du-Mont (Paris) on an electric action organ with a (modern-type) combination action. Consequently, it is more complicated to perform at St.-Sulpice with its pneumatic stop preset system, toe-lever reed ventils, toe-lever couplers, toe-lever sub-octave couplers and the mechanical spool lever for the expression shutters than the music of Franck or Widor which was composed with the ventil system in mind. The team of registrants does a magnificent job and seamlessly change registrations, create crescendi and diminuendi and sometimes play notes which are out of range of the pedalboard. I have seen and heard this instrument in action with both Daniel ROTH and Sophie-Veronique CHAUCHEFER-CHOPLIN performing and it is an unforgettable experience regardless of how many times I've experienced the music making on the magnificent sounds of the Clicquot/Cavaillé-Coll organ!
false, this piece was composed before...
These registrants look way smarter than any combination action I've ever seen!
The most glorious organ video on TH-cam.
Simply magnificent in so many ways. Wonderful music; brilliant playing and a perfect team of registrants. Thank you so much Pierre Francois Dub-Attenti for all your wonderful recordings from Saint Sulpice. Christophe Verbini Repose en Paix.
Many thanks for this video. It is so wonderful that M. Roth is having other fine organists play at St. Sulpice. M. Dub-Attenit, you are to be commended for the efforts you have made to bring this video to us. Many thanks as well for the wonderful work you M. Roth and others did to help with all the registrations. It is always a great pleasure for us to hear M. Ospital play. The music of Durulfe comes to life once again on this magnificent organ that Durufle knew quite well. And, it is glorious how the Veni creator, a magnificent chant by itself, once again shows us the Holy Spirit in the hands of Durufle and Thomas Ospital. It was a joy to listen.
Derufle is so blatantly beautiful but I must say looking at four men at the controls just brings it more to life. Lovely! Hopefully I’ll be at the Roth recital at St Sulpice Friday 20th May, all being well!
Veni Creator Spiritus in the introduction. Wonderful playing by Thomas. And what a fabulous organ in St Sulpice.
Superbe ! Et si intéressant de voir grâce à ces vidéos le travail de toute l'équipe pour conduire ce géant !
C'est une chance de pouvoir profiter de ce spectacle, merci pour le partage.
Great! Grand! Duruflé, the best organcomposer of the 20th century.
Beautifully performed!!!!! It is also really great that Daniel Roth gives young talents the opportunity to play.
Never heard the St. Sulpice-organ life. Maybe someday......
That final chord progression always makes me tear up :) so powerful
Great performance. I love Daniel Roth, whether plays or sets stops/page turns his intensity and passion is the same.
Superbe Thomas !! Un vrai plaisir de détente a écouter merci !!
Beautiful, wonderful, fantastic!! Bravo to the whole team!!
Comme la première lumière de l'aube, cette musique ouvre les yeux à de nouvelles promesses et à toutes les merveilles de la nature. Evocatrice de la croyance dans «l'au-delà» et de pouvoirs au-delà de l'observation, les pièces de Duruflé tirent les ficelles du cœur, attirent les nostalgies et éveillent les amours, les vies écorchés et les veilleurs endormis.
The sound of this instrument most magnificently played in this case goes beyond any possible effort of musical imagination.
Божественная музыка органная ❤❤❤😎 😍 🤩 😋 😊 😃
magnifique ! grand merci...
OSPITAL IS LEGIT!
Thank you for using decent microphones other than the camera microphone used in so many other videos. The full glory of the instrument shows instead of the keyboard clatter.
+videoduffer
Thank you for your comment. I must however precise, regarding some other videos I posted with mix sound from the console (R09 Edirol) and from the nave, that it allows people to understand how this instrument works and also better feel the unique atmosphere of St-Sulpice tribune.
But for "Kommst Du nun", these videos are live moments. I personally feel highly unconfortable looking at people chating / communicating and not being able to hear what they are saying, which again, is of crucial importance at Saint-Sulpice, where registrants and the organist should communicate as in music chamber. (this might surely comes from the fact I experienced these moments).
As for keyboard clatter and stop action sounds, I feel happy to hear them as they are part of the instrument and would feel very depressed the day we will not hear them any more "thanks to" electric action.
I believe video and pure audio are fundamentally different, but this is debatable ) Best!
I love Saint-Sulpice, visited twice put never heard the organ, have seen Mr Roth in person when he visited the US, and have several recordings including Marcel Dupre. I love the You Tube posts. I just thought the sound was refreshingly different on this. Thank you.
+videoduffer
Thank you, it is always interesting to discuss these subjects (best solution would probably to post 2 versions: one with, and one without "console noise") :)
It is no0t the console noise that makes the difference, mics in the nave allow the sound to bloom.
I'll soon have to create a folder just for videos from St. Suplice. They are all so good and inspiring.
VERY nicely recorded, and a very solid performance!!!
EXCELLENT! Beautiful sound and Video!
Wow, says it all! Wonderful.
What a great instrument.
Belle interprétation et superbe travail d'équipe, bravo !
Just ordered his CD (Liszt on the organ of St Eustache, Paris); but had to use Amazon's French site to do it; as the UK site did not have it. There is a sampler available on TH-cam. Also recommend the Fugal State set of the great Cavaille-Coll (CDs and DVDs). Vive les orgues Francais!
Thomas Ospital is now organist at St. Eustache, following Jean Gilliou.
i really like this bien fait !!
Extraordinaire oeuvre servie par un excellent interprète !
Wonderful! Thank you for posting.
Gorgeous!
This royal throne of organists. This sceptred instrument. This place of majesty. This seat of Euterpe. This other Eden, demi Paradise. This fortress built by the genius of Clicquot and Cavaillé Coll which protects itself against failure and the hand of mediocrity. This happy breed of musical men on board. This little WORLD. This precious stone set in the golden heart of the city of Paris where culture and technique meets serving in the office of a wall or as a moat defenisve to a house against the envy of less happier ambiences, organs and organists. This blessed plot. This land of Art, this realm : Saint Sulpice
Magnifique !
bravooo 👏👏👏👏
The adagio is so perfect too.
Sublime
Un Grand talent!!
Bravo.
Excellent! Bravo a tous!
Bravo pour ta participation sur cette orgue
Superb performance! Bravissimo!
what a consummate artist! Bravo!
If I had heard this heart-pounding interpretation in live performance, Ospital might have sent me to the hospital for a blood pressure check.
Bravo!
Magnifique ! Grandiose ! Bravo pour cette superbe interprétation !
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Prélude, Adagio et Choral varié sur le thème du “Veni Creator,” Op. 4.
(1926/1930)
*Choral varié*
0:15 *(Theme) Andante religioso*
1:18 *Var. 1 • Poco meno lento*
2:06 *Var. 2 • Allegretto*
2:36 *Var. 3 • Andante espressivo*
3:39 *Var. 4 • Allegro*
6:15 _Applause_
*Thomas Ospital, organist*
Beautifully played, on the greatest French romantic organ, imho!
Yes this is really well played and it's a magnificent instrument, but St Sulpice is not a romantic organ. About half of the pipework is by Cliquot - pre-Revolution. As for CC's part of it, it was installed in 1862. CC's "romantic" organs - say St Sernin or St Ouen - were built in the 1889/90.
Glorious playing on an equally glorious instrument! I only wish I'd heard the 32' reed at the final page!
ththomas ospital is gorgeous
Beau compositeur . Organiste doué . Belle équipe autour !
5:22 - So amazing! 👌🏼
great fascinating all the stops
This organ is a HANDFUL and requires a team to help support it!!!!
He could do it on his own at Ste Eustache, but this is great to watch👏🏻
Zeer mooi!Fijne registerzetting! Schitterend orgel!
I wonder what the registration paper looks like. I would like to learn how to write registrations for registrars. Can you send me a show?
Vraiment magnifique. Tres nuancé et articulé. Parfois un peu de trop 16" dans le clavier mais régistration raffiné en général. Et tu es beau gosse.
Très belle sonorité et admirable acoustique de l'Eglise .
Tolle Aufnahme ohne Tasten geklapper! Fehlerfrei gespielt. Wunderbar
What a thrilling performance!!
Thomas Ospital didn't know yet that he'd become the (co-)organist of Saint-Eustache organ !
No,
He was already organist in Saint Eustache for 6 months
teamwork - bravo 👏
Wow! Some very distinguished assistants around that big console! Beautifully. Done everyone!!
Why does the man in red sweater on the right when each variation starts. pull out 5 stops and then turn off this stops during variation.
I was wondering the same thing!
I'm not sure, but they must be the "appel generals", a very complex pneumatic memory mechanism used to recall stored stop settings. You can read more about it here: www.aross.fr/en/documents/console-layout/
On peut dire que jouer de l’orgue c’est faire des pieds et des mains pour faire une musique fantastique.
...perfect instrument, perfect registration for this piece.
Veni Creator
Duruflé sends me into outer space . . . especially at the hands of Thomas Ospital or Vincent Warnier!
Ecoutez aussi poulenc concerto orgue même organiste . Saint Eustache . Superbe !
WHERE ARE THE PRELUDE AND THE ADAGIO?
Heavenly tone
Orgue à traction entièrement mécanique, contrairement à celui de Saint-Eustache ! Plus compliqué à jouer ? Mais quel talent !
La console de tribune est à traction mécanique contrairement à la console mobile dans la nef.
I'm always wondering: is that young sir on the right mr Roth's son?
Wonderful sound. Is there a particular reason the French build their organs with these rather impractical consoles needing an veritable army of registrants for a performance? A good modern draw stop console with all stops in easy reach of the organist, and a capture system is surely a little easier to plan and manage. And of course less drinks to buy afterwards.
You need to keep in mind that in addition to being a wonderful musical instrument, this organ is also a historical artifact, in that it is about 160 years old and is essentially unchanged since being built. It was a mechanical marvel when built and is amazingly still playing with its original mechanism. Very few organs have been so fortunate.
Your opinion would be valid if those console features were available when this instrument was built roughly 150 years ago. This instrument is nearly unchanged from its original installation.
Non plus ultra Sound....
I imagine it's as much of an ordeal for the organist being hemmed in by pullers and pushers and page turners as well as the omnipresent Monsieur Roth muttering along and looking intensely as the visiting artist struggles with his nerves and a critical audience listening intently down below.
More coordination than the Apollo 13 launch!
Wow…….
Would someone please let me know why it takes FOUR PEOPLE to play/control ONE ORGAN???!!! Every other organist I've observed does this solo; and the sound/deliverance/performance FAR exceeds this!!!
Read the other comments and take the time to learn something about the instrument. I think your comment shows prejudice, ignorance, or both.
LOTS OF PIPES PIPING AND PEOPLE PUSHING LEVERS, BUT DOES IT MAKE ANY MORE "MUSIC"
IT SOUNDS LIKE A QUALITY OF QUANTITY TO ME, WITH NO POINT BEING MADE.
If you want to show your lack of understanding please don't SHOUT about it.
Bravo!