@@bobareebop La cérémonie de la réouverture de ND de Paris, les JO, les commémorations de l'anniversaire du débarquement, et la visite du Pape à Marseille, les 14 juillet (fête nationale)... sans parler des musées, des expositions des peintres si belles... La France est un pays créatif, riche de savoir faire, de culture, de beauté, de bons goût et de personne de talent dans tous les arts.
1971 17 years old. Sitting up in the choir loft at Notre Dame Cathedral listening to someone auditioning for the position of Organist. I'm *so* happy it was possible to restore this wonderful musical instrument along with the Cathedral itself.
@@cutechiangels 😭😭😭 I wasn't understanding this at all, but the music did get better, the different pieces. Apparently, according to other comments, it was supposed to represent the shock of the incident of the fire, the the subsequent difficulties of repairing it.... I still feel like a beautiful relic was abused. As well as everyone's ears😵💫 But, it's definitely memorable!!!
@gohawks3571 Yes, so true. To embody the flames and fire in music some great composers have done superb jobs around such horrific subjects. Beethoven, Sybelius, Rachmaninof, Arvö Pärt, etc... This organist had strings pulled, the wrong way!!! 😓😣😖😡 Pun intended!!
Some of the music played during the inauguration sounded demonic and could best be described as cacaphonic noice. Nothing sacred or even pleasing to the ear nor joyous or praise.. It sounded more like the organist was trying to create his own show and thereby missing the opportunity to introduce the king of all instruments to the world.
@@sailormanoyster1849 ;You are right. I chided the Islamist @ rafikcheraitia3957 for his malicious remark on Christians. But my reply was deleted by YT moderator possibly a sucker for Islamists or a bot operating on low level AI.
@@martinmayhew145 Rubbish. Fine if you didnt like this particular improvisation, but Olivier Latry is one of the most distinguished organists in the world.
@@martinmayhew145 Hahahaha!!! Latry is an extraordinary improviser, though not in the same class as his distinguished predecessor Pierre Cochereau, R.I.P. Musicians like Dupre and Cochereau only come around once or twice in a century.
Once again the wonder instrument of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll's intones! When visiting Paris in late 1969, just by chance alone Marcel Dupré played then at Notre-Dame. This precious memory I shall keep with me always. Vive la France.
@@The_DuMont_Network I did not use auto spell. I put it from memory, just as you now have. Let's have a look here . . . "Aristide Cavaillé-Coll" -- just now copied directly from Google search and from another place that same "Aristide Cavaillé-Coll" and, still another from no less than Britanica "Aristide Cavaillé-Coll." Please, do be in touch with them and insist on YOUR way, which we all now "know" to be the correct one thus "Aristide Cavallie-Coll" (Is not demonstrating one's ignorance in public, just SO much fun???)
A true new beginning to a legendary, historical, and great cathedral! Thank-you and God Bless those who put in 5 years of BOTH repairing and cleaning up Notre Dame. ⛪⛪⛪⛪
It sounded to me as if the first organist was using an improvised work to represent the unnerving destruction of the fire upon the organ and cathedral. The second organist represented the mourning of its loss. The third explored the determination to rebuild it. And the fourth was an expression of the freedom to rejoice over its renewal!
It sounded just like an ape hitting the keys. A bunch of noise! A nice sonata would be nice or maybe some classical music from the 1700's. Bach ring a bell?
It's a French tradition that the organist improvises responses to the priest's blessings of the organ. There's a LP recording of Marcel Dupré doing this at the inauguration of the organ at l'Église des Invalides in Paris.
😭😭😭😭💙💙💙🙏 Amen!! I loss my only son 7 yrs ago...Hope will be restored because there are many great souls in our world like France have demonstrated to inspired and rekindle hope in our humanity for the many suffering...💙💙
I’m very touched by what you wrote, Angela. Your son is with our Lord Jesus Christ and look after you as you very well know. You are right the beauty of the cathedral testimonies the presence of God in our lives. I send you all my evangelical love 🌈🙏
I know through the power of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, you WILL see your son again. God bless you. I can't say anything useful to you for the pain. I'm hopeless on that. But I know there is a place of eventual peace.
First, I couldn’t enjoy the organ music on TV, but then I listen again, but now a better recording (the one un DW news) with headphones (this is very important), and WOW, a completely different experience! Now everything become sense, I could feel the melody and complex sounds! So mysterious, unique and powerful! I love it! How it is now like a completely different sound? This is mind-blowing! 🤯
Bien d'accord avec vous . J'avais soulevé dans un commentaire, ce problème de l'orgue qui passe très mal sur les télés, les ordinateurs, les smartphones. Personne n'est responsable mais les esprits chagrins sont difficiles à convaincre.
What kind of garbage chaos is this noise!?! You can see by the expressions on all the faces that they are politely enduring it. This was absolutely shameful!!!
@@hugovictor8223 Yes, this kind of music is full of really subtle sounds, without them it sounds bad, chaotic. People need to be more curious and open minded. I decided to give it a second chance after reading many comments saying that it was an old long tradition in French organ music. It didn’t have sense that it sounded bad after years and years of improvement, right? It´s a pity that so many lost the opportunity to appreciate it because of a limited quality broadcasting 😔
@@jeaniespice8112 All faces? Did you see the guy in 7:28? I think he is absolutely fascinated (actually, that was my face when I listened that part it in high quality). I watched curious, surprised, serious and bored faces, exactly the regular kind that you can see in any classical concert, so, there is no need to feel so “offended” or sounded so aggressive like you wanted to speak to the church manager or something :S
So much wonderful history in this great country. God bless France and its people. We are most blessed to have the French from Quebec here with us in the United States.
That organist wasn’t playing. He was just mashing keys. Lucky The Lord Himself didn’t shoot fireballs from Heaven and burn it all the way down to soot and ash. Quasimodo is supposed to ring the bells not play the organ.
I cried too.... at the discordant ugliness of the alter and baptismal font, and the literal discord of the organ playing. The idea of a beautiful church is to reflect all that is good in Heaven. I cried that France has lost the vision of Heaven.
@@daniellejarvis157 I full agree with you. I think We, in France are under control of satanist. I have got the same feeling at wiewing the opening ceremony of olympic games. Although it is not a sacred matter but the controlled this ceremony
What an incredible thrill! Latry and his fellow organists must be in their own kind of heaven! This magnificent instrument has the entire range of colors, timbres, simplicity and complexity, and power. WOW.
This French style of improvisation is an acquired taste, and I am curious about its origins. I prefer the English and German improvisations, but respect this tradition as well. I think it's supposed to evoke power, mystery, glory, and capacity that is beyond description.
Who cares? We say they believe a false gospel (basing their entrance into heaven on good works, per the catechism #1821). Therefore, a thousand of these organs playing all at once is simply playing to "another Jesus and another gospel" per 2 Cor 11:4.
Yeah okay Oliver sucks and I seen his playing his too of a modernist. He should have been in a rock band instead. He plays too many modern music. He could have played more sacred music in this introduction of the organ and did he accidentally hit the “Tutti” cupler on the organ.
Magnificent restoration work, and the organ has a completely new voice, but, whatever its meaning to the proceedings might have been, the music leaves a lot to be desired!
As a French I FULLY agree; It was satanic music like many things in France. In my country satanic are trying to control everything. See for example the opening ceremony of olympic games!!! They are every where and even in Notre Dame (false music, clothes of the Servant, liturgic furnitures). They are in Education Nationle, they are evrywhere................
Amazing. I so remember attending organ concerts on Sundays in Notre Dame. It's unlike any place in the world. To listen to Vidor's organ Toccata in Notre Dame de Paris is an experience of a lifetime!
What a stunning beauty.... The organ is just beautiful.... The workers did magnificent work so articulate..... It's just so wonderful and at Christmas....❤❤❤....
In 1997 living in Germany, I took a long weekend trip to Paris with 2 NYC policemen. They were reservists in the investigative forces of the Army. A an architecture historian I was able to give them a thorough tour of the Cathedral interior and exterior. Seeing the restoration would be nice but for me, a handicapped 75 yo, I will never get back there. The digital world provides so much to people like me.
What is your impression of the color of the interior stone of the cathedral after all the cleaning? I strikes me as a different building entirely, but it must be close to the way it looked when it was new.
@ playing awful organ music is not a religious tradition nor is criticising this music a form of disrespect… not sure the relevance of that, but I am Catholic
@ please be respectful. it is a longstanding tradition to improvise on the organ as part of religious services. And whether they be free improvisations or structured according to the french classical style for liturgical use, just because you don’t like this tradition doesn’t mean you need to call this an ‘awful piece of music.’ I would not go around blaspheming over something simply not being to my taste-I am not singularly more important than the Christian traditions from which I come. I will make it known that I was baptised Eastern Orthodox, not catholic, but I have utmost respect for Christian traditions that may be culturally a bit different from mine.
@@lilijanapond No, I have to stand with the original commenter, it sounded horrendous. "Traditions" doesn't condemn us to bad music, they could've easily played something more pleasing while also participating in that tradition. And so many agree it sounded awful, so it probably is. It was played so aggressively, it reminds me of when toddlers are given access to a piano and they mash on the keys. If you like it, good for you, but don't police others on their opinions, because they're just as valid.
Of only all those people there will really listen to the words of Our Blessed Mother “ Do Everything He Tells you”!!. Happy feast day Blessed Mother Mary!pray for all of us.
😭😭 I does felt the angels and the Lord during these crises of hatred and abused against the vulnerability of human being!! This Notre Dame's Opening have moving heart and ensuring faith in the Lord!!😭😭😭💙🌺🙏
Oliver latry nailed this. Such a powerful organ. He showcased that well in both dissonance and resonance. People were complaining that it was too much. just listen to the rest of the mass where it was mellow. The postlude is supposed to be exciting! Great stuff.
It is the birth of the bishop organ an account the awakening of the order like a child who lets out his first cry at birth we call it the divine breath and little by little he learns the notes like
I think that we all must keep in mind that this is not Hollywood. Here, there is so much history, shining and dirty, smooth and twisted, blessed and cursed. This music covers all of that, amplified by the immense meaning of that building.
@@bill9540 Right again. But especially in Church, every aspect of life is supposed to be present. Not like in a concert hall, that is always a bit elite and conservative. I don't hear this music as "gibberisch". It is very well structured, immensely rich in different tone qualities and pays very much attention to the possibilities of this specific organ. And it is emotional. "Classical" music may be played almost anywhere under many different circumstances. This music almost seems to be made exactly for this time, this place, this occasion.
No, this is a Cathedral, where all the best is supposed to come together for God - the best architechture, the best DRESS, the best music, all of it to represent heaven on Earth. That 'music' was simply pounding very loud on the organ, and was the antithesis of beauty. It was a travesty that did not belong in God's house.
If you know that the rainbow from the story of the Flood has a different meaning than the one that the zeitgeist gives it today, you already know a lot.
God Bless the good people of the City of Paris and the Country of France 🙏. Thank you to the firefighters for saving this beautiful cathedral. The restoration is gorgeous. That organ gives me goosebumps. 🙏
Watched this live yesterday and was so glad to see the cathedral back and better than ever! I was so disappointed in the choice of music for the organ though! It was awful and did not show off the power and beauty of the instrument at all. It sounded like a child had gotten away from it's parents and was having a tantrum on the organ console. It was right out of a nightmare or a cheesy haunted house soundtrack! With all the options available to show off this magnificent showpiece, it is beyond me that this is what we got!
One of the two most important relics kept in Notre Dame Cathedral (along with the Crown of Thorns) is the relic of the Cross, which was in Poland for hundreds of years, in Wawel Cathedral in Krakow. It made its way to the Seine with King John Casimir of Poland, who left for France after his abdication. The relic was displayed on the altar of the royal cathedral in Krakow during numerous coronations of Polish kings. May God protect France, the oldest daughter of the Church!
I am French and I fully agree. It is a scandal . The satanist after having created opening ceremony of olympic games have put their hands on the music but also on the clothes of the servants and on the liturgic furnitures
@@PadraigTomasthere were multiple organists and they were improvising based on the chant of the archbishop showcasing various registrations of the instrument in classical French improvisational style
In reading other comments, apparently Oliver Latry followed the French tradition of improvisation in his playing. Some wrote this represented the stages of the fire, restoration, and re-awakening. Heard with those thoughts in mind, the music makes sense. (I would love to see and hear what is played for Christmas Day). From Chicago, U.S.A.
I agree with the critique of the organist work should’ve stuck to something more traditional arrangement on the pipe organ. Not all too inspiring. But regardless, the companions knocked it out of the park on the rebuild. They are still the best guild in the world Way to go boys and girls.
Why not choose from hundreds of excellent pieces for organ? I'm just a casual, but I've heard a few equally powerful and beautiful performances over the years. This is not one of them.
A number of comments here are upset about the music selection, but I'm thinking of the organ a bit like a person who has experienced a devastating tragedy, and has then been on a long journey towards healing and wholeness. In listening to the call and response between the priest and the organ, I heard the organ going through fits and starts, trying to sound like it's old self, yet being hindered and held back by the trauma it had gone through. However, slowly, with the encouragement of the priest, I heard the organ finding it's voice again and finally feeling the weight of the past being lifted away so it can once again serve by lifting others up.
@@augustinedebosson9343 this is like saying that my whole body was covered in third degree burns but my lungs unaffected. the organ is part of an organic whole of the cathedral. the organ is the breath and voice of the cathedral. it feels the pain and trauma because it is the mouthpiece of that pain and trauma!
@@maralisil French organists prefer to improvise in the moment rather than play 'composed' music by someone else. The masterworks of the French Organ School are usually heard in recitals rather than at Mass.
The organ may indeed be a fine instrument, the organist himself is renowned. The noise that was made was absolutely horrific. Some may see it as a wasted opportunity, especially in front of a global audience, I know I do. However, fair play to Olivier Latry for having the bravado to stick to the French tradition.
@@ds1868 You are right! A finer ceremonial piece, audacious and yet traditional and listenable all at once, does not exist, and I always wonder what Widor felt about the moment he wrote it! Was he elated? Is there any literature about this?
Another and more historic point of view: Maybe not everyone knows, that Notre Dame was an important origin of the development of our whole western musical culture. It was Notre Dame, where the old (now so called) gregorian chant was turned into polyphonic music, in music where different groups of musicians play different "melodies". This was long before there was even a slight idea of things we take for granted today, like chords or 4/4 measures, but layed out the foundations for what is completely normal for us today. These musical experiments in this cathedral starting about 850 years ago, also evoked huge resistance by listeners at these times. But the musicians didn't have the idea of pleasing an audience. It was the idea of pleasing god - soli deo gloria. Notre Dame used to be the epicenter of musical avantgarde for several centuries, it prepared and led finally to that music we all know and love. Without these experiments the music today would probably completely different. You don't need to like, what Olivier Latry (and his colleagues) is playing, but maybe you can understand in which tradition he (and composers like Olivier Messiaen, who is obviously a big influence) grew up and (supposedly) see themselves.
The trouble is that if you go much beyond Messiaen, you get chaos. Debussy and Ravel and Vierne as well as people like Dutilleux realised that aeons ago. Thus imposters like Philip Glass and Arvo Paart come along! You can fool some of the people all of the time! I indeed listened to the Notre-Dame school during the sermon, and it was refreshing, intriguing, new! The problem is that Latry does not have transcendental talent as a composer and musician. Dupre, for example, did. His Antiennes, which are Marian, would have fitted well. They are, of course, quite contrapuntal in places. Another problem was the very simplistic choir and congregation music, the over-fast Handel Halleluiah out of context, and liturgically the lack of focus on Notre-Dame's Marian identity. There were some glorious touches in the way the organist segued at the end of cadences via a passing note (usually a second) enlivening the Gregorian melodies of the Missa de Angelis in the one place where we had - despite Pope Francis! - some Latin! No, the accompaniment, whereby the singing and organ reflected each upon the other like a poem by Mallarme or the Morroirs of Ravel, was truly inspired.
I'm sorry but the improvisation performances were awful! Anyone saying the are just sophisticated are either delusional or or just being kind. I have heard some beautiful and wonderful music from those pipe organs and that wasn't it!
This is pathetic. There are a rich variety of spectacular organ music from French and European composers that could have been picked much better than what they did. Unbelievable. Just look at attendants faces.
This is pathetic. There are a rich variety of spectacular organ music from French and European composers that could have been picked much better than what they did. Unbelievable. Just look at attendants faces.
This is purely French organ music. VERY appropriate for the building in which it is representing. Look up French composers like Durufle who have been the organ master at Notre Dame. This is the kind of music that makes French church music unique.
A great joy to behold after many centuries of hosting pilgrims. However, the organ music was so avant-garde that I thought they might be performing an exorcism on a particular head of stare.
@@charlesbleile5282these were improvisations, not selections. France has a long history of organ improvisation. This is how the organ has sounded every Sunday for over 100 years.
once again catholic french culture has produced absolute beauty. the conjuring, the bringing back to life the organ. the organ personified as the voice of god, voice of the cathedral, from ashes and ruin now reawakening at the beckoning call of the archbishop. people who hated the opening sounds, go back and rewatch with this in mind. the organ is being called back to life and is slowly reawakening at each call, his voice filled with pain from the fire, joy of being alive again, all of this mixed together. absolute masterpiece this entire scene. only the french can pull it off
The cathedral is historically important for mankind, not only for the Catholics. I'm lucky enough to have visited this beautiful building several times, the first time in 1980.
The Organ of Notre Dame Cathedral Paris is regarded as famous amongst Organists and music lovers in the classical world. I can understand from the number of comments that some find Improvisation by the organist invoking the 8 responses from the Archbishop unsettling. But actually this is what the Organ is famous for. The late Pierre Cochearu drew large audiences to the Cathedral at weekends with these improvisations. Furthermore many organists from around the world the UK where I am from were intrigued and indeed now use his improvisations in their own churches. The English Organist David Briggs has transcribed and published many of these improvisations.
To ignore, disparage, or not play those improvisations just wouldn't be French. If you're not hearing them at Notre Dame or St. Sulpice, either nobody's at the console or you're in the wrong place. :-^
Est ce qu'on peut savoir qui a choisi la musique pour l'orgue ? c'est une époque à démissions .../.Can we know who chose the music for the organ? it is a time of resignations....
Where was the festive and harmonious music by these organists? As an organist of over 50 years myself I find these improvisations to be absolutely and repulsively horrid! Anyone can smash the keys. In no way can the general public connect to this horrid display! The dissonance, the discordance was absolutely a disservice to the instrument and its art and for it's sole purpose as to why the organ is there in the first place. There was no beauty or spiritually uplifting "music" (if you want to call it that) displayed here. Just observe the faces of the congregation. There were expressions of pain, anguish and anxiousness. It appeared that they couldn't wait until that racket was over. What these organist displayed here was absolutely repulsive and violently disgusting.
If anyone can smash the keys, why don't you go up and give anything worth half as much as Latry could play? If you actually listen to him play prewritten compositions, you'll realize that every note is intentional.
@@ernestyeagley512 I have to disagree vehemently with you, but politely- I was very moved by the improvisations, which invoked the spirit of Pierre Cochereau but also earlier French classical composers. However we all like and dislike different styles of music- I’m no fan of heavy metal as I don’t really understand it and maybe this style of organ music is similar for you. So let’s rejoice, not rant, that we all have different musical preferences, eh?
Study the French organ literature - Pincemaille, Messaien, Duruflé... this improvisational style is decidedly French Catholic and is what has been played on this organ for hundreds of years. You come to the Notre Dame reopening you get Notre Dame, not a mismash of simple well-known melodies repeated in perpetuum by organists with no sight for other, more avant-garde musical cultures.
French modern improvisation is def an acquired taste, kind of like natural wine or triple IPAs. But don’t downplay it, it’s much more than some key smashing.
I think that is Olivier Latry on the organ. He's improvising all of that (making it up as he goes). That's his "normal" improvisational style. He's more about being an over-the-top organist and showing he's the best there is than he is about sounding appropriately holy in a church setting. He is a world class organist, but I agree, not exactly the sounds most of us think of hearing in an edifice dedicated to love, peace, holiness and tranquility.
The Saga of Notre Dame Part IV And At Last, The Bells Five years it’s been since that dread night When the world was treated to the sight The fire that threatened with terrible glow The Notre Dame and the Windows Rose A fire that raged all through the night Lit from within, the windows alight The Windows Rose from long ago Were threatened by a fire’s glow. And all of France rushed to the scene Their goal, save all that saved could be A grand old Church built long ago Lit from within by dread fire’s glow. They fought and sweated all night long While Frenchmen cheered in speech and song To save the church from long ago From fire’s deadly, ash-choked glow. And dawn returned, as all dawns must, And Frenchmen peering through ash and dust For just one glimpse of the Windows Rose That fire threatened by midnight’s glow. And lo, the sun’s first rays did show Not one or two of the Windows Rose All three survived, and the tears did flow The sun shone bright, and the Windows glowed. And one year later, 'midst plague we did see the streets were empty, as they should be But some few came to mark the day of the year before when the world did pray and that day, the bells rang out to mark the Church and nation against the Dark they survived the fire, they'll survive the plague they survive no matter how dark the day and the Church that looks the centuries down stands in the middle of Paris town with the Windows Rose lit by sun's glow and the bells ring out, and onward France goes. Two years had passed, since that dread night When fire set Notre Dame alight France sang and prayed two years ago Through fire’s deadly, ash-choked glow. But listen, my children, and you shall hear Of trees that were planted many a year Before that night, when the spire fell So listen, good people, and let me tell Those trees were planted, ‘gainst day of need And many years later, are needed indeed For France rebuilt the Notre Dame But not with steel; no, not at all They built the Church in the same way They built it then, and again today With wood and craft and loving care Till spire arises into the air And a day did dawn, as dawn it must And Frenchmen peered through craftsmen’s dust At a grand old church, a famous nom The chapel in France called Notre Dame No trace of fire was there to be found And all of Paris did hear the sound Of bells to mark the joyous way Of A Church reborn, again that day And Frenchmen will cheer in speech and song A fire survived, of a right once wronged Notre Dame reopens, the sun’s arose And shines again on the Windows Rose. And five years later, the church stands tall Rebuilt, and proud, to welcome all The spire rises into the air The bells now sound, and look you there The church survived that night of flame And France and the world together came To build it back, the world to show The Notre Dame and the Windows Rose.
This is just a guess on my part, but I'm thinking of the organ a bit like a person who has experienced a devastating tragedy, and has then been on a long journey towards healing and wholeness. In listening to the call and response between the priest and the organ, I heard the organ going through fits and starts, trying to sound like it's old self, yet being hindered and held back by the trauma it had gone through. However, slowly, with the encouragement of the priest, I heard the organ finding it's voice again and finally feeling the weight of the past being lifted away so it can once again serve by lifting others up.
For me, Latry's improvisation also symbolizes the violence that was done to the building - I find it quite fitting. And it's absolutely world-class, even if many people don't understand that
@@Sebman1113 agree! this is only horror because of the lack of knowledgement in the listener, there could be more than just happy or sad music ): go listen to taylor swift!
It is the most beautiful time of the year lights fill the streets spreading so much cheers I should be playing in the winter snow. Wishing you happy Christmas happy new year. May God bless you all.
@@c.a.7522 Don’t forget this is just the first of several services celebrating the reopening of ND. I’d be surprised if the Salve Regina is not sung at the end of one of the masses, or that a musical setting of the Ave Maria is included in one of the upcoming services (what about a setting by a French choral composer- Poulenc?- or Pierre Villette’s gorgeous “Hymne à la Vierge”). I’m afraid I don’t know “chez nous soyez reine”, but I’ve just looked it up- seems like there are two very different settings/ melodies but neither have managed to make it across La Manche!
@@aceairstream Yes, but the first time after the restauration ( which ist absolutely wonderful in my opinion), I expected to hear through the organ a bridge between old, traditional an maybe 1-2 new pieces....as a message for the World, I'm sure Christians all over the World looked at this New begining. Well, de gustibus non est disputandum, only my opinion. Have a peaceful 2. Advent !
God bless France.
What a sight to behold.
First the Olympics and Celine Dion...now this!
@@bobareebop La cérémonie de la réouverture de ND de Paris, les JO, les commémorations de l'anniversaire du débarquement, et la visite du Pape à Marseille, les 14 juillet (fête nationale)... sans parler des musées, des expositions des peintres si belles...
La France est un pays créatif, riche de savoir faire, de culture, de beauté, de bons goût et de personne de talent dans tous les arts.
Those vestments are hideous.
Hopefully the terrorists from.the ' religion of peech' won't try to burn it again.
The new non-french moh@mm@d@n france
1971 17 years old. Sitting up in the choir loft at Notre Dame Cathedral listening to someone auditioning for the position of Organist. I'm *so* happy it was possible to restore this wonderful musical instrument along with the Cathedral itself.
But now they couldn't find anyone who could actually play something. That noise was horrible.
@@cutechiangelsHow did this happen 😭 It's like he's trying to get the dust off every surface.... Or wake the dead? Or something 🧛♀️🧟♀️🤷♀️
@@cutechiangels That's a real shame. So many better, more inclusive, more *musical* choices that could have been made.
@@cutechiangels 😭😭😭
I wasn't understanding this at all, but the music did get better, the different pieces. Apparently, according to other comments, it was supposed to represent the shock of the incident of the fire, the the subsequent difficulties of repairing it.... I still feel like a beautiful relic was abused. As well as everyone's ears😵💫 But, it's definitely memorable!!!
@gohawks3571
Yes, so true. To embody the flames and fire in music some great composers have done superb jobs around such horrific subjects. Beethoven, Sybelius, Rachmaninof, Arvö Pärt, etc...
This organist had strings pulled, the wrong way!!! 😓😣😖😡
Pun intended!!
Merci France. Your cathedrals are testament to your greatness. Keep your culture rich and strong always.
Thank you so much
No, Catholic cathedrals are a testament to the Reign of Jesus Christ!
Stinky cheese 🧀 and a talent for surrender. 🏳
@@denkoxh8610 what really impresses me is the original construction. a superhuman undertaking
Cathedrals were built to the glory of God, something somewhat lacking in current French culture.
Wonderful to see this beautiful cathedral open once again. I always love hearing pipe organs.
Il existe 100 cathédrales en France et plus de trois mille en Italie .
La plus grande se trouve à St Pierre de Beauvais .
Some of the music played during the inauguration sounded demonic and could best be described as cacaphonic noice. Nothing sacred or even pleasing to the ear nor joyous or praise.. It sounded more like the organist was trying to create his own show and thereby missing the opportunity to introduce the king of all instruments to the world.
@@CyborgZeta
La plus belle cathédrale du monde se trouve à Barcelone .
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@@Wiiilly-w9bOh! Thank you 👍🥰✌️
thank you to everyone who participated in rebuilding this iconic cathedral.....God Bless you!!
Watching the ceremony from Australia. Notre Dame looks absolutely amazing. What a magnificent job. Well done!
And no one is religious anymore. How funny.
@@rafikcheraitia3957 All those who are here in the Cathedral are religious. That is no funny.
Impressive reconstruction indeed& in such a short time 😮
Same from Canada
@@sailormanoyster1849 ;You are right. I chided the Islamist @ rafikcheraitia3957 for his malicious remark on Christians. But my reply was deleted by YT moderator possibly a sucker for Islamists or a bot operating on low level AI.
Magnificent reinstallation of the organ. blessings to all involved in the restoration of the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris.
Now they need someone who can actually play it properly
@@martinmayhew145
Rubbish. Fine if you didnt like this particular improvisation, but Olivier Latry is one of the most distinguished organists in the world.
The great thing is the organ really had little damage. None from fire, maybe some from water.
@@martinmayhew145 Hahahaha!!! Latry is an extraordinary improviser, though not in the same class as his distinguished predecessor Pierre Cochereau, R.I.P. Musicians like Dupre and Cochereau only come around once or twice in a century.
@@martinmayhew145 And I assume that would be you?
Great is HIS Name. God bless France and all those who worked to restore the Cathedral and the musical instrument of Notre Dame.
Rose from Goa, India
Once again the wonder instrument of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll's intones!
When visiting Paris in late 1969, just by chance alone Marcel Dupré
played then at Notre-Dame. This precious memory I shall keep with
me always.
Vive la France.
Aristide Cavallie-Coll. Autospell never gets it right
@@The_DuMont_Network
I did not use auto spell. I put it from memory, just as you now have.
Let's have a look here . . .
"Aristide Cavaillé-Coll" -- just now copied directly from Google search and from another place that same "Aristide Cavaillé-Coll" and, still another from no less than Britanica "Aristide Cavaillé-Coll."
Please, do be in touch with them and insist on YOUR way, which we all now "know" to be the correct one thus "Aristide Cavallie-Coll"
(Is not demonstrating one's ignorance in public, just SO much fun???)
@@The_DuMont_Network Pour un non francophone c'est plutôt pas mal et votre remarque est superfétatoire
A true new beginning to a legendary, historical, and great cathedral! Thank-you and God Bless those who put in 5 years of BOTH repairing and cleaning up Notre Dame. ⛪⛪⛪⛪
Está Catedral O cualquier otro Templo destruido Merece su Restauración
It sounded to me as if the first organist was using an improvised work to represent the unnerving destruction of the fire upon the organ and cathedral. The second organist represented the mourning of its loss. The third explored the determination to rebuild it. And the fourth was an expression of the freedom to rejoice over its renewal!
@@danebutton6289 at least someone understands!
It sounded just like an ape hitting the keys. A bunch of noise! A nice sonata would be nice or maybe some classical music from the 1700's. Bach ring a bell?
Well Said!
Indeed, yet not the most pleasant music. Perhaps there is even deeper meaning in the choice of music.
It's a French tradition that the organist improvises responses to the priest's blessings of the organ.
There's a LP recording of Marcel Dupré doing this at the inauguration of the organ at l'Église des Invalides in Paris.
😭😭😭😭💙💙💙🙏 Amen!! I loss my only son 7 yrs ago...Hope will be restored because there are many great souls in our world like France have demonstrated to inspired and rekindle hope in our humanity for the many suffering...💙💙
I’m very touched by what you wrote, Angela. Your son is with our Lord Jesus Christ and look after you as you very well know. You are right the beauty of the cathedral testimonies the presence of God in our lives. I send you all my evangelical love 🌈🙏
I know through the power of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, you WILL see your son again. God bless you. I can't say anything useful to you for the pain. I'm hopeless on that. But I know there is a place of eventual peace.
I'm so sorry about your son💔 You will be joined again; I'll bet he's up there wanting you to be happy and live well 🫂❤️🩹
Stunning. Absolutely stunning...Visited this beautiful place a few years ago....was impressed with it then....Absolutely amazed at it NOW...😃👍🏼
First, I couldn’t enjoy the organ music on TV, but then I listen again, but now a better recording (the one un DW news) with headphones (this is very important), and WOW, a completely different experience! Now everything become sense, I could feel the melody and complex sounds! So mysterious, unique and powerful! I love it! How it is now like a completely different sound? This is mind-blowing!
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Bien d'accord avec vous . J'avais soulevé dans un commentaire, ce problème de l'orgue qui passe très mal sur les télés, les ordinateurs, les smartphones. Personne n'est responsable mais les esprits chagrins sont difficiles à convaincre.
What kind of garbage chaos is this noise!?! You can see by the expressions on all the faces that they are politely enduring it. This was absolutely shameful!!!
@@hugovictor8223 Yes, this kind of music is full of really subtle sounds, without them it sounds bad, chaotic. People need to be more curious and open minded. I decided to give it a second chance after reading many comments saying that it was an old long tradition in French organ music. It didn’t have sense that it sounded bad after years and years of improvement, right? It´s a pity that so many lost the opportunity to appreciate it because of a limited quality broadcasting 😔
@@jeaniespice8112 All faces? Did you see the guy in 7:28? I think he is absolutely fascinated (actually, that was my face when I listened that part it in high quality). I watched curious, surprised, serious and bored faces, exactly the regular kind that you can see in any classical concert, so, there is no need to feel so “offended” or sounded so aggressive like you wanted to speak to the church manager or something :S
Absolutely beautiful! So glad to see this beautiful Cathedral restored!
So much wonderful history in this great country. God bless France and its people. We are most blessed to have the French from Quebec here with us in the United States.
Improvisation has never been my 'cup of tea'. But, just hearing the pipes of the organ give me goosebumps! Merci! ❤
So excited to see beautiful Notre Dame again! 💝
We were fortunate to see it before the fire. I would love to see it again.
@marshallmurrell4583 Yes, same here in the 90's.
Me too. I will go to see Her this coming year! But easy for me, i live at 260 kms from Notre-Dame.
Pretty sure that's what the organ sounded like DURING the fire.
😂 music from Hell
@@PedroFragosoPires not at ALL!
That organist wasn’t playing. He was just mashing keys. Lucky The Lord Himself didn’t shoot fireballs from Heaven and burn it all the way down to soot and ash. Quasimodo is supposed to ring the bells not play the organ.
lol
@@davehopkins4014Terrible, it was just a barrage of NOISE nothing beautiful about it! 😳
I have cried multiple times over all of this. VIVE LA FRANCE
I cried too.... at the discordant ugliness of the alter and baptismal font, and the literal discord of the organ playing. The idea of a beautiful church is to reflect all that is good in Heaven. I cried that France has lost the vision of Heaven.
You wimp.
@@daniellejarvis157 I full agree with you. I think We, in France are under control of satanist. I have got the same feeling at wiewing the opening ceremony of olympic games. Although it is not a sacred matter but the controlled this ceremony
A country which respects and preserves artisans, that's what we witnessed 🙏
What an incredible thrill! Latry and his fellow organists must be in their own kind of heaven! This magnificent instrument has the entire range of colors, timbres, simplicity and complexity, and power. WOW.
This French style of improvisation is an acquired taste, and I am curious about its origins. I prefer the English and German improvisations, but respect this tradition as well. I think it's supposed to evoke power, mystery, glory, and capacity that is beyond description.
Who cares? We say they believe a false gospel (basing their entrance into heaven on good works, per the catechism #1821). Therefore, a thousand of these organs playing all at once is simply playing to "another Jesus and another gospel" per 2 Cor 11:4.
Magnificent sights and sounds!
Yeah okay Oliver sucks and I seen his playing his too of a modernist. He should have been in a rock band instead. He plays too many modern music. He could have played more sacred music in this introduction of the organ and did he accidentally hit the “Tutti” cupler on the organ.
Cocherau would be proud.
All the sweet memories of sitting in the church before the evening closing time.... Felt like i was there again 🙏
Magnificent restoration work, and the organ has a completely new voice, but, whatever its meaning to the proceedings might have been, the music leaves a lot to be desired!
I was there on Christmas Day 1975. What a great sight to see today. This video, concentrating on the organ, is particularly nostalgic.
Maybe it’s my untrained ears but that sounded terrible. I mean what they played was messy and aggressive
Noise of Hell. It is terrible ans satanic.
Have some respect for religious tradition please, even if you're not a christian.
You're not wrong. Even to me, it sounded a little strange, and I am an organist
The choice of music for the inauguration was demonic and not sacred at all. It was a disgrace.
As a French I FULLY agree; It was satanic music like many things in France. In my country satanic are trying to control everything. See for example the opening ceremony of olympic games!!! They are every where and even in Notre Dame (false music, clothes of the Servant, liturgic furnitures). They are in Education Nationle, they are evrywhere................
Sounds like You are entering Heaven. God Bless The Notre-Dame Cathedral!
Amazing. I so remember attending organ concerts on Sundays in Notre Dame. It's unlike any place in the world.
To listen to Vidor's organ Toccata in Notre Dame de Paris is an experience of a lifetime!
I totally agree. I like you have experienced VIdor's masterpiece in Notre Dame. It's totally awe-inspiring.
For me - it is really strange that official French site don't inform viewers by writing down the name of that organist. Olivier Latry.
Terrible choice of score for such a momentous event. This cathedral and instrument deserve so much better than this.
It was improvised for a start 🥴🤦🏼♂️
What a stunning beauty.... The organ is just beautiful.... The workers did magnificent work so articulate..... It's just so wonderful and at Christmas....❤❤❤....
The organ music choices......gave me a headache. But the church is gorgeous.
@@brianbrotherston5940Optional accessories include earplugs🤣
In 1997 living in Germany, I took a long weekend trip to Paris with 2 NYC policemen. They were reservists in the investigative forces of the Army.
A an architecture historian I was able to give them a thorough tour of the Cathedral interior and exterior.
Seeing the restoration would be nice but for me, a handicapped 75 yo, I will never get back there. The digital world provides so much to people like me.
That is an amazing memory. God bless you!
What is your impression of the color of the interior stone of the cathedral after all the cleaning? I strikes me as a different building entirely, but it must be close to the way it looked when it was new.
Congratulations France, Paris and the French peoples for this magnificent achievement. Glory to God.
Many millions of French ancestors are proud of modern France and the world is thankful
Who chose such an awful piece of music to inaugurate such a wonderfully restored instrument…
Have some respect for religious tradition please, even if you're not a christian.
@ playing awful organ music is not a religious tradition nor is criticising this music a form of disrespect… not sure the relevance of that, but I am Catholic
@ please be respectful. it is a longstanding tradition to improvise on the organ as part of religious services. And whether they be free improvisations or structured according to the french classical style for liturgical use, just because you don’t like this tradition doesn’t mean you need to call this an ‘awful piece of music.’ I would not go around blaspheming over something simply not being to my taste-I am not singularly more important than the Christian traditions from which I come. I will make it known that I was baptised Eastern Orthodox, not catholic, but I have utmost respect for Christian traditions that may be culturally a bit different from mine.
@@lilijanapond No, I have to stand with the original commenter, it sounded horrendous. "Traditions" doesn't condemn us to bad music, they could've easily played something more pleasing while also participating in that tradition. And so many agree it sounded awful, so it probably is. It was played so aggressively, it reminds me of when toddlers are given access to a piano and they mash on the keys. If you like it, good for you, but don't police others on their opinions, because they're just as valid.
Of only all those people there will really listen to the words of Our Blessed Mother “ Do Everything He Tells you”!!. Happy feast day Blessed Mother Mary!pray for all of us.
What about the only one who died and she'd His Blood for your sins? JESUS..
Praying to Mary is a Sinful act. Please dear lady, Read your Bible. Jesus is our savior Not Mary.
@ CandyEvans-j8i Read it again, Candy…to Jesus through Mary.
Yes France needs to embrace the faith of their fathers
@@4fuzzybearwho says it's sinful?
France have inspired humanity!!🙏🌺
Really? Huhuhu by killing human beings and stealing their fortune.
Amazing restoration!!!
Bravo 👏 Merci du senior 🙏🙌🙏 from Belgium 🇧🇪 🙏 Brussels 😊❤🎉
Bless Notre Dame cathedral, and it’s people😮❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
They could have used Denis Bedard’s Huit Invocations. Written specifically for an organ dedication/awakening. Truly exquisite and lovely.
😭😭 I does felt the angels and the Lord during these crises of hatred and abused against the vulnerability of human being!! This Notre Dame's Opening have moving heart and ensuring faith in the Lord!!😭😭😭💙🌺🙏
Why the horror music? It's a shame. Very glad the Notre Dame is restored.
Haha. Actually, it's the other way around.
Oliver latry nailed this. Such a powerful organ. He showcased that well in both dissonance and resonance. People were complaining that it was too much. just listen to the rest of the mass where it was mellow. The postlude is supposed to be exciting! Great stuff.
The first part was an exorcism before the consecration could proceed!
It is the birth of the bishop organ an account the awakening of the order like a child who lets out his first cry at birth we call it the divine breath and little by little he learns the notes like
@@lukereilly4963 Ah shut up!
Very moving ceremony. Hopefully, all those present had their hearts touched by the Holy Spirit.
I think that we all must keep in mind that this is not Hollywood. Here, there is so much history, shining and dirty, smooth and twisted, blessed and cursed. This music covers all of that, amplified by the immense meaning of that building.
That’s fine…but it is a CHURCH not a concert hall for gibberish music. This WAS Hollywood.
@@bill9540 Right again. But especially in Church, every aspect of life is supposed to be present. Not like in a concert hall, that is always a bit elite and conservative. I don't hear this music as "gibberisch". It is very well structured, immensely rich in different tone qualities and pays very much attention to the possibilities of this specific organ. And it is emotional. "Classical" music may be played almost anywhere under many different circumstances. This music almost seems to be made exactly for this time, this place, this occasion.
No, this is a Cathedral, where all the best is supposed to come together for God - the best architechture, the best DRESS, the best music, all of it to represent heaven on Earth. That 'music' was simply pounding very loud on the organ, and was the antithesis of beauty. It was a travesty that did not belong in God's house.
@@bill9540But, as I said to the last Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral, London, much of the ‘dressing up’ by the clergy IS theatrical
@@daniellejarvis157 Amen!
Not harmonious-sounds cacophonous -what elevation does this provide?
Such a beauty to see this Church rebuilt
well... you perceive it as cacophonic ; some people thougth Beethoven, Debussy, Wagner were cacophonic.
What a terrible fisher price frock for the Bishop. Garish
@@brianbrotherston5940IKEA catalogue. The crozier also starts to flash when the bar is open.
Looks like something Jill Biden would have designed.
What a cheap comment without any knowledge-Dopey!
If you know that the rainbow from the story of the Flood has a different meaning than the one that the zeitgeist gives it today, you already know a lot.
Congratulations to France for the recovery of Notre-Dame. Fortunately the organ was recovered too.
In the name of Christ, I've chills up and down my spine. Magnificent!
God Bless the good people of the City of Paris and the Country of France 🙏.
Thank you to the firefighters for saving this beautiful cathedral. The restoration is gorgeous. That organ gives me goosebumps. 🙏
The Cathedral's acoustics enhance the magnificent sound!
Simply beautiful!
Watched this live yesterday and was so glad to see the cathedral back and better than ever! I was so disappointed in the choice of music for the organ though! It was awful and did not show off the power and beauty of the instrument at all. It sounded like a child had gotten away from it's parents and was having a tantrum on the organ console. It was right out of a nightmare or a cheesy haunted house soundtrack! With all the options available to show off this magnificent showpiece, it is beyond me that this is what we got!
One of the two most important relics kept in Notre Dame Cathedral (along with the Crown of Thorns) is the relic of the Cross, which was in Poland for hundreds of years, in Wawel Cathedral in Krakow. It made its way to the Seine with King John Casimir of Poland, who left for France after his abdication. The relic was displayed on the altar of the royal cathedral in Krakow during numerous coronations of Polish kings. May God protect France, the oldest daughter of the Church!
Magnificent!
What an incredible organ
Thank you for showing this! I saw the organist, Olivier Latry, perform with the Boston Symphony in October and he's wonderful!
Tak jak chce to potrafi ale caly swiat patrzył i ja to widze jak ten banan na scianie Po co nie mozna było zagrać normalnie
The organ 'music' sounded like hell.
I am French and I fully agree. It is a scandal . The satanist after having created opening ceremony of olympic games have put their hands on the music but also on the clothes of the servants and on the liturgic furnitures
Quite. The organist should be ashamed.
@@PadraigTomasthere were multiple organists and they were improvising based on the chant of the archbishop showcasing various registrations of the instrument in classical French improvisational style
You (whoever you are) A musical Dunce!!! No appreciation, so stay away!!!
@@PadraigTomasyou are a musical dunce with no appreciation for improvisations!!! Go listen to Mickey Mouse!!!
In reading other comments, apparently Oliver Latry followed the French tradition of improvisation in his playing. Some wrote this represented the stages of the fire, restoration, and re-awakening. Heard with those thoughts in mind, the music makes sense. (I would love to see and hear what is played for Christmas Day). From Chicago, U.S.A.
I agree with the critique of the organist work should’ve stuck to something more traditional arrangement on the pipe organ. Not all too inspiring. But regardless, the companions knocked it out of the park on the rebuild. They are still the best guild in the world Way to go boys and girls.
Why not choose from hundreds of excellent pieces for organ? I'm just a casual, but I've heard a few equally powerful and beautiful performances over the years. This is not one of them.
A number of comments here are upset about the music selection, but I'm thinking of the organ a bit like a person who has experienced a devastating tragedy, and has then been on a long journey towards healing and wholeness. In listening to the call and response between the priest and the organ, I heard the organ going through fits and starts, trying to sound like it's old self, yet being hindered and held back by the trauma it had gone through. However, slowly, with the encouragement of the priest, I heard the organ finding it's voice again and finally feeling the weight of the past being lifted away so it can once again serve by lifting others up.
exactly. this entire scene was an absolute masterpiece. see my comment
French modern liturgical is different. This occasion probably warrented a new composition.
except that this organ was not affected by the fire, it did not suffer any trauma...it was just cleaned of the soot that had been deposited there
@@augustinedebosson9343 this is like saying that my whole body was covered in third degree burns but my lungs unaffected. the organ is part of an organic whole of the cathedral. the organ is the breath and voice of the cathedral. it feels the pain and trauma because it is the mouthpiece of that pain and trauma!
@@maralisil French organists prefer to improvise in the moment rather than play 'composed' music by someone else. The masterworks of the French Organ School are usually heard in recitals rather than at Mass.
Magnificent organ played by experts showing its enormous power. Triumphant.
Like the cathedral it has risen from the ashes.
Beautiful restoration.
The organ may indeed be a fine instrument, the organist himself is renowned. The noise that was made was absolutely horrific. Some may see it as a wasted opportunity, especially in front of a global audience, I know I do. However, fair play to Olivier Latry for having the bravado to stick to the French tradition.
Disgusting and unbelievible
I was hoping for Widor 5th Toccata at the end, just to provide relief.
@@ds1868 You are right! A finer ceremonial piece, audacious and yet traditional and listenable all at once, does not exist, and I always wonder what Widor felt about the moment he wrote it! Was he elated? Is there any literature about this?
Another and more historic point of view:
Maybe not everyone knows, that Notre Dame was an important origin of the development of our whole western musical culture. It was Notre Dame, where the old (now so called) gregorian chant was turned into polyphonic music, in music where different groups of musicians play different "melodies". This was long before there was even a slight idea of things we take for granted today, like chords or 4/4 measures, but layed out the foundations for what is completely normal for us today.
These musical experiments in this cathedral starting about 850 years ago, also evoked huge resistance by listeners at these times. But the musicians didn't have the idea of pleasing an audience. It was the idea of pleasing god - soli deo gloria.
Notre Dame used to be the epicenter of musical avantgarde for several centuries, it prepared and led finally to that music we all know and love. Without these experiments the music today would probably completely different.
You don't need to like, what Olivier Latry (and his colleagues) is playing, but maybe you can understand in which tradition he (and composers like Olivier Messiaen, who is obviously a big influence) grew up and (supposedly) see themselves.
The trouble is that if you go much beyond Messiaen, you get chaos. Debussy and Ravel and Vierne as well as people like Dutilleux realised that aeons ago. Thus imposters like Philip Glass and Arvo Paart come along! You can fool some of the people all of the time! I indeed listened to the Notre-Dame school during the sermon, and it was refreshing, intriguing, new! The problem is that Latry does not have transcendental talent as a composer and musician. Dupre, for example, did. His Antiennes, which are Marian, would have fitted well. They are, of course, quite contrapuntal in places. Another problem was the very simplistic choir and congregation music, the over-fast Handel Halleluiah out of context, and liturgically the lack of focus on Notre-Dame's Marian identity. There were some glorious touches in the way the organist segued at the end of cadences via a passing note (usually a second) enlivening the Gregorian melodies of the Missa de Angelis in the one place where we had - despite Pope Francis! - some Latin! No, the accompaniment, whereby the singing and organ reflected each upon the other like a poem by Mallarme or the Morroirs of Ravel, was truly inspired.
So great to see Olivier Latry being the first to play for this re berth as he was the last to play on Palm Sunday just before the fire.
😊 Congratulations 👍✌️🤍✨Absolutely awesome job 🎼🎹🎶 Magnificent performance 🌹💖🥂😍
A True Miracle
I'm sorry but the improvisation performances were awful! Anyone saying the are just sophisticated are either delusional or or just being kind. I have heard some beautiful and wonderful music from those pipe organs and that wasn't it!
how presomptuous to say that if someone disagrees with your own private taste, he is being delusional...
This is pathetic. There are a rich variety of spectacular organ music from French and European composers that could have been picked much better than what they did. Unbelievable. Just look at attendants faces.
Have some respect for religious tradition please, even if you're not a christian.
@@lilijanapondexactly. The Christian tradition is improvisation, in this ritual. And the Christian attitude is to avoid unfounded criticism.
@@andresplayanlopezTrump is a well known music critic.
France reclaiming their beautiful heritage!
Google St Bartholomew s night in Paris
Not so beautiful.
@@gertrudevanvoorden1416Not the only slaughter that took place in Paris ,but it has no link with Nore-Dame
With coupling, can the organist play everything from that first lowest manual?
I had the great pleasure to meet Maestro Latry when he gave a recital in Columbus Ohio USA. What a gifted organist he is
It's sad some of the commenters here do not respect his genius
@@edby263Well: the old saying is, “The art is not on trial: THEIR artistic sense is.”
Yes, let the heathens eat cake☺️
Boo his too much of a modernist than a church organist.
@@EdwinWojewodka Was his performance in a CHURCH…or was it in a Concert Hall…that is an important distinction?
Extraordinary instrument-palace. Cannot be appreciated without being there. I must visit!
No one has the courage to say that the music is a cacophony ? The beautiful cathedral deserves much more.
I agree
Agreed. Also, the sound quality of the organ recording is horrendous. This organ deserves better.
This is pathetic. There are a rich variety of spectacular organ music from French and European composers that could have been picked much better than what they did. Unbelievable. Just look at attendants faces.
This is purely French organ music. VERY appropriate for the building in which it is representing. Look up French composers like Durufle who have been the organ master at Notre Dame. This is the kind of music that makes French church music unique.
This music is good. Respond if you want, I do not care.
A great joy to behold after many centuries of hosting pilgrims. However, the organ music was so avant-garde that I thought they might be performing an exorcism on a particular head of stare.
Very “avant-garde” sounding selections indeed.
Just like the clownish vestments of the clergy.😢
@@charlesbleile5282 omg yea
@@charlesbleile5282these were improvisations, not selections. France has a long history of organ improvisation. This is how the organ has sounded every Sunday for over 100 years.
Messiaen would approve
Cacophany is the word I would use!
I wll be delighted to see the new Notre-Dame , the old one was breathtaking.
Moi aussi.
@@brianbrotherston5940not quite. This version is lacking in soul, just a building, not a cathedral.
@@Happyheretic2308dokładnie.
once again catholic french culture has produced absolute beauty. the conjuring, the bringing back to life the organ. the organ personified as the voice of god, voice of the cathedral, from ashes and ruin now reawakening at the beckoning call of the archbishop. people who hated the opening sounds, go back and rewatch with this in mind. the organ is being called back to life and is slowly reawakening at each call, his voice filled with pain from the fire, joy of being alive again, all of this mixed together. absolute masterpiece this entire scene. only the french can pull it off
The cathedral is historically important for mankind, not only for the Catholics. I'm lucky enough to have visited this beautiful building several times, the first time in 1980.
The Organ of Notre Dame Cathedral Paris is regarded as famous amongst Organists and music lovers in the classical world. I can understand from the number of comments that some find Improvisation by the organist invoking the 8 responses from the Archbishop unsettling. But actually this is what the Organ is famous for. The late Pierre Cochearu drew large audiences to the Cathedral at weekends with these improvisations. Furthermore many organists from around the world the UK where I am from were intrigued and indeed now use his improvisations in their own churches. The English Organist David Briggs has transcribed and published many of these improvisations.
Helpful to know this though it can be off-putting if not excellent.
That's great, but I'd prefer to hear a great work, instead, or even a great new work.
My teacher studied there with Cochearu... it is beyond the norm utility of service playing. But wonderful to see the cathedra and organl live again.
To ignore, disparage, or not play those improvisations just wouldn't be French. If you're not hearing them at Notre Dame or St. Sulpice, either nobody's at the console or you're in the wrong place. :-^
2:39 I love how it comes in with the light, like a holy boss battle against this beast of an instrument!
Est ce qu'on peut savoir qui a choisi la musique pour l'orgue ? c'est une époque à démissions .../.Can we know who chose the music for the organ? it is a time of resignations....
Great improvisation
That ceremony was amazing.
This ws absolutely magical!!!
Where was the festive and harmonious music by these organists? As an organist of over 50 years myself I find these improvisations to be absolutely and repulsively horrid! Anyone can smash the keys. In no way can the general public connect to this horrid display! The dissonance, the discordance was absolutely a disservice to the instrument and its art and for it's sole purpose as to why the organ is there in the first place. There was no beauty or spiritually uplifting "music" (if you want to call it that) displayed here. Just observe the faces of the congregation. There were expressions of pain, anguish and anxiousness. It appeared that they couldn't wait until that racket was over. What these organist displayed here was absolutely repulsive and violently disgusting.
If anyone can smash the keys, why don't you go up and give anything worth half as much as Latry could play? If you actually listen to him play prewritten compositions, you'll realize that every note is intentional.
@@ernestyeagley512 I have to disagree vehemently with you, but politely- I was very moved by the improvisations, which invoked the spirit of Pierre Cochereau but also earlier French classical composers. However we all like and dislike different styles of music- I’m no fan of heavy metal as I don’t really understand it and maybe this style of organ music is similar for you. So let’s rejoice, not rant, that we all have different musical preferences, eh?
Study the French organ literature - Pincemaille, Messaien, Duruflé... this improvisational style is decidedly French Catholic and is what has been played on this organ for hundreds of years. You come to the Notre Dame reopening you get Notre Dame, not a mismash of simple well-known melodies repeated in perpetuum by organists with no sight for other, more avant-garde musical cultures.
Absolutely. Let's celebrate God and His gift of music! This was horrible.
French modern improvisation is def an acquired taste, kind of like natural wine or triple IPAs. But don’t downplay it, it’s much more than some key smashing.
The organ was sounded so scary! It sounded very unholy is there anybody else that noticed that chaos?
Agreed, in the first part there was a lot of dischord.....
Indeed
Pure disappointment. This magnificent occasion should have had a piece very majestic and fitting and triumphant instead of these discords.
I think that is Olivier Latry on the organ. He's improvising all of that (making it up as he goes). That's his "normal" improvisational style. He's more about being an over-the-top organist and showing he's the best there is than he is about sounding appropriately holy in a church setting. He is a world class organist, but I agree, not exactly the sounds most of us think of hearing in an edifice dedicated to love, peace, holiness and tranquility.
You're not the only one. That piece of "music" belonged to a horror movie not to a majestic religious ceremony.
The Saga of Notre Dame
Part IV
And At Last,
The Bells
Five years it’s been since that dread night
When the world was treated to the sight
The fire that threatened with terrible glow
The Notre Dame and the Windows Rose
A fire that raged all through the night
Lit from within, the windows alight
The Windows Rose from long ago
Were threatened by a fire’s glow.
And all of France rushed to the scene
Their goal, save all that saved could be
A grand old Church built long ago
Lit from within by dread fire’s glow.
They fought and sweated all night long
While Frenchmen cheered in speech and song
To save the church from long ago
From fire’s deadly, ash-choked glow.
And dawn returned, as all dawns must,
And Frenchmen peering through ash and dust
For just one glimpse of the Windows Rose
That fire threatened by midnight’s glow.
And lo, the sun’s first rays did show
Not one or two of the Windows Rose
All three survived, and the tears did flow
The sun shone bright, and the Windows glowed.
And one year later, 'midst plague we did see
the streets were empty, as they should be
But some few came to mark the day
of the year before when the world did pray
and that day, the bells rang out to mark
the Church and nation against the Dark
they survived the fire, they'll survive the plague
they survive no matter how dark the day
and the Church that looks the centuries down
stands in the middle of Paris town
with the Windows Rose lit by sun's glow
and the bells ring out, and onward France goes.
Two years had passed, since that dread night
When fire set Notre Dame alight
France sang and prayed two years ago
Through fire’s deadly, ash-choked glow.
But listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of trees that were planted many a year
Before that night, when the spire fell
So listen, good people, and let me tell
Those trees were planted, ‘gainst day of need
And many years later, are needed indeed
For France rebuilt the Notre Dame
But not with steel; no, not at all
They built the Church in the same way
They built it then, and again today
With wood and craft and loving care
Till spire arises into the air
And a day did dawn, as dawn it must
And Frenchmen peered through craftsmen’s dust
At a grand old church, a famous nom
The chapel in France called Notre Dame
No trace of fire was there to be found
And all of Paris did hear the sound
Of bells to mark the joyous way
Of A Church reborn, again that day
And Frenchmen will cheer in speech and song
A fire survived, of a right once wronged
Notre Dame reopens, the sun’s arose
And shines again on the Windows Rose.
And five years later, the church stands tall
Rebuilt, and proud, to welcome all
The spire rises into the air
The bells now sound, and look you there
The church survived that night of flame
And France and the world together came
To build it back, the world to show
The Notre Dame and the Windows Rose.
I loved this verse ! From St Lucia ,Caribbean
❤
Im happy for France! But some of that organ music really detracted from the sweet spirit of the celebration.
The organ player decided he wanted to have a rock concert lmaooo
Some of the organ music was more suitable for a haunted mansion!! It most certainly should have been more SACRED!!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
De acuerdo, qué piezas tan espantosas ----
Loved it
This is just a guess on my part, but I'm thinking of the organ a bit like a person who has experienced a devastating tragedy, and has then been on a long journey towards healing and wholeness. In listening to the call and response between the priest and the organ, I heard the organ going through fits and starts, trying to sound like it's old self, yet being hindered and held back by the trauma it had gone through. However, slowly, with the encouragement of the priest, I heard the organ finding it's voice again and finally feeling the weight of the past being lifted away so it can once again serve by lifting others up.
For me, Latry's improvisation also symbolizes the violence that was done to the building - I find it quite fitting. And it's absolutely world-class, even if many people don't understand that
Yes I agree that organ sounded like something out of a horror movie I could not have put up with that for very long dreadful !
I rather like big organ sounds that demonstrate the might of God. I’m a Lutheran, this is the sort of playing I like to hear on Sundays.
@@Sebman1113 agree! this is only horror because of the lack of knowledgement in the listener, there could be more than just happy or sad music ):
go listen to taylor swift!
That last piece that they played on the organ while the clergy exited was so dissonant that it was almost diabolical.
It is the most beautiful time of the year lights fill the streets spreading so much cheers I should be playing in the winter snow. Wishing you happy Christmas happy new year. May God bless you all.
Sounds like the organ player was also involved in the planning of the olympics last summer too
A fine organ, a beautiful church, an unfortunate choice of music
I think they forgot to tune the organ during the restoration or something how is this music??
Beautiful,may God bless the people of beautiful France 🇫🇷👏👏❤️🇨🇦
I expected Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod-Schubert), Salve Regina and Chez nous soyez Reine, leastways....what a disappointment....😢
@@c.a.7522 Don’t forget this is just the first of several services celebrating the reopening of ND. I’d be surprised if the Salve Regina is not sung at the end of one of the masses, or that a musical setting of the Ave Maria is included in one of the upcoming services (what about a setting by a French choral composer- Poulenc?- or Pierre Villette’s gorgeous “Hymne à la Vierge”). I’m afraid I don’t know “chez nous soyez reine”, but I’ve just looked it up- seems like there are two very different settings/ melodies but neither have managed to make it across La Manche!
@@aceairstream Yes, but the first time after the restauration ( which ist absolutely wonderful in my opinion), I expected to hear through the organ a bridge between old, traditional an maybe 1-2 new pieces....as a message for the World, I'm sure Christians all over the World looked at this New begining. Well, de gustibus non est disputandum, only my opinion. Have a peaceful 2. Advent !