Gloriously good performance Caroline (and I'm saying that as someone who can also play this piece from memory at tempo). I'm excited by how good a musician you are 😃! Every time I hear you play I smile! I think, "Yep - she nailed it and nailed it well! 😃". BTW, I hope that you (and me) help start a trend in organists playing from memory - I think it really helps with the organ being a truly musical, musical instrument. In particular, no time irregularities (due to reading the score and even page turns) and taking the listener on a journey as you yourself go on a journey as you play it (you're not just fetching handfuls of notes off the page and playing them). Thank you! I think you're great! 🙂
BTW I love your arm-hand-finger preparation for the very first chord. Ready .... GO! Such positiveness and energy. An inspiration indeed! 🙂 I've listened to thousands of organists and organ performances over four decades, and I've worked with international recitalists and prize winners, and I play well myself, and for me you stand out as Uber Exceptional. I like everything about your playing. I wish you well. Don't ever let anyone get you down. Always remember this! The Anna Fedorova of the organ! 🙂
Gloriously good performance Caroline (and I'm saying that as someone who can also play this piece from memory at tempo). I'm excited by how good a musician you are 😃! Every time I hear you play I smile! I think, "Yep - she nailed it and nailed it well! 😃".
BTW, I hope that you (and me) help start a trend in organists playing from memory - I think it really helps with the organ being a truly musical, musical instrument. In particular, no time irregularities (due to reading the score and even page turns) and taking the listener on a journey as you yourself go on a journey as you play it (you're not just fetching handfuls of notes off the page and playing them).
Thank you! I think you're great! 🙂
Good interpretation of this organ work of a french composer !
Well done, and great tempo…exciting! Played cleanly and articulately!
BTW I love your arm-hand-finger preparation for the very first chord. Ready .... GO! Such positiveness and energy. An inspiration indeed! 🙂
I've listened to thousands of organists and organ performances over four decades, and I've worked with international recitalists and prize winners, and I play well myself, and for me you stand out as Uber Exceptional. I like everything about your playing.
I wish you well. Don't ever let anyone get you down. Always remember this!
The Anna Fedorova of the organ! 🙂
Isn't this perhaps a tad bit fast?
Tempo trop rapide. Il faut toujours penser à Saint Sulpice quand on joue la musique de Widor.