Marie-Claire Alain - Organist Extraordinaire
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- Legendary French organist Marie-Claire Alain performs Bach on different organs and talks about the challenges and joys of performing on the instrument.
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When I met Mme Marie Claire Alain in Pittsburgh after her recital, I spoke French. She answered English; suddenly nerves kicked in, and I switched to German. She took my hand, spoke perfect German, and it was like talking to a favourite aunt! She could not have been sweeter and more dear, this maîtresse of my favourite instrument (along with the voice; I am a trained singer and also an organist and pianist, aber ich schweife ab!) taking extra time with me, nobody! I will never forget her. As gifted, educated and wonderful she was musically and linguistically, she was even moreso a dear, loving, genuine Lady.
Rest in peace, dear Mme Alain.
Someone I know had lessons from her and won a prix d'excellence.
I've heard about Marie-Claire Alain more than 20 years ago when Walcha's performances of Bach and archive vinyl recordings from Radio Belgrade's 3rd program formed my taste. Walcha stayed with me ever since but in the meantime I listened to other organists playing Bach's organ cycles, like Rubsam, Preston and others, and deliberately, out of my dumb prejudice, I was skipping Marie-Claire Alain. Then after hearing her 2nd 1978-1980, then 3rd 1987-1994, then 1st 1950s-1960s cycles, for me, with Walcha she is the best, the very top, my choice, my preference, allways
It was like a shock, a revelation, surprise. One can easily fall into the pit of prejudice. Musical, human, sublime and earthy enlightenment came after a long delay.
If I was organ student I would never pick aggressive vindictive evil mentor, no matter how knowledgeable genial or powerful in the musical world he is.
A nurturing kind hearted empathetic great pedagougue who is a great artist too beats all the nasty ones every time. The latter make you hate music, destroying, fouling one of the most beautiful things a human being can experience - listening to, performing and loving music.
"A small humble organist"..? God bless your humility woman, you were a master of the instrument.
curlyjim2550 I agree completely!!!!
And she came from a v prestigious musical family of top people .
Everything(!!) about this film is beautiful!
Marie-Claire Alain is one of the greatest organists of all time. The 20th century had it great to hear her play recitals. We miss her!
Personally I don't think an electronic organ can ever replace a pipe organ for depth and purity of sound. Even listening through the tiny speakers of my laptop I can tell that this is the real thing. She was absolutely brilliant. A life dedicated to this amazing instrument, thank you Marie Claire Alain
John Melville I totally and completely agree!!!! The pipe organ, to me, is the absolutely real thing, without exception!!!!
I agree, but with funds they way they are and so many churches in the USA abandoning their music ministries, I'll take a good, full Allen organ over nothing and for less money.
@@bmbutler2 Allen?? Ne jamais!
Such a humble and gentle woman. An incredibly gifted orgsnist
underrated one
I was very fortunate to hear Ms. Alain, the grande dame of the organ world, perform at the Tyn Church in Prague in 2008. Truly breathtaking.
marquisdejustin I agree completely!!!!
She is probably one of (if not THEE) most skilled organists every
Extraordinaire grande dame, en effet ! 💙💙
I saw her live late in her career in the Fall of 2005. She had to be helped onto the organ bench, but when she got there 50 years came off of her age.
+baritonebynight I went to a Benny Goodman concert very late in his life as well, he walked so slowly out on stage and when that music started, it was the same thing. I love my job, but I could never love it the way they loved it - they lived it, it was a essential to who they were as individuals and their music kept them alive.
Marie Claire Alain sei GRANDE! Sei stata la mia insegnante virtuale !! Grazie di cuore , un tuo umile ammiratore!
Her recordings of the little organ book, the trio sonatas, the clavier-Ubung III, and the Schubler Chorales are all my favorites.
do you know Heiller's playing? (they were bff)
She was my teacher's teacher! When I watch her hands, I see my teacher's! The most gifted organist of our time!
Non, Madame ne fait pas l'objet d' un oubli!!!!! Elle est toujours présente dans nos oreilles et dans nos coeurs. Madame Alain est une organiste éternelle. Nous l'écoutons chaque jour pour notre plus grand bonheur. Elle a su, et elle seule, joindre la musique et les qualités de l'instrument (orgue) dont elle disposait. Quelle qualité!!! Là où vous êtes, Madame, envoyez-nous des sons apaisants, nous en avons tant besoin. ENCORE MERCI.
Ce message me touche; cette grande dame à enchanté toute mon enfance et jeunesse....et lorsque j'écoute de l'orgue, c'et à elle que je pense pour la clarté des sons, la beauté des harmonies; je n'arrive pas à croire que J.S. BACH jouait moins bien qu'elle...Inoubliable. Merci Madame. RIP.
What an extraordinary artist, musician, woman, person. I would have given anything to have met her.
If you are interested you can find this TH-cam Video in a DVD, a film made by Bruno Monsaingeon called Organs, Toccatas & Fantasias, A musical journey through Bach's Baroque Europe with organist Marie-Claire Alain.
I agree completely with you. I have very high esteem for her, both as an organist and as a person!!!!
diane bish is 10 time better.....
@@benoitvogel8946 no she's not. Marie Claire Alain is considered Queen of the organ
@@benoitvogel8946 Don't make me laugh!
Nothing like hearing an organist that is a MUSE-ition and not just a TECH-nician. Like night and day! A remarkable organist!
May Marie-Claire Alain rest in blissful peace.
paulj0557 I esteem her as one of the greatest of all!!!!
A little woman, but a giant musician; may she rest in heavenly peace...
JAMES KRAMER I totally agree with both of these statements!!!!
What an amazing musician she was! Now she is in heaven with her family, Rest well thou good and faithful servant and enter into the Lord's presence, jb
jfpb1567 My best wishes to her too!!!!
Marie-Claire Alain + , unforgettable!
J'ai eu maintes fois l'occasion d'entendre Marie-Claire Alain en concert notamment sur l'orgue Cliquot de la cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Poitiers. Elle nous a quitté en 2013, mais tous ceux qui aiment l'orgue admirent cette grande et modeste organiste au jeu si lumineux. Ses enregistrements des œuvres complètes de Bach sont toujours une référence, de même son enregistrement de l'oeuvre de Buxtehude qui exerça une si grande influence sur le jeune Bach qui se rendit à pied à Lubeck pour l'entendre.
A total legend!
I have the DVD from which this is taken. I highly recommend buying it, it is a fabulous program.
She was a great master. And so down-to-earth!
Marie-Claire Alain=Legend!!
Marie-Claire Alain (1926-2013), the great French organist. I'm working my way through the 22-CD set of 400 years of organ music by French composers. I've already heard her two sets of the complete organ works by Bach (the third set is not of the complete works). She was incredible.
A 2' mi fa venire le lacrime agli occhi, perché in quel breve frammento di corale di Bach, c'è tutta la sua arte e la sua musica. Ho la fortuna di avere la sua interpretazione del corale completo su cd, e paragonandola a quella di un qualunque altro organista, mi rendo conto di come lei fosse in grado di dare l'anima e la vita a composizioni che suonate da altri sembrano del tutto fini a loro stesse. Era una grande, grandissima e umilissima persona.
Absolument! Merci, grazie.
Une Dame remarquable, une passionnée, ki aimait ce roi des instruments: l'orgue ! Merci Madame de nous avoir fait partager votre passion pendant 60 ans.
I got to see her in a church in Uptown, NYC, when I was in Hunter College with my Music class. I was blown away.
J'écoute son Intégrale de Bach tous les jours, pour mon plus grand bonheur. Son jeu est plus que parfait parce qu'il me parle avec ses couleurs, sa manière de jouer, tendre, énergique, rythmique, avec des phrases jouées de telle manière qu'elles viennent me chercher chaque fois.
exeptionnel , grandios et etraordinaire cette grande Dame d'Orgues ...
Une grande dame de l'orgue qui a tellement compris Bach, le plus grand, jamais égalé et inspirateur e tous.
J'aimerais bien jouer de cette manière....dans une prochaine vie peut-être.... : ) Je peux rêver...
Merci à vous
This woman was one of the greatest practitioners of "l'art de la registration" ever to walk the earth.
Fantastique. Première fois que je la vois jouer et parler... Merci! R.I.P Alain.
Marie-Claire ALAIN : une très grande organiste que j'ai eu l'honneur d' écouter en concert à Avesnes-sur-Helpe (Nord)
For me she is the best on organ. thanks for sharing ;-)
Ferdy Bossy I agree!!!!
All I can say is WOW!!!!!
David Cisneros I am in complete agreement!!!! She is a magnificent person and a splendid organist!!!!
Inoubliable Marie-Claire Alain ! Que Dieu ait sa belle âme d'artiste.
Humble petite organiste, dit-elle !!!
What a wonderful woman an such beautiful music !! ( funny sidenote : the tower on 0.55 min. is the Martinitoren in Groningen, Netherlands. )
Georges Tauzy, ce n'etait pas de tout dans "l'indifference totale" qu'elle s'est eteinte! Elle etait bien connue et bien aimee partout au monde. Moi, j'etais sa premiere eleve Americaine qui est venue etudier pendant deux ans (les annees 60) et je peux vous dire qu'elle etait bien-aimee et bien respectuee ici aux Etats-Unis. J'ia eu la joie de passer beaucoup de temps avec elle et meme avec sa famille pendant les ans depuis ce temps la. Elle me manque toujours.
Non, elle n'est pas morte dans l'indifférence totale, il n'y a qu'à lire les journaux du monde entier. Néanmoins, Marie-Claire Alain de son vivant était d'une très grande discrétion mais également d'une grande humilité. Lors de son décès, les mots qui revenaient sans arrêt dans les articles des médias étrangers étaient légendaire, extraordinaire; les superlatifs ne manquaient pas. Au-delà de son immense talent d'interprète, son talent pédagogique était reconnu dans le monde entier et sa liste d'élèves est devenue le who's who des organistes d'aujourd'hui. Sa recherche intensive sur l'interprétation de Bach mais également sur les instruments d'époque à travers l'Europe, l'ont amenée à enregistrer trois fois l'oeuvre entière de Bach. Sa réputation était telle, qu'au temps de la guerre froide, elle avait obtenu sans difficulté les autorisations lui permettant de jouer sur les orgues d'époque derrière le rideau de fer.
On disait d'elle que la liste de ses élèves était le “who’s who of the present-day organ world". Elle n'était pas seulement une interprète des grandes oeuvres. Sa connaissance des différents orgues à travers l'Europe était unique. Elle était unique!
My favorite organist
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Absolutely beautiful performance, I had a chance to attend the annual pipe organ international competition in Morelia's cathedral (Morelia, Michoacan Mexico) indeed a soul's banquet, Thanks for sharing it. I too am sharing your link everywhere!
« Humble petite organiste ».....
pour l’avoir entendue et vue jouer à Saint-Germain-enn-laye au début des années 70 cette modestie tient de la provoque !
Grande dame de l’orgue, d’une grande vivacité d’esprit et dotée d’une mémoire « hors-paire » digne de Walcha par exemple.
fantastique marie clair alain
Brilliant organist
She is fabulous!!!!
7:03 that swing !!
Nous avons les explications en français merci à cette virtuose organiste sur ce bel orgue !
Ik heb deze organisten eens ontmoet. Zij is fantastisch. Ik ben nu 90 jaar en geniet nog steeds van de door u aangeboden
opnames.
....genial Madame...
Delirium386 Very true!!!!
I'm looking for Marie-Claire Alain's performance of Bach organ works originally published by ERATO records sometime in the 1960s. Is this the set on Amazon?
These performances featured various organs in Sweden and Denmark.
Apparently knew every piece of Bach’s organ works by heart !!
Legend.
grande parmi les grands , c'est somptueux
gran concertista,nunca escuche a Bach tan bien interpretado como a M.Claire Alain
I'm just good enough (at piano) to know how awsome it is.
When I met her, she looked like an amiable auntie - but wow, what technique and scholarship!!
I appreciate both of these statements!!!!
Grazie per la tua arte!
Extremely interesting!!!!
superbe!!!! grandiose
Damien Gimondi Czerwiec Vaitkunas I agree!!!!
Bravo et merci pour ce beau documentaire, que c'est beau... pourtant je n'y connais pas grand chose, mais j'aurais aimé savoir quels sont les différents morceaux que nous entendons ? c'est bien dommage de ne pas savoir.. notamment à 2.00 min par exemple. De façon tout a fait générale les références gagneraient à être mieux indiquées je crois ?Merci encore en tout cas..
Bonjour, concernant la musique à 2 minutes, c’est le BWV 639 de Bach (Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesus Christ)
Sei grande!!! Marie claire
What an amazing video. I am completely humbled by her, her playing, her mastery of the instrument, the organ itself and the wonderful, transcendent music of J S B. Totally humbled
Yes, of course I didn't know her but, for me anyway, she had to be someone very special to play like she did. I can feel the love for the music and the instrument in her playing
John Melville She is the best!!!!
"A small, humble organist"!! Was she joking? I think not, I think she was just realistic but extraordinarily talented. Long live pipe organs by the way. I don't think I will ever believe that some electronic box with a load of speakers can produce the same depth or quality of sound
John Melville Agreed!!!!
She wasn't a prima donna like so many are today especially singers.
Gracias a Radio Clásica de RNE me he enterado de esta maravillosa pianista.
Es un universo maravilloso el que acabo de descubrir
Wonderful! 3:08 Is that old fashioned, squeaky organ we hear from inside making the beautiful sounds we hear outside?
Does anyone know about the tuning for the organ in Dresden, Marienkirche? I've always heard it to be A=415, but the audio here is clearly A=440. Was the organ itself tuned differently at the time of the documentary, or is it simply an change of audio?
great little woman... :-( R.I.P
Bert Roug My best wishes to her, too!!!!
The piece which starts at 3:06 is so amazing, I had to look it up. It is 'Leipzig' Chorales : XIV Trio super Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr' BWV664. It is on her complete works of JS Bach, but with more muted registration. Love the version played here.
quel talent
Most interesting.
Gerard Carter yes!!!!
encröyable!
ok, i'll stop pretending i know french.
great musician... wonderful instrument and magnifique music. (.. caugh)
I wouldnt say her English or German were very good--ee twas more like zee French transcribed with a lot of faux amis. She knew her subject and had a very remarkable memory without specific preparation. She made hundreds of recordings and gave thousands of concerts, remarkable in that she followed in her father's footsteps (titulaire at St Germain en Laye) and brother's (always concluding with his better known compositions) footsteps and recorded a lot of œuvres completes for organ. She had these scholarly lessons, for example look at JSBach's annotation of DeGrigny Organ Masses or the manuscript of the Orgelbuechlein. She never composed or improvised at these concerts, but played most of the pieces from memory, so in that sense she was very humble. I dont think she ever wasted time listening to other performers but wanted to hear how the organ sounds from below at least for a couple pieces. She was a good teacher because she focussed on the music score objectively and wouldnt criticize performances of others. Just smile. Unusual that her brain could succumb to Alzheimer's; the legend is that musician's brains donot. Worth a study.
Diane Bish has a remarkable repertoire also, somewhat cherry picking though (Lemmens Fanfare in D major again!) and never a complete-works player. Not a scholarly musicologue, she did get around to a lot of European organs in her Joy of Music half-hours. She would play on any organ no matter the out-of-tuning.
Hector Olivera changes the pipe organ by adding his own electronic bit and has a more remarkable classical memory. He is not a cherry picker and has a lot of arcane pieces in his repertoire.
And all that speech to explain what?
Maestra, Maestra, Maestra!!!
marie claire alain je vous admire Vous jouez sur des orgues allemands qui sont merveilleux
Cette vidéo est un morceau d'un reportage diffusé à la télévision sur la 2 ou la 3. Je ne me souvient plus du nom du reportage et je serais intéressé si quelqu'un l'a ou connait une adresse (youtube?) avec le reportage complet. On l'a sous VHS mais il est un peu perdu parmi les cassettes.
Correction. Après un peu de recherche, j'ai trouvé le reportage.
What is the name of the piece starting at 3.03?
BWV 664 :)
Quelqu'un avait le nom de la musique jouée à 3,30?
What piece does she play at 3:07? Thanks!
Bach Trio Sonata #5 In C Major, Mvt. I
That piece is a trio on "Allein Got in der Hoh sei Ehr" by Bach - one of the 18 Leipzig Chorales.
Une grande pédagogue.
Which BWV number does the song at 3:07 have?
Sonate en trio but i don't remember which. An other sonate en trio at 5:40.
Que interesante. ,buenas imágenes. buena coordinación. ,no es lo mismo el pedal del piano.
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zamfir i don't know exactly but it sound like all the 3 mouvement all the serie of trio sonata of jean sebastien bach like 525 , 526 , 530 etc..... or
Mit Empathie!
J'ai pu écouter Marie Claire Alain à l'Anbaye de Valloire. Merveilleuses
Comme un collégien, tout ému, je lui ai fait dédicacer un CD. Elle s'est rendue compte de mon émotion étonnée de la part d'un cinquantenaire ! Elle a une écriture aussi claire et nette que sa façon d'interpréter. Son allure de petite ménagère avec son sac à main ne laissait pas apparaître le Génie qu'elle a en elle ! Grand souvenir pour moi !
@@anniedelcourt4749 Merci! I`m German and cannot Francois!
Zamfir : it's the BWV 664 enjoy it !
R.I.P. Madame...
Please identify song at 1:58? Thank you!
@@rudymulder9869 Deeply moving! Thanks for the ID!
BWV 639
3:07 Song name pls? :)
I want the name me too
BWV 664 !!!
@@antoineneuro2017 Good job !
@@antoineneuro2017 seems you are good investigator! May I ask to retrieve BWV at 5:41 ? :D
I can trade with name at 1:58 !
Eblouissant
Das ist wieder typisch - als ob es kein anderes Orgelwerk von Bach gäbe. Jeder Organist, der hier seine Clips reinlädt, spielt die Toccata und Fuge in d- moll - BWV 565. Es gibt bei weitem bekanntere und noch schönere Werke von Bach, warum wird immer nur das gespielt ?
Diane Bish or marie claire Alain ? please who is the best female organ player ? thanks for the answer !
Benoit Vogel I am, myself, extremely partial to Marie-Claire Alain!!!!
Benoit Vogel There are no better organist; as said Béla Bartók, « competitions are for horses, not for artists » ! And don’t forget, Diane Bish was Marie-Claire Alain’s student !
Bish irritates with the haute coiture she's always dolled up in. Alain's more modest attire is much more preferable. IMHO!
@@richardturpin8981 Also don't forget Diane Bish and Virgil Fox were also "rebels" so they were very flamboyant. Diane Bish now she almost were modest attire like Alain.
qu'elle doit être heureuse à la droite du grand Bach
Oui, elle l'appelle Notre Saint-Père le Bach !
extraordinaire organiste qui jouait souvent par choeur sauf si elle accompagnait un soliste
DAMN!
Curieusement , cette grande Dame français de l'orgue, que j'admire par ailleurs, n'a jamais enregistré quoi que ce soit de son répertoire national.. ! A a connaissance,vous ne l'entendrez jamais toucher l'orgue pour Couperin, le grand Marchand, les Clérambault, ni les compositeurs du XIXème, ni XXème, préférant faire seulement l'apologie de Bach!..(que j'adore aussi au demeurant)
Décidement nul n'est prophète en son pays surtout pas en France!.
Maintenant la voici en train de faire la promotion exclusive des orgues saxonnes!..
Elle a enregistré l'oeuvre de Couperin pour orgue, de même que l'oeuvre de son frère Jehan Alain.
Curieusement Monsieur, vous faites erreur. Madame Alain a enregistré les oeuvres d'Alain (père et fils) , Widor, Franck, Couperin, Clérambault, de Grigny, Poulenc, Duruflé.....
Je pense qu'elle s'est faite l'ambassadeur idéale pour la musique et les musiciens d'orgue français et pas des moindre. Si elle s'est faite une spécialité en matière de facture d'orgue d'Europe du nord, c'est que cette facture est idéale pour l'oeuvre de Bach dont elle était et restera la meilleure spécialiste. Il n'est pas né celui qui lui succédera.
Cordialement.
J'ai du mal a entendre un mot comme "promotion" quand il s'agit de musique ! Il y a une connotation commerciale qui me dérange. Après, le fond du débat... C'est autre chose. La musique a t'elle des frontières ?
L'orgue français (Coffret 22 CD) 2014 de Marie-Claire Alain
Sans oublier Nicolas de Grigny (3 versions), Charles Chayne, Olivier Messaien
Weak on the pedals for the BWV664 playing at 4:00 imo (a piece I know well and have heard played in many different ways). I strongly doubt that it is a audio and recording quality problem and I'd be curious about the reasoning behind it assuming it was intentional.
Just love when someone has the NERVE to criticize one of the greatest organists of the 20th century. When you have the credentials she did and lived the life she did, then we will hear you.
@@bmbutler2 I think the answer might lie at 2:42 - I just found that by accident haha. (Apologies for the careless grammar back then)
I have never played organ, but if you guys hold my beer I am sure I can play it better!