Widor's Romane at Woolsey

[acc]

A nice rendition of my favourite work in the organ literature, played by Vaughn Mauren at the Newberry Organ in Yale University's Woolsey Hall:

1. Moderato
2. Choral part1 part2
3. Cantilène
4. Final part1 part2

[SilverLuna]

LOVE LOVE LOVE Widor!! Thank you SOOO much for posting this!! It sounds sooo awesome! :P

[Corno Dolce]

Hi acc,

May I ask what makes Widor's "Romane" your favorite in the Organ Literature? I am very curious and look very much forward to your refreshingly erudite observations.

Cheers,

CD

[acc]

Hi CD,

It might well be the way he manages to combine two things that one would have thought to be inherently foreign to each other: a liturgical setting (including plain chant themes) with pretty apparent and intense Wagnerism.

[Contratrombone64]

Certainly it is my favourite Widor symphony, that's for sure. This organ you've directed us to is just so wonderful, I have the recordings of the Vierne symphonies with Martin Jean at the console, sublime.

[wljmrbill]

Thanks for posting. I really enjoyed the perforamce as well as the famous piece of Widors

[Corno Dolce]

Hi acc,

Thanx for your absolutely keen observation i.e. combining plain-chant with an "intense Wagnerism".

Respectfully,

CD

[mathetes1963]

AARRGGH!!! Can't access Youtube @ work, and I have no internet @ home at the moment....

[Contratrombone64]

mathetes1963 - could your blessings, 99.99999% of YouTube content isn't worth a tincker's cuss.

[acc]

Hmm... Assuming a total of 200 million videos (and ignoring differences in video lengths), that leaves us with 20 videos that are worth a tincker's cuss. Wonder which ones they are.

[Corno Dolce]

Hi acc,

Excellent retort to CT64's sarcastic quip - He must be enjoying his job and has become a part of the woodwork there

Cheers,

CD

[Contratrombone64]

Thank you Ko-Ko for always putting in your oar ...

[acc]

Hmm... Assuming a total of 200 million videos (and ignoring differences in video lengths), that leaves us with 20 videos that are worth a tincker's cuss. Wonder which ones they are.

Having said that, I agree of course with CT64's actual point: the signal/noise ratio on Youtube tends, alas, to be rather small. Fortunately, videos with more valuable content are usually uploaded by more intelligent people, who, among other things, know how to set more efficient tags. This can be at least of some help in trying to find a few nuggets in the riverbed.

[Corno Dolce]

You are quite welcome dear chap.

Cheers,

CD