Féte by Jean Langlais. Performed by Christopher Young
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- Опубликовано: 4 сен 2010
- Féte by Jean Langlais. Performed by Christopher Young on the Maidee Seward Organ in Auer Hall on April 30, 2010. Watch more videos at music.indiana.edu/iumusiclive/...
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Christopher: have you heard this wonderfully controlled, musical performance?
Wow. Fantastic Langlais and superbly played!
this is by far the best interpretation of this fabulous piece i've heard.
fantastic! He makes it look so easy...
hey Chris - from one Bates musician to another, this performance is ridiculous. Wow George Griffin '82
I just read about Fete today and am now hearing it for the first time. If you don't get French yet, the title means Feast.
A great organist with a fabulous organ
instrument?
Just when i think the organ loses too much to clutter, noise, and reverb I hear a tonally balanced instrument like this and my faith in and lovevof this instrument is once again revived. Even with tutti registration and massive chord clusters there is still clarity with this fine instrument. Reminds me of that magnificent beast over in Dallas (Meyers)...
But there is not clarity in the hands of Christopher Young when Fete is played so terribly fast. So much gets lost !!!
@@dalerider3124 completely disagree
Thank You for the rhythm found in this performance.
This is the ne plus ultra of Langlais. Like much of Langlais, every emotion is indulged. It starts out as a romp, goes into the mysterium, at 2:00 goes into great angst, then dives back into a menacing mysterium, then a "wounded" quiet mysterium, then quickly ramps up to a full-bodied ending which manages to be boisterous yet empyrean at the same time. The last chord satisfies our longing for a long-awaited happy ending. Terrific rendition. Maybe the best. I can't see how this drama can be unfolded any better. A fantastic job of capturing all of Mr. Langlais' moods with crystalline phrasing Mr. Young.
This Guy Taught me alot about the organ when I was 12
This guy - who?
sick performance, bruh!
Thank you very much to play Jean Langlais and your marvellous interpretajtion
In France Jean Langlais is little play It s glad
I don 't know this piece She is plaisant and poetic
Langlais' "Fete", like many of his other organ works, was unfortunately never published in France. It was published in 1949 by H.W. Gray here in the U.S. They published a reprint of that edition recently, but it too is now permanently out of print. I was fortunate to obtain one of the last copies of that reprint. This piece has only been published two times in 70 years, so it is not nearly as well-known as it deserves to be.
@@leonardeast3389 Thank you very much for your answer
@@organosolo4984 You're most welcome. Since "Fete en Mi majeur" is currently unavailable from any source, I created a PDF of my score, and uploaded it to Google Drive. Anyone can download it and use it as they wish. Here is the link: drive.google.com/file/d/1AoMtac6Z64660OuPpoqM8Bf94lcR-LzI/view?usp=sharing
Please note the printing error on page 10, I noted the correction, which was supplied by Mme. Langlais.
Superbe interprétation sur un orgue magnifique! Bravo!
Ooh, holy cow, hair-raising and fab!!!
Magnificent!
Bravo!!!
Magnificent.
I can definitely hear Gentle Giant in there. I've often wondered where Kerry Minnear drew inspiration from. Now I know.
Very well executed.....
nice and clear!
Nice.
@ Alan Knight: you made a mistake with the translation: Fête doesn't mean fast, that's "vite" in French, but feast or celebration...
this is exactly what Alan Knight wrote: FEAST.....so what is this stupid comment??mayve you take three seconds more to read until you comment! pffff
If the Swell pedal is mechanical it shoud not be doing that ! Possibly rollerboard or trundle is forcing it down and needs adjusting.
Yes, it should have definitely been repaired before the dedication recital. This is C B. Fisk. op. 135. It's inconceivable that any organbuilder would not do a thorough check of their instrument before an event like this, especially Fisk.
As a former Langlais student, I can honestly say…. Langlais would've smacked you up side the head for playing 'Fete' that fast. Listen to Hans-Andre Stamm's rendition here on You Tube. It's intelligible, articulate, and exactly what Mssr. Langlais had in mind.
+Goggle P I listened to Stamm's version after I wrote the review below. I told Mr. Stamm that his version is superior and it is. Stamm's articulation is far superior and never has a mushy legato sound. I'm sure Langlais would have heartily approved of Stamm's rendition.
This performance is three clicks slower on the metronome than the printed score. If Langlais wanted it slower than that, he should have specified. Any slower than this, It's boring and loses its joie de vivre.
And the organ smackheads appear once again... 😑 OK, A) this is a LIVE performance, so the interpreter gets to, you know, interpret. There is no right or wrong, despite the composer's score markings, which are a GUIDE. B) this venue has a DRY ACOUSTIC, meaning that everything has to be played quite a bit faster because there is little to no REVERBERATION to work with. C) Musical style and interpretation are subjective. Just because you prefer someone else's interpretation, you do not have the right to criticise another player's interpretation. Spewing hatred like you do achieves nothing except the pathetic reputation you deserve 🤡
PS. Your Stamm chap's interpretation sounds to me like a dirge you'd hear at a funeral 😱 not exactly festive... 😂
PPS. His final chord, especially given the generous acoutisic of the venue and his funereal tempo, is ridiculously short. The chord has a fermata above it in the score 🙄 lol
Just a little too fast ._.
look at the tempo marking in the score....it' actually a bit slower than is listed in the score