Should be the first piece played when the Cathedral is rededicated for surely God will have been responsible for the rebirth of this place! I had the opportunity to sing there in 1998 when my church choir toured France, A treasured memory.
Latry captures the smoldering intensity of this incredible piece. His slow playing of the empyrean ending of this work was perfection. You feel like God has, indeed, come to earth.
This is the very first piece that I remember hearing in Notre-Dame in 1958. I love this video because it is the sound that one hears from the nave rather the usual up-close recording.
I wish all organists would draw out those amazing six chords near the end as Latry does. Many play them almost staccato, but they are so weird and so awesome that they should be aloud to ring out and do battle with the stones of the cathedral.
+docsketchy Messiaen's indication for the final chords (m 547) is "ffff staccato sempre." However, an excellent performer, like Latry, would use the instrument resources, the surrounding acoustics and his/her musicianship to produce the best effect for a magnificent work such as this.
@@danielzamora5272 What does fff staccato sempre _mean_ for such chords played on huge towers of pipes in vast cathedrals? I think it means what we have right here!
@@worldnotworld You are exactly right! This work was composed for a large instrument in a huge cathedral. The combination of Latry, Notre Dame acoustics and its magnificent grand organ is extraordinaire!
My GOD!!! Can this possibly have been better rendered? I think not, and most especially given the amazing acoustics incumbent in this amazing building. THANK YOU, Olivier!!!!
This piece exemplifies just how gloriously terrifying Christ's nativity really was. It's like the light of the angel to the shepherds: you have to remember that the angels needed to say, "fear not!" for otherwise, they would have been frightened to death.
WOW.....and I thought Michael Muray's Telarc CD on the Ruffati in Davies had Chamades that screamed!!!!! Totally cool and man, does that organ ROAR!!!!!
Can we put the theological implications aside for a moment to simply ponder the significance of such music being created inside the brain of one of our species?
Messiaen was a Christian. If we are to appreciate his music aright, we should consider these things, no? You don't have to set aside your own worldview in order to appreciate someone else's.
...the term "god rays" is an artistic expression for beams of light that shine through clouds or windows. I used to be a painter and loved Maxfield Parrish's paintings some of which employed the effect. This is not to deny that I also find these final passages and harmonies spiritually uplifting as well, particularly in these dark times we live in.
Mr Sexton, ...thank you. I was set to meet with Mr. Messiaen in the Summer of 1992. One day when I came into work my supervisor told me to take the day off, when I asked why, she informed me that Messiaen had died. As a composer and improvisor, I always looked up to him as my "mentor". I even have my own copy of his "Technique Of My Musical Language". Sadly, severe arthritis has curtailed my music career, however I still look to finish several works which have been inspired by his work and his influences (like Mr, Messiaen I also have the condition known as synesthesia).
It's the holding the final a little "too" long that makes a performance of this piece what it should be. This one pays off in spades. Ahhh, the liquid fire of those chamades searing over the tsunami of sound from the pedal division...vive L'orge de Notre Dame Paris!!!!
Wow! This is an intense performance! I love it. Latry totally captures the might and magnificence of "The One Who Watches Over Us". I hear and tremble!
The way your question is phrased, makes one thinking of this organ as a car or an electronic instrument. However, it is primarily an 1867 Cavaille-Coll but also a mix of several builders throughout the centuries. To have a better perspective, visit james.chauveau.free.fr/ND/paris_nd.htm
I would say that this is a beautiful play. I have a cd of this particular song but with much more clarity. I don't think the player playing in this video such. I read it is hard to record a pipe organ playing. Just too much clarity than any audio recorder can capture on a pipe organ. No wonder why pipe organ is a king of instruments.
I write this in disbelief and horror - this organ is probably on fire right now. Centuries of musicianship, of craftsmanship and curation, of genius and passion. All undone, O discordia! It will be decades before Dieu parmis nous is heard here again with anything like the grandeur in this recording. The world mourns tonight.
The only shame is that the audience decided to the applaud immediately afterwards. The fading vibration of the final chord is one of the most astounding traits of this piece. Still, great performance.
As much as I adore Olivier Latry, to my mind some of these parts are too "fast." I say that only in the sense that their individual "speech" is lost. Outside that, his work here is, as usual, amazing!
+Véronique ??? C'est "Dieu parmi nous", Véronique, ne l'oubliez pas ! Y compris parmi cette foule bruyante et même parfois indisciplinée qui vient à Notre-Dame. L'incarnation de Dieu ne se fait pas dans le pseudo silence d'une hypothétique crèche. Elle se fait - aussi - dans le tumulte de vos vies. A côté d'autre versions de cette oeuvre, je trouve quant à moi que cette version vient curieusement télescoper vos vies d'hommes. Ce n'est jamais "dommage" que les hommes vivent, marchent, fassent du bruit... Les "pas perdus" (comme dans les gares), je ne sais pas ce que ça veut dire, car rien n'est jamais "perdu" dans la vie d'un homme. Et écoutez à 5:28 : Dieu est "parmi nous", non ? Regardez à 5:50 apparaître le visage de cette personne immobile et attentive. La cathédrale Notre-Dame ressemble parfois à un hall de gare. Bon. Mais il s'y passe de drôle de choses, dans cette gare-là !
C'est drôle... Il y a le bruit des fidèles de la cathédrale. D'abord, ça semble gênant. Et puis on repense à l'oeuvre : "Dieu parmi nous". Et si c'est ça, Dieu parmi nous ? La Nativité faite musique, qui "descend" de la tribune de l'orgue sur la foule rassemblée dans la maison de Dieu ? Et qui descend dans le temple de Dieu qu'est le coeur ouvert de tout homme ? "Celui qui a des oreilles pour entendre, qu'il entende ! ".
Oui, mais ce n'est pas un CD, mais un enregistrement effectué à la volée avec un smartphone de 2011, ou une caméra vidéo, eh bien on entend bien toutes les notes, et la dimension de l'œuvre, dans l'ambiance de la nef. Magnifiquement interprété à mon avis, surtout en tenant compte de la réverbération énorme.
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Should be the first piece played when the Cathedral is rededicated for surely God will have been responsible for the rebirth of this place! I had the opportunity to sing there in 1998 when my church choir toured France, A treasured memory.
Latry captures the smoldering intensity of this incredible piece. His slow playing of the empyrean ending of this work was perfection. You feel like God has, indeed, come to earth.
In my opinion this is the greatest organ piece of the 20th century.
I must heartily agree.
It's certainly right up there with Transports of Joy from his Ascension suite.
I would throw in the Alain Litanies.
I'll go with that. Brings tears up every time. "Jesus accepte la souffrance" gets me every time too.
Yes
This is the very first piece that I remember hearing in Notre-Dame in 1958. I love this video because it is the sound that one hears from the nave rather the usual up-close recording.
I wish all organists would draw out those amazing six chords near the end as Latry does. Many play them almost staccato, but they are so weird and so awesome that they should be aloud to ring out and do battle with the stones of the cathedral.
+docsketchy Messiaen's indication for the final chords (m 547) is "ffff staccato sempre." However, an excellent performer, like Latry, would use the instrument resources, the surrounding acoustics and his/her musicianship to produce the best effect for a magnificent work such as this.
allowed
I particularly love those chords
@@danielzamora5272 What does fff staccato sempre _mean_ for such chords played on huge towers of pipes in vast cathedrals? I think it means what we have right here!
@@worldnotworld You are exactly right! This work was composed for a large instrument in a huge cathedral. The combination of Latry, Notre Dame acoustics and its magnificent grand organ is extraordinaire!
What a stupendous performance! The organ and Notre-Dame itself don't hurt, but....M. Latry just knocks this piece into the stratosphere! Thanks.
My GOD!!! Can this possibly have been better rendered? I think not, and most especially given the amazing acoustics incumbent in this amazing building. THANK YOU, Olivier!!!!
Holy shit that was marvellous
This piece exemplifies just how gloriously terrifying Christ's nativity really was. It's like the light of the angel to the shepherds: you have to remember that the angels needed to say, "fear not!" for otherwise, they would have been frightened to death.
WOW.....and I thought Michael Muray's Telarc CD on the Ruffati in Davies had Chamades that screamed!!!!! Totally cool and man, does that organ ROAR!!!!!
Just perfect!!
Just moving you can here the colors of God among us
I think so!
...If you don't see the colours of the "god rays" in those final chords you are missing something.
Can we put the theological implications aside for a moment to simply ponder the significance of such music being created inside the brain of one of our species?
Messiaen was a Christian. If we are to appreciate his music aright, we should consider these things, no? You don't have to set aside your own worldview in order to appreciate someone else's.
...the term "god rays" is an artistic expression for beams of light that shine through clouds or windows. I used to be a painter and loved Maxfield Parrish's paintings some of which employed the effect. This is not to deny that I also find these final passages and harmonies spiritually uplifting as well, particularly in these dark times we live in.
Mr Sexton,
...thank you.
I was set to meet with Mr. Messiaen in the Summer of 1992. One day when I came into work my supervisor told me to take the day off, when I asked why, she informed me that Messiaen had died. As a composer and improvisor, I always looked up to him as my "mentor". I even have my own copy of his "Technique Of My Musical Language". Sadly, severe arthritis has curtailed my music career, however I still look to finish several works which have been inspired by his work and his influences (like Mr, Messiaen I also have the condition known as synesthesia).
Wonderful !!
Incredible! Thanks for posting, wish I was there!
It's the holding the final a little "too" long that makes a performance of this piece what it should be. This one pays off in spades. Ahhh, the liquid fire of those chamades searing over the tsunami of sound from the pedal division...vive L'orge de Notre Dame Paris!!!!
Beautiful!
Franco...take pride in your namesake ... also composed brilliant (2) toccatas. Mulet!
Fabulous! What a sound!
I want to hear this in person in notre dame. I must. 😊😍😳
Pretty hard to record this audio clearly on a smartphone, but it still conveys the marvelous performance.
Amazing performance and very exquisitely masterful
Wow! This is an intense performance! I love it. Latry totally captures the might and magnificence of "The One Who Watches Over Us". I hear and tremble!
MAN what a powerful piece! I almost cried the day ND burned
Me too
great. thanks for sharing
Agh! Amazing performance. Explosive. It sounds like a living entity.
Splendid !
it is the Sony HDR-CX115. Very small camera,
...there used to be one response about the chamades being able to make Chuck Norris crap his pants. Too bad it was deleted.
You might be right - I heard Naji Hakim play this at York Minster and it was stunning!
impressive!
Thanks! I used a Sony HD hanycam.
The Ruffati at Davies does not have five independent en chamade reeds roaring down a stone vaulted nave built 850 years ago.
neither do we for the next few years...
Nothing like this piece.
Tout simplement splandide
En espérant que cette instrument soit sauvé
excellent
WHAT MODEL NUMBER USED , PLEASE. THANKS!
The way your question is phrased, makes one thinking of this organ as a car or an electronic instrument. However, it is primarily an 1867 Cavaille-Coll but also a mix of several builders throughout the centuries. To have a better perspective, visit james.chauveau.free.fr/ND/paris_nd.htm
When the chamades came on :O
I would say that this is a beautiful play. I have a cd of this particular song but with much more clarity. I don't think the player playing in this video such. I read it is hard to record a pipe organ playing. Just too much clarity than any audio recorder can capture on a pipe organ. No wonder why pipe organ is a king of instruments.
That's the reference!
I write this in disbelief and horror - this organ is probably on fire right now. Centuries of musicianship, of craftsmanship and curation, of genius and passion. All undone, O discordia!
It will be decades before Dieu parmis nous is heard here again with anything like the grandeur in this recording.
The world mourns tonight.
It survived....no fire damage, no water damage....it will need to be restored because of the dust and the heat but her voice will be heard again.
@@bonobo2go no heat damage either. Only restoration required is for dust.
think Weir has competition here Oliver plays this well too
The only shame is that the audience decided to the applaud immediately afterwards. The fading vibration of the final chord is one of the most astounding traits of this piece. Still, great performance.
I think you mean reverberation Tom.
They could have cleared the cathedral for this rendition; the background noise isn't good.
@@SirReginaldBlomfield1234 I agree will Tom....just a mite too soon.........?
No doubt this magnificent organ has been damaged, if not destroyed. I hope to witness Monsieur Latry play at the restored Notre Dame in my lifetime
It is undamaged actually :)
No! It was not damaged fortunately!
It’s not damaged and can be repaired.
As much as I adore Olivier Latry, to my mind some of these parts are too "fast." I say that only in the sense that their individual "speech" is lost. Outside that, his work here is, as usual, amazing!
ds1868 Also, he was a student of Messiaen's. I trust his tempi.
Omg. I'm going to jump out of my skin ❤
WAHT MODEL NUMBER USED PLEASE.
Hélas. April 15, 2019.
The Organ was not destroyed!
Apparently not. Amazing.@@rudigerk
ich hoffe auf feine Restaurierung dieser Gerätschaft.
Jawohl!
7:27
magnifique !! Dommage que les gens soient bruyants en bas dans l'eglise ...
+Véronique ???
C'est "Dieu parmi nous", Véronique, ne l'oubliez pas ! Y compris parmi cette foule bruyante et même parfois indisciplinée qui vient à Notre-Dame. L'incarnation de Dieu ne se fait pas dans le pseudo silence d'une hypothétique crèche. Elle se fait - aussi - dans le tumulte de vos vies. A côté d'autre versions de cette oeuvre, je trouve quant à moi que cette version vient curieusement télescoper vos vies d'hommes. Ce n'est jamais "dommage" que les hommes vivent, marchent, fassent du bruit... Les "pas perdus" (comme dans les gares), je ne sais pas ce que ça veut dire, car rien n'est jamais "perdu" dans la vie d'un homme. Et écoutez à 5:28 : Dieu est "parmi nous", non ?
Regardez à 5:50 apparaître le visage de cette personne immobile et attentive.
La cathédrale Notre-Dame ressemble parfois à un hall de gare. Bon. Mais il s'y passe de drôle de choses, dans cette gare-là !
Ce que vous écrivez l'ami, c'est beau comme la rencontre fortuite d'un parapluie et d'une machine à coudre sur une table de dissection !! Merci
C'est drôle... Il y a le bruit des fidèles de la cathédrale. D'abord, ça semble gênant. Et puis on repense à l'oeuvre : "Dieu parmi nous". Et si c'est ça, Dieu parmi nous ? La Nativité faite musique, qui "descend" de la tribune de l'orgue sur la foule rassemblée dans la maison de Dieu ? Et qui descend dans le temple de Dieu qu'est le coeur ouvert de tout homme ? "Celui qui a des oreilles pour entendre, qu'il entende ! ".
Would you kindly also listen to my interpretation of part IX "Dieu parmi nous"?
ruclips.net/video/9OxZbr8RX5A/видео.html
Chamades éclatantes et profonds jeux de 32, en particulier, utilisés à bon escient par le maître des claviers de Notre-Dame !
enregistrement de mauvaise qualité....
Oui, mais ce n'est pas un CD, mais un enregistrement effectué à la volée avec un smartphone de 2011, ou une caméra vidéo, eh bien on entend bien toutes les notes, et la dimension de l'œuvre, dans l'ambiance de la nef. Magnifiquement interprété à mon avis, surtout en tenant compte de la réverbération énorme.