The Art of Playing the Organ: Olivier Messiaen - Les deux murailles d'eau Willem Tanke, organ
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Thirteenth movement of 'Livre du Saint Sacrement' (1984). It is astonishing that a man in his mid-seventies could write a piece with such tremendous energy. It refers to a parallel between the presence of God in the two walls of water at the time of the crossing of the Red Sea and the presence of Christ in the two parts of the broken Host. A muscular toccata alternates with the sound of the Orpheus mocking-bird. In the middle, arpeggios in separate counter-movement represent the soaring walls of water. Then the toccata is resumed and we hear the sound of the great reed warbler. The fortissimo finale places complementary colours on top of each other: ( in the words of Messiaen himself): bright green over reddish-brown, yellow over violet. Recording by Marcel van den Tol.
When I was nineteen old, I was struck by a passage from Forkel's biography on Bach, published in 1802, from which it appeared that the great man achieved a huge expression with very small movements of hands and feet only. Ever since this had been a guideline for my musicianship and now-after more than forty years of practicing-Forkel's observation is the starting point for ”The Art of Playing the Organ". A series of videos will show an approach that is at the same time joyful, healthy, and efficient and may support young musicians with their studies. See www.willemtanke.com
You did it again ! Terrific ! Enormous ! Exciting and Chilling..Yea man, this is the Messiaen I came to enjoy,opening tonalities and ears with imaginative effects and contrary lines .Thank you for making it possible for me and everyone else to appreciate the grandness of your interpretation.Please continue !
Messiaen's beloved tritones carry the day...
Absolutely splendid playing and wonderful sonorities from this organ. A truly thrilling work!
3:09 best use of church reverb ever
My favorite performance of my favorite composer!
Echt fantastische muziek. Zit te genieten van je orgelspel! En je sokken vielen mij ook op!
Ruud
Congratulations for your wonderful performing!
Wonderful interpretation !
beautiful played on socks.............i also play on my socks.......with greetings from my teacher Jan Raas
Willem, I thought this is the 13th movement. That is what it says in my score.
Philip, you're quite right of course, thank you, I corrected it.
that was great!!! Please tell me where is this recorded? In which church?
I love the instrument! The traction seems to be mechanical, is it? It must be really hard to play tutti on this...
Greetings from Poland:-)
Marussen Organ at the Laurenskerk. Rotterdam.
Should the rolled chords be played so slow?
1:58 LOL your socks: 43-46 but great performance!!!