I never played an instrument, never sang a song, but I’m memorized by your extreme talent playing these organ pieces! You are incredible and I thank you !
I love your realness, Paul! It makes everything that you play so joyful!! Perfection is a negative in the world of the arts and music. . . it is realness that makes the difference between sterile perfection and letting the music play YOU!!
Any criticism or advice I could give would be so pale. But to non-musicians, playing that as well as he did after not having done it for so long is a) par far any great musician and b) absolutely brilliant. The fact that he almost never stopped even with wrong notes is something you need to do in performance. If it's a rehearsal, you can always go back and fix it, but in performance the show must go on. I know I couldn't do it. Three cheers, sir!
WOW Beautiful cathedral and organ. Your registration and playing made the cathedral sound fabulous. I really enjoy your tour of churches. All have been very interesting.
Ciao Paul, i live in Peia, i'm 33 years old and i sing with the chorus of S.Antonio da Padova di Peia. Wonderful music, top organ and my church❤.. thank you to play! Federica
Hello Paul, I loved your performance today. Widor's Tocatta and Fugue is an amazing piece. Bravo Maestro and thank you for your wonderful gift of music. God Bless. 🎹🎼🎶🎵🎶
Hadn't played in years? Never would have guessed. I think you played a tough piece beautifully. Bravo. Well Done. Enjoyed it immensely, the church is gorgeous, love the sound of that amazing instrument. Lovely. Now have played the video three times.
I have been waiting for you to do this! After hearing your improve of O Come all Ye Faithful based off of this, i was like, When is he gonna play Widors Tocatta!
Ein bißchen Mut zu improvisieren muß man schon haben! Sehr schön gespielt, Herr Fey; and besten Dank. Es ist für mich eine große Freude, Ihre Videos, die ich unlängst entdeckt habe, bei der Arbeit - über Kopfhörer natürlich! - zu hören. Alles Gute, und nur weiter so!
dem schließe ich mich voll umfänglich an - auch wenn ich nicht über kopfhörer höre - bin immer wieder begeistert, wie und instrument und musik nahe gebracht werden - danke
This video just makes me grin from ear to ear. I love it! It also makes me realize that even the best musicians make mistakes, even you. I learned that it is ok to make a mistake. I play bari sax in a jazz band (24 years now) and when I mess up, I feel very inadequate. But I keep pushing on and marking my music and practicing. I can't tell you how much I enjoy this type of video! Thank you again!!
This piece is just like a brilliant burst of sunshine. Love it. There was one occasion when I was playing it. When I rehearsed, it was fine. For the actual occasion, when I came to the end where you cross your hands, I suddenly found that I couldn't reach, (I'd opted to go onto the swell for the left) because I'd buttoned my jacket :) Fortunately, everyone was out of the church by that point. There's always something..
My, my I thought I was hard on myself as a cellist. You are a genius, a virtuoso. And you haven’t played it in years??? How old ARE you, brother?! You look like a college kid. You must have learned it as a child? I know I just spewed a bunch of word vomit, just felt I needed to tell you all of this. God Bless you, and may you have many many years of glorious music making. Thank you for being excellent and exceptional.
P.S. At 4:26, just the OPTICS of your pedal work, ASIDE from the beauty of the music is astounding, your feet appear to be as supple as fingers. Then, when you chuckled at 4:47, amidst your stellar performance, it was humble and felt like we would get along well. Hope to meet you and your friends some day
Love ya, Paul! You are the shining light this retired organist has been waiting for. I never learned the Toccata, but I've enjoyed playing the other movements. I think the first movement is the gem. Thank you for all your efforts to bring solid performance practice and organ building to the public. It would be a pleasure to hear you in live performance. May you enjoy a gorgeous life and a most successful career.
Well done! Your registration of the piece sounds so good! Now I just want to sit in this beautiful cathedral and listen to this wonderful music! Thank you so much!
One of the most intelligent readings of this piece I have ever heard. Most important thing is that you do not try to play it as fast as possible, you let the music "breathe" and let the listener take it all in. Your tempo closely matches that at which Charles Marie Widor himself recorded it. I didn't realize there was a portion of it that required cross handed technique! My pastor requested I play this for Christmas about two days prior! I could not obtain the full sheet music that quickly, only the first page and a couple RUclips reels. Had to fake it like you did! You did a wonderful job, I wish I could read as well as you do so I could learn the whole thing. I am primarily a theater and rock organist.
Mr. Fey, I learned so much from this video. No, I don't play organ (well, I have played, a very long time ago). But there is a human element that the audience often forgets. Showing the parts that need work and confusion makes it more real. No one is perfect. And when learning to do something (I am fighting to relearn piano after years of not playing...and with a rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis). If you keep at it, you get to the end. Thank you so much for sharing, you continue to inspire me!
Dear Paul, I found this little treasure online, maestro. I can't believe how brilliant you are; I am totally mesmerized. Love and respect Richard USA New York
Dear Paul, Bravo, bravo!!! For having not played that for years, that was wonderful! You obviously have very good facility in those fingers! Playing tracker organs and having a good piano technique keeps the endurance up!! I absolutely love that piece. When you arranged “o, Come all ye Faithful” with that widor toccata I was elated! I didn’t have the nerve to play it last year! Hopefully, this year!! I love your transparency. Thank you, my friend!! ❤ Royden
Such a great sound and a truly moving piece for me. This was my parents wedding music and has always touched me since losing my father. Thank you for sharing this performance sir.
This piece brings me back to my years of study at Westminster Choir College. I would hear the organ performance majors and church music majors with organ principals practicing the Widor amongst other things on the many organs on campus. Glad you rediscovered this excellent and uplifting piece. And thanks for the memory.
Listened to Diane Bish play this and I just had to listen to more performances of this, and wow, you just knocked it out of the park!! I am very much new to the realm of organ music. My teacher is an organist and I just dream about having even a spec of the talent you possess. Been trying for a while to play Boëllmann’s toccata and so far it’s been great! Lots of love from Bulgaria ❤️❤️
Thank you for your ego-less posting, Paul. It's not an easy piece for a practiced person to perform. All things considered, I believe you deserve a Bravo for this one!
Wonderful musician and bright fellow. However his wrists are very tight thus reducing the clarity of his playing. He can remedy that by practicing piano, with a dose of some technical exercises and études. The piano keyboard has the depth and resistance the will allow your technique to improve when executed properly. My organist colleagues told me when they were in music school their professors told them never to stop playing piano. How I would love to have this boy as a student! ♥️
Hallo, lieber Paul. Die Widor Toccata gehört zu meinen absolut liebsten Stücken. Ich habe genossen, wie du sie spielst, ein paar "Schnitzer" und einige Variationen kann ich dir verzeihen. Trotzdem klasse. Danke dafür. Liebe Grüße aus Görlitz und weiter so! Alles Gute für dich und deine hervorragende Arbeit.
Relax your whole body when you play it. Relax between every note / chord. Lift your fingers off the keys and strike them rather than pressing them (oops! - but a great concert pianist told me to do that and it really works for preventing tension build up). It feels wonderful when you get it right. You can play it all day with no cramping/fatigue/tendon issues! 😃
Wonderful - my dream is to be able to play this. We had it at our wedding (long before my organ journey had properly started), and I'd love to be able to recreate it at home. But there's a long way to go yet......
So9 wonderful to here this kind of music written by the masters .. Nothing will ever out do the pipe organ .. My hat off to you ,even with you saying you should practice more . Wasn't able to full fill mastering the organ , but God granted me a singing voice ..
That organ sounds great! I hope there's demonstration video coming soon. At 80 years old the Widor, although beautiful, is impossible for my hands. I'll stay with music by that guy.. .I think Paul Fey is his name.😊🎹❤️
Hi Mr. Paul Fey! How many years have you been an organist and can you tell me about your wonderful journey at the music academy??? You are the best: Paul Fey and Richard Mc Veigh
Paul, An excellent musician is ALWAYS his own biggest critique. And YES- when you accidentally forget the music- IMPROVISE. REGARDLESS- NOT an easy Toccata to play with the alternating arpeggio's particularly at the end and MOST enjoyed! In all frankness- that's a LOT of stops on that organ for II / P! Regards, Nigel from canada
I never played an instrument, never sang a song, but I’m memorized by your extreme talent playing these organ pieces! You are incredible and I thank you !
Tremendous. And added bonus, you were actually smiling😊😊😊
My favourite non-Bach organ work, impressively performed by Paul! Bravo sir!
I love your realness, Paul! It makes everything that you play so joyful!!
Perfection is a negative in the world of the arts and music. . . it is realness that makes the difference between sterile perfection and letting the music play YOU!!
Any criticism or advice I could give would be so pale. But to non-musicians, playing that as well as he did after not having done it for so long is a) par far any great musician and b) absolutely brilliant. The fact that he almost never stopped even with wrong notes is something you need to do in performance. If it's a rehearsal, you can always go back and fix it, but in performance the show must go on. I know I couldn't do it. Three cheers, sir!
keep it up Paul! u are becoming the best of the Best! your organ skills are awesome ! I hope to hear u in person when u tour Canada ! ❤
WOW Beautiful cathedral and organ. Your registration and playing made the cathedral sound fabulous. I really enjoy your tour of churches. All have been very interesting.
Dear Paul, you are a wonderfully authentic human being who does the world of organs and organists an enormous service. THANK YOU for what you do! Marc
Oh, thank you so much, Marc!! 😀
💯💯💯💯💯🌟
N guy
Ciao Paul, i live in Peia, i'm 33 years old and i sing with the chorus of S.Antonio da Padova di Peia.
Wonderful music, top organ and my church❤.. thank you to play!
Federica
Paul, one of my favorite organ pieces. The registration you used was just what Widor must have had in mind when he composed it. BRAVO!!
Hello Paul, I loved your performance today. Widor's Tocatta and Fugue is an amazing piece. Bravo Maestro and thank you for your wonderful gift of music. God Bless. 🎹🎼🎶🎵🎶
Toccata & Fugue???
You made that organ sing wonderfully!! Made my eyes tear, fantastic 👍👍👍👍👍
Truly amazing playing, keep up the great work! I love Widor's Tocatta!
Well done young man. Thank you for sharing your talent!!!
Hadn't played in years? Never would have guessed. I think you played a tough piece beautifully. Bravo. Well Done. Enjoyed it immensely, the church is gorgeous, love the sound of that amazing instrument. Lovely. Now have played the video three times.
From MagicalPipes to Paul Very Good For me on this night To Hear You on this very Great Organ
I have been waiting for you to do this! After hearing your improve of O Come all Ye Faithful based off of this, i was like, When is he gonna play Widors Tocatta!
Die herrliche Toccata zu hören, während man die wunderschöne Kirche bestaunt, ein ganz ganz tolles Video 👍🏼👏🏼😊
Absolutely fantastic Paul ❤️🤩
Wunderschöne Klänge. Fine!!
Haven't played it in years PA! Absolutely brilliant!
You re so talented! Thanks!
This piece, for an organist, is like riding a bicycle : you never forget how
A Majestic piece in a Majestic setting, beautifully executed!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Beautiful! Good job Paul 😊🤩
Well, that was fun! Magnificent sound! Thank you Paul!
Ein bißchen Mut zu improvisieren muß man schon haben! Sehr schön gespielt, Herr Fey; and besten Dank. Es ist für mich eine große Freude, Ihre Videos, die ich unlängst entdeckt habe, bei der Arbeit - über Kopfhörer natürlich! - zu hören. Alles Gute, und nur weiter so!
dem schließe ich mich voll umfänglich an - auch wenn ich nicht über kopfhörer höre - bin immer wieder begeistert, wie und instrument und musik nahe gebracht werden - danke
This video just makes me grin from ear to ear. I love it! It also makes me realize that even the best musicians make mistakes, even you. I learned that it is ok to make a mistake. I play bari sax in a jazz band (24 years now) and when I mess up, I feel very inadequate. But I keep pushing on and marking my music and practicing. I can't tell you how much I enjoy this type of video! Thank you again!!
Thank you so much, Michael!! That‘s so true! 😀
Merci Paul, tout simplement magnifiqie, un vrai régal !
Jean Paul from Bretagne 😉
This piece is just like a brilliant burst of sunshine. Love it. There was one occasion when I was playing it. When I rehearsed, it was fine. For the actual occasion, when I came to the end where you cross your hands, I suddenly found that I couldn't reach, (I'd opted to go onto the swell for the left) because I'd buttoned my jacket :) Fortunately, everyone was out of the church by that point. There's always something..
Fabulous! Powerful settings. ♥
❤❤❤❤wow Paul, luv this Toccata!!❤❤❤❤ Thx 😊😊😊😊
Bleiben Sie der Beste darin, diese Dinge zu tun, Meisterwerk wie immer!
My, my I thought I was hard on myself as a cellist. You are a genius, a virtuoso. And you haven’t played it in years??? How old ARE you, brother?! You look like a college kid. You must have learned it as a child? I know I just spewed a bunch of word vomit, just felt I needed to tell you all of this. God Bless you, and may you have many many years of glorious music making. Thank you for being excellent and exceptional.
P.S. At 4:26, just the OPTICS of your pedal work, ASIDE from the beauty of the music is astounding, your feet appear to be as supple as fingers. Then, when you chuckled at 4:47, amidst your stellar performance, it was humble and felt like we would get along well. Hope to meet you and your friends some day
Beautiful! I am surprised you haven't played this popular piece in years!❤
Beautiful Paul! Thanks so much.
Love ya, Paul! You are the shining light this retired organist has been waiting for.
I never learned the Toccata, but I've enjoyed playing the other movements. I think the first movement is the gem.
Thank you for all your efforts to bring solid performance practice and organ building to the public.
It would be a pleasure to hear you in live performance. May you enjoy a gorgeous life and a most successful career.
Just awesome!!!! The cross over of the hands is TALENT! Thank you from sharing🎉
Well done! Your registration of the piece sounds so good! Now I just want to sit in this beautiful cathedral and listen to this wonderful music! Thank you so much!
Yes, Elgar's composition for of the "Graduation March" is a great way musically to start the new year. All the best, Paul.
One of the most intelligent readings of this piece I have ever heard. Most important thing is that you do not try to play it as fast as possible, you let the music "breathe" and let the listener take it all in. Your tempo closely matches that at which Charles Marie Widor himself recorded it. I didn't realize there was a portion of it that required cross handed technique! My pastor requested I play this for Christmas about two days prior! I could not obtain the full sheet music that quickly, only the first page and a couple RUclips reels. Had to fake it like you did! You did a wonderful job, I wish I could read as well as you do so I could learn the whole thing. I am primarily a theater and rock organist.
you always play so cleanly!
Love the behind the scene look showing how challenging this piece is to play. IMO, the greatest organ piece ever written.
Widor wrote a lot more pieces that are even more thrilling. Enjoy the buffet!
Mr. Fey,
I learned so much from this video. No, I don't play organ (well, I have played, a very long time ago). But there is a human element that the audience often forgets. Showing the parts that need work and confusion makes it more real. No one is perfect. And when learning to do something (I am fighting to relearn piano after years of not playing...and with a rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis). If you keep at it, you get to the end. Thank you so much for sharing, you continue to inspire me!
Beautifully organ piece Paul! ❤🎉😊😊
Wow amazing, i. From Tanzania a junior student of playing organ i like it
Dear Paul, I found this little treasure online, maestro. I can't believe how brilliant you are; I am totally mesmerized. Love and respect Richard USA New York
Großartig und authentisch, zum Miterleben!
Danke
That was wonderful. Vielen Dank!!
4:07 love the pedal octaves. Thank you!
Thank you for taking us in your luggage ;)
Awesome!
Wow..Paul, ein schwieriges Stück aber "Meisterhaft" interpretiert. Eines meiner Lieblingsstücke. Danke...war ein Hochgenuss zuzuhören. 👍❤ 5:20
Vielen lieben Dank!! 😀
Another amazing church filled with so much art...almost a museum of art ! A nice organ. Thanks for the Widor. Always fun to play !
So true!! Thank you for watching! 😀
Dear Paul, Bravo, bravo!!! For having not played that for years, that was wonderful! You obviously have very good facility in those fingers! Playing tracker organs and having a good piano technique keeps the endurance up!! I absolutely love that piece. When you arranged “o, Come all ye Faithful” with that widor toccata I was elated! I didn’t have the nerve to play it last year! Hopefully, this year!! I love your transparency. Thank you, my friend!! ❤ Royden
Such a great sound and a truly moving piece for me. This was my parents wedding music and has always touched me since losing my father. Thank you for sharing this performance sir.
Thank you so much, this is one of my favorite pieces!!!! It was a joy to hear and a great joy to watch!!!!❤️❤️❤️
Absolutely terrific!! Wonderful! Made me cry with joy!!
Wonderful. Love ya Paul. Awesome dude.
This piece brings me back to my years of study at Westminster Choir College. I would hear the organ performance majors and church music majors with organ principals practicing the Widor amongst other things on the many organs on campus. Glad you rediscovered this excellent and uplifting piece. And thanks for the memory.
I enjoyed that .. Beautifully played Thank you.
Not played for years? Anyway a convincing performance. Good to see how things happen in real time... Well done.
One of my favourite organ pieces and it was magnificent!
Listened to Diane Bish play this and I just had to listen to more performances of this, and wow, you just knocked it out of the park!! I am very much new to the realm of organ music. My teacher is an organist and I just dream about having even a spec of the talent you possess. Been trying for a while to play Boëllmann’s toccata and so far it’s been great! Lots of love from Bulgaria ❤️❤️
Wow amazing and in such a magnificent building xxx
It's a gorgeous piece, and clearly you can nail it when you want to. Nice work.
Wow! Great recording! 👍
Thank you for your ego-less posting, Paul. It's not an easy piece for a practiced person to perform. All things considered, I believe you deserve a Bravo for this one!
WHO, dear Paul, magnificent and so natural and with simplicity. Bravo ❤❤ and continue like that.
Guy
and thank to Andrea for all these visits !
Wonderful musician and bright fellow. However his wrists are very tight thus reducing the clarity of his playing. He can remedy that by practicing piano, with a dose of some technical exercises and études. The piano keyboard has the depth and resistance the will allow your technique to improve when executed properly. My organist colleagues told me when they were in music school their professors told them never to stop playing piano. How I would love to have this boy as a student! ♥️
Wonderful!
Hallo, lieber Paul. Die Widor Toccata gehört zu meinen absolut liebsten Stücken. Ich habe genossen, wie du sie spielst, ein paar "Schnitzer" und einige Variationen kann ich dir verzeihen. Trotzdem klasse. Danke dafür. Liebe Grüße aus Görlitz und weiter so! Alles Gute für dich und deine hervorragende Arbeit.
Merci ! Super great talent. Merci, Merci Merci.
❤❤😊😊 my favorite organ piece of all time! Thank you! Played masterfully!
Da schwitzt der Meister. Schöne Kirche. 🙏🙏🙏
Bravo...just watching you made my right hand/fingers start to cramp!!
Relax your whole body when you play it. Relax between every note / chord. Lift your fingers off the keys and strike them rather than pressing them (oops! - but a great concert pianist told me to do that and it really works for preventing tension build up).
It feels wonderful when you get it right. You can play it all day with no cramping/fatigue/tendon issues!
😃
Wonderful - my dream is to be able to play this. We had it at our wedding (long before my organ journey had properly started), and I'd love to be able to recreate it at home. But there's a long way to go yet......
Bravo Paul du bist der Geborene Orgelkünstler. Wann bist du wieder einmal in der Schweiz 🇨🇭
Amazing rendition, considering it's been such a long time since you've practiced it!
So9 wonderful to here this kind of music written by the masters .. Nothing will ever out do the pipe organ .. My hat off to you ,even with you saying you should practice more . Wasn't able to full fill mastering the organ , but God granted me a singing voice ..
My Dad played this piece often. He turns 90 this November and doesn't play anymore, but thank you so much for reminding me of one of his favorites!
This is no song
Great gratitude 🙏
That organ sounds great! I hope there's demonstration video coming soon. At 80 years old the Widor, although beautiful, is impossible for my hands. I'll stay with music by that guy..
.I think Paul Fey is his name.😊🎹❤️
Oooh, thank you so much!! The demo video is coming soon! An amazing instrument 😀😀
O I can sit in church for hours playing non stop...to the delight of the angels in heaven..glory to God
Grandiose music in grandiose surroundings.
AUSGEZEICHNET Paul!
Thanks for posting this, Paul!
I'm delighted to see that you're human after all...😂
Best wishes!
Haha, thank you!! 😂😀
Love it. Widors tocatta is the best organ piece Ever
Wiva ! Wiva Vidor ! 👏 👏 👏
Even with all the mistakes on the end still a pleasure to hear, the Toccata is one of my most liked pieces.
Lieber Paul Du hast es aber nicht verlernt und es macht Freude Dir dabei zu zusehen 👍👍👍
Absolutely amazing my dear friend!👏👏👏❤️
Hi Mr. Paul Fey! How many years have you been an organist and can you tell me about your wonderful journey at the music academy??? You are the best: Paul Fey and Richard Mc Veigh
wow, I could listen for hours and the church is so beautiful 😍
You still get an A+ for playing this toccata after years of not playing it. It’s like riding a bicycle 😀.
🌴☀️🌴
Oh, Grandeeeeeee 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Wunderbar !! Ich freue mich sehr darauf...
Neben den Bach´schen Werken begeistern mich auch die Kompositionen der französischen Meister! Deshalb war ich gespannt, wie Du sie spielst. Weiter so!
Schöne Kirche, schöne Orgel. 👌👌👌
Sehr gut gemacht Paul Fey. 🙏🙏🙏
Понравилось!
Paul, An excellent musician is ALWAYS his own biggest critique. And YES- when you accidentally forget the music- IMPROVISE. REGARDLESS- NOT an easy Toccata to play with the alternating arpeggio's particularly at the end and MOST enjoyed! In all frankness- that's a LOT of stops on that organ for II / P! Regards, Nigel from canada