🎵 Vierne - Carillon de Westminster (Saint Ouen) // Richard McVeigh

[@michaelwarner5280]

Absolutely perfect tempo! Not too fast and not too slow. One of my absolute favorites to play.

[@beautyinsound]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it

[@Todd1356]

At 2:30 you take the organ into another dimension. I get goosebumps every time I listen to it.

[@organchoirman9698]

Very satisfying listening to you; registration, tempo, and showing what Vierne wanted with this wonderful piece. A thrilling performance. I need to resurrect this....you motivate me to do so! Thanks!

[@skycamnewzealand7966]

It was goosebumps to start with, then a flood of emotion to follow. Absolutely magnificent Richard!!

[@Todd1356]

I’ll second that!

[@joespeciale5875]

Thank you, thank you, thank you: one of the most joyous, exciting and wonderful pieces in the entire organ literature, and beautifully played, *as usual,* by Mr. McVeigh.

[@kerryshearer-gipson1822]

Much enjoyed! Thank you for the great performance! I love this piece!

[@jerrymartin79]

That Grrrrrowl at 4:45 - gloroius! Very well played, on an outstanding sample-set - it's wonderful to hear these big pieces using the organs and acoustics for which they were conceived. Bravo!

[@janemazzola4454]

Pure JOY to hear & watch your playing this piece! Thank you, Richard...

[@eensio]

This is great source of treasures: everything is admirable. The piece has splendid organic growing idea, which has here wonderful realization. Thank you - audition is also excellent!

[@darkangel1066]

Beautiful piece......love the shades of Close Encounter of the 3rd Kind in this piece!

[@PaulL66]

One of my favorite pieces played brilliantly by my favorite organist. And you make it look so easy. Great job!

[@marlenemeldrum7382]

A glorious piece of Music beautifully and masterlly played with a wonderful transparancy😊

[@richardsmith9305]

As noted before, it truly is an outstanding sample-set and it’s one that I constantly use. Thank you for such an amazing performance.

[@purefool-xw1fo]

Marvellous! Could you also play the Bells of Hinckley, please? This would be very much appreciated. Thank you!

[@mattleach958]

Thank you Richard. As a bell-ringer/student organist this is one of my favorite pieces. First the very long slow anticipatory build for 4.30+ minutes, Then the final grand glorious conclusion. Absolutely Delicious.

[@euanthomas]

Beautiful! Probably my favourite piece of music of all time and this really did it justice. It sounds incredible on the Saint Ouen sample set. Thank you for this.

[@Markus.K]

I really enjoyed your performance of this fantastic piece! I used my headphones and had a great sound experience. Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful recording.

[@marthaguedes8990]

Very beautiful! I felt like I was there, near the cathedral. Thank you for your marvellous performance, Richard!

[@ikemyung8623]

Again, really solid and wonderful playing! There are certain musical moments that ALLWAYS give me chills. One of those is the build up starting from about 04:25 and then the CHILLS climax at 04:45 and more or less continue through the remainder of the piece! What is there not to love about this piece well played! I hope you don't share any walls with organ hating neighbors!

[@gvcarpenter60]

Wonderful! Richard, the CdW is one of all time favorite chestnuts, masterfully played, thank you!

[@matthieubazile3350]

One of my favorite pieces played on a wonderful French symphonic sample set. Thanks for an amazing performance!

[@lorenzovanoni9799]

Great interpretation Richard! So nice!!

[@diannemills5594]

Wonderful Richard. Thank you. Sorry I can't comment on technical stuff but loved it. Sitting here listening while having morning cuppa. Friday here. Blessings

[@beautyinsound]

Hope you enjoyed your cuppa coffee/tea??

[@DCTOnline]

And THAT is how it's done!! What a rumble :) Carillion goes exceptionally well with the morning coffee - thank you once again for such a superb performance Richard

[@accousticdecay]

I stood up and cried aloud at the end.... that speaks for itself.

[@hazelleacock3867]

Good to listen to at lunch time here in NewYork USA 🇺🇸

[@PeterRabbit000]

Glorious!

[@orgelhase]

Such a brilliant piece performed brilliantly!

[@louisglen1653]

Your playing is special. I love your technique!

[@VoxAngelica8]

Great job!

[@rossmorrow3013]

Glorious

[@carolynclark1724]

Beautiful!

[@bobbyhendley3084]

Good Lord, I do love that magnificent piece! Isn’t Ouen the organ he wrote that piece for? For some reason I have that halfway stuck in my memory.

[@ubertuba]

Majestic, as always.

[@alexmatovu1841]

Hallo. Which microphone do you use to record the organ

[@ralph_gho]

Wonderful !!!

[@janettaylor3264]

Brilliant performance. We’ll organize the builders for the underpinning tomorrow 😂! Thankyou very much Richard. Trevor and Jan Canewdon, Essex. 👏👏👏👏👏👏🐈‍⬛🐈🍰🧦

[@nickmaguire5104]

Very well played. A french piece on a french organ. Can’t beat it! Have you ever played Sur le Rhin by Vierne?

[@beautyinsound]

A while ago yes so I’d need to re-learn it I expect.

[@jmwilson73]

BRAVO !!!! I bet it sounded awesome in the BIS organ room and as you were editing it.

[@christopherwarner5331]

Bravo, sir! I imagine that arriving at the gates of Heaven and THAT organ welcoming me there--what a glorious day that will be! Side note--Michael Barone posted a short video of himself walking around the St. Ouen Abbey while someone was playing that glorious instrument. The chairs were removed and it was him below the gallery. I can't even imagine how he felt that day.

[@martym61]

Well done. Bravo.👏👏👏

[@tomasza2402]

One of my favorite pieces just for my birthday. Thank you for your excellent performance! I still remember when I heard ages ago the first-ever recording of that piece, Andrew Lucas - Organ Showpieces From St. Paul's Cathedral. There is another piece recorded on this magnificent organ (available on youtube) I would love to see one day recorded on your fantastic organ - Edward Dean plays Passacaglia, Op. 40 by Gerard Bunk.

[@beautyinsound]

That’s a great CD! I love the performance of the Reger on that compilation!

[@pianomyfriend.9972]

Wow,it's amazing!!!!

[@monaandersen2123]

Mozart has very much < mark in tone changing big super modulation l hear that you like it an the public too solie deo gloria

[@ericegli2738]

I listened to a recording of this piece daily after getting home during my psychiatry rotation in medical school. The initial part in its quietness and the build up settled my mind. Then the glorious conclusion pulled me out of the funk. Sometimes it took a second time!

[@zaneclone]

Stunning... I can't tell you how good this sounds through my rather large speakers.... :D There is movement of furniture lol...

[@abelb8455]

I do not understand the title. Why "(Saint Ouen)"? This is not the Saint-Ouen Cavaillé-Coll organ.

[@sandrafogarty1073]

WOW!!! I bet that sounded AMAZING in your studio...and down the street!! I love this piece.

[@beautyinsound]

It certainly did! 😎

[@BenjaminYau]

Listening this in my car with the full force of the vibration felt! 🤣

[@beautyinsound]

😁😁😁😁👌

[@dominiquedupuy2234]

So good..! Beautiful ! Approuvé par les auditeurs français ;)

[@Plumtreetim]

Wonderful played at full volume on the surround sound.Sorry neighbours but had to be done.

[@beautyinsound]

They probably enjoyed it! 😎

[@geezernorth]

😮😮😮😕👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@stephenarnold6359]

Westminster Bridge in a pea-souper a la Monet was conjured up. (Not that there was anything foggy about the performance)

[@christianfeldmann8287]

What reeds are you use in the Pedal?

[@beautyinsound]

All of them! 4’ 8’ 16’ 16’ 32’ 😎

[@philippeconne6148]

You play another organ ; it isn’t Saint Ouen of Rouen ! I don’t recognize the Contre-Bombarde 32 at the end of the score and 56 notes and not 61 notes at Saint Ouen !

[@thomassaunders7914]

Please can you play Viernes toccata next

[@beautyinsound]

I’ll definitely record it soon, but until then Colin Walsh played it on BIS using the same sampleset. It’s sounds amazing!

[@morrisfelton699]

Should be Carillons de Cambridge

[@Muzykant.Pl.]

Hello, I watch you and I have a request, can you play and record polish religious Anthem u.t.t.: "Boże, coś Polskę" (God save Poland). Please