Eugène Gigout - TOCCATA in B MINOR

Eugène Gigout's TOCCATA is by far the most well-known work by the composer and is regarded as one of the great French symphonic organ fanfares. In this video I play the movement on my Hauptwerk home organ on the magnificent sample set of Caen - St. Etienne sample by Sonus Paradisi.
The Toccata is composed in 1890 in can be found as the last piece in the collection "10 pièces pour orgue".
Gigout loved the Saint-Augustin Church in Paris. In fact he stayed there for 62 years as an organist. He was a pupil of the great Camille Saint-Säens and later came to be a great pedagogue who founded his own organ school.
Gigout lived a long life and died in Paris 81 years of age. He left us a great collection of popular organ pieces, the Toccata being the crown jewel of them all.
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[@stephenarendse8730]

This is the ONE piece where I wish the organ has low B :-) Well played sir!

[@philipaggesen]

Dear Stephen. Just read your comment. Thanks a ton for that kind comment!!

[@magnusleite]

Perfect tempo! Many play this to fast, in my opinion.

[@philipaggesen]

Thank you Magnus. I also found that this tempo works out for me but I realize that many people tend to play in much faster.

[@Todd1356]

I came here to say the same!

[@JanPBtest]

Yes, exactly.

[@ABouchez]

Oui, Gigout la jouait Allegro mais assez lentement, pour bien appuyer les premiers temps. Yes, in fact Gigout himself used to play it somewhat slower than most organists do. It was reported by my friend Raphaël TAMBYEFF from Paris, which plays it in a similar way as you do.

[@olivierfritzfeller7654]

Comme habituellement, vous savez rendre si bien l'âme d'une pièce. Une des plus belles interprétation de la Toccata de Gigout. Merci. Cordialement Olivier

[@philipaggesen]

C'est très gentil de votre part d'écrire. Je fais de mon mieux. Merci beaucoup pour votre soutien continu!

[@ramonestana7338]

Hi Philip, thank you very very much for this genius piece of music! It is always a great pleasure to listen to your play. All the best, Ramon❤

[@philipaggesen]

Dear Ramon. Thank you for taking the time to leave such a kind comment on my video. I had this Toccata in mind for a long time and finally it all came together and I was happy to introduce it on my channel. Thanks for being an awesome member! It is highly appreciated!!

[@ferryorganmusic]

This Toccata is so friendly and joyful. Thanks for sharing this piece with us, Philip.

[@philipaggesen]

You're very welcome mr. Ferry! Also a huge thank you for commenting on my video and showing your support. I wish you the very best!!

[@lindafinch8983]

Good morning Philip, what a great way to enjoy my coffee break and collect another fine piece of music! Beautifully played as ever. Thank you so much Lynn

[@philipaggesen]

Hi Lynn. Thank you!! Coffee and organ music work marvelously together :-)

[@Railfan6675]

That’s a great piece of music! Thank you for sharing.

[@philipaggesen]

You’re very welcome Railfan! And thanks for stopping by and commenting :-)

[@lenaN5k8Q9]

Fantastic organ piece that gives a lot of energy on a rainy fridag morning.Thanks for the beautiful music Philip So wonderfully played🎶🎶🎶

[@philipaggesen]

It's good to hear that my work hopefully can make a rainy day just a bit better ;-) Thanks as always. It's good to hear from you!

[@mariebourhis6988]

La merveilleuse Toccata de E Gigout !!!! Superbe interprétation. Très beau moment musical 👏👏👏🎶💫🌺🎶💫🌺🎶💫🌺💛💛💛

[@philipaggesen]

Salut Marie. MERCI beaucoup. C'est music magnifique! :-)

[@billraty14]

Well done. Your unruffled masterful dexterity playing the arpeggios is in sharp contrast to what the music is doing!

[@philipaggesen]

Hi Bill. So lovely to hear from you and thanks for that kind comment. I always glad to read that my work does a difference for other people. Thanks for your kindness!

[@mariaemilia3804]

Good Evening Philip Aggesen ! Thanks for the great Organ Music ! 🌹🎼❤️🙏😘✨👍

[@philipaggesen]

You're so very wellcome!

[@charlottegrieff662]

BRAVO Philip. One of my all time favourites and so beautifully performed by my all time favourite organist. 💖💖

[@philipaggesen]

Wow Charlotte. You're so very kind. I am very flattered. Thanks a lot and I am so glad you like my work here on KZbin. I always enjoy reading your kind words!

[@paulhoffman-music]

Exquisite performance. So well controlled. The melody clearly defined. I can learn from this. Bravo!

[@philipaggesen]

That was very kind of you to write. Thank you!

[@johnweddel687]

One of my favorite organ pieces. Your perfromance and tempo are spot on! Nicely done.... thank you for sharinig your talent with us!

[@philipaggesen]

Hi John. I have also heard a lot of recordings of people playing a bit faster but I find myself at ease with this tempo and I am glad that you found that as well.

[@RudiKeersemaker]

Really love it! New sub😊

[@philipaggesen]

Hi Rudi! Thanks for stopping by and watching. Hope you’ll stick around!

[@SiegfriedDeniz]

😊😊🤩👍

[@philipaggesen]

Hi Siegfried - thank you!! :)

[@jonboz7585]

A favorite piece of mine and you played it beautifully! Thank you.

[@philipaggesen]

You're very very welcome Jon!

[@josephbrandtner7713]

Bravo! Beautifully done. You should know, that when the organ got to FFF the audio was clipping. Additionally with intermodulation distortion.

[@philipaggesen]

Thank you Joseph. I try listening to the recording again and I can't hear it. I also checked the wav-file which also didn't get into the red zone. So I don't what I could have done differently

[@josephbrandtner7713]

Thank you for your reply. If it sound good on your end, then hit has to be the limiytations of audio recording and play back.@@philipaggesen

[@beyersorganloft]

This is a fine performance. I have been enjoying your recordings for several months. I look forward to future recordings from your channel.

[@philipaggesen]

Hi Beyer. Thank you so much for commenting. Lovely to hear that you enjoy my videos. I can see that you play organ in Japan?! Do they love the organ over there as much as here?

[@beyersorganloft]

@@philipaggesen Philip, please call me Jarod.👍Most major concert halls in Japan have a pipe organ. People here think the organ is a somewhat mysterious, rare and “other worldly” musical instrument. Generally speaking, they find it to be quite interesting.

[@philippelegargean5120]

Great ! Unwearable!

[@philipaggesen]

So kind of you to write that! 😌

[@paulmonard4857]

Excellent Philip .... Well done ! ...

[@philipaggesen]

Thank you so much Paul! Kind of you to leave a comment!

[@backtoschool1611]

I WANT TO LEARN THIS SO BAD!! My teacher says its too hard. Currently Studying: -Bach Prelude and Fugue in g mn BWV 558 -Wachet auf Ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 -Boëllman op. 25, nr. 4 SCHÖNSTER HERR JESU

[@philipaggesen]

That are some great pieces you are working on! I am sure you'll get to this piece as well. Just hang in there! :-)

[@backtoschool1611]

@@philipaggesen Thanks!

[@janterjeedmundsson7763]

Storslået og flot! Og hvor er du bare en enestående god organist!

[@philipaggesen]

Tusind tak Jan. Hvor er det så fornemt af dig at give mig så god respons!

[@olivierfritzfeller7654]

Excellentissime. Olivier

[@philipaggesen]

Merci beauxoup!!

[@philipaggesen]

Merci beaucoup!!

[@mariorebhan914]

Hi Philip, thanks for sharing your version. I completely like the tempo. The tones will "smear" in the big church reverb anyway. Can you share the fingerings of the piece for not so advanced colleagues? Thanks! Mario

[@philipaggesen]

Yes of course. Send me an email at [e-mail]

[@Tobias0815]

It seems so easy when you play it, but I tried this piece some time ago and it is definitly not that easy 😂

[@philipaggesen]

You'll get the hang of it I'm sure! Just practice practice practice!

[@ericpalacios920]

Wow! What are you playing this on? I've always been interested in buying a digital organ pedal setup.

[@philipaggesen]

Hi Eric. Thank you so much. I am playing this on - basically - 3 glorified midi keyboards and a pedal board. The input are then sent through midi to a computer which have a program called Hauptwerk installed. I have an unboxing video on my channel which gives you a closer look at the hardware.