Final Improvisation, 8 oct 2017, Sophie Veronique Cauchefer Choplin

Final piece after the evening Mass in St Sulpice, Paris.
8 oct 2017
Sophie-Veronique Cauchefer-Choplin

[@charlescreegan6164]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="405">6:45</a> she looks at the stop puller for more and he says "sorry, nothing left" - she grins - fantastic!

[@andrewbentley849]

And after 8'00" she runs out of stops and keyboard!

[@paulcaswell2813]

The 'stop puller' is her husband ;-)

[@annerosejandrey3716]

@@andrewbentley849 lol her left fifth finger is pressing the wood instead of keys😅

[@keithg1768]

I'm trying to figure out why there are not more recordings of this absolutely brilliant organist and improvisationalist!! She could produce an outstanding album just based on her absolutely beautiful and fresh improvisations!!! They are modern without getting too abstract and very symphonic. She knows how to play the room's acoustic as well in allowing those gorgeous CC reeds to just bloom. Between her and Daniel Roth, you have have the most amazing assemblage of organists you could ever want!!

[@fredblackwood9399]

D. I

[@tonyleeson1]

Just astounding!

[@paulcaswell2813]

What 'room'?

[@aeris_zaeleria9722]

@@paulcaswell2813 The church's aisle lmao

[@paulcaswell2813]

@@aeris_zaeleria9722 LOL!

[@eabernathy1]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="488">8:08</a> "This organ needs more keys at the top!" What an amazing, riveting performance!!!!

[@paulcaswell2813]

Wanting a 61-key console rather than the French 56!!!

[@davidgriffiths7215]

Probably my favourite of Mme Choplin’s many wonderful improvisations. The very definition of passionate music making! Absolutely stunning.

[@clauskuttler4151]

Sophie-Véronique, ich könnte diese Ihre Improvisation Tag und Nacht hören und jedesmal 'geht der Himmel für mich auf'. Danke! Sophie-Véronique, je pourrais écouter vos improvisation jour et nuit et à chaque fois "le ciel s'ouvre pour moi". Merci!

[@dominiquesechet1716]

Absolument extraordinaire J en ai les larmes aux yeux rt vous devez être plus épuisée qu à la suite d un cent mètres avec autant de claviers BRAVO

[@andrewketchum960]

This is the finest and most magnificent improvisation I have ever heard. Sophie is a true master musician. Truly divine inspiration on this piece, building on a theme that rises in a crescendo to an awe inspiring finale. From the reeds on the fifth manual (what a reach!) to having all the divisions coupled together at the end. Love seeing the mechanical action with the keys moving. Her sheer joy at the end knowing that she has created a masterpiece.

[@praestant8]

You're reading far too much religiosity in to this. They use the Grand Choeur (I) the most because that's where the barker machine is and that makes life much simpler on this instrument.

[@MDLRX8]

@@praestant8 You miss Andrew's point. She stated the theme on the Solo, manual V, not the easy-to-reach Grand Choeur (I). It is fun to see all the keys moving when she couples them all together, even if the Barker machine is making it possible to play them.

[@michaeltaylor3937]

When listening to Mme Sophie Veronique Cauchefer Choplin I also think of Mme Jeanne Demessieux. Mme Choplin and Mme Demessieux are my two favorite organists to admire and listen to. I hope that one day like Mme Demessieux, Mme Choplin will give us some written compositions and transcriptions of her fantastic improvisations.

[@michaelroberts6894]

Each time I listen to her I sit in awe of her powers of inspiration! She is more than wonderful! She makes history at the organ! How fortunate her stop pullers are to be near such a dynamo!

[@jackkenefick2696]

some of them are her husband!

[@markamey2544]

@@jackkenefick2696 not some Jack just one!

[@fafou151]

que de regrets de n'avoir pas été présent ce jour là à St Sulpice pour entendre cette sublime musique! merci infiniment Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin pour ce grand moment...

[@charlesdavis7087]

Worthy of heaven.

[@wilhakkaart5116]

What can you say, she is the successor of Cesar Franck the one and only true successor! Every improvisation is a gift to all of us, its a shame that since 2017 no more improvisations are shared anymore on youtube! She is without no doubt the best improviser ever since the master.

[@charlesdavis7087]

What are you saying? WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU SAYING? We all know she is the successor of Franck... and the whole academy. You can't hide genius. It has this way for rising up... all own its own. Champagne bubbles only go in one direction. Strait up. Count yourself lucky and forgotten. Names, forms and shadows... follow. Remark upon the occasion and the worship of Trivia. "I like Paris in the Spring time." How about you? Remember. >> ? the marrow. "Alas, alas until the marrow. "

[@davebarclay4429]

@@charlesdavis7087 Why do you feel the need to swear? Are you just stupid and with a limited vocabulary?

[@markkonchan5468]

So beautiful! She is a incredible artist of the highest order!

[@organistpeter]

Eine der besten Organistinnen die es gibt! Danke für dieses extrem schöne Stück!!!!

[@markemanuele1929]

Oh MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE to visit that church someday!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@DAOFB]

You really should! I was there and met Mme Cauchever-Choplin, who is a very charming and lovely lady! Even though my french was humble, it was a wonderful experience!

[@pietvandijk1349]

She really communicates with the soul of the organ.

[@kevinworth1713]

❤️ She sings and sings. And sings. From the rising to the setting.

[@gyrocompa]

I listen to this music in loop while working on my computer late in the evening : it gives me the energy and stamina I need ! Thank you so much Mr Pigato for uploading this treasure ! And how lucky you were to attend this for real !

[@davidmace3716]

Sophie's improvisations are just sublime, I could listen to her play all day.

[@kyotokid4]

...I hope to hear her perform when I make a visit.

[@paulcaswell2813]

@@kyotokid4 Until Roth stepped down a while back, he and Sophie did alternate Sunday Masses, with each one doing an 'audition' (recital) at the end.

[@clocklvr]

Organist is a wonderful player. Love to hear her play.

[@thetenor1000]

Forget the genius of Cavaille Col for a moment; the musicianship on display here is wonderful. Inspirational stuff. She makes it look so effortless.

[@19Edurne]

I wouldn't say "effortless"... my fingers and arms are cramping just watching her... Hell, my legs would too if they had showed hers! ;)

[@praestant8]

It isn't just Cavaille Coll heard in this, or in any of his instruments. He kept what came before... Much of Cliquot's voice is heard still at St. Sulpice.

[@tamiasthechipmunk]

Absolutely uplifting. There is no other way to describe it other than the organist's soul was playing that day. She was merely the vessel to bring the divinity into the wonderful sound of all of those pipes.

[@paulcaswell2813]

Sophie was definitely 'on fire' that day ;-)

[@huntererickson319]

Just watching Mme Choplin smile at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="415">6:55</a> is just heartwarming!

[@theremin137]

This is magnificent. Sophie-Veronique Cauchefer-Choplin is fearless

[@jmdujardin]

merci, Sophie-Véronique, pour cette superbe impro qui fait sonner le grand C-C de St Sulpice, merci beaucoup !

[@a.f.4248]

I'm every time amazed that some human beings are able to do that and produce such beauty with only their 10 fingers and 2 feet. I'm also amazed that some human minds were able to conceive and build such huge instruments, so well-sounding, for the incerdibly gifted people that produce such wonders for the benefit of mankind.

[@michaelroberts6894]

Stunning as usual! She is amazing every time !

[@gustavmahler6769]

I need more of this in my life! 🥰

[@Phonojoy]

Overwhelmingly beautiful.

[@channach7231]

this makes me cry with emotion..

[@berndbodenstein2258]

Wunderbar!

[@laurentlouisducourretgravereau]

Encore une fois....Extraordinaire !👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤😉

[@bubffm]

Any new improvisation of Sophie is just pure inspiration and joy

[@dissilymordentroge5818]

One of the most astonishing improvistions taking an otherwise prosaic hymn tune to hights we’d never have imagened possible. Why

[@AlessandroSistiMusic]

Do you happen to know what the tune is? I don't recognize it, possibly because I'm not French.

[@josephlindquist506]

@@AlessandroSistiMusic I would vote for the Russian hymn "God the Omnipotent" - the carillon effect has a Russian tinge - Russia, the land of bells.

[@josephlindquist506]

An anointed genius, open to the prompting of the Holy Spirit. One of my teachers said, "one must have the spark." He could improvise a five-voice mirror fugue. Sophie-Veronique has more than the spark: she has THE GIFT. A rare and precious gift from the Almighty, the Lord and Giver of Life. The tune? "God the Omnipotent" - a Russian hymn. "Sto Lat", Sophie-Veronique!

[@praestant8]

Religious mumbo jumbo. She could be equally as inspired without some "ghost" whispering in her ear. She's simply talented, educated, with a composer's nature and leave it at that.

[@helliasz7278]

I can't express my words how beautiful it is... Merci Sophie!

[@marinmili75]

J'aime beaucoup ce caractère épique qu'elle donne à ses impros de fin de messe...

[@Tsiniastje]

Quelle musique splendide! Merci de la partager avec nous.

[@Cantorisalto1]

I can't begin to describe the joy in what I have heard here other than pure genius!! Thank you so much!!!

[@jamessheya6070]

Another spectacular performance by the musical genius, Sophie-Veronique. She has to have the finest memory for she never uses sight reading!

[@paulcaswell2813]

No need here: she's composing 'on the hoof'!

[@bhigdaddymark]

SUPERB & INSPIRATIONAL !! Her chord progressions floored me! SPECTACULAR INDEED!!

[@neilviolett2698]

Wow! What else can one say but :Thank You"

[@ralphheimburger1447]

Magnifique

[@michaelarmitage1709]

She's just fabulous! Stunning skill and emotion.

[@toastedhippo]

I bet the organ lit a cigarette after that one.

[@charlesdavis7087]

A whole damn pack.

[@michaelamerlan4826]

You nailed it!

[@theprof291166]

Was that good for you baby?

[@tobiasandrews3778]

🤣🤣

[@derekharvey9707]

The organist needed a coffee too!

[@pianojavier1]

Bravíssimo!!!Espectacular!!! Gracias!!!

[@X2O8MZV9]

Man I love her imrovisations.

[@yves-noel-mariegonnet1043]

Je suis fan de cette dame! Encore bravo! Et Merci!

[@yves-noel-mariegonnet1043]

Magnifique! Magnifique! Magnifique! Bravo et Merci!

[@alaindevillepin5374]

je ne me lasse pas de cette improvisation, celle là en particulier !

[@paulcaswell2813]

Just revisiting - still an absolutely staggering piece of work.

[@arlenehensley7305]

What a fantastic organist! We should hear more of her and her great talents on the organ!

[@philippeconne6148]

L’extase, quand on improvise à ce niveau ! Bravo Mme Cauchefer-Choplin !

[@christophfrauenfelder3890]

Seelenmusik - danke herzlich

[@dissilymordentroge5818]

When the tears finally stopped flowing the only word I could think of was 'genius'.

[@Phonojoy]

I second that comment with tears at the end, MAGNIFICENT, Sophie God bless you and your genius

[@richardlowe4751]

You need to listen to pierre cochereau. He WAS a genius!

[@josephlindquist506]

@@richardlowe4751 Porky the Pig never had anything on Sophie-Veronique.

[@josephlindquist506]

ANOINTED genius!!!

[@paulcaswell2813]

@@josephlindquist506 Both magnificent: just totally different ideas as to what equated to an improvisation.

[@guntherdomes3963]

Simply wonderful

[@HoischenFA]

Encore une fois, plus que merveilleux!

[@lanonyme]

Il faut avoir de grands bras pour atteindre le V° clavier. Quand au déséquilibre entre une main gauche au Grand-Orgue et la droite sur le dernier. Chapeau pour cette belle improvisation. Dans les cieux, le grand Aristide doit être heureux.

[@charleslayton9463]

Ohhhh. Magnificent! Thank you so much!

[@jmdujardin]

Madame, vous nous comblez, par votre talent, merci !

[@marcdeleeuw2761]

Wonderful! A very gifted organist!

[@maestroholland]

Incredible!!! Fantastic!!! I heard her in Kevelaer, Germany (145/IIIIP)

[@BurkhardTerhart]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="408">6:48</a> Sophie Cauchefer Chauplin: Crescendo? Registrant: Nothing more to pull...! :-)

[@GuillaumeDeslandres]

Extra !

[@paulcaswell2813]

I remember a recital at La Madeleine many, many years ago, when the final (toccata) from Vierne 1 was being played, a couple of minutes before the end, I was thinking to myself 'there's nothing left'. Then tons of upperwork came in... wonderful stuff!!!

[@denekaraus8592]

She plays as if the number of fingers were unlimited!

[@maxouf1]

Paul Caswell if it were many years ago, then nowadays there's even more to pull (chamades were added in 2004 in La Madeleine, place for them designed from the beginning by Cavaille-Coll but never actually installed till then, as for Saint-Pierre de Neuilly's Mutin-Cavaille-Coll ones, eventually added in 2007)

[@paulcaswell2813]

The recital was in the mid 1990s...

[@williamcumming2441]

What a treat! I had the pleasure of hearing Madam Choplin play in Nashville in 2012

[@MANTLEBERG]

She dosent play it, she rides it.

[@deusexmusica803]

titre

[@georgeleermakers7467]

Fabulous, Merci.

[@jean-christophesouberbiell9519]

Merci madame de m'avoir fait entendre de la musique!

[@jv04jm]

I'm breathless! Sooo amazing!!

[@franckranaivo666]

AGRÉABLE SOPHIE dans ses prestations musicales dignes du Saint LIEU où elle officie!!!!

[@enricocaruso832]

i have a smile in my face .great work thanks

[@Tsiniastje]

Admirable et époustouflante virtuosité!

[@garythorn959]

Awesome in every way.

[@donpierangeloredondi2914]

Complimenti! Bellissima improvvisazione. Il crescendo è maestoso è deciso. Vero invito a innalzare a Dio Uno e Trino la nostra lode e preghiera!

[@davealbrecht12]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="408">06:48</a> he's like "that's all we've got Veronique"

[@Narayan_1996]

OMG TRUE HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[@EElgar1857]

And he looked "not well pleased".

[@lauger84]

Absolument fabuleux, bravo et merci.

[@Guitareben]

Wow!!! Amazing!

[@jamesbarclay9265]

She absolutely transports me. Does anyone realize that the organ at St. Sulpice has (or had) no swell pedals. But it has tons of couplers. And it is the monster of all mechanical tracker machines. Marcel Dupre loved this instrument. We all love Sophie-Veronique.

[@danielnerad6671]

It has a swell box - the fourth manual. The swell is operated by the foot lever on the left corner of the console. And there are used "Barker levers" that make the playing easier for organist.

[@davidminton5176]

The control for the Recit swell shades is on the RIGHT side (at the treble end of the Pedale clavier). It is a spring-loaded hitch-down lever (or "spoon"). It can be set into notches to hold the shades at half open and fully open. With constant pressure with the foot (either the organist or console assistant), the volume of the Recit can be varied infinitely.

[@mornewilliams6514]

Beautiful

[@organistpeter]

Eine sehr bodenständige und äußerst gute Organistin! Ihr Orgelspiel gefällt mir extrem gut!

[@11ascoltare]

I cannot speak. Every emotion in my body and thoughts it my brain have been drained. I need to rest.

[@1947gaetano]

Fantastica !!!

[@Haluskaism]

Piękna muzyka to słodycz dla ucha i serca.Brawo!!!

[@ryanmichaelroberts]

What pure magic is this?

[@topper2142]

Absolutely amazing,thanks God for the replay button lol. I'd love to see/hear play the Wanamaker and the Atlantic City boardwalk Organ.

[@MANTLEBERG]

Im in love again...

[@ernestmathewson828]

the best in the world...many thanks for sharing!

[@douglasjensen8986]

SPECTACULAR!!!

[@benoitlavoux1914]

Je découvre cette merveilleuse improvisation. Merci Maitre c'est splendide!

[@jacquesboudreau3908]

Géniale!

[@coterwal6356]

Fantastisch in one worth….👌👌👌

[@antonlevenvolde]

Потрясающе! Bouleversant!

[@vincentiaquinta2119]

Not a day goes by that I do not listen to this piece. I played this for my boss at the office who can't stand the sound of organs. [His loss] When she throws her head back and smiles, you know she is true inspiration mode. He freaked out over it. Just Sophie in the moment. You don't play an organ better than when in that moment. I should know. I can't play a note, but know inspiration when I see it. St. Sulpice is lucky to have her.

[@sergiocottali474]

Pure ispiration, Sophie-Véronique! Une poetesse de l'orgue, absolument!!!

[@donjose4656]

...comme toujours avec Madame Cauchefer-Choplin, c'est tout simplement magnifique ! Je ne m'en lasse pas...Merci de partager cette vidéo...

[@tropicjam7343]

A chaque fois que s v c choplin improvise j ai la chair de poule registre symphonique mettant en relief la specificite de cet orgue et invention melodique puisant aux sources actuelles entre autres je suis fou de son style melant toccata et choral en un flot ininterrompu d idees chattoyantes sans brisuresl

[@TheSAXON650]

Cette envolée est absolument magnifique !

[@sergiocattapan1192]

Meraviglia!

[@valentinopantaghini]

questo è quello che mi piace sentire da un'organo complimenti

[@brinkbush9312]

Beautiful 🎉🎉🎉

[@williamp.araujo896]

Impressionante a expressividade e a imersão musical!