Jeanne Demessieux: Te Deum op.11

[@Mark_Dyer1]

Wow! I have visited Ottobeuren, Ettal, Die Wieskirchen and Vierzehenheiligen; but never heard of Waldsassen Basilica. What a magnificent building and organ!

[@FrancisPabst]

Enfin un concert bien filmé ! Il va sans dire que Jeanne Demessieux est un compositeur que l'on aimerait entendre plus souvent...

[@renfredclowes4297]

J'adore la musique, L'orgue et l'organiste. Magnifique!

[@GloriaJanvier]

Wonderful in every respect! A tutorial for any organist wishing to play this amazing work !

[@jpdemers44]

époustouflant. Bravo à la compositeure , à l'interprète et au facteur Merci !

[@11sesquialtera]

I love this composer....she was amazing...great performance, too

[@BenEmberley]

Yes. Pity she died aged only 47....

[@mikedc2020]

the registration at the beginning of the second movement sounds so cool!! Amazing piece, wonderful organist!

[@Highinsight7]

GREAT playing! and such CLASSY writing...

[@Brockett122]

A very difficult piece in the whole of organ literature. Mr. Patel plays with confidence, composure and a je ne sais quoi, it's just magnifique! Merci, Mssr. Patel, Mlle. Demessieux et Mssr . Jann.

[@organfreak23]

Amazing piece. I always love the sond of a german organ . He can really make this organ sing!!

[@jacqueslahondere4649]

Oh, que cette oeuvre me plait ! je ne connaissais pas cette dame; je suis agréablement surpris ; l'organiste est excellent.

[@bennypapd]

@angie4josh I used to tune and repair a 3m Moller in George Washington HS NYC back 1959-1963 and loved it. I now own a Baldwin 3m boy do I miss the Moller.

[@cinj9]

Incredible!! Great to hear Demessieux. Thanks for posting!

[@violachk]

very beautiful!

[@luiguilherme]

You are the best

[@charlesdavis7087]

Dear Maxime; You should be painted. What a profile you have. Sensitive, noble and haunted. And obviously, a very fine organist. Thank you for sharing your love of Jeanne's works. Would love to hear some of your compositions. Blessings on the way.

[@jmdujardin]

quelle pièce ! et quel orgue...Merci

[@theprof291166]

Fabulous! What an organ too!

[@jmeister321684]

Those Georg Jann 32' are fantastic !

[@Larsky1010]

Incredible beauty-aural and visual!

[@KB7777777]

fantastic

[@homoignobilis]

Demessieux was one of those most extraordinary beings that, like Simone Weil, wrang God's terrific glory from the soul and gave it, without reservation, to us all. Thank you, Maxime Patel.

[@a55b47]

Great music & GREAT camera work !!!

[@francesca7564]

Extraordinaire !!!

[@fs6887]

Magnifique

[@steamrocks]

HELLS YA I'm one! Love the organ, love the ladies.

[@jmeister321684]

Yes a 6th manual was added to both (!) of the 2 5 manual consoles around 1996 I believe; the "new section" (of stops already existing) is a "Chamadenwerk" playable on the 6th manual

[@1401JSC]

Maine Cathedral too has a 6 manual instrument. I well remember a teacher saying he couldn't understand these instruments as you can never play more than two manuals at a time with one hand, so you would never need more than 4 in all! You will notice that many KZbin recordings show organists who never use more than one or two manuals, relying on pistons and swell pedals to change registration.

[@ulfnorberg]

Fantastiskt! Bravo!

[@robindch]

Brilliant performance -- I loved it!

[@Hauptwerkgek]

Great piece indeed, one of her best compositions. I love the melody in the center part played by the 8' Principals and the 8' Trumpet. Very impressive sound (and console) The first Jann organ I heard was the one in the Munich Dom.

[@jean-marie18]

superbe !

[@LJBSasha]

Find the Website for the Basilica's Parish! There is a link there for the Basilica's organs; when you click on it, you'll then find a link embedded inside it for the stop-list in PDF format.

[@bunkytony]

@angie4josh The engineering and design that goes into these is incredible. I was an electronic eng. tech student and just from the standpoint of all the tonal production from very high all the way down to 16 and 8 Hz with the monster 32 and 64 or larger pedals boggles the mind. To be a recording engineer and capture this beautiful sound with expensive condensor mics console etc. is a nightmare. So must be all the electro,mechanical and pneumatic work that you did!! BRAVO!!

[@jacqueslahondere4649]

Oh! que cette musique est plaisante.

[@642forlife]

I think Jeanne Demessieux would have liked this interpretation of her fantastic Te DEum.

[@bagnewauckland]

@nicolaidiscostas this may be a bit late, but I recommend the Milan Digital Cavaille-Coll from Notre Dame de Metz.

[@OrganBuild]

This is fantastic! :) You're great! :)

[@adrianmlridgewayarcmlramll1965]

Superb work, played magnificently. Divine organ. To those who think this work is a jumble of noise, say the same about Stravinsky if you will., that indicates that you don’t know what your talking about. Educate yourselves before making offensive, ignorant, belligerent comments. I can’t wait to hear their own performances of what???

[@musichiere70]

The name of the performer is Maxime Patel; this is written everywhere...

[@shipsbells]

I didn't know that there were any 6 manual organs in the world outside Philadelphia (Wanamaker's) very interesting the lack of thumb pistons. Very interesting piece.

[@PMS1950]

A highly skilled player and an impressive piece. I wasn't entirely smitten with the organ. I would like to hear it played with less reverberation. St Giles Cathedral Edinburgh would be nice. Thrilling instrument.

[@unequally-tempered]

By the way, it would be super to hear both you and Hugh Potton playing together one day . . .

[@musichiere70]

It is the French organist Maxime Patel.

[@Larsky1010]

Superb performance! I've purchased Patel's DVD of Demessieux works and highly recommend it. Are there two almost-identical consoles to this organ? In some videos the exterior is wood; whereas this one appears to be marble [faux I presume].

[@joha750]

Theirs two 6 manual Console in this Organ amazing

[@nicolaidiscostas]

super composition +sound i love messiaen, alain + demessieux etc i am considering getting hauptwerk with a chevallier coll for sure. organart? sonus paradisi? or milan digital?

[@pipeorganfan26]

Where and what type of Huge Pipe Organ is that? Always so curious about the history of such magnificent historic, incredible powerful Pipe Organs. Long Live The Mighty PIPE ORGAN! BRAVO!🖐👍😉😀😎

[@ivyebb88]

I'm learning this piece and am wondering why the performer is taking it so much faster than the marking of quarter note = 69.

[@Classicalguy12]

Wow that is a beautiful organ, and performance. What size is this instrument? And specifications if anyone has them, I'm interested.Thanks!

[@willowthebored]

Where DID you find the stoplist? I looked around but couldn't dig one up (this instrument seems to get little publicity considering its size, like a couple others I know). God knows, we'd ALL love to have a floating Bombarde division on our organs somewhere. =) ...except those damn baroqueists. (GRRRRRRRR.)

[@marirronchi1]

wow! me kedé con la boca abierta!!!!!

[@LJBSasha]

Otherwise, the Wanamaker 6th manual is used for the orchestral, string and echo divisions on a very regular basis; thus, it's hardly much of a spare!! It's a great pity that the Stentor division didn't get built as it was going to include a proper Principal-chorus with a proper Fourniture & Cymbale pair of mixtures. The document to authorise the additions was on Mr. Wanamaker's desk when he suddenly was called home from Earth...

[@Feldi09867]

Ist das der andere spieltisch?

[@unequally-tempered]

FANTASTIC playing in brilliant acoustic. Thanks for posting! Information on this organ elsewhere on the net suggests it is (was) 5 manual . . . When was it enlarged? What was added onto it? Thanks!

[@mountainsong100]

Where is this organ company located in Germany ? Klais has for decades had the organs in Germany completely their territory... thanks for the information

[@federicosavio1538]

Earle Goodwin You will find any kind of information on the web! Simply type "Jann Orgelbau".

[@carsonstodd]

J'aime la paix. Restitution des Grands

[@carsonstodd]

J'aime la pièce

[@mountainsong100]

Believe this organ to be of Klais Orgel Bau, Bonn Germany ?

[@federicosavio1538]

Earle Goodwin NO, it was (re)built by Georg Jann Orgelbau.

[@stephenarnold3015]

According to French Wikipedia, "Maxime Patel *or* Maximiliano Aguilar-Gonzalez". So is he a Russian-Pakistani or a Spaniard? Fantastic player, whatever. And, like all the French organists, a composer and improviser, able to create a piece out of any jumble of notes you spring on him. Pianists who spend hours a day just replicating the Beethoven performances of Barenboim or Brendel take note

[@jbr9813]

I'm sure he was joking, but then some people have no humour!

[@TruAgape123]

Live tat = love that

[@willowthebored]

Actually, Wanamaker would be a five-manual, but they installed a sixth when they built a console because they were going to add a Stentor division native to the sixth; needless to say, they never got around to it, so now it's just a spare. And I agree. Six is too many. Four is plenty, and five is almost opulent.

[@nicolaidiscostas]

@bagnewauckland infact that is what i got and i am very satisfided this very moment i am in metz and tomoriw at 7,30 probably i will atend a concert with philipe delacure plaing bach . The church is under restauration of the fasade and the organ pipes covered with nylon foils i hope they manage ok.

[@GeoffreySimonOnline]

@Silverdaddy101 The tempi are those Mlle. Demessieux indicates. Can you play it better?

[@organfreak23]

Is that marbel on the side of the organ?

[@nautilusnexus5120]

04:55 mr showoff!!! :) he could have coupled that at least two manuals lower! :) still genius organist!!!! and I love Demessieux!!!

[@Steff2929again]

***** Looks good on film. I suspect the producers asked for it. M. Patel had to throw it in somewhere. A six-manual console is just for show anyway, so why not go along with it.

[@nautilusnexus5120]

Steff2929again yeah definately!

[@Sathrandur]

I think simply playing Demessieux counts as showing off!

[@mountainsong100]

I looked it up on google, on the Czceh border, when Germany embraced former East Germany, money became available ...beautiful restoration...of church and new organ..

[@dougjensen]

These spectacular Demessieux videos are on the Fugatto 025 DVD. I bought it from the Organ Historical Society (it is also available elsewhere). Aside from the wonderful performances, notice how well Federico Savio has recorded the performer so that you can see has hands and feet. These videos set a new high standard for the quality of organ performance recordings on KZbin (regardless of whether you appreciate Demessieux's compositions).

[@tambrosia]

one word: MAGNIFICENT!

[@LJBSasha]

As far as this instrument is concerned: having seen the stop-list, by North-American standards of organ-building, not great but quite reasonable (great sound!). I could wish for more pistons placed under ALL the manuals (not just the lowest - that's something I loathe about so many European instruments). Furthermore, one more enclosed division that would have chorus reeds to supplement and build upon the Schwellwerk (III). Glad to see a concave/radiating pedalboard for the choir-console...

[@horses1]

Who is the organist playing?

[@lee1984yate]

Hello! Could you tell me who this performer is please? Thanks, Lee :-)

[@skan8]

To me, the piece sounded like a searching struggle , stumbling to find that last chord at the end ...

[@WAX6428]

Six!?!?

[@jonwelch686]

Why six manuals. Four or five is more than enough.

[@Zardman7]

The Chororgel is situated on the 4th manual otherwise it would be 5 manuals. But both of the Chororgel devisions are there. So just be happy it’s not 7.

[@2lipsonmy0rgan]

Yes. Six. ;-)

[@dougmartin3665]

Electronic organ?

[@Steff2929again]

No, a pipe organ. Two 6-manual consoles, 141 Ranks, 101 Register, 7.720 pipes.

[@dougmartin3665]

Interesting sound.

[@mountainsong100]

+Doug Martin you don't really mean that comment ?????

[@robertgift]

Earle Goodwin. Probably because who can afford a 6-manual organ today? Wonderful performance!

[@BenEmberley]

Jesus Christ, 6 manuals???????? O_O;

[@charlesdavis7087]

One of the few in the world... and look at the room. Wow. I really don't know who Maxime is. But I have this feeling his name is going to be remembered round this world. GREAT!!!! Congratulations... en excel... Blessings in the Season of LIghts. HOLY crap... wonderful, new life/music CVD

[@a55b47]

Still, at 141 ranks, it's only the 18th-largest in Germany. I think a couple of the manuals are primarily for show

[@Zardman7]

@@a55b47the upper two or three control a gallery organ or something similar if I remember correctly

[@ZestyLemonBoi]

блестящий

[@dafrieze]

You've obviously met him. ..

[@Classicalguy12]

@organfreak23 I'd say yes

[@timtimmer8211]

This is a marvelous organ piece, however....I dont like the sound of this organ.

[@michaelmartens7728]

I don't like it really either - nevertheless, I find this sounds better than from many so-called neo-classical french organs (often very extensely maintained). This could be the reason why Maxime Patel went to Bavaria for his DVD.

[@litawynmicasa6542]

And he's probably still light in the loafers.

[@Peter-xf9jy]

Die Orgel sollte mal gestimmt werden. klingt irgendwie schräg. XDDD

[@dafrieze]

I know only one.

[@ellastarrr1st149]

Just a noise!

[@nicolaidiscostas]

@bagnewauckland if you are interested you can listen to my organ improvisations at contrebombarde concert hall ...( my name in this site is costasnicolaidis)

[@christianukr]

l'interpretation est tres propre. l'instrument (magnifique ) sonne a l'allemande pas vraiement ideal pour cette musique il manque un peu de ce tonnerre specifique aux Cavaille merci pour le post ...

[@Litawyn]

IS there such thing is a straight male organist?

[@Zardman7]

Yes, I am

[@LJBSasha]

I'll disagree!! Three is the bare minimum, four is better and five is ideal (plenty)! Six is opulent, and one really can't possibly handle any more than seven. Even when one's playing with the couplers and other aids going, one simply NEVER knows if and when one can have to switch manuals or do other things...

[@TruAgape123]

Is it just me? I live tat instrument, but not most of the songs played on it. I'm like where's the tune, the melody? With the right songs this instrument is gorgeously divine. The wrong song and it's just a loud mess.

[@rrkdudas6848]

oh no...

[@PaulWesleyBowen]

Te Deum is spelled wrong ... it should be "tedium" ...

[@1401JSC]

Schumann's metronome marks are notoriously unperformable and many of Beethoven's seem rather too fast. MM are not strict rules. One of the factors to take into consideration is the acoustic. One would not play the same tempo in the Church of La Madelaine in Paris as in St Thomas Leipzig.

[@JohnHoskingGreatOrganSounds]

This is far too fast, resulting in lots of wrong notes and chords; there's also a really annoying hiatus at points where he just holds a chord for longer and adds stops, resulting in a complete distortion of the piece's architecture and build up. This piece is far more impressive at a steadier tempo and more poise.

[@mudgebauer]

A lot of noise and very boring. A waste of time and the use of the organ. Let someone play proper music on this organ, not this noisy jumble of crap.

[@sathya999]

You're obviously not a musician. People who think that their point of view is the only correct one are operating in a sea of conditioned patterns which they take to be real...

[@cassandref2414]

Soy Eso I agree with you!

[@routeman680]

+mudgebauer I listened all the way through and agree. It is a jumble and inspiring it wasn't.

[@p.e.gottrocks4528]

This piece is apparently WAY over your head. Go back to your 8 Little Preludes & Fugues now Krebs, not Bach.