Pedro de Araújo - Batalha de 6º Tom (Dom Bedos Organ in St. Croix, Bordeaux)

[@wheelsntraks]

Marvelous work, great performance on a historic instrument! Bravo!

[@belmirocorreia6233]

Great Portuguese composer!

[@trucoalaspardasalaspardas30]

Celestial! De realeza divina!

[@JensKorndoerfer]

Grazie!

[@firesong75]

Well done! The perfect instrument - what fun to play it there!

[@a.luisf.prieto4880]

Música hermosa 🎉❤

[@spiderlime]

apparently arauxo has another one ? this one is closely modelled after janequen's famous piece

[@rsns311257]

Magnificent instrument and playing. But the reeds are somewhat subdued for the work (even if this sounds absurd). Many thanks.

[@glockengambe]

+Rodrigo de Sá What kind of stops would you choose to play a 'Batalha'? Smooth flutes and bourdons...?

[@rsns311257]

It seems to me that most batalhas pressupose the contrast between horizontal reeds (there are many varieties) and principals (from perhaps 8+4 to the plenum with multiple mixtures). Smooth flutes and bourdons may, of course, be used in certain works, but they would not be my first thought when considering batalhas.

[@williamskylark4089]

The sound of this Organ is rather surprizing--with its rather fierce reeds(which is appropriate for the work played) and something more Spanish Sounding (via Toledo Cathedral) than French or Northern Europe. Dom Bedos does not mention something like this in his treatise on Organbuilding. This Organ needs to be preserved at all costs. It is one of the few surviving Organs that he built --presumably the Revolutionaries destroyed the other Organs as they did many other religious structures and Organs in France since religion was not a reasonable thing for the age of reason---it you could not measure it or see it --it was not a valid thing .

[@epincion]

This was the largest organ Dom Bedos ever built. For the fascinating tale of why it survived and the wonderful restoration done here is a reference. (In French but the opportunity to convert to English is available at the top right of the webpage). www.atelier-quoirin.com/Bdx_SteCroix.php

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