Widor Toccata.. but I haven't played it for years!

[@marccheban194]

Dear Paul, you are a wonderfully authentic human being who does the world of organs and organists an enormous service. THANK YOU for what you do! Marc

[@PaulFey]

Oh, thank you so much, Marc!! 😀

[@frpaddy]

💯💯💯💯💯🌟

[@patrickgomes2213]

Any criticism or advice I could give would be so pale. But to non-musicians, playing that as well as he did after not having done it for so long is a) par far any great musician and b) absolutely brilliant. The fact that he almost never stopped even with wrong notes is something you need to do in performance. If it's a rehearsal, you can always go back and fix it, but in performance the show must go on. I know I couldn't do it. Three cheers, sir!

[@sabinewindholz2348]

Die herrliche Toccata zu hören, während man die wunderschöne Kirche bestaunt, ein ganz ganz tolles Video 👍🏼👏🏼😊

[@jayhazekamp321]

Love the behind the scene look showing how challenging this piece is to play. IMO, the greatest organ piece ever written.

[@litz13]

This piece, for an organist, is like riding a bicycle : you never forget how

[@valliemackrell1228]

Forever will She reign in the hearts and minds of people around the world as their own Queen although they may not be her actual subject. She will always and forever be my one and only Queen.

[@FedericaBertocchi-y6y]

Ciao Paul, i live in Peia, i'm 33 years old and i sing with the chorus of S.Antonio da Padova di Peia. Wonderful music, top organ and my church❤.. thank you to play! Federica

[@maureenwhiteley2052]

Hello Paul, I loved your performance today. Widor's Tocatta and Fugue is an amazing piece. Bravo Maestro and thank you for your wonderful gift of music. God Bless. 🎹🎼🎶🎵🎶

[@JohannesElias100]

Toccata & Fugue???

[@michaelpfaff6009]

This video just makes me grin from ear to ear. I love it! It also makes me realize that even the best musicians make mistakes, even you. I learned that it is ok to make a mistake. I play bari sax in a jazz band (24 years now) and when I mess up, I feel very inadequate. But I keep pushing on and marking my music and practicing. I can't tell you how much I enjoy this type of video! Thank you again!!

[@PaulFey]

Thank you so much, Michael!! That‘s so true! 😀

[@larryvilledude9415]

Paul, one of my favorite organ pieces. The registration you used was just what Widor must have had in mind when he composed it. BRAVO!!

[@PeterGregg]

You made that organ sing wonderfully!! Made my eyes tear, fantastic 👍👍👍👍👍

[@danpflugrath4000]

WOW Beautiful cathedral and organ. Your registration and playing made the cathedral sound fabulous. I really enjoy your tour of churches. All have been very interesting.

[@gerardklehm1902]

Thank you so much, this is one of my favorite pieces!!!! It was a joy to hear and a great joy to watch!!!!❤️❤️❤️

[@PaddyPaddy-sx9sf]

Well done young man. Thank you for sharing your talent!!!

[@frpaddy]

Absolutely fantastic Paul ❤️🤩

[@orgelpfeife5268]

Da schwitzt der Meister. Schöne Kirche. 🙏🙏🙏

[@SeanNCraleigh]

Another amazing church filled with so much art...almost a museum of art ! A nice organ. Thanks for the Widor. Always fun to play !

[@PaulFey]

So true!! Thank you for watching! 😀

[@RoydenWilkinson]

Dear Paul, Bravo, bravo!!! For having not played that for years, that was wonderful! You obviously have very good facility in those fingers! Playing tracker organs and having a good piano technique keeps the endurance up!! I absolutely love that piece. When you arranged “o, Come all ye Faithful” with that widor toccata I was elated! I didn’t have the nerve to play it last year! Hopefully, this year!! I love your transparency. Thank you, my friend!! ❤ Royden

[@CarmenLocher]

Bravo Paul du bist der Geborene Orgelkünstler. Wann bist du wieder einmal in der Schweiz 🇨🇭

[@evelynpaterson2823]

A Majestic piece in a Majestic setting, beautifully executed!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@pipnmaz]

Such a great sound and a truly moving piece for me. This was my parents wedding music and has always touched me since losing my father. Thank you for sharing this performance sir.

[@jna9888]

Well, that was fun! Magnificent sound! Thank you Paul!

[@BeverleyWaldron-d1h]

Beautifully organ piece Paul! ❤🎉😊😊

[@dossy12]

Haven't played it in years PA! Absolutely brilliant!

[@dr.rashanbroadnax3934]

Just awesome!!!! The cross over of the hands is TALENT! Thank you from sharing🎉

[@jamesjuke7505]

I enjoyed that .. Beautifully played Thank you.

[@paulmcconnell3620]

I have been waiting for you to do this! After hearing your improve of O Come all Ye Faithful based off of this, i was like, When is he gonna play Widors Tocatta!

[@elizabethdent1984]

Fabulous! Powerful settings. ♥

[@Madea2019]

Beautiful! I am surprised you haven't played this popular piece in years!❤

[@jeanpaulsaillard1563]

Merci Paul, tout simplement magnifiqie, un vrai régal ! Jean Paul from Bretagne 😉

[@willscathlocke2512]

Ein bißchen Mut zu improvisieren muß man schon haben! Sehr schön gespielt, Herr Fey; and besten Dank. Es ist für mich eine große Freude, Ihre Videos, die ich unlängst entdeckt habe, bei der Arbeit - über Kopfhörer natürlich! - zu hören. Alles Gute, und nur weiter so!

[@gerbenvanderlinden5935]

dem schließe ich mich voll umfänglich an - auch wenn ich nicht über kopfhörer höre - bin immer wieder begeistert, wie und instrument und musik nahe gebracht werden - danke

[@ashleyjhunjhoo2127]

Beautiful! Good job Paul 😊🤩

[@larryboekeloo5514]

Beautiful Paul! Thanks so much.

[@forlifewelearn]

This piece is just like a brilliant burst of sunshine. Love it. There was one occasion when I was playing it. When I rehearsed, it was fine. For the actual occasion, when I came to the end where you cross your hands, I suddenly found that I couldn't reach, (I'd opted to go onto the swell for the left) because I'd buttoned my jacket :) Fortunately, everyone was out of the church by that point. There's always something..

[@jflfremydhorreur2479]

Merci ! Super great talent. Merci, Merci Merci.

[@jdkoozer]

From MagicalPipes to Paul Very Good For me on this night To Hear You on this very Great Organ

[@Lyndon-cs7ib]

Wonderful. Love ya Paul. Awesome dude.

[@damasjosephshonde2326]

Wow amazing, i. From Tanzania a junior student of playing organ i like it

[@j.macmillan2293]

Awesome!

[@mariealberts8146]

❤❤❤❤wow Paul, luv this Toccata!!❤❤❤❤ Thx 😊😊😊😊

[@steamrocks]

One of the most intelligent readings of this piece I have ever heard. Most important thing is that you do not try to play it as fast as possible, you let the music "breathe" and let the listener take it all in. Your tempo closely matches that at which Charles Marie Widor himself recorded it. I didn't realize there was a portion of it that required cross handed technique! My pastor requested I play this for Christmas about two days prior! I could not obtain the full sheet music that quickly, only the first page and a couple KZbin reels. Had to fake it like you did! You did a wonderful job, I wish I could read as well as you do so I could learn the whole thing. I am primarily a theater and rock organist.

[@steamrocks]

you always play so cleanly!

[@c-historia]

Bleiben Sie der Beste darin, diese Dinge zu tun, Meisterwerk wie immer!

[@ellisonhamilton3322]

That was wonderful. Vielen Dank!!

[@adelheidhornich4041]

Großartig und authentisch, zum Miterleben! Danke

[@richietwoshoes9531]

Dear Paul, I found this little treasure online, maestro. I can't believe how brilliant you are; I am totally mesmerized. Love and respect Richard USA New York

[@hjkaye]

Hadn't played in years? Never would have guessed. I think you played a tough piece beautifully. Bravo. Well Done. Enjoyed it immensely, the church is gorgeous, love the sound of that amazing instrument. Lovely. Now have played the video three times.

[@dympulls]

Mr. Fey, I learned so much from this video. No, I don't play organ (well, I have played, a very long time ago). But there is a human element that the audience often forgets. Showing the parts that need work and confusion makes it more real. No one is perfect. And when learning to do something (I am fighting to relearn piano after years of not playing...and with a rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis). If you keep at it, you get to the end. Thank you so much for sharing, you continue to inspire me!

[@KatieAnne527]

Well done! Your registration of the piece sounds so good! Now I just want to sit in this beautiful cathedral and listen to this wonderful music! Thank you so much!

[@martialkalolo1783]

Hi Mr. Paul Fey! How many years have you been an organist and can you tell me about your wonderful journey at the music academy??? You are the best: Paul Fey and Richard Mc Veigh

[@dominiquedupuy2234]

Thank you for taking us in your luggage ;)

[@ronblackgrave6847]

Bravo...just watching you made my right hand/fingers start to cramp!!

[@JSB2500]

Relax your whole body when you play it. Relax between every note / chord. Lift your fingers off the keys and strike them rather than pressing them (oops! - but a great concert pianist told me to do that and it really works for preventing tension build up). It feels wonderful when you get it right. You can play it all day with no cramping/fatigue/tendon issues! 😃

[@TroelsNybo-j2t]

Grandiose music in grandiose surroundings.

[@bruceinpb]

Fabulous

[@loheotbu]

The recessional piece at my wedding!

[@gero6488]

Schöne Kirche, schöne Orgel. 👌👌👌

[@EmdrGreg]

It's a gorgeous piece, and clearly you can nail it when you want to. Nice work.

[@janmannee4391]

Not played for years? Anyway a convincing performance. Good to see how things happen in real time... Well done.

[@marilynbrown6203]

One of my favourite organ pieces and it was magnificent!

[@steffensindermann3220]

Hallo, lieber Paul. Die Widor Toccata gehört zu meinen absolut liebsten Stücken. Ich habe genossen, wie du sie spielst, ein paar "Schnitzer" und einige Variationen kann ich dir verzeihen. Trotzdem klasse. Danke dafür. Liebe Grüße aus Görlitz und weiter so! Alles Gute für dich und deine hervorragende Arbeit.

[@johnmarraffa5079]

This piece brings me back to my years of study at Westminster Choir College. I would hear the organ performance majors and church music majors with organ principals practicing the Widor amongst other things on the many organs on campus. Glad you rediscovered this excellent and uplifting piece. And thanks for the memory.

[@peternaryd_operasinger]

Absolutely amazing my dear friend!👏👏👏❤️

[@bill4vids2]

That organ sounds great! I hope there's demonstration video coming soon. At 80 years old the Widor, although beautiful, is impossible for my hands. I'll stay with music by that guy.. .I think Paul Fey is his name.😊🎹❤️

[@PaulFey]

Oooh, thank you so much!! The demo video is coming soon! An amazing instrument 😀😀

[@GeroldG-i5s]

Sehr gut gemacht Paul Fey. 🙏🙏🙏

[@altbds3933]

Wonderful musician and bright fellow. However his wrists are very tight thus reducing the clarity of his playing. He can remedy that by practicing piano, with a dose of some technical exercises and études. The piano keyboard has the depth and resistance the will allow your technique to improve when executed properly. My organist colleagues told me when they were in music school their professors told them never to stop playing piano. How I would love to have this boy as a student! ♥️

[@archiebald4717]

Wonderful!

[@TheGreatestGamer01]

Love it. Widors tocatta is the best organ piece Ever

[@sneaks01]

❤❤😊😊 my favorite organ piece of all time! Thank you! Played masterfully!

[@Fenrir-cf5rt]

AUSGEZEICHNET Paul!

[@ExAnimoPortugal]

French elegance blends well with Italian style!

[@barondeficit1081]

Listened to Diane Bish play this and I just had to listen to more performances of this, and wow, you just knocked it out of the park!! I am very much new to the realm of organ music. My teacher is an organist and I just dream about having even a spec of the talent you possess. Been trying for a while to play Boëllmann’s toccata and so far it’s been great! Lots of love from Bulgaria ❤️❤️

[@helgafallgatter4944]

Wow..Paul, ein schwieriges Stück aber "Meisterhaft" interpretiert. Eines meiner Lieblingsstücke. Danke...war ein Hochgenuss zuzuhören. 👍❤ 5:20

[@PaulFey]

Vielen lieben Dank!! 😀

[@gdebergh7875]

WHO, dear Paul, magnificent and so natural and with simplicity. Bravo ❤❤ and continue like that. Guy and thank to Andrea for all these visits !

[@timrozitis961]

Wonderful - my dream is to be able to play this. We had it at our wedding (long before my organ journey had properly started), and I'd love to be able to recreate it at home. But there's a long way to go yet......

[@johandelen1838]

Thanks for posting this, Paul! I'm delighted to see that you're human after all...😂 Best wishes!

[@PaulFey]

Haha, thank you!! 😂😀

[@Jaguar79gt]

wow, I could listen for hours and the church is so beautiful 😍

[@davidluckett992]

So good to her

[@Michi-e7d]

Lieber Paul Du hast es aber nicht verlernt und es macht Freude Dir dabei zu zusehen 👍👍👍

[@rodericfindlay4147]

Magnificent. Well done, Paul.

[@carstenkling2566]

Wow! Great recording! 👍

[@albert-r3i9t]

so beautiful, i love Toccata,s,thanks.

[@thomasvoigt7195]

Neben den Bach´schen Werken begeistern mich auch die Kompositionen der französischen Meister! Deshalb war ich gespannt, wie Du sie spielst. Weiter so!

[@aburicadabraedy552]

Awesome job doing these videos. Shame it's hard to get the opportunity to learn to play this instrument...

[@PaulFey]

Thank you so much!! 😀 Where are you from? I usually was very successful asking at local churches if they would let me play or teach me to play the organ! 😀

[@jillhertzog6365]

Wow I love it great Paul😊😊😊😊😊

[@aburicadabraedy552]

@@PaulFey I have tried asking, but not even a slight chance in big cities... the main drawback I have is the lack of a pedalboard, if someone has any knowledge of a good one that wouldn't bankrupt a 9th grader I would be very thankful! 😉

[@СергейАлякшин]

Понравилось!

[@SpitzPrincipal4]

Paul, An excellent musician is ALWAYS his own biggest critique. And YES- when you accidentally forget the music- IMPROVISE. REGARDLESS- NOT an easy Toccata to play with the alternating arpeggio's particularly at the end and MOST enjoyed! In all frankness- that's a LOT of stops on that organ for II / P! Regards, Nigel from canada

[@federicoprice2687]

Wiva ! Wiva Vidor ! 👏 👏 👏

[@ravanderploeg4171]

Bravo ! Paul ....it sounds....for.... more....

[@balazsujhelyi4688]

Oh, Grandeeeeeee 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@tickhillian]

This is amazing Paul

[@sarahgustafsson7311]

Du har fått en gåva från Gud , att spela! 🤗

[@JonLangenbahn-p6t]

So9 wonderful to here this kind of music written by the masters .. Nothing will ever out do the pipe organ .. My hat off to you ,even with you saying you should practice more . Wasn't able to full fill mastering the organ , but God granted me a singing voice ..

[@dersachse7482]

Übung mit Aufzeichmung. Sehr Löblich. 👍👍👍

[@mariarosanovello7803]

Wunderbar !! Ich freue mich sehr darauf...

[@Tom-Lahaye]

Even with all the mistakes on the end still a pleasure to hear, the Toccata is one of my most liked pieces.

[@stepps511]

Thank you for your ego-less posting, Paul. It's not an easy piece for a practiced person to perform. All things considered, I believe you deserve a Bravo for this one!

[@g.k.failla9389]

Nice of you to do that for Andrea. Is he studying the organ? You had a fun trip with good weather. (As for playing Widor on a French organ, aim for St. Sulpice). From Chicago, U.S.A.

[@PaulFey]

Will do, I had St. Sulpice in mind! 😀 Yes, Andrea started just half a year ago!

[@rowanlidbury]

I think the crossing of hands might have been a bad idea. I know why you did it, but I don't think it's necessary. It's great you post videos even when things go a bit wrong. We've only got 10 fingers and 2 feet.! Sometimes you can run out :)

[@cmtwei9605]

It is actually written this way, the part for the left hand has the upper voice part but if I remember correctly it is marked for the swell manual above and that's the way I used to play it. The problem is when played on the swell the sound is weaker so presumably that's why some people cross the hands to play it on the great. But I could overcome this problem by using the superoctave coupler thus increasing the volume.

[@helenemuller2092]

Thanks GOD for this talent! Praise the LORD!

[@mikekettner6995]

Wonderful !!!! Where are the penquin socks???? What size of socked foot do you have ?

[@Svander406]

My Dad played this piece often. He turns 90 this November and doesn't play anymore, but thank you so much for reminding me of one of his favorites!

[@noax8383]

This is no song

[@urshandschin5108]

Auch von meiner Seite ein herzliches Bravo und vielen Dank! Vielleicht noch eine Bemerkung am Rande: Mich freut es immer, wenn ich Musiker sehe, die nicht in den leider üblichen schwarzen Klamotten (die ich schrecklich finde) musizieren, sondern (wie du, Paul) in lockerem Tenue.

[@PaulFey]

Vielen lieben Dank!! 😀

[@philhaddad5495]

WOW