XAVER VARNUS IN OTTAWA - THE GREAT 2022 CONCERT ON THE CASAVANT ORGAN AT NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL

[@lupuscutis]

The mind of a man who can do this? I can barely eat my toast. Thank you, maestro!

[@johnmcgarry9519]

One of the striking facets of his genius and giftedness is the discipline of when to touch.

[@ThomasJones-sz3sx]

Precisely!

[@TheParkAttendant]

As someone once said, He plays so you can hear each separate note, not like someone renting the organ by the minute. I have never heard this played with such compassion before. It takes your soul carries it up and sets it down so gently.

[@MarkCexplorer]

It is played with true passion.. so amazing Xaver!

[@armandofuochi9554]

Esatto!!!

[@attilanemeth8914]

❤

[@keska3664]

Magyarország büszkesége ♥️nagy művészünk

[@martasimon5820]

Kedves Xavér. Had kivánjak tisztelettel még sok-sok😍 boldog szülinapot születésnapod alkamából.

[@erzsebetberta2899]

Köszönöm az élményt.Ahányszor hallgatom annyiszor bűvöl el .

[@annakimborahpa]

By transporting us to the mountain top where one can savor the refined flavor of Xaver, this exquisitely varnished performance is Varnus ad Parnassum.

[@martonvarga8175]

As I get older, I like the musical experience conveyed by the organ more and more. Another outstanding performance from Xaver...

[@moriscoley5328]

I also agree 👍, he plays with passion and dedication. BRAVO

[@yvonneirons7357]

AMEN!!!!! I also seem to gravitate to classical organ performances more and more as I get older!!!

[@KMAzuer]

This is one of the recordings, which will be rewatched centuries after this day. Marvellous. Unbelievable. Fantastic.

[@janosnedeli629]

szeretnem tobbszor meghalgatni muvesz ur orgona zenejet ami nagyon tetszik nekem.koszonom. llona.

[@andreagregor8203]

Csodálatos ! Köszönöm !

[@plemli]

Thank you, Master Varnus.

[@adriennebeecker5000]

Thank you so much for posting this magnificent organ concert played by Xaver Varnus who is now a household name in my family. I am so happy to hear this remarkable concert on You Tube because I was truly saddened to miss this once in a lifetime event in nearby Ottawa.

[@RG-no1ng]

The bottom end lows are such a feeling entering the marrow in my bones. Thank you again Xaver.

[@Sokx41]

The improvization brought me to near tears in recalling my youth listening to the organ at Stanford University Memorial Church in the 1940s and 50s with my father. We had a two-rank Moller pipe organ in our home but it was mostly out of order in my childhood.

[@Sokx41]

The only time that I was able to watch an organist close up at the Memorial Chapel was when I sang a solo at my Father's funeral in 1993.

[@marcelobrunorodrigues7630]

Very interesting the idea of the double pedal in some points of Bach's BWV 533! It seems to give a more virtuosistic and brilliant character to an apparently modest composition! Varnus is of course very good in his métier! Congratulations from Brazil!

[@lindaherschel5314]

Wonderful performance as always. Wish I could have been there.

[@haroldluck9899]

Exceptional and a great video to watch, wonderful

[@Алексей-с9у4ы]

Прекрасное исполнение! Спасибо!

[@amangogna68]

Great music and fantastic organist in a beautiful cathedral !

[@philharmony-nn3mc]

Be blessed Xaver. GOD and all the composer you played on organs applause and congratulate you. Keep on blessed sou ans thank youl

[@Highinsight7]

stunning...

[@g.k.failla9389]

Simply, well not simply at all, marvelous. (Especially the Bach). From a Chicago,U.S.A. Metis.

[@helgafallgatter2158]

❤Der Maestro ist am Werke! Ich habe es wieder einmal genossen. Danke XAVER❣ 😘👍👏👏👏BRAVOURÖS..

[@DorothyDolenc]

Extraordinary organist! Truly exceptional!

[@silencevong]

Ambitious. Incredible. Positive, plant.

[@gaidhani1]

Such a beautiful play! Masterpieces. A whole of University this man is. Just great ❤️ Also, the photography is wonderful.

[@matthiasprobst2577]

Wunderschön! Vielen Dank und Grüße aus Oldenburg(D)

[@polinapesin9207]

An outstanding concert, The organ sounds so powerful. Great performance. Bravo, Maestro Varnus. Thanks a lot from Toronto. Would like to listen to your playing here.

[@feminuma9495]

Mastery at its best. Brilliant 👏 👏 👏

[@francois7]

Pieces being played : 0:26 : Adagio (Tomasso Albinoni) 9:01 : Prelude in E minor, BWV 533, ''The Cathedral'' (Johann Sebastian Bach) 12:43 : Fugue in E minor, BWV 548, ''The Wedge'' (Johann Sebastian Bach) 20:55 : Prelude, Opus 18 (César Franck) 26:13 : Toccata, from Symphony for Organ No. 5 (Charles-Marie Widor) 31:25 : Improvisation on the canadian national anthem (Xaver Varnus)

[@fadeqasem]

Perfect♥️♥️..a unique art.

[@mayapluss-xg1lf]

ON JE GENIJE. HVALA❤❤

[@silencevong]

Fasinated.

[@CarolaAccame]

Senza parole........geniale !!!!!!❤

[@wasserundsauber]

Genau wunderbar !👍👍

[@ВалентинаПопова-в4л]

Благодарю за прекрасное исполнение!!!!?? Божественно....

[@wasserundsauber]

Bin auch dieser Meinung !😁👍👍👍😁

[@Gitana1958]

Abosolutely amazing

[@melaniamonicacraciun9900]

Lovely audience, bravo bravo big big like congrats

[@АлександрБезкошевский]

Thank you !

[@gaborpeternejuhasz2683]

KÖSZÖNJÜK KEDVES XAVÉR A CSODÁLATOS ELŐADÁSODAT, AMI FANTASZTIKUS ÉLMÉNYT NYÚJTOTT !!!! BRAVO BRAVOOOOO !!!! 🎶🎶🎶🎶🤗🎶🎶🎶🎶👋👋👍

[@martasimon5820]

Nagy és őszinte tisztelettel hallgatom ,kedves hangversenyeidet.Kedves Xavér ,Nagyon aranyos vagy..Gondolkodjunk együtt hogyan lehetne megoldani hogy egy adott alkalommal együtt zenélnénk, ha nem teher számodra🥰🥰🥰🥰🍉🍉🍉🍉❤💘💘❤❤

[@Kamza502]

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[@samaulicino4202]

I am going to your next recital to hear you play this live! Amazing!

[@raymondmccumba5343]

Bravo Maestro 🎹👏🏻

[@allanmcdonald3223]

Truly brilliant play, spoiled only by the audience making noises in the background throughout another masterpiece.

[@franciscopoltronieri2250]

Que espetáculo!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@robertbruce7686]

Truly an offering. Very emotive...and moving.

[@chrisvergo1878]

🌹🌹🥀🥀♥♥♥ sounds from high , sounds for you soul....!!!!

[@7QHook]

beautiful. thank you

[@АлександрСтафиевских-с5д]

Xavier Varnus благодарю за прекрасное исполнение. Всех благ Вам.

[@cofeebeing]

Always something good

[@TreinMachinist]

Ez olyan hihetetlenül szép!❤

[@leonardonegrongonzalez3560]

Hermosa melodía.

[@ОлегА-ч4о]

Очень красиво и завораживает

[@guillermodelgadocarreno]

Tremendas,fantasticas y espectaculares esas melodías interpretadas por ese gran maestro, transportan al mismo paraíso celestial,se queda uno sin palabras.Dios lo bendiga maestro.😅😅😅

[@eliskeryll6186]

Bravo Maestro! Genius Art Work. Thank You with all my heart.

[@DorothyDolenc]

So,so beautiful, it touched my soul with beauty.Thank you for the gift.

[@rinardman]

Well played!👏

[@debralynnpaxton5238]

His 1st piece, "Adagio in G Minor", by Tomasso Albinoni, is my all-time favorite ❤❤❤

[@margaretbarclay7079]

I wish I could see him play inperson.

[@irenaroginska1964]

Xaver dziękuję Bogu ,że jesteś. Pozdrawiam Irena Polska

[@doreenthorne1462]

SUBLIME !

[@WatercolorJourneys]

So glad I have headphones that can register those deep tones

[@JohnViinalass-lc1ow]

behold!...the muse artfully wands her full-colour sound pallette for us, teasing the black-and-white motif antipodes of silence and music into all-encompassing chromatic races and blooms!...thank you, good artist...joy!...a magnificent sound tableau for Canuckians!...yeh!

[@aariley2]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@fernandofernandes2303]

🙏🙏🙏

[@MegaCirse]

La marque d'un musicien qui comprend véritablement l'âme de l'orgue est celui qui comprend comment travailler avec la résonance de son espace... trop d'organistes continuent de jouer à un rythme sans respect pour la résonance d’une salle. L'écho et le silence qui suivent font partie de la performance en tant que fanfare brillante. Sans le silence, la fanfare devient juste du bruit 🎹

[@martasimon5820]

Kedves Xavér. Csak egy ötlet , gondolkodjunk együtt, illetve egy kérdés ,arra gondolok,mikor is lehetne szó arról, hogy együtt zenélnénk egy adott alkalommal? Nem rossz ötlet? Őszinte tisztelettel egy kérdés feléd Bár ez attól is függ hogy milyen sürű a föllépéseid vagy 🥰🥰🥰,talán unokázól is ez sem egy rossz ötlet.,van ilyen érzésem Had ne legyek szemtelen megkérdezni,had ne legyek teher számodra,

[@menyhartistvan3380]

20:56-25.55 transcendent.

[@ИннаРябинина-э7ъ]

❤️

[@prettyundefinedrightnow8963]

Skipping the hard bars on the Widor Toccata finale?

[@martasimon5820]

KEDVES XAVÉR. Tudod min szeretnék gondoldkoni veled., ha egy mód van rá,van nálam egy klasz bögre aminek a külsején vannak több féle hangszerek, pl gitár hegedű,hárfa stb és ez nagyon szivesen átadom átadnám neked,ha valamilyen úton módon tudnánk személyesen is találkozni.Hogy is lehetne megoldani? Jó kérdés nem?Őszinte tisztelettel

[@fernandofernandes2303]

😘😘😘

[@brucetominello325]

What;s with e cheating on the last portion of the Widor?

[@clarifaco]

And the tempo is too fast... 😢 A bit anxious

[@gyulaseregi3913]

Ha kibírod könnyezés nélkül, akkor nem itt voltál...

[@SingerGeneLeonard]

He cut part of the Widor out !?!?

[@xavervarnus]

I've been skipping the last page of this piece since I was a child, because I find the last page to be very badly composed music. I also don't have a good opinion of Widor as a composer in general, because compared to the genius of Cesar Franck/Charles Tournemire, he was very mediocre. This toccata is based on three beats just like Ravel's Bolero, of which its composer was not very proud. But while Ravel's Bolero has great merit for its use of the symphonic orchestra, Widor's Toccata is just following the old and boring path of French symphonic organ use. Jean Guillou once told me that when he graduated from the Coservatoire, he was so bored with the tradition of 'French symphonic organ playing' that he thought he would either follow a completely different path or give up the organ and become a writer. He described Widor to me in a radio interview as the most mediocre French organ composer, who wrote a few fashionable character pieces but never reached the level of the truly great composers. Please read Tournemire's memoirs and you will probably get a more nuanced picture of this period.

[@charlestupper904]

​@@xavervarnus ...Maestro, curious then, why did you choose any part of this piece? Regardless, it is wonderful to see your movements on the keyboards and the pedals. I have enjoyed the organ since childhood (12) but know little of the nuances that determine one piece or another in organising a concert. Have you played at Vancouver's Christchurch Cathedral, especially since substantial upgrades. Humble greetings. Charles H Tupper

[@silencevong]

And Anxious.

[@sitirotemato5537]

Colosal.

[@esel-osliki66]

🎠🎠🎠🎠🎠🎠🎠 🎠

[@qwaqwa1960]

Wow, you're almost as good as Virgil Fox!!!

[@silencevong]

pylosopy.

[@ГеннадийКаширин-о4о]

Весь мир слушает трубы игры "СОЛНЦЕПЁКА" произведений военной тактики ВВ ПУТИНА на УКРАИНЕ. ЕВРОПА! ПРИСЛУШАЙСЯ,

[@robertssje]

Where is the pedal organ on this instrument? It's inaudible or muddy in so many passages and consequently the music really suffers? Too bad.

[@Barefoot12]

Ya. Moving a mic even a foot changes the recording.

[@xavervarnus]

According to the microphone settings in the afternoon, the organ sounded very nice on the recordings, but in Notre-Dame in Ottawa the acoustics were strangely altered by the 2,000 people who turned up in the evening, and this was unpredictable for this church, because it had never had such a large crowd at an organ concert before, so there was no experience of recording.

[@robertssje]

@@xavervarnus Your playing is simply brilliant and I was so sorry not to hear your virtuoso pedal playing. Thank you for your gracious reply.

[@brucetominello325]

@@xavervarnus People soak up a lot of sound, no joke, I’ve experienced it on many occasions, especially if they are wearing heavy outerwear.

[@silencevong]

Punctural.

[@silencevong]

BlackJurda.

[@silencevong]

intwhiter.

[@laszlogacsi1752]

Ekkora egy kóklert

[@Alexce_]

?

[@eliapu]

te sokkal jobb vagy cimbalmon a "nád a házunk teteje" című magyar nóta előadásában!😢 te..senkiházi p..raszt!😊

[@SB_70]

Bravo maestro !

[@patricklaine5706]

Beaucoup trop de jeux 🤮

[@SorryStereo]

??? c'est pas le but de jouer de la musique ?

[@patricklaine5706]

@@SorryStereo pas de la cacophonie

[@SorryStereo]

@@patricklaine5706 Oh t'abuse