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Messiaen, \"Les Bergers\" from \"La Nativité du Seigneur\" Messiaen, "Les Bergers" from "La Nativité du Seigneur"
Posted by: JanPB

Video duration: 436 seconds

Marie-Claire Alain plays this 1935 Messiaen piece at the Hofkirche in Lucerne. This is a neo-classical tracker organ built 1972-77 by Orgelbau Kuhn AG. The disposition is listed at http://www.hoforgel- luzern.ch/dispositio n.htm
Rather imposing 32' pedal principals!

Related: alain, marie-claire, messiaen, nativité, olivier, organ, pipe, seigneur

Ton Koopman and his Dancing Shoelaces Ton Koopman and his Dancing Shoelaces
Posted by: JanPB

Video duration: 186 seconds

Ton Koopman plays Bach's Fugue in g minor on the greater Silbermann organ (built 1714-18, renovated 1981-83) at St. Marien Cathedral in Freiberg.
This is a clip from the DVD "Ton Koopman Plays Bach - Organ Works, Harpsichord Pieces, Arias": http://tinyurl.com/y afwyd
Notice the old style pedals (short!) and then, of course, the shoelaces. Such a spirited performance!

Related: bwv578, fuge, fugue, g-minor, g-moll, koopman, organ, orgel, pipe, ton

Olivier Messiaen, \"Louange ŕ l\ Olivier Messiaen, "Louange ŕ l'éternité de Jésus"
Posted by: JanPB

Video duration: 521 seconds

Another movement from "Quartet for the End of Time". Recorded 30 November 1991. This is a short excerpt from the DVD http://tinyurl.com/o ybus

Related: end, fin, jésus, louange, messiaen, olivier, quartet, quatuor, temps, time, éternité

Messiaen organ improvisation Messiaen organ improvisation
Posted by: JanPB

Video duration: 542 seconds

This is the improvisation played following the composer's pondering the registration at http://youtube.com/w atch?v=lX6Obr3Qkr4 This is the second improvisation from the now out-of-print DVD http://tinyurl.com/o ybus : "And the three kings had seen the Star of the Christ in the East and headed towards Nazareth."

Related: improvisation, messiaen, organ, sainte-trinité

Bach - Toccata in G major, BWV 916. Ton Koopman plays. Bach - Toccata in G major, BWV 916. Ton Koopman plays.
Posted by: JanPB

Video duration: 142 seconds

A small fragment from Ton Koopman's DVD "Organ Works. Harpsichord Pieces, Arias". See http://tinyurl.com/f ykkh
This is Presto from Toccata in G major for harpsichord, BWV 916. The camera operator is an idiot but it's still fascinating to watch, esp. NOT played on the piano for once. If anyone knows of any video of any performance on the *lute harpsichord* (aka. Lautenwerk), let me know.

Related: 916, bach, bwv, g-major, harpsichord, koopman, toccata

Olivier Messiaen, \"Liturgie de cristal\" Olivier Messiaen, "Liturgie de cristal"
Posted by: JanPB

Video duration: 224 seconds

First part of Messiaen's "Quartet for the End of Time". Recorded 30 November 1991. This is a short excerpt from the DVD http://tinyurl.com/o ybus

Related: end, fin, messiaen, olivier, quartet, quatuor, temps, time

Bela Tarr - a snippet from \"Damnation\" Bela Tarr - a snippet from "Damnation"
Posted by: JanPB

Video duration: 241 seconds

No description needed. The film is available on the DVD in the UK http://tinyurl.com/f yz4v and in the US http://tinyurl.com/z 8aje
Music by Mihály Vig who composed music to many of Tarr's films and even acted in one ("Sátántangó", as Irimiás). A great sounding selection of his work appeared on CD in Hungary: http://tinyurl.com/h doc3
This piece is track 9 ("Esö").

Related: béla, damnation, film, hungarian, kárhozat, mihály, tarr, vig

Messiaen: Louange a l\ Messiaen: Louange a l'Immortalité de Jésus
Posted by: JanPB

Video duration: 565 seconds

Another movement from "Quartet for the End of Time". Recorded 30 November 1991. This is a short excerpt from the DVD http://tinyurl.com/o ybus which is unfortunately out of print. Hopefully these clips will keep more people interested in this edition.

Related: fin, immortalité, louange, messiaen, quatuor, temps

Hand-pumped organ Hand-pumped organ
Posted by: JanPB

Video duration: 87 seconds

Another small bit from the DVD http://tinyurl.com/s ocu2 . An authentic organ pumped by hand in Castromocho, Spain. Francis Chapelet plays.

Related: chapelet, francis, organ, pipe

Satantango - a short clip from Bela Tarr film Satantango - a short clip from Bela Tarr film
Posted by: JanPB

Video duration: 96 seconds

The legendary film "Sátántangó" by Béla Tarr is coming out on the DVD in France http://tinyurl.com/y ln7ln, the UK http://tinyurl.com/w lv48, and the US http://tinyurl.com/u xdg5 .
This clip shows two characters from the film walking to the police station.

Related: béla, dvd, film, hungarian, hungary, sátántangó, tarr, teaser

Queen Nefretiti Queen Nefretiti
Posted by: JanPB

Video duration: 164 seconds

This is the famous bust of Queen Nefretiti in (at the time the video was taken) Ägyptisches Museum in Berlin. In 2005 the museum moved from its Charlottenburg location to Altes Museum: http://tinyurl.com/y d8azz We also take a look at one of the unfinished models, from the same ancient workshop.

Related: altes, museum, nefretiti, nofretete, Ägyptisches

Franck and Pulling the Stops Franck and Pulling the Stops
Posted by: JanPB

Video duration: 221 seconds

One more snippet from the "Pulling the Stops" DVD box. Here is a glimpse of practicing Franck's "Pičce héroďque" on the organ at Notre-Dame de la Dalbade in Toulouse, built by Théodore Puget in 1888. (Thanks to chwidder for this information.)

Related: cavaillé-coll, césar, franck, héroďque, organ, pičce

Bay to Breakers 1999 Bay to Breakers 1999
Posted by: JanPB

Video duration: 365 seconds

The usual silliness of the Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco. Calling it a race is perhaps a bit of a stretch for most of the participants but who cares. Another one is coming in a few days anyway. I was painted silver but I'm holding the camera so you can't see me, heh...

Related: bay, block, breakers, family, francisco, nudity, party, race, san, to