Charles-Marie Widor

Um, that's one of my bucket list places where I wanna go.

And, you know, playing a lot of these instruments that a lot of the people that I look up to, uh, that have played it, you know, Widor and Vierne and Bach-

Mm-hmm

... and Telemann and all of these people who I look up to, playing those organs that, you know, the, the ma- my masters have played, if you know what I mean.

... that way, and, you know, not, not, not, not screaming too much.

On a big organ, if you want to play a, uh, Widor Toccata, and you have screamy mixtures, that works, too, because the left-hand part never goes below tenor C.

And if, if you can drop one octave lower, avoid using 16 feet in the manuals, and create this, uh, uh, additional 16 foot by dropping one octave lower, and, uh, your mixtures won't be as screamy this way.

It could work on big organs from organ, organ reform m- movement time, Orgelbewegung, right? Uh, some people I've heard even play Widor Toccata on a, on a small instrument, and, uh, that could work as well, too.

So, and what would it be your suggestion? Is it possible to play, let's say, um, chorale with ornamented melody on such a instrument, which you would, uh, other case play on the two manuals?

Yes.

And, you know, use your imagination.

I remember even playing like Reger's, uh, uh, Fantasy and Fugue, uh, Opus 135B on this instrument.

Maybe not those few, you know, geniuses, but all the rest of us, I think, have experienced it.

I, for example, once knew Vidor Stokata 20 years ago and played it in concerts at least a couple of times.

I don't remember that, but that's okay.

Yeah, that's why I can't play because...

All right.

Yeah, definitely something to consider.

What is the piece, Osha, you would like to come back to after decades of not playing it? My piece is, of course, right now, Widor's Toccata.

I told everyone.

It's just a really bizarre church.

It's the church of one of my favorite organ composers, Charles-Marie Vidor.

That was his church.

That was the place he played.

It's just a really bizarre church.

It's the church of one of my favorite organ composers, Charles-Marie Vidor.

That was his church.

That was the place he played.