I conducted this piece in 1988 in northern California. It was one of my big desires in life to put on a performance of this concerto. Back then my daughter Emily, though only 7, attended the concert with her other sisters. She passed away on Nov. 8, 1996 at age 11. Today it's Nov. 8, 2022. When I hear Poulenc's organ concerto I recall better times, though there is deep sadness. Rest in peace Emily.

@yoips4059

Жыл бұрын

I hope goodness for you and your family

@MarcScheffer

Жыл бұрын

❤she is in good hands!

@billmiddendorf6226

Жыл бұрын

your deep sadness is how much you loved your daughter.

@opticalreticle

Жыл бұрын

the age doesnt match up

@WetaMantis

Жыл бұрын

@@MarcScheffer Amen.

Poulenc is so underrated.

@fredericchopin6445

3 жыл бұрын

@Jordy Canaan shut up bot

@fredericchopin6445

3 жыл бұрын

@Emilio Aryan shut up bot, who wants to make it sound authentic

@iansmith8263

3 жыл бұрын

everythings fucking underrated these days, according to twats anyway

@crazyorganist1609

Жыл бұрын

He seriously is

@citizent6999

Жыл бұрын

I think he's rated just about right.

There is a comment urging people to become acquainted with Poulenc's music. He is amazingly neglected, but always compelling. You will always be moved by his work; either spiritually,emotionally, by turns amusing, elegant, and mysterious. This splendid performance allows us to understand the essence of Poulenc, France his era.

I urge those who don't know much of Poulenc to explore his music. I have a special soft thing for French music and I guess I know well all Poulenc's work. He has no enormous, majestic stuff like Mahler or Shostakovitch but all his compositions are like precious little gems that you will learn to cherish. Try the piano concerto, or the two pianos concerto to start. If you get caught there are several more to enjoy. I'm a humble scientist with an enorm frustation that is not beeing able to play an instrument or conduct an orchestra (my dream!). When I see a musician playing his instrument to perfection I rest in awe! But what can I say when I see a lady playing a tirannosaurus of an instrument with three keyboards for the hands and another, enormous, for the feet and, by some sort of miracle, conjures enough muscular control to play all those keys without fail and create fantastic music! God save her.Perhaps next life I will be able to do somethnig like that....

@hansmahr8627

4 жыл бұрын

I agree about Poulenc. I would add that his chamber music is also really amazing.

@williamernestocontrerasgar3410

4 жыл бұрын

Flute sonata and oboe sonata also wonderful works.

@johneades3387

3 жыл бұрын

Ää

@yowzephyr

3 жыл бұрын

You said "He [Poulenc] has no enormous, majestic stuff like Mahler or Shostakovitch but all his compositions are like precious little gems that you will learn to cherish." That's how it seems to me with all of the noted French composers. -- If someone were to ask me (no one ever will) what my favorite piece is by a French composer, I would answer Poulenc's organ concerto.

@dscholz7954

3 жыл бұрын

@@williamernestocontrerasgar3410 well as a clarinet player I have to say out of sheer irony I love his clarinet Concerto but man the oboe concerto is good

Bravo Madame Apkalna! Vous êtes une superbe organiste et Poulenc un magicien d'art de grand talent! Merci!

Du Poulenc comme rarement joué en France, splendide accord entre la soliste et l'orchestre. Brillantissime !!!

This was a brilliant performance by both the soloist and orchestra. Kudos to the sound engineer for such superb and majestic sonority.

@pawdaw

Жыл бұрын

Kudos also to the timpanist; what marvellous, musical playing.

I have listened to this performance over 300 hundred times now. How is it still so freaking great?! I guess there will never be a pop song I could listen too so many times without being annoyed. Poulenc was a genius!

@stefan66

Жыл бұрын

I agree for 100%. Cannot stop to listen to it, and every time I find new interesting parts

@ardevin

Ай бұрын

I also listen to it almost daily now. The first 6 minutes are intoxicating, but so is the rest of this criminally underrated piece. If it wasn't for YT and this channel, I'd probably never knew it existed.

merci pour cette beauté et cette si belle interprétation de Madame Apkalna et de l'orchestre. Ah ce Francis Poulenc !

As a trained organist myself , this piece isn't that difficult but the emotion must shine through. This organist accomplishes that perfectly

15:20 Such a modern feel. This part never sounds old.

@BsktImp

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. It's a strange but lovely-sounding descending sequence alternating between major 7ths and minor 7ths (A maj7 - Am7/D - G maj7 - Gm7/C - F maj7 - Fm7/Bb - Eb maj7 - Ebm7/Ab).

@bobnrainy

2 жыл бұрын

It's like a musical orgasm

@wonseoklee80

2 жыл бұрын

@@bobnrainy Haha so true.

@sebastianpfahler8594

2 жыл бұрын

it‘s simple wonderfull

@stefan66

Жыл бұрын

And 12:26 is made for a movie. Ingeniously dramatic. And then quite inconspicuously inserted again at 18:30

Ausgezeichnet!!!!

Ф.Пуленк--всегда особый...Жиивая,остроумная музыка через все творчество!....БРАВО органистке...!

One of the greatest pieces of music ever written and this is an immense performance. Just brilliant.

Ademloos geluisterd en bewonderd. Bravo Bravo Bravo

Génial, merci la soliste, merci l'orchestre, Francis Poulenc en fait des bonds de joie dans sa tombe. Oeuvre merveilleuse, et interprétation merveilleuse. Danke Shön

Органист, дама в чёрном платье, виртуозно владеет мастерством своей профессии. Очень нравится.

Iveta Apkalna is truly gifted ( she ROCKS ).

Excellent performance! I heard this piece for the first time some 35 years ago. Then I couldn’t stand the dissonants at the start of the work. But when listening to it through the years, I really became impressed with it. Ms. Apkalna did a great job on this one!

Fabulous performance! Sumptuous both musically and visually....a triumph..and a merciful release in these challenging times...

Hoe verrassend mooi dit samenspel van orgelen orkest in dit unieke werk van Poulenc!!! Dank!!!

Beluisterd op deze vooravond van Ons Heer Hemelvaart 2020 . Schitterend!!! Geweld en rust, rust en geweld als weerspiegeling van het gebeuren bij de apostelen, zalving ook bij de belofte van de Geest !!! Prachtig orgelspel van Iveta Apkalna begeleid door geweldig orkest, het geheel begeleid door een scherp aanvoelende meester - dirigent !!! Dank Poulenc, zo ontroerend mooi...

One thing is clear. All of his music is not boring at all even in the 21st century. I’m a bascially a jazz fan but this classical composer tunes are all verrry exciting and fun to my ears.

I didn't know this composition... it is just splendid!!!

Потрясающее ! Какое прекрасное исполнение ! Poulenc сочинил настоящий шедевр .Браво органистке !

Absolument magnifique. Radio symphonique de Frankfort brilliant orchestre et toujours très bien filmer. J'adore.

Sie sind herausragende Musiker. Danke!😊

I hadn't realised the sheer variety and power of this piece until hearing and seeing this recording.

I. Andante 0:56 II. Allegro giocoso 4:12 III. Andante moderato 6:23 IV. Tempo Allegro, molto agitato 13:55 V. Tres calme. Lent 16:39 VI. Tempo de l’Allegro initial 19:27 VII. Tempo d'introduction 21:38

@alainlejeune1981

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you !

@jean-christopheMiquel-ef3ur

4 жыл бұрын

Merci beaucoup.Excellente et précieuse initiative.

@jorgevillar170

4 жыл бұрын

No

One of my very favorite concertos (another being his Piano Concerto.). Well done, Frankfurt. I could hear this all day. Bravo.

I just stumbled onto this and gave it a shot. I thought I was originally going to see a pianist and then she sat down at an organ. This was probably the most modern classical piece I've heard on an organ - forgive me of my ignorance :) Very well done and was pleasantly surprised! I'll have to listen to more Poulenc.

Je ne me lasse pas d'écouter cette œuvre sublime dans toutes les versions possibles. Je dois avouer que celle-ci m'a le plus touchée. Remarquable prestation d'Iveta Apkalna ; Andrés Orozco-Estrada toujours impeccable.

This has to be one of the most beautiful, thrilling compositions of the 20th c. Wonderful performance!

I love this piece. Beautifully done! I fell in love with it as a kid with the E.Power Biggs/Ormandy recording But Apkalna finds every subtlety, every wild character change, perfect voicing and plays with such depth of drama and expression. Thank you. I've have heard it a thousand times and this performance is far and away the best.

Ich habe dieses einmalige Konzert vor 50 Jahren einmal an der Geige mitspielen dürfen. Seitdem schätze ich es sehr. Dies ist eine tolle Aufnahme. Mitreißend die requiemhaften Pauken und die Assoziationen an Bach, die großen Franzosen und sogar die Jahrmarktsorgel.

Was für ein göttliches Geschenk - dieses Konzert begnadeter Orchestermusiker, einer überragenden Organistin und eines Dirigenten von großem Format! Was für ein Trost in Zeiten steinzeitlich verblödender Mediengeräusche! Danke aus tiefstem Herzen an alle, die es einem Millionenpublikum übereignen - auch an das Filmteam. Die Reverenz an Bach ist wunderbar und bestärkt meine Hoffnung, dass "amor vincet omnia" gilt: Allem Kleinmut, aller Habgier und Herrschsucht ungeachtet.

@kezwikHD

4 жыл бұрын

Dem kann ich voll und ganz zustimmen Ich muss sagen ich bin erst 20, hatte latein und altgriechisch an der schule und habe es gehasst. Im nachhinein allerdings bin ich froh solch eine Bildung erfahren zu haben, denn gerade latein und altgriechisch haben mir, trotz meines damaligen Teenager Desinteresses, die Schönheit der Dinge ans herz gelegt und mir den weg zur Freue an höherer Kunst geebnet. Höherer Kunst im Sinne von anspruchsvoller, feingeistiger, tiefgründiger Literatur, Musik, Kunst. Leider ist die Welt aber nicht mehr so bedacht und die wenigsten finden freude an höherer Kunst oder in den kleinen Momenten des lebens.

@kezwikHD

4 жыл бұрын

Für eventuelle rechtschreibfehler oder zeichensetzung muss ich mich entschuldigen da das hier am handy geschrieben ist und ich in zeichensetzung leider eine meiner schwächen wieder finde

Merveilleuse musique, splendide exécution devenue désormais la référence pour cette oeuvre.On y revient sans cesse sans se lasser. Merci pour la retransmission.Un son somptueux.

Absolutely superb. With the right equipment you hear every note. Vastly better than the other recoding on KZread and the old recording I have from the sixties.

How can any feeling human being possibly give this performance a thumbs down? The passion and musicianship are superb on the part of the soloist and orchestra!

@rayhowland9211

3 жыл бұрын

Mario, l don’t know. Maybe it’s a lack of hearing French compositions. I’ve been aware of this one for many years, but recently l discovered Sans Saens requiem, and it totally got me!

@bugatti103

3 жыл бұрын

people judgemental ego mad idiots... fab piece of music

@RattusYu

2 жыл бұрын

No more thumbs down.

Un capolavoro assoluto!!!Una esecuzione emozionante ed entusiasmante!!!

Fantastic, Poulenc is a genius

I heard this concerto on a gramophone record for the first time c. 1966 (Bert Zamkochian). Since then I have always considered it to be the most beautiful piece of music ever composed. Up till now there hasn't been a good video on KZread. It is especially nice to see and hear something bigger than a chamber orchestra in this work. Do yourselves a favour and view ms. Apkalna playing the organ at the Latvian song festival - a stunning, moving event, where they also sing the Lord's Prayer as composed by Luciya Garuta. By the way, listen to the viola solo at 22.27.

@Mezzotenor

4 жыл бұрын

Viola solo, actually. (Then next solo, though the camera misses it, is by the cello.) Otherwise I TOTALLY agree - the performance in Riga, Latvia with the Kremerata Baltica is equally special. That's what's so great about this work - it can be adapted to different sizes of instruments and string orchestras.

@gerhardg5186

Жыл бұрын

@@Mezzotenor Thank you for the correction.

Fabulous execution of a great piece of music.

Fantastic performance. Kudos to all the musicians.

I love how Apkalna is bopping along as she plays - especially in that energetic flurry around 19:50 - as it really makes this bold, grandiose piece of music even more lively and dynamic!

@bobnrainy

2 жыл бұрын

They take that section quite a bit slower than others do, and it reveals such whimsy

POR PRIMERA VEZ OI ESTA MAGNIFICA OBRA DE POULANC EN LA EAST SIDE CHURCH,IN NEW YOIRK....JUST AMAZING...AñO 1967

Go to 16:49 and look at the man in the audience right next to the cello and you can see how i feel listening this

Wat' een prachtig, helder orgelconcert, zo mooi op deze zaterdagavond! Dank hr-Symphonie- orchester!

Truly phenomenal performance and so refreshing to have an organ as part of the instrument entourage. Bravo!

Brilliant! Brava!!!

Best interpretation I ever heard of this concerto ! Thank you so much ! I cried I the final notes !! That is a proof !

Me he quedado sin habla, me resulta imposible expresar la emoción y la belleza de de esta música, tan enérgica y sublime, un oasis de belleza Paz y felicidad enhorabuena y muchas felicidades 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

Is the first time i see a female organist! Congratulations! Great work of both parts

@matthewcoldicutt5951

3 жыл бұрын

Marie Claire Alain was a very well known organist of international repute. I once attended a service at the church of Seint Germain en Laye, France, where she lived and was playing that day. She treated the congregation to an accoustic display as the choir exited and we all broke out in spontaneous applause at the end! Organists usually have to be rather modest, secreted away in the loft of a church. It was great to see the soloist so prominent here

Her inspirational performance leads me into the wonderful world of comfort There are her extraordinary skills and her distinguished talents in her incomparable performance . From Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵

I am so pleased that the timpanist was so warmly acknowledged during the applause.

Merveilleuse interprétation de ce beau concerto pour orgue de Poulenc par Iveta Apkalna : de plus , je me rent

Voor mij steeds weer een mooie, verrassende Poulenc, uitgevoerd door een schitterende organiste, begeleid door een prima orkest onder de leiding van maestro Andrès Orozoo-Estrada!!! Prachtig!!!

Que música tan maravillosa. Y la interpretación, fantástica. Bravo.

You are very good and Poulenc is really brilliant. My choir sang "Les Tisserands" in quarantine style. Write this down in the research. You will love it for sure: Corale Novarmonia - Les Tisserands (F. Poulenc)

22:28 feels so melancholic and yearning, perhaps even my favorite part of the performance

Outstanding playing by the organist and also by the orchestra ! And the first time I see a virtuoso organist playing with high heels ! I used to play the organ in a church when I was young and I know that high heels were considered to be an impediment back then. How times have changed !

Blijft altijd zo ontroerend mooi! Dank om deze schitterende uitvoering, rust en weelde voor het hart!!!!

This is an absolutely fantastic performance of this masterpiece. How Ms Apkalna plays the organ wearing those shoes is beyond belief! But let's not forget the other soloist here. The timpanist, whose dynamics were perfect throughout. Bravo everyone.

@BearAZ

4 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more. Easily a 12 on a scale of 1 to 10 and stylistically so impressively on-target too!

@Varakarajan

4 жыл бұрын

Aren't they just a pair of ordinary organist shoes? I see organists all the time with those bulky heels to better handle the pedals with heel-toe action.

@DavidA-ps1qr

4 жыл бұрын

@@Varakarajan You are probably right Sasha. I am not an organist but they look very uncomfortable don't they. Maybe this is more than a fashion statement :-) Many thanks for your reply.

@Varakarajan

4 жыл бұрын

@@DavidA-ps1qr I had to ask my organ soloist yesterday about this. :) Most prefer shoes with some heel for using the pedals, but the size of the heel depends on the shape of your foot and the flexibility of your ankle among other factors. Many use dance shoes, though there are also dedicated organ shoes that are more expensive. Anyway, we'll be performing this piece three times this week. :)

@DavidA-ps1qr

4 жыл бұрын

@@Varakarajan Good luck with the performances Sasha, what instrument do you play? Isn't it a fantastic piece? One great theme after another. I wish you all well for successful performances. David.

Hermoso. Hace años que no escuchaba esta obra, y tan magistralmente interpretada, una alegria poder disfrutar del arte y con tan buenos intérpretes y tan excelente órgano.

Been there live. Great performance of this masterpiece

Páni, to je krásné a zábavné!

BRAVO! Color me impressed! This is such a nice surprise compared to the ‘heavy’ German sound of Bach, Buxtehude, etc.

Super interprétation. Sublime organiste. Qui joue poulenc à merveille. Merci beaucoup

GORGFEOUS AND EXCITING, BOTH THE PIECE AND THE PERFORMANCE!!

Magnificent! I first heard this masterpiece in 1974. It still sounds just as magnificent now.

@andrewcrossley2448

4 жыл бұрын

Steven Conrad I played this (1st violin) about the time you first heard it. Practicing it without the organ was a bit challenging due to the complex rhythms and pauses etc. Then we went into the Memorial Hall at Manchester Grammar School (1200 seat venue with a massive organ) to rehearse it with the soloist. Blew me away and from the stage the organ was soooo loud from those opening passages and it all came together on the night. A full house. It was buzzing. The soloist went onto be an Oxbridge Organ Scholar I believe. Unforgettable part of growing up with a decent orchestra. When can we get to experience this sort of thing again? Couple of years away I expect. Now all I can do is practice in my conservatory. Good job I didn’t turn professional as my brilliant violin teacher wanted me to. He was from the BBC Northern SO I recall. Halcyon days...

J'ai la chair de poule à chaque écoute ! Sublime !

Machtig en genuanceerd orgelconcert in samenspel met een machtig en genuanceerd orkest! Wondere beleving!!! dank!

Bravo!!! Beautifully performed. Thks

Beyond any comments, so beautiful played. Thank you very much.

Il n'y a rien a dire seulement Bravo c'est Sublime

Truly one of the best performances, if not the best, .....

Hasta hoy, sigue siendo la mejor versión del Konzert de Poulenc. Doy fe.

@MiloSatori

2 ай бұрын

Que buen cover

Superb performance of a gorgeous work! Thank you

Impresionante. Orozco Estrada tiene un gusto exquisito para elegir las piezas que dirige. Gracias por compartir!

Beautifully done... all of you!

-- Magnifique, envoûtant. --

Thank you for this amazing video! It's so high quality!

Magnificent. A riveting performance by the whole ensemble.

Doh! Never thought I'd ever *see* this performed. And I was listening to Simon Preston's performance just the other day! Great performance by all.

@bronxboy47

4 жыл бұрын

This performance tops all that I've heard so far: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZmuTq7J-hM3ehLg.html

Eccezionale Esecuzione !!!!!!! Grazie.

Maravilloso. La primera interpretación que oi fue de Duruflè. Me gusta Poulenc

it's very exciting..thank you so much..

Maravilhoso, bravíssimo! 👏👏👏👏👏

Bello, molto bello il brano...organo ed orchestra così insieme!

Just amazing.

Gracieus! Fantastische uitvoering.

A revisit. Powerful, and presented on the single instrument than can blow the whole orchestra off the map. Fortunately, the great composers working with the instrument and their interpreters would not exploit the power of the instrument in such an arrogant way. That in part is what gives this work power, it doesn't exploit it, it uses it.

@davidjared3402

3 жыл бұрын

Very well put, Doug. The balance is excellent.

Wow! Comparisons are subjective I know but I've heard this by various orchestras and organists, including at the Proms, and this is really far and away the best to my ears - so interesting to see it up close too. Thank You!

This is Poulenc's Divine Comedy.

La concertiste organiste Iveta Apkalna est autant musicienne belle qu'intelligente, cela est bien visible..On dirait une princesse qui est présente, habillée , coiffée et jouant avec beaucoup de goût , la forme et le fond , c'est un tout pourquoi non ..

bravo! one i have got into recently... fab music

Un sommet de qualité en tout : l’œuvre, l’interprétation, la prise de son, la prise de vue. Exceptionnel !

This has opened up a new world for me

Magnífico, Bravo belíssimo!!!!

Superb collaboration 👌🏻