@OddIsHeRU posted:BTW, thanks DKDKRD for posting that outstanding Frederick Hohman video of the Widor Toccata. I heard his recital at the University of Redlands many years ago, and attended his three day workshop there.
A study would affirm that the Widor Toccata is the most often performed organ piece alongside the Bach D Minor. Toccatas (Toccata ((meaning “Touch” or “finger” music), we quip, are designed to sound difficult, yet not be. Widor’s Toccata has done more than any other piece to endear the organ to audiences since he wrote it over twelve decades ago.
We are asked to play it so often, and one of my colleagues once remarked “asking an organist to play the Widor Toccata is like asking an accordionist to play “Lady of Spain.”
The funny part is the bach toccata in d minor was likely not written by Bach (more than likely a student of his), and it also may not have been written for the organ, an article I read in one of the music magazines said there are sections of it that make no sense if written for the organ (they thought the violin)......I know, getting off topic, but given how negative the topic heading, nice to see positivity.
and of course train people like the organ, the tubes in a pipe organ resemble the various parts of a steam engine, and at times can sound like a steam whistle!
