Widor’s Toccata is most often heard on large pipe organs — but this time it’s played on a reed organ. This is the same organ that I featured in a post earlier today. A reed organ doesn’t respond like pipes when music of this scale and intensity is attempted, yet within its limitations the piece still manages to work surprisingly well. For this recording, the organ is mounted on a temporary dolly for transport, which means the physical energy required to pump and play causes it to rock and sway n

Starting to learn this piece and love it so much. I’ve only gotten this far. Widor Toccata from Charles-Marie Widor’s 5th Symphony for Organ #organist #organ #piece #instrumental #beautiful #instrument #organmusic #performance #live #music #musician #musiclife #widor #tocata #livemusic #love #my #allenorgan | Brody Bett

What’s better than 1 organist playing Widor…? THREE organists playing Widor! A little clip from the last Royal Albert Hall organ celebration Ft. David Briggs, Wayne Marshall OBE & Olivier LATRY! Wayne & David will be playing again this Sunday, alongside Thomas Trotter & Isabelle Demers… We might have something up our sleeves too… 😍 Tickets: https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/events/2023/organ-celebration/ Full Widor video: https://youtu.be/G3iMguRdddk | Anna Lapwood

Paul Fey playing Widor’s Toccata - Link in the comments #widor | History of Music