Recorded today at the university chapel. Again, please excuse the lack of bass response.
This piece is much different that those in my previous post; it's a lush, Romantic composition. Give it a chance. If you don't like it the first time, listen a few more times; it'll grow on you.
Adagio from 3rd Symphony (Vierne)
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Listening at 10:13 pm EST....
10:52 pm EST - Very conducive to report writing, which I am doing right now. Repeat playing whilst I type away, helping me much to do so. Thank you for helping me continue.
May have a question or two for you about Vierne in the future.
TH2, that makes me very happy.
Here's a little Vierne info from Wikipedia to whet your appetite:
"Vierne suffered either a stroke or a heart attack (eyewitness reports differ) while giving his 1750th organ recital at Notre-Dame de Paris on the evening of June 2, 1937. He had completed the main concert, which members of the audience said showed him at his full powers - "as well as he has ever played." After the main concert, the closing section was to be two improvisations on submitted themes. He read the first theme in Braille, then selected the stops he would use for the improvisation. He suddenly pitched forward, and fell off the bench as his foot hit the low "E" pedal of the organ. He lost consciousness as the single note echoed throughout the church. He had thus fulfilled his oft-stated lifelong dream - to die at the console of the great organ of Notre-Dame."
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