Marcel Dupré - a celebration - Youtube

[ardcarp]

Live stream on Youtube tonight. It was given by the Vasary Singers (conductor Jeremy Backhouse) with soloists and organ (Jeremey Filsell) from St Thomas, New York.

It was all done by wizardry (Zoom, I guess) but after a most informative discussion of Marcel Dupré's life....with some live footage....there was a complete performance of his De Profundis, written in Memoriam of French soldiers who perished in WW1.

It was very enjoyable (especially as this work is not well-known, I think) but I guess there was some jiggery-pokery. The new organ at St Thomas was being played live, but I really doubt the Vasary Singers were performing in their sitting-rooms. I think a previous recording may have been patched in somehow. But the presentation was clever with old WW1 battlefield photos superimposed on the musical action. Excellent tenor soloists by the way. (Boys and Men of St Thomas choir not appearing.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBdsk7kjr2U

[BasilHarwood]

Live stream on Youtube tonight. It was given by the Vasary Singers (conductor Jeremy Backhouse) with soloists and organ (Jeremey Filsell) from St Thomas, New York.

It was all done by wizardry (Zoom, I guess) but after a most informative discussion of Marcel Dupré's life....with some live footage....there was a complete performance of his De Profundis, written in Memoriam of French soldiers who perished in WW1.

It was very enjoyable (especially as this work is not well-known, I think) but I guess there was some jiggery-pokery. The new organ at St Thomas was being played live, but I really doubt the Vasary Singers were performing in their sitting-rooms. I think a previous recording may have been patched in somehow. But the presentation was clever with old WW1 battlefield photos superimposed on the musical action. Excellent tenor soloists by the way. (Boys and Men of St Thomas choir not appearing.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBdsk7kjr2U

As per Vasari website for more information:

This unique hour-long livestream will open with a brief overview of the extraordinary career of French organ prodigy and composer Marcel Dupré, presented by Jeremy Backhouse and featuring Dupré scholar and virtuoso organist Dr Jeremy Filsell. We then present a complete performance of Dupre’s De Profundis. This 9 movement work lasting around 45 minutes was composed in 1917 and was dedicated by the composer to the French soldiers who fell in World War I. We are delighted to be able to present elements of the Vasari recording of this work conducted by Jeremy Backhouse in 2001 intercut with solo movements recorded in April 2021 especially for this broadcast in Saint Thomas’s Church, Fifth Avenue New York with soloists from the choir there directed by Jeremy Filsell who also plays the Miller-Scott organ.

Marcel Dupré (1886 – 1971) French master organist, composer, church musician extraordinaire A unique celebration of his music marking 50 years since his death DE PROFUNDIS An online collaboration between: • Jeremy Backhouse’s Vasari Singers • Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York • Dupré scholar and virtuoso organist, Dr Jeremy Filsell • On Friday 28th May 2021 at 1900 BST (UTC +1) livestreamed FREE on the Vasari Singers YouTube Channel and available thereafter.

[ardcarp]

Thanks BH. This is what puzzled me:

We are delighted to be able to present elements of the Vasari recording of this work conducted by Jeremy Backhouse in 2001

For the choral bits, were the singers (in apparently 'zoom' format) just miming to their earlier recording? Or did the clever producer actually merge some of their sounds into it?

It's not important really, as it was a most enjoyable programme, but I was intrigued nonetheless.

[BasilHarwood]

Thanks BH. This is what puzzled me:



For the choral bits, were the singers (in apparently 'zoom' format) just miming to their earlier recording? Or did the clever producer actually merge some of their sounds into it?

It's not important really, as it was a most enjoyable programme, but I was intrigued nonetheless.

Defo mimed. If you compare recordings (video with CD) of the choir they are identical.