Pierre COCHEREAU's 100th Birthday - Final video

🥳Let’s celebrate the great Pierre COCHEREAU!🎹
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Today, in order to celebrate Pierre Cochereau's Birthday, we will post the videos submitted by ORGANpromotion’s audience. Organ professors, concert organists, and enthusiasts from around the globe have sent intriguing improvisations and pieces as a tribute to the renowned organist of Notre Dame, in Paris.
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0:00 1. Baptiste Florian Marle Ouvrard - Improvisation «Hommage à Pierre Cochereau».
Organ details and location: Van den Heuvel, 1989; église Saint Eustache, Paris (FR).
12:05 2. Thomas Lennartz - Improvisation «Happy birthday».
Organ details and location: Gottfried Silbermann, 1734/35; Kirche St Petri, Freiberg (DE).
17:24 3. Torsten Laux - «Improvisation über Psalm 100».
Organ details and location: Walcker/Zimnol, 1978/1979; Kirche St Martin, Kaiserslautern (DE).
18:40 4. Thomas Ospital - Improvisation «Hommage à Pierre Cochereau».
Organ details and location: Van den Heuvel, 1989; église Saint Eustache, Paris (FR).
22:24 5. Marco Heise - Improvisation «Hommage à Pierre Cochereau».
Organ details and location: Sauer, 1904; Domkirche, Berlin (DE).
28:52 6. Aaron Schmidt - Improvisation “Happy birthday”.
Organ details and location: Göckel, 2001; St Peter, Düsseldorf.
31:40 7. Noël Maximilien HAZEBROUCQ - Improvisation on the name C.O.C.H.E.R.E.A.U.
Organ details and location: VPO by Piotr Grabowski; Nitra (CZ).
35:55 8. Michael Bottenhorn - Improvisation «Te deum».
Organ details and location: Oberlinger 1981 / Gaida 2014; Kirche St Josef, Bonn-Beuel (DE).
40:00 9. Elmar Lehnen - P. COCHERAEAU 15 VERSETS sur "Ave Maris Stella" pour orgue Nr. 6.
Organ details and location: Seifert-Orgel 1904; Basilika St. Marien, Kevelaer (DE).
44:25 10. Didier Matry - Fond d'orgue improvisé par Cochereau (13 versets de Vêpres)
Organ details and location: Mutin 1900; Saint Augustin, Paris (FR).
46:07 11. Giacomo Gabusi - Scherzo "Hommage à Pierre Cochereau".
Organ details and location: Goll 2010; Hochschule für Musik, Mainz (DE).
50:58 12. Ingo Fahrner - Pierre Cochereau: Sortie sur Adeste fideles (Ausschnitte)
Organ details and location: Seifert-Orgel 1904; Michaelskirche, Waiblingen (DE).
54:47 13. Neithard Bethke - "Neuf pièces Improvisées en forme de Suite Francaise"
Kyrie und Basse et Dessus de Trompette.
Organ details and location: Eule 1972; Kreuz-Kirche, Görlitz (DE).
56:40 14. Leon Frederic Kleemeier - Improvisation über den Namen Cochereau "CGCHEBAEA".
Organ details and location: Collon 2003; Stiftskirche St. Marien, Herford (DE).
01:10:56 15. Viktor Billa - Pierre Cochereau, Boléro sur un thème de Charles Racquet.
Organ details and location: Casavant; Trinity United Methodist Church, Tallahassee (USA).
01:13:58 16. Gunnar Idenstam - Improvisation on a Basque folk song.
Organ details and location: Oesa; Catedral de San Sébastian, Donostia (SP).
01:16:52 17. David Cassan - Improvisation.
Organ details and location: Kreienbrink 1971; Kirche St Nikolai, Potsdam (DE).
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[@johnbostrom8467]

Florian is a genius!!! WOW.

[@tanelimp]

It's a shame Notre Dame wasn't quite finished yet for Cochereau's birthday, but this selection of instruments is certainly the next best thing to celebrate it!

[@IOOF]

We do agree!

[@stefanoperrotta3042]

Giacomo Gabusi top❤