Louis Vierne - Berceuse

from 24 Pièces en style libre, Opus 31, Volume II.
Berceuse (Lullaby), N°19
"à ma fille COLETTE" (to my daughter Colette)
Composed in 1913.

Performed by Dragan Trajer on virtual Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll organ of Notre-Dame de Metz.

[HuggyMackay]

This piece has been a constant friend over the years. Funerals and memorial services, and also as a prelude to a solemn Mass.

[DallasBolin]

Merci de partager cette belle pièce. Chaque fois que je l'écoute - ou, ben, que je la joue - je me trouve dans un autre monde de joie et clarité, où les étoilles me racontent des histoires insensées et le vent me chante doucement les chansons des années passées, avec la voix d'une ange éternelle.

Merci mille fois. J'ôte mon chapeau.

[lunetaris]

So nice, this morning I've started learning to play it 😊.

[luisesparza]

They played this piece at my friend's funeral. So beautiful. May she rest in peace and may she rest with God forever.

Juana Maria Boada Forero
July, 10 2002-May 27, 2021

[stephenkunst]

I think Vierne dedicated this work to E. M Skinner. who had small children at that time.

[lukegelinas]

I like how you stayed true to the tempo marking instead of slowing it down. It gives the piece a certain frankness that works really well I think. Slowing it down would be too romantic. However you’re rushing through a lot of the meters - it’s 2/4 it really shouldn’t be that hard to stay in time

[mrSymphonic]

@shishirth : One of my personal favorites.

[christopherwright]

I'd love to know the registrations you use!

[Alexandrosama]

D'après les tags, elle est jouée sur un instrument hauptwerk d'après l'orgue de la cathédrale notre dame de Metz, n'est ce pas ? Mais qui est l'interprète ?

[mrSymphonic]

@75JamesB : Ah oui ? Eh bien, ils sont tous les deux Cavaillé-Coll.

[russedav]

Beautiful! Except for the great César Franck I'm not a great fan of French Romantic symphonic organ like of German Romantic like Reger (some) & Karg-Elert. I agree with Robert Noehren's comments on especially Reger that German Romantic organ music sounds far better & more alive on German Baroque instruments. Also French (but not German) modern, & German (but not French) Baroque, but this is one of the few pieces of Vierne I just LOVE & even can play myself! Your interpretation's just wonderful.

[allrog]

I have always loved this piece, beautifully played, here. The fact that Vierne dedicated it to his daughter indicates what it meant to the composer

[patrickrichmond]

We could all use this piece as something to remember Notre' Dame by since Louis Vierne spent lots of hours there and wouldn't be a bit surprised if he used the Cavielle Col organ to put this grand piece together with.

[andersonezraviolin]

Vierne's works have such a magical feel to them... I can't help but be touched by his pieces. Wonderful stuff.

[avenuedumaine]

When I play it in my mind I return in those years and I catch all the mildness of this chef d'ouvre.

[josephyoung]

What a deeply moving tune. I feel the sadness in my heart when I hear this.

[mrSymphonic]

@Michniczek : I played it according to the tempo indication. But I usually do play it slower.

[mdsf]

One of the pieces chosen by Prince Philip at his funeral.
It must have been played prior to the arrival of his casket while the mourners waited in the church.

[skipperbonus]

This is absolutely breautiful on the organ ;___;

[michaelamey]

Ein ganz persönliches Stück des Meisters, seiner Tochter gewidmet. Sehr schön!