Boléro sur un thème de Charles Racquet
I’m going to be incommunicado for yet another “Awayday” today so I thought I’d post this to tide the blog over until Saturday when I’ll be back on campus for yet another Applicant Visit Day.
I heard this piece on Radio 3 a while ago and was intrigued enough to describe it on Twitter as “weird but groovy”. The presenter, Mr James Jolly, mentioned that comment live on air so I briefly felt like a celebrity. The Boléro sur un thème de Charles Racquet is a piece for organ and percussion that was actually improvised in its first performance by renowned organist and composer Pierre Cochereau in 1973, and transcribed by his son, Jean-Marc Cochereau. I think it’s a remarkably original piece of music.
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In the Dark 
March 2, 2016 at 9:12 pm
Loud organ music is the only atonal music I like. It’s got the power!
March 3, 2016 at 12:58 pm
I very much like the organ works by Messiaen. There’s a lot of them too…over 7 hours of music!
March 8, 2016 at 7:49 pm
That’s an enjoyable performance of an interesting piece of music. I’d
never heard it before. Excellent.
March 22, 2023 at 11:34 pm
It’s so sad. That is my favorite YouTube video of all time, but it’s no longer available.