🎵 Henry Purcell - Air "They tell us that you mighty powers above"

Roberto Bertero at the organ of Turin’s Santuario della Consolata (Church of the Virgin of the Consolation).

In this video I am playing my organ version of the Air "They tell us that you mighty powers above" by English baroque composer Henry Purcell.
It seems interesting to note that his brilliant musical career also saw him as titular organist of Westminster Abbey in 1683.

This Air was also noticed by the famous Soviet director Andrei Tarkovsky, so much that in 1975 he included it in the soundtrack of his famous film "Mirror". Masterpiece from which I’ve extrapolated some sequences to match with my recording.
I am reporting a brief interview, which well summarizes the director's profound thoughts:

Andrei, what is art?

“Before defining art - or any concept - we must answer a far broader question: what’s the meaning of man’s life on Earth?
Maybe we are here to enhance ouselves spiritually. If our lives tends to this spiritual enrichment… then art is a means to get there”.
(Andrei Tarkovsky)


Welcome to this YouTube channel aimed at providing some quality online documentation concerning the "Camillo Guglielmo Bianchi" organ located in the Consolata Sanctuary, Turin (Italy).
Audio or audio-video file will be regularly uploaded, all recorded LIVE.
The sound will be captured with Zoom H5 audio recorder (96kHz / 24bit), while footage will be filmed with Canon EOS 5D Mark IV.

The intent is to create a database of the musical literature performed by me, titular organist in this prestigious sanctuary, right during the religious services along the Liturgical Year or during the organ auditions, between one Mass and another.


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Organ built by Camillo Guglielmo Bianchi (year 1864), Restructured by Carlo Vegezzi Bossi (year 1889).

Mechanical transmission
2 manuals 61 notes
Pedalboard with 27 parallel keys (12 real, then repeated from C 13)
Interlocking handcuff register control
7 bellows
 
Stoplist
   
GREAT:
Terza mano
Voce Umana S                   
Bombardino 16' B            
Tromba 16' S                    
Trombone 8' B                  
Trombe 8' S                       
Clarone 4' B                     
Corno Ing. 16' S                
Cornamusa 8' S              
Voci Corali 16' S                
Oboe 8' S                            
Viola 4' B                         
Violone 8' B                      
Violino 8' S                         
Corno Dolce 16' S              
Flauto Trav 8' S                 
Flauto 4' B                     
Flauto 4' S                        
Ottavino S                 
Cornetto I                         
Cornetto II
Principale 16' B
Principale 16' S
Principale 8' I B
Principale 8' I S
Principale 8' II B
Principale 8' II S
Ottava I B
Ottava I S
Ottava II B
Ottava II S
XII B
XII S
XV I
XV II
XIX
XXII-XXII
XXVI-XXIX
XXXIII-XXXVI
XL-XLIII
 
 
PEDAL:                  
Bombarde 16'                    
Trombone 8'                     
Unione Tastiere       
Contrabbasso 16'
Bassi 8'
Ripieno 9 file Ped
Tasto Pedale II
Timpani                                          
                                               
                       
SWELL:
Principale 8' B                
Principale 8' S                   
Ottava 4'  B                        
Ottava 4' S                       
XV                                    
XIX                                 
XXII                                  
XXVI- XXIX              
Arpa XII B                      
Arpa XII S                   
Fagotto B
Trombe S
Clarone 8 B
Violoncello 8' S
Corno Ing.8' S
Viola 8' B
Violino 2 canne S
V.Flebile S
Cornetto II S
Flauto Trav 8' B
Ottavino S