★ WIDOR : Hommage à Schweitzer | Shuster Fournier, orgue & chœur, Wihr-au-Val, France (2025)

The French-American organ player Carolyn Shuster Fournier performs the Andante sostenuto from Charles-Marie Widor's 9th Symphony "Gothique" on the Mutin Cavaillé-Coll organ in Wihr-au-Val. The Saint-Martin choir of Wihr-au-Val, under the direction of Jean-Paul Wernain, sings the Ave Maria composed by Samuel Wernain. Finally, Élia Wernain and her father, Samuel, perform a piece for flute written as a tribute to his two children, accompanied on the Mutin Cavaillé-Coll organ in Wihr-au-Val. Selected excerpts from the concert on June 27, 2025, in tribute to Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) at the Saint-Martin church in Wihr-au-Val (France), the venue of his very last organ concert. 🎥 https://lc.cx/shuster-choir (✅ INTEGRAL) 🔔    / @cordenuit   🎶 THE PIECES (⏱️ 10 min 16 sec) With the kind permission of the artists for online posting 🙏 00:00:00 – Charles-Marie WIDOR: Andante sostenuto - Symphony No. 9 "Symphonie gothique" 00:05:55 – Samuel WERNAIN: Ave Maria 00:08:05 – Samuel WERNAIN: Mon Petit Frère (with Élia Wernain on the flute and her father on the organ) 👤 THE MUSICIANS Carolyn SHUSTER FOURNIER (*1956) - organ 🎹 Internationally renowned French-American organ player, researcher, and musicologist, she was the titular musician at the American Church and is currently the organ player at the Sainte-Trinité church in Paris. SAINT-MARTIN Choir of Wihr-au-Val 🗣️ Direction: Jean-Paul WERNAIN (*1946) Highly active in the Munster valley, the choir does not limit itself to animating church services: it regularly performs high-quality concerts of sacred music. Élia WERNAIN (*2014) - flute 🪈 Young flutist in Alsace (France), performing regularly in concerts and musical events, within ensembles or in duo and trio alongside her father. Samuel WERNAIN (*1981) - organ 🎹 🎥    / @cordenuit   |📱   / cordenuit   •   / cordenuit   • https://lc.cx/whatsapp-CorDeNuit Organ player in Alsace (France), dedicated to promoting the heritage and repertoire of the organ. 🎹 THE ORGAN The organ of Wihr-au-Val is a symphonic instrument with 30 stops, three manuals and pedalboard, built in the Cavaillé-Coll workshops by Charles Mutin — very rare in Alsace. Remarkable for its authenticity, the richness of its colors and the quality of its voicing (carried out by Jean Perroux, voicer for Aristide Cavaillé-Coll), it has a unique history linked to three personalities: composers Claude Duboscq (1897–1938), Marius Monnikendam (1896–1977) and Dr. Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965). 📖 Find out more https://lc.cx/orgue-wihr-au-val 🎬 THE RECORDING (June 27, 2025) Saint-Martin Church, Wihr-au-Val (France) organ: Mutin Cavaillé-Coll, 1918 Editing: Samuel Wernain 📲 @CorDeNuit | @maisonalbertschweitzer6114 🏷️ #organ #AlbertSchweitzer #CharlesMarieWidor #Widor #ClassicalMusic #CavailleColl #Mutin #Choir #AveMaria #Flute #ClassicalConcert #Choir #Duo #WihrAuVal #CarolynShusterFournier #SamuelWernain #EliaWernain #AlsaceHeritage #CorDeNuit __________________________ 🔔 FOLLOW YouTube 🎥:    / @cordenuit   Facebook • Instagram • Pinterest • WhatsApp 📱: @CorDeNuit 📚 BOOK WERNAIN Samuel, "The organs of Wihr-au-Val and the Mutin Cavaillé-Coll organ", 2006, Éditions Delatour (collection edited by Yannick Merlin) 🎼 SHEET MUSIC MuseScore • MusicNotes • SheetMusicPlus • SheetMusicDirect: @SamuelWernain