Yves Devernay (1937-1990) studied the organ with Marie-Claire Alain and Rolande Falcinelli, and was awarded Premier Prix at Lyon and Chartres improvisation competitions. He was organist of St Christophe in Tourcoing from 1967 until he became one of four organists to inherit Cochereau's post as titulaire of Notre Dame in 1985. He died suddenly in 1990. This improvisation comes from a CD of various litugical improvations at Notre Dame on the Studio SM label. He was well liked and respected on the Parisian organ scene. His ability to extemporise in a variety of styles using the full tonal palette of this instrument was appreciated and revered by his contemporaries. Daniel Roth, Jean Guillou & Jehan Revert (musical director In ND for many years) wrote glowing tributes to him. He called himself the 'semi-quaver man', and listening to this you can see why! In this track, he plays with much of the same spirit as Cochereau, building tension and excitement, then finally unleashing full organ and chamades :-) I shall post a few more examples soon.
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