Widor Toccata at Cathedral Basilica in Newark

Frederick Hohman plays the popular Toccata from the Fifth Organ Symphony in F, Op 42 #1, by Charles-Marie Widor on the Schantz pipe organ at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, New Jersey USA This performance of Widor’s Toccata from the Fifth Organ Symphony is found on the CD recording from PRO ORGANO entitled “A Couple of French Fifths“ - Pro Organo CD 7021. This recording contains the complete Widor’s Fifth Symphony as well as the complete Fifth Organ Symphony of Louis Vierne. To access details, link to and enter 7021 in the Search Box. The complete 30-minute Midnight Pipes video is also available from . To access details on this video, enter 9018 in the Search Box. The organ at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart was originally built and installed in the 1950s by the Schantz Organ Company of Orrville, Ohio . In 1989, renovations were made, which included a