The Messiah's Organist's Last Job

[vequense]

SuSd and altered A LOT

[rcwsocial1]

That was a stroke.

[DrIceFlims]

best modulation ever.

[themindandmusic]

Probably, he was just tired of the Messiah

[marto782]

Should have been booing at the end.

[Davevideos1]

 It gave me gas...

[graysonhugh1]

... texting while playing?

[mizzi1908]

Brilliant!!!!

[celestemcgettigan]

Funny!

[celestemcgettigan]

Hilarious!

[christorrella]

Hahahaha :D



[Nua1a]

What's wrong with a little improv?

[arr1on]

Sounds like an electronic transposer dial was accidentally pushed down a half step, and the organist didn't have enough sense to figure out how to play an Ab-Eb chord progression quickly enough.

[npi1210]

@arr1on that is actually what happened

[presbeaton36]

It really grasps the eschatological tension of the resurrection!

[dreamwaves2rg]

The musical "effect" reminds me of the cadence in "Music of the Night" - I actually enjoyed listening to the dramatic "resolution"!

[TrueWolfPath]

Really people? This is horrible! There's a reason it's called "The Messiah's Organist's Last Job! The organist failed really, really badly!

[JonBethany]

His idea of a secondary dominant....

[htmldude]

What was that cadence at the end?

[kinghousemusic]

The most beautiful thing I ever listened to

[285nathan]

im sorry but i have to say this but its not called The Messiah but Messiah again sorry but how much this was pounded into my head during Music Aprec i could not let it go

[doktoradamson]

@285nathan

The "the" in the title is referring to "the organist", not "the messiah"

[monolow1]

@285nathan if you're going to criticize someone else, please at least use proper english.

[tiyenin]

Another video mentioned what might've happened is the organist hit the re-tuning button and dropped the keys' pitch a half step. This is sort of confirmed in the last chord, which is a half step flat before the organist corrects himself.

[1245que]

looooooooollllllllllllllllllll­

[orgelable]

und vor allem: die klatschen auch noch

[DCLiszt]

Its more like frank martin than arnold schoenberg

[Nowisnu]

Amazing how the singers keep perfect pitch.. well, I guess -)

[Firebird19861031]

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssss­ssss

It's funny :D :D

[Drudwinder]

I found the pitch set of that one!

[debbieluvsibanez]

............

[dirulovely]

hahahaha The audience is so conflicted.

[Thazzerious]

I'd book this organist any day!

[FliegendeHollaender]

I misread "Messiaen" instead of Messiah. Turns out it wasn't so wrong.

[woowingching]

it's not schoenberg, should be someone loves poly tonality + modal writing.

[qw3rtydud3]

@woowingching I don't hear much modality in that...my comment was referring to the seemingly 'free' tonality.

[Cordless1977]

I like it!

[tobzhooli]

Absolutely amazing, so hilarious!!

[Noldus92]

Does anybody know what he plays?

[peaceblossom8]

That would make an awesome soundtrack for a horror movie.

[RCCola339]

I don't think it was a transpose key misfire. It sounded like around 0:18 that it was wrong anyway. Sounds like he was trolling real hard.

[TheForeignersNetwork]

...Someone had a bad day at the office.

[RCCola339]

I laughed so hard at this

[forrmat]

He was warned that he is fired... That is revenge.

[Silvester94T3]

Holy shit satanic choir FTW :D

xD

[bradleypianoman]

I think that ending sounds beautiful in a very dark and misunderstood way.

[RicePresident]

Why are they clapping?!?! Dear God, why are they clapping!?!?!?!

[artyzach]

@RicePresident But you do realise they hesitated before they clapped. And its a common concert etiquette that when such major works are perform, no matter how horrible it gets, an appreciative gesture like an applause is needed.

[bradehoward]

Sounds like the organist went to change the stop and accidentally hit the transposition button.

[jannizz]

Best version ever. This really extract the good parts of the Baroque Händel and puts some nice Messiaen-Schönberg-Valen disharmonics into it. When you've played and heard the Messiah too many times, this is not only hilarious, it's also exiting! I would hire this guy, clearly, he is a genious of the Second Vienna School!

[JohnBrookMusic]

@jannizz You were sounding really clever and educated until you misspelt "genius".

[OrcSlayer07]

@JohnBrookMusic misspelled?

[jpguitarguy]

@OrcSlayer07 bahahaha nice catch! what an idiot!

[JohnBrookMusic]

@OrcSlayer07 both forms acceptable

[StargateMunky]

Organist has a coronary on the final bar

[papoocanada]

ahah!ah! ah!



[Vanamutt]

To his justification the strings weren't exactly brilliant either.

[RossiniSoprano]

Please.....obviously deliberate.

[InceRumul]

Excellent revision to add more tension to the end of the piece. Plagal cadences are overused anyhow.

[drcmaysV2]

@YamiToMatto uh, thats part of the MESSIAH. (related to GOD) thats whats written in the score.

[Musicmommy77]

That's what you get when you forget to pit the organists name in the program. Better watch it, directors!!

[MsHallo1985]

@YamiToMatto Hahaha, do you mean from about 0:19 to 0:22? If so, then yes!! They say 'hallelujah' four times there, and he was getting progressively louder and louder

[mandrappa]

I actually kinda like the chord

[Piacevole]

I kinda like it! Makes it sound a lot more spicy!!

[MusicTeacherMcGorry]

The organist must have been looking at "fakebook" changes. You know how they can be wrong sometimes. :-)

[Altoclarinets]

@MusicTeacherMcGorry He accidentally hit a "transpose" stop 

[treinspore]

That organist better know where the nearest exit is.

[wilsonkm]

Wonderful chord progression at the end.

[dangerbooboo]

Heard this for the first time about four years ago at a party with a bunch of musicians (a bunch of really good jazz musicians, at that) and this had everyone on the floor! Seriously funny shit.

[CrystalFlames]

Berg?  Did I hear you just now?

[CBJammin103]

It almost sounds fake because of how well the choir sticks it out!

[emmywright]

Good times.

[MrJohmart]

This is the embodiment of Charles Ives.

[sjoulains]

Plagal Cadence fail

[Slapmastaoffunk]

a.k.a. Eric Whitacre invades the Hallelujah Chorus.

[Gilmourisgreat]

I like it it sounds like Emerson Lake and Palmer

[keegist]

Sounds good to me

[mellisdesigns]

That seriously makes me giggle every time. If I was in the audience I would have been on the floor in a fit!

[qw3rtydud3]

I didn't know Schoenberg re-wrote the Messiah?

[Coltspit07]

@qw3rtydud3 HAHAHA I like it because it's a music joke! HA!

[bts8000]

@qw3rtydud3 I think it was Ives who did the bitonality thing! lol

[LorenzoLassek]

@qw3rtydud3

Its funny that all people assoziate only Schoenberg with 20th century music. That bitonality definetly doesnt sound like Schoenberg!

[ecksc]

@qw3rtydud3 Sounds more like...Messiaen...to me. ;)

[ZhengStudios]

the audience just can't bring themselves to applaud. rightfully.

[2410Francesca]

I actually think he's doing it on purpose.. otherwise he would try to change the tone in the end, but he keeps playing it. He definitely knows, what he's doing. But that makes it even more mean and funny.

[allegra1112]

@2410Francesca: Genau! Kein Versehen. Absicht! Kleiner Witz für youtube.

[rdangelo]

Much hipper this way. Handel was boring. 

[56BUICKRiviera]

Bravo!

[Diatonic5th]

Evil discordant ending WIN!

[mrwickwiz23]

That was the work of the devil

[Freuteis]

OH !! MY SATANNN !!!

[herFLYness79]

SO FIRED!!!

[Waldvogel91]

I prefer it....

[PiotrPawlak84]

ORGANIST EPIC FAIL hahahahaha :D

[ben3263]

Hilarious!!!!!

[imPathogenic]

EPIC DISSONANCE!!

[artyzach]

and i'm crying!!!!

[artyzach]

@MadeCCSFan He's already dead...

[artyzach]

OMYGODDDDDZZZZZ!!!! Catastrophe to God!

[piccoloman]

1) Stravinsky à l'orgue ?

2) Trop de Chili pour souper ?

3) Bouton de transposition par mégarde ?

4) Aucune de ces réponses ?

[evan274]

The wonders of modern technology

[unitednerdsbeproud]

This amuses me more than it should... I'm still laughing XD

[zeuswotan]

Stravinsky would be proud of him!!!

[Naltino]

@zeuswotan That is funny....but very true about Stravinsky

[unitednerdsbeproud]

@zeuswotan don't forget schoenberg!

[INDIG0MS1]

D'oh! Fat fingerd it!

[hanskedde]

I suppose the organist is drunk - or he or she might have had some problems with the choir and then taking a revenge the choir will never forget!

[CrystalFlames]

@hanskedde if a drunk organist can play the entire Hallelujah chorus and then botch up only the end, I want to meet them. or maybe they were drinking tequila throughout. "Take a shot every time someone says Hallelujah!" fastest drinking game ever.

[scomdnz9]

hahahaha. why oh why did the organist even bother to keep playing.....

[Mooweedy]

The mental image I get is a high-powered train speeding along nicely with all the parts working then all of the sudden everything freaks, the parts all get jammed, the conductor hits the breaks, and the train crashes into a cement wall.

[MsBroadwayK]

Handel will roll over in his grave for every view this video gets.

[LostAndFound144]

Oh...dear...

[coutureorganist]

I'm so glad this resolves!

[Logitah]

Shiiiiiiiit! D: That organist must be very embarrassed.

[Cayran]

I pissed myself.

[BeanDip15065]

ahahahah my teacher played this in school today!!! I literally peed my pants laughing!

[nickfish03]

that was awesome!

[siganopithocis]

handel is spinning in his grave

[gerih333]

hahahahahallelluuuujah

[leukipos]

How lovely this Ligeti version,how can I get that?

[hockeywarrior]

LOL! Total fail! I'm surprised the choir was even able to keep singing on pitch ...

[hardstreetbambi]

lol, the confused clapping

[PrettyLittlePinup]

ouch.

[hardstreetbambi]

hahahahaha

[Organist91294]

I just say: Messiah goes Messiaen .

lol

i was just cryin for laugh!!!  Too GOOOODDDDDD!!!!!!!!!

Greetings: DOMINIK

[Trebleguy123]

Handel is rolling in his grave... laughing that is. 

[1337evan]

Charles Ives.

[Shota871]

Charles Ives.

[unamatrix08]

I agree with MattaisXL. I also had no idea Shoenberg had done an arrangement of this.....

The entire piece is off-pitch. But I do love the very polite appaluse at the end. At least they finished out on the correct cord - more or less.

[BlondieChick233]

this brings me such joy

[Fergophone]

At least he got the right chord at the end. :)

[stubbyt34]

congrats to the choir for hanging in there.

[HannahXIV]

@stubbyt34 only by trial and error

[BanjoSiren]

As a sometime accompanist, I have to just say, been there, done that.

[loudcosmicyummy]

Personally, I thought that was pretty hip.

[localcrew]

@loudcosmicyummy I liked it too. I think it should be entitled "Church Organist Shreds" like all the spoof videos of famous guitarists on youTube where the real soundtrack is replaced with horrible playing. That would totally rock.

[ORayDizzyO]

@loudcosmicyummy are you crazy...?? lol

[rewerbacilegna]

@loudcosmicyummy ROFL

[maestrovoci]

I so wish I had a video of the legendary moment in Los Angeles Master Chorale history, when conductor Roger Wagner led chorus and orchestra into that pregnant pause. At the most crucially silent moment, the lead cellist started to play the next note with a loud scraping noise as his bow was well resined. Roger, always the showman, leaned over to the cellist and showed him - and all of us present - the third digit of his right hand. Handel would never have dreamed it could have come to that.

[gwaur]

The organist puts quite a test to the choir.

[lebermuff]

i like it.

[ZeldaLinkification]

Ahhhhh the audience is like..."Um i guess we applaud now...WTF was THAT???"

that sucks tho, i feel bad for him....

[skyrockin]

lollllllllllllllllllllll hahahahahahaha omg, this is so fucking hilarious!! pouhahahaa

[jimmyjimmyshortcakes]

I love Schoenberg... and now I love Handel so much more!!!

PS. Script guy - it's not 'THE' Messiah, it's just 'Messiah', or better yet Handel's 'Messiah'. Just so you know. Thanks for the laughs.

[LucasFerreiraRhoads]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[JohannnSebastianBach]

id love to see that face xD

[HUComposer]

The penultimate organ chord actually sounded good though leading into the finale chord. Too bad it's not appropriate for this song.

[Brackinese]

Major props to the choir for staying together despite the nastiness!

[Motetftw]

just so you know, on Handel's manuscript, the title is "Messiah" Not, "The Messiah". just a fyi :)

[Cedricfollyman]

HAHAHAHAH! Old Mrs. Bloomfield from Church? is that you? LOL.

[Imipw]

HAHAHHAHAH!

[SadMinstrel]

I won't ever feel sorry for myself after a bad performance again. EVER.

[marimbaman89]

@SadMinstrel I just turned in a crappy performance on Sunday, this makes me feel better...lol

[ShawDAMAN]

Sounds like "Messiah" by Richard Strauss.... o.0

[Ankhor0810]

Haha... Wht the hell happened with that Organist Ö

[inphanta]

It goes all gothic...

[Upum12]

Sounds fine to me. Where's the mistake?

[Ankhor0810]

@Upum12 Lol, 0:24 focused!

[yourfaceandmum]

hhaahaha the demon overpowers the messiah

[lilmatty33059]

I think what may have happened, is that the organist was playing on a digital organ, and it had a transpose button on it that was accidentally hit, right before the final chords, you hear a note played on the organ, and I would think they were testing the intonation of it, but they had to play the chords no matter what. either way, quite painful to the ears and I would probably lock myself in a room and never come out for a couple days if that were me.

[Gilmaris]

@lilmatty33059

I think that is a very likely explanation, as the off chords are played with the same amount of confidence as everything else :)

[hardstreetbambi]

@lilmatty33059 the fact that it happened RIGHT at the end..

[bagnewauckland]

@lilmatty33059 perhaps the note is a book or something falling on the console, and that hit the transpose switch?

[ekrathrawl]

@lilmatty33059 definitely. There's no other way you would hear that slide back onto the right notes at the end. And even toward the end of the earlier section you can hear things start to fall apart in the organ. It's got to be a tranpose key of some kind. Poor guy... I would hide for a week at least.

[Crazyyeller]

How could this have happened??!? Surely it was on purpose?

[inphanta]

It's heartening, I suppose that they even bothered to clap...

[alecesne]

Few things in life are as hilarious as watching someone burden success born of diligence with the crown of failure :D

[FTR01]

I am gratified I had the honor of reading such a comment on youtube.

[nickstaw]

sounds like the orchestra's days are numbered as well

[singablesongs]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[DavidlyMe]

God, this was so hilarious my eyes watered.

[NihilNominis]

I've played this. That would be an easy part. This is called an epic fail.

[NihilNominis]

Unless....I wonder if they tapped a transposer? Surely not...

[domNanni09]

Seriously? The organ plays disgustingly wrong chords at the end, that is what is wrong with this. Not whether there is or is not an organ playing throughout the whole thing.

[NitramZiarreh]

"disgustingly" wrong? wrong, maybe, but I thought it was beautiful.

[PetruBorisovich]

It kinda added a creepy 'Phantom of the Opera' vibe to the song haha