Saint-Saens Danse Macabre on pipe organ

[FromHolbergsTime]

an impressive instrument,

extraordinary sound-waves,

a very fine artist & performer,

a panorama of magical moments!

**********

Glenn

[monsieug]

@FromHolbergsTime: I totally agree!!

[AlxMiNeR]

sound quality.. 0 .. but what an awesome piece :)''''

[srw1111]

@ joeyboi87 - No it wasn't me - though I would love to play this piece.

The player was Andrew Caskie - organist of Palmerston Place Church in Edinburgh. I was there - great performance though I remember ithe organ cyphering (a stuck note) right at the end - you just hear it in the last second of this video.

[monsieug]

@srw1111 Alleluiah!!! You got it right, it's Andrew Caskie, I recognize him! Now I can put his name in the video's description. Thank you so much!

[ahumble77]

What a magnificent instrument

[monsieug]

I've looked at a picture of John Kitchen, but it's not him playing in this video. I met the actual arganist after the concert, so I can recognize him. I just forgot his name... what a shame! ;)

[joeyboi87]

@monsieug ....Ah, sounds like it might be Simon Nieminski, look him up on here

[monsieug]

@joeyboi87 Thanks, but it's not him. Well, difficult to find an organist from Scotland. There are so many.

[monsieug]

Now, all comments on this page must be respectful and I don't want any written fighting here. All insulting comments will be deleted.

[joeyboi87]

Well I seem to remember JK playing this in a recital a while back, Im one of his students and I also do the organ, if it wasnt him then it may have been Wayne Weaver, the senior organ scholar at St Giles Cathedral, or possibly Simon Walker

[monsieug]

@joeyboi87 I've looked at at WW and SW pictures and it's neither of them. The man playing was in his late twenties, early thirties, with light brown hair towards blond, long rectangular face.

[umbreon123456]

i didnt spot anyone playing untill i saw that little man in the organ box, well i got to tell you no one can know from this distance but im guessing just a priest or some local musician who thought he'd have a go on the church organ

[joeyboi87]

Does this look like a church to you?? ...its the university organist, Dr John Kitchen

[joeyboi87]

Dr John Kitchen id imagine