@sheilajoynes We hope so too! At this moment, there is no news and we still can't get access into the building - engineers will be assessing the site next week. Thanks for your very kind concern - it means a lot to us .
Marvellous. marvellous piece. Had it at my wedding. Everyone, but everyone had huge grins. Sadly, also had it at my wifes' funeral only 8 months later. Bittersweet memories.
Martin Setchell is, to my ears, one of the finest organists performing today. He has an effortless technique and marvelous ability to shape phrases. Thanks so much for sharing this video!
If you want it as a wedding recessional, make sure you have a good organist. We did - 20 years ago and you really go out with a spring in your step, but I have heard this a number of times by organists that make it sound as if you should have a wooden leg.
C'mon you guys. Martin is a professor and would have done his homework very well. The delay on the sounding of the big pipes is an obvious factor in the speed of the piece. I personally think Martin does a great job with this and the many other works he has recorded. I don't think it is fair to fault this effort. Can you do better?. All praise Martin - I love your Trumpet Tune.
Nice video - and well planned! But... I find it so irritating when sound and picture are not in sync on any video, and when it's a musical performance, it drives me crazy. When are we going to combine sound cards with graphics cards and put an end to this codec nightmare? :(
A tracker organ. Not easy to play. Dependant on the action of course, as an organist, one has to dis-asscociate from the keys pressed to the sound produced. WOuld love to hear a recording of Sortie in B Flat by this compopser, Can I play it? Yes, but so very badly I would never broadcast it.
I played some Rieger-organs already - they are very convenient to play with teir mechanical key action. You can chose if you play it with mechanical or electrical couplers. You can see with Rieger-organs, that organs are musical instruments, and not machines. With mechanical organs you can play very emotional because there's no machine between you and the pipes.
He's got a tremendous dose of joy, passion but also a great deal of ironi in his music! His music sounds a bit italian, but it makes me very happy! :P
The ending is really too slow. Especially how French music of that period speeds up to a rash ending. Think can-can, Offenbach, the works. It really needs that at the end. Otherwise a nice performance, very clean playing.
I am sorry, but I have to disagree. At the 3:00 mark, he does pick up speed. He picks up speed even further at 3:42. Why do you want those big chords in the final few measures 'whipped thru'? It is good that he stretches them out to give a grand ending. I do agree with you that it is an excellent and very clean performance.
I am fed up with people complaining about "not fast enough" or similar comments - when I check, none of those users has uploaded a video where they perform the piece better themselves!
Music is meant to be interpreted by the musician, and there are no absolutes (although there are some guidelines). This performance is played. The tempo is good - too many organists loves to show off technique, and not great performance! It's like an electric guitar - the more fuzz, the less errors you hear...
An excellent player and a great instrument with powerful and sparkling reed stops!!! BRAVO!!! Why don't you post some other french organ masterpieces (Dubois Toccata in G, for example)?
Thats is how an organ should sound and thats how it should be played in my opinion. FANTASTIC Thank you
32tuba 4 months ago
I'm wondering whether this wonderful instrument escaped damage in the recent earthquake. I hope so.
sheilajoynes 11 months ago
@sheilajoynes We hope so too! At this moment, there is no news and we still can't get access into the building - engineers will be assessing the site next week. Thanks for your very kind concern - it means a lot to us .
organchurchmouse 11 months ago
Marvellous. marvellous piece. Had it at my wedding. Everyone, but everyone had huge grins. Sadly, also had it at my wifes' funeral only 8 months later. Bittersweet memories.
iandc2003 11 months ago
@iandc2003 so sorry to hear this.... sigh. The way of the world?
organchurchmouse 11 months ago
Wow !!! Really great !!! !!! !!!
mandolineslover 1 year ago
Martin Setchell is, to my ears, one of the finest organists performing today. He has an effortless technique and marvelous ability to shape phrases. Thanks so much for sharing this video!
MrBooker39 1 year ago
nice performance - has a good rhythmic bounce.. Interesting that the organ is obviously a tracker action too.
john1801rambo 1 year ago
nice performance - has a good rhythmic bounce..
john1801rambo 1 year ago
HA, it sounds like dutch street organ music! I bet this is a gas to play
okamilune 1 year ago
45000 bezoeker!!!!!!!!!!!
engelbertschoormans 1 year ago
Greetings from UK this brought back many happy memories when you played up in Birkenhead great to hear it again. A fantastic piece of music.
PoultatColesbourne 1 year ago
excellent interpretation, well-used stopps, very good rhythm feeling!
gbaune 1 year ago
Toll !
gbaune 1 year ago
If you want it as a wedding recessional, make sure you have a good organist. We did - 20 years ago and you really go out with a spring in your step, but I have heard this a number of times by organists that make it sound as if you should have a wooden leg.
swhite500 1 year ago
i want this played as my wedding recessional !!!
marvin41 1 year ago
@marvin41
I did!
I also want it at my funeral.
dwigley1977 1 year ago
those main 3 pipes at the end of the piece are those 32' ??
MrAlex413x 1 year ago
This is a fun piece of music and well played.
It does sound like it would be more at home at Blackpool Tower than in Church though !
teddydiva 2 years ago
this is so the best!
thewillsteristhebest 2 years ago
Ha ha .. the naughty sortie!
allwasforanapple 2 years ago
That video is fantastic. I love the way you have recorded the both the playing and the instrument...very clever.
My 16 yr old son James played this piece for his concert at the R.N.C.M in Manchester. It is such a fun piece.
Well done.
cazspeakman 2 years ago
C'mon you guys. Martin is a professor and would have done his homework very well. The delay on the sounding of the big pipes is an obvious factor in the speed of the piece. I personally think Martin does a great job with this and the many other works he has recorded. I don't think it is fair to fault this effort. Can you do better?. All praise Martin - I love your Trumpet Tune.
twolefthanz 2 years ago
Nice video - and well planned! But... I find it so irritating when sound and picture are not in sync on any video, and when it's a musical performance, it drives me crazy. When are we going to combine sound cards with graphics cards and put an end to this codec nightmare? :(
macronencer 3 years ago 4
A tracker organ. Not easy to play. Dependant on the action of course, as an organist, one has to dis-asscociate from the keys pressed to the sound produced. WOuld love to hear a recording of Sortie in B Flat by this compopser, Can I play it? Yes, but so very badly I would never broadcast it.
garyian1970 3 years ago
I played some Rieger-organs already - they are very convenient to play with teir mechanical key action. You can chose if you play it with mechanical or electrical couplers. You can see with Rieger-organs, that organs are musical instruments, and not machines. With mechanical organs you can play very emotional because there's no machine between you and the pipes.
polsterj 2 years ago
Who built the organ? From the tour inside, looks like I see trackers & the pedalboard looks flat. Nice instrument.
orgeldude 3 years ago
It was built 1997 by Rieger in Schwarzach, Austria. It's not their best one, but it's very nice.
bachprofessore 3 years ago 2
I like Lefébure-Wély's music very much!
He's got a tremendous dose of joy, passion but also a great deal of ironi in his music! His music sounds a bit italian, but it makes me very happy! :P
haha
tjugofyra 3 years ago 2
The walkthrough of parts of the organ is an excellent idea, I really liked that! Nicely done!
OneEyePI 3 years ago 2
The ending is really too slow. Especially how French music of that period speeds up to a rash ending. Think can-can, Offenbach, the works. It really needs that at the end. Otherwise a nice performance, very clean playing.
musicalwatch 3 years ago
I am sorry, but I have to disagree. At the 3:00 mark, he does pick up speed. He picks up speed even further at 3:42. Why do you want those big chords in the final few measures 'whipped thru'? It is good that he stretches them out to give a grand ending. I do agree with you that it is an excellent and very clean performance.
steelersfanhawaii 3 years ago
It's write on the partition to pick up the speed!
benenoit 2 years ago
I am fed up with people complaining about "not fast enough" or similar comments - when I check, none of those users has uploaded a video where they perform the piece better themselves!
Music is meant to be interpreted by the musician, and there are no absolutes (although there are some guidelines). This performance is played. The tempo is good - too many organists loves to show off technique, and not great performance! It's like an electric guitar - the more fuzz, the less errors you hear...
vidarfa 2 years ago 11
Maybe a stretta would make a strong effect, but the score says rallentando.
Now the organist can choose. You are right with the speed of the endings in french music of that time. It is like a vaudeville music. Very nice !!
schneckenturm 2 years ago
Very enjoyable. I am working on this for an upcoming wedding.
Bachingguy 3 years ago
Really nice, but where is the "accelerando poco a poco" in the last pages of the pieces? In this performance I can't notice it!
trenoespresso 3 years ago 2
Beautifully done and inspiriting, also interesting video!
wwd500 3 years ago
this just beautifull love this piece....the bouncyness to it i love....left hand rules in this piece
marvin41 3 years ago
The video is great! The performance is great! This is the best!!!
parrotcrazy14 3 years ago
Very nice! For me the piece does express quite some joy of living.
4uOnIII72elp 3 years ago
It's brilliant to hear this wonderful piece of music in full, we had it at our wedding (13 years ago) I danced down the aisle!
M16el6bur67 3 years ago
sounds great!
tyuru2 4 years ago
this is one of my favorite pieces for organ!...thank you for posting it!
eccentricorgan 4 years ago
I want it played when they take out my coffin
GERAINT17 4 years ago 3
I love this piece! Wonderfully played! And a really great sounding organ! Love the nice reeds and diapasons!
Organsk8er 4 years ago
That is toooooo fun, I've got to learn it! Great camera work.
Reesman95 4 years ago
Indeed a very fun peice. Good Video
34045 4 years ago 2
Hoorah!! More.
dejs66 4 years ago 3
An excellent player and a great instrument with powerful and sparkling reed stops!!! BRAVO!!! Why don't you post some other french organ masterpieces (Dubois Toccata in G, for example)?
Uraia 4 years ago 8
Thank you - very kind! Have you viewed the Grison toccata amongst my videos? He was a French romantic, a pupil of Widor...
organchurchmouse 4 years ago
This melody I searched for to long! By founding it, I play it every week once in a week. Check 1.47: die toeters blazen de scheiding uit je haren!
k1ns 4 years ago 4
Love this piece!!
jeanseborg 4 years ago 4
Delightful
HAIRST 4 years ago 4