The Philadelphia Organ Quartet - William Tell Overture

[Aishiya1]

I just wish the organist would play this during Communion.

[MyNathan9]

@Aishiya1 yeah everyone would gallop up like horses :)

[garrettreed08]

I wonder if they have ever considered perfoming Hector Berlioz's Symphony Fantastique?

[ve2so]

They all seem to be pipe organs. That is really something, in the same room!

[bcschmerker]

Excellent arrangement here! Rossini originally wrote this piece for a philharmonic orchestra; four Allen Quantums handled everything but the percussions, literally (if memory serves me correctly, a snare drum and cymbals were used along with tympani in the original opera score).

[Offshoreorganbuilder]

Great stuff!

[DeltaPhi79]

1:26 oh wow the guy who plays the Wanamaker Organ. XD

[1948Geoff]

The Philadelphia Organ Quartet is the most amazing act I've ever experienced. If you ever get a chance to see them perform - DON"T MISS IT!!

[organistable]

Such a magnificent sound!!

[ejm33304]

Masterful! Absolutely Masterful!

Love real organ players displaying their talent, unlike Diane Bish. She can only play the pedals with one foot (the other is always on the volume pedal) resulting in a staccato base line.

Great job!

[TomTheConductor]

@ejm33304 I wouldn't knock Diane, she's an exceptional organist, and I disagree with your comment about the staccato bass line completely, however, I do agree she likes expressive swell pedalling.

[djil8]

michael stairs is my music teacher

[AllenJBlodgettJrmota]

If you really think about it, this really gets is a true orchestra at your finger tips.

[akm5176]

Thats....kind of the point of an organ. Otherwise it'd just be the unique pipe organ sound where as many organs cover the sounds of an entire symphony including not only all wind instruments but more often than not, strings too.

[wavejaco]

Wow this is really something new! What a wonderful idea! Brilliant!!

[Dustylove]

Wonderful!

[b43xoit]

Do any of these instruments have pipes?

[aocvideo]

All four instruments are Allen organs.

[garrettreed08]

i dont think they have any pipes. im pretty sure they are all digitally reproduced sounds of a real organ. it's amazing what they can do with tech know

[maxazi]

BRAAAAAAVIIIIIIIII!!!!!

[lil666jrkatz]

haha, Mr. Stairs is my music teacher at school. awesome

[AshburnStadium]

A wonderful rendition of the William Tell Overture!

However, there is a more-famous Mr. Stairs in Philadelphia.

I wouldn't be one bit surprised if your Mr. Stairs had a Phillies t-shirt that said "Use Stairs in case of emergency"! ;-)

[JmoulFrancis]

WOW.....i know people do that kind of performance with piano.....but organ....wow...now thats what you call inovation