Delalande Fanfare on the Yale Organ

[mrstevecbournias]

The Harmonique is an exact duplicate of the Mirabilis EXCEPT it has modified French-type shallots and is the very first such ''french'' stop at Aeolian-Skinner and was added in 1931 by Donald Harrison voiced by Oscar Pearson who started at Skinner in 1919 and became head reed voicer in 1928. In 1931 Harrison replaced the wooden bells of the bottom 12 of the Bombarde 32 with metal ones and added a new English Horn 8 to the orchestral section in lieu of the previous one.

I played these stops b4.

[ebenasire]

I heard E. Power Biggs play this organ during my student days. As I recall, he didnt do a great job.. it sounded as if he hadn't taken the time to know the organ very well.. Luther Noss did a

great job with this marvelous Skinner Organ. Paul Hindemith preferred to play his famous organ works on the (then) new Battel Chapel Organ..

[guinguette07]

The score for Trumpet & Organ is available at Maurice ANDRE's website.

[caesarcerf]

Fantastic! cheers and thanks so much for playing this, in the States, criminally neglected composer so well.

[mikedc2020]

DANG, at first I thought that was a real trumpeter!

[Organsk8er]

If the effect of a real trumpeter was the desired one, I'd say E.M. Skinner nailed it! That is quite the stop...geez...

[fluteceleste]

@Organsk8er absolutely! I wonder whether anybody tried to copy the "Trumpet Harmonique" (which most people erroneosly think to be of french style, but this stuff is different!) It is the most brassy stop you can imagine. I forgot to use the mirabilic tuba in addition to the Harmonique, the way Tom Murray used to do it on the Yale Demo CD, thus leading to an even more impressive effect! the wonderful world of high pressure..

[davbear221]

AH! A joy to hear an E. M Skinner!!! Too bad there are fewer and fewer of these jewels left.

[Offshoreorganbuilder]

Are you sure you had enough stops there? That's quite some console. Pity the poor tuner and his assistant.

[asham2]

Beautiful arrangement finely played.

[FromHolbergsTime]

Gorgeous textures roll out in mellifluous, musical waves from this venerable instrument. One senses a kind of Elgarian nobility in this fullness of sound, a place where the hearts and minds of innumerable artists may peaceably reside in perpetual splendor.

[esfloon]

I live not too far from woolsey hall, in new haven and I've played this instrument, it's very intimidating. However I think #1 on my fav organs.

[fluteceleste]

my #1 too!

[bastiorgel]

Un han die Tröda-Regischda scho gschei gschdimmd jo?

[Orgeltrecker]

welche kirche ist das?

[theomartinus]

un dia ganza gnepf erscht, zuwa sin dia?

[fluteceleste]

zom beischpiel zom dia Tröta-regischter ziaga!

[theomartinus]

la trööt ce est moi!

[organgoesheavy]

@fluteceleste

Herrlicher Konter.

Um dia ganza Knepf sans zu beneide!

Ich mag Ihre Version sehr. Alles Gute Ihnen weiterhin.

[intoprogrock]

Ernest M. Skinner would be proud! Truly one of the finest organs in the world.

[Izlsnizzt]

@intoprogrock I would certainly hope so he built it...

[intoprogrock]

Of course.What I meant is that EMS would be proud that this organ is still loved and taken care of and has had little modification since it was rebuilt in 1928/29. Sad to say so many of his other instruments were destroyed or modified beyond recognition because of the dreadful baroque revival of the 40's and 50's.

[mogemoets]

That is one glorious tuba, man!

EVERYBODY I've talked to says that this instrument is THE cat's meow...

sure wish I could get up that way soon..

can you post more pretty please...?

Martin

The Queen of Sheba

[metagicmos]

The organ is the king of instruments. How does a cat's meow compare to a whole orchestra of sound? LOL.

[virginiaorganbuilder]

The best description of this organ I've ever heard is: "It will put the fear of God in you". Amen. I've even heard it from the INSIDE...

[organ1029]

Where can I find the sheet music? I've always wanted to play that organ. Is that the original Skinner trumpet? It sounds great.

[fluteceleste]

I played it from memory after having listened to a CD with organ&trumpet, and I couldn't find sheet music for it. I made up the middle section in minor ;o)The Tuba and Trumpet are original Skinner stops.

[organ1029]

Must have been fun to play that organ.

[Arky83mi]

It's hard if you're short though...the jambs are abnormally tall and VERY hard to reach if under 6'

[cromorne]

Haha, imagine reaching for the stops of the pedal division or the choir? What a stretch?

[thonyus]

@Arky83mi Interesting; I am 5'9" or so, and I had no trouble at all reaching the farthest stops when I played there; it was hardly a stretch at all. Maybe it comes down to the length of the organist's arms.

[wurlitzer3]

@organ1029 The Woolsey Hall organ is all original E.M. Skinner though he used some pipework from the hall's previous organ.

[GerardRatigan]

Magnifique musique du grand siècle !

[cromorne]

I love the color of this organ. They so rarely demonstrate it's full power. I love this video. That Trumpet is to die for, especially when one loves reeds like I do. Excellent job!

[Green4321]

I enjoyed your arrangement very much. I'm not familiar with Delalande's work, but now I'd like to hear more. It must have been fun to perform on the Yale Skinner.

[wheidelberg]

Thank you. Very nice.

[motorbikehorseman]

I think its wonderful, hope to hear a lot more

[fluteceleste]

Thank you! Finally someone wrote something related to the video!

[edders05]

FINALLY - someone who agrees that bigger ISN'T necessarily better in a pipe organ - in fact it can be quite the opposite! Especially in something that is ridiculously too large for the building it is in, and is large simply for the state of being large.

[CoutureOrganiste]

I think we are all a bit tired of reading your thread on every organ video page about how wonderful the Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ is. Give it a rest!

[brestull]

AGREED!

[acchos]

most brassy stop i`ve heard is the 100" windpressure grand ophicliede on the Midmer Losh at altantic city convention hall.

This is a very brassy stop though. nice.

[brestull]

AGREED! Hardly anyone wants to hear about an organ that doesn't work, or one that when/if it does work will be tonally sub-par to this instrument, due to the idiotic size and impracticality of the Atlantic City organ.