Martin Jean plays the Newberry Memorial Pipe Organ at Yale

[ubernate860]

I was inside this organ on Saturday ... she is absolutely beautiful. I wish more people could get to see what I see :/

[nakluts]

BRILLIANT!

[pianoandpipes]

He has such great finger substitutions...on top of everything else.

Love it!

[FromHolbergsTime]

Fine textures and moments of unspeakable loveliness, as if the voices of heaven may be temporarily summoned and called forth to the depths of our being.

[Dwhee18216]

Central Presbyterian Church in Louisville KY has the only Skinner pipe organ in Kentucky. It has been fully restored and is constantly maintained. It is a 1930 instrument and sounds fantastic. Hear it every Sunday morning.

[DRL1320]

Dwhee18216, thank you for this info. I'm i Nashville and go occasionally in Louisville. I'll be sure to look in on this interesting instrument.

[KaseyRae00]

the organ is deffintally one of the most fascinating instruments out there. such a uniqe sound and broad spectrum. it can play to virtually ne mood musicaly. if only it was utilized more.. and yes the video could have been miced a bit better

[phrygian360]

i concure.... i would have selected an

sm-57 set at around 5 o'clock on the output speaker with a condenser directly above the performer.....

[piotrus191]

please giev us some more samples JV68

and dont worry about stupid comments.

[JLGARCIAII]

This fine instrument is really growing on me. I've heard quite a few organs and the rich sounds in a fine acoustic setting really are impressive. Oh, and Martin Jean is a great person too. What a great duo.

[diligomusic]

i want to see you do any better

[accousticdecay]

Please have some respect for this instrument, the performer, and the marvelous music. Such coarse, prurient comments should be reserved for videos that are compatible with such disrespectful behaviors. The authorities should remove such comments and, after a warning, the commenters.

[Heyde1979]

lovely piece

[timothkeyyprice]

As it usually happens, the piece you love the best you have only recently discovered and have not fully memorized it, but you play it anyway.

[Halogen360]

I honestly find pipe organs to be the most beautiful sounding instruments OF ALL!!

[Heyde1979]

I agree I love the sound of them myself

[sistahsharon]

the end is the best ending i ever herd.

[tonyrosam]

its like i can hear angels singing in the music..

[iShaddad]

lol even his feet! so thats why it sounds like an orchestra

[schneckenturm]

It starts with a warm and full sound like a singing choir. I love this sort of sound character. I played this piece of Franck on an instrument with only 30 stops. But you need perhaps a full "orchestra" to make it sound like this. A remarkable organ. Gratulation. And the organist plays very calm and romantic. Just the right way to do it.

greetings from Germany

[Ghostkid202]

the ending is so lovely.

[TheBlackToedOne]

My friend, you have no idea how wrong you are. I sang in the choir w/ Dr. Jean when we were undergrads at Concordia College (now Concordia University) in Ann Arbor in the early 80's. Every year during spring break we would go on choir tour and one of the high points of the evening's concert was the interlude he played. The man was incredible even back then and we never tired of listening to him play. Good to see you're doing well, Marty.

[Ghostkid202]

i love it

[coolness108108]

I will not rest till i play one!

[lmiddaugh]

Sometimes its the music, not the organist.

[1963mathetes]

Beautiful...the instrument, the music, and the interpretation. Wish we could hear the whole work!

[rarems]

Franck used to play his own pieces very freely. One of Franck's friends told Franck to sit down and hear him playing. Then he said: Your music should be played like this.

[organman52]

You must be at least 130 years old.

[rarems]

I don't think I offended you.

You've got the right to say whatever you believe, like or dislike.

On the other hand you should respect other's opinions.

You should rather go and search a little bit about this subject.

One more thing, record yourself a "video-answer" and tell us how to play that piece.

[kennethpace2]

That instrument sounds awesome, where can I get one like that? ;)

[rabbidhedgehog]

well, if you didnt hear, he said that it was the largest ernest m skinner organ. I live in New Haven and have taken a tour of it. Although they don't show you the pipes, there are a whole lot of them (166 stops, 197 ranks). And they go far back into the cases too.

[gogogadget91]

Can I have this partiture??? I LOVE IT!!!

[brestull]

The Vox Humana is truly amazing!

[tjugofyra]

Well indeed it is... or

As an "organman" you probably know that it´s common to have different tempo indications in organ mucis. Have you seen the sheets?

[tjugofyra]

Rubato!?!?!?!

[apects]

Very sensitive playing.

[organ1029]

I think the vox humana sounds alot like a theatre organ stop. It makes it sound nice.

[taishob]

MJ was my director at VU for Kantorei. Man, I miss him!

[54spiritedwill54]

The vox humana makes me cry!

[unkastacky]

Lovely and moving. This organ is a miracle. (LOVE the idiot who critiques its sound from a YouTube video!)

[Maxxarcade]

Keep in mind that the microphone (and Youtube compression for that matter) is probably at fault here... My organ sounds terrible on video too, in the same exact way. So bad in fact that I have not posted any more videos of it :-)

[Streetcar1743]

That is so pretty. Some that are new to the pipe organ might not know that some of the pipes on one of the manuals may be a hair flat. But that is also to give it the tremelo like sound.

[a00971670]

Tis true... but not too flat...

[BayAreaBiker2001]

That's the Celeste which creates the tremolo.

[ribler15]

i love that sound.

[CestPasMoi]

Well... many thinks already said.

I am a real lover of Vierne's music.

I will not comment the recording's technique (...). This is a document.

My opinion is that the player is very good! The feeling I have of Vierne's pieces is right there. I used to listen to many organ concerts on very good instruments throughout France. This is it!

[erigoros]

I thought that it is Franck's Choral

[dwightinzamalek]

That's nice.

[19andoverlol]

You're sure the title isn't like, Commander of the World or something? lol

[trumpetorganist]

What piece is this? It is amazing!!!

[Branchporter]

It is Choral no.1 in E major (Part 1) by César Franck.

The only other version I found of this on You Tube was Aleksander Skljarov performing it on, of all things, an accordian. It actually comes off quite well!

[yesoayesoa4]

I've played this organ. I go to all to organ concerts there

[webgirly44]

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[davidmiler12]

lovly

[MAL6000]

The Spring 2004 issue of American Heritage of Invention & Technology magazine had an article on the Newberry Memorial Organ. I found it online, but it lacks the pictures from the print edition.

[J1Z06]

Thanks for the reply. I was curious on that one. A very nice sounding organ regardless :)

[J1Z06]

Incredible sound!!! Is that at The Battel Chapel? My Sister was married there in '00. If that is the same organ..it gave me the chills then, and did so now. Awesome sound.

[JV68]

No this organ is down the street from Battel at Woolsey Hall

[bozner88]

The vox humana makes me cry! :´-/

[GrandeChoeur]

The Voix Humaine is amazing!

[OrganistInTraining]

ahh lordy i wanna play that instrument. makes me DROOL.. i really like the Franck Chorale.. it sounds authentic.. like it was actually played in a parisian cathedral

[octave4]

E.M. SKinner designed and built organs along the line of Cavaill-Coll (French in mid 18850). The organ is in an acoustical environment similar to a Ereo Cathedral so it will sound nearly the same. Most good U.S. builders build like this.

[lukzter]

Beautiful Misic... I have a KorG Trinity with this sound but it is not quite the same as an origunal Pipe Organ... I love It

[sylvie27380]

super cette musique l' orgue est une grande passion elle vous transporte elle vous apaise s 'est un grand moment de repos bien entendu pour ceux qui apprecient sylvie des andelys

[cromorne]

I love this piece, particularly when 8' Vox Humana is used. Is that Vox Humana from the Echo or from the Swell? Or is there just one Vox on the organ?

[mikesolejazz]

what a wonderful instrument! The last part on the swell with the Vox sounds like a Wurlitzer!!! Thankyou for sharing this. Wonderful!

[jamez123123]

wurlie's are brilliant!!

better than these type i would say

[jamez123123]

these are nice like ! :)

[jamez123123]

it realy does sound like the vox on wurlie there ! lol

[dkelzenb]

Joe--Absolutely awesome!  Is this from a CD or DVD?

dkelz

[Peppe8700]

non ho mai visto nulla del genere

[kiwipipinghot]

Does it have Reverse? And where are the turn signals?

Reminds me of when I first bought my own Organ instead of a car..my dad asked why I spent so much on something that doesnt take you anywhere.

Twenty years later I have been around the world....lots of times

[multimill]

Thanks for making me laugh - this is a great anecdote, congratulations on your success!

[kiwipipinghot]

Your welcome. I saw a wonderful cartoon like that years ago in NZ, I started learning the bagpipes last year as easier to carry around. I can see my tombstone now...KIWIINUS great pianist, sucked on the organ, blowed his own pipe. (Or was that on Liberaces? Just kidding)

[sanctusignis]

What all manuals are there besides the Great and Swell, and which ones?

[LittleVierne]

On this particulat instrument the manuals go like this from bottom up: Choir, Great, Swell and Solo. Unfortunately, the specifications for this organ are too stringy, for my tastes at least.  L. VIERNE

[creamofcardstv]

Your video clip is great and I've rated it as awesome. Please check out mine on some 1920's trading cards of musical instruments, including the Pipe Organ.

[fgh456pc]

What a wonderfull instument.

[liesums]

just wonderfull :) I love the first chord

[NWalterstorf]

Such a beautiful organ... I'll have to find my way to that location some time.

[OrganistInTraining]

wow great piece - is this instrument 100% pipe?

[JV68]

Only pipes - there is not one transistor in the organ

[hellspark]

woa woa woa!! hold on, i've never heard an organ sound like an orchestra! thats amazing!

[DPrama]

I play an organ in church every Sunday, however it does not sound as good as this one, it would be a dream to play this organ.

[ebufford]

I love the pipe organ sound! It's in a world all by itself!

[ffairlane57]

The Rev. Cotton Mather would be proud!

[Christopher81]

Amen Elborba!

[Christopher81]

Amen Elborba!

[awash2002]

What stops and pedals is he using?

[elborba]

I've played this instrument, and I can pretty much tell that you haven't heard it in person. Dr. J's registration is perfect. Those foundation voices are as near to perfect as they get . . As anyone who has played this instrument can vouch, that sound, in the room, will make every hair on your body stand up and tingle.

[Christopher81]

You have to keep in mind that the scaling of this organ is quite large! Also, the work calls for 8' Foundations, coupled.

[Christopher81]

You have to keep in mind that the scaling of this organ is quite large! Also, the work calls for use of the 8' Foundations coupled.

[elborba]

He really is very underrated, and this snippet even doesn't begin to show his tchnical or musical ability.

[Christopher81]

I studied on this organ when I was ISM and it's truely a gem! Nice to see good ol' Dr. Jean online *waves*.

[therealkingfuse]

such an impressive instrument, love to have on of those in my lounge :P

[mllcg]

oo.. nice .... my favourite instruments

[ronanmurray]

A wonderful instrument, beautifully played.