Mulet: Tu es Petrus

[ChurchKat1]

Spectacular. 

[irkibby]

3:07 is the point I begin playing the "air organ".

[RedDawgEsq]

The Definitive Perfomance. Anyone have a cigarette?

[AulisPar]

I must buy better headphones!

[09WestTexas]

Fabulous...what passion!!!

[vleermuisje2]

Beautiful music!

[TrinityUMCOrganist]

Bravo sir! i just never get tired of that instrument!

[philatelist26]

Masterful. Makes it seem so easy. Had no idea that St. Patrick's possessed such a fine instrument.

[SphinxFriend]

Sounds great.

[MrAlex413x]

that pedal division is incredible ! was the organ on full wack (as in everything pulled out) best regards to the Mr 32' Bombarde !!

[musicmd1]

One of the great pillars of organ repertoire, played flawlessly on a great instrument. Bravo, Stephen!

[radketim]

Anyone else notice he's doing it from memory?

[diekunstderfuge1749]

Prachtig gespeeld !

[PiedPuyper]

'Thou art Stephen, and upon this performance , thou art a rock!"

[Contrubas]

That did it for me! Well done. What an organ too!

[Streetcar1743]

I love this piece. This piece is also like a sermon for church. Or like good vs. the devil. The song is another piece about right and wrong. Mr. Mulet did a grand job of putting this piece together.

[octavebasse8]

The sermon at my church last week was this phrase: Tu es Petra or Thou art the rock. (When JESUS was saying "Peter, thou art the rock upon which I will build my church.)

[chrpayen]

Fantastique ! Stephen Tharp est un grand musicien.

La prochaine fois qu'un de mes compatriotes organophiles me refait ce discours stupide sur "ce monde de l'orgue américain sans goût ni culture", je saurai quoi leur répondre : "écoutez donc les prestations de Stephen" !

[LongEyelandGuy]

Bravo, you are amazing.

[SuperElBorba]

I've gone through every recording of this that I have, and every recollection of both hearing it played about 5000000 times and attempting it myself, and IMHO this is without a doubt the definitave performance of this piece.

[SonofSuperElBorba]

At every one of the tangle-up points in this piece, both technical and musical, he just brushes them aside. And the tempo, phrasing and and emotion is sublime. I've never heard a more cohesive and musical performance of this piece.

[andre26071955]

Excellent performance by one of the greatest organists of our time!

[JFSnail]

Absolutely magnificent! yet another flawless performance from Stephen Tharp.

[bombarde1701]

WOW! Never heard this at St. Patrick's before! Will this end up on a future recording from there?

[obxemt]

Haha!  Delightful!

[codeman2008]

Best interpretation of this piece I've heard yet!

Sublime!

[SuperElBorba]

BTW - You just resolved 3 fingering issues that I've had for 31 years . . and I'm only getting started . .

[KB7777777]

absolutely fantastic ! 5*

[SuperElBorba]

All I can say is WOW - and he makes it look so easy . .

[advisorC101]

Fantastic!

[Lena2777]

Pedal Bombardes are up in the triforium, and are extremely impressive....

[cromorne]

To the left of the console on 15 inches of wind. Awe-inspiring!

[Lena2777]

18" actually, and BIG wooden scale.

[cromorne]

My mistake. The pipes are on a very large scale, and when they are let loose it's incredible. This instrument has quite a bit of power, such as the Triforium Trumpet on 18" and the Trompette En Chamade on 33", which sits at the top of the case!

[Lena2777]

You can hear the big chamade on Stephen's youtube of his own Easter Fanfares, also taped at St. Patrick's Cathedral.

[ronanmurray]

Bravo!

[stripernutkl]

Wow, that is one impressive pedal division!

[BeFrSc]

Absolutly perfect performance.

[romeoamkj]

wonderful! thanks