A Mighty Fortress Is Our God At St Marys Cathedral Dayton Ohio

[Only4Russian]

beautiful church, beautiful organ, beautiful hymn, beautiful playing!!!

[Beeglemon]

amazing. I grew up in St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Hanover. PA where you'll find a 1924 Austin organ. Google St. Matthew Lutheran + Hanover + organ.

I enjoyed your playing.

[TheVOC]

I say that because the hymn talks about how God's powers are above all authority on earth...and is very much anti-papal...

[TheVOC]

Don't let the Fathers or parishioners hear. :p haha you could be beheaded...

[ponchoxxz]

Great job. Would have loved to hear it in person.

[jbutler303]

There is no St. Mary's "Cathedral" in Dayton. Dayton is under the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. This church is simply St. Mary's Church (Roman Catholic).

[jpwsml]

@jbutler303 I understand that a Cathedral is where a Bishop resides.  To me it looked and sounded like a Cathedral.

[kesmarn]

If this is "rough playing," I can only imagine how it would sound after practicing! Wonderful.

[jpwsml]

@kesmarn Thanks, I really wish I had some more time to practice. Even having my organ shoes would've helped tremendously.

[StorEPhool]

Gorgeous!

[jpwsml]

@StorEPhool Thank you.

[scalethewall]

Could you tell me what arrangement this is?

[jpwsml]

@scalethewall Its in one of the Diane Bish hymn arrangment books, I think its the yellow one.

[terrypos]

With a smile, I believe Martin Luther knew that this beautiful piece would resonate at its best in the cathedrals of the Catholic church!

[jpwsml]

@terrypos :) He never did leave the Catholic church, he only sought to reform it. So your statement is entirely true! :)

[tgltyty]

@jpwsml He was thrown out of the Catholic Church by the pope himself i believe the year was 1520 I may be wrong but I am pretty sure I am within a year or so of the right date.

[EmbraceLife2000]

Nice to see Martin Luther's most famous hymn played in a Catholic Church!

[MrBarryknoll]

Have you ever been to Kettering Seventh Day Adventist Church?

[jpwsml]

@MrBarryknoll No, haven't been there.

[itsinthebag2010xyz]

Kind of ironic to hear the premier hymn of the Protestant Reformation, written by Martin Luther himself, played in a Catholic cathedral! Maybe the Catholics have finally seen the light? ;-) Nevertheless, beautifully played!

[jpwsml]

@itsinthebag2010xyz I'm Baptist, I work on organs part time. ;)

[assisacpel]

adicionei em 16/09/2010

[bongdrop]

Nice mellow sound, ... love the mid aged organs!!

[march131958]

I think you play much better than Diane. All of her compositions sound the same to me. I think you would do well to improvise.

[jpwsml]

@march131958 Thanks, if I had more time to work on them I would definitely try too. However I usually just end up doing it and fudging it in here and there.

[freedom2lead]

It is a dianne bish arrangement. You took a lot of liberties with playing it though! It needs some more work!

[jpwsml]

Yeah, I never am able to play anything exactly as written. ; D

[DesireeDeFete]

Diane has a vid of her playing it. She adds some snazzy fanfares to it at the transition point.

This is great

[oledoc65]

I loved it!.

Thanks for the great video.

God Bless,

Doc

[ConfederateKentucky]

haha, sounds like some Diane Bish there at 2:25. Great, thanks!

[jpwsml]

Thanks man it was one of her arrangments.

[ConfederateKentucky]

Ah that makes sense! I didnt recognize it was hers until 2:25 tho. very nice

[polkapete]

nice

[jpwsml]

Thanks!

[jpwsml]

Thanks Gary!

[jpwsml]

Thanks.

[jnplc]

Cool you played well as usual ,great job. and indeed very much Diane's style.

[jpwsml]

Thanks, I had a few bad notes, but like I said no practice time.

[accordion25]

Great Job Thank you!

[jpwsml]

Glad you liked it.

[tomclemans]

Nice job on a great old hymn! Fine sounding organ too.

[jpwsml]

Thanks it was a very cool old organ. Most of it's kind bit the dust during the 60's organ reform movement.

[cornwallthedragon]

Is this an arrangement by Diane Bish. It sounds like her style in some parts.

[jpwsml]

Yes, it was from one of her books, it's not very difficult but the keys on this organ were natural wood with no coating, so they felt extremely weird to the touch.