The first video didn't explain the odd keyboard setup. This video gives a better idea of how difficult this instrument is to play, but she plays it with remarkable ease.
Why are there so many horrible comments on this video? The organ is a beautiful treasure and Diane Bish is an world-class organist. I wish I could play as delicately as her.
@sunshine34ification Shame on you! That's not a nice thing to say about Diane Bish. I love organ music immensely. To me, Diane Bish is one of the finest organists there is, if not the finest! She's the "first lady" of the organ. I've seen her show, "The Joy of Music" numerous times, and enjoy it still.
I BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE THIS IS THE OLDEST PLAYABLE ORGAN IN
THE WORLD AND THE PICTURES ARE SO BEAUTIFUL AND OF THAT ERA, WE ARE SO VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS VIDEO. PLUS OF COURSE DIANE BISH IS A MOST EXCELLENT ORGANIST. HOW WONDERFUL!! CAZZIE511.13.13.11
Proof that you don't need a lot of keys to get massive tone, and watching the mechanical parts working is fascinating. What is causing the key (G?) on the left end to move by itself?
@db0956 She activated the manual to pedal coupler which allows the manual to be playable by the feet. Because this is a mechanical instrument, keys move together while coupled. When she activated this coupler, it connected the manual to pedal which makes the pedal that she plays with her feet cause the same key on the manual to also play. This is also known as "Phantom key movement." On electro-pneumatic organs, keys don't have to move together because there are no mechanical linkages.
@Txboy85A If there any scores left, they are probably written in old square-note notation. Alot of organ music from this period would have been originally to boost the strength of the schola cantata singing polyphonic chant.
Thank you so much, Diane. The stops have marvelously brilliant vocalizations. Wouldn't it be fascinating if it were possible to identify all the persons who have left fingerprints on the keys, over the years?
In those days of the bellows action, it would be a royal community commitment just to play a simple hymn.
The first video didn't explain the odd keyboard setup. This video gives a better idea of how difficult this instrument is to play, but she plays it with remarkable ease.
Threetails 4 weeks ago
Why are there so many horrible comments on this video? The organ is a beautiful treasure and Diane Bish is an world-class organist. I wish I could play as delicately as her.
StellaIrisandTess 4 weeks ago
sunshine34ification
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topaakk 4 weeks ago
@sunshine34ification Shame on you! That's not a nice thing to say about Diane Bish. I love organ music immensely. To me, Diane Bish is one of the finest organists there is, if not the finest! She's the "first lady" of the organ. I've seen her show, "The Joy of Music" numerous times, and enjoy it still.
DonaldFranklin67 1 month ago
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bayerasa 1 month ago
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id like to fuck this bish.....
sunshine34ification 2 months ago
brilliant cmw52
cazzie511 2 months ago
I BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE THIS IS THE OLDEST PLAYABLE ORGAN IN
THE WORLD AND THE PICTURES ARE SO BEAUTIFUL AND OF THAT ERA, WE ARE SO VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS VIDEO. PLUS OF COURSE DIANE BISH IS A MOST EXCELLENT ORGANIST. HOW WONDERFUL!! CAZZIE511.13.13.11
cazzie511 2 months ago
What a pity,I stood in front of the Cathedral ,took photos but didn't come inside.
zubnik1 3 months ago
Didn't she say it was in the 1300s in the first part of the video? Now it's in the 1400s?
whatifboy 4 months ago
@whatifboy in the description stands: "The organ, built in 1390 ..."
DuBistAhnungslos 2 months ago
someone knows how the last song is called?
rodstartube 5 months ago
I wanted her to play some Monkees or Focus
willdatsun1 5 months ago
Proof that you don't need a lot of keys to get massive tone, and watching the mechanical parts working is fascinating. What is causing the key (G?) on the left end to move by itself?
db0956 8 months ago
@db0956 the feet of the organist, it´s called pull-down pedal
fogeus 5 months ago
@db0956 She activated the manual to pedal coupler which allows the manual to be playable by the feet. Because this is a mechanical instrument, keys move together while coupled. When she activated this coupler, it connected the manual to pedal which makes the pedal that she plays with her feet cause the same key on the manual to also play. This is also known as "Phantom key movement." On electro-pneumatic organs, keys don't have to move together because there are no mechanical linkages.
TheOrganPro 5 months ago
shes hoottttt
pilotoatomico 8 months ago
I wonder if they have some sheet music left from the period. Heck they have bibles still around from then-
Txboy85A 9 months ago
@Txboy85A If there any scores left, they are probably written in old square-note notation. Alot of organ music from this period would have been originally to boost the strength of the schola cantata singing polyphonic chant.
hartleymartin 8 months ago
2:27 and 2:31 < love his face
starbreez3 9 months ago
Sir(s): "C'est tre'jolis."--J.D.
torstvillinger 10 months ago
Slayer!
thisperfectworld 11 months ago
Nice to learn that it took three people to play the organ. One sat at the console while two others worked the bellows.
Streetcar1743 1 year ago 2
how old is she now ?
pianobach88 1 year ago
@pianobach88 she'll be 70 in about 2 weeks
TheEltestosteron 10 months ago
Wow, thank you so much for sharing this wonderful history with us :D
Classicalguy12 1 year ago
Very Interesting thanks for sharing!
RobCharles1981 1 year ago
Thank you so much, Diane. The stops have marvelously brilliant vocalizations. Wouldn't it be fascinating if it were possible to identify all the persons who have left fingerprints on the keys, over the years?
In those days of the bellows action, it would be a royal community commitment just to play a simple hymn.
Amazing.
Tom
tommax26 1 year ago
thats very interesting! thank you for this video!
moechtegernPianist 1 year ago