Final from Sonata I by Guilmant

[OrganNLou]

St Ann & The Holy Trinity (Brooklyn)?

[AeolianSkinner1983]

Wow! This is great too! What Skinner or Aeolian-Skinner are u playing on.

[MrAlex413x]

WOW i want that 32' bombarde under my bed to wake me up in a morning ! :p

[steelersfanhawaii]

Cool, I think you purposely held the pedal a split second or two longer so us listeners can hear the 'death rattle' of the 32' Bombarde, right?

[PipeQuest]

I really like that sound at 3:51.

Great job.

[lustful2]

Actually you manage to give a convinicing performance even though the tempo was a bit unsteady at times. A very awkward piece to play really. I hate all that three part pedalling on the last page of this Finale movement. The Pipe Organ sounds pretty good although in need of some attention to the action very noisy at times and a distraction to the music. And wow that's one hell of a Contra Bombarde 32 u have there well done.

[edolch]

Just make sure you keep to the same tempo and watch some of those pedal notes. It's a tricky piece, but amazingly fun to play.

[esfloon]

very well done, keep your wrists straight and stick with the tempo.

[miltonabbey1]

Reasonably enjoyable - my colleague played this after evensong at Salisbury Cathedral last term which is considered to be a splendid English cathedral instrument

[deefromott]

omg thats awesome man

[Brandotuomikoski]

oh my god!! that 32' Bombarde is ridicules!! I wish my Johannus 32 sounded like that!

[edolch]

In the same boat as you buddy! The church I just got hired at has a Johannus Rembrandt 397...it's fairly large, but still a toaster with reeds that leave a bit to be desired. I should be planning for a 70+ ranks pipe organ next summer though.

[virginiaorganbuilder]

Old South Church, Boston!! This organ is a combination of two Skinner organs, blended together and wrecked by Casavant in the 80's. Fred Mcarthur was the organist then, and he was very disappointed. Plus, the organ's about three times the size the church needs.  Four 32' flues and two reeds. Sheesh. (And as for the playing- lots of notes but not much music. Slow down a little and keep it steady, and try a little less gooey legato- put some life in it.)

[patagiarius]

The more performances on American organs I've listened to the more I get the impression that there's only one basic principle: to have enormous numbers of claviatures and stops. Anyhow the sound of these organs will always be horrible.

[PiedPuyper]

Gee, I don't know. we have several german imports here, and they sound like fingernails on a chalkboard.

Nothing but dissonace from top to bottom

[vipdoc]

simply GREAT

claudio pezzotti ( a poor organist, always at the beginning !!!)

[290390001]

Terribly ugly organ and played bad!!! :s

[Organiste06]

There is no punch... Does the organist asleep on the organ?

[SkinnerEnthusiast]

Very nice sounding Skinner Organ, however it seems as though the voicing has been a bit "updated" and the organ rebuilt some time around the late 1950's - early 1960's. The tonal scheme seems changed, more so relating to the mixtures. The reeds seem characteristic of Skinner, but again some updated. Can anyone confirm this and by which builder?

[bsmithofjy]

Nice vid! Has anyone got the score for this piece?

[hung30306guy]

yeah, BAD time..... hook up a metronome

but, good technique and nice phrasing, just don't rush through it

[musicmaster159]

Too many tempo fluctuations for me. It shouldn't get faster in an easier section. When I play this piece, I try not to let the manual and piston changes get in the way of making good music.

Nonetheless, a good effort.

[fluteceleste]

Absolutely magnificent! That is such a hard piece.

[jmedia1]

Loved Your performance; thanks again. (One of my favorites, too)

[cinj9]

Great execution and fluidity. You use the "Skinner" colors very well. This is such a great piece and that reed is killer. I can see why it is one of your favs. Keep it up!!!

[jmedia1]

Very nice performance of a great piece of music; thanks!

[tromboneplaya411]

I don't know much about organ, but this sure sounded nice! pretty amazing to me.

[mogemoets]

that reed DOES rock....BTW

WHERE did we decide this was recorded, BTW?

Love your playing, BTW~!

I'd also love to see/hear a post of you playing my memory (ALL the BEST PEOPLE play by MEMORY, you know...!)

When I was a debutante, we were made to finger EVERY NOTE of the manuscripts we played. It's nice to see your fingerings in the passages of the score...

Martin

[MartinHuijzer]

I love this one so much, I´ve seen it already 6 times!

[GrandeChoeur]

Very nice! Great job! Post more videos! Thanks!

[contratromba858]

Wow, now don't *I* feel like an idiot. I see now the shots of the facade are that of the back and not the front! Oops!

[contratromba858]

This isn't old South Church, in response to Desiree.

[julorg]

Then why do we see the organ facade of Old South Church ???

[DesireeDeFete]

OH!

Old South Church?

[DesireeDeFete]

I love me some Guilmant. Im going to learne this for Organ with Orchestra

[OrganistSascha]

fantastic work, great , I love the sound and this piece of Guilamnt

[Velostigmat]

Which Skinner is it?

[posaune16]

Beautifully played, very nicely filmed. Good show. Also - fantastic instrument!