"O God Our Help In Ages Past" Recessional Hymn

[ifuliki]

I SING THE DESCANT TO THIS. Ii JUST LIVE THIS.

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[joenwayne]

@ifuliki

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[TheFeather13]

he's as good as my mother

[joenwayne]

@TheFeather13

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[amyringerpink]

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[kenpalmer1965]

It sounds like you ended with an interesting descant on the final verse.Dynamic!

[joenwayne]

@kenpalmer1965 Lower right below the video, click the double down arrows - usually full information there.

The harmonization on the final stanza here is by English musician/composer, Sir Edward Bairstow (1874-1946).

[kenpalmer1965]

Once again,another beautiful hymn with an excellent organ sound to go along with it! I can see you in the video now! Do you still live in New Jersey out of curiosity? Great job!

[Aritul]

What a joy it is to hear a pipe organ accompanying a traditional hymn. Thanks for posting this.

[joenwayne]

@Aritul Thanks for viewing and your comments.

Greetings from NJ.

Cheers,

Wayne

[Filadelfiagemeente]

Awesome!

[joenwayne]

@Filadelfiagemeente Thanks for your comment and for viewing.

Groet naar u in Nederland van New Jersey, USA.

[duncaniyk]

i love the organ here,,,,,writing from cyprus

[joenwayne]

Thanks for viewing and your comments.

Greetings to you in Cyprus from New Jersey, USA.

[milesaway05]

This is a lovely hymn, the writier Isaac Watts is from Southampton where I live, and the bell tower in the city centre plays this at 12 noon and 4pm

[joenwayne]

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Greetings to you in Southampton, UK from New Jersey, USA.

[007vauxhall]

Excellent. and very well played!

Best Wishes from. U.K.

[joenwayne]

Thanks for viewing and your kind comments.

Greetings to you in the UK from NJ, USA.

[lynfran]

That's good advice regarding soloing out. It's something I really need to get better at. Thanks for sharing that.

[Zmusicbox]

Beautiful! Nothing inspires me like the sound of a mighty pipe organ well played.That is also one of my very favourite hymns.

[joenwayne]

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[rgsfield]

You played it at the same tempo as I remember from the First Presbyterian Church in San Diego, as played in the 1960s by Virginia Cox. VERY moving & beautiful.

[joenwayne]

Thank you!

[4sm2use]

This was great. But the organist played too fast. Slow it down a little. Maybe it was because it was being played as a recessional hymn.

Great arrangement, however.

[pipeorgan4ever]

Hey "4sm2use" what are your qualifications to be a church music critic? Geeze - give the guy a break. Were you there? How do you know what went into the decision for the tempo? I think it's nice and stately.

[octavebasse8]

Is there some sort of trick to soloing out the melody???

Because you are really good at it!

[joenwayne]

No "trick" involved - just practice, practice, practice. Learn trio sonatas - they develop independence of the hands and feet. Practice hymns playing RH melody and Pedal without the LH - practice LH and Pedal without the RH melody. Practice RH melody, LH Alto and Tenor, Pedal Bass line - practice this same thing playing the melody an octave lower to help develop independence.

Thanks for viewing and your comments.

[octavebasse8]

Thank you!!!

I'm going to have to try that when when I go to practice Friday night.

[willgsp]

Wonderful! I noticed you moved it quite a bit faster then Virgil Fox used to. :)

[joenwayne]

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[KE5RHD]

There's always that little bit of roast that gets burned. Its the best part as my pastor always said when he went over on the sermon.

[orgeldude]

Would have loved to see the recessional. Is the nave long? The choir recessing looked like they were going to a fire.  I have long gotten on choirs for this very thing.

[joenwayne]

If you go to our:

Rutter "Lux aeterna" from "Requiem"

it has video of the church interior

[organpipe8]

Beautiful - I played for many years in Episcopal Churchs, I miss it.... Thanks for bringing back some fond memorise, great performance. Lance

[theremin137]

WOW! What a powerful sound the organ has! I really like the harmonization on the last verse - improvisation!

Great playing, too!

[joenwayne]

The last stanza harmonization is by Edward Bairstow. Thanks for viewing and comments.

[dzradiodr]

Beautiful, Nice job...way to finish strong on final 2 verses. Very enjoyable.

[joenwayne]

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