Delalande Fanfare on the Yale Organ

my own arrangement of Michel-Richard Delalande's Fanfare tune played at Woolsey Hall, Yale University. 1928 EM Skinner Organ. First theme with Tuba Mirabilis, last time with Solo Trumpet Harmonique, the most brassy stop you've ever heard.Unfortunately taped with VHS, therefore poor pic&sound quality

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• classical
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• pipe
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• religious
• skinner

[Organsk8er]

If the effect of a real trumpeter was the desired one, I'd say E.M. Skinner nailed it! That is quite the stop...geez...

[fluteceleste]

@Organsk8er absolutely! I wonder whether anybody tried to copy the "Trumpet Harmonique" (which most people erroneosly think to be of french style, but this stuff is different!) It is the most brassy stop you can imagine. I forgot to use the mirabilic tuba in addition to the Harmonique, the way Tom Murray used to do it on the Yale Demo CD, thus leading to an even more impressive effect! the wonderful world of high pressure..

[esfloon]

I live not too far from woolsey hall, in new haven and I've played this instrument, it's very intimidating. However I think #1 on my fav organs.

[fluteceleste]

my #1 too!

[theomartinus]

un dia ganza gnepf erscht, zuwa sin dia?

[fluteceleste]

zom beischpiel zom dia Tröta-regischter ziaga!

[FromHolbergsTime]

Gorgeous textures roll out in mellifluous, musical waves from this venerable instrument. One senses a kind of Elgarian nobility in this fullness of sound, a place where the hearts and minds of innumerable artists may peaceably reside in perpetual splendor.

[CoutureOrganiste]

I think we are all a bit tired of reading your thread on every organ video page about how wonderful the Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ is. Give it a rest!

[mrstevecbournias]

The Harmonique is an exact duplicate of the Mirabilis EXCEPT it has modified French-type shallots and is the very first such ''french'' stop at Aeolian-Skinner and was added in 1931 by Donald Harrison voiced by Oscar Pearson who started at Skinner in 1919 and became head reed voicer in 1928. In 1931 Harrison replaced the wooden bells of the bottom 12 of the Bombarde 32 with metal ones and added a new English Horn 8 to the orchestral section in lieu of the previous one.

I played these stops b4.

[ebenasire]

I heard E. Power Biggs play this organ during my student days. As I recall, he didnt do a great job.. it sounded as if he hadn't taken the time to know the organ very well.. Luther Noss did a

great job with this marvelous Skinner Organ. Paul Hindemith preferred to play his famous organ works on the (then) new Battel Chapel Organ..

[organgoesheavy]

@fluteceleste

Herrlicher Konter.

Um dia ganza Knepf sans zu beneide!

Ich mag Ihre Version sehr. Alles Gute Ihnen weiterhin.

[guinguette07]

The score for Trumpet & Organ is available at Maurice ANDRE's website.

[thonyus]

@Arky83mi Interesting; I am 5'9" or so, and I had no trouble at all reaching the farthest stops when I played there; it was hardly a stretch at all. Maybe it comes down to the length of the organist's arms.

[caesarcerf]

Fantastic! cheers and thanks so much for playing this, in the States, criminally neglected composer so well.

[mikedc2020]

DANG, at first I thought that was a real trumpeter!

[intoprogrock]

Of course.What I meant is that EMS would be proud that this organ is still loved and taken care of and has had little modification since it was rebuilt in 1928/29. Sad to say so many of his other instruments were destroyed or modified beyond recognition because of the dreadful baroque revival of the 40's and 50's.