*Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring* Pipe Organ

Played using Hauptwerk using the St Anne's, Mosley sample set. A relatively simple song to play, I whipped this up within a couple of days. I think this version is slightly too fast...For the critics I stress that this is not the best performance, but I welcome any tips for a better performance.

ABOUT ME: I am a 17 year old organist and am fully self-taught. I enjoy playing whenever I can for my local church, bringing quality music to the ears of many. I am not the best organist and I can say I'm definitely not the worst. I love playing classical organ repertoire, especially french romantic music.

Registration used for this song-
GREAT - Lieblich Gedeckt 8
SWELL - Trumpet 8
PEDAL - Bass Flute 8

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Pipe
• Organ
• Jesu
• Joy
• of
• Man's
• Desiring
• Hauptwerk
• St
• Anne's
• Moseley
• Wedding
• Music
• Bach

[MrP2409]

Diapason I think you've done a great job for a 17 year old. People are right about using the right registration with this song: you need to make the choral segment fly out of the the bass. Anyway, that's just a matter of hearing professional recordings, and choosing your settings.

Ignore professional nasties like canyoubelievethis - these trolls show poor manners, which always signifies poor musicians. Using phrases from the 1950's show's she's either very old, or very dorky, not sure which.

[diapason93]

@MrP2409 Thank you very much. What most people watching these videos do not realise, is that I am playing on a cheap keyboard plugged into a laptop which runs Hauptwerk. Due to lack of funds, I am yet to purchase a pedalboard and a professional audio card. Because of the 'latency' experienced when I play because of this lack of equipment, it is IMPOSSIBLE to play gently, expressively and on time.

[canyoubelievethis220]

Use some strings. What a horrible sound. You should know better than to use these kind of stops with a flowing song such as this. Pull some strings out!

[diapason93]

@canyoubelievethis220 I wouldn't call it a horrible sound, but I must partially agree with you. The registration used in this piece was far from what it deserves. This was recorded on the spare of the moment. Not only that, I was only 17 years old with limited knowledge. This piece calls for flutes, in my opinion, or maybe a smooth principal 8. A vox humana or another soft reed like a cromorne is perfect to accentuate the 'vocal' lines in the song.

[fissionesque]

Regardless of the improvements that I'm sure you've made by now, you're a fine organist and you'll only get better.

[diapason93]

@fissionesque Thank you very much. :D I have improved thankfully. More videos to come soon!!

[diapason93]

@80spopQueen I really do not know what you mean here......If you want to upload a video of yourself playing it perfectly, then please do.

[80spopQueen]

you didn't hold out any of the notes that needed to be held out. you sir get a blank face =I

[canyoubelievethis220]

@DHS11999

Common little person? How do you like the red tie I am wearing? What's this? You mean you can't see it? But you seem to be able to THINK you see me as a little person. And "If I 'wear' your music director ..." ? Don't you mean "If I 'were'?" You poor little thing. It seems as if those 6 years spent in the 3rd grade didn't do you any good. And yes, stick a fork in you because "you're done."

[DHS11999]

@canyoubelievethis220 Put bluntly, you are a dim, boorish and startlingly common little person. Your kind loves to start shit anonymously because you haven't the fortitude to do it personally. "a scolding"??? If I wear your music director, you'd be getting your pink slip. You, Miss Thing, are blindingly annoying. I am done here.

[canyoubelievethis220]

@Ryandinho14

Like I told the other troll on here - "if you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen." My music director would give me a scolding if I were to play something this bad. If you think it's great, that's your opinion. I have stated my opinion and like I stated, "if you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen."

[canyoubelievethis220]

@DHS11999

Seems as if you've gotten your panties in a wad. If you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen. And to sum it up nicely from the wording of your comment "I am more professional on my worst day than you are on your best day."

[Ryandinho14]

@canyoubelievethis220 the hell are you to criticize? what a horrible sound? more like what a horrible comment? you're a joke to the music community

[kryptoday]

It was ok. Keep practicing/improving! One critique: the photo you used over promises, and is bound to produce at least some disappointment in the viewer/hearer. I was expecting big pipe and big hall sound.

[TheMboucher]

Wow! Another 17 year old organist---as am I. A very, very good interpretation of Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. The reverb isn't too good, but oh well! Every note is clear and in its proper place. You're self taught? I learned by ear at first, then took up lessons a few years ago. Still at the organ.

And I also love J.S. Bach's organ music very, very much. Keep up the good work!

[JoRoAM1]

OOPS! Here??? I meant to spell "hear".