Chris Lawton at the organ of Southampton Guildhall: O God, our help in ages past

Another of me playing the giant Compton organ at the Guildhall in Southampton, Hampshire.

For this second video I move over to the 'classic' console which features the Compton patent luminous stop controls. Im playing the hymn 'O God, our help in ages past' to the tune 'St Anne' which shows off the sheer power of this machine!

The reason I chose this hymn was because it was written by Isaac Watts who was born in Southampton in 1674. The Guildhall features a 155ft clock tower with 9 bells and this tune is played every 4 hours.

For a full specification of the 'classic console' please click this following link:

http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N11620

NOTE: this is purely my interest in order to make sure that these fine organs are archived forever and I do not make any monetary profit by this video being on youtube.

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[colinburrows865]

Chris  This sounds absolutely great Are you in competiton with Rob Charles. Both os you make my day

[ChrisLawtonorganist]

@colinburrows865 thank you! I was hoping Rob was able to join me at Southampton - he would have been ideal for this instrument!

[oldbear52]

You really make this side of the instrument sing out!

Thank you again for sharing!!!

[ChrisLawtonorganist]

@oldbear52 thank you Dave!

[007vauxhall]

One of my favourites Chris, and what an organ and sound to play it on. You have made me very happy..Thanks yet again Chris. Excellent! :-)

[ChrisLawtonorganist]

@007vauxhall thank you Paul!  Comments like this make it all the more worthwhile!

[ChrisLawtonorganist]

@cornwall59 the first time I ever saw it wasnt of such luxury - it was when I was on the train going to Weymouth! lol

[cornwall59]

"Yes" very R C! Lol! i like the variety of this organ, the clock tower you mentioned Chris, ive seen that when i was boarding the Cruise ship going on holiday a few times now.

[RobCharles1981]

@ChrisLawtonorganist Oo I did :-)

[ChrisLawtonorganist]

@RobCharles1981 thought you would like that - 32ft reeds!