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Marcus Reeves | Organist
United Kingdom
Приєднався 31 гру 2021
Welcome to my UA-cam channel, the aim of which is to produce high quality organ videos.
As Director of Music at a leading Catholic co-educational prep school in the UK a significant part of my job is to play the organ for services in our beautiful Georgian chapel, including at Mass every Sunday. Prior to teaching, I was a first-study organist at Southampton University where I was fortunate to study with Stephen Farr and David Owen Norris before becoming a Choral Scholar for a year at Truro Cathedral.
I hope you enjoy these videos and please do subscribe to the channel to stay up to date with the latest uploads. There's a huge amount we can learn from each other!
As Director of Music at a leading Catholic co-educational prep school in the UK a significant part of my job is to play the organ for services in our beautiful Georgian chapel, including at Mass every Sunday. Prior to teaching, I was a first-study organist at Southampton University where I was fortunate to study with Stephen Farr and David Owen Norris before becoming a Choral Scholar for a year at Truro Cathedral.
I hope you enjoy these videos and please do subscribe to the channel to stay up to date with the latest uploads. There's a huge amount we can learn from each other!
Buxtehude – Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BuxWV 211 // Görlitz Sonnenorgel
Buxtehude's setting of the Lutheran choral _Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland_ is perhaps less well known than Bach's larger scale version from the Leipzig Chorales, which I have previously recorded for the channel. (ua-cam.com/video/ViLxQ3fHAZg/v-deo.html) However, in its miniature form, it is every bit as beautiful. Buxtehude presents the melody in an embellished form with a dignified accompaniment, which seems designed to convey something of the solemnity of the Advent season. The fact that the accompanying voices carry a good share of the melodic material is testament to the genius of Buxtehude's compositional style.
Although the Mathis organ (the Sonnenorgel) in the church of St Peter & St Paul, Görlitz (sampled for Hauptwerk by Sonus Paradisi) is a huge instrument, it is capable of being beguilingly intimate too. The 'Hobois' of the Brustwerk (combined with the 4' flute and Tertia on the same division) made for a characterful combination well suited to this piece.
#hauptwerk #sonusparadisi #görlitz
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Marcus
Although the Mathis organ (the Sonnenorgel) in the church of St Peter & St Paul, Görlitz (sampled for Hauptwerk by Sonus Paradisi) is a huge instrument, it is capable of being beguilingly intimate too. The 'Hobois' of the Brustwerk (combined with the 4' flute and Tertia on the same division) made for a characterful combination well suited to this piece.
#hauptwerk #sonusparadisi #görlitz
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If you have enjoyed this video and wish to support my work further, please hit like and consider subscribing to my channel. This is the most important thing you can do. Making money is not my primary motive in producing these videos, I enjoy playing the organ (it's a big part of my full-time job) and the art of video editing. However, if you wish to encourage me to keep making quality videos, please consider making a donation: www.paypal.me/mrorganist. All donations will be invested back into the channel.
Thank you for watching. 😀
Marcus
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Buxtehude - Fuga in C BuxWV 174 // Noordbroek Schnitger
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Born around 1637, Dietrich Buxtehude held the post of organist at the Marienkirche in Lübeck for the majority of his life and he was a seminal figure in the North German Organ School. The Fuga in C major BuxWV 174 (for manuals only) is known as his 'jig' fugue thanks to the compound time signature and spritely style. It seems highly plausible that it was known by J. S. Bach, who was a great adm...
Folk Tune - Percy Whitlock // St David's Cathedral
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Originally as a chorister and subsequently as assistant organist, Percy Whitlock was closely associated with Rochester Cathedral until the age of twenty-seven, when he became organist and choirmaster of St Stephen's Church in Bournemouth. Although he composed a number of larger scale pieces for organ, he is generally remembered for his smaller pieces, of which his _Folk Tune_ is a particularly ...
Stanford - Postlude on a Theme of Gibbons (Song 22) Op. 105 No. 2 // Salisbury Cathedral
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Stanford's second set of Short Preludes and Postludes Op. 105 was published in 1908, just a year after the first set. The six pieces in the set alternate between preludes and postludes and half of the pieces are based upon tunes composed by the great English renaissance composer, Orlando Gibbons. The second piece in the set, a postlude, utilises fragments of Gibbon’s Song 22. The tune often acc...
Bach - Prelude & Fugue in C major BWV 545 // Velesovo Močnik
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Youthful and exuberant, Bach's Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 545 is most likely an early work from his time in Mühlhausen. Well-crafted and assured, the piece is an apt demonstration of the young Bach’s confidence. Its history is rather complex, appearing in another form in B flat but also in versions with two different slow movements inserted between the prelude and fugue. Played without th...
Prelude in Eb Op. 41 No. 1 - Alexandre Guilmant // Landau St Maria
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The Parisian concert organist and composer, Alexandre Guilmant, was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer to a family of organists and organ builders. Largely self-taught, he studied for a short period with Lemmens, the great Belgian organist. Although he held the position as organist at La Trinité in Paris, it was in the concert hall where he achieved fame. He was received by Queen Victoria at Windsor Cast...
William Harris - Prelude in Eb // Chemnitz Sauer
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The English organist and composer, Sir William Henry Harris (1883-1973) is best known for his Anglican choral music, much of which was composed during his tenure as organist of St George's Chapel, Windsor. Prior to that Harris held positions at New College and Christ Church, Oxford. In addition to his choral writing, Harris composed for organ over a period of 74 years. Many of these pieces are ...
Trumpet Tune in D - David Johnson // Romsey Abbey
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The Texan-born organist David Johnson was Professor of Music at Arizona State University for many years and evidently held great affection for trumpet tunes, having composed nine of them. Trumpet tunes are not a recent invention, they were popular during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries with some fine examples written by Purcell and perhaps most famously by Charpentier. This particular ...
Healey Willan - Adore te, devote // Salisbury Cathedral
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*Prelude ‘Thee we adore, O blessed Saviour’* _Adoro te, devote_ is one of the five beautiful hymns by St Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274). The Gregorian chant for this hymn formed the basis for this piece by Healey Willan dating drom 1954. Although born in England, James Healey Willan spent most of his professional life in Canada, most famously as precentor of the Church of St Mary Magdalene in Toron...
Prelude on 'Down Ampney' - Henry George Ley // Armley Schulze
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The Cotswold village of Down Ampney was the birthplace of Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), whose father was the vicar of All Saints Church. In 1906, Vaughan Williams named his tune for the great Pentecost hymn, 'Come down, O love divine' after his birthplace. Like Vaughan Williams, his near contemporary Henry George Ley (1887-1962) was the son of a clergyman and also born in the west of Engl...
Clément Loret - Prière (Douze Pièces pour Orgue) // Landau, St Maria
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Belgian-born Clément Loret (1833 - 1909) is an organist and composer of the nineteenth century. Despite being less famous than many of his French contemporaries, Loret’s influence can be heard in the music of Gabriel Fauré and Eugène Gigout, who were both pupils of Loret at the Niedermeyer School in Paris. Taken from a collection of twelve pieces for organ, this delightful _Prière_ is full of c...
Stanford - At Easter-tide // Romsey Abbey
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Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (30 September 1852 - 29 March 1924) is one of the giants of music in the Anglican Church. His choral and organ works are probably heard somewhere in the Anglican Communion almost daily. The Six Occasional Preludes are a later work, the third of which based upon an ancient Easter hymn. The chromaticism in this work is perhaps influenced by his studies in Leipzig, th...
Bach - Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV 625 // Noordbroek Schnitger
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Serious, somber and solid, Bach's setting of _Christ lag in Todesbanden_ BWV 625 from his _Orgelbüchlein_ captures in miniature the meaning of Easter. Repetitive descending semiquavers perhaps depict the death of Jesus but an upbeat tempo portrays something of the glory of the resurrection. In just over a minute of music, Bach has perfectly captured the first verse of Luther's chorale, upon whi...
Herzlich tut mich verlangen BWV 727 - Johann Sebastian Bach // Kampen Hinsz
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Hans Leo Hassler's melody from 1600 began life as a secular song but is now better known in its various chorale settings; _Herzlich tut mich verlangen_ and _O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden_ are two of the more famous examples. The melody, set in the Phrygian mode, has a long association with death and has been set by many composers from Bach to Brahms, and in more contemporary songs by the likes o...
Organ Sonata No. 3 in A major - Felix Mendelssohn // Armley Schulze
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The Six Organ Sonatas by Felix Mendelssohn are considered to be amongst the greatest works written for the organ. A skilled organist, Mendelssohn often visited the UK and it was here that he was commissioned to compose a "set of voluntaries", which were published in 1845. The third of the set, in A major, was completed shortly before his Violin Concerto in Bad Soden (near Frankfurt am Main) in ...
Pierre Du Mage - Tierce en Taille // St Maximin Isnard
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Pierre Du Mage - Tierce en Taille // St Maximin Isnard
Fantasia in G minor - Johann Pachelbel // Bückeburg Stadtkirche
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Fantasia in G minor - Johann Pachelbel // Bückeburg Stadtkirche
Buxtehude - Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt BuxWV 183 // Groningen Martinikerk
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Buxtehude - Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt BuxWV 183 // Groningen Martinikerk
Suite Gothique: Toccata - Léon Boëllmann // Nancy Cathedral
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Suite Gothique: Toccata - Léon Boëllmann // Nancy Cathedral
Théodore Dubois - Prière (Sept Pièces) // Nancy Cathedral
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Théodore Dubois - Prière (Sept Pièces) // Nancy Cathedral
Bach - ‘Gigue’ Fugue in G major BWV 577 // Krzeszów Engler
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Bach - ‘Gigue’ Fugue in G major BWV 577 // Krzeszów Engler
Marche-Sortie (Sept Pièces) - Dubois // Oloron-Sainte-Marie
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Marche-Sortie (Sept Pièces) - Dubois // Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Stanford - Six Short Preludes & Postludes Op. 101 No. 1 (Allegretto) // Salisbury Cathedral
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Stanford - Six Short Preludes & Postludes Op. 101 No. 1 (Allegretto) // Salisbury Cathedral
John Ireland - The Holy Boy // Romsey Abbey
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John Ireland - The Holy Boy // Romsey Abbey
Bach - In dulci jubilo BWV 729 // Görlitz Sonnenorgel
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Bach - In dulci jubilo BWV 729 // Görlitz Sonnenorgel
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen - Johannes Brahms // Chemnitz Sauer
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Es ist ein Ros entsprungen - Johannes Brahms // Chemnitz Sauer
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 - Johann Sebastian Bach // Kampen Hinsz
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Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 - Johann Sebastian Bach // Kampen Hinsz
Bach - Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 639 // Krzezsów Engler
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Bach - Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 639 // Krzezsów Engler
Rheinberger - Cantilene from Organ Sonata No. 11 // Chemnitz Sauer
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Rheinberger - Cantilene from Organ Sonata No. 11 // Chemnitz Sauer
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott BuxWV 184 - Dieterich Buxtehude // Noordbroek
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Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott BuxWV 184 - Dieterich Buxtehude // Noordbroek
Excelente contenido. Dios lo bendiga
Wonderful performance Marcus
Thank you!
Very tastefully played and very skilfully fitted into this huge acoustic.
Thanks very much! ☺️
This sounds great on this big monster, beautifully played, Marcus!
Thank you, Ralph.
Beautifully played!!!! and beautifully produced as always!!!
Thanks, Jerry!
Lovely Marcus, it sounds really nice on the Gorlitz sample set…….can’t beat a bit of Buxtehude especially at this time of year!! :-)
I love Buxtehude, and Görlitz is great too!
Just wonderful to start in the advent season. Sounds great with the sample set. A truly masterpiece. Thank you!
Thanks very much, Markus.
It's that time again. The beautiful melodies of the Advent season can be heard. Wonderful, dear Marcus, how you give life to this chorale arrangement by Buxtehude. I wish you a wonderful Advent season!
Many thanks, Roland! Advent is one of my favourite times of the year full of great music like this; I hope you have a wonderful Advent too.
A true classic. Nice registration. Punchy but still melodic with a tremulant!! Happy new year!!
I couldn’t resist the tremulant! Happy New Year to you too!
An excellent recording! Very well played! I like it very much! Thanks for uploading! Greetings from Germany!
Thank you very much!
Sounds perfect! Lovely tempo and your videography is as always wonderful to look at!
Glad you like it!
This piece can work using a variety of registrations, but this is just sublime! Thank you!
Thanks very much, James!
Perfectly suited to the warm colours of the St David's set. Nicely shaped and registered throughout.
Thanks very much, Paul.
I love this music so much and you played it welll, Marcus!
Thank you, Alejandro!
Great stuff!, I must look up the score to this one day, it seems like English music that would also work well on our continental organs.
It would work well on a continental organ, so long as you have an enclosed division. It’s a great piece!
@ Indeed… I might try and record it for my channel soon
What a sound! Bright and with joy well done Marcus
Thank you!
Very well done, Marcus! A great idea to play this fugue with a flute 4', it perfectly fits the piece.
Thanks, Ralph. It’s hard not to love a 4’ flute and Noordbroek’s Speelfuit sold the organ to me when I downloaded the demo when Jiri released it a few years ago. It’s a beautiful stop!
Oh yes dear Marcus, I am very happy to hear you again and it is fantastic that it is this great fugue by Buxtehude. A composition that I will probably never be able to play. But I am very happy about your recording, which touches me very much. Very beautiful! Many greetings, Roland
Thank you for your kindness, Roland.
Lovely playing - the first Whitlock I ever heard as a lad! And what a set, too - a tremendous achievement by Ivan Barritt.
It is a great achievement by Ivan, a superb set. I hugely enjoyed your Howells!
19^~~ I enjoy the video you re the best l want to have a good relationship so lm going there 🎁
Thanks for letting us hear this fine organ/model (from what I can hear through this demo) with a wonderful piece, well done Marcus!
Thanks very much, Ralph!
Choosing Whitlock's beautiful 'Folk Tune' is a wonderful way to demonstrate the softer sounds of this new sample set, Marcus, and your performance is both sublime and sensitive with your gorgeous registration choices (oh! the purring 32' at the end!): bravo!
Thank you, Graham. You can't beat a good 32' flue for those final notes!
Probably one of the most popular pieces by Whitlock, often used as a musical sorbet after a big loud work. You played it so beautifully, Marcus. Thanks for also highlighting this new English sample set.
It's a beautiful piece, perfectly suited to an organ just like this.
Percy Whitlock is an unfamiliar name to me, yet his music has a particularly beautiful way of reaching the heart. Very nice dear Marcus and best regards, Roland
Thanks, Roland. Whitlock wrote some wonderful music.
Thanks Marcus, one of my favourites! Tim
Thanks very much, Tim.
Nice! 👍
Thanks, Colin.
A fine piece, always to see that a composer was inspired by earlier composers. Well played!
Thank you, Ralph. There is something Elgarian in the opening as well; Stanford was clearly a man of many influences.
A very optimistic and joyful performance of this Stanford! The Salisbury sample set is sounding fresh as it was on the first day of its release too.
Thanks, James. Salisbury is still one of my favourites despite its age and lack of surround perspectives.
This is wonderfully lively music and it is really interpreted very well by this sample. Many thanks also for all the background information on this composition. Best regards, Roland
Thanks very much, Roland!
Thanks for this recording. Playing and video is 💯 as always 👍
Thank you!
Belle musique et belles chaussettes.
Merci beaucoup!
Thanks for this lively rendition, Marcus. And great to hear good old Velesovo again. An early, but still very good set.
Thanks, Ralph. There is much to commend about the Velesovo organ.
Congratulations on recording this marvellous piece of Bach! Will we hear the 547 next? 😄
Thanks, James. I love 547, and have been intending to record it for a while. I’ve never got around to learning the fugue so I must do that first.
Great video and playing. It sounds wonderful on that sample set and the tempo you have chosen is spot on. Congratulations!
Thanks very much, Philip!
And another piece added to my 'must learn this soon' list... The performance is just perfect: perfect tempo, registration, ornamentation. Great stuff indeed! (And a great selection of an organ: I do not think this piece sounds anywhere near as good on a romantic/symphonic organ)
Thanks you very much, Tim. I have one of those lists too…
@@MarcusReeves And they just seem to keep getting longer do they not
Love it!
Thanks! ☺️
Dear Marcus, another great work from the pen of J.S. Bach. Very beautiful, I experience it again and again, his music captivates me very much, as does your interpretation. Many thanks for the beautiful recording and best wishes, Roland
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment, Roland. It’s much appreciated.
Wonderful playing! This music brings me so much healing.
What a beautifully calm sound, Alexandre Guilmant wrote fantastic compositions, unfortunately they are much too difficult for me. Many thanks, dear Marcus, for the very sensitive recording. Kind regards, Roland
Thanks for listening, Roland. I’m sure you could play them too!
Thanks for recording and playing this beautiful piece by Guilmant! The fonds sound fantastic!
Many thanks!
A touching piece, thank you Marcus.
Thank you!
A beautiful performance. A beautiful organ, too. It shows you that certain rep really needs to be played on the proper instrument (and acoustic).
Thank you!
What a great rendition. Love your playing and the incredible good video performance
Thank you very much!
Like a fine good wine. Well played and kudos to your well thought out cinematography 🎉
Thanks very much, Philip.
A beautiful warm embracing sound, also thanks to your fine sensitive playing. Thanks for sharing, Marcus.
Thanks, Ralph!
It’s amazing that most French romantic music fits very well on this German instrument. Maybe even more than German Romantic music… well played. This is a lovely piece.
Thank you, Rien. I agree that this is a fine instrument for French romantic music.
Rousing performance
Thank you very much!
Sorry, war lange nicht mehr auf deinem Kanal. Hab irgendwie auch keine Benachrichtigungen mehr bekommen... Ganz tolle Sachen hast du aufgenommen. Das neuste gefällt mir sehr sehr gut. Und...du scheinst sehr viele Samples zu haben, stimmt's? 😉
Thank you Markus. Not as many samples as some! Is it possible to have too many?
A soft and calm and soothing prelude. I liked it very much and the registration is well chosen. Thanks Marcus!
Thank you, Philip.
Superb interpretation of this piece by Mendelsshon. Many thanks, Maestro
Thank you very much!