The organ is marvelous. I hope Trinity Church can buy this organ and keep it there. I looked at the parish website. It is a really beautiful church, but very sad to read they painted over the magnificent stations of the cross that was once there. They should have brought in conservetors to help preserve and restore those beautiful paintings. A terrible loss.
Thanks Scott Davis for the request for the Gordon Young Prelude in Classic Style. It is a piece I want played at my memorial service. It is like a fanfare sending my spirit to the creator in an eternal setting any believers in Jesus should find hope and delight, rather than moroseness and sadness. Richard, as usual, our gratitude for the exploration of sounds and your experience of discovery of new places to take us, even if vicariously. God bless you, Caroline, and Hugo - who grows more charming with each spotting.
You're welcome! It's the only non-hymn piece I have ever learned and performed (for a postlude in church) so it really holds a special meaning. It really was fun to play (I'm glad Richard liked it as well!) and it is easier to learn than I thought it would be.
Edifying as always 💕🎶 My heart goes out to the gentleman - I believe it was Paul - who lost his dear cat. My son rescued a severely injured older feral street cat in summer of 2017, and called him Percy. We had to say goodbye to him last year, poor old wild boy. We've had and lost many cats, most of them rescues. It's never easy. They each have their own personality 😽
Lovely! Especially "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind." Love the tune Rapton so much better than the other tune that is frequently played here in the states.
Very enjoyable Richard, I enjoyed listening to your registrations, very educational! I played a new Viscount organ for a wedding at ‘The Leys School’ in Cambridge a few years ago, that was also very impressive. I look forward to hearing your further comments about these organs.
Really enjoyed seeing Hugo…my favorite part of today’s VC. The outtakes were great fun. Thank you for sharing your gift of music and thank you for sharing Hugo.
Really enjoyed VC today. Particularly, the organ piece by Gordon Young. Also, all the cat photos.😊 Would love to join virtual choir. Watching the premiere, I noticed the sequence in the UA-cam description is incorrect. After the Young piece comes All Creatures of our God followed by Christ is the Seed. Just thought you might like to know. Thank you for the beautiful program.
For our South African churches - the option of “electronic/ digital “ organs could well be the answer because organ repair experts are few & far (1000-1500km) “between”!!!
I fully agree Richard that the stops are not responsive enough - that must be a real pain. And the 3 pedal stops on the swell jamb is confusing and ridiculous. Such a shame as the organ on the whole seems impressive. However with a price tag of £56k I think viscount should do a little refining and reorganising. As for you, Richard, the hymn says it all - “How great thou art”. Your style, skill and passion are to be envied. You make playing the organ look so easy, which I know from experience it’s not. Thank you for all you and Caroline do and let’s hope that your adorable Son, Hugo shares your gift and passion
They could make the stops in a different way, e.g. using capacitative touch. But they want to mimic the tactile aspects of the original pipe organ versions as much as possible. Part of why these organs are so expensive is that they try to fuse the antique with the modern and go very far to simulate the antique.
Apparently I’m 2 years late to the party. Typical of me. LOL This Viscount reminds me a lot of our Rodger’s in the States which had the illuminated draw knobs for ages, though I think now you can have a choice if traditional moving stops again. I played Rodgers’ biggest 3 manual in the early 90’s and the church even ponied up the money to have the head of the voicing division at headquarters fly down to personally voice it in the room, and also give it a double complement of speakers. Consequently it turned out fantastic! Far better than even the historic 3M/72rank EM Skinner I had at my first church of comparable size. Question - I understand them setting this Viscount console front and center for dedication concerts and such, but where does it usually sit in that building? Also, where are its speakers located to speak into the room?
Any chance of including the St Paul setting of the Eucharist written sometime around 1990 by Katherine Dienes when she was resident in Wellington Cathedral, NZ?
@@beautyinsound Don't know publication details. I bought a single copy directly off Katherine before she left to go to Britain. I will still have it somewhere in my archives. There is a recording of it on UA-cam, along with her Jesu Dulcis Memoria and the Evensong canticles: Katherine is playing the organ for these. ua-cam.com/play/OLAK5uy_ng2RFiBvI8rAq57_oVlVbThhc9f7DV7cQ.html
Ascribe unto the Lord, has a wonderful organ acompaniment. No good without the choir though. Stanford was truly gifted and has always been my favourite choral music composer. A day never goes by in my house, without loads of pipe organ and choral music from English choirs.
@@beautyinsound I am absolutely pleased with it. Every once in a while you can tell it’s a digital organ due to mice chewing on wires but it sounds great and has a good action on it. It’s perfect for us at least. I haven’t heard or played any other digital organs so I can not compare it to anything else.
Our church bought an Allen digital too around the same time. It’s wonderful and with the midi it’s very versatile- there’s nothing you can’t play. The only limitation was my skill.
Enjoying the recording. I wish Richard, that you would not refer to these organs as "electronic" - they are "digital". It may be an American bias. Electronic makes me think of those old Allen's and Rodgers' organs. My church got a Viscount, branded as Church Organ Systems in the USA at the time, 3 manual G525 that is the exact same style as that one. We got it in Sept 2000. Still very pleased. No problems. Thank you for your programs. I really enjoy them.
Thomas Williams was Welsh not English "obviously" or otherwise! The tune Ebenezer is also known as Ton-y-botel. Delighted to see you facing down the "if it hasn't got pipes I won't play it" nonsense. The church where I am organist has a 3 manual 35 stop Makin of which I am very fond. We had to replace a time-expired (and badly rebuilt) pipe organ and funds were limited. OK the Makin isn't a pipe organ, although some people have been fooled, but it is a great deal better than a Clavinova or, heaven forbid, a twang gang of guitarists and tambourine shakers. The pipe organ snobs simply don't live in the real world.
It's a fab organ, and it gave me a lot of pleasure playing it. As I said in the video - if this was all I had in my church then I'd be very happy indeed with it!
Great demonstration. I have a Viscount Chorum because I wanted to stick with sampled sound. I can’t get on with the Physis generated sounds, which is a shame, as the underpinning science is innovative. The 16’ pedal reeds sound tight and bright on all Physis organs, a characteristic I just can’t get around. I can’t describe it but it is as though the soundboards are very stiff. 4’ & 8’ reeds sound too synthetic. I nearly went for Physis but glad I stuck with sampled sound, it’ll be great one day, but isn’t quite there yet. Lack of octave and sub-octave couplers is annoying, Wyvern instruments have them, so do they have more processing power? As one of the very first people to use Hauptwerk in the UK just under two decades ago, it’s still the best for realism, even though it feels like playing a recording of an organ rather than the immediacy of some of these modern digital organs.
Thanks Graham. I read somewhere (perhaps on their website or in a brochure) that Physis goes through updates which are (presumably) available via download or USB stick. I liked the Physis sound if I'm honest, and in the church it sounded fantastic. I genuinely really enjoyed playing it!
Physis is an amazing technology which is unfortunately compromised by poor default voicings and less than average in-built audio systems. If you free the core sound of the organ and route it through good audio components, it shines.
Thanks for your comment Graham. Did you visit us in Bicester and get a thorough guide of all the different voice models and adjustments that can be made to them? I think you are right to say that the two technologies produce a different final impression but as you understand with 'Physis' the ability to manage the sound in detail at the instrument console after purchase is extraordinary. Glad to have you as a Viscount customer and goes to show that we have instruments for all tastes. Regards David
@@digitalpipes Thanks for your compliment on the technology. I have to agree that some of the 'factory fixed' voicings are less than excellent but they can be overwritten by a voicing you set up at the console. However with 4 free format vocing slots not many if any customers bother to do this. For all UK customers we provide in the User 1 slot our own English voicing which is far better than the factory default. Regards David
@@davidmason3606 Thanks, I have not had the chance to visit yet but perhaps one of these days. The Physis system sounds very good on most recordings, the only bit to my ear where it departs from reality too much are those pedal reeds and this seems universal across all official recordings and those from owners. But physical modelling is the future and I’m sure it will not be long before it is indistinguishable. I just have a very fussy ear like a tuner would have!
That was intentional - the choir was done last year (it's on the channel if you look for it) but the speeds of the two performances was different so I couldn't overlap the sound without it sounding comical!!
@@beautyinsound I enjoy everything you do and being a dad must be wonderful Hugo will be a great Organist. And hi to the Voice from Heaven Caroline. God bless everyone in your family I feed 14 feral cats 🐈 outside everyday
Richard I must agree that the Organ is absolutely splendid
The organ is marvelous. I hope Trinity Church can buy this organ and keep it there. I looked at the parish website. It is a really beautiful church, but very sad to read they painted over the magnificent stations of the cross that was once there. They should have brought in conservetors to help preserve and restore those beautiful paintings. A terrible loss.
It's fabulous
My spirit is always lifted in listening and watching! Grateful. Play on, good man!
Thanks Scott Davis for the request for the Gordon Young Prelude in Classic Style. It is a
piece I want played at my memorial service. It is like a fanfare sending my spirit to the
creator in an eternal setting any believers in Jesus should find hope and delight, rather
than moroseness and sadness. Richard, as usual, our gratitude for the exploration of
sounds and your experience of discovery of new places to take us, even if vicariously.
God bless you, Caroline, and Hugo - who grows more charming with each spotting.
You're welcome! It's the only non-hymn piece I have ever learned and performed (for a postlude in church) so it really holds a special meaning. It really was fun to play (I'm glad Richard liked it as well!) and it is easier to learn than I thought it would be.
"And let the little children come unto me" Wonderful! Thank you for such an inspiring & perfect VC today. Blessings upon you all!
Edifying as always 💕🎶 My heart goes out to the gentleman - I believe it was Paul - who lost his dear cat. My son rescued a severely injured older feral street cat in summer of 2017, and called him Percy. We had to say goodbye to him last year, poor old wild boy. We've had and lost many cats, most of them rescues. It's never easy. They each have their own personality 😽
Loved the Bloopers at the conclusion 👍👍👍
A MOST enjoyable VC - you really put the instrument through its paces - and of course we had all of the very best music and cats, and Hugo!!!!
Thanks for your wonderful request, and I hope 3 verses was adequate enough for you :)
Loving the sound of the choir! lol
They've never sounded so good! ;)
Lovely! Especially "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind." Love the tune Rapton so much better than the other tune that is frequently played here in the states.
Very enjoyable Richard, I enjoyed listening to your registrations, very educational!
I played a new Viscount organ for a wedding at ‘The Leys School’ in Cambridge a few years ago, that was also very impressive.
I look forward to hearing your further comments about these organs.
Really enjoyed seeing Hugo…my favorite part of today’s VC. The outtakes were great fun. Thank you for sharing your gift of music and thank you for sharing Hugo.
Really entertaining mix of music, thank you!
Actually loved that piece by the American composer “Young”!Very Refreshing!Thanks for the entire program-always inspiring!!
Yes, it’s a great piece for prelude music for weddings. It’s also not difficult to play, so is achievable with a minimum amout of practice!
The pedal technique ❤
Richard - great piece of advertising; I hope Viscount pay you a good commission!
Really enjoyed VC today. Particularly, the organ piece by Gordon Young. Also, all the cat photos.😊 Would love to join virtual choir. Watching the premiere, I noticed the sequence in the UA-cam description is incorrect. After the Young piece comes All Creatures of our God followed by Christ is the Seed. Just thought you might like to know. Thank you for the beautiful program.
Thanks for pointing that out - I'll get it updated :)
For our South African churches - the option of “electronic/ digital “ organs could well be the answer because organ repair experts are few & far (1000-1500km) “between”!!!
Same with Nigeria, where Organ repair experts have to even be flown in from outside the country in most cases
I fully agree Richard that the stops are not responsive enough - that must be a real pain. And the 3 pedal stops on the swell jamb is confusing and ridiculous. Such a shame as the organ on the whole seems impressive. However with a price tag of £56k I think viscount should do a little refining and reorganising. As for you, Richard, the hymn says it all - “How great thou art”. Your style, skill and passion are to be envied. You make playing the organ look so easy, which I know from experience it’s not. Thank you for all you and Caroline do and let’s hope that your adorable Son, Hugo shares your gift and passion
They could make the stops in a different way, e.g. using capacitative touch. But they want to mimic the tactile aspects of the original pipe organ versions as much as possible. Part of why these organs are so expensive is that they try to fuse the antique with the modern and go very far to simulate the antique.
Apparently I’m 2 years late to the party. Typical of me. LOL
This Viscount reminds me a lot of our Rodger’s in the States which had the illuminated draw knobs for ages, though I think now you can have a choice if traditional moving stops again.
I played Rodgers’ biggest 3 manual in the early 90’s and the church even ponied up the money to have the head of the voicing division at headquarters fly down to personally voice it in the room, and also give it a double complement of speakers. Consequently it turned out fantastic! Far better than even the historic 3M/72rank EM Skinner I had at my first church of comparable size.
Question - I understand them setting this Viscount console front and center for dedication concerts and such, but where does it usually sit in that building? Also, where are its speakers located to speak into the room?
“All Creatures” was quite gorgeous!
I agree - that Dupre sounded awesome on that machine in that beautiful church! A perfect match indeed! Thank you for sharing it with us.
Any chance of including the St Paul setting of the Eucharist written sometime around 1990 by Katherine Dienes when she was resident in Wellington Cathedral, NZ?
Don't know that setting... is it published?
@@beautyinsound Don't know publication details. I bought a single copy directly off Katherine before she left to go to Britain. I will still have it somewhere in my archives.
There is a recording of it on UA-cam, along with her Jesu Dulcis Memoria and the Evensong canticles:
Katherine is playing the organ for these.
ua-cam.com/play/OLAK5uy_ng2RFiBvI8rAq57_oVlVbThhc9f7DV7cQ.html
To keep count of verses I used to play on alternate manuals or registrations 😉😉🖐
Richard McVeigh it is my favourite anthem
Ascribe unto the Lord, has a wonderful organ acompaniment. No good without the choir though. Stanford was truly gifted and has always been my favourite choral music composer. A day never goes by in my house, without loads of pipe organ and choral music from English choirs.
My church has an Allen digital organ, installed about 5 years ago.
Are you pleased with it? I haven't played a new Allen, and I'd like to hear how they sound compared with the new Viscount organs...
@@beautyinsound I am absolutely pleased with it. Every once in a while you can tell it’s a digital organ due to mice chewing on wires but it sounds great and has a good action on it. It’s perfect for us at least. I haven’t heard or played any other digital organs so I can not compare it to anything else.
Our church bought an Allen digital too around the same time. It’s wonderful and with the midi it’s very versatile- there’s nothing you can’t play. The only limitation was my skill.
Enjoying the recording. I wish Richard, that you would not refer to these organs as "electronic" - they are "digital". It may be an American bias. Electronic makes me think of those old Allen's and Rodgers' organs. My church got a Viscount, branded as Church Organ Systems in the USA at the time, 3 manual G525 that is the exact same style as that one. We got it in Sept 2000. Still very pleased. No problems. Thank you for your programs. I really enjoy them.
What a cute baby...!
Thomas Williams was Welsh not English "obviously" or otherwise! The tune Ebenezer is also known as Ton-y-botel.
Delighted to see you facing down the "if it hasn't got pipes I won't play it" nonsense. The church where I am organist has a 3 manual 35 stop Makin of which I am very fond. We had to replace a time-expired (and badly rebuilt) pipe organ and funds were limited. OK the Makin isn't a pipe organ, although some people have been fooled, but it is a great deal better than a Clavinova or, heaven forbid, a twang gang of guitarists and tambourine shakers. The pipe organ snobs simply don't live in the real world.
It's a fab organ, and it gave me a lot of pleasure playing it. As I said in the video - if this was all I had in my church then I'd be very happy indeed with it!
: Klingt immer noch synthetisch: Ich bevorzuge Samples von Hauptwerk!
Great demonstration. I have a Viscount Chorum because I wanted to stick with sampled sound. I can’t get on with the Physis generated sounds, which is a shame, as the underpinning science is innovative. The 16’ pedal reeds sound tight and bright on all Physis organs, a characteristic I just can’t get around. I can’t describe it but it is as though the soundboards are very stiff. 4’ & 8’ reeds sound too synthetic. I nearly went for Physis but glad I stuck with sampled sound, it’ll be great one day, but isn’t quite there yet. Lack of octave and sub-octave couplers is annoying, Wyvern instruments have them, so do they have more processing power? As one of the very first people to use Hauptwerk in the UK just under two decades ago, it’s still the best for realism, even though it feels like playing a recording of an organ rather than the immediacy of some of these modern digital organs.
Thanks Graham. I read somewhere (perhaps on their website or in a brochure) that Physis goes through updates which are (presumably) available via download or USB stick. I liked the Physis sound if I'm honest, and in the church it sounded fantastic. I genuinely really enjoyed playing it!
Physis is an amazing technology which is unfortunately compromised by poor default voicings and less than average in-built audio systems. If you free the core sound of the organ and route it through good audio components, it shines.
Thanks for your comment Graham. Did you visit us in Bicester and get a thorough guide of all the different voice models and adjustments that can be made to them? I think you are right to say that the two technologies produce a different final impression but as you understand with 'Physis' the ability to manage the sound in detail at the instrument console after purchase is extraordinary. Glad to have you as a Viscount customer and goes to show that we have instruments for all tastes. Regards David
@@digitalpipes Thanks for your compliment on the technology. I have to agree that some of the 'factory fixed' voicings are less than excellent but they can be overwritten by a voicing you set up at the console. However with 4 free format vocing slots not many if any customers bother to do this. For all UK customers we provide in the User 1 slot our own English voicing which is far better than the factory default. Regards David
@@davidmason3606 Thanks, I have not had the chance to visit yet but perhaps one of these days. The Physis system sounds very good on most recordings, the only bit to my ear where it departs from reality too much are those pedal reeds and this seems universal across all official recordings and those from owners. But physical modelling is the future and I’m sure it will not be long before it is indistinguishable. I just have a very fussy ear like a tuner would have!
Choir tuba d above middle d is quiet. Could do with matching the other notes in volume
Richard I think I might have missed this
I’m sure there are lots you’ve missed… lots to catch up on! 😉
1:26:04 there's no sound from the choir!
That was intentional - the choir was done last year (it's on the channel if you look for it) but the speeds of the two performances was different so I couldn't overlap the sound without it sounding comical!!
Richard
James
@@beautyinsound Your so wonderful
@@beautyinsound I enjoy everything you do and being a dad must be wonderful Hugo will be a great Organist. And hi to the Voice from Heaven Caroline.
God bless everyone in your family
I feed 14 feral cats 🐈 outside everyday