Great performance - thanks for sharing. I am learning this in order to play it at my son's wedding next month. I am really a pianist not an organist so it's quite a challenge but I'm really enjoying the practise and it's all for a good cause! It's great to hear how you play this and to watch which manuals you are using etc.
@Chesterbarnes1 Sorry about the delay, I couldnt reply off my phone. I work in Kent in the field of security at the Channel Tunnel. Very different to playing the organ but very enjoyable none the less. Thanks for watching.
Great job Simon. I am due to play this for a wedding in a few months time. I am still practicing like crazy! Hopefully, if i play like you have on the day, it will be a success! Thanks for the video, I really enjoyed it. BTW. Don't appologise for your mistakes on the video. If anybody coments on them, ask if they can do any better! Well done.
Thank you very much for your comment, I have been playing this piece for a number of years now and with practice, you'll be amazing the audiance in four months. I must say, this recording is full of mistakes such as the tuba coming in on the crescendo pedal near the end and the wrong point but i cant re-record at the moment. if you can get someone to film it, you'll be able to post it on youtube too. best luck and wishes Si
Very good, misakes and all which we all make, you did well in the circumstances and you kept to the right speed. I must have another go at, I am very rusty now, its been about 15 years since I could play it.
@Chesterbarnes1 You're too kind. Thank you for your kind words. I am slowly getting playing more and having lessons. Who knows what the future holds. :-)
Hello, Yes i did shrink the music to A5 size. I'm not one for having page turners and so the only way for me to play is by shrinking the music. Its not too bad on this piece and I've had to "post it note" the top seven pages to the music stand. However, Louis Viernes Finale has so many pages that shinking that has made it so hard to read. If you go to a library they would be able to "reduce" the music for you if you ask. Thanks for watching.
Thank you very much!!! I have just really started playing again. The recording was done using a Korg MR-1 and two sennheiser microphones MK66 microphones up the transept of the cathedral. I'm rather please with the quality. The organ is fantastic to play and I was very lucky to do so. However, if you learn to drive in a sports car, nothing will ever compare. This was the first organ I played age nine and so no other organ comes close.
Thank you. I am using a JVC Hard disk camcorder. Its a GZ-MG20E/EK i think. When recording, I had to press record on the Korg MR-1 then record on the Camcorder. When i got home, I uploaded each on to the computer and using an editor, had to make sure the audio track matched the video. It wasn't too bad but as I wanted a good quality recording, I had to do it. Otherwise the camcorder would have provided a fairly distorted audio track. Worth it in the end i think.
@AeolianSkinner1983 Thank you for your comment :-) You are right, I cheated really as this was a quick recording done towards the end of an evening in the cathedral its full mistakes and cheats. The cheat was that as i was playing the last phrase in the right hand, (and becuse i don't know the piston settings) i opened the crescendo pedal and on came the tuba. I think i reduced the crecendo then thought "that sounds even worse" so i brought it on.
Nicely done! Thanks for the Korg/Sennheiser information. However, the video was very good too. What did you use for the video recording? Did the Korg play a part in the video as well?
@AeolianSkinner1983 Its a moment that makes me cringe every time I hear it. As for the tempo, it was started at more or less 100 bpm i think which is what Widor marked the piece to be played at. I guess if playing this at Notre Dame de Paris on the original mechanical organ, you would a) have no chance of playing it fast and b) due to the acoustics, not be able to hear the piece properly as the reverb would push all the notes into each other. This organ has 72 stops plus Zimblestern:-)
Awesome, you are in secruity but one would never believe it for your performance. You should pursue your calling Simon! Get back to your first love the ORGAN. You have the touch.
Brilliant Simon. An amazing performance of a superb piece. Congratulations of a job well done.
Great recording - in stereo! That organ must be thrilling to play. Registration and tempo are spot on. Keep at it.
Great performance - thanks for sharing. I am learning this in order to play it at my son's wedding next month. I am really a pianist not an organist so it's quite a challenge but I'm really enjoying the practise and it's all for a good cause!
It's great to hear how you play this and to watch which manuals you are using etc.
This is wonderful, excellent use of toe pistons and expression shoe. Keep up the good work, I can only hope to play this well in ten or so years
I wish there were a lot more organists like this very talented young man this is really entertaing, got any more?
Wow Simon that is incredible! Greetings from another rellie in NZ,
@Chesterbarnes1 Sorry about the delay, I couldnt reply off my phone. I work in Kent in the field of security at the Channel Tunnel. Very different to playing the organ but very enjoyable none the less. Thanks for watching.
Great job Simon. I am due to play this for a wedding in a few months time. I am still practicing like crazy! Hopefully, if i play like you have on the day, it will be a success! Thanks for the video, I really enjoyed it. BTW. Don't appologise for your mistakes on the video. If anybody coments on them, ask if they can do any better! Well done.
Thank you very much for your comment, I have been playing this piece for a number of years now and with practice, you'll be amazing the audiance in four months. I must say, this recording is full of mistakes such as the tuba coming in on the crescendo pedal near the end and the wrong point but i cant re-record at the moment. if you can get someone to film it, you'll be able to post it on youtube too.
best luck and wishes
Si
Very good, misakes and all which we all make, you did well in the circumstances and you kept to the right speed.
I must have another go at, I am very rusty now, its been about 15 years since I could play it.
I think you did great Simon! It is really wonderful.
fantastic piece well done. Wish i could play it
Thank You for playing!
@Chesterbarnes1 You're too kind. Thank you for your kind words. I am slowly getting playing more and having lessons. Who knows what the future holds. :-)
Hello,
Yes i did shrink the music to A5 size. I'm not one for having page turners and so the only way for me to play is by shrinking the music. Its not too bad on this piece and I've had to "post it note" the top seven pages to the music stand.
However, Louis Viernes Finale has so many pages that shinking that has made it so hard to read.
If you go to a library they would be able to "reduce" the music for you if you ask.
Thanks for watching.
Thanks so much for the information! That's exactly what I needed to know.
Thank you very much!!! I have just really started playing again. The recording was done using a Korg MR-1 and two sennheiser microphones MK66 microphones up the transept of the cathedral. I'm rather please with the quality. The organ is fantastic to play and I was very lucky to do so. However, if you learn to drive in a sports car, nothing will ever compare. This was the first organ I played age nine and so no other organ comes close.
can't believe how good you are - I wish I had your talent.
Thank you. I am using a JVC Hard disk camcorder. Its a GZ-MG20E/EK i think. When recording, I had to press record on the Korg MR-1 then record on the Camcorder. When i got home, I uploaded each on to the computer and using an editor, had to make sure the audio track matched the video. It wasn't too bad but as I wanted a good quality recording, I had to do it. Otherwise the camcorder would have provided a fairly distorted audio track. Worth it in the end i think.
@AeolianSkinner1983 Thank you for your comment :-)
You are right, I cheated really as this was a quick recording done towards the end of an evening in the cathedral its full mistakes and cheats. The cheat was that as i was playing the last phrase in the right hand, (and becuse i don't know the piston settings) i opened the crescendo pedal and on came the tuba. I think i reduced the crecendo then thought "that sounds even worse" so i brought it on.
Impressive 32' reed on this organ. Very nice job.
Lovely.
Nicely done! Thanks for the Korg/Sennheiser information. However, the video was very good too. What did you use for the video recording? Did the Korg play a part in the video as well?
@AeolianSkinner1983
Its a moment that makes me cringe every time I hear it.
As for the tempo, it was started at more or less 100 bpm i think which is what Widor marked the piece to be played at. I guess if playing this at Notre Dame de Paris on the original mechanical organ, you would a) have no chance of playing it fast and b) due to the acoustics, not be able to hear the piece properly as the reverb would push all the notes into each other.
This organ has 72 stops plus Zimblestern:-)
Awesome, you are in secruity but one would never believe it for your performance. You should pursue your calling Simon! Get back to your first love the ORGAN. You have the touch.
i am a french lutherian protestant ! Good job, i love pipe organ ;) ! praise the lord my friends !
What do you do when you're not playing the ORGAN, Simon?