Sounds great. I wish I could be there! 😢 Good luck tomorrow. I will be in the San Francisco area in May and look forward to hearing you at the RAH in June.
Your enthusiasm for the organ pushed to start learning the piano. Thank you for the inspiration. You are a fantastic musician and it's infectious to watch you play the organ.
It sounds marvellous and you need some rest - the concert will be great and the public will enjoy it very much. A thought for you, musicians are devine beings.
"sometimes" you love your job, yes, I guess it's most of the time! Enjoy it! Well, maybe there might be paperwork and contracts and so on and the travel and possible travel delays can be difficult... But I guess when you are there and got familiar with the organ, then you feel free, you can do what you like to do most, to play a wonderful organ and bring the organ to it's full glory... ✨🎶
And the church really looks great, magnificent, spaceous, wow... And it has great windows for a good light, yes, it has a spaceship feeling to it ;-) A modern big tall wide open hall, the shapes of the many small colored windows, the organ cockpit, the organ itself, everything adds to this magnificent impression - and the acoustics of course!
I’ll be attending your concert at the Segerstrom and I can’t wait! I wish you had the opportunity to play the historic organ(s) at First Congregational Church in Los Angeles. For those unfamiliar, the organs can be played as one, making it the one of the largest organs in the world.
In the past Methodism was among the strongest Protestant denominations, so in an iltra wealthy city such as Palo Alto, it is to be expected that a Methodist church there would be interesting architecturally and have a great organ.
That's a beautiful venue. The engineering that went into the acoustics must have been extensive. I can almost see the notes bouncing off all the surfaces.
That's a really great sounding organ. Have you ever been to the the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah? I'd be really interested to know your opinion of that organ and venue.
I visited a couple of ancient churches in my neck of the woods (Northern The Netherlands) - churches dating back to the 1200's and 1300's, so build before the Reformation. Underneath white plaster there's remnants of richly coloured murals depicting scenes from the bible, as an illiterate church-going folk used these pictures instead of the bible to imagine what the priest was telling them. With the reformation and turning to the bible for self-study instead of the rites and plomp of the Roman-Catholic church, all the 'hoopla' was stripped from these churches. Austere dark wooden benches, white plastered walls. No trace of Catholic strappings like an altar screen etc. No silverware or golden reliquaries on display. Except for these incredible richly ornamented church organs. Every single one of these relatively tiny churches has one, usually attached to the choir loft opposite the pulpit. So i was thinking, why did these austere protestants tolerate such incredibly rich (in looks as well as in monetary value) objects in their sober churches? Aparently the answer was one Christiaan Huygens, who advocated that music brings one closer to God. A proper protestant does away with anything other than the bible in order to get closer to God. The local variety of Protestantism in my area, for example, only allows for people to go to church on Sunday and spent the rest of the day reading the bible in quiet contemplation. No tv, radio, music etc. But Huygens advocated at a synode that church congregations should be allowed organs (if they so wished) in order to bring them closer to God while singing His praises. Huygens lived in the 17th century and besides inventing the telescope, also wrote over 800 musical compositions. Huygens died an atheist, his life-long studies of mathematics, physics and astronomy eroded his belief in an all-powerful, all-knowing being.
We are flying from Dallas to see you perform! We are sooo excited! See you tomorrow! We admire you and what you've done for educating people about organ playing.
There will be reservoirs of air under compression underneath the 'pipe chests'. The trunking you see on the floor to the left of the console will be electric cabling passing the signals from the keyboard to 'pallets'(valves) under each pipe.
@@JH109E Thanks! That's interesting. Have you played an organ like that? Does it feel different playing it, compared to a traditional one? (no idea how they work, I just assume that there are organs that don't have this kind of digital decoupling)
@@swngssc If the console is too far from the pipes one can be aware of a lag between playing and hearing. Before the electronic age organs were 'tracker' aka. mechanical action. I'm sure google or youtube will have explanations if you want to go deeper.
I had a related question, which was "Is the console mobile?" Having the organ right in front of the alter would be... odd. I suspect the "big pipe" actually contains a bunch of signal wires, and that the console is triggering electromechanical actuators located somewhere more convenient to the pipes. Can any organist or organ manufacturer confirm my hypothesis? [Edit: Never mind, someone already did confirm it. My phone just didn't bother showing it until after I hit "send".]
@@RichardFoster The big pipe just laying there like that should have been a telltale sign for me as well. Nobody would build a church with a non-moveable organ console right in the middle of it and then connect it to the organ via this super temporary looking pipe/hose thing 🤔
Beautiful church, organ, music and musician.
The perfect combination! 🥳🎹💃🎶
Took the words out of my mouth 👍🏻
Love watching masters at the top of their game!
This wonderful young lady is such a joy to listen to 🙏🏻🕊️🙏🏻🥰
What a truly magnificent looking cathedral (Church), with beautiful music and a brilliant organist....
Just wow. JUST WOW!!! Anna!
Have you played either the Boardwalk Hall or Wanamaker organ yet?
While you are in CA, Try to visit the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove.
That was a great show!! Loved it. Thanks for visiting Palo Alto
What church was this?
If you ever visit Philadelphia to play the Wanamaker, I'm there.
wow
Or SLC and the Mormon Church organ...
"nobody want to listen to an old church organ"
Ms. Lapwood - "hold my coffee"...
Who is the organ builder. My dad worked for M.P. Moller so I'm always interested.
Sounds great. I wish I could be there! 😢 Good luck tomorrow. I will be in the San Francisco area in May and look forward to hearing you at the RAH in June.
Your enthusiasm for the organ pushed to start learning the piano. Thank you for the inspiration.
You are a fantastic musician and it's infectious to watch you play the organ.
Only sometimes you love your job? Most people don't get Brit sarcasm... 😂😂..... ❤❤
I atrongly beliwve there is much better music written for organ ...
You will do amazing tomorrow anna ❤❤
It sounds marvellous and you need some rest - the concert will be great and the public will enjoy it very much. A thought for you, musicians are devine beings.
Just sometimes? ❤
Waw superb, when and where I can see some your concert in UK 🇬🇧?
Bet it would be spectacular in the Sydney Opera house
I would be very happy one day to hear you play Philip Glass...
I think most time you love your job. 😊
"sometimes" you love your job, yes, I guess it's most of the time! Enjoy it!
Well, maybe there might be paperwork and contracts and so on and the travel and possible travel delays can be difficult...
But I guess when you are there and got familiar with the organ, then you feel free, you can do what you like to do most, to play a wonderful organ and bring the organ to it's full glory... ✨🎶
And the church really looks great, magnificent, spaceous, wow...
And it has great windows for a good light, yes, it has a spaceship feeling to it ;-)
A modern big tall wide open hall, the shapes of the many small colored windows, the organ cockpit, the organ itself, everything adds to this magnificent impression - and the acoustics of course!
What do you mean, ‘sometimes’..? 😂
Your definitely transmitting sound frequency and vibration and they are probably all listening in their spaceships
I’ll be attending your concert at the Segerstrom and I can’t wait! I wish you had the opportunity to play the historic organ(s) at First Congregational Church in Los Angeles. For those unfamiliar, the organs can be played as one, making it the one of the largest organs in the world.
I love it. Slightly reminiscent of mission control from the film Moonraker though---another space connection!
Absolutely beautiful!
Thank you for sharing your talent:)
Wish my job was to go play different organs all around. Been able to play a few in the 15 years I've been playing the organ.
Otherworldly! The smile that is, the venue is good too ;)
i had no idea Methodists had such cool churches!
In the past Methodism was among the strongest Protestant denominations, so in an iltra wealthy city such as Palo Alto, it is to be expected that a Methodist church there would be interesting architecturally and have a great organ.
That's a beautiful venue. The engineering that went into the acoustics must have been extensive. I can almost see the notes bouncing off all the surfaces.
That's a really great sounding organ. Have you ever been to the the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah? I'd be really interested to know your opinion of that organ and venue.
You play in the States too?
You should wear a hooded cloak
I envy your talent, It's just great.
I visited a couple of ancient churches in my neck of the woods (Northern The Netherlands) - churches dating back to the 1200's and 1300's, so build before the Reformation. Underneath white plaster there's remnants of richly coloured murals depicting scenes from the bible, as an illiterate church-going folk used these pictures instead of the bible to imagine what the priest was telling them.
With the reformation and turning to the bible for self-study instead of the rites and plomp of the Roman-Catholic church, all the 'hoopla' was stripped from these churches. Austere dark wooden benches, white plastered walls. No trace of Catholic strappings like an altar screen etc. No silverware or golden reliquaries on display.
Except for these incredible richly ornamented church organs. Every single one of these relatively tiny churches has one, usually attached to the choir loft opposite the pulpit. So i was thinking, why did these austere protestants tolerate such incredibly rich (in looks as well as in monetary value) objects in their sober churches?
Aparently the answer was one Christiaan Huygens, who advocated that music brings one closer to God. A proper protestant does away with anything other than the bible in order to get closer to God. The local variety of Protestantism in my area, for example, only allows for people to go to church on Sunday and spent the rest of the day reading the bible in quiet contemplation. No tv, radio, music etc.
But Huygens advocated at a synode that church congregations should be allowed organs (if they so wished) in order to bring them closer to God while singing His praises. Huygens lived in the 17th century and besides inventing the telescope, also wrote over 800 musical compositions.
Huygens died an atheist, his life-long studies of mathematics, physics and astronomy eroded his belief in an all-powerful, all-knowing being.
Strangely beautiful place.
But I’d miss the Stained Glass windows of other Faiths.
St. Flintstones!!!
Great for organ, but difficult acoustics for chamber orchestra! :-)
I want the full length recording of INTERSTELLAR played by Anna!
🤙🏻💯❤
Thank you for a wonderful performance on Tuesday in Palo Alto! It was a pleasure meeting you after the show. :-)
Beautiful church. Great organ. Intuitive player...😎👍💜🙏
It shows, your very accomplished, great showoff,who wouldn't be,well done 😊
*Impresionante* CRis🎶🌠🌠🍁🍁🍁🌠💓🎶💓🌠
Come back to the States anytime, Anna!! California,especially, will always welcome you here to play!
Anna this could be like a favorite piece you put on repeat mode..Majestic 🎹🎹🎹🎹➕️👞🎹❤️it👍👍🙏🌷
Go see the Bonobo vid. Her sequel of joy indicates something Celestial. ❤❤
Sounds awesome 🤩
Sometimes? You love your job all the time because of your passion for music and demonstrating it to the world!
Lovely
LOL, "sometimes", pfft, Anna you always have a smile on your face on an organ.
Hitting All of the Stops. 😎
I love your versions of incredible music. We need an album!
What an enormous overview it must require to know and remember exactly where which stops are located 😮
So beautiful!❤
The spirituality of music finally revealed. Amazing.
Superb
You're obsessed? What about me? Now I'm obsessed! With your videos!
WOW!
Gorgeous thing playing majestic music!
We are flying from Dallas to see you perform! We are sooo excited! See you tomorrow! We admire you and what you've done for educating people about organ playing.
How is the organ connected to the pipes? Are they attached beneath it and through the ground, or does the air go through the big hose on the left? 🤔
There will be reservoirs of air under compression underneath the 'pipe chests'. The trunking you see on the floor to the left of the console will be electric cabling passing the signals from the keyboard to 'pallets'(valves) under each pipe.
@@JH109E Thanks! That's interesting. Have you played an organ like that? Does it feel different playing it, compared to a traditional one? (no idea how they work, I just assume that there are organs that don't have this kind of digital decoupling)
@@swngssc If the console is too far from the pipes one can be aware of a lag between playing and hearing. Before the electronic age organs were 'tracker' aka. mechanical action. I'm sure google or youtube will have explanations if you want to go deeper.
I had a related question, which was "Is the console mobile?" Having the organ right in front of the alter would be... odd. I suspect the "big pipe" actually contains a bunch of signal wires, and that the console is triggering electromechanical actuators located somewhere more convenient to the pipes. Can any organist or organ manufacturer confirm my hypothesis?
[Edit: Never mind, someone already did confirm it. My phone just didn't bother showing it until after I hit "send".]
@@RichardFoster The big pipe just laying there like that should have been a telltale sign for me as well. Nobody would build a church with a non-moveable organ console right in the middle of it and then connect it to the organ via this super temporary looking pipe/hose thing 🤔
A place of awe "terribilis est locus iste" (yes this is a good thing!)
Walla Walla University church has a ginormous organ
It's then First United Interstellar Star Wars Church😂
Who travels with you to do photography? It's always good.
I guess she hasn’t been to Walt Disney Concert Hall yet.
I dont think word AMAIZING is enough
I would love to hear you play live. How is that possible?
I hope it gets recorded!
I can identify with your obsession!!
I would love you to play the planets (arr Sykes)
Today is the big day. Stay calm, eat a little bit and drink fluids. From Europe my thoughts go for you and your success. Be blessed.
Anna, how did it go. How are you feeling? What was the public acceptance like? I can't wait to know something about it.
That gives me the shivers 🖖. It's so damn good.
Magnificent!
Impresionante!!! Magnífico!!!!!!
you have to go MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA there, you know it
Did you played on the sagrada Organ ?.
I love that you love HZ’s interstellar
Let's hope the focus is on Christ for Easter.
i hope that is a temporary placement of the console
This takes me to a different world.
When are you playing next i would love to hear you play?
Beautiful!!! Music and church!
Wow! How do I find the full song?
And interstellar to showcase it.
Unreal talent 🎉
That is phenomenal :)
This young lady is a genius 😊
OMG really impressive
Took me a minute to find you!
So worshipful!
Only “sometimes”?
Powerful organ wow!!!
Only sometimes Anna 😳lol....
Sei Bravissima e meravigliosa!!!!
Beautiful! Love seeing and hearing this at Easter time. God bless you and your artistry. 🙂💕🎶✨🕊️🌿
This is just amazing
who wouldnt be . wow
Which church is This?