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  • @PeterWillson
    @PeterWillson 10 років тому +54

    As an organist of 55 years I find that absolutely amazing - I must practise more!!

  • @JohninBoulder1
    @JohninBoulder1 12 років тому +23

    This young man's talent, verve, and imagination is simply beyond belief.
    Surely Leroy Anderson would be thrilled to hear this.

  • @Mrphilharmonic
    @Mrphilharmonic 10 років тому +34

    So MANY parts going on!! Has this guy got three brains or what? Genius!

  • @BigOrganPipes
    @BigOrganPipes  12 років тому +40

    Cameron is much more than bells and whistles and hands and feet flying. He's a genius virtuoso and the world's first organist to be nominated for a Grammy. You should check my other videos and listen to Cameron playing Bach's 540 toccata in F sharp major.
    Anyway, this is a Christmas song that Cameron not only did for "fun" but he's also donating all the money from the iTunes downloads to the American Boys Choir in Princeton. People just love coming to the net to try and tear someone down.

  • @Mrphilharmonic
    @Mrphilharmonic 12 років тому +7

    This just sends shivers up me. The total mastery of all the different parts is astounding. He's a one man orchestra!!

  • @Organgrinder1010
    @Organgrinder1010 12 років тому +2

    The man is a complete orchestra in disguise! Fantastic!

  • @timmottershead9543
    @timmottershead9543 10 років тому +25

    Absolutely brilliant on every level: ticks all the boxes & then some! Over the top yet Leroy Anderson's original conception emerges intact; which is a tribute both to the quality of Anderson's composition, & the sincerity of Cameron Carpenter's arrangement.

  • @steamrocks
    @steamrocks 12 років тому +6

    It seems that for the most part, Cameron carries the melody in the pedals! Quite a feat (feet?) considering all the other orchestration that is going on with the hands, and hands bridging two manuals to boot. It's like he has so many ideas for orchestration in mind that by the time he actually gets to the melody itself, it can only be relegated to the right foot! Brilliantly done, I'll bet Cameron is grateful for a split pedal division.

  • @jonwilson7542
    @jonwilson7542 9 років тому +14

    This guy is driving this organ!..Good job by him, and entertaining also! Thx.!

  • @TypesALot
    @TypesALot 13 років тому +2

    WOW! Not what I expected at all! The tempo is unbelievable! You must have been exhausted after playing this one!!! Fabulous job!!!

  • @matthewbodycombe1592
    @matthewbodycombe1592 10 років тому +7

    Nice to see him supporting his old school: huge kudos to him.

  • @maxieboy4
    @maxieboy4 10 років тому +10

    He just keeps on amazing me with his virtuosity on an organ. Incredible sound

  • @rickmiller8401
    @rickmiller8401 12 років тому +3

    Cameron is awesome. Very rarely can a performer be considered a genius. Cameron is the true exception. Can't imagine what goes through that mind of his. I wonder who else can play the M & O organ. I believe digital organs, like M&O, will replace the pipe business in the next 10 years.Its fiercely expensive to maintain pipe organs.

  • @BigOrganPipes
    @BigOrganPipes  12 років тому

    Cameron consistently sells out large cathedrals and concert halls. I think he knows what the public wants. I go to organ concerts every week and if 20 people show up you're lucky.

  • @MrMartmatsil
    @MrMartmatsil 11 років тому +2

    What a great organist,the organ is also great.Thanks,for the music.To God be the glory.

  • @maddogmcrae
    @maddogmcrae 12 років тому +2

    This guy never ceases to amaze me!

  • @bobjennings9889
    @bobjennings9889 11 років тому +5

    Something else! Great to be young and to be able to dance all over the organ pedals like I used to! Fantastic playing!

  • @Mrphilharmonic
    @Mrphilharmonic 10 років тому +4

    Oh man! What HARMONIES!!

  • @timothyj1966
    @timothyj1966 11 років тому +6

    holy Christmas! Well played Cameron! loved the chimes near the end!

  • @GEMUS1
    @GEMUS1 12 років тому +1

    He is what I aspired to be when I was younger! Then reality set in. My fingers were to short and so were my legs. I used to sit on the very edge of the bench trying to do the foot work, but I fell off right in the middle of the Christmas Program! I cut back on my aspirations and continued to play, but I am not as good as I wish. He is terrific! I especially admire his footwork and his footwear!

  • @BigOrganPipes
    @BigOrganPipes  12 років тому

    he can thank himself for the split pedal division. this organ was designed and built to his specs by Marshall & Ogletree and it's home is the Middle Collegiate Church in NYC where he used to be artist-in-residence

  • @djhixon4761
    @djhixon4761 12 років тому +1

    WOW!!! What talent. Thumbs up all the way, Cameron. Absolutely amazing.

  • @drbobdrake
    @drbobdrake 12 років тому

    This virtual pipe organ is the Marshall & Ogletree Opus 4 (elucidated by Mr. Carpenter in an hour program elsewhere here, and spec'd on the M&O Website), like Opus 1 at Trinity Wall Street, has both complete church and theater organ capabilities. Sound comes from batteries of Def Tech speakers in three chambers, and two fan-like Thigpen rotary woofers that can easily reproduce frequencies from 4 Hz to about 30 Hz, sounding like actual and theoretical pipes to 128' in length. Simply amazing!

  • @kerryincolumbus
    @kerryincolumbus 11 років тому +2

    UTTERLY UTTERLY AMAZING!!

  • @localcrew
    @localcrew 13 років тому

    This is a deceptively complex piece of music. Written by the great Leroy Anderson. Great treatment here. Great video.

  • @jvdurante84
    @jvdurante84 13 років тому

    @tambrosia The organ in this video is the Marshall & Ogletree Opus 4 at the Middle Collegiate Church, also in NYC. The other one is the Opus 1 at Trinity Wall Street.

  • @MrMartmatsil
    @MrMartmatsil 11 років тому +2

    To,me the difference in church organs and theatre organs,are the type of console,the theatre organs have a horseshoe shaped console,the church organs have a angular type of console,but the operations are similar.But I love them both,.I thank God for this great music.It all comes from Him.Amen.

  • @SydneyRoo
    @SydneyRoo 13 років тому

    I couldn't not watch the whole thing. I've never heard an organ with so many instruments! Amazing, loved it. This guy definitely knows what he's doing.

  • @michaelwalton280
    @michaelwalton280 9 років тому +1

    Wow! Such talent.. well done to this fine muscian !

  • @JustinHEMI05
    @JustinHEMI05 13 років тому +1

    Yet another superb performance by Cameron! Bravo, and thanks for uploading this!

  • @sergiov.8793
    @sergiov.8793 11 років тому

    L'UNICA COSA CHE MI VIEN DA DIRE E' : LASCIARSI ANDARE DALLE VIBRAZIONI DELL'ORGANO MA SOPRATUTTO DALLE VIBRAZIONI DALLE EMOZIONI DALL'ENERGIA CHE QUESTO STUPENDO, UNICO, ECLETTICO, FANTASTICO COMPOSITORE RIESCE CON TALE DISINVOLTURA A TRASMETTERE..OGNI ALTRO COMMENTO E' SUPERFLUO...BUON ASCOLTO ........

  • @MonikaCosson
    @MonikaCosson 12 років тому +1

    That was amazing and delightful. I am sharing this with many friends. Thank you, Cameron.

  • @Althekeys
    @Althekeys 12 років тому

    This guy is über talented, take your negative disrespecting comments elsewhere.

  • @BigOrganPipes
    @BigOrganPipes  12 років тому +1

    as i'm sure you know the lowest note on a 32' stop resonated at 16hz so those old walker subs must be really straining to keep up. one more interesting fact, Bruce Thigpen installed 2 of his rotary subs (temporarily) for the recording of Cameron Carpenter's 'Revolutionary' CD. Bruce was there for the recording but unfortunately none of the really low bass came out in the recording. Bruce told me that they didn't mic the LFE channel properly and they didn't capture the ultra low frequencies

  • @Offshoreorganbuilder
    @Offshoreorganbuilder 12 років тому

    Thanks. The man is a marvel.

  • @dannychin3208
    @dannychin3208 11 років тому +1

    I am in awe! fantastic!!!

  • @Alleghenymike
    @Alleghenymike 12 років тому

    Split the registration for the pedal board, counterpoint in the thumbs on one manual while playing on another, thus utilizing all four keyboards - I'm sure if he had another appendage he'd be using that.....oh wait....no nevermind I'm sure its coming sooner or later (no pun intended).
    Thanks Cameron for doing all you can to bring this beast of an instrument back to life, with these wonderful electronic reincarnations. I'm NO purist, but rather a composer - to me a nice four-manual workstation.

  • @Tombo5150
    @Tombo5150 13 років тому

    So jealous of that coordination and precision....amazing

  • @tambrosia
    @tambrosia 13 років тому

    Merry Christmas and a Happy NY for 2012.
    Thanks Cameron for recording this melody.
    What an outstanding organist and a great young man...gotta make his parents burst with pride

  • @bigmoney66b
    @bigmoney66b 12 років тому

    He's an extra terrestrial.
    Never heard someone play like that.
    You are either born with that talent or not.

  • @richw456
    @richw456 12 років тому

    This organ is not just a theatre organ. If you search for and look at the video of Cameron explaining about the organ, you will see it also has classical sounds and hammond sounds. It is a digital organ with these sounds sampled and stored in the memory capture system of the organ.

  • @bluebug442
    @bluebug442 12 років тому

    ONE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING JOB !!!!
    Enjoy your talent and share with all...
    Blessings my friend....

  • @jcjetlyss99
    @jcjetlyss99 13 років тому

    DAMN best organist I have seen thus far

  • @JordiFranchParella
    @JordiFranchParella 11 років тому +1

    Speechless...

  • @CrossfireAmbush
    @CrossfireAmbush 12 років тому

    WOW!!! AWESOME!!! THIS GUY IS A GREAT MUSICIAN!!! I LOVE IT!!!

  • @jrzzrj
    @jrzzrj 13 років тому

    after such a superb performance...incredible!!......i feel so very inadequet......how can someone extract such sound like cameron?? terrific.....!!!

  • @BigOrganPipes
    @BigOrganPipes  13 років тому +4

    Cameron designed this organ that he's playing in this video so it does everything he wants it to do exactly how he wanted it to
    "he has devoted all of his recent efforts..."
    i wouldn't say that at all. this video is the exception and not "all of his recent efforts". his concerts and cd's are all classical unless he's doing an encore or something special like this

  • @calba24
    @calba24 12 років тому

    Wow! I am truly amazed!!

  • @bartolemeo
    @bartolemeo 12 років тому

    Just beautiful.

  • @cshockley10
    @cshockley10 11 років тому +1

    Fantastico !!!

  • @manuelalbarubio5210
    @manuelalbarubio5210 10 років тому +2

    que manera de dominar el organo y que tecnica mas extraordinaria enhorabuena y gracias por el buen rato que pasamos

  • @store1584
    @store1584 10 років тому

    Fabulous rendition.

  • @calcorrfan
    @calcorrfan 12 років тому +1

    The coordination to do all this is incredible. Now if he could just play harmonica at the same time. :)

  • @MrPromusica
    @MrPromusica 12 років тому

    Incredible!

  • @BigOrganPipes
    @BigOrganPipes  12 років тому +5

    plus you're not really hearing traditional stops in this video. if you want to hear a Marshall & Ogletree using more traditional stops, see my other videos for the one labeled "Service of Lessons and Carols - Trinity organ"
    this is a Christmas song. a fast and fun one to boot. the organ is set up in this video for theater organ stops. this organ can sound traditional, like a Hammond b3, a theater organ and more and you can add more and more sounds to your heart's desire

  • @chubbtm5
    @chubbtm5 12 років тому

    Hugely enjoyable!

  • @a4skyraider
    @a4skyraider 13 років тому

    Fantastic! Great video!!!!

  • @planetgirl62
    @planetgirl62 12 років тому

    It's all about the MUSIC!!!! NOT the clothes....he IS a very talented man, I love it. I don't care what he is wearing....it's the music that I am after.

  • @iloveparee
    @iloveparee 12 років тому

    AWESOME!!!

  • @acacia-bloom
    @acacia-bloom 12 років тому

    BRILLIANT!

  • @Andrewcarey87
    @Andrewcarey87 12 років тому

    very nicely done.

  • @addanotheropinion
    @addanotheropinion 12 років тому

    For that repertoire he is fantastic!!

  • @drbobdrake
    @drbobdrake 12 років тому

    Thanks. I was just referring to the MCC M&O Opus 4 installation which does have the two Thigpen rotaries. The M&O Website for the Opus 4 has a short demo of the 64' stop. My Klipsch X10i earphones are rated down to 5Hz, and my Sony XBA-4s down to 3 Hz but I haven't tried them yet. I do enjoy the 32' Contre Bombarde of the Cavaillé-Coll organ at Saint-Ouen on both.

  • @michelcarpentier3416
    @michelcarpentier3416 10 років тому +3

    Merveilleux, j'aime beaucoup ce genre de musique qui apporte gaité et joie. Savourez mes Amis… Merci. Michel.

  • @joelhhall
    @joelhhall 10 років тому

    amazing.

  • @cowboy742
    @cowboy742 12 років тому

    Wow! Just .....WOW!

  • @TheConcorde1987
    @TheConcorde1987 12 років тому

    I just found this. Should use UA-cam more often. A Christmas greeting 2012 to Susan.
    {Dr. Earl}

  • @KPO6859
    @KPO6859 12 років тому

    Very enjoyable. Very.

  • @Richminn
    @Richminn 13 років тому

    @FDINDUSTRY It is called a theatre organ and all of the sounds are coming from this magnificent organ in real time!!!!

  • @andrewbarrett1537
    @andrewbarrett1537 9 років тому +3

    Listening to these complex, multi-layered arrangements, is for me a little like listening to Mr. Art Tatum.
    At first listen, the whole thing just bounces off my eardrums without sinking in, due to the speed and complexity. The next listen, I start liking it a little bit. After about the 5th-10th time I start to actually appreciate what all is going on.
    However, I just don't usually "get it" on the first listen.
    (I immediately enjoy what I hear of Mr. Tatum on first listen, "getting" it or not, but that may be partially due to his unsurpassable touch and phrasing, and also because he is a virtuoso playing an instrument with one timbre, and to hear a virtuoso play an instrument with multiple timbres constantly coming and going, can be quite confusing).
    As someone who has long wished to try to be the entire orchestra, I can't believe how well he almost literally succeeds.
    I know I will never have the coordination to pull off 2/3 of this.
    I do also hear some minor timing errors, and maybe some issues with dynamics / shading etc. but those are relatively nit-picky, and he could probably fix them with a little more practice.
    Until you sit down and literally try to play an organ yourself, you won't get how hard it is.
    I've tried some organs (less complex than this one), and after a while have to quit because it is so overwhelming... even with the simplest music, I can't keep up with all of the different things at once.
    This is especially true with theatre organs where the same pipe rank is usually duplicated at various pitches on all manuals and sometimes pedal.
    I have a hard enough time keeping track of what is currently switched on, much less changing it in breaks between phrases... and the 4' and 16' octave changes also screw me up because I'm used to a piano keyboard where the octaves stay right where they always are (physically) on the keyboard, they don't move around.

  • @jhonwask
    @jhonwask 10 років тому

    Great, man.

  • @eucerin24
    @eucerin24 12 років тому

    You need to watch the video..Cameron Carpenter demonstrates M&O. This will explain that the organ that he is playing is anything but a classical instrument. He helped to design this organ. It incorporates classic, theater, Hammond and Wurlitzer organs all rolled into one...plus some new added features.

  • @BigOrganPipes
    @BigOrganPipes  12 років тому +1

    yes, the Thigpen rotary woofers handle everything from 22hz down. there's something odd though about the Trinity organ, that organ doesn't use any rotary woofers and not only that, they never installed the Definitive Technology "Trinity" subwoofers that were specifically made and named for the Trinity organ but never implemented. they are still using the old walker subwoofers that are only good to about 20-23hz which is not even good enough for a true 32' stop...continued...

  • @b3boneman
    @b3boneman 12 років тому

    Monster!!!

  • @manuelalbarubio5210
    @manuelalbarubio5210 10 років тому

    Que gran tecnica tiene y que bien independencia on los pedaleros estuypendo

  • @BigOrganPipes
    @BigOrganPipes  11 років тому +3

    he can play "pure" when he wishes to. check out his first album Revolutionary for the Bach piece Nun komm, der heiden Heiland (BWV 659). he even makes a digital organ sound real on that one

  • @hinton25646
    @hinton25646 11 років тому +1

    Stunning, loved it my favourite "Holiday" tune

  • @Mrphilharmonic
    @Mrphilharmonic 12 років тому

    I'd love to hear him play this at Christmas on the amazing WANNAMAKER organ in Philly!!
    What an experience THAT would be!!!

  • @BigOrganPipes
    @BigOrganPipes  13 років тому

    Merry Christmas everyone

  • @Marymikemordi
    @Marymikemordi 11 років тому

    Ever the best

  • @drbobdrake
    @drbobdrake 12 років тому

    I downloaded the Doug Marshall J.S. Bach Toccata and Fugue in d minor BWV 565 from the Opus 4 page as a 720p file and converted the sound to an AIFF file using QT Pro 7 and put it on my iPhone 5. Now I can try the Klipsch and Sony earbuds. The Klipsch X10is are much more vibrant on organ recordings than the Sony. (Got a good deal on the Sonys.) We'll see! Thanks! Heard Cameron on the Alice Tully Kuhn organ the afternoon of Sandy. Met him and Richard Torrence, his manager, at the UWS Apple Store.

  • @BigOrganPipes
    @BigOrganPipes  12 років тому

    i wonder if he can split the manuals. i'd like to see Cameron do some more Christmas music. i love Christmas, love organs and love Cameron :)

  • @amaralbrian1
    @amaralbrian1 11 років тому +2

    Cameron, you are fantastic, I can see that you really get a workout playing these large organs. You have to work really hard to get the sound that you want, compared to today's digital organs. Not for the faint of heart for sure !! But you manage to pull it off every time! Well done. I see that you designed this organ, so I am sure it's easier than most. Do you think the younger generation will want to learn how to play these big church organs, or will everything go digital in the future?

  • @BigOrganPipes
    @BigOrganPipes  12 років тому +1

    oh ok, sometimes i just go on and on hehehe
    yeah ear buds can be a nice way of getting ULF. i looked up your Sony's and they seem to be very high-end. very nice. there are subwoofers out there capable of 3hz but they are costly and usually have to build them yourself. the drivers alone are about $1000 each and they require a large sealed box and a very powerful amp and depending on the size of the room 2 or more can be required. the rotary is a nice way to go if you can afford it

  • @steamrocks
    @steamrocks 12 років тому

    I knew that. The Trinity organ has the split, too. I do wonder if the split pedal has a programmable split point. Since my organ is built around jOrgan, I should try setting that up. Probably with a Solo to Pedal coupler in the upper register as the Sanfillipo WurliTzer has. Then there's developing the technique to actually use it!

  • @MerlinTheDraconic
    @MerlinTheDraconic 12 років тому

    He wears strange things. It just seems to be his thing. Personally I like that there's a really flamboyant organist out there.

  • @cafontes
    @cafontes 12 років тому

    OMG! I'll see it a hundred times to understand what is happening here!!

  • @steamrocks
    @steamrocks 12 років тому

    I haven't really looked that closely to analyze this, but I do not recall seeing any passages where he is splitting manuals. I have noticed in some cases that Cameron's life could be made a bit easier if he had second touch, although when he plays a theater organ, I have not noticed him using it. He must need one combination level for every song he plays.

  • @TheCinemasound
    @TheCinemasound 12 років тому

    OMG what a row, and what does he or she look like

  • @cahartley7
    @cahartley7 11 років тому +2

    When the first pipe organ was built it already had Cameron's name on it.
    There is no better........period.

  • @paulj0557tonehead
    @paulj0557tonehead 12 років тому

    Yes, brilliant...
    I wonder if he could pull off the grace that can be heard on ' Organ Moods John Winters at the Mighty Wurlitzer '.
    Cameron could probably transcribe it in a couple of days...

  • @1888bfs
    @1888bfs 12 років тому

    you go girl ! love your hair, and your playing is just amazing....you sexie thing xo

  • @pianodon
    @pianodon 12 років тому

    Please post your concert schedule so we can attend your next concert and offer a critique. And also a list of your CDs. You have recorded several, haven't you??

  • @heliflyer7
    @heliflyer7 12 років тому

    Unbelievable!

  • @Mrphilharmonic
    @Mrphilharmonic 10 років тому +3

    How the heck did he do that 'horse whinny' at the end??? Agggh!

  • @BigOrganPipes
    @BigOrganPipes  13 років тому

    @FDINDUSTRY yes. he's lightning fast. he's making everything you hear himself in real time

  • @purplewizard
    @purplewizard 12 років тому

    holy shit

  • @dcjmusic
    @dcjmusic 12 років тому

    I would love to hear you at Radio City Music Hall. Nobody has been able to handle that organ since Dick Liebert and you would be better!

  • @BigOrganPipes
    @BigOrganPipes  12 років тому +1

    i'm well aware of what 4hz is. actually you can't hear much below 16-20hz everything below that can be felt and there's no way in hell you're going to feel it over a computer even if your sound card were hooked up to a high-end stereo with the best subwoofers money can buy. even if you had the rotary subwoofer, youtube filters and compresses the sound, you need to experience it in person
    most people can't hear a low C on a 32' stop but turn it off and you do notice something is missing

  • @rickmiller462
    @rickmiller462 11 років тому

    Can anyone but Cameron play these m&O organs?
    Are these essentially modified high end Allen Organs?
    I am impressed with Cameron!