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Thank you for keeping it under the name of Hazel Wright. I love how the stained wood has been refreshed with cream paint. The organ has been cleaned up and restored to its original glory. Thank you for not replacing it with a praise band!!!! To God be the Glory!!!!
David as an old brit thank you for this delightful piece! Excellently played your stop selection was superb. I particularly liked the flutes you used; the dispersal of the pipes coupled with the acoustics sound wonderful. Thank you again. John Lofthouse.
Delightful performance and really good introduction commentary. It’s really good to see quality musicianship! Hope you share more mini-concerts from the Christ Cathedral, they’re inspiring to hear. The photography is very effective, interesting to see the new window coverings, looks beautiful, imho. The digital Walker instrument sounds tremendous in the space. I’m aware of the issues happening with the completion of the pipe organ, a difficult time for the folks contending with the administration of the local Diocese. Really the digital Walker with your artistry is great to experience. Thank you again from folks here in west Michigan! All the best :)
You keep mentioning the digital Walker organ and yet the organ was rebuilt by Ruffatti with the Walker digital as backup. So are you saying after the organ rebuild, all you hear is digital?
@@pauljordan486 The rebuilt Ruffatti pipe organ voicing has not been completed since the instrument was returned to the Cathedral. The pipe organ’s voicing was temporarily suspended by Ruffatti’s team in early (2020) because of the Covid-19 pandemic. So only the digital Walker organ is being played presently. The sound quality of the Walker is surprisingly good, imho..
Enjoyed your presentation of this piece... Really could have fooled me, thought for a moment that you were playing the Gallery console! Enjoy your time at one of the most fantastic musical spaces in the world!
This performance me of the playing by the late and great Richard Ellsasser who toured with this Bull piece; he recorded it severas times on both the John Hays Hammond - 4-150 rank organ located in the Castle as well as his 3 manual Conn touring organ
It has been completely finished and installed since March 2020. The organ was refurbished and stored from 2015-2019. It was then installed according to the buildings construction schedule in March of 2019. The building dedication was in July of 2019 where the organ was used but not dedicated. It was decided that the organ dedication should not happen until the organ had been tweaked, tuned and 100% ready - a process that would take a year due to the time it would take to acclomate to the temperature and placement in the room. As the pipes "settle" they shift and become out of tune having to be retuned. That process was finally complete and they scheduled the Organ Gala Dedication for March 2020. Then COVID hit and they rescheduled it for January 2021. That too was cancelled. A new date has not yet been announced.
The console in this video is actually the console from a Walker Digital Organ that was temporarily used while Hazel was still undergoing restoration. She has since come back to life as of February 12th of this year and the Walker Organ has since returned back to its rightful owner. Hazel's dedication concert is on Friday September 30th, and tickets are still available.
Honestly i've seen worse. Looking at other videos from the church looks like they're utilised to their full extent - eg. displaying not only the text, but also notes of the hymn.
Yeah that wasn’t the actual console. Back 4 years ago Ruffatti was still adding finishing touches - one being the restoration of the console and a few pipes. So, you are more than likely correct.
That is actually to help control the temperature (especially important for the organ). While it has greatly improved tuning stability, they discovered the temperature differences that occur due to the nature of the building still create tuning issues. Similarly, it should help reduce maintenance costs on the organ by keeping it at a more consistent temperature.
I agree with Diane Bish. It surely comes across as an Irish jig. What a piece for a postlude to send the worshippers on their way!
Absolutely amazing David!😁👍👏👏👏👏👏
Great fun. I loved your registration changes.
So glad to hear the organ back to life. Thank you Christ Cathedral.
@Terje Tuttle thank you.
Thank you for keeping it under the name of Hazel Wright. I love how the stained wood has been refreshed with cream paint. The organ has been cleaned up and restored to its original glory. Thank you for not replacing it with a praise band!!!! To God be the Glory!!!!
Thank you for playing on one the most amazing instruments in the country if not the world…you are amazing!
David as an old brit thank you for this delightful piece! Excellently played your stop selection was superb. I particularly liked the flutes you used; the dispersal of the pipes coupled with the acoustics sound wonderful. Thank you again. John Lofthouse.
Delightful performance and really good introduction commentary. It’s really good to see quality musicianship! Hope you share more mini-concerts from the Christ Cathedral, they’re inspiring to hear. The photography is very effective, interesting to see the new window coverings, looks beautiful, imho. The digital Walker instrument sounds tremendous in the space. I’m aware of the issues happening with the completion of the pipe organ, a difficult time for the folks contending with the administration of the local Diocese. Really the digital Walker with your artistry is great to experience. Thank you again from folks here in west Michigan! All the best :)
You keep mentioning the digital Walker organ and yet the organ was rebuilt by Ruffatti with the Walker digital as backup. So are you saying after the organ rebuild, all you hear is digital?
@@pauljordan486 The rebuilt Ruffatti pipe organ voicing has not been completed since the instrument was returned to the Cathedral. The pipe organ’s voicing was temporarily suspended by Ruffatti’s team in early (2020) because of the Covid-19 pandemic. So only the digital Walker organ is being played presently. The sound quality of the Walker is surprisingly good, imho..
Wow! This is fantastic-and we love Diane ❤❤❤
Enjoyed your presentation of this piece... Really could have fooled me, thought for a moment that you were playing the Gallery console! Enjoy your time at one of the most fantastic musical spaces in the world!
Quite an exuberant piece! Great stuff and well done!
Thank you for educating me on this little Gem . Will definitely buy the sheet music tomorrow
it's always nice to know that organs can be made to dance by an agile organists.
Awesome
This performance me of the playing by the late and great Richard Ellsasser who toured with this Bull piece; he recorded it severas times on both the John Hays Hammond - 4-150 rank organ located in the Castle as well as his 3 manual Conn touring organ
It's cool
English organs of Bukks time did not have pedals or very few of them
I wonder if the pipe organ will be finished anytime soon?
It has been completely finished and installed since March 2020. The organ was refurbished and stored from 2015-2019. It was then installed according to the buildings construction schedule in March of 2019. The building dedication was in July of 2019 where the organ was used but not dedicated. It was decided that the organ dedication should not happen until the organ had been tweaked, tuned and 100% ready - a process that would take a year due to the time it would take to acclomate to the temperature and placement in the room. As the pipes "settle" they shift and become out of tune having to be retuned. That process was finally complete and they scheduled the Organ Gala Dedication for March 2020. Then COVID hit and they rescheduled it for January 2021. That too was cancelled. A new date has not yet been announced.
Ruffatti has resumed tuning the organ as of this month, and they plan on working out all the bugs before scheduling a new date.
Is this the Gallery Console?
The main console is 5 manuals
Us that the Original console?
This console wasn’t the Hazel was it because it only had 4 manuals?
The console in this video is actually the console from a Walker Digital Organ that was temporarily used while Hazel was still undergoing restoration. She has since come back to life as of February 12th of this year and the Walker Organ has since returned back to its rightful owner. Hazel's dedication concert is on Friday September 30th, and tickets are still available.
Why the tv screens? I’ve never seen this in a Catholic Church
Honestly i've seen worse. Looking at other videos from the church looks like they're utilised to their full extent - eg. displaying not only the text, but also notes of the hymn.
It was built as a TV evangelist’s megachurch, but was somewhat incomplete when he died, and the Catholic Church bought the building.
Now perform that on Hazel.
Too fast for the room. And I don't think that's the H.Wright Organ - just a digital something-or-other.
Yeah that wasn’t the actual console. Back 4 years ago Ruffatti was still adding finishing touches - one being the restoration of the console and a few pipes. So, you are more than likely correct.
What the heck is the hurry? Are you late for dinner?
nyuk nyuk 😅
Looks like crystal cathedral
Because it is!
The Christ Cathedral was the Crystal Cathedral - it was sold to the Catholic Diocese of Orange following bankruptcy of Crystal Cathedral Ministries.
What in the world have the Catholics done to what was a beautiful building. Now, a showplace for Venetian blinds.
That is actually to help control the temperature (especially important for the organ). While it has greatly improved tuning stability, they discovered the temperature differences that occur due to the nature of the building still create tuning issues.
Similarly, it should help reduce maintenance costs on the organ by keeping it at a more consistent temperature.