This Church Has FOUR Pipe Organs!! A Tour of St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney
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- Опубліковано 16 тра 2024
- St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney has FOUR pipe organs - and in fact, all four of these are used regularly for different purposes. Join me and Kim on a tour today around the cathedral, and discover the beautiful sounds of the organ.
Organs featured:
2017 Klop chamber organ (1 man, 3 stops)
2000 Létourneau organ (4 man, 46 stops)
1960 Sharp organ (2 man, 26 stops)
1942 Whitehouse organ (2 man, 27 stops)
What I showed in the video were the main features of each organ - to hear more, please look for more performances on Pep Organ. For instance, I didn't show the Letourneau Tuba in this video, but you can listen to it here: • Stanley: Trumpet Volun...
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Very interesting display, Titus. When I used to deputise at the cathedral in the 80s ie before the arrival of the Létourneau, the console of the Sharp was in the chancel and was roughly to the left of where the archbishop’s throne is. At that time, the Sharp and Létourneau organs were played simultaneously by two organists wearing two way head phones. I hasten to add that they were played together only for congregational hymns, the responses and the common of the Mass. For the opening hymn, the organist at the Whitehouse would start. The organist would count aloud especially at the end of a phrase ‘hold - 2 - 3 - 4 off 2 - 3 - 4 in!’ During the Mass the organist at the Sharp would lead. The important thing was never to listen to the other organ which was being played lest you fall out of time. It was a great challenge!
Thank you for sharing this, Pastor. I think this is very interesting history about the previous usage of the organs. It must've looked very high-tech with you both wearing headphones!
@@peporgan you are welcome, Titus. It wasn’t very comfortable. The set up was very primitive: there was an ear piece on the left with a microphone extension below and the right ear was effective blocked to cut out noise!
@@peporgan Do you like football or any sports?
That's musicianship of the highest order.
@@peporganl🎉 24:57
How cool it is to see a young man like yourself so into this! That means the organ playing will be on for at least one more generation!
Yes it warms my heart. That the younger generation are getting into playing this marvelous instrument. My mom and i sung in many chamber choirs and cathedrals. And their is nothing like hearing a pipe organ FULLY opened up in all it's glory. Please keep this majestic instrument alive and well.
It warms the cockles of my heart that a young person is learning and playing church organs. Thank you deeply
What a beautiful Cathedral!
Fascinating. What a knowledgeable, beautiful young man.
I majored in music...organ
...in college (started piano at age 4) and have had so much fun playing at different churches over the years., Retired now, in my 80's
As the daughter of someone who tuned pipe organs here in the United States I find this video fascinating!
I really enjoyed this video! I’m not an organist, but I love organ music, and cathedrals! Saint Marys Cathedral is just beautiful! What’s not to like about to Letourneau, Oregon… But my favorite was actually the small one at the beginning! Titus, you should come to America and play the great Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia! Have you heard of this one?
I love this video. Entertaining and educational. I used to play our church organ back in high school. I'm self-taught so it's very interesting to see different pipe organs in one place and to hear the different sounds they produce. It's quite different from the non-pipe organs. I hope I'll be able to play pipe organ someday.
St Marys was my parish church when I was 8-9. Thanks for the opportunity to be nostalgic and leanr new things. Only played a pipe organ a few times. Loved hearing the bells too and the boys choir. We lived in Cathedral St.
He needs to allow the reverberation to decay entirely before resuming his commentary. Hearing the reverberation in a large church such as St Mary's is one of the great pleasures of hearing the organ.
I love the music to linger quietly - letting it waft alone through the air, uninterrupted…
AMEN!
That was an excellent overview of the St Mary’s cathedral organs, Titus. I especially enjoyed your warm and appreciative remarks about the Ron Sharp organ. What an astonishing contribution Ron made to organ building in Australia! Thank you!
Thanks Moya!
Why dont you find another organ builder to complete the unfinished sharp organ and make it complete¿
@@mudgebauer I was going to ask just that.
@@mudgebauer As long as it doesn't go Flat... 😁
They’re all lovely instruments. I’m an organist and each organ has its own special beauty. The chamber organ is precious. Nice for early baroque. Great for Vespers. I wish I lived there. Thanks for an inspiring video.
Thank you!
Brilliant presenter and organist. Very informative and entertaining!!!
Tirus, Thank you for your very confident presentation bringing these wonderful instruments alive! I've listened twice as you made it so much fun.
Each organ has its own uniqueness I love them all I'm glad you love to play them as well and you do a fantastic job
I am from Canada and did not know that we had a company that made these amazing organs. Our church had a new organ installed when I was a boy and in the Choir and the black keys were white and the white keys were black. So amazing and when I think of it I think it was a Canadian-made organ so beautiful. Thank you for your lovely playing and tour.! You are fantastic
I used to be a church organist back in the 80's. I haven't played a real organ like this since then. This is bringing it all back for me.
I am a current church organist - this presentation is great!
Your knowledge, talent and enthusiasm for the”King or Instruments” comes through in this presentation of four great instruments.Thank you,Titus, for your excellent overview of the capabilities of each organ and views of a magnificent cathedral. A fantastic tour! I loved the Letourneau organ.
What an insperational presentation!
Thank you for the demonstration, your work has inspired me to hear you play maestro ❤
There's a palpable anticipation to hearing each organ's unique sound. I really enjoyed hearing them in such a large area!
Magnificent, sir! I enjoyed knowing this detail of the Cathedral. In my country, Portugal, there is a Monastery (Mafra) that has six recently restored Baroque organs. Congratulations for your work!
I attended an organ recital several years ago at Mafra, in which all six were played. It was glorious and I was pleased that the organists were quite young. The Basilica is beautiful!
I’m very much looking forward to visiting the Cathedral next month and how absolutely fascinating to see this video on the organs. I hope to catch-up with Daniel. I really hope there will be opportunity to see and hear some of the other instruments in the city too.
Thank you for your tour and beautiful organ music on your wonderful organs at St. Mary’s Cathedral. The majesty of the LeTourneau Organ is magnificent, but the Klopp Organ very beautifully made and, for its size, it is also a wonderful sounding instrument. Thank you Pep, or should I call you Titus as some do, for your excellent description of, and great music on, these special instruments used for worship. May God Bless you and your music.
Thank you. Very interesting! Also, beautiful cathedral! Wish I’d visited it when I was in Sydney.
Wow, so gorgeous! Church and pipe organs are nice too!
You must be a priest?
Wonderful tour and delightful personality. Thanks.
Not forgetting that Ronald Sharp also built the organ in the concert hall of the Sydney Opera house.
I did an interview with Ron Sharp on this very channel!
My dear friend in Christ, you are an excellent organ performer. I see in You a great love for music. At 6:20 The Queen of Saba from Georg Friedrich Händel. But never open an organ box again. You will never could close it (Humor dies last). You are so talented. Best wishes from Hamburg/Germany !
Beautiful resonance
Such a nice Video! I enjoyed it a lot!
I wish I could give this video 2 thumbs up, instead of just one! What a wonderful tour of these amazing musical instruments! It's great to see that pipe organ music can also be enjoyed by younger people. I remember being in awe of pipe organs when I was your age, and I still am, to this day.
Me, too; and I'm now over 80.
Just ask any alternative young one, especially a goth or metalhead. I live in an area that is upper-middle class and they're everywhere. What a surreal world we live in.
Lovely!! Thank you!
Hi Titus, thank you for an outstanding demonstration and overall, a quality presentation! The video, audio, and narration were excellent, and it was a real treat to share in the musical treasures of the cathedral. I congratulate you for the wonderful work you are doing to share these instruments which otherwise would be inaccessible to people interstate and beyond.
Keep up the great work, and I wish you every success as the Cathedral Assistant Organist. Thank you again for an enjoyable musical experience !
Take care, John
Fantastic! I really enjoyed the video. Well explained
Very nice, Titus. All of the organs are great in their own ways and you present them quite nicely. Thanks.
Marvelous!
Such a nice tour.
Very enjoyable, and informative tour. Than you.
That was excellent. I very much enjoyed this video. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Titus, always good to see behind the scenes at the best concert venues and places of worship.
What a treasure this video is! Thank you so much for sharing.
Great video thanks will add a visit next time in Sydney
wow that's so cool thanks for a wonderful video :)
Thanks for this video! Beautiful Cathedral and Organs and when You play! Beautiful Sounds! 🎹🎵👍👏👏
Amazing. 💛💛💛💛
Very interesting! Thanks!
This is great! Thank you for posting this. Very fine playing!
Thank you for that great video, very interesting.
Very interesting a wonderful collection of organs Thank you for showing them to us
Have a look in the cathedral in Freiburg im Breisgau. Even the famous organist Edward Power Biggs played on the four organs which can be played on on single place. It's all in a cuestion of acoustic.
Brilliant!
Hats off to you, a wonderful presentation!
This was wonderful! Thank you for that snip of Prokofiev - perfectly suited to that instrument.
Titus,
Brilliant programme! Thank you.
What a marvelous tour of four distinct and capable instruments. I play three pipe organs in separate churches each weekend, but cannot imagine your voicing workouts. Bravo, Sir!
Very interesting we enjoyed this
Wow this is Really Great!! This kid's been practicing. Top Marks.
Thank you...just great..
thank you, that was most enjoyable!
Very nice demonstration, I liked your playing especially on the first organ ( small positiv) but all of it was great. what a collection of instruments! Good job sir!
Excellent; many thanks. Always enjoy the music at St. Mary's when visiting...
Thank you for sharing.
You earned a new sub! I have been playing organ since I was 9. It is the best instrument!
Very nice, well-done video.
Thank you so very much...
Wonderful video. Thank you.
Great tour of the organs, you are a very good organist
What a wonderful tour of beautiful instruments, Titus! Your dialogue is so plesant, informative, and warm. This is the first time I have run across your channel and look forward to more great things from you! I am doing business with a company in Sydney and one day may be able to visit there.
What a beautiful place
,thank you for the tour of the Cathedral.andvits beautiful organs
Very nice presentation, most interesting.
Thank you!
Thank you so much this was wonderfull !! I always wanted hearing the 2000 Létourneau, as I had rather seen the 1868 (?) Hill organ of the Sydney Anglican cathedral here 50 km east of Montreal for my first visit at Létourneau in 1998, when it was in restoration then in their workshops.
Congratulation again for your great presentation, as I enjoyed as well seeing-hearing the three other organs in the cathedral !
Very interesting video. Should be displayed on tv.
I love this guy!
Great presentation. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us all.
Jarlath
A great presentation, Titus! This video will be watched by many for years to come. Bravo and thank you.
Cheers James. Could we get an Albury tour from you?
@@peporgan That would be a great idea 💡
As you said, "This video will be watched by many for years to come..." ... especially by me! I have many organists and pianist visit my home quite often and they would enjoy it as well! Thanks, Titus for sharing this video here on UA-cam!
Dan
The little Chapel Organ is my favourite. So simple and pure.
Beautiful place with beautiful instruments! You have given a very enjoyable tour of the organs in this wonderful cathedral! Each of the organs have their own personality!
My church here in Florida has a Letorneau organ! It also has an antiphonal organ in a loft that is played from the main console! Thanks for a great video!
Each of the organs has its own charm. They're all beautiful!
Great! Looking forward to seeing and hearing the 'hidden' organs there.
All wonderful organs. You a very good at explaining what they are.
That was wonderful Titus. You have made an important video. Also interesting to read the comments from Pastor. I was not aware that he had deputized there.
From MagicalPipes Fantastic Tour of all the Organs and I happen to follow many organs in the Netherlands
I very much enjoyed your presentation, matter and method. Thanks, Titus, for taking the time and making the no small effort to make this video. As to the preferred instrument at the cathedral, the Letourneau has my vote, but you are certainly spoilt for choice.
i think the letourneau looks stunning in that space. (sounds, great! i mean swell!)
Those organs sure has a beautiful sound. I love beautiful organ music
Merci beaucoup.
Awesome nice 👍 Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦
¡Impresionante, magnífico organista! : D
You are a very talented young man. My compliments. From Wales.
Excellent Titus!!!
Subscribed. I like your channel ✨️🙌🏻
What an excellent video! Thank you so much for how successfully you demonstrated and explained the organs throughout the Cathedral - you were engaging and entertaining!
Im sure you long for a nice gothic case and lots of rejoicing on the (unfulfilling not quite there) sound of the Letourneau! Me thinks they got scared of Australian spiders and did a quick job in and out!
I love these organs!
Been there - amazing..
Espectacular
Thank you Titus. This tour is delicious.
Cheers Matt. Beautiful shots from Kim helped!