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Jonathan Lilley
Великобритания
Добавлен 17 сен 2013
Jonathan is an organist and pianist based at Waltham Abbey (Essex, just outside London) where he is Director of Music. Through this channel he is pleased to share some performances delivered online amid the Covid-19 restrictions, along with the fruits of some fun with video editing.
Jonathan got into music seriously as a chorister of Salisbury Cathedral, trained at the RAM, was Organ Scholar at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, and passed the exam for Fellowship of the Royal College of Organists aged 19. He went on to Assistant Organist posts at Leeds Minster and then Ely Cathedral, while being in demand as accompanist for choirs and educational establishments in those cities. Career highlights include a live Radio 3 broadcast of Poulenc’s Organ Concerto from Ely, and a number of forays into improvised film accompaniment. As well as leading Waltham Abbey choirs and playing for services, he is accompanist to the English Arts Chorale and to the Waltham Singers of Chelmsford.
Jonathan got into music seriously as a chorister of Salisbury Cathedral, trained at the RAM, was Organ Scholar at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, and passed the exam for Fellowship of the Royal College of Organists aged 19. He went on to Assistant Organist posts at Leeds Minster and then Ely Cathedral, while being in demand as accompanist for choirs and educational establishments in those cities. Career highlights include a live Radio 3 broadcast of Poulenc’s Organ Concerto from Ely, and a number of forays into improvised film accompaniment. As well as leading Waltham Abbey choirs and playing for services, he is accompanist to the English Arts Chorale and to the Waltham Singers of Chelmsford.
Inside the organ at Waltham Abbey
James from PresentDay Production is taken on an abridged tour of the organ interior, and kindly turned what he saw and heard into this video. To meet the guys and learn why they were here - ruclips.net/video/9OZ3P3dhrMY/видео.html
Older organ pipes by J.W. Walker & Sons, 19th century & 1953. Organ infrastructure and newer pipes (the shiny metal ones) by Mander Organs, 2019.
For the organ specification and other information, including details and photos of the old organ and the rationale behind the rebuild, see walthamabbeyorgan.wordpress.com/
Older organ pipes by J.W. Walker & Sons, 19th century & 1953. Organ infrastructure and newer pipes (the shiny metal ones) by Mander Organs, 2019.
For the organ specification and other information, including details and photos of the old organ and the rationale behind the rebuild, see walthamabbeyorgan.wordpress.com/
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Tonal tour of the organ at Waltham Abbey
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An impromptu demonstration of the Abbey organ, with digressions into its history, given to James and Mark from PresentDay Production, who brought a Lewitt microphone system to see how it coped with the acoustic complexities of a large pipe organ - and kindly turned our experiment into this video. To see what this what about and meet the guys behind the camera - ruclips.net/video/9OZ3P3dhrMY/вид...
Rosace • Henri Mulet
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from Esquisses Byzantines - ten musical depictions of the Sacré-Coeur Basilica, Paris, 1914-19 - Henri Mulet (1878-1967) No.3 'Rosace' bathes the listener in aural sunlight as if streaming through a rose window. Recorded for online worship, Candlemas 2021, Waltham Abbey Church.
A very short recital for 24th January
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An excerpt from a short, virtual recital for 24th January 2021 (for Mum’s birthday in lockdown) Berceuse from Dolly Suite - Gabriel Fauré
In dir ist Freude · Bach
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Chorale prelude on ‘In dir ist Freude’ from the Orgelbüchlein - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Recorded at Waltham Abbey Church for New Year 2021
Noël X • Louis-Claude Daquin
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Noël: 'Bon Joseph, écoute-moi' No.10 of Nouveau Livre de Noëls (1757) Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772) Jonathan Lilley plays the organ of Waltham Abbey Church
Sleigh Ride • Leroy Anderson / Thomas Trotter
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Sleigh Ride • Leroy Anderson (1908-1975) Organ arrangement: Thomas Trotter Recorded in Waltham Abbey Church, December 2020 for the Abbey’s online Christmas Eve children’s service
Chanson de la Vierge Pensive: an aria for organ
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“To me be as it pleaseth God”, she said. Aria - Andrew Carter (b.1939) also published as ‘Chanson de la Vierge Pensive’ and recorded at Waltham Abbey Church on 4th Sunday of Advent 2020
Naïades
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Naïades - Pièces de fantaisie, 4ème Suite op.55 Louis Vierne 1870-1937 Informal recording made on and in honour of the composer’s 150th birthday, 8th October 2020 on the 2019 Walker/Mander organ of Waltham Abbey Church, Essex
Dialogue sur les Mixtures - Langlais
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A bit of fun with Dialogue sur les Mixtures, the final movement of Jean Langlais’ Suite brève, suggested by and initiated amid the temporary presence in Waltham Abbey Church of four pipe organs. Like the performer’s haircut, the filming was completed and edited single-handedly and somewhat informally by the performer during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown. The organs, in order of appearance: · Main ...
Contra Bombarde 32?
Contra Trombone in this case, but yes, a reed toned 32'.
The pedal reed pipes are the 32 contra bombard
Amazing Tempo 😎
Excellent.
Great Fun!!
FABULOUS!!!
Delightful AND orchestral!
Clearly, the organist in this video, was not the best person to explain the mechanics of his instrument: a bit of the curates egg version I'm afraid.
Where can I buy this arrangement of the piece please?
Direct from the publisher www.banksmusicpublications.co.uk/publishers/banks-music-publications/sleigh-ride or from your usual/preferred sheet music retailer.
@@jonathan.lilleyThank you very much. Just going to order now. Looking forward to having a go at that.👍
Great to hear - having started my singing life as an Alto here back in the ‘70s in Norman Rimmer’s days. Thanks so much
very good! congrats!
I appreciate the way you talk of things of which I know nothing in such a way that I can follow if I care, and in such a way that I want to care.
Played beautifully. Faure' was possibly the father of the French impressionist composers. Debussy, Ravel, Satie etc.who all had a similar relaxed style and tempo and inscrutable melodies. How I wish I had your fluency on a keyboard. I just took your tonal and back of house tours of the Waltham Abbey organ and they answered most of my questions. It was lovely to speak to you in person today at the Abbey. Thanks Peter
A most interesting tour of the organ; it sounds wonderful! Wouldn't have minded hearing a little more of Bach's Passacaglia though!
Very beautiful interpretation !
Johnathan Lilley, That 8' oboe was very soft and buttery!
Delightful!!!
I’m learning this on my local Church organ very good use of various registrations.
This video left me speechless, honestly. Your talent and skills, the amazing sound of this massive instrument... Your new Full Great Chorus really sounds like what I would imagine. Thank you so much!
Wonderful.
Impressive
Way to go, Mr. Lilley!! Using a fantastic church organ for something not Classical. And by a very competent organist, with excellent registrations. More?
Delightful! Your acrobatics are inspiring.
Merci Acceder, comprendre J'ai 75 ans. Je suis si heureuse de pouvoir encore vivre et faire, créer, apprendre, rêver ....Merci
Love Jonathan's sense of humour at times ! This is a wondeful montage f the workings of the Waltham Abbey Organ. The firm Manders that rebuilt it sadly went out of business !
But are now back in business, I believe, having merged with FH Brown of Canterbury.
Yes that's correct. They actually aquired several items from them when they closedown. And some of the staff at F Brown trained at Manders !
Jonathan, have you seen what Sam @LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER is doing? He has rescued a church organ from its previous installation in a house and is rebuilding it in his museum ruclips.net/video/mWACB04iKT8/видео.html
"The guy that designed this organ was young and slim!" I've heard that before about a number of organs. I like your comment about the wind supply. I agree that slight variations in the pressure give the organ it's natural sound. I believe that as digital electronic organ technology has improved, the subtle ways in which the wind interacts with the pipes are what make the difference between a pipe organ and an electronic organ.
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I love your explanation and confident answers. The Beeb should have you present a series (or several) on organs.
Love the Widor at the end. Have you been to St Sulpice? I was fortunate to hear the organ there many years ago.
Once upon a time I got to play that exact piece on that organ, one of only a couple of times I've ever felt scared by the amount of noise an organ makes (as experienced at the console).
@@jonathan.lilley Excellent! Edit: Excellent that you got to play that instrument. Only excellent that you got scared if it was a thrill rather than a fright!
Stunning!
I'm another visitor from PresentDay Productions. They did a great job but so did you - a fascinating exposition. Organ music was the only genre my dad and I shared.
Wow. Someone should sample this. It sound absolutely amazing, and was played brilliantly. Thank you Jonathon, and Mark and James. Just Fantastic. Cheers
Thank you Jonathon, that was amazing!
How Brilliant. Thank you so much for producing this vid. Cheers
I really enjoyed this, thanks so much for allowing us to see inside.
really Enjoyed this, nice that you found this chap with his generosity to share his Pipe Organ with us.
That was wonderful and inspiring! Thank you for the excellent presentation! I also noticed there was no sheet music, and that these were all performed from memory!
That was absolutely BRILLIANT. Thanks to James, Mark, and Lewitt for sparking this.
Marvelous.
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Beautiful! Wonderfully documented.
Also here from Present Day Productions. Nice to see and hear this as it now has been fully restored. Must Have been a huge job to get it to this state!
What an interesting video, I never realised just how complicated the whole organ set up was.
Thanks for the amazing tour through this outstanding instrument!
Hi Jonathan, thank you for showing Presentday Productions and us your beautiful organ. It sounds mighty!
Thank you, Sir. It's a really great Organ and in the right hands.
That is an astonishing instrument. I know next to nothing about pipe organs and I'd just like to thank you for this!
I’d forgotten how much I like a great pipe organ. Thanks for doing this.
Really enjoyed this presentation, thanks for posting this. Clearly a gem of an instrument, and Manders have achieved a superb rebuild. Looking at the specification, you would never realise that the Great trumpet would be so fiery (in a classical French way). The new flue chorus on the Great is also a triumph. Overall an impressive instrument for Waltham Abbey!