Gert! You sir are a musical wizard. I've already listened to it another 3 times since we posted. Beautifully done. Keep bringing joy to the neighborhood, whether they want it or not! Nothing but love and respect my friend! Amazing stuff!
You have just watched a Master at work. I have followed Gert van Hoef for many many years and along with his wife and a select number of Registrants (Stop Assistants), he produces music unlike any other organist that I follow. His Conquest of Paradise improvisation is out of this world, and he has tweaked and fine tuned it over the years. Its well worth while going and following his RUclips channel if you want to hear more.
I'm with you. Gert is one of the greatest organists in history. I've been listening to organists since the early 1950s. He is unrivaled and right there on RUclips. Your comments really nail our brotherhood in this music.
Many, many years ago i fell in love with the music of Vangelis.... i love this version of his song 1492 Conquest of Paradise... who could have imagined sitting in a church listening to Vangelis on a churchorgan? Beautiful.... i enjoyed every second of it!! 💜💜
The registrant is needed on these old pipe organs as they dont have any presets on the keyboards as of modern instruments that with a push of a button the stops can be selected! Most assistants or registrants are choristers with a good knowledge of the music and many know the organ itself.
called organ in church as a healing device for organs / body more than a music instrument the music composition was for that purpose of exciting the enviroment with rigth frequencies as is bells and high cellings to iduce closer to God feeling just imagine to build something like it hundreds of years ago as well thoes buildings is bending the logic about history …
I’m sure the sidekick is pretty good at playing himself. You need to understand the organ and what’s about to happen in the music. Can’t do that if you don’t play at a decent level yourself. But that makes me wonder how improvised it really is. As in it’s not fully according to script: yes. Obviously. As in it came up on the spot, well… Chopin’s Impromptu was written down in detail. Maybe they mean something different than what I do. I just look at a piano and think ‘88 keys, hm. What shall we do now?’
I’m glad you liked it!
Gert! You sir are a musical wizard. I've already listened to it another 3 times since we posted. Beautifully done. Keep bringing joy to the neighborhood, whether they want it or not! Nothing but love and respect my friend! Amazing stuff!
You have just watched a Master at work. I have followed Gert van Hoef for many many years and along with his wife and a select number of Registrants (Stop Assistants), he produces music unlike any other organist that I follow. His Conquest of Paradise improvisation is out of this world, and he has tweaked and fine tuned it over the years. Its well worth while going and following his RUclips channel if you want to hear more.
I'm with you. Gert is one of the greatest organists in history. I've been listening to organists since the early 1950s. He is unrivaled and right there on RUclips. Your comments really nail our brotherhood in this music.
Gert van Hoef is one of the best organist in the world! I hear this song live on a concert organized from me 🙏❤️
Many, many years ago i fell in love with the music of Vangelis.... i love this version of his song 1492 Conquest of Paradise... who could have imagined sitting in a church listening to Vangelis on a churchorgan? Beautiful.... i enjoyed every second of it!! 💜💜
One of the few instruments that gives me goosebumps on it's own. No voices or lyrics needed in this case. Great reaction!
4:05 now you know where the phrase 'pulling out all stops' comes from. And probably 'no holds barred '
In English they call it a stop assistant and in Dutch a Registrant 😅
Yes it is a mix op the words assistant and register( the English word for a register is a stop )
The registrant is needed on these old pipe organs as they dont have any presets on the keyboards as of modern instruments that with a push of a button the stops can be selected! Most assistants or registrants are choristers with a good knowledge of the music and many know the organ itself.
The whole thing was pretty amazing, I was waiting to see if the Registrant was going to be acknowledged in the credits and he was.
I loved to see the admiration in your eyes
It's beautiful. A really pieces of art. The last part gave me goosebumps.
Highly, your face is priceless on these types of videos, like a kid in a candy store! Love these reactions.
The people handling the knobs are called registrators! They can find the place of every register blindly and the organist gives the orders.
Aweslom really incredible ❤
They do registration and some of them are organist themself
Fabuleux mon organiste préféré 🎶Talentueux et sympathique 🎶
Actually that smile was to his father who has taped Gert since he first sat on an organ bench with his Opa!
Fasinating!!!
This is amazing! 😃❤👌🏻
called organ in church as a healing device for organs / body more than a music instrument
the music composition was for that purpose of exciting the enviroment with rigth frequencies
as is bells and high cellings to iduce closer to God feeling
just imagine to build something like it hundreds of years ago as well thoes buildings
is bending the logic about history …
Gert is the best
From the movie..sorry Azteks but it was going down anyways, could use a set of bagpipes almost
Gert's wife doesn't play any instrument and can pull stops in concerts no problem.
My Fav organ in NL
I’m sure the sidekick is pretty good at playing himself. You need to understand the organ and what’s about to happen in the music. Can’t do that if you don’t play at a decent level yourself.
But that makes me wonder how improvised it really is. As in it’s not fully according to script: yes. Obviously. As in it came up on the spot, well… Chopin’s Impromptu was written down in detail. Maybe they mean something different than what I do. I just look at a piano and think ‘88 keys, hm. What shall we do now?’
He must be exhausted. This is top-sports ain't it
Versleten muziek stuk!!