Section start times: 0:04 Promenade 1:39 Gnomus -The Gnome 4:28 Promenade 5:20 Il vecchio castello - The Old Castle 9:49 Promenade 10:18 Tuileries (Dispute d'enfants après jeux) - Tuileries (Children Quarelling at Play) 11:17 Bydło 14:30 Promenade 15:23 Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks 16:42 Samuel Goldenberg & Schmuÿle 18:57 Promenade 19:28 Limoges. Le marché (La grande nouvelle) - Limoges (The Big News) 21:00 Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum) - Catacombs (A Roman Sepulchre) 22:46 Con mortuis in lingua mortua - With the Dead in a Dead Language 24:54 The Hut on Hen's Legs (Baba-Yaga) 28:15 The Great Gate of Kiev
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Wow, this brought tears to my eyes! Pictures at an Exhibition on a fantastic sounding church organ. When "The Hut on Hen's Legs (Baba-Yaga)" started to be played I cranked up the volume. Along with "The Great Gate of Kiev" these sound so powerful!
He plays it (with Tom's animation) on the very big Corna organ at Bergamo Cathedral. He played it at same concert as the Vivaldi 4 Seasons which he did upload to this channel but Pictures at an Exhibition is on the Festival Organistico Internazionale - Bergamo website and its fantastic.
This performance by Jonathan Scott is excellent and amazing.The late Calvin Hampton also recorded a pipe organ transcription years ago. A few selections from it are on You Tube, but have never located the entire recording. I had it on a Musical Heritage Society LP.
Here: a rainy Sunday afternoon in Vermont (May 30, 2021) made brilliantly bright by two gifted and giving brothers: a blessing beyond telling !! UK to Vermont: 5280km... How fantastically traversed.
yes,its a great interpretation for organ...think maestro MUSSORGSKY will smile to this....simply excellent organist...and the GREAT GATES are overwhelming.....
This is the work of a true genius. You are the Liszt of these days. Both of you guys should be proud; you are giving us a very generous amount of pleasure. Thank you very much!
It was originally composed for piano. Obviously this work benefits greatly from the the pedal division and the varied tambers of the rest of the organ. I very much like this transcription.
I used to have a recording of an organ transcription back in the 1970s, recorded on a cassette-tape! I still think the 'Promenade' and 'Great Gate of Kiev' especially lend themselves to the pipe organ.
This is an intensely dramatic piece. Each segment trying to present the feeling, the essence of the picture in the gallery. The range of tonalities, not to mention dynamics and pitch, of the organ lends the organ to be a far more impressive instrument to perform this music. From the chicks to the Great Gate, it is so dramatic that a piano can not represent the feeling of the segments. One wonders what the original might be if composed for the organ. Leave it to Tom to present an accurate rendition of the original yet using the full range of the expression of a pipe organ to interpret. This is a really great performance of a monumental piece.
What a MASTERPIECE! Thirty-five minutes of true gold to my eyes and ears! I'm completely stunned! Even as a big fan of Jonathan playing Organ solo he always surprises me!
A Maestro without equal. I have said it already - this is the UKs André Isoir and even better. Jonathan, a grand concert organist and concert pianist along with his brother Tom. You are truly gifted. Bless you both and keep on playing for many more years please!
This amazing piece is splendid in the original piano version, all the various orchestra versions, but is extra splendid on the organ. I've listened to it over and over. BRAVO!
God be praised that such magnificent genius has existed in our time! A part of me lives to enjoy this kind of music.. We are far more blessed than most of us realise or can understand.. "Gott Vater, sei gepriesen"
One of my very favourite pieces of classical music, Mussorgsky composed something of such profound originality that seems at times to totally transcended the ability of the piano to capture it; the organ, under Mr Scott's musical prowess, does manage this so much better. How often do you hear the church organ bring such colour, grandeur and mystery? And this is "just" another English church organ. Amazing!! I should add what a truly stunning organ, it's tonal qualities seem to meld the British tradition with something of a continental purity - the acoustics of the church and the perfect recording just add more qualities. - which Jonathon Scott uses to its full majesty.
Wow! such talent, these boys are so clever and so very “down to earth” with it. Every arrangement, every performance is a joy to watch and to listen to. Their gifts are not learnt they must be born with them already there to be nurtured and encouraged and they certainly have been. Carry on boys, you bring so much joy and pleasure to so many people.
Piano sounds good playing this but there's just something really special and so good about the organ showing and expressing to our ears ! And the musician is very good !
I have heart this music for the first one on organ played by the great master Jean Guillou ( past away 2019) It was amazing to hear. I met this master at Rotterdam on the"de Doelen organ" on his concert. And now, you are the master on this organ. Wow. Well done. Great work and amazing again.
Why haven't I heard of these guys before? What a wonderful performance of one of my favourite compositions! Great organ and choice of stops. Great video as well. I'm running out of superlatives so I'll shut up and listen to it again.
You should watch Jonathan play this illustrated with Tom's animation at the 29° Festival Organistico Internazionale in Bergamo Italy in 2021. Its on their website - search on RUclips under; Progetto Scuole 2021 - Cattedrale di Bergamo 29/10/2021 Its a real trip - much bigger cathedral organ
I started playing this piece on piano in high school after a friend got a copy from the university. At the time were were looking for piano versions of orchestral works such as this, Beethoven's Symphony #5 for four hands, Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps for four hands, all the usual suspects. Those were good times, over 50 years ago now.
Jonathan Scott, d'une part, et Jean Guillou, ancien organiste à l'église Saint-Eustache à Paris, d'autre part : deux organistes talentueux dans cette superbe interprétation de l'oeuvre de Moussorgski ...
Absolutely marvellous! I was first introduced to this splendid piece by the late Keith Emerson, whose version with ELP I still love and treasure. Since then, I have acquired the version for piano (as it was originally written), Ravel's orchestral version - and Tomita's exotic but wonderful version - each one excellent. Now I have this brilliant rendition. Bravo, Jonathan - (is there anything this gifted man can't play?!) !
@QHarefield , You might like the *_classical guitar_* transcription -arranged & performed by guitar virtuoso *Kazuhito Yamashita.* The varied array of enjoyable renditions stands as testimony to the brilliance of the original composer.
Technique is fine, but what makes the Scott brothers transcriptions so great is that (here Jonathan as soloist) really performs the music, rather than just 'make it through' a difficult transcription. This allow us listeners to enjoy the composer's intent, and not just listen to an organist. I suspect a lot goes into what transcription will work with what organ too, as the variety of 1.) acoustics, 2.) combination action and 3.) stop lists available to the performer are so varied.
One-man orchestra is exactly why the magnificent organs we love were developed and built. It's nice to know I'm not the only one still alive who enjoys them.
I’ve been listening to this amazing performance, and trying to nail down what is the main reason I love your playing so much. Amazing technique? Well, yeah . 😂 Absolute mastery of style through an entire long piece? Yup. 👍 But for me, it’s your use of registration. So appropriate and at the same time, imaginative. Using the resources of the instrument so well. And that’s what totally draws me in as you play. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for sharing your extraordinary gifts with us!
I too am captivated by Jonathan's playing. Though familiar with these orchestral pieces, I wouldn't choose to listen to them on a regular basis. Jonathan's transcriptions and playing, however, give them a new vitality and I listen with renewed interest. Perhaps it's the one person/one instrument being the entire orchestra that overwhelms me. Whatever the reason, keep writing and playing, I'll be listening and enjoying.
It's the best kind of adaptation - it's not trying to slap an orchestral piece onto an organ, it's turning Pictures At An Exhibition into an organ piece
A fabulous instrument work of great craftsmen and brilliantly designed, a work of art of a Grand Master in all dimensions of Music in the hands of a brilliant performer.
"Pictures" must be the most transcribed piece in classical music - many and varied orchestral arrangements, brass band, ELP, etc. This is worthy to stand with any of them and even has some unique effects; Gnomus sounds particularly eerie and there is a lightness of touch in Tuileries and the Unhatched Chicks. One other fascinating possibility - how about an alternative transcription for organ and piano duet to preserve some of Mussorgsky's unusual pianistic effects, particularly in the last 2 movements, though this transcription already captures some of them more than many orchestral versions including Ravel's classic one.
I continue to be awed and astounded by your organ arrangements, I'm only sad that more people aren't here to appreciate them. A sad state that classical music writ large is a fading thing. I can't wait for baba yagas hut here!
Jonathan this is a superb recording. The organ tone and the registration adds a new dimension to the already dramatic music.. An inspired choice of instrument. I have yet to hear this live. Magnificent. Sound and images so good. Great edit Tom.
It's tied for my favorite with his transcription of the _Marriage of Figaro_ overture. (Both narrowly ahead of the Stanley trumpet voluntary from that one Albion Church concert.)
Mussorgsky is among the composers I most admire. It was exceptional on the organ! Congratulations on the excellent arrangement and performance! By the way, I really liked Tom's animations about this piece.
The biggest tribute I can give you, Jonathon, is that you have inspired me to attempt music on the organ I'd have never dreamed about in the past. I'm performing Finlandia in a couple of weeks, my own arrangement, and if I hadn't been watching and listening to you over the last few months I'd never have tried it. Thank you, you haven't just breathed new life into music, but also into me.
I love organtranscripts, i've heart Jean Gaillou's version long time ago and now this. This organ has been brought to sing, either in joy and exhuberance as in almost prayer. Wonderfull instrument and more than excellent expose of artistry throughout .
It’s hard to surpass the accolades given to you and Tom. I am simply honored to hear a true genius of our times playing such a magnificent piece, which was transcribed for my favorite instrument, the organ. Truly fantastic interpretation and mastery. May you both continue to be blessed forevermore. Joseph Santana
Stunning performance, Jonathan. True to Mussorgsky's original concept. Impressive transcription. A thought, - in the soft passages the action noise is quite dominant. Is there no way they could put muffler boards over the primaries to cut down on the noise. This is a splended organ. It is a shame to have action sounds interfere with the beautiful soft strings. thanks for your efforts during the era of 19
Very beautiful. I'd love to hear it on Bridgewater Hall organ. I think the clarity and power of that instrument would take this piece up even another notch! Thanks very much for playing one of my favorites!
He plays it (with Tom's animation) on the very big Corna organ at Bergamo Cathedral. He played it at same concert as the Vivaldi 4 Seasons which he did upload to this channel but Pictures at an Exhibition is on the Festival Organistico Internazionale - Bergamo website and its fantastic.
The Scott Brothers are in a class by themselves, arranging and playing the most famous classical Orchestral compositions for both Pipe Organ and Piano. The extreme difficulty of arranging orchestral compositions for both solo Pipe Organ and Piano Duets is executed at the highest levels of musicianship and composition. It is no exaggeration to say talent at this level only occurs once in a great while. Enjoy their fantastic work you can!
Es Asombroso que El Maestro Scott es el único que no precisa de asistente para cambiar las paginas de la partitura pues su Talento es tal que utiliza a la perfección las memorias y los recursos disponibles en todos los esplendidos órganos en los que ha tocado logrando unas interpretaciones Maravillosas y Virtuosas, Bravo Maestro !!!
You should watch Jonathan play this arrangement & illustrated with Tom's animations at the 29° Festival Organistico Internazionale in Bergamo Italy in 2021. Its on their website - search on RUclips under; Progetto Scuole 2021 - Cattedrale di Bergamo 29/10/2021 Its a real trip - much bigger cathedral organ
@@epincion WILL DO!!! As soon as I have time to sit through it’s entirety… given the brothers’ cooperation and “fun” with each other, I have NO doubt that Tom’s work will be a sight to behold!
@@epincion HA HA HA!!! Just found the video.. putting it in my “Saved” list… I loved the little guys building the organ; then it fades from the completed intel’s trumpet to Jonathan getting into the “real” organ to play… real cute!
I think I've been living under a rock. How did I not know about Albion Church in Ashton Underpants? (sic) It's only ten minutes up the road for gawd's sake! Now that I look it up on Google maps of course I recognise it and realise that I've driven past it plenty of times. But it does then raise a question: This church is in an urban environment, adjacent to a busy four lane road and is bounded on all sides by local roads. So how did the brothers Scott get such a decent recording in the first place without any sign of traffic noise creeping in on the quieter passages? Kudos. As for the piece: well you can't beat a bit of Mussorgsky eh? If I remember rightly, ol' Modest wrote all of his work for piano and it was later orchestrated by his good buddy Rimsky-Korsakov. Although I'm sure that the worldwide Hive Mind will set me straight if I've got that wrong. Fitting then that we see a Mancunian performing with such mastery at a Tameside (Greater Manchester) venue on very different set of keyboards. The last time I saw this piece live it was being performed by the Bekova Sisters piano trio at Tatton Hall in Cheshire, but that was last millennium. I'd give my eye teeth to have been present at this recording. Maybe once the world gets back on an even keel there's the chance we'll get to see this performed by Mr Scott at somewhere like the Bridgewater Hall. In the meantime I need to listen to this again through a decent sound system at home. Bliss...
Wouldn't it be wonderful if the world's past greatest exponent of the art of organ transcription, the late great, W. T. Best, is looking down from his celestial organ loft with tremendous pride and satisfaction at the world's present greatest exponent of the art of organ transcription?! A little fanciful, perhaps, but meant most sincerely. Another phenomenal interpretation and performance.
Fans, try listening to this while doing something other than watching him play. It is obviously not an orchestra playing this but it isn't that far off either. Fabulous transcription so well registered. The expressions of each of the pictures is the same as though this were played by a full orchestra conducted by Celibidache. Fantastic performance. Jonathan is the successor to Edwin Lamare - a mantle he can wear with pride. How well the English organ builders knew the importance of versatility in the design and tonal structure of their organs. Let us hope that in renovation, current builders will not alter those organs and steal away with the pipes as has been done in far too many churches as a result of the resurgence of the baroque fad.
The organ was always meant to be a simulation of the tonal colors, though not the exact sounds, of a complete orchestra. In the silent film era, theaters installed magnificent organs for this purpose, as it saved them money in the long run-until movies suddenly had their own sound and the organs were largely disused. At any rate, a magnificent instrument expressing the piece far better than the piano ever could.
Amazing utilization and registration with very fine but limiting instrument. A great introduction to the Walton for myself and am sure many others. Altogether a fine performance.
Originally for solo piano (the genuine version) , Pictures at an Exhibition has tempted many to transcribe it for numerous ensembles. I'm not sure that it would come off well on a string quartet... but I was thinking of a Handel-like transcription for chamber organ and baroque orchestra. Promenades would be played as solo organ, but the organ would go into the background in other sections except of course the Great Gate. That would be anachronistic in the extreme, but so what?
This was truly superb. Wouldn't it be wonderful if Johnathan could perform this piece at the Proms and give "orchestra followers" a real lesson in how such a transcription can be even better than the original....
You could not have made a more important statement. People should remember that Mozart did not call the Pipe Organ - "The King of instruments" for nothing. Yes, and Tom Scott has done his part to bring the music to the masses. These was a day when people flocked to weekly performances at Town halls all over England to hear music like this. Listen to the garbage the like now. Radical difference.
Me, 35 minutes ago: "Please let there be a Scott Brothers Duo video of this for organ...PLEASE let there be a Scott Brothers Duo video of this this for organ... OH THANK GOD!" Side note: If I ever get married, I think "The Great Gate of Kyiv" would make an excellent recessional!
Great gate of Kiev seemed more convincing cause the church kind of the impression of the song was talking about. He's really good with his hands and feet working the organ I'll give you that.
Section start times:
0:04 Promenade
1:39 Gnomus -The Gnome
4:28 Promenade
5:20 Il vecchio castello - The Old Castle
9:49 Promenade
10:18 Tuileries (Dispute d'enfants après jeux) - Tuileries (Children Quarelling at Play)
11:17 Bydło
14:30 Promenade
15:23 Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
16:42 Samuel Goldenberg & Schmuÿle
18:57 Promenade
19:28 Limoges. Le marché (La grande nouvelle) - Limoges (The Big News)
21:00 Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum) - Catacombs (A Roman Sepulchre)
22:46 Con mortuis in lingua mortua - With the Dead in a Dead Language
24:54 The Hut on Hen's Legs (Baba-Yaga)
28:15 The Great Gate of Kiev
This man deserves to be knighted. He is a national treasure. With his fingers and feet he speaks the language of the masses using music.
I quite agree .
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Wow, this brought tears to my eyes! Pictures at an Exhibition on a fantastic sounding church organ. When "The Hut on Hen's Legs (Baba-Yaga)" started to be played I cranked up the volume. Along with "The Great Gate of Kiev" these sound so powerful!
He plays it (with Tom's animation) on the very big Corna organ at Bergamo Cathedral. He played it at same concert as the Vivaldi 4 Seasons which he did upload to this channel but Pictures at an Exhibition is on the Festival Organistico Internazionale - Bergamo website and its fantastic.
Relief for my ears, EVER!!!
A tip of the hat to Keith Emerson for having the nads to transcribe this gloriously for a rock audience.
That is how came to know and love this piece. Especially on the organ.
Dead right. ELP's rendition is fantastic.
This performance by Jonathan Scott is excellent and amazing.The late Calvin Hampton also recorded a pipe organ transcription years ago. A few selections from it are on You Tube, but have never located the entire recording. I had it on a Musical Heritage Society LP.
Here: a rainy Sunday afternoon in Vermont (May 30, 2021) made brilliantly bright by two gifted and giving brothers:
a blessing beyond telling !! UK to Vermont: 5280km... How fantastically traversed.
yes,its a great interpretation for organ...think maestro MUSSORGSKY will smile to this....simply
excellent organist...and the GREAT GATES are overwhelming.....
This is the work of a true genius. You are the Liszt of these days. Both of you guys should be proud; you are giving us a very generous amount of pleasure. Thank you very much!
The organ is the most powerful instrument ever, just a pure wall of intense sound
Just another reason why the pipe organ is the most magnificent instrument to ever exist
You absolutely get it!
Epic. Hard to believe it was not composed expressly for the organ. The whole piece takes on a nobler character.
It was originally composed for piano. Obviously this work benefits greatly from the the pedal division and the varied tambers of the rest of the organ. I very much like this transcription.
I used to have a recording of an organ transcription back in the 1970s, recorded on a cassette-tape! I still think the 'Promenade' and 'Great Gate of Kiev' especially lend themselves to the pipe organ.
@@Mark_Dyer1 There have been quite a few transcriptions of this piece - I remember hearing Arthur Wills playing his version of it back in the 1970's.
Michael Davidson no doubt on the organ at Canterbury cathedral.
This is an intensely dramatic piece. Each segment trying to present the feeling, the essence of the picture in the gallery. The range of tonalities, not to mention dynamics and pitch, of the organ lends the organ to be a far more impressive instrument to perform this music. From the chicks to the Great Gate, it is so dramatic that a piano can not represent the feeling of the segments. One wonders what the original might be if composed for the organ. Leave it to Tom to present an accurate rendition of the original yet using the full range of the expression of a pipe organ to interpret. This is a really great performance of a monumental piece.
What a MASTERPIECE! Thirty-five minutes of true gold to my eyes and ears! I'm completely stunned! Even as a big fan of Jonathan playing Organ solo he always surprises me!
A Maestro without equal. I have said it already - this is the UKs André Isoir and even better. Jonathan, a grand concert organist and concert pianist along with his brother Tom. You are truly gifted. Bless you both and keep on playing for many more years please!
Andre Isoir was a genius. I have his set of Bach organ works and it's simply delightful.
This amazing piece is splendid in the original piano version, all the various orchestra versions, but is extra splendid on the organ. I've listened to it over and over. BRAVO!
Stunning performer...¡¡¡ YEAH...
God be praised that such magnificent genius has existed in our time! A part of me lives to enjoy this kind of music.. We are far more blessed than most of us realise or can understand..
"Gott Vater, sei gepriesen"
How can something that developed a reputation for spooky music be so beautiful?
A skilled player like Jonathan wanting it to sound beautiful.
This gives me the chills!
First I ever heard of this was Emerson, Lake, and Palmer.
One of my very favourite pieces of classical music, Mussorgsky composed something of such profound originality that seems at times to totally transcended the ability of the piano to capture it; the organ, under Mr Scott's musical prowess, does manage this so much better. How often do you hear the church organ bring such colour, grandeur and mystery? And this is "just" another English church organ. Amazing!! I should add what a truly stunning organ, it's tonal qualities seem to meld the British tradition with something of a continental purity - the acoustics of the church and the perfect recording just add more qualities. - which Jonathon Scott uses to its full majesty.
That organ sounds fantastic.
Fantastic!
Wow! such talent, these boys are so clever and so very “down to earth” with it. Every arrangement, every performance is a joy to watch and to listen to. Their gifts are not learnt they must be born with them already there to be nurtured and encouraged and they certainly have been. Carry on boys, you bring so much joy and pleasure to so many people.
Well said. Kudos to their lovely mum and dad.
Piano sounds good playing this but there's just something really special and so good about the organ showing and expressing to our ears ! And the musician is very good !
Fantastic
I have heart this music for the first one on organ played by the great master Jean Guillou ( past away 2019) It was amazing to hear. I met this master at Rotterdam on the"de Doelen organ" on his concert. And now, you are the master on this organ. Wow. Well done. Great work and amazing again.
Why haven't I heard of these guys before? What a wonderful performance of one of my favourite compositions! Great organ and choice of stops. Great video as well. I'm running out of superlatives so I'll shut up and listen to it again.
Incredible...wonderfull perfomanse..Thanks Jonathan from Chile.
I've loved this piece since I first heard it played by the late, great Keith Emerson. Kudos!
You should watch Jonathan play this illustrated with Tom's animation at the 29° Festival Organistico Internazionale in Bergamo Italy in 2021.
Its on their website - search on RUclips under;
Progetto Scuole 2021 - Cattedrale di Bergamo 29/10/2021
Its a real trip - much bigger cathedral organ
Such a Talented Musician !
I started playing this piece on piano in high school after a friend got a copy from the university. At the time were were looking for piano versions of orchestral works such as this, Beethoven's Symphony #5 for four hands, Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps for four hands, all the usual suspects. Those were good times, over 50 years ago now.
Magnifique !
Jonathan Scott, d'une part, et Jean Guillou, ancien organiste à l'église Saint-Eustache à Paris, d'autre part : deux organistes talentueux dans cette superbe interprétation de l'oeuvre de Moussorgski ...
BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT! Thank you!
Absolutely marvellous! I was first introduced to this splendid piece by the late Keith Emerson, whose version with ELP I still love and treasure. Since then, I have acquired the version for piano (as it was originally written), Ravel's orchestral version - and Tomita's exotic but wonderful version - each one excellent. Now I have this brilliant rendition. Bravo, Jonathan - (is there anything this gifted man can't play?!) !
@QHarefield ,
You might like the *_classical guitar_* transcription -arranged & performed by guitar virtuoso *Kazuhito Yamashita.* The varied array of enjoyable renditions stands as testimony to the brilliance of the original composer.
@@DrChaad Guitar already?? Good heavens! Testimony indeed. Thanks for the tip.
The Great Gate - Majestic!
Technique is fine, but what makes the Scott brothers transcriptions so great is that (here Jonathan as soloist) really performs the music, rather than just 'make it through' a difficult transcription. This allow us listeners to enjoy the composer's intent, and not just listen to an organist. I suspect a lot goes into what transcription will work with what organ too, as the variety of 1.) acoustics, 2.) combination action and 3.) stop lists available to the performer are so varied.
All absolutely true. PLUS the masterful recording and video-graphic skills of brother Tom. He is a real superstar in my book.
I can't even find the right words, this is amazing! One man is an orchestra! That was beautiful!!!
One-man orchestra is exactly why the magnificent organs we love were developed and built. It's nice to know I'm not the only one still alive who enjoys them.
@@edifyguy Francis Griffin: what in blazes is this? i thought you said we were going to church
Awesome job, bravo.
Magnifique transcription. Toute l'âme de l'oeuvre ressort superbement ici.
I’ve been listening to this amazing performance, and trying to nail down what is the main reason I love your playing so much. Amazing technique? Well, yeah . 😂 Absolute mastery of style through an entire long piece? Yup. 👍
But for me, it’s your use of registration. So appropriate and at the same time, imaginative. Using the resources of the instrument so well. And that’s what totally draws me in as you play. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for sharing your extraordinary gifts with us!
I too am captivated by Jonathan's playing. Though familiar with these orchestral pieces, I wouldn't choose to listen to them on a regular basis. Jonathan's transcriptions and playing, however, give them a new vitality and I listen with renewed interest. Perhaps it's the one person/one instrument being the entire orchestra that overwhelms me. Whatever the reason, keep writing and playing, I'll be listening and enjoying.
It's the best kind of adaptation - it's not trying to slap an orchestral piece onto an organ, it's turning Pictures At An Exhibition into an organ piece
Found this while trying to track down a recording of Pictures at an Exhibition played on the Wanamaker Organ
This is absolutely amazing!!! The organ is so powerful and majestic 😭😱🙂
An amazing bit of talent on display here! Thanks for sharing!
Excellent… Brilliant… Love to you, Jonathan
A fabulous instrument work of great craftsmen and brilliantly designed, a work of art of a Grand Master in all dimensions of Music in the hands of a brilliant performer.
I have an old Lp of this performed on the Wanamaker organ..Doesn’t hola a candle to this. Thank you for sharing your awesome talent.
"Pictures" must be the most transcribed piece in classical music - many and varied orchestral arrangements, brass band, ELP, etc. This is worthy to stand with any of them and even has some unique effects; Gnomus sounds particularly eerie and there is a lightness of touch in Tuileries and the Unhatched Chicks. One other fascinating possibility - how about an alternative transcription for organ and piano duet to preserve some of Mussorgsky's unusual pianistic effects, particularly in the last 2 movements, though this transcription already captures some of them more than many orchestral versions including Ravel's classic one.
I continue to be awed and astounded by your organ arrangements, I'm only sad that more people aren't here to appreciate them. A sad state that classical music writ large is a fading thing. I can't wait for baba yagas hut here!
This is incredible!
Jonathan this is a superb recording. The organ tone and the registration adds a new dimension to the already dramatic music..
An inspired choice of instrument. I have yet to hear this live. Magnificent. Sound and images so good. Great edit Tom.
Listen to his 1812 Overture rendition. Wow.
It's tied for my favorite with his transcription of the _Marriage of Figaro_ overture. (Both narrowly ahead of the Stanley trumpet voluntary from that one Albion Church concert.)
The Great Gate of Kiev by Modest Mussorgsky & 1812 Overture by Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky are blended together in Baby Van Gogh.
@@LaserdiscOrganistAmericanOrgan That was quite a finale those guys pulled off.
Lovely 4th version!!!!
🌻🎶👀
1st piano solo
2nd orchestra arrangement
3rd ELP (Emerson Lake & Palmer)
4th this one 😄
👏👏🙄👏👏
thanks tons tons!!!!!
Emerson, Lake and Palmer helped me to discover this masterpiece.
Beautiful! Thank you!
Mussorgsky is among the composers I most admire. It was exceptional on the organ! Congratulations on the excellent arrangement and performance! By the way, I really liked Tom's animations about this piece.
Love it. You make it look so easy. Well done Jonathon.
I have always like "Pictures" since first hearing the ELP version but this is absolutely amazing. Thank you so much.
The biggest tribute I can give you, Jonathon, is that you have inspired me to attempt music on the organ I'd have never dreamed about in the past. I'm performing Finlandia in a couple of weeks, my own arrangement, and if I hadn't been watching and listening to you over the last few months I'd never have tried it. Thank you, you haven't just breathed new life into music, but also into me.
I hope you recorded that! I'd love to hear it!
I love organtranscripts, i've heart Jean Gaillou's version long time ago and now this. This organ has been brought to sing, either in joy and exhuberance as in almost prayer. Wonderfull instrument and more than excellent expose of artistry throughout .
Fascinated! Great execution!
It’s hard to surpass the accolades given to you and Tom. I am simply honored to hear a true genius of our times playing such a magnificent piece, which was transcribed for my favorite instrument, the organ. Truly fantastic interpretation and mastery. May you both continue to be blessed forevermore.
Joseph Santana
Stunning performance, Jonathan. True to Mussorgsky's original concept. Impressive transcription. A thought, - in the soft passages the action noise is quite dominant. Is there no way they could put muffler boards over the primaries to cut down on the noise. This is a splended organ. It is a shame to have action sounds interfere with the beautiful soft strings. thanks for your efforts during the era of 19
Very beautiful. I'd love to hear it on Bridgewater Hall organ. I think the clarity and power of that instrument would take this piece up even another notch! Thanks very much for playing one of my favorites!
He plays it (with Tom's animation) on the very big Corna organ at Bergamo Cathedral. He played it at same concert as the Vivaldi 4 Seasons which he did upload to this channel but Pictures at an Exhibition is on the Festival Organistico Internazionale - Bergamo website and its fantastic.
Just gorgeous! Thanks so much!
Well-played and well-received this Christmas Eve, 2020!
This is awesome! This whole suite sounds better on Organ
The Scott Brothers are in a class by themselves, arranging and playing the most famous classical Orchestral compositions for both Pipe Organ and Piano. The extreme difficulty of arranging orchestral compositions for both solo Pipe Organ and Piano Duets is executed at the highest levels of musicianship and composition. It is no exaggeration to say talent at this level only occurs once in a great while. Enjoy their fantastic work you can!
Splendid version and wonderful perfomance! But I see it's not possible to buy the entire scores. I can't find it on the website. What a shame
Es Asombroso que El Maestro Scott es el único que no precisa de asistente para cambiar las paginas de la partitura pues su Talento es tal que utiliza a la perfección las memorias y los recursos disponibles en todos los esplendidos órganos en los que ha tocado logrando unas interpretaciones Maravillosas y Virtuosas, Bravo Maestro !!!
Absolutely beautiful, rendition on the organ…. Would dare say it rivals the Ravel orchestration! LOVED IT!!!!!
You should watch Jonathan play this arrangement & illustrated with Tom's animations at the 29° Festival Organistico Internazionale in Bergamo Italy in 2021.
Its on their website - search on RUclips under;
Progetto Scuole 2021 - Cattedrale di Bergamo 29/10/2021
Its a real trip - much bigger cathedral organ
@@epincion WILL DO!!! As soon as I have time to sit through it’s entirety… given the brothers’ cooperation and “fun” with each other, I have NO doubt that Tom’s work will be a sight to behold!
@@epincion HA HA HA!!! Just found the video.. putting it in my “Saved” list… I loved the little guys building the organ; then it fades from the completed intel’s trumpet to Jonathan getting into the “real” organ to play… real cute!
Bravo!!!!!
Kiew will Live!
At the time of writing...15 very stupid (or tone deaf) people so far, and 815 clever, cultured, sophisticated, appreciative, kind musical people.
Love you ♡♡♡
great job!
I love coming back to this video. I wish you'd sell a Blu-Ray of this recording! :)
Magnificent.
14:44 I remember that tune! It was in the wings of the red star documentary series!
I think I've been living under a rock.
How did I not know about Albion Church in Ashton Underpants? (sic)
It's only ten minutes up the road for gawd's sake!
Now that I look it up on Google maps of course I recognise it and realise that I've driven past it plenty of times. But it does then raise a question:
This church is in an urban environment, adjacent to a busy four lane road and is bounded on all sides by local roads. So how did the brothers Scott get such a decent recording in the first place without any sign of traffic noise creeping in on the quieter passages?
Kudos.
As for the piece: well you can't beat a bit of Mussorgsky eh?
If I remember rightly, ol' Modest wrote all of his work for piano and it was later orchestrated by his good buddy Rimsky-Korsakov. Although I'm sure that the worldwide Hive Mind will set me straight if I've got that wrong.
Fitting then that we see a Mancunian performing with such mastery at a Tameside (Greater Manchester) venue on very different set of keyboards.
The last time I saw this piece live it was being performed by the Bekova Sisters piano trio at Tatton Hall in Cheshire, but that was last millennium.
I'd give my eye teeth to have been present at this recording. Maybe once the world gets back on an even keel there's the chance we'll get to see this performed by Mr Scott at somewhere like the Bridgewater Hall. In the meantime I need to listen to this again through a decent sound system at home.
Bliss...
Please take your transcription to St Eustache in Paris - I'd love to see how it compares with Jean Guillou's transcription!
I saw Guillou in Denver a few years ago. He played this. It was pretty cool.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if the world's past greatest exponent of the art of organ transcription, the late great, W. T. Best, is looking down from his celestial organ loft with tremendous pride and satisfaction at the world's present greatest exponent of the art of organ transcription?! A little fanciful, perhaps, but meant most sincerely. Another phenomenal interpretation and performance.
Fans, try listening to this while doing something other than watching him play. It is obviously not an orchestra playing this but it isn't that far off either. Fabulous transcription so well registered. The expressions of each of the pictures is the same as though this were played by a full orchestra conducted by Celibidache. Fantastic performance. Jonathan is the successor to Edwin Lamare - a mantle he can wear with pride. How well the English organ builders knew the importance of versatility in the design and tonal structure of their organs. Let us hope that in renovation, current builders will not alter those organs and steal away with the pipes as has been done in far too many churches as a result of the resurgence of the baroque fad.
I agree with your comment about Edwin Lamare and Jonathan.
The organ was always meant to be a simulation of the tonal colors, though not the exact sounds, of a complete orchestra. In the silent film era, theaters installed magnificent organs for this purpose, as it saved them money in the long run-until movies suddenly had their own sound and the organs were largely disused. At any rate, a magnificent instrument expressing the piece far better than the piano ever could.
Amazing utilization and registration with very fine but limiting instrument. A great introduction to the Walton for myself and am sure many others. Altogether a fine performance.
Originally for solo piano (the genuine version) , Pictures at an Exhibition has tempted many to transcribe it for numerous ensembles. I'm not sure that it would come off well on a string quartet... but I was thinking of a Handel-like transcription for chamber organ and baroque orchestra. Promenades would be played as solo organ, but the organ would go into the background in other sections except of course the Great Gate. That would be anachronistic in the extreme, but so what?
I think you have a good idea, but Camille Saint-Saens' Organ Concerto is the model that would fit it better. This would be very fun.
28:15 automatic tears 🥹🥹🥹
I especially love the Great Gate of Kiev. It is awesome.
The fact that Animusic made their own rendition in the pipe organ (plus various instruments too!) It's called "Cathedral Pictures".
This was truly superb. Wouldn't it be wonderful if Johnathan could perform this piece at the Proms and give "orchestra followers" a real lesson in how such a transcription can be even better than the original....
You could not have made a more important statement. People should remember that Mozart did not call the Pipe Organ - "The King of instruments" for nothing. Yes, and Tom Scott has done his part to bring the music to the masses. These was a day when people flocked to weekly performances at Town halls all over England to hear music like this. Listen to the garbage the like now. Radical difference.
The orchestra version is an arrangement. The original was a piano piece
I remember hearing this from Baby Van Gogh!
Yes! A fellow baby Einstein fan!
If u think about it, the great gate of Kiev is the rainbow of Baby Van Gogh
Completely not Russian melody. Ukrainian. I especially felt it when I heard the performance on the organ. Thank you for the performance.
Me, 35 minutes ago: "Please let there be a Scott Brothers Duo video of this for organ...PLEASE let there be a Scott Brothers Duo video of this this for organ... OH THANK GOD!"
Side note: If I ever get married, I think "The Great Gate of Kyiv" would make an excellent recessional!
Sorry for reference of Walton, read that as T C Lewis’s organ 1895 Albion.
Interesting use of a GoPro. I like it. Well produced & well edited.
Animusic - Cathedral Pictures. 😊
Catacombs Is good for organ
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Classic. 😁
Great gate of Kiev seemed more convincing cause the church kind of the impression of the song was talking about. He's really good with his hands and feet working the organ I'll give you that.
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Eu te amo
Magnificent. Where can I get the sheet music?
RCA used the beginning of the first composition to their Selectavision CED player ^^