The Three Kings by Gordon Young (1919-1998)

We Three Kings is a popular Christmas carol that was written by John Henry Hopkins Jr. in 1857. He wrote the carol for a Christmas pageant in New York City. The carol's melody has a "sad" and "shifting" character. Because of this, it highly resembles a song from the Middle Ages and Middle Eastern music, both of which it has been frequently compared to.
This arrangement of the carol by Gordon Young is from a collection he wrote called "Noel Preludes". The Three Kings is played here by Geoff Olson, organist of St. Paul's United Church of Christ in St. Paul, MN. The organ is a 1916 Wicks pipe organ with later pipes added by the Hunt Organ Company for a total of 30 ranks. The pipes are supplemented with a Hauptwerk virtual organ system, using the 65-stop 1877 Father Willis Organ at Salisbury Cathedral, England. This piece uses a zimbelstern built by Tim Patterson of Associated Organ Builders. To listen to more of my organ videos, go to / geoffolson1039 .
Hope you enjoy this piece and thanks for listening

[@PaulFey]

Beautiful piece!! Thanks for posting this video!

[@GeoffOlson1039]

You are welcome. Thanks for listening.

[@bcgrittner]

That’s a nice arrangement. Quite nice, as always.

[@GeoffOlson1039]

Thanks Brian