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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- In Howard Goodall’s Organ Works (1997) Howard unveils the secret and the not-so-secret life of the world’s most
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PROGRAMME 3
UK, BlenheimPalace, Oxfordshire: HG plays G F Handel Organ Concerto no.5 in F, Presto; Welte Mechanical Device on Willis organ plays organ roll of R Wagner’s Mastersingers overture.
UK, St George’s Hall, Liverpool: Ian Tracy plays Marche Triomphale by S Karg-Elert
UK, Blackpool Tower Ballroom, Wurlitzer organ: Phil Kelsall plays I do like to be beside the seaside, a Tango, and Saint-Saens’ The Swan.
USA, West PointMilitaryAcademy: Lee Dettra plays J Sibelius’ Finlandia
USA, Wannamaker Organ, Hecht’s Department Store Philadelphia: Peter Conte plays Gilbert & Sullivan’s overture to Iolanthe
I'm very pleased for Mr Goodall!
So the hills really are alive with the sound of music.
This my first visit to Goodalls Organ Works. I grew up with a two-manual Moller pipe organ in my parent's home in Atherton, California, USA. It was moved from a mortuary to our new home in 1941 but the placement of the pipes was not well thought out by our otherwise esteemed architect, Harwell H. Harris, and the pipes were put into a room behind my father's desk that was sunk some four feet below the surface to accommodate the folded 16-ft pipes. Unfortunately, this space flooded in the early 1940s and I did not get to hear the organ play until the early 1950s by which time I was playing a mellophone and a French horn. I enjoyed the segment here on reed organs. My mother's aunt had a playable reed organ in her Suisun home. Both organs are gone now, the pipe organ back to another mortuary and the reed to who knows where.
I love the clarity of this video regarding this pipe organ of the Duke. At the Henry Willis estate, I wonder these pipe organs have been sampled? Speaking of the diaphone, I wonder who Invented the Bombarde organ pipe for the pedals?
Had the honour of meeting Henry Willis four (not the fourth)
I want to be like Henry Willis IV when I grow up! LOL
This was my favourite episode of Howard Goodall's Organworks and I was 10 years old when this was transmitted and now I'm 30, at 10 I always had a passion for organ music especially Theatre organ at Blackpool Tower Ballroom with Phil Kelsall MBE playing the famous Wurlitzer as I am a fan of his.
I like them all :D
Can you see the next video: ruclips.net/video/5H5Pq1EXm6c/видео.html
This is a youtube to smile by! Thank you Howard (he said, smilingly!)
The Blenheim Palace organ is now all but derelict. Our local builder was Forster & Andrews of Hull. Their Magnum Opus is the Hull City Hall organ, with all the bells & whistles (literally).
Well, Blenheim has never had a full restoration in its 128 years, no bloomin' wonder the old girl is knackered! Hopefully Jamie will get something done where his father let the grass grow up under his feet...
Henry Willis IV really was one hell of a character - his father an infamously difficult man. Sadly, both Henry IV and his wife Barbara died recently.
Thanks for your information, to know more about Henry Willis IV, you can see the following link: www.thediapason.com/news/henry-willis-iv-dead-91
i met him on several occasions at recitals, he was always willing to chat
Please check. The 'Wanamaker' organ is certainly a large and very fine instrument but the Auditorium organ in Boardwalk Hall organ, Atlantic City is bigger, being the largest pipe organ in the world with 7 manuals, 1250 stop keys and one of only two organs in the world with a 64' stop, the other being in Sydney town hall, Australia. It was good to see the Tower Ballroom Wurlitzer included also, a very good program.
A very valid point. The Organ in the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City is indeed the largest ever built in terms of numbers of pipes - it has more pipes even than the Wannamaker - but about half of the pipes are missing, damaged or otherwise unplayable. As well as the record 64' stop you mentioned, it also has not just an Ophicleid but a Grand Ophicleid - the loudest Organ pipe in the world, according to the Guinness book of records. The Organ is being restored progressively and maybe one day soon every pipe will be working again.
This program was recorded in 1994 before an accurate pipe count was done at the Wanamaker. An actual pipe count was done in 1999 by the members of the first symphonic organ symposium who’s goal was to bring the organ back to life. As seen in this video, the organ was in pretty rough shape. The console was going through a multi year restoration (explains why the stop tabs are missing in the brief shot of the console) and was already behind. Only the String and Solo division were operational plus the big Clear Flute in the Ethereal and the glockenspiel as heard in the background. The organ has come a long way since the 90’s and is now the Largest Fully Functional Musical Instrument in the world. That is until Boardwalk Hall’s restoration will be completed.
As a side note. The piece being played on the Wanamaker is actually the Overture from Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore, not Iolanthe as is written in the video’s description. As a G&S nerd, I thought I’d just point that out…
at 23:59, Love that Long Drawn-Out E Flat :D
Too bad he didn't visit the Crystal Cathedral!
Please could you upload the missing parts?
So, tuning really isn't a priority...................................
Which part of the video are you referring to? If you're referring to the sound of the Willis at St George’s Hall, Liverpool, then it is worth noting that this organ had not had a complete reconstruction since the 1890s, and limited work in the 1930s. It then had a partial releathering ten years after this programme was made, but it is still even now being kept going on a shoestring while it awaits a full restoration which the city council, perhaps rightly, given the urgent societal needs and budget cuts they face, have judged to be a low priority for public funding...
@@richardharrold9736 Sounds similar to the Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery organ in Glasgow. It was only restored after much haranging by enthusiasts. Suddenly....(!) it became a 'City Asset'.
@@normanchristie4524 to be fair to Glasgow, they have made great use of the Kelvingrove Lewis since its restoration. It's used pretty much every day of every year. Not many organs can claim that, less still ones in secular venues.