While in high school, Tom was the organist at my church, he gave concerts all over the Ohio area, was valedictorian, played Tevya in the high school play, was prom king, AND was a great human being who gave my son piano lessons for a while!! Tom is a true genius...
We had the extreme good fortune to see and hear Tom this week at the Montreat Worship & Music Conference. It was a feast for the eyes, ears, and soul. So happy to learn he is coming to Charlotte in September!
@AllTheStopsJB ... This performance is absolutely second-to-none. And yes, this organ is so absolutely incredible; I was there last September to a Sunday worship service to witness it! Beautiful; it brought tears to my eyes and joy to my heart.
WOW! It Blows My How Truly Gifted These Organist Really Are On How each Organist Is So Different Than The Last. Absolutely Smashing Performance Fascinating How They Are Able To Hone Their Unique Multiple Skill To Master One Of The Most Complex Single Instrument Ever Built By Man. The Might Pipe Organ.
Tom Trenney, undoubtedly, is one of the best living organists. Musically speaking, he is a one-man orchestra; and, technically speaking, Tom is an astonishing organist. To be alike a musician and an organist...daunting task!
An incredible piece of music from Charles Ives. I have been searching for this piece to listen to for quite some time now, and this performance is simply magnificant! What a fine musician Tom is... I was, and am, completely blown away by his playing, style, and musicianship! Truly magnificant... I will be playing this over and over and over many times, for a time to come! Thank you so much for posting this. I am now a fan of Tom Trenney :)
Brilliant piece! Brilliant performer! MAGNIFICENT instrument! What FUN! Thanks for posting. The organ gets nowhere near the attention it deserves as a concert instrument these days. Organ Literature is second only to piano literature when it comes to solo instruments.
RE: the two "transitions" that Tom omits. Personally, I've never thought they served any useful musical purpose within the work as a whole, and don't miss them in the least. In any event...a superb performance by a top-notch player who just keeps getting better and better!
Bravo, Tom Trenney! Great music and a great performance. You used all the resources of the organ! I wonder if the British play this piece or find it too rambunctious and, well, American.
I have certainly played it in England and listening to it today has made me think that I should practise it again to play at the time of the coronation of King Charles III. Ives is my favourite American composer and this is an astounding piece for a 17 year old to have written; there are very few instrumental pieces that make me smile like this one does.
An *excellent* read of this piece - as good as I've ever heard. For some reason, he left out two short transitions in the piece, neither especially difficult to play, but both rather notably dissonant. Possibly thinking of his audience, I don't know. His technique speaks for itself, but his musicianship is also top flight. Compare this rendition to Virgil Fox's RUclips performance. Fox was every bit as skillful as Trenney, but it is an interesting look at two vastly different approaches.
I really like this piece as originally written for organ -- not the all too common orchestral transcription. Only a few found on RUclips. Too bad this recording was made so far from the pipes. But at least a bit less rigid than the Biggs performance.
EIDOSeidos As someone who has performed within the Abundmusik Chorus that is directed by Tom I can say he is most certainly not afraid of strong flavors or dissonance. I do not know why he chose to perform the way he did but if you have the opportunity to see him in concert I would not pass that up. His ability to improvise in a pinch is also absolutely stunning. Our main organ, the Leid Organ had a problem with the air compression while we were doing an album recording and our other organ (which I regret not remembering the name of) had two missing pipes due to a misshap during renovations of the main sanctuary's celing a month prior. It's also a different key. He managed to create an entirely new accompaniment for our last piece in *fifteen minutes*.
Absolutely AMAZING, Tom!! And, from memory!! 😯!! ❤️
While in high school, Tom was the organist at my church, he gave concerts all over the Ohio area, was valedictorian, played Tevya in the high school play, was prom king, AND was a great human being who gave my son piano lessons for a while!! Tom is a true genius...
We had the extreme good fortune to see and hear Tom this week at the Montreat Worship & Music Conference. It was a feast for the eyes, ears, and soul. So happy to learn he is coming to Charlotte in September!
@AllTheStopsJB ... This performance is absolutely second-to-none. And yes, this organ is so absolutely incredible; I was there last September to a Sunday worship service to witness it! Beautiful; it brought tears to my eyes and joy to my heart.
WOW! It Blows My How Truly Gifted These Organist Really Are On How each Organist Is So Different Than The Last. Absolutely Smashing Performance Fascinating How They Are Able To Hone Their Unique Multiple Skill To Master One Of The Most Complex Single Instrument Ever Built By Man. The Might Pipe Organ.
Tom just recently played at my school and he did a great job with this piece!
Tom Trenney, undoubtedly, is one of the best living organists. Musically speaking, he is a one-man orchestra; and, technically speaking, Tom is an astonishing organist. To be alike a musician and an organist...daunting task!
An incredible piece of music from Charles Ives. I have been searching for this piece to listen to for quite some time now, and this performance is simply magnificant! What a fine musician Tom is... I was, and am, completely blown away by his playing, style, and musicianship! Truly magnificant... I will be playing this over and over and over many times, for a time to come! Thank you so much for posting this. I am now a fan of Tom Trenney :)
Wonderful!!! This perfomance was heard all the way to Sweden! Thanks!;D
Brilliant performance ! Love the registration choices.
Brilliant piece! Brilliant performer! MAGNIFICENT instrument! What FUN! Thanks for posting. The organ gets nowhere near the attention it deserves as a concert instrument these days. Organ Literature is second only to piano literature when it comes to solo instruments.
This is amazing. I am with 555. The organ is great, too.
RE: the two "transitions" that Tom omits. Personally, I've never thought they served any useful musical purpose within the work as a whole, and don't miss them in the least. In any event...a superb performance by a top-notch player who just keeps getting better and better!
Outstanding...what fun, indeed!
What a nice man
Bravo, Tom Trenney! Great music and a great performance. You used all the resources of the organ! I wonder if the British play this piece or find it too rambunctious and, well, American.
I have certainly played it in England and listening to it today has made me think that I should practise it again to play at the time of the coronation of King Charles III. Ives is my favourite American composer and this is an astounding piece for a 17 year old to have written; there are very few instrumental pieces that make me smile like this one does.
Master of the pipe organ
Watch at max volume
the keyboards are made by P&S of England they are standard AGO
And imagine how it'll sound on a pipe organ too!
An *excellent* read of this piece - as good as I've ever heard. For some reason, he left out two short transitions in the piece, neither especially difficult to play, but both rather notably dissonant. Possibly thinking of his audience, I don't know. His technique speaks for itself, but his musicianship is also top flight. Compare this rendition to Virgil Fox's RUclips performance. Fox was every bit as skillful as Trenney, but it is an interesting look at two vastly different approaches.
I really like this piece as originally written for organ -- not the all too common orchestral transcription. Only a few found on RUclips. Too bad this recording was made so far from the pipes. But at least a bit less rigid than the Biggs performance.
@dscats19 Trenney is much more musical!
Please don't compare Tom Trenney to Cameron Carpenter.
eheh...questo, come Cameron Carpenter, è bravo. Ma condivido quanto dice il M° Borsari in un suo recente articolo. Leggere per credere. ;)
The M&O really sounds electronic these days... eventually it will be gone entirely for something real.
Grade B. Check pianorgano for better organ music.
WTF He left out the best, most Ivesian dissonant parts. It's not Ives's composition without them. Why are Americans so fearful of strong flavors?
+EIDOSeidos Why does there always have to be a turd in every punchbowl?
+Hyramess Hiramess Speak for yourself, Miles.
EIDOSeidos As someone who has performed within the Abundmusik Chorus that is directed by Tom I can say he is most certainly not afraid of strong flavors or dissonance. I do not know why he chose to perform the way he did but if you have the opportunity to see him in concert I would not pass that up. His ability to improvise in a pinch is also absolutely stunning. Our main organ, the Leid Organ had a problem with the air compression while we were doing an album recording and our other organ (which I regret not remembering the name of) had two missing pipes due to a misshap during renovations of the main sanctuary's celing a month prior. It's also a different key. He managed to create an entirely new accompaniment for our last piece in *fifteen minutes*.