Hidden Treasures | Organ Tour Part 2 [4K]

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  • Опубликовано: 14 дек 2024

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  • @sshawnuff
    @sshawnuff 4 года назад +5

    Best improvised rendition of "Großer Klotz, wir hobeln dich" I ever heard.

  • @KacperŁapiński
    @KacperŁapiński 4 года назад +6

    So great improvisation! And that transition to 'Te Deum' hymn at the end 😍! And definitely, I'm very much liking that style - little bit of a place history and some facts about organ mechanics.

  • @Jake_Broer
    @Jake_Broer 4 года назад +6

    I love the transition into that hymn at the end. It's amazing that such a small organ could sound so loud. Very well done!

  • @robt2151
    @robt2151 4 года назад +4

    I am enjoying this mini-series; a bit of geography, church history and mechanical ingenuity, plus the very pleasant improvisation to round off each episode. Thank you

  • @05Forenza
    @05Forenza 4 года назад +3

    This improv at the end has to be one of my favorites so far. I've watched it 3 times!

    • @FraserGartshore
      @FraserGartshore  4 года назад +5

      I feel a transcription coming on!😂

    • @Lordvalyard
      @Lordvalyard 4 года назад +3

      @@FraserGartshore please do! Really you should transcribe some of the stuff you do and post in on your store!

    • @SGFreak352
      @SGFreak352 4 года назад

      @@FraserGartshore Yes, please ;)

    • @asgeirchristiansen1787
      @asgeirchristiansen1787 4 года назад

      @@FraserGartshore Yes please :) Very nice impro on well known hymns there

  • @mastered38
    @mastered38 4 года назад +2

    Beautiful Reinterpretation of : großer gott wir loben dich

  • @DavidSdeLis
    @DavidSdeLis 4 года назад +3

    What a gorgeous little organ! It's got clean lines, it's easy to maintain, the manuals are beautiful and the sounds are really clear and pristine! The fact it's all compact makes it the more interesting! Yes, it has a series of limitations, but it has character and the swell box is amazing! The church is cute but I am sure this organ would shine in a more traditionally shaped church of similar size, with a nice dome and proper vaults and archways. But it sounded spectacular and the final hymn was beautiful and it sounded incredible! Thank you for this video!

  • @amangogna68
    @amangogna68 4 года назад +2

    Beautiful church with amazing interior. You are a great organist!

  • @johnetherington782
    @johnetherington782 4 года назад +2

    A most interesting and informative video and what a terrific way of ending it! Absolutely brilliant!

  • @piter_sk
    @piter_sk 4 года назад +3

    in one church in Nitra, here in Slovakia, they have one manual 4 stops organ... Bourdon 8´, Flauta traversa 4´, Principál 4´ and 2 rank sharp mixture.... Do you think it is enough? With a full church, actually Bourdon, Flauta and Principál together aren´t kinda enough, but Principál 4´ is labeled Salicionál 4´, but it was rebuild to Principál..... I grew up going to church there for 7 years, organist is my friend, so I played a little bit when I was smaller chap, but last sunday I was there (I live 25km from there now,) and it was good to see the church, that small organ in a good stage after 5 and half years not being there.....
    Where I live now, there is a synthetiser and they call it organ.. Im narly in tears as I see these in churches, in which organs were in stage where was demolating it and buying a synthetiser or some kind of keyboard or harmonium less pricy than rebuilding an organ....
    Btw. the organist from that church in Nitra (town part Dolné Krškany,) is now rebuilding organ in town part Horné Krškany, where it was two manual plus non working pedal... I cheched on him, that Sunday I was there, in which state of rebuild he is.... Man, I say you, he loves what he does, he learned playing organ by himself and rebuilding organ now too, by himself! I say you, he tuned every pipe , he studied how to properly do it... There you can see, what passion is and he is a guy, who got me into playing an organ by telling me what to study (just some basic stuff as I was like 10 years old back then haha) and now, Im 18, he told me, what is a good literature to learn from, how to practice better etc.
    At next sunday Im going to church where I was said that there is no organist, so I will take my chance :) Greetings from Slovakia..

  • @jnmusic9969
    @jnmusic9969 4 года назад +3

    Loved the video, also enjoyed listening to something other than jazz at the end of the video, not that I don’t enjoy it.

  • @jenlw8974
    @jenlw8974 4 года назад +1

    Thanks Fraser, my favourite format - church info, organ tour & lovely improv 👍🏻😊

  • @johnopalko5223
    @johnopalko5223 4 года назад +2

    Nice job on "Hursley." It's one of my favorite hymn tunes, even if it did remind Herbert Oakeley of a drinking song from a Mozart opera.

  • @rickythe2nd63
    @rickythe2nd63 4 года назад +1

    That last bit! So inspiring! Praise God!

  • @bobh5087
    @bobh5087 4 года назад +3

    What a wonderful, well-designed smaller instrument. A really warm, beautiful, cohesive sound.
    Also, many thanks for mentioning the *actual stop names.* Very much appreciated!
    The only additions I'd make ($$$$) would be an 8' Voix Céleste, Sesquialtera II, an 8' Hautbois, and a 16' Trompete extension in the Pedal division.
    Thanks for this very interesting video. 👍 ❤️
    PS: Also, enjoyed your improv on "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name."

    • @FraserGartshore
      @FraserGartshore  4 года назад +2

      Thanks Bob - I was thinking of you this time - hence the full stop names. There is a Celeste “upstairs” - that scene was cut for length reasons. As for the other additions, yes please!

    • @bobh5087
      @bobh5087 4 года назад +4

      @@FraserGartshore I THOUGHT I heard a Céleste stop in your registration, but wasn't sure. Glad to know it's available (and that I wasn't hallucinating!) 😅
      And please thank your wife for the rock-steady camera-work. 👍

  • @AndrewMundellAndrewJMundell
    @AndrewMundellAndrewJMundell 4 года назад

    Outstanding piece of music Fraser. Thank you to you both as always

  • @EmyNN
    @EmyNN 4 года назад +1

    The improvisation was 😍 at the end and I demand more! Gefallen?🙃😚

  • @englishfuguefan5872
    @englishfuguefan5872 4 года назад +1

    Your improvisation sounded like waiting for a weekday evensong to begin in an English cathedral. Beautiful!

    • @FraserGartshore
      @FraserGartshore  4 года назад

      Well spotted! That’s how I used to spend my days back in the UK!

  • @BjornBlomstrand
    @BjornBlomstrand 4 года назад

    Very clear sound on the quite small organ. Wish the best from Björn in
    quarantine.

  • @davidredmayne7269
    @davidredmayne7269 4 года назад

    Thanks Fraser - most enjoyable.

  • @MarcusB-qr1hk
    @MarcusB-qr1hk 4 года назад

    I started to recognize the hymn tune at the end! Absolutely brilliant as usual!!

  • @MenelionFR
    @MenelionFR 4 года назад

    Thanks Fraser, I liked the piece of music very much!

  • @TheMuteSwan
    @TheMuteSwan 4 года назад

    Lovely modern organ, and interesting vlog.

  • @earlwgreen
    @earlwgreen 4 года назад

    Very rich and warm sounding! Thanks for showing the mechanism. Oh also a big thank you to your wife! Even when you were instructing her to "come back down to me", she moved slowly and kept the camera from causing the video to have that motion sickness effect! lol What a team.

  • @julianvasey1
    @julianvasey1 4 года назад

    Another smashing video thank you very much.

  • @jefferyrowley8873
    @jefferyrowley8873 4 года назад +1

    I have heard that in America it is called "either/or". Gene Bedient has created versatile little instruments that do this. There are other builders as well.

  • @johnpauldaniele6777
    @johnpauldaniele6777 4 года назад

    Improv was great into one of my favorite songs!

  • @user-74652
    @user-74652 4 года назад +1

    I've seen videos of organs where the stops are engaged by pulling the stop lever either left or right to choose which manual to play that stop on, which is a different mechanism from this one but seems to be the same sort of idea. Interesting idea of having two manuals that share one set of stops in such a way that you can only play them on one manual at a time.

  • @ruudbijvank693
    @ruudbijvank693 4 года назад +2

    Hi Fraser, You referred to the "Wechselsleife" or "Zwillingslade". In Dutch it is almost the same "Wisselade". I've searched for the english name, but I have not found it. I tend to believe that the feature just does not exists in the UK/US organ building history. In modern times the anglo saksians probably moved on to unit organs ;-)

  • @throblet
    @throblet 4 года назад

    Thanks for showing the mic setup. When the lock down is over, perhaps I could pop over with some other mics and multitrack kit and try some different recording options?

  • @Xaelloss
    @Xaelloss 4 года назад +1

    Thank you for the wonderful improvisation! Personally I think that organs like this one with a small number of registers are actually better in a way that one really has to be clever to fully use all its features!
    I am not completely sure about the Wechselschleifen, but in English there is a term of 'Floating division' which is used to define registers which don't have a dedicated manual and can be played from either one. I suspect this is the closest term one could use!

  • @lxdesign1
    @lxdesign1 4 года назад

    What a lovely sound that organ makes! And remember Fraser - its not about the size of the organ.... but how you play it! haha.

  • @valestrella5925
    @valestrella5925 4 года назад

    Yes, we pronounce it as 'Rode' here in Aus. Cheers for another great video, Fraser!!!

  • @IndyMAB1964
    @IndyMAB1964 4 года назад +2

    I didn't hear the German name of the technical stop swap that you referred to. I did read the "Wechselschleife" in the comments. If that's the word, wouldn't it be just simply the "alternating loop" or "change loop"?

  • @laure8955
    @laure8955 4 года назад +2

    What’s the name of the hymn yo played at the end ? Thank you so much ! I love your videos !

  • @georgellendorff
    @georgellendorff 4 года назад

    perfect!!

  • @emmanuelmathieu621
    @emmanuelmathieu621 4 года назад +1

    In french, the stop system you show is called "jeu baladeur". I don't know on english.

    • @FraserGartshore
      @FraserGartshore  4 года назад

      Thanks for that translation - good to know!

    • @dougbrowning82
      @dougbrowning82 4 года назад

      According to Google Translator, that's "walkman game".

  • @laure8955
    @laure8955 2 года назад

    Is there any transcription available now?

  • @ExAnimoPortugal
    @ExAnimoPortugal 4 года назад +2

    I believe it's called and "Extension" organ, but I'm probably wrong.

  • @lordmelbury116
    @lordmelbury116 4 года назад

    Dividing a division across two manuals in a tracker organ is an idea that I have heard of but I have always been curious about how it works. The stop action seems pretty strait forward but I wonder what it looks like inside the wind chest as it would have to have double the number of valves.

  • @laure8955
    @laure8955 3 года назад +1

    Hello fraser! Is there any transcription of your improv at the end of the video? If there is, i’d like to buy it!

  • @Sturzi
    @Sturzi 4 года назад

    Looks like a Vox Continental combo organ with the red top. I expected you to play 'in a gadda da vida' or 'light my fire' 😉. But the tune at the end was awesome too.

    • @FraserGartshore
      @FraserGartshore  4 года назад

      Don’t tempt me!

    • @dougbrowning82
      @dougbrowning82 4 года назад

      Wasn't Jennings, the inventor of the Vox transistor organs, originally a pipe organ builder?

    • @Sturzi
      @Sturzi 4 года назад

      @@dougbrowning82 No, he had a shop in Dartford where he sold and repaired accordeons (after his job as an aircraft amunition producer...). His first invention was the Univox, a valve-based electronic accordeonlike keyboard. Later, he developed some guitar amplifiers with his shop partner, leading to the legendary AC15 and AC30 amp you can hear on virtually every Beatles record. The Continental appeared in 1962, but Tom Jennings left the company 5 years later and built new electronic organs under his name, but those weren't as successful (and in my opinion not nearly as good sounding) as the Vox organs. There is indeed a british church organ builder called Jennings, but they're not related.

  • @franekgruca9905
    @franekgruca9905 4 года назад

    22:00 beautiful music... what is it (any title) ?

  • @williamevans9426
    @williamevans9426 4 года назад +1

    I can't find Part 1; any help, please? Many thanks.

    • @kjgomes
      @kjgomes 4 года назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/eys1gCxuqrc/видео.html

  • @michigancarwashchannel6353
    @michigancarwashchannel6353 4 года назад

    That’s a really small organ but it has a big sound!!

  • @jessicabrown8366
    @jessicabrown8366 4 года назад +1

    ❤️❤️❤️

  • @davidredmayne7269
    @davidredmayne7269 4 года назад

    Just dawned on me Fraser!! I bet tuning can go out on the trackers as well as the pipes! Even if the builders used a hard-wood, temperature and humidity fluctuations could alter the length of the tracker sufficient enough to not allow the right amount of air into the pipe. Or is that just not the case? You can be honest!! :)

    • @FraserGartshore
      @FraserGartshore  4 года назад +1

      Good point! Did you notice all the adjustment possibilities for the action - that’s what that’s there for. It is however not all that much of a problem in German churches - they remain notoriously cold throughout the year. Wooden trackers are very stable for the most part. I have however come across an organ with metal trackers - yes, for some bizarre reason - and boy, did they play up when the sun shone through the church windows. I played a concert years ago on a balmy summer evening - the couplers (also metal trackers) just didn’t work. Half of the keys stuck (on) and you only had to breathe on the keys to get them to play. An absolute disaster!

  • @JimCullen
    @JimCullen 4 года назад +1

    Huh. I had no idea Rode microphones were an Australian-based company! But yeah, in English the company is pronounced like the word "road".

  • @roelofvandermerwe1147
    @roelofvandermerwe1147 4 года назад +2

    Hi Fraser, I really enjoyed this video. I wanted to find out what you meant by "even this isnt making money anymore"? If you are referring to your channel it would really be a shame if you had to quit RUclips because of this. WE LOVE YOUR VIDEOS

    • @FraserGartshore
      @FraserGartshore  4 года назад +1

      Since Corona has hit, revenue from all online sources has more than halved! I dare say things will pick up again once this is all over, but it’s been “interesting” the last couple of months! No choir rehearsals, no church services! Anyway - we mustn’t grumble - as long as we’re happy and healthy! Thanks for your concern!

  • @djkamilo66
    @djkamilo66 3 года назад +1

    If they are Omni mics, why are you "pointing" them?

    • @FraserGartshore
      @FraserGartshore  3 года назад +2

      You do still have to point them in the general direction - omni mics aren't true "omni" for all frequency ranges you know...

  • @SailorDon
    @SailorDon 4 года назад

    If elevating the twin microphones high off the floor is the best way to accurately record the organ, it would seem the resulting recording would not be how it would be heard in person since no one's head would ever be in that location. Are you going for accuracy or realism?
    In either case, I enjoy your videos. Thank you.

    • @Platypi007
      @Platypi007 4 года назад +2

      One reason for elevating the mics when recording in a large space (this is also the way you record ensembles like choirs and orchestras) is that it helps limit surface reflections (which can cause unwanted echo). When you record in a small space this is handled with sound damping materials like foam attached to walls. These reflections die off with distance, so in a large space they can often be avoided by keeping the mics near the center of the space, both horizontally and vertically. You still get reverb from the room (which you want in these sort of spaces) but it's much more even in the center of the room than toward the floor or a wall.
      I believe that our brains account for the differences as we listen live (there is a lot of information processing our brains do that we usually aren't aware of) so it isn't distracting, but when you listen to a recording the mics have captured the sound exactly like it was, and the sound comes to our ears from a uniform location (a pair of speakers or headphones, mostly) and our brains can't process it the way they would if we were in the room with the organ.
      I'm sure an actual audio engineer could explain it better and I may have made mistakes. I'm just a musician who has dabbled in audio recording.

  • @kenfraza
    @kenfraza 4 года назад

    Fraser, at 6:20 into your video you pose a practical / rhetorical question regarding Bass pipes. Intimating 16 foot pipes, but never going into detail. Indeed when you are seated at the console and go through the Pedal division and mention a 16 foot Stop, you never explain how they squeezed it into this compact case. Is it folded? A stopped pipe? Hmmmm? 🤔

    • @AK-DS
      @AK-DS 4 года назад +4

      Typically a Bourdon 16' IS a stopped 8' set of pipes. A true 16' pedal stop would have a name such as "Open Diapason" showing that the pipe is open at the end and not stopped. If you were to stop a 16' you would end up with a quiet 32' stop however what is more common is a 32' "Harmonic Bass" which plays the Open Diapason 16' together with it's fifth to create a resultant apparent frequency of a 32' voice stop. Quite effective in the bottom octave. Sometimes it is also called a "Result Bass" or the fifth is a second stop called "Quint 10 2/3" which you would then add the Open Diapason 16' to.
      Also, the 8' flute bass is also a stopped 4' rank. Indeed, quite a lot of flutes are stopped types.
      In this organ, the pipes will definitely be stopped and the larger ones possibly mitred/folded on themselves with a stopper in the end.

    • @kenfraza
      @kenfraza 4 года назад

      Anthony Kitchen Thanks for your clarification! I will presume this is what Fraser would have explained.

  • @lewisalexander
    @lewisalexander 4 года назад

    If you want organ mics, a pair of Aston Spirit microphones will do perfectly. Highly recommended. Contact Aston Mics, see if they can help you, point them to your youtube and website and see if they can become involved. most likely artist pricing.

    • @FraserGartshore
      @FraserGartshore  4 года назад +1

      That’s a strange coincidence - I wrote to Aston earlier today with pretty much that idea! How do you know them?

    • @lewisalexander
      @lewisalexander 4 года назад

      @@FraserGartshore I'm an artist / studio musician using their mics for church organ productions Irish Uilleann Pipes, choirs, etc. though the sets (both sets being a pair of starlights for close mic work and the spirits which are a pair of multi-pattern large diaphragm mics, they're haven to use.
      I'd recommend changing your recorder method for field work. have a look for a zoom F4, F6 or F8n recorder. these are heaven to work with. I use an H6 which does well for sessions, although for studio work, the macbook pro and software makes life a joy. contact the director himself through email and either he or his P.A will help. These mics are just heaven. I'd say for cathedral and church organ recordings, a pair of spirits are enough, although I'd say 2 pairs if recording choirs / congregational as well as the organ, where you focus them to different spacial points.
      It's funny you replying like that. I hope you could somehow help in a matter regarding hauptwerk please.. if you want, fly me an email at lewis DOT e Dot alexander 2020 at gmail dot com

    • @FraserGartshore
      @FraserGartshore  4 года назад +1

      If you know the director, maybe you can put in a good word for me!

    • @FraserGartshore
      @FraserGartshore  4 года назад +1

      Regarding HW - get in touch via my website contact page!

    • @lewisalexander
      @lewisalexander 4 года назад

      @@FraserGartshore I'll send over a message either to him or his P.A. I'll let him know you've spoken with me and I'll support you in this.

  • @craigrodekurt8643
    @craigrodekurt8643 4 года назад

    It seems like a lot of the organs you play have the reverse key color scheme. Is that typical or just more prevalent in Europe?

    • @EHCG0001
      @EHCG0001 4 года назад

      It's very common for baroque and neo-baroque organs

  • @fritzkuhne2055
    @fritzkuhne2055 4 года назад

    i think Røde is pronounced like the english word road.

  • @pegoeltd
    @pegoeltd 4 года назад

    How nice to hear this beautiful sound recorded on organ by Passau organ builders. Thank you again ! In My City (Lodz, Poland) in the cathedral we have got two beautiful organ built by Eisenbarth (link1: www.organy.pro/instrumenty.php?instr_id=158 and small instrument: www.organy.pro/instrumenty.php?instr_id=159). Quality of sound of the instruments is superb ! BTW. Piotr Grabowski prepared the Hauptwerk free sample set of another instrument of Eisenbarth (link: piotrgrabowski.pl/friesach/)

  • @organblower
    @organblower 4 года назад +1

    It's a sweet sounding little organ that would ruin many organ committee's excuse -- sorry no pipe organ. The architect didn't leave enough space. For a moment I tot i herd a celeste. I guess a note was out by a few cents (or it could be the covid19 diet change) lol

    • @FraserGartshore
      @FraserGartshore  4 года назад

      There is a Celeste - see right hand side stops! I had to omit that scene for reasons of video length!

  • @englishfuguefan5872
    @englishfuguefan5872 4 года назад

    The Feast of St Joseph the worker was created by the Roman Catholic Church to enable Practicing Christians to have a Church festival under communist rule in eastern Europe as May Day was the official state holiday (international workers holiday) and the traditional Christian holidays were no longer kept by the state.

    • @FraserGartshore
      @FraserGartshore  4 года назад +1

      Now there's a thing - that's precisely the kind of information I need for my videos. Why didn't I know that? Thanks also for your mail - I shall come back to you on that!

    • @dougbrowning82
      @dougbrowning82 4 года назад

      In Canada, Labor Day is the beginning of September, (first Monday). May Day isn't really celebrated here.

  • @KSL1972LLC
    @KSL1972LLC 4 года назад +3

    That is a very quiet tracker action. Some instrument's pallets & spring actions are so loud they sound like a bunch of untrained castanet players. Very distracting.

  • @Contrafactum
    @Contrafactum 4 года назад

    Grosser Gott!

  • @SKYBOSS2768
    @SKYBOSS2768 4 года назад +4

    To this day the unenclosed tibia hurts my brain

    • @WeslarWaven
      @WeslarWaven 4 года назад +1

      It's needs a very heavy trem 😂

    • @SKYBOSS2768
      @SKYBOSS2768 4 года назад +1

      Update this still hurts my brain

    • @SKYBOSS2768
      @SKYBOSS2768 3 года назад +1

      1 year update it still hurts my brain