At last, a version where the organ is allowed to soar above the orchestra, not be drowned out by it. To hear it 'growling' in the background was pure joy. Well done. Professionals or not, well done.
This must be THE definitive version - Saint-Saens should have heard it. The organ is something else - you feel it as much as hear it. Kudos to the sound engineers for capturing this so magnificently. And I'm in love with the girl on the cymbals.
The start of the final movement is one of the most powerful pieces of music in any genre of music in history. Nothing prepares you for the shock no matter how many times you hear it.
Am ex army hard bastard. Not an expert on the classics by any means, don't pretend to be. But this makes me break down and cry, why I don't know. Not so bloody hard after all! And better for it.
@@malcolmdelargy2667 When faced with the Holy Spirit we are ALL like this. That's one tough cookie, yet gentle and understanding and cleansing and healing at the same time. Inspires musical creativity too. There are so many paradoxes with Him - happy/sad is just one, the boundaries of life and art don't bother him, with the laws of physics He plays fast and loose. And He wants us to feel unfathomable mystery and yet understanding at the same time. Of course we cry in the face of that, other reactions are beyond us. But that's love and truth right there... The composer was a Frenchman who was keen to prove that the French could write music like this, as well as the Germans. But bizarrely it was the British that commissioned and paid for this French music (just as they had done previously with the German music of Beethoven's 9th Symphony). So it was first performed in the Hall of Saint James (who else could it be?) in London in 1886. Saint-Saens did not really want to admit what the music was about (though he did say:“I gave everything to it I was able to give. What I have here accomplished, I will never achieve again”), but the experts say for sure it is about Resurrection and Judgment - and I think most people hearing that could get that. There may be a reference to the Archangel Michael - the soldier and fighter who we pray to as we seek defence from the forces of evil. Believe it or not, the composer did his "Carnival of the Animals" at the same time - more or less - as he was doing the Organ Symphony, though he did not let the former out to be played until after his death.
My idea of the background music when the heavens open up in all their resplendent glory. Surely the composer, like other great composers, received instructions from ethereal sources.
This music has always brought tears to my eyes! For all my love of the "Ode to Joy," this is the most emotional work that I have ever experienced in my 86 years of life! I can listen to it many times in a row, and my eyes will be just as wet at the end as they were at the beginning. What a wonderful performance by a new to me orchestra!
Yes! I was ignorant of this piece much of my life. Heard it in the movie "Babe" and eventually learned there was a whole work. When I finally heard the whole thing I was blown away. Hard to pick a favorite piece with all that's out there, but if forced I would have to choose this. Always brings the tears.
This is the first time I’ve heard the Auckland Symphony Orchestra - my goodness what an awesome sound especially in this one of my favourite pieces of organ music. The sound of this organ is magnificent as is the organist’ s interpretation. He plays like he is having the time of his life as he plays this most flamboyant part of the work. The entire symphony is sublime.
"...And so it was that in all the celebration, in all the hubbub of noise and excitement, there were two figures who stood silent and still, side by side...And though every single human in the stands or in the commentary boxes was at a complete loss for words, the man who in his life had uttered fewer words than any of them, knew exactly what to say..."
Despite a fluff by a solo trumpet and a few sharps in the Brass (especially French Horns), this remains my all-time favorite performance of this piece, and one I have enjoyed countless times! I often play it through my sound system at live volume, risking the wrath of neighbours and rattling window panes simply to enjoy this movement in all its marvelous glory! Yes, I have orchestral training (Bb Clarinet), so I feel qualified to comment and to say, "Well done, all!". 😊
When my hubby & I renewed our wedding vows after 50 years, this was the music I chose to walk down the garden 'aisle' on the arm of my oldest brother, to ceremony conducted by my middle brother. That was 5 years ago, & I've since lost my clerical brother, but still have my husband & oldest brother. This piece is so special to me. The organ gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.
Some of the comments appear to reveal a misunderstanding of the nature of this orchestra. The Auckland Symphony Orchestra is not a professional orchestra. It is certainly far better supported and attracts better musicians than a run-of-the-mill community orchestra. But it's not really an apt comparison to say "oh, the Chicago Symphony did a much better version of this". It's about as useful or informative as complaining that a university orchestra isn't as polished as the RCO or the Berlin Phil.
Despite all comments , this is an excellent performance , well balanced organ and orchestra. Not pro ? who cares, that known it is even more fantastic. The Organ is really Majestic never heard it better performed .
Strefanasha you have confused the professional Auckland Philharmonia with the amateur Auckland Symphony. You have never played with ASO. Because we do not pay players. I play for ASO, and you have never. Play well and prosper.
I agree with you--the balance between the organ and orchestra is fantastic here; the organ comes out just a bit more than it does in other versions and sounds phenomenal.
I have just taken your advice. I totally agree with you. I am now going back to listen to this piece of music again as an organ solo. Let the orchestra have a night off.
Estou no Brasil numa cidade chamada Juiz de Fora e, estou me deleitando ouvindo está magnífica composição e está brilhante interpretação. Bravos!!! MARANATA,
Pipe organs are best heard in the flesh. Everyone in the auditorium would have felt the emotion and vibration of the various frequencies through out the piece. Very stirring stuff! I recommend to anyone I talk to about pipe organs, that they experience a live performance of a big pipe organ at least once in their life. Its an unforgettable experience and a real eye opener for many.
I never heard this symphony on the radio until today, and I had to locate it! I understand why saint saens never wrote another symphony after this! It literally made me cry. I am glad I am not a musician because I can enjoy it without critiquing it. Well done Auckland!!
Camille Saint Saens did create other great pieces of music, but this one is ma favorite, i heard it for the first time in Notre dame of Paris, magic moment i'll never forget , this symphony really gets on me....
@@kathydominick1582 Yes, the experts claim it was influenced by a piece or pieces on "Behold the Temple of the Lord". Most of us first knew a fragment of this as the British pop song (but also religious): "If I had words to make a day for you", as taken up by the Farmer in the movie about Babe the Sheep-pig.
Usually the large 32' pipes are folded and hidden in the ceiling but here we have them in full view, very impressive to look at and the sound is awesome. Of course you need good speakers to reproduce the vibes from the infra-sound. Music can be emotionally moving, but in this case the movement is also physical.
This is bigger than Davies Symphony hall in San Francisco. Spectacular performance by the combined cooperation of the organist, the pianist and the entire Auckland Symphony orchestra. I’m completely amazed.
Pity, Young people in the 30 to 40 age group have been continuosly bombarded with and brainwashed with commercial rubbish, they wouldn't recognise the sheer mastery of this piece if it hit them between the eyes!. This composition is pure Heaven.
I was just going to comment that this all way brings tears to my eyes when I saw your comment mentioning the same thing. I don't know why; it just does.
4 years on and I keep coming back to this stunning performance. Everyone involved should be rightly proud for bringing such pleasure to those of us for whom music means so much.
I'm reminded of the adage, "If you do n't like the heat, get out of the kitchen!" Yes, maybe some professional orchestras might have surpassed this in quality, but don't knock it: this is a first-class assembly of committed and capable musicians, delivering a superb piece of the classical canon, and doing so with empathy for the music. Yes, there's the odd bum note, but it's hard to fault overall, and I take my hat off to them. And I have to agree, that any community who fork out for a superb organ of that calibre - and who clearly regard high-quality music such an important part of their lives - are rewarded with such a fabulous concert! Good for them. We Limeys clearly have a lot to learn from them, and they put us to shame!
The quality is quite shit though. I am not hating but once the ear is accustomed to something it is quite impossible to unhear all the mistakes, bad playing and badly tuned instruments
Bravo maestro Thomas! Finally, an interpretation that savors the ending and does NOT madly rush, indeed gallop, thru the closing phrases. It irritates me no end that with this finale that everyone else, (Jarvi, Ormandy, Bernstein that I quickly surveyed) believes that speed equals excellence. Slower and relish it! The organ is really magnificent. Would love to be there and feel the walls vibrate!
If I had words to make a day for you I'd sing a morning golden and new I would make this day last for all time Then fill the night deep with moonshine ("Babe" anyone?)
This symphony is so amazingly uplifting, something switches full on in my whole being as the organ in particular brings all the other instruments together. I first heard this being played on my local station but didn’t catch the name of it and I have sought it out ever since. Tonight, and 15 years later, I finally found it! Hallelujah!
You perfectly described the feeling I get when I hear it. It was played at the French Pavilion at EPCOT Center at Walt Disney World. Maybe it’s just in my French blood.
@@nancyarmstrong7472 Dear Nancy, lovely of you to concur with your comment on this organ symphony. I wondered if you would also like to view an ‘off-the kirb ministries’ video called, “I got goosebumps when I found the Titanic pastor” it’s a powerful short video of a gospel presentation. I’d love to hear your thoughts. Peter
I always intelligently cry when I hear this organ masterpiece. :) It is one of the finest symphonies ever written, by a true genius. “With it, I have given all I could give. What I did, I could not achieve again.” -- C. Saint-Saens
This is a superb version, I used this version for testing low frequency sub woofers for large PA systems, there are certain low frequencys down in the 30Hz region which really make your legs tingle, use a high grade pair of headphone and at 1.38 mins you will hear for yourself ...excellent work Auckland
Love the entirety of this piece. When I saw it performed in Dallas, at one point I was ready to raise a lighter and yell like you would at a rock concert. It was so incredibly moving....
Ah, yes. Community orchestra's and bands are very much an important part of our culture. Music for the masses. Bravo Auckland! A truly inspiring performance.
I have four different recording of this particular piece, I love all of them, but this performance I can only describe as towering magnificence - armature or not - IMO the best of the recordings I have. Brilliant.
Juste un frisson de bonheur à vous enchâsser aux spires de la délectation perpétuelle. Aux envols délicats ponctués, le vrombissement de la tornade frappée galope en interrogations si légèrement flutées. Sous chaque feuillage réunis, les bois se soulèvent à la flute déclamée, près d'accélération des cors sous cordes perfusées. En poésie tout se pianote d'allégresses confondantes, à l'échine dénoyautée. De toutes petites perles sur le clavier en réponses vibrantes. Et ce refrain entêtant, voire obsédant à la ritournelle, celui qui vous dévore dans vos extases endormies, réveille vos enfouissements, avant que n'alliez trébucher par devers les tombes réunies d'infortune. Capter cette odeur qui vous carcasse au moindre son réuni. Le clamer, haut et sans efforts, dés le premier choc en coup de scalpel de l'organe savamment constitué. En notice, bouffer les cuivres fous, écarlates, le plexus, une colonne à la hune, qui se corbeille à la défonce envisagée, au soufre du plaisir. Quintessences du tourbillon, celle du trouble renouvelé. Pour que nos mitochondries se souviennent du premier portail des élans de l'inspiration captive des élans improbables. Camille Saint-Saens. Je vous aime.
I have listened to this symphony many times. I know what’s coming when it goes so quiet at the end of the third movement. It never stops me from jumping out of my skin when that organ chord crashes in at the start of the final movement.
It's still an amazing instrument - I remember the first time I heard it play as a kid and being awed that a musical instrument could be so large and make such a sound.
1. Gravissima 64 Derived 2. Double Open Wood 32 3. Double Open Metal 64 Some pipes in façade 4. Open Wood 16 ext #2 5. Open Metal 16 ext #3 6. Open Diapson 16 Great 7. Bourdon 16
I was just thinking that playing a pipe organ like that is like driving a bloody big truck. You push the pedals, but it takes a second for the reaction, and you've got a big rear-view mirror to keep track of what everybody is doing behind you😂 I love this finale. Saint-Saens is a master composer, and this is a good rendition.
My dad is retired now, but for many years he was the organist at our church, and he dragged me to lots of organ recitals as a kid--so I observed a lot of organ playing. It always seemed to me that playing the organ was like playing a piano (console), driving a truck (pedals) and piloting a space shuttle (stops) all at the same time. Not sure how people do all these things at the same time!
@@gutsfinky I saw a lot of this too (Auckland Boys' Choir), and an interest in theatre organ keeps feeding the fascination. I'd need two or three brains to do what an organist does.
I was lucky enough to hear a different performance of this particular piece. The organ at the Town Hall is a wonderful instrument and the way it fills the space is absolutely stunning.
I believe this is a mostly amateur orchestra, a good sound from sutch a small orchestra, a remarkable performance and a fantastic organ very well played....
One of my all-time favorite classical pieces. Saint-Saens must have been divinely inspired when he wrote this! The slow pace they used for this Finale was absolutely superb! Bravo! That last chord (perfect orchestral balance) did bring me to tears!
I bet top orgnaists from around the world queue up to get their hands on that organ, a beautiful performance, quite delicate, and with lovely feeling, Aukland is famous for a great many things, and this Orchestra is right up there. Thanks to all.
Fantastic performance and what a magnificent organ! As I child I attended Opportunity School and we did a lot of school outings, many to the Sydney Town Hall to listen to the SSO which once played the 64' pipes on the Town Hall organ. I was young so could not hear it, but I felt it and the conductor said it was a truly rare experience as it vibrated the Town Hall foundations and the nearby Sydney underground station.
So . . sublime! I love the interplay with the sparkling piano at the beginning, then the quiet, then it comes back with full power. Every single note is perfect.
Sometimes I wish music critics (amateur or pro) could just enjoy the music. I have played in several orchestras that could probably play this piece better, but I still love this rendition. And this particular organ is nothing short of magnificent, not many of us have ever experienced 64' diapason at full throttle!
+Paul B Absolutely, your comment was totally on point. My comment re. performance critique was not directed at you, Sir. :) (Auckland Beast - I love it! LOL)
A great work this is and I love all 75 .22 minutes of it this no3 in rendition by the Auckland symphony orchestra brilliant and what an organ and what an organist Timothy is superb well done everyone
I once asked a monk at the organ in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem to play the Bach T&F. I was BLOWN AWAY and humbled by the ferocity of the sound!
For all the feisty comments going back and forth here, a few points are getting lost. Firstly, no two performances are ever quite the same, even by the same group; a sharp ear will be able to detect these distinctions. Secondly, the nature of music is not a static but a dynamic & performative art, combining a sorts of small things into something big, evocative, emotional, & transcendent. Thirdly, the Auckland Symphony Orchestra here is playing slower than I typically hear this piece performed, and not in a bad way; I read that the genius of great composers is to set up a mental expectation in the audience and then violate it in pleasing ways. Finally, this is a high-quality recording of an otherwise unwieldy Romantic French symphony that manages to allow the individual musicians to be clearly heard throughout the piece. Plus the video is very well edited! Bravo!
Saint-Seans's "Organ" Symphony is one of my favorite masterpieces. I never tire of listening to it. It's exciting from beginning to end. I would love to sit in on one of the orchestra rehearsals and practice with the first violin section.
Outstanding recording skill, sound is warm and clear with just a little reverb depth. Intelligent direction and pace. Wish there was more info in the description. Soaring and exciting music, I love listening to every version I find! EDIT back at New Years 2023. I love that the composer ended the work by descending to the lowest bass note on this lovely instrument! Maximum vibes! 😀
finally using the organ and not just being a prop piece for the orchestra down below. its so frustrating to see performances on youtube showing off the pipes...composers need to put more organs in their compositions
BRAVO! What a fine performance. Brings back fond memories of my short time with the University of Redlands University-Community Symphony Orchestra, 1967-1969. I will never forget performing the entire 3rd Symphony with the wonderful organ of the Memorial Chapel. Marvelous piece of music. Thank you all.
I agree with those praising the orchestra. I would also give a shout out for the video editor. The images told the story of how this piece was constructed. Bravo.
Babe the movie was the first time that I had ever heard this tune and the Auckland Symphony Orchestra have done a brilliant job with their rendition - it's not heavy or dull - well done ASO! from your Aussie cousins on the other side of the ditch.
Exciting to see young people in the audience, looking to be somewhere around 10 - 12 depending on the individual. I love seeing this music being learned and loved by yet another generation. Since this was filmed and record 12 years ago these children are now fully grown and may already have children of their own.
Fantastic! I just found and purchased a Quadraphonic 8 track tape of this piece. Yes I actually have a set up to play this vintage format. I'm really looking forward to listening to this on my system and letting the great music surround me.
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At last, a version where the organ is allowed to soar above the orchestra, not be drowned out by it. To hear it 'growling' in the background was pure joy. Well done. Professionals or not, well done.
Yes.....at last! Thank you Auckland Symphony.
Yes you are so right!
yeahhhhhhhh, no. them brass hits (1:59, etc) should absolutely be far stronger than that
Brother, this whole piece is about the organ
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This must be THE definitive version - Saint-Saens should have heard it. The organ is something else - you feel it as much as hear it. Kudos to the sound engineers for capturing this so magnificently. And I'm in love with the girl on the cymbals.
Only one pair of hands on the piano. needs two. Superb organ, my sub-woofer is being used.
The start of the final movement is one of the most powerful pieces of music in any genre of music in history. Nothing prepares you for the shock no matter how many times you hear it.
Am ex army hard bastard. Not an expert on the classics by any means, don't pretend to be. But this makes me break down and cry, why I don't know. Not so bloody hard after all! And better for it.
@@malcolmdelargy2667 When faced with the Holy Spirit we are ALL like this. That's one tough cookie, yet gentle and understanding and cleansing and healing at the same time. Inspires musical creativity too. There are so many paradoxes with Him - happy/sad is just one, the boundaries of life and art don't bother him, with the laws of physics He plays fast and loose. And He wants us to feel unfathomable mystery and yet understanding at the same time.
Of course we cry in the face of that, other reactions are beyond us.
But that's love and truth right there...
The composer was a Frenchman who was keen to prove that the French could write music like this, as well as the Germans. But bizarrely it was the British that commissioned and paid for this French music (just as they had done previously with the German music of Beethoven's 9th Symphony). So it was first performed in the Hall of Saint James (who else could it be?) in London in 1886.
Saint-Saens did not really want to admit what the music was about (though he did say:“I gave everything to it I was able to give. What I have here accomplished, I will never achieve again”), but the experts say for sure it is about Resurrection and Judgment - and I think most people hearing that could get that.
There may be a reference to the Archangel Michael - the soldier and fighter who we pray to as we seek defence from the forces of evil.
Believe it or not, the composer did his "Carnival of the Animals" at the same time - more or less - as he was doing the Organ Symphony, though he did not let the former out to be played until after his death.
@@malcolmdelargy2667 I never served, but I do know what you mean- the 2nd and 4th movements are just so emotionally powerful
Were I an 'Aucklander' I would be so PROUD to have a city orchestra, and pipe organ, of this calibre! Well done Auckland!
My idea of the background music when the heavens open up in all their resplendent glory. Surely the composer, like other great composers, received instructions from ethereal sources.
Bravo! My favourite part of a favourite symphony.
What a stunning and beautiful concert space you have there in Auckland. So well laid out for orchestra.
@@lorenzoparedes2306 Trust me, Lorenzo. To have written a piece this beautiful, he definitely had instructions from ethereal sources.
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Now *that's* what the organ part should sound like!
This music has always brought tears to my eyes! For all my love of the "Ode to Joy," this is the most emotional work that I have ever experienced in my 86 years of life! I can listen to it many times in a row, and my eyes will be just as wet at the end as they were at the beginning. What a wonderful performance by a new to me orchestra!
Me too, at 84, one of my many favorites. Just replaced my sub woffer, i can again properly hear the organ again. Fabulous version!
Yes! I was ignorant of this piece much of my life. Heard it in the movie "Babe" and eventually learned there was a whole work. When I finally heard the whole thing I was blown away. Hard to pick a favorite piece with all that's out there, but if forced I would have to choose this. Always brings the tears.
This is the first time I’ve heard the Auckland Symphony Orchestra - my goodness what an awesome sound especially in this one of my favourite pieces of organ music. The sound of this organ is magnificent as is the organist’ s interpretation. He plays like he is having the time of his life as he plays this most flamboyant part of the work. The entire symphony is sublime.
The organ part is most definitely not difficult to play.
The organ was made by Orgelbau Klais . It has a unique feature of two stops based on indigenous Maori instruments kōauau and pūkāea.
"...And so it was that in all the celebration, in all the hubbub of noise and excitement, there were two figures who stood silent and still, side by side...And though every single human in the stands or in the commentary boxes was at a complete loss for words, the man who in his life had uttered fewer words than any of them, knew exactly what to say..."
That'll do, Pig.
Perfect piece that was included in film "Babe". Loved it!
Same here. Love that movie & this music
Despite a fluff by a solo trumpet and a few sharps in the Brass (especially French Horns), this remains my all-time favorite performance of this piece, and one I have enjoyed countless times! I often play it through my sound system at live volume, risking the wrath of neighbours and rattling window panes simply to enjoy this movement in all its marvelous glory! Yes, I have orchestral training (Bb Clarinet), so I feel qualified to comment and to say, "Well done, all!". 😊
Did somebody say "wanker"
I believe you just did. Hey, you do you. Your opinion is every bit as good as mine.
yeah the french guy got ragged for days!!!!
you using two bi amped sub woofers?
When my hubby & I renewed our wedding vows after 50 years, this was the music I chose to walk down the garden 'aisle' on the arm of my oldest brother, to ceremony conducted by my middle brother. That was 5 years ago, & I've since lost my clerical brother, but still have my husband & oldest brother. This piece is so special to me. The organ gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.
Some of the comments appear to reveal a misunderstanding of the nature of this orchestra. The Auckland Symphony Orchestra is not a professional orchestra. It is certainly far better supported and attracts better musicians than a run-of-the-mill community orchestra. But it's not really an apt comparison to say "oh, the Chicago Symphony did a much better version of this". It's about as useful or informative as complaining that a university orchestra isn't as polished as the RCO or the Berlin Phil.
Yes, well stated. This is an excellent performance. Bravo to the Auckland Symphony Orchestra!
Despite all comments , this is an excellent performance , well balanced organ and orchestra. Not pro ? who cares, that known it is even more fantastic. The Organ is really Majestic never heard it better performed .
P. A.
Strefanasha you have confused the professional Auckland Philharmonia with the amateur Auckland Symphony. You have never played with ASO. Because we do not pay players. I play for ASO, and you have never. Play well and prosper.
@Strefanasha The APO are paid professionals, not the ASO.
I've heard better versions of the symphony but never heard a better sounding Organ part of this symphony..... Majestic that is what it is.
+Gijs ziezi Completely agree!
I agree with you--the balance between the organ and orchestra is fantastic here; the organ comes out just a bit more than it does in other versions and sounds phenomenal.
I agree. The organ stands out more than other recordings, and isn't overshadowed by the orchestra.
I agree absolutely with Gijs! The organ and organist are simply, well matched!
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The finest organ sounding piece of music ever, listen to it only by an organ, takes you to another dimension.
I have just taken your advice. I totally agree with you. I am now going back to listen to this piece of music again as an organ solo. Let the orchestra have a night off.
Jonathan Scott (Scott Bros Duo) playing his own transcription of the whole symphony (not just this final movement) is simply mind-blowing.
This organ has an outstanding sonority - 32' pipes shaking the ground - and the cups and plates in my sideboard at home...
Estou no Brasil numa cidade chamada Juiz de Fora e, estou me deleitando ouvindo está magnífica composição e está brilhante interpretação. Bravos!!! MARANATA,
And not to forget the 64' Gravissima....
Pipe organs are best heard in the flesh. Everyone in the auditorium would have felt the emotion and vibration of the various frequencies through out the piece. Very stirring stuff! I recommend to anyone I talk to about pipe organs, that they experience a live performance of a big pipe organ at least once in their life. Its an unforgettable experience and a real eye opener for many.
@yes man It appears so. The stop list here: aucklandorgan.org.nz/index.php/stops-list/ indicates some of the 32' Principal are in the facade.
I never heard this symphony on the radio until today, and I had to locate it! I understand why saint saens never wrote another symphony after this! It literally made me cry. I am glad I am not a musician because I can enjoy it without critiquing it. Well done Auckland!!
Camille Saint Saens did create other great pieces of music, but this one is ma favorite, i heard it for the first time in Notre dame of Paris, magic moment i'll never forget , this symphony really gets on me....
being able to critique musing is a blessing not a curse, education doesn't lower enjoyment.
Hearing it makes my cry too. It feels you died and went to heaven
@@kathydominick1582 Yes, the experts claim it was influenced by a piece or pieces on "Behold the Temple of the Lord". Most of us first knew a fragment of this as the British pop song (but also religious): "If I had words to make a day for you", as taken up by the Farmer in the movie about Babe the Sheep-pig.
@@michelverpiot2682 wow what a performance that must have been! 😀
Usually the large 32' pipes are folded and hidden in the ceiling but here we have them in full view, very impressive to look at and the sound is awesome. Of course you need good speakers to reproduce the vibes from the infra-sound. Music can be emotionally moving, but in this case the movement is also physical.
I hope the foundations of the Hall were built to take it...
This is bigger than Davies Symphony hall in San Francisco. Spectacular performance by the combined cooperation of the organist, the pianist and the entire Auckland Symphony orchestra. I’m completely amazed.
Must be really quite the feeling to have those massive open diapasons blow right in front of your face.
Did I see a 64 foot? There aren’t many I know, so maybe it was a 32….
32’ Pipes Are NOTHING ☝️Compared To The Gigantic 64’ Pipes That Are In Atlanta City Boardwalk Hall On The Mid Mere Losh Organ!
this song always brings tears to my eyes. look how far we've come as human beings.
Pity, Young people in the 30 to 40 age group have been continuosly bombarded with and brainwashed with commercial rubbish, they wouldn't recognise the sheer mastery of this piece if it hit them between the eyes!. This composition is pure Heaven.
@@godfreyberry1599 Funny, 100 years ago they said the same thing about young people who listened to music by Saint-Saëns.
I was just going to comment that this all way brings tears to my eyes when I saw your comment mentioning the same thing. I don't know why; it just does.
How much have we come down from then? This was before electricity and computers.
4 years on and I keep coming back to this stunning performance. Everyone involved should be rightly proud for bringing such pleasure to those of us for whom music means so much.
I'm reminded of the adage, "If you do n't like the heat, get out of the kitchen!" Yes, maybe some professional orchestras might have surpassed this in quality, but don't knock it: this is a first-class assembly of committed and capable musicians, delivering a superb piece of the classical canon, and doing so with empathy for the music. Yes, there's the odd bum note, but it's hard to fault overall, and I take my hat off to them. And I have to agree, that any community who fork out for a superb organ of that calibre - and who clearly regard high-quality music such an important part of their lives - are rewarded with such a fabulous concert! Good for them. We Limeys clearly have a lot to learn from them, and they put us to shame!
Well said, Mr. Holley!
The quality is quite shit though. I am not hating but once the ear is accustomed to something it is quite impossible to unhear all the mistakes, bad playing and badly tuned instruments
@@hansmemling7605so listen to something else, dikkhead.
Bravo maestro Thomas! Finally, an interpretation that savors the ending and does NOT madly rush, indeed gallop, thru the closing phrases. It irritates me no end that with this finale that everyone else, (Jarvi, Ormandy, Bernstein that I quickly surveyed) believes that speed equals excellence. Slower and relish it! The organ is really magnificent. Would love to be there and feel the walls vibrate!
If I had words to make a day for you
I'd sing a morning golden and new
I would make this day last for all time
Then fill the night deep with moonshine
("Babe" anyone?)
Just what I was thinking. The song from Babe
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Exactly the pop tune that "nicked it".
Scot fitzgerald and Yvonne Keeley - If I had words 1978
@@gijzje Precies Gijs. Goed onthouden!
This symphony is so amazingly uplifting, something switches full on in my whole being as the organ in particular brings all the other instruments together. I first heard this being played on my local station but didn’t catch the name of it and I have sought it out ever since. Tonight, and 15 years later, I finally found it! Hallelujah!
You perfectly described the feeling I get when I hear it. It was played at the French Pavilion at EPCOT Center at Walt Disney World. Maybe it’s just in my French blood.
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Peter
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Hi Nancy, I hope this link above will be a real blessing to you.
Was even done as a pop song "If I had words" to reggae beat.
I always stupidly cry when I listen to this organ masterpiece... Wonderful !
Me too :)
I always intelligently cry when I hear this organ masterpiece. :) It is one of the finest symphonies ever written, by a true genius.
“With it, I have given all I could give. What I did, I could not achieve again.” -- C. Saint-Saens
Is it because it's Babe's song?
mee three. :(
Its not stupid. Its wonderful.
This is a superb version, I used this version for testing low frequency sub woofers for large PA systems, there are certain low frequencys down in the 30Hz region which really make your legs tingle, use a high grade pair of headphone and at 1.38 mins you will hear for yourself ...excellent work Auckland
Love the entirety of this piece. When I saw it performed in Dallas, at one point I was ready to raise a lighter and yell like you would at a rock concert. It was so incredibly moving....
Oh yeah...
I would have paid good money to see that
Ah, yes. Community orchestra's and bands are very much an important part of our culture. Music for the masses. Bravo Auckland! A truly inspiring performance.
I have four different recording of this particular piece, I love all of them, but this performance I can only describe as towering magnificence - armature or not - IMO the best of the recordings I have. Brilliant.
Excellent. Wonderful organ playing. Auckland can feel justifiably proud of their Symphony Orchestra.
This Organ suits the symphony never heard a better organ part really wow that Organ....love it!!!!
Juste un frisson de bonheur à vous enchâsser aux spires de la délectation perpétuelle. Aux envols délicats ponctués, le vrombissement de la tornade frappée galope en interrogations si légèrement flutées. Sous chaque feuillage réunis, les bois se soulèvent à la flute déclamée, près d'accélération des cors sous cordes perfusées. En poésie tout se pianote d'allégresses confondantes, à l'échine dénoyautée. De toutes petites perles sur le clavier en réponses vibrantes. Et ce refrain entêtant, voire obsédant à la ritournelle, celui qui vous dévore dans vos extases endormies, réveille vos enfouissements, avant que n'alliez trébucher par devers les tombes réunies d'infortune. Capter cette odeur qui vous carcasse au moindre son réuni. Le clamer, haut et sans efforts, dés le premier choc en coup de scalpel de l'organe savamment constitué. En notice, bouffer les cuivres fous, écarlates, le plexus, une colonne à la hune, qui se corbeille à la défonce envisagée, au soufre du plaisir. Quintessences du tourbillon, celle du trouble renouvelé. Pour que nos mitochondries se souviennent du premier portail des élans de l'inspiration captive des élans improbables. Camille Saint-Saens. Je vous aime.
Magnificent earth shaking bass on the organ.... replayed it twice today
Superb performance by the entire orchestra. An organ sufficiently majestic, and organist amply talented, to do justice to this transcendent work.
Finally, a rendition in proper tempo where you can hear what every section is doing!
I have listened to this symphony many times. I know what’s coming when it goes so quiet at the end of the third movement. It never stops me from jumping out of my skin when that organ chord crashes in at the start of the final movement.
WOW, that's what I call an organ, that is just awesome, wish I was there to experience it.
This never gets old. Very, very well done. The performance rivals some of the bigger, more well known orchestras. Bravo!.
this was the heavy metal of our great great great grandparents day:)
Wow..this organ has a 64' Gravissima stop (resultant), impressive. Congratulations for preserve this cultural heritage for generations to come.
Sadly, not a proper 64', but 32' is enough to give the impression.
It's still an amazing instrument - I remember the first time I heard it play as a kid and being awed that a musical instrument could be so large and make such a sound.
1. Gravissima 64 Derived
2. Double Open Wood 32
3. Double Open Metal 64 Some pipes in façade
4. Open Wood 16 ext #2
5. Open Metal 16 ext #3
6. Open Diapson 16 Great
7. Bourdon 16
I wondered if it had a 64' Thanks for posting
WOW! That was so thrilling that it sends shivers up my spine. A beautiful performance and the organ is WONDERFUL!
That'll do, Auckland Symphony Orchestra... That'll do.
Un grand bravo pour cette splendide exécution.
Oui, merci pour votre commentaire - et cette opportunité d’utiliser un peu de mon français.
@@fredericklmeade2947 Merci à vous et votre Français est remarquable. Cordialement.
I was just thinking that playing a pipe organ like that is like driving a bloody big truck. You push the pedals, but it takes a second for the reaction, and you've got a big rear-view mirror to keep track of what everybody is doing behind you😂
I love this finale. Saint-Saens is a master composer, and this is a good rendition.
My dad is retired now, but for many years he was the organist at our church, and he dragged me to lots of organ recitals as a kid--so I observed a lot of organ playing.
It always seemed to me that playing the organ was like playing a piano (console), driving a truck (pedals) and piloting a space shuttle (stops) all at the same time. Not sure how people do all these things at the same time!
@@gutsfinky I saw a lot of this too (Auckland Boys' Choir), and an interest in theatre organ keeps feeding the fascination. I'd need two or three brains to do what an organist does.
Чудова музика, як хороша книга, вчить думати і несе радість в сердце
Excellent tempo! Many recordings often rush this movement, as if there is a fire.
Most performances and recordings nowadays rush everything. For some reason playing fast is associated with better.
I was lucky enough to hear a different performance of this particular piece. The organ at the Town Hall is a wonderful instrument and the way it fills the space is absolutely stunning.
I love the registration on this organ! It has such a rich tone
I believe this is a mostly amateur orchestra, a good sound from sutch a small orchestra, a remarkable performance and a fantastic organ very well played....
This has to be the 20th time I have had the pleasure of listening to this great rendition of the "Organ Symphony" and it still awes me. 😃
This is uncomplicated and yet, so exciting! I wish I could be there to experience the sound live,. What a great instrument this is ... incredible!
this is a superlative performance. The organ sound is awesome!
One of my all-time favorite classical pieces. Saint-Saens must have been divinely inspired when he wrote this! The slow pace they used for this Finale was absolutely superb! Bravo! That last chord (perfect orchestral balance) did bring me to tears!
One of the most powerful classical pieces ever. Cheers!
...and after the decending pedal, the finale needs just a couple of fingers to remind the audience ‘who’s boss’, the ultimate KING of instruments! 💕
So true 👏
My favourite performance of this amazing piece of music. Thank you
WOW, what a great performance,Bravo Auckland Symphony, the best i have heard in a long time. thank you.
Achievements like this composition and the masterpiece of an organ used to play it make me proud to be a human being.
What an absolutely beautiful piece of music this is....superbly performed too.
Beautiful! The fact that this is a nonprofessional orchestra only adds to my enjoyment. Well done!
I bet top orgnaists from around the world queue up to get their hands on that organ, a beautiful performance, quite delicate, and with lovely feeling, Aukland is famous for a great many things, and this Orchestra is right up there. Thanks to all.
Magnificent!!
Saint-Saens would have been proud!!
Fantastic performance and what a magnificent organ!
As I child I attended Opportunity School and we did a lot of school outings, many to the Sydney Town Hall to listen to the SSO which once played the 64' pipes on the Town Hall organ. I was young so could not hear it, but I felt it and the conductor said it was a truly rare experience as it vibrated the Town Hall foundations and the nearby Sydney underground station.
"If I had words." The only thing that makes me think when I hear this is, Babe. "That'll do Pig. That'll do."
So . . sublime! I love the interplay with the sparkling piano at the beginning, then the quiet, then it comes back with full power. Every single note is perfect.
Loved the organist and how he voiced the organ for this dynamic work !
There’s no reason to be sad or crying. It’s the beautiful sounds that draw out the emotions of our wonderful life on this splendid world!!
Sometimes I wish music critics (amateur or pro) could just enjoy the music. I have played in several orchestras that could probably play this piece better, but I still love this rendition. And this particular organ is nothing short of magnificent, not many of us have ever experienced 64' diapason at full throttle!
+Paul B Absolutely, your comment was totally on point. My comment re. performance critique was not directed at you, Sir. :) (Auckland Beast - I love it! LOL)
Agree. Those are the sounds you sometimes need ears and a body to feel the vibration. Would love to experience this concert.
+Annize Raath Yes indeed, I'd love to "feel" this 64' beast! New Zealand is too far away for my budget!
Amen
One of my favorite pieces of music.
Always brings me back to when my daughters were toddlers and we’d watch the movie Babe all the time.🥺❤️
Love they picked this for the theme song to the movie Babe (1995)
Fantastic !!! I hope art and beautiful music will save the world. From Italy... at the other side of the world. Good way to you all.
A great work this is and I love all 75 .22 minutes of it this no3 in rendition by the Auckland symphony orchestra brilliant and what an organ and what an organist Timothy is superb well done everyone
I just bought an organ After a zillion years of music study (including keyboard), cannot wait to tackle this one
Absolutely beautiful concert piece.... Absolutely stunning
What an absolutely thrilling performance! The Auckland Town Hall is now on my bucket list!
I once asked a monk at the organ in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem to play the Bach T&F.
I was BLOWN AWAY and humbled by the ferocity of the sound!
Majestic, soaring. Gorgeous. Lifts the spirit 🕊️ 🏆👏🎹🎶♥️ a treat to hear and see this wonderful performance, thank you
Wow!! Thanks for this record... the audio quality in bass and low frequencies is very good!
For all the feisty comments going back and forth here, a few points are getting lost. Firstly, no two performances are ever quite the same, even by the same group; a sharp ear will be able to detect these distinctions. Secondly, the nature of music is not a static but a dynamic & performative art, combining a sorts of small things into something big, evocative, emotional, & transcendent. Thirdly, the Auckland Symphony Orchestra here is playing slower than I typically hear this piece performed, and not in a bad way; I read that the genius of great composers is to set up a mental expectation in the audience and then violate it in pleasing ways. Finally, this is a high-quality recording of an otherwise unwieldy Romantic French symphony that manages to allow the individual musicians to be clearly heard throughout the piece. Plus the video is very well edited! Bravo!
Let's go for the gold!...Magnificent! That's what a great performance is all about! I LOVE IT!!
What a brilliant performance all round, and donlt they all look fabulous in their elegant attire! Beautiful all round. :-)
I've played this a few times. As a timpanist, I live for the very end of the piece.:)
Kudos to the Timpani for using a double hit on the very last notes of his solo! Yeah!
Saint-Seans's "Organ" Symphony is one of my favorite masterpieces. I never tire of listening to it. It's exciting from beginning to end. I would love to sit in on one of the orchestra rehearsals and practice with the first violin section.
And I would love to practice with the trombone section.
Agree - it’s a complete thriller
The conductor, organist and orchestra does a great job and the organ is one of the best matches to the orchestra that I've heard for Saint-Saens.
Outstanding recording skill, sound is warm and clear with just a little reverb depth. Intelligent direction and pace. Wish there was more info in the description. Soaring and exciting music, I love listening to every version I find!
EDIT back at New Years 2023. I love that the composer ended the work by descending to the lowest bass note on this lovely instrument! Maximum vibes! 😀
finally using the organ and not just being a prop piece for the orchestra down below. its so frustrating to see performances on youtube showing off the pipes...composers need to put more organs in their compositions
Wonderful orchestra and organ for this great piece ! I love ! The sound of this organ is divine !
BRAVO! What a fine performance. Brings back fond memories of my short time with the University of Redlands University-Community Symphony Orchestra, 1967-1969. I will never forget performing the entire 3rd Symphony with the wonderful organ of the Memorial Chapel. Marvelous piece of music. Thank you all.
The best rendition ever of a great symphonic organ piece ever
This is as good as it gets, Auckland has a true treasure in this concert hall and orchestra. I ordered the CD of this after hearing it.
KUDOS to all participants in this performance! Words are useless here. Sonic splendor that reached deep into my soul, making me cry joyous tears!
I agree with those praising the orchestra. I would also give a shout out for the video editor. The images told the story of how this piece was constructed. Bravo.
Stunning! I've always loved this symphony.
Babe the movie was the first time that I had ever heard this tune and the Auckland Symphony Orchestra have done a brilliant job with their rendition - it's not heavy or dull - well done ASO! from your Aussie cousins on the other side of the ditch.
Astonishing organ!! The best sounding of any on RUclips.
Yeah, the Auckland town hall organ is an amazing machine! Been lucky enough to hear it in person a few times.
Exciting to see young people in the audience, looking to be somewhere around 10 - 12 depending on the individual. I love seeing this music being learned and loved by yet another generation.
Since this was filmed and record 12 years ago these children are now fully grown and may already have children of their own.
After hearing this magnificent rendition of her theme song Babe was seen splashing around as happy as a pig in the proverbial...
Fantastic!
I just found and purchased a Quadraphonic 8 track tape of this piece. Yes I actually have a set up to play this vintage format. I'm really looking forward to listening to this on my system and letting the great music surround me.
It may surprise some of you here that my younger friends hadn't realised that this was composed by Saint-Saens as to them it seemed contemporary 😀
Exactly what I’m trying to explain to my cousin
That's a monumentally fantastic organ for a "Town Hall!" Nice performance all!