Thank you, thank you my Dear Brrothers for taking us on your fantastic tour. You never fail to shine and uplift our spirits. Always waiting for more videos. Big big hug
We were at the Victoria Hall, Hanley BBC PHILHARMONIC concert & the Saint Saens was superb. The Widor encore was a lovely surprise which was very much enjoyed by both audience & orchestra! Thanks for a great evening, Jonathan, & a great VLOG! 👎👋👋🎹🎹🎹 🤩
I hope Jonathan *crushed* the orchestra, in the final chord of the Saint Saens. (In so many performances of this work, the organ is emasculated, either by the conductor or the sound engineer. And who needs the orchestra, anyway?!)
@@Offshoreorganbuilder Jonathan certainly ensured the organ was the dominant sound source in the final chord. Also being in a modest size hall (1,467 seats) the organ was clearly audible in the whole work. Lovely organ it is too!
Absolutely incredible how much detail you’ve managed to include here, contrasts in cities and experiences, and introductions to amazing pipe organs. Nice to see the familiar too - Hanley, Manchester Piccadilly and the train to the Airport! Many thanks again for sharing your travels ✈️ 🚞. Keep the Vlogs coming!
That was fun!! Thanks for sharing your multi-continental travels with us! It makes me wonder how you managed to fit it all into such a short space of time. So many organs, so little time!! The buildings were beautuful & Singapore looks very impressive, especially the hotel. Thank you both for the vlog. I shall look forward to the next one.
Love this video. What stamina you guys have traveled across the globe and Jonathan you are fantastic as always. Tom you are fantastic capturing video and sound.
Glad you're having fun amidst your performances. It's fun for us as well as Tom waxes philosophical & Jonathan introduces us to more phenomenal organs. Thanks for sharing your adventures, food, music, & laughs. Mind the birds! 😄 👏👏📹🎹🎶🌳
You keep quite a busy schedule, and while I'm sure it is very tiring, you look (and sound) fresh and happy. Thanks for taking us along with you. I look forward to much, much more!
Thanks for posting this Tom - it was so interesting and informative! Indeed, it was possibly your best 'travel vlog' to date! Whilst I heard Jonathan's fantastic performance at Hanley, UK - I am sad that I was unable to hear his performances on these other magnificant instruments in Singapore, Canada and Spain !
What incredible trips! You two have a lot of breath, thank God! I love following you two in these videos! I imagine that after each trip you rest a lot to face new concerts and trips. Thank you both for everything!
Suuuuper lovely indeed, you see, like most genius minds use to say, true natural talent is only one percent....the 99% is ..blood sweat and tears, doing the managers job and learning to increase the audience because heavenly music is ...pure heavenly bliss, you are doing a great job indeed, congrats, guys, you become a huge inspiration for everybody, it's a true honor to belong your followers group hoping you will never lose passion for having fun performing and entertain us... world wide
Greetings from Northern California. Love the interplay between the two brothers, Tom is chatty and Jonathan talks with the organ. Both brothers are fascinating in different ways. I wonder if they know about the mummified cat and rat in the Christ Church cathedral in Dublin Ireland. I found that little bit of organ history interesting when I visited there recently.
Yet another wonderful blog of your travels injected with your usual fun and banter. What incredible journeys you’ve had to travel to all those countries, and great for all of us to see and enjoy. It’s great to see and hear all the different organs. The sound in the Singapore concert hall was amazing! I just love these travel blogs. Thank you so much to you both.
What a fantastic adventure you have just had! I, as a Spaniard, could have been one of the lucky ones to witness the concert at the Madrid Auditorium and it was really spectacular, I really enjoyed it! I have also visited the Almudena Cathedral on several occasions but I had never had the pleasure of seeing how the organ sounded. It seemed to me that in addition to being beautiful, it sounds wonderful. The truth is that I can't stop watching the recording over and over again. You have made me happy on Sunday. I like it a lot! The city of Singapore is very beautiful, the hotel is spectacular and the Explanade concert hall is very modern, everything is modern, it seems that they give a lot of importance to nature. On the other hand, I think that playing with the orchestra for Jonathan will have been wonderful. The weather in Montreal was very bad but the organ in the Saint-Jean-Baptiste church is impressive. It sure was worth it! Thank you for sharing these beautiful moments with all of us and congratulations to both of you!!❤😘🤗👏👏💖
Always look forward to these - Thanks to both of you! The pipe organ has always been my favourite instrument, I couldn't even have thought to learn to play it - fear of heights!
Happy to see that the organ of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste church met your expectations... and sorry that it was so cold on the day of your visit. Should you come back one day, I would be happy to make you discover other aspects of my city. Serge
Wow, I might have a new favorite organ (at the Esplanade in Singapore! The Albion has been my first!)---I love your road trips & appreciate you taking us along!
The "Durian" organ & its similarity to Birmingham's is interesting as if the photo of "the Hall" with the lights on was the "Durian" hall its ovoid design is also similar to Birmingham even the overhead circular wooden sounding board is similar. Have heard Saint Saens #3 at CBSO many times the UK Hanley organ sounds quite different to Symphony Hall. Both excellent but tonally different. 😊
Perhaps one day they will come to Brazil to play on the organs here. They are not huge like the ones you are used to, but there are some very good ones. The pipe organ culture needs to be more widespread in Latin America.
Notre Dame Basilica is not to be missed! It has two fine organs which are Casavant's famous Opus 26 and a two manual by Guilbault-Thérien in the chapel. St. Joseph's Oratory also has two fine instruments which are the five manual by Beckerath and a three manual Casavant in the crypt.
I'm breathless! Where do you find the energy. These venues are spectacular. I always look forward to catching your newest one. I was feeling out-of-sorts earlier today, then your notification popped up. Now I feel great. I love following you two around. Thanks a million, this one was terrific! Was that your famous yellow duster? XX
Jonathan, there is a 'Sun' ('cymbal-stern?) on the top of the case in the Great Hall of Bangor University in North Wales: an organ which was designed, I think, for Professor William Matthias, who I used to see strolling across the quad, on the way to teaching sessions, when I was studying Theology. It always looked as though someone had forgotten to remove last Christmas's 'deccies'! Did you stay in the Marina Sands Hotel in Singapore; with its awesome pool on the top deck?
2:00 I was going to say it looked very similar to the one at Birmingham Symphony Hall, when I played it! Great video as always!!
Too good
Dos genios musicales !
Another great vlog. Thank you!
You both are amazing
I would like to thank the crow for not impaling (or whatever) our heroes on their journey. Wonderful sites! Thanks for sharing!
Another great vlog from you both, very entertaining, lovely sounding organs especially the one in spain❤
Thank you, thank you my Dear Brrothers for taking us on your fantastic tour.
You never fail to shine and uplift our spirits.
Always waiting for more videos.
Big big hug
We were at the Victoria Hall, Hanley BBC PHILHARMONIC concert & the Saint Saens was superb. The Widor encore was a lovely surprise which was very much enjoyed by both audience & orchestra! Thanks for a great evening, Jonathan, & a great VLOG! 👎👋👋🎹🎹🎹 🤩
I hope Jonathan *crushed* the orchestra, in the final chord of the Saint Saens.
(In so many performances of this work, the organ is emasculated, either by the conductor or the sound engineer. And who needs the orchestra, anyway?!)
@@Offshoreorganbuilder Jonathan certainly ensured the organ was the dominant sound source in the final chord. Also being in a modest size hall (1,467 seats) the organ was clearly audible in the whole work. Lovely organ it is too!
I was one of the lucky guys at the concert in Madrid. You made me absolutely happy. Thank you very much!
Absolutely incredible how much detail you’ve managed to include here, contrasts in cities and experiences, and introductions to amazing pipe organs. Nice to see the familiar too - Hanley, Manchester Piccadilly and the train to the Airport! Many thanks again for sharing your travels ✈️ 🚞. Keep the Vlogs coming!
That was fun!! Thanks for sharing your multi-continental travels with us! It makes me wonder how you managed to fit it all into such a short space of time. So many organs, so little time!! The buildings were beautuful & Singapore looks very impressive, especially the hotel. Thank you both for the vlog. I shall look forward to the next one.
Fantastic !
What a wonderful video! Thank you.🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Love this video. What stamina you guys have traveled across the globe and Jonathan you are fantastic as always. Tom you are fantastic capturing video and sound.
Go, Scott Bros, go! 😅🎹🔝
Glad you're having fun amidst your performances. It's fun for us as well as Tom waxes philosophical & Jonathan introduces us to more phenomenal organs. Thanks for sharing your adventures, food, music, & laughs. Mind the birds! 😄 👏👏📹🎹🎶🌳
You keep quite a busy schedule, and while I'm sure it is very tiring, you look (and sound) fresh and happy. Thanks for taking us along with you. I look forward to much, much more!
Almost better than being there!
Excellent presentation.
Many thanks.
Thanks for posting this Tom - it was so interesting and informative! Indeed, it was possibly your best 'travel vlog' to date! Whilst I heard Jonathan's fantastic performance at Hanley, UK - I am sad that I was unable to hear his performances on these other magnificant instruments in Singapore, Canada and Spain !
What incredible trips! You two have a lot of breath, thank God! I love following you two in these videos! I imagine that after each trip you rest a lot to face new concerts and trips. Thank you both for everything!
Suuuuper lovely indeed, you see, like most genius minds use to say, true natural talent is only one percent....the 99% is ..blood sweat and tears, doing the managers job and learning to increase the audience because heavenly music is ...pure heavenly bliss, you are doing a great job indeed, congrats, guys, you become a huge inspiration for everybody, it's a true honor to belong your followers group hoping you will never lose passion for having fun performing and entertain us... world wide
Greetings from Northern California. Love the interplay between the two brothers, Tom is chatty and Jonathan talks with the organ. Both brothers are fascinating in different ways. I wonder if they know about the mummified cat and rat in the Christ Church cathedral in Dublin Ireland. I found that little bit of organ history interesting when I visited there recently.
Yet another wonderful blog of your travels injected with your usual fun and banter. What incredible journeys you’ve had to travel to all those countries, and great for all of us to see and enjoy. It’s great to see and hear all the different organs. The sound in the Singapore concert hall was amazing! I just love these travel blogs. Thank you so much to you both.
What a fantastic adventure you have just had!
I, as a Spaniard, could have been one of the lucky ones to witness the concert at the Madrid Auditorium and it was really spectacular, I really enjoyed it!
I have also visited the Almudena Cathedral on several occasions but I had never had the pleasure of seeing how the organ sounded. It seemed to me that in addition to being beautiful, it sounds wonderful.
The truth is that I can't stop watching the recording over and over again. You have made me happy on Sunday. I like it a lot!
The city of Singapore is very beautiful, the hotel is spectacular and the Explanade concert hall is very modern, everything is modern, it seems that they give a lot of importance to nature. On the other hand, I think that playing with the orchestra for Jonathan will have been wonderful.
The weather in Montreal was very bad but the organ in the Saint-Jean-Baptiste church is impressive. It sure was worth it!
Thank you for sharing these beautiful moments with all of us and congratulations to both of you!!❤😘🤗👏👏💖
Hallo!
I Love your road city trips
Thank you for sharing!!!
It is Amazing and Wonderful!
With Love from the Netherlands.
You guys are so funny. Loved the tour. Hope you can come to the US soon.
Congratulations Tom. I have never heard anyone say “that’s nice” (in relation to the post concert food in Singapore) in a less convincing manner. 😂
OMG amazing trips!
Wow. I've gotten a lot fascinated by the beautiful sound of pipe ogans. So amazing.😀👍👍
Always look forward to these - Thanks to both of you! The pipe organ has always been my favourite instrument, I couldn't even have thought to learn to play it - fear of heights!
Happy to see that the organ of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste church met your expectations... and sorry that it was so cold on the day of your visit. Should you come back one day, I would be happy to make you discover other aspects of my city. Serge
FUN FACT. During WWII the gold bullion of the Bank of England was stored in the underground vault of the Sun Life building in Montreal.
The spanish trumpets sound amaizing
Thanks that was so interesting and fun.
Terrific! Chester next. Hope you're over the jetlag!
These gravel vlogs are great! Makes me wish I was in a position to travel to these places!
Should say “travel”.
Exhausting just watching! 😁 ATLANTIC CITY - when?
Any plans on coming to the southern states of the US? I would LOVE to see your perform live! Big fan!!
Tom, you make an excellent tour guide. How do you survive jet lag? Thanks gentleman.
Wow, I might have a new favorite organ (at the Esplanade in Singapore! The Albion has been my first!)---I love your road trips & appreciate you taking us along!
The "Durian" organ & its similarity to Birmingham's is interesting as if the photo of "the Hall" with the lights on was the "Durian" hall its ovoid design is also similar to Birmingham even the overhead circular wooden sounding board is similar. Have heard Saint Saens #3 at CBSO many times the UK Hanley organ sounds quite different to Symphony Hall. Both excellent but tonally different. 😊
Perhaps one day they will come to Brazil to play on the organs here. They are not huge like the ones you are used to, but there are some very good ones. The pipe organ culture needs to be more widespread in Latin America.
Notre Dame Basilica is not to be missed! It has two fine organs which are Casavant's famous Opus 26 and a two manual by Guilbault-Thérien in the chapel. St. Joseph's Oratory also has two fine instruments which are the five manual by Beckerath and a three manual Casavant in the crypt.
I'm breathless! Where do you find the energy. These venues are spectacular. I always look forward to catching your newest one. I was feeling out-of-sorts earlier today, then your notification popped up. Now I feel great. I love following you two around. Thanks a million, this one was terrific! Was that your famous yellow duster? XX
Jonathan, there is a 'Sun' ('cymbal-stern?) on the top of the case in the Great Hall of Bangor University in North Wales: an organ which was designed, I think, for Professor William Matthias, who I used to see strolling across the quad, on the way to teaching sessions, when I was studying Theology. It always looked as though someone had forgotten to remove last Christmas's 'deccies'! Did you stay in the Marina Sands Hotel in Singapore; with its awesome pool on the top deck?
I would absolutely LOVE to hear "Summa" by Avro Part on an organ. I don't think it's been done before.
How come you guys never came to the US?
was the poutine good?🤣
No it’s not a moose. It’s an Elk. lol
Really fun, I can see you have a new niche, musical travelogs. Judith Chalmers has nothing on you two. A bit before your time.. Sorry