Thank you @Richard McVeigh. My mother passed away suddenly yesterday morning. This song was hard to listen to but so beautiful and fitting for how I feel at the moment.
Prayers and condolences to you and your family @dragonfly1745. May God comfort and strengthen you as you mourn her passing, yet celebrate her life. God bless you 🙏
Come sweet Death, Come Blessed Rest. Take My Hand, and Gently Lead Me On... We heard Virgil Fox play this at Riverside, there wasn't a dry eye in the house. There's not a dry eye here as I listen to this. Mr. McVeigh, you have captured the essence of this piece, and the emotion of Virgil Fox as he contemplated his fast approaching end. Thank you is simply not enough.
Virgil's arrangement still stands as the most moving I've ever heard. My late friend, Andy Crow, who toured with Virgil, used to play it for me often, knowing it was my favorite. You play it beautifully, Richard and powerfully on the magnificent Blackburn organ. Thank you.
Thank you so much for playing this piece Richard-it is exactly what I needed to hear right now. I first came across this piece on a CD my sister put together of Virgil Fox organ pieces a year before she passed away in 2017. In April 2020 our Mom got sick and ended up in the hospital for 11 days before she passed away. We were unable to visit her because of Covid restrictions. Her last three days she was delirious and tormented, she would just scream incoherently into the phone when I called her. It broke my heart and it’s still broken now. Her last day she was in hospice and I think she was ready for sweet death to come. Hearing the way this piece builds I can envision my Mom being ready to meet her Lord and Savior. When it gets to the loudest part I can see her soul rise up to Heaven in my mind’s eye and she is now finally at peace. Thank you Richard for sharing your phenomenal talent with me and the world. God bless you❣️
Beautiful picture beautiful image of your poor poor mother..may perpetual light shine upon her may her soul and all the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace Amen
Oh my gosh what a piece! Never heard of this piece by Bach before, I have no idea how I haven't... I'm gonna start practicing this one right away. Thanks for sharing Richard!!
I watched this the other day Richard - What an amazing Sound! My Late RU-vid/Facebook Friend Arthur J Dale (Silverstartucker) Would be in heaven listening to this through his large fisher studio speakers making his flat shake!
Stunning performance and what a crescendo ! I must say I found it difficult to hear other versions than the original one by the great Virgil... up to now, because yours took me incredibly away and made me shout in admiration under the headphones. Thanks for your passion, your talent and the treasures you share with us.
@@beautyinsound true, I can hear him through you in the tempi and registrations, and yet it's you at the same time and another organ, this is really inspiring. Keep the excellent work.
When the great Virgil Fox was in my town he played this piece on a newly refurbished pipe organ. My father and I were speechless, so moving, awe inspiring and sincere. Thank you for playing this.
WOW, RICHARD, EXCELLENT. That's all I can say. This is my favorite Bach piece. About 45 yes ago I heard this played by Virgil Fox on the Wanamaker in Philadelphia. I cried my eyes out , so Richard you did a beautiful job, thank you.
Absolutely perfect,,,especially the registration and dynamics (of which were perfectly executed.) This has been a favorite of mine for the last 45 years. I've never watched or heard any better than this.
Bravo! Wonderful legato phrasing and control of registration. The tutti so well placed and so fleeting, and the decrescendo down to a mere whisper at the end.
This means so much to me. It was my duty to take out of service an old and tired audio mixing console which had served for many years. So, in front of my Engineering staff and a few others who wanted to see what the Funny Old Man was up to now, I played Virgil's recording at full volume, as is the only way this should be heard. The last notes ended, the acoustics of the hall went silent, everyone in the room was silent. After a brief pause, I pulled the master breaker for the last time. After the room had been remodeled, the old console removed and the new Super Whizbang Digital Console was installed, the first audio that went through it was of course, Virgil Fox's recording of Symphonia to Cantata #29, Vivace! My retort to those who didn't understand, was (to quote Strother Martin's character in "Butch Cassidy " etc...): "I'm not crazy, I'm colorful!"
Absolutely moving. Definitely was titled perfect. Yet a tremendous piece of music and you did an awesome job with it, Richard (as usual). That crescendo is so moving. Don H
I am more familiar with the orchestral version, but this really works - especially in the right hands on the right instrument, right here! First class videography too.
Virgil Fox back in the 60's, played the Rogers electronic pipe organ in the Filmore East with a light show, playing Bach and all of the hippies would come in and listen and watch the light show and go wow! Virgil Fox, Amazing pipe organ Legend!
Very beautiful! Your control of the tempo and the many registration changes were perfection. Virgil would be very pleased indeed. (I studied with one of his students.)
This is really exceptional. I live in NY and heard this played at St Patrick's during a recital. It was completely overpowering. I have heard the Wanamaker organ in Philly a few times (the instrument Fox had in mind for this). You have captured the voicing REALLY well. This is a magnificent performance. You have the climax exactly right. Maybe some day you will come and play the Riverside Church on which Fox played so often............................let's hope for that. And a shoutout to Leopold Stokowski - it was his orchestral transcription that inspired Fox to make his...................
Wow, at the 6 minute mark when you open the throttle that thing just roars. The sound is overwhelming and the audio starts to clip, but to be honest I think recording that organ is an audio engineering challenge which would defeat just about anyone who took it on. A very moving performance and Virgil Fox seems in cahoots with Bach in this arrangement to wring every ounce of emotion out of this seemingly simple melody.
A superb rendition. Reminds me of the same piece that a friend recorded for an SACD (it to is on the Tube) The Blackburn instrument is better in my view. Well done Richard
Looks like you transposed it to C minor, any particular reason? Does that make it easier to play? The one in my Fox book is C# minor I think. Very beautiful!
BRAVO RICHARD BRAVO, I had too respond again. It was probably more like 60 years ago that I heard Virgil Fox played it in Wanamakers in Philadelphia But I just had to respond again thank you Richard. BRILLIANT!!!
Thks, Richard. Thks, Johann Sebastian & especially thank You, my Lord, for Death, how sweet or better will be. There will be good. Good Death & Your Mercy is much more, than we can exspected. To have a hope, that it is possible to live 4ever. That's all prayer.
Agree - but I doubt if anything could rival the original and I mean absolutely no disrespect to Richard saying that. The arrangement was written for the Wanamaker and there’s no organ in the world that can rival the string division on that instrument.
Yes, of course many times. That was recorded long ago. Virgil toured in the 1970's with the special Rodgers, somewhat like Cameron Carpenter @@steveonions1192
Shame there's no-one there. There's something dodgy about BIS and the way he conducts himself. His pretentious attitude might have been the reason he's another "nearly made it". Walk away.
