Bonobo & Anna Lapwood perform Otomo live at the Royal Albert Hall 

I can't imagine being in the audience not expecting it and then all of a sudden this massive and beautiful instrument envelops me. Such a gorgeous blend of new and old.

I'm a trained organist and moments like these are extremely important. They bring the power and majesty of the organ to a younger generation and that's priceless

The lighting director deserves a shout out for this too! Amazing, still give me chills after listening countless times.

Bonobo Sound Engineer: I have an amplifier Anna Lapwood: Hold my tea...

That little smirk -- "Ha, just you wait, I'm in charge of all the artillery."

The expression on her face throughout the performance - priceless. The unfiltered joy of being a musician, an artist.

Hats off to Bonobo for incorporating that historical instrument so perfectly. Well done to Anna for introducing the two moments in time to each other.

I was at this show and the organ part made me cry! Don't know why, can't even begin to describe it but it was absolutely magical, such an immersive experience! ❤️

This is what happens if musicians.. real musicians come together. It doesn't matter if you come from EDM or classical. You both love making music. Beautifully executed by Bonobo and Anna Lapwood. Both exquisit musicians!

That's epic. During the whole concert the organ is only decoration in the background and then, in the last song Anna lets the beast off the leash and the audience is overflowed with epic sounds that you not only hear but also feel.

33 years on this planet and this is easily one of the coolest moments in live music I've ever heard of. Simply stunning.

For those who do not know how this came about . . . Anna practices in the RAH at night, and often plays bits and pieces when requests are shouted up to her by cleaners and other staff. One night, the requests came from Bonobo’s crew, who were setting up for his concert. She was asked if she would like to take part, and, being Anna, said “yes!”. One of the musicians wrote her a part for the organ, and a few hours later, it all happened! If you have never been to an organ concert, go!

OK, so I have listened to this several times, I don't know if I will tire of it. The look on Anna's face as she knows in seconds she is gonna change lives. Her anticipation, then seconds later the delivery you would need to be dead to not be moved.

this world needs so much more of this

Watching her count out the measures as Bonobo plays so she's sure to come in at the right spots just shows how professional she is. First woman given a scholarship to Oxford in organ, like, ever, on an instrument that you aren't even allowed to touch for practice until you actually show talent.

Absolutely incredible, I was up front when this was performed. Had an inkling they were up to something because they slowly began raising the little curtain by the organist towards the end of the previous song. It was so subtle, which made the payoff even more stunning.

Imagine being there...grooving (or is it vibing?) to the music and then...WHAM! Full organ. A once in a lifetime experience.

0:28 And at that moment, you became the most powerful person in the entire hall. Absolutely breathtaking.

I just realised that many people in the audience may never have heard an organ being played live or indeed recorded. What an amazing experience listening to the majesty of the massive Royal Albert Hall organ combined with Bonobo. Iconic musical moment!!!

Was there that night, i said to my mate jokingly, wouldn't it be epic to hear the organ and they were like nah, it to old for this kind of music, imagine there and my shock when you started playing, they soon changed there mind.

This performance brought me to tears- the unbridled joy in her face and the power of the organ with an already beautiful track makes me wish I could have been there in that moment. So grateful to see this captured.

I love the way that giant analogue synth-of-old serenely towers over everything, the boss, reducing all other modern instruments to dust! Watching Anna's control of all that power brings a tear to my eye every time I watch this video.

The look of shear joyful anticipation as she is about to play is everything great about music. And the grin seconds after starting and hearing the crowd go nuts was priceless.

i regularly come back to this video because i get chills every single time

I've lost count of how many times I've watched the video on the Royal Albert Hall channel. It's great to see this view now. The way the power of the organ just envelops the whole hall is just incredible. Goose bumps!

"I wept. As a musician this made me happy beyond what I can explain. I’m so happy for her, I’m so happy for Bonobo, I’m so happy for the people who must have thought the world was ending when the organ started playing, and I’m so happy for all of us who got to see her perform it with the band. This video alone made today an exceptional day".

Transcendent. One of the luckiest audiences in the history of music.

I have said for decades (I am in my 60's) that Rock was invented the moment Bach stepped up to the organ and did the Toccata. Imagine the tinkle tinkle Church music at the time, and then Bach drops that on their heads. It must have blown them away.

after about 100 times watching im still getting goosebumps and im nearly crying, well done lady edit: credit to bonobo and the band

Organists need to get 5000 people cheering for them like this more often

Is it bad that I've watched this ~20x and still get chills??

You know that smile just before the initial notes she plays come from pure joy of the momment. If we could put it into a bottle and share it, it would be called happines.

The face she makes when unleashing the beast upon the audience! Fuck yeah she’s gonna rock your world like you never expected!

This is the only duo I would literally travel anywhere in the world to experience! This is like the epitome of musical history, I can't stop coming back to it

One of THE greatest musical collaborations ever; even greater when you consider they only met the night before (1am, actually) ❤️

I’m so rarely significantly moved by any media but every time I hear the final bit starting at 4:10 it actually brings tears to my eyes, especially once 4:50 hits. Absolutely wild.

I can't remember the last time I was so moved by a performance - your facial expressions were such a joy to watch! Took us along for the ride. Thanks for sharing this!

Imagine getting surprised by an organ. That's gotta be the musical equivalent of a dreadnought class battleship pulling up behind you. Awesome in the truest sense of the word.

Perfect example of something that shouldn't work, yet is perfection in its majesty. Accompanied by the best smile on the Internet.

Props to the lighting designer. Look at this! It's the size of a mountain and ITS SINGING! LOOK AT IT!!!

I'm always amazed at how many people never get a chance to shine. Not due to lack of ability, but simply because they're too often simply overlooked. While it's not really my genre, I have nothing but respect for an artist with enough of a generous spirt that they can give an obviously talented peer the opportunity. The look on her face during the whole experience says it all for me.

I'm from Switzerland and i do not know, who Bonobo is nor do i know Anna Lapwood and i don't know what i see here. BUT, i have Goosebumps!! I'm sure It was a very special Moment for ALL of them there (live!)

I love the cheeky wee grins where she just can't hide how much fun she's having. So infectious! Brilliant!

Watching her face in the beginning trying to stay calm and relaxed but also getting excited and trying to hold in her smile and joy…this was awesome to watch

This version of the song changed it forever…. Watched it probably 50 times in 2 days and keeps spinning in my head. The facial expression says it all. I’ve read her bio and this women is something very special. For me it’s so cool to watch a musician enjoying what she does. Very very cool, very very epic.

That thing is so powerful it doesn't even need to be mic'd up. If you've never had an opportunity to listen to an organ at it's loudest, you need to. It's earth shattering. What a beautiful instrument.

I love how they brought down the stage lights and lit up you and the organ to give you and your organ the moment you deserved

You are about to witness the power of a fully operational space station.

Not only did they write you a part… they wrote an entire set of lighting cues and ran audio, etc. the day of… all that for some Bach! ❤

Total out of body experience. I burst into tears watching this.

As someone into edm and who likes organ music, this makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up and gives me goosebumps all over!! Absolutely amazing! And someone cutting onions around me at 4:53

I love how Anna hits those keys first time with pure joy, she knows what's coming....

Everytime I listen to this, even though I know it's coming, I cry when Anna first unleashes the organ. Every. Single. Time.

I never get tired of listening to it!!!

Additional to her big grin her look says a several times: "Okay guys, now it's my turn!" 🙂 love that... Cool Job, Anna!

For over 60 years I have wanted to hear that organ played like that. My surround sound took me right there and that lass’s face was just the cream on the cake. Wonderful.

I heard this, few minutes ago, for the first time and very loud (on my Hifi System). This was the first time in my life, and i'm 57 years old, especially at the end, I HAD TEARS IN MY EYES (and I don't no why)! It' absolutely amazing! Thank you.

Otomo will never be the same again

It’s amazing. One can feel the concentration for hitting the cue. And at the same time the joy of a performance gone right.

Anna Lapwood is similar to Caitlin Clark. She has brought the Royal Albert Hall to the attention of so many of us who would have never heard of it!

I'm late to the party, HOWEVER, I'm one of the first to raise my hands when Anna comes in (bottom central right) because you can FEEL an organ before you hear it. And i knew what it was. Unexpected, infinitely welcome, best musical experience of my life, it was a great and tasteful collab.

I can see Anna loving every moment. She is very expressive. You can see her counting and gasping for air because she is so excited. So incredibly passionate! I'm totally impressed by her dedication to this wonderful instrument. She is dead on focussed. What a talent! I will definitely follow her career from now on.

I can hardly describe how does this make me feel. Seeing the organ in the background, now hidden, almost tossed aside to not spoil the big modern music, forgotten by modern audience since it's out of date. And then all of a sudden making it's presence known, and reminding us of all the grand work our ancestors put into creating such a grandiose instrument, at it's time one of the most complicated machines in the world. It's like a phoenix risen from the ashes. It makes my eyes tear.

1. Anna looks a little nervous. 2. Anna says to herself "ok let's do this". 3. Anna's face says "they've no idea what's about to hit them". 4. Sound. 5. Joy. You couldn't have put it better. "So goooood!"

This is by far my fav organ piece. She’s AMAZING at what she does

The look of pure joy on her face.

One year later...and this gig's still rockin' the house! :)

0:11 The smile gets me every time: "this is about to happen". Then the counting bars later on (nothing like coming in at the wrong bar)!.... Being part of a musical production is quite amazing.

Never seen a person who is so deeply into her profession. So beautiful!

Must have watched it a hundred times now…

I love the little grin at 0:20 where you're thinking "here it comes". You know what's about to happen but the audience has no idea.

Huge Bonobo fan here, this caught me off guard and I am crying in joy right now. No words can describe how much I would have loved to witness this in person. Thank you Anna!

This is pure magic! (And I never heard of "Bonobo" before.)✨🖖🤗

Been a year since discovering this and I still visit and tear up lol

Anna - we’re so excited to see you in Atlantic City in April! We’re driving 10 hours just to hear you perform. Very very stoked to hear you in person.

I bet Anna Lapwood will be part of the team whenever Bonobo plays RAH. Hats off to Anna of course but also to Bonobo's band for seeing the possibility!

I love this. The counting. The smile. The engagement. It is everything to me.

Back for the 30 time…… this is F…… the best ……with I was there. Greetings from Danmark,

One of the greatest of our time!! What a privilege to watch her play 👏🏽💐

Why am I crying so hard to this. Most beautiful sound and performance ever, please do a tour together!! (Hard to bring your instrument tho)

I started counting the measures with her. All the years of band came rushing back. So well done! I cannot imagine the rush of experiencing this in person.

I've never been so proud of someone i've never met before! Truly wonderful to see both views combined! I hope one day i'm lucky enough to here you play that majnificent organ in person.

One of those times you just wish you were there to take it all in ! The power of that organ, the beat of that track & what a player that organist is....... WOW !!!!

A Rave with Pipe Organ music😍

Absolutely amazing, inspiring, beautiful, magical!! There aren’t enough words for something like this!!!

Thank you so much for posting the entire song. I’ve watched various forms of this maybe 30 times and sincerely every time that first blast of organ hits I tear up with how beautiful it is and the crowd’s reaction to it. The finale is even better.

This is so badass. Stuff like this brings joy to so many people. What an amazing moment. This is how you gild a show 4:52 . Listen to that crowd. What a serendipitous and sublime add by Bonobo. Smart move by the band. This had to sound so incredible? And with that...A Star is born. Shout out to Bonobo and whomever wrote this part for her...craaaaaazy good.

Absolutely fantastic inspiring live performance, all the more considering how rapidly it was written and put together. Anna's joy in performing it is wonderful to behold. Stunning piece of musical delivery.

I don't cry much and certainly not to music but this is something else. Sometimes you come across something so great you can't believe it. I don't even like EDM music but this is such an amazing coming together of talents and musical instruments. That organ is such a grand and majestically piece of art it belongs in the Halls of Heaven.

I can't stop coming back to this and listening to it repeatedly. And it only gets more powerful and amazing with each view/listen. I think of those huge blowers pouring air into those truly massive bass pipes and the reverberations and sheer power and vibrations resonating the entire old building, turning it into an instrument as well. The organ seems to live and breath pouring out an incredible range of sound and chords. The bass notes in particular are so wonderful and deeply felt that they're almost scary. The light show is unworldly and amazing, and that last crescendo with the final note dropped in to make that final chord.......if that doesn't excite your soul, nothing will. And the visual, that massive impossibly beautiful organ with lights playing on the tubes, while down below in a tiny splash of light sits Anna, absolutely dwarfed by this monster of an instrument. Just the thought that this petite woman is commanding that much power is breathtaking to witness. And knowing that the audience had no idea the organ would be part of the performance? I simply can't imagine what that experience must have been like. I would have been walking on air for a week afterwards.

And yes, even professionals count bars! Thank you Anna…❤

2 years after I'm still crying

This part being written within 12hrs and then performed flawless is quite impressive. You really deserve your seat as Music Director. Edit: Goosebumps moment: 0:28 Also Edit: She was just practising while 2 of Bonobos crew members were present, they asked her to play a famous organ piece (ofc. Toccata e Fuge in D minor) and 12hrs later the notes were written (by Bonobo and Crew) and 18hrs later.. well the video above happened

She’s so cute counting loudly 😊 But the passion and joy she’s playing with is the best!

I can see her love for the organ by the expression on her face.❤

Had tears streaming down my face, this is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard. Just phenomenal. Lost count of how many times I’ve watched this 😍😍

You can hear that Moment, when she opens up the pipes and every person in that hall is just Stunned at the Power and Majesty of the organ!

I have to keep coming back to this video. I have been suffering mentally for a while now and this video makes me smile, makes me happy and makes me cry tears of joy every time I watch this. This has helped me through some very dark times. The power of music to heal is very important in life, thank you.

She is pure light. Her energy, her smile, her talent.. wow!

Anna is just LOVING this! I love seeing her play; she's in her element. I love watching talented people do their thing.