Marcussen & Søn organ of the St. Laurens in Rotterdam. The biggest organ of the Netherlands and also the biggest full mechanical organ in Europe! Link to organ: www.orgelsite.n...
Pim Schipper (1989) was fascinated at an early stage by the sounds of the organ and its effect. He graduated in 2013 as an organist at the Utrecht Conservatory, with Reitze Smits. He studied church music with Mark Lippe and Arnoud Heerings. In addition, he followed a number of masterclasses with harpsichord at Siebe Henstra. Pim is an organist at the Grote Kerk in Wijk bij Duurstede where he plays the historic Kiespenning organ (circa 1615), as well as the Oude and the Nieuwe Kerk in Zeist. He is also working as an intonateur (tuner of organ pipes) at Stinkens organ pipe makers in Zeist. Pim is one of the best improvisers of the young generation of organists. He is often asked as a supervisor at various choirs and occasions. He regularly collaborates with choral conductor / organist Rienk Bakker. On May 4 of this year they performed the Requiem of Duruflé with the project choir "Adveniat Musica" from Zeist. Pim finds it unfortunate when people find his favorite instrument boring and tries to promote the organ through original collaboration projects. An example of this is the 'Musical Wine Tasting' held last year in the Grote Kerk in Wijk bij Duurstede, in which, while enjoying a good glass of wine, connections were made between music and the taste of wine and people were able to experience how taste and sound reinforce each. A logical combination for a lover of cooking, food and a good glass. In 2013, Pim also played in the Sint Maarten. He then took over part of the Seline Haalboom concert, which seriously suffered from a shoulder injury.
This is one of my most favorite RU-vid organ videos, and organists, and organs. I wish he would post more.I have lost track of how many people I have sent this video's link to.
Every time I come back to this piece, it is wonderful to see this talent! To those who complain of the stop pullers - how many pistons do you see? How many breaks does the performer get to push non-existent pistons? I would suggest those who complain about these assistants to perform this work without the pullers and equal this outstanding performance! Besides, these puller know how to maximize this work/organ. Good luck! As Louis Glen and others say - just enjoy this masterful rendition!
This pipe organ performance is one of the greatest I've ever seen _ much less heard. The drawknob pullers are spectacular in their own right. ALL SPECTACULAR!!!
I feel like God is watching over me whenever I watch this. I see 10,000 floating candles and feel the warmth and love of every angel in heaven as they sing!
I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. I play the piano and organ. This past Sunday (May 18, The Holy Trinity), we sang this as the Hymn of the Day. It is #413 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship in The Holy Trinity section. Just thought I'd post.
Well, I have commented before, but must say again that this just simply wonderful. I would only wish to hear you in person someday, playing this. I have watched this over and over, and it is just as wonderful to my ears each time. Keep up the good work, and do post more when you can. Thank you!
My favorite arrangement of this hymn. I played this piece by ear the best I could from this clip during a postlude at my church and I got a standing ovation at the end.
Now this gives a whole new meaning to "pulling out all of the stops"!! WOW!!! & BRAVO! For a person of your age, you are playing at a level of organists with twice the experience & age. Keep it up. I hope to see more of your work.
This improvisation has electricity, momentum, charisma and conviction from the outset. However, the youthful enthusiasm can verge on impetuosity at times. There are sudden lurches of tempo and metre, with beats swallowed up in a number of places. Music needs space to breath and phrases need to be shaped more. There also needs to be greater stylistic integrity, focus, concision and a clearer conception of form. Essentially, the improvisation is in the style of a Romantic trumpet voluntary with a decorated form of original hymn melody, though in this respect it does not develop greatly throughout the improvisation. However, the improvisation is also interspersed with elements of much later styles, not all clearly related to the theme or the rest of the music, not to mention an opening that has strong echoes of one of Mendelssohn’s sonata movements. If the conception in an improvisation is one a growing crescendo, then using assistants is quite legitimate. However, organ colour is inseparable from the creation of the notes and the improviser ideally needs to control and shape these as a single entity. Nevertheless, this is clearly an extremely talented musician and other videos on RU-vid are far more successful in all the respects mentioned above. Since these videos were made, he will undoubtedly have matured considerably and I would look forward very much to hearing what he is producing now.
Your comments are noted and I believe to diminish this performer's efforts. It's so unfortunate that peers have to trash colleagues. It is clearly obvious that this performer has a clear mastery of this instrument. Others post that the stop pullers are a distraction and they do not realize there are no pistons and this is a tracker instrument which mean it is difficult to play coupled manuals. Would love to see each of you who bash this performance to equal and exceed it. Upon reading Mr. Riley's trashing, would you rather hear it from a praise band? This interpretation is one that stirs the soul and accents the organ! Now, after your trashing, let's see you post a variation on this hymn, stir the soul to those here! We are waiting......
Dear Mr Hodge, I am very sorry if these comments came over as unduly negative; very surprised too given my concluding paragraph on this 'extremely talented player'. To trash something is to deem it as being of no value. To do so with a performance like this would be unthinkable and also highly disrespectful to a young musician who clearly has music running through his veins. However, constructive criticism which suggests pathways to enhancing what is already there is valid and something that any budding professional will encounter and profit from throughout their training, and indeed their whole career. At times this can be exacting in order to reach the highest possible standards, which I would argue this young man is clearly well on the road to. His other videos are even more evidence of this. You make a very fair point about the challenges of registering large organs with no aids - there is quite a large discussion to be had on that,particularly in respect of improvised music. You are clearly interested in this area of music and hope that you will enjoy some of my own offerings in this area. They are far from perfect but strive to incorporate, structural cohesion, stylistic integrity and disciplined performance, which are extremely important in improvisation. www.organimprovisation.net/#!blank/c1w3w
Bill Hodge John is correct... one of the basic elements of music is time- and rhythm. There simply are places where he loses the time. That does not take away from the grandeur of the piece- it is, indeed- amazing. How I would love to witness live a performance such as this!!
Wes James Thank you for commenting! I am not an organist and I know what I hear. I still stand behind my comments. This piece was not meant to be played as a hymn - rather than a potential recital/concert piece. Clearly, I beg to differ - many postludes, etc. often have a varying tempo. I had been taught to understand that it may well be the performer's prerogative. There are way to many people on RU-vid and other sites who feel the need to trash a performer's piece, because it does not conform their concepts. I still say, let this talented gentleman and others like him perform. Would you rather hear a praise band attempt the same piece? Talk about keeping a beat - those folks are often all over the map! Let's simply enjoy another's efforts.
Bill Hodge It is clear you are not a musician. Musicians live in the land of critical reception. Yes, he is indeed talented, but his tempo fluctuations were not planned, merely rushing.
Beste Heer Duck, Dit is het talent van Nederland....precies zoals De Heer van 't Hof zegt. In Deutschland sagt mann: Es froht mich dieses Orgelspiel zu horen. Hartelijk grusse,
This is the most amazing video I have ever seen. You should put out a CD of your music. I can see everybody agrees here so you would definitely sell copies!!! Consider it!!
That is the "real name" ... It is an improvisation on the English hymn tune "Nicaea" by the 19th century composer John Bacchus Dykes which was written for the hymn "Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!"
and not only that ive tuned this organ before years ago and ive been at this organ i know whats its capible of and your a fantastic organist and i love it so much that theres people like you that still have a love for playing these giant beast instruments.
This is the billionth time I've listened to this and it blows me away every time. OMG!!! Hautbois8, are you going to put out a cd? You really should. You are just too much.
I really appreciate how you go back to a more straight-forward playing of the chorale at the end.. I also really like how you go into a little coda to wrap it up. Great job! If you ever need a place to play in the US, let us know.
Just about everyone. There are only a few people, like yourself, that did not like it. I thought it was a good piece of music. There is no need to be so negative though.
Fantanstic, Hautbois8! Enjoyed that immensley. Will watch for more of your postings. Remind your stop pullers to clear the camera so we can see the star performer. At 17 you are a great organist!
This by far is my all time favorite video on RU-vid. You're playing was superb, and your choice of 'Holy, Holy, Holy' was a great choice of a hymn to improvise on. Ignore those jealous idiots who would dare to give you advice, or criticize you. Those A-holes don't have a video posted, viewed, and applauded by THOUSANDS.
This by far is my favorite video here on RU-vid. Your playing was superb, and the choice of 'Holy,Holy,Holy' was a good one indeed. Ignore those jealous A-holes who would dare to criticize you and then have the nerve to advise you. Remember they don't have anything posted here that is viewed and applauded by THOUSANDS.
BTW, someone suggested that you should NEVER improvise in the same key as the hymn/piece was written in. Another idiotic suggestion! I saw Fred Swann on television (Hour of Power) do a fantastic postlude improvisation on the final hymn of that service in the same key the choir had just sung it in. If that's good enough for Dr. Swann, then it's good enough for you. To you I say BRAVO!!!
@@mikbe2579 Hé hé, many organ players from Dutchland are playing with great emphasis, special effects, arrangements and improvisations. It's generally a very créative play, an impressive one sometimes, but loudness and freedoms cannot replace a strict tempo and a score respect. You have this in the US too with players like Cameron Carpenter, that has an amazing technique, but cannot play Bach properly 😀
WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE! What a great sounding instrument--very aggressive but no harshness! A silly question: I'm not familiar with organists needing assistants to change registrations, so my question is-Were your friends there to make changes, or were you all having fun testing out the instrument? I ask because registration changes are not usually made in mid-phrase unless you're using the crescendo pedal. Again, great playing!
gc18, you don't know what you're talking about. It is customary in Europe, and on this type of organ, to use assistants. Besides, this is obviously informal organ-playing, not a prepared concert.
boy do I ever love to see and hear talent like yours. I dreamed of this music last night! You make the organ sing with God's voice. So when are you going to make another video Hautbois8? Timujin02 is waiting in Canada!
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY WORD YOU ARE SOOO GOOOD!!!! i can play this song(not as good) but entirely out of my head. (i can't read notes)
To see another amazing young talented organist - about 18 at the time, type in Brestull in the search box on RU-vid & listen to his rendition of "Jesus Christ is Risen Today" I would love to see these guys play together!
In 4 verses, God is described as MERCIFUL as well as MIGHTY, perfect in LOVE and PURITY as well as in POWER. SIN and DARKNESS enter the third verse. It is noteworthy perhaps that Bach's Choral Partitas (variations) take into account the sense of the text.
I'm intrigued . . . what stop is the solo line (at the beginning, I've not finished watching yet, so I don't know if it continues throughout)? It may just be the camera, but it sounds very similar to a modern electric guitar, which I find rather odd and slightly amusing (though not unpleasant) for such a grand instrument.
Sorry, I did not experience any "holyness", just the organist showing off. Hey Montgomery7577: Buxtehude would turn in his grave when he was able to. But well, I blame it on his youth.
