When I read your comment, I read: “When I listen to this I alway feel the urge to buy a clock.” Lets just say I was very confused until I read it again!😂
When I saw the movie as a kid I was entirely into the Phantom of the opera and I wanted to be him for Halloween that year. However my school didn’t allow masks so I was out of luck
It never ceases to amaze me that the whole overture can be played by one person on one instrument with not only their hands but their feet as well. Amazing job!
Thanks for the comments. Just so everyone knows, the sheet music I have is NOT published. A talented friend of mine arranged this for classical pipe organ. I feel this is the correct tempo for this arrangement, so the large 32' reeds can speak correctly. If it were a broadway synthesizer, then yes, the tempo should be faster. But for the classical pipe organ, I feel this tempo is just right. :)
I've never seen anyone play the organ this close before. I had NO IDEA how much footwork is involved compared to a regular piano. Thanks for the great video!
He’s basically just got five keyboards, one below and four manuals up top (up to five manuals in some organs, none of the the seven manual stations that were made survive functionally afaik).
Have you ever seen Jonathan Scott play? There's a video I saw where he was doing something with 4 fingers of one hand on the one keyboard and using the thumb to play a melody on the other keyboard and then doing things with the other three limbs. And watching him trill WITH HIS FOOT is mindblowing. Such talent! I turned pages for an organ recital once and I was almost sweating as much as the organist was just watching. (After the dress rehearsal I was informed that I had been audibly counting the measures WRONG and the organist had still played perfectly anyhow!) When my legs allow me to practice it's all I can do to keep practicing and I'm a beginner. It takes a whole nuther level of patience and control over limbs to be able to do that.
The first movie of the Phantom of the Opera the major star was Claude Rains, an amazing character actor. I was just a young thing when I watched this movie .
A big issue some people have, especially playing in large rooms with a classical pipe organ is they'll want to play at the original tempo and it just doesn't feel right. The instrument can't breathe and the room can't decay, so it just becomes a big muddle of notes - there's a few playthroughs of Toccata And Fugue in D Minor where this is an issue. I think just slowing the piece down a touch and letting the instrument breathe and really resonate with the room gave a whole new feel to it. Wonderful work.
the people complaining about the slower tempo and lack of background elements just have an imature taste in this art form, this piece is truly a work of love
Yes! You really are very clean in your playing, Seth. Great arrangement. After all these years, I've never actually had the chance to watch someone play this up close. Bravo!
My god ! This is incredible ! I imagine this is what the phantom must look like playing this song. Using hands and feet at the same time and never hitting a note wrong ! Amazing ! Just absolutely wonderful ! The hours of practice this must have taken
In sleep, he sang to me In dreams, he came That voice which calls to me And speaks my name And do I dream again? For now, I find The phantom of the, opera is here Inside my mind Sing once again with me Our strange duet My power over you Grows stronger yet And though you turn from me To glance behind The phantom of the, opera is there Inside your mind Those who have seen your face Draw back in fear I am the mask you wear It's me they hear Your spirit and your voice In one combined The phantom of the, opera is there Inside your mind Is that the phantom of the opera? Beware the phantom of the opera In all your fantasies You always knew That man and mystery Were both in you And in this labyrinth Where night is blind The phantom of the opera is there Inside your mind Sing, my angel of music
I have not the words to describe how this makes me feel. I am in utter awe! Why is this so insanely attractive to me. Like Sir, can I have your hand in marriage?? Got me feeling like Christine Daae, hypnotised by the Angel's music. You play so well!!! Oh my god, I wish I had better words right now but I am at a loss, this is phenomenal! Might as well call you The Angel of Music, holy cow xoxo
This is wonderful! Is this your own arrangement? If so, I’d be willing to pay for the sheet music, if not, could you tell where I could find the sheet music?
É lindo!Me enche os olhos ver algo assim,mas ao mesmo tempo fico pensando o quanto é complicado e difícil tocar órgão...Além de tocar as teclas,ainda tem que ter coordenação motora pra dá atenção as teclas e aos pés!
The way to get this song's true power out is to use a really big church organ (the room IS the organ) and jam pack the rest of the instruments in. The sheer amount of volume that you'd get just with an orchestra that big, plus the added natural reverb of the room, need I say more
wonderful performance, fantastic arrangement, and incredible skills! i've always wanted to watch the Phantom organ piece performed, and it was even more amazing than i could have imagined. thank you! bravo!
I've seen the Phantom musical at least 25 times in my life, in New York, LA, London and Las Vegas. Everytime I hear this overture I get the craziest chills!
The absolutely feral joy I get from blasting this on my speakers is such a wonderful feeling! Makes me fall in love with the organ and the Phantom all over again 🥰
Sir, you are beautiful in every way in means of the talent of music. You seem to know it in a 3D spectrum, in which so few seem to grasp. Bless you sir, & TY for such a beautiful & joyfully but sadly teary eyed magical master piece! @}-;---,---
@@sethbottmusic780 well put! You have to let the harmonic resonance fill the space and embrace the timbre of the interacting notes before you move on to the next event! Or you were sight reading this piece haha. Sounded incredible though, at any speed :)
