VIVALDI - SUMMER - HEREFORD CATHEDRAL ORGAN - JONATHAN SCOTT 

Move to Varaždin, Croatia. :o) It happens often over here.

done that and i am not a christian

I had that same experience in the Cologne Cathedral. A memory I'll take to my grave.

Today that happen to me. In my town we have the biggest organ in Sudamérica and this morning I walked for the church Street and entered the church. I hear the organ in some events but today I was just me there and the entire building in darkness with only the light came in from the vitraux windows. It was a magical moment.

@George Charalambous That's what happens every Sunday at Mass.

I'll pay twice of yours!

Only 30 times😅

I think four seasons sounds better on organ

Xaver Varnus is an amazing organ player but I like Jonathan's take better

Wait... The Four Seasons was not written for the organ? My life was a lie.

@@RezaChity-G They have different temperaments shaped by different periods of history as well as personal journeys . The new generaion of organists have grown up in times of peace and are more turned to brilliantly transcribing orchestral works for the organ while the older play the romantic works written for the orchestral organ with a lot of passion.

@@EtaCarinaeSC all music probably was. vibrations. water. biodigital jazz man

*Zephyr

Gave me chills down my spine. This is what a storm sounds like, in my opinion

Oh God that was awesome

I doubted what you said until I watched and heard it myself. Perfection does exist.

and accordion :)

@@romanblecha1102 almost

@@JuanSantos-yq1jn You're foo, an organist has to study ours and ours technique for the pedalboard and the keyboards (that are differents from the piano!!!) Each organ piece need different interpretation. Then we have to adapt our touch depending on the riverberation, a pianist doesn't do this.

@@JuanSantos-yq1jn no, in the piano you don't have the stops and many keyboards!!!

@Juan Santos , the piano does offer it’s own expression but the organ requires a technique that is far and away more difficult. Mozart nick-named the organ the “King of Instruments” partly due to it’s sound but also due to the skill required above all other instruments-and yes the piano was around in Mozart’s time. Each piece is interpreted many ways, yes. I’ve heard countless organists perform Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and each bring their own expression and I’ve never heard it expressed the same way by different organists. Many organ students when taught proper classical technique and using correct shoes, will attest that the pedal is not the hardest part of learning organ. The manuals are very difficult to manage the different articulations of legato/staccato. The piano has a percussive sound and decay with a sustain pedal which allows the pianist to move their hands while the note plays. Organists must use finger substitutions, glissandos and proper handling of repeated notes. Keys must be held down to sustain. Also, when a key note (such as in a melody or theme) repeats with no written rest, there is an implied rest so that each note is properly heard-the length of this rest depends on the style, tempo, surrounding notes, musical phrase, and even the active acoustics of the room. Also, skilled organists will play notes on multiple manuals at a time to bring out certain notes or parts over others, spanning their fingers to keys on adjacent manuals. Also, in organ solos, the pedal does not “spare the hands” from technical difficulty, they add to it and have their own articulation technique using toe-heel, toe glissandos, foot substitutions, etc. All these techniques are how organists express in volume, articulation and the color of the tone-yes, even individual notes by spanning across manuals. For performances, each organ (especially pipe organs) are vastly different and have not only different sounds but different placement of things and may have different spacing on the pedal board-although the AGO has helped standardize, it still takes a while for an organist to get comfortable to an organ they’ve never played. Even the placement of the “Great,” “Swell,” “Choir,” etc. manuals can change as to which one is first, second, etc. Organ keys are narrower and lighter, otherwise these finger gymnastics would be impossible. Having played both (each in their own classical disciplines) I can tell you expression on piano is easier than organ. Pianists cannot simply play even just the manuals without first learning the classical discipline of the organ-it sound’s terrible. It’s way beyond just multitasking.

And perfectly timed videoshot of the largest pipes between 10:26 and 10:30...

Truly amazing 👏

ChristlicheMusik

Christliche Musik

I agree 👍 💯 👏

emil albazi I just enjoyed your Description 👍💪

Sorry! 18th century!!!

16th century would be Bach

@@heleneardleytaylor25 how the fuck do you place Bach in the 16th century ?

Yes how amazing is it that this instrument is air driven yet responds so crisply to Jonathan's rapid playing.

Those texts are from Vivaldi himself. Those are annotations given on the score (here they're translated)

Lol, I was slumped across the bed in a coma of delight at the sound - consequently, saw nothing on the screen! Must listen and look next time (immediately). X

I wish I could have been there to hear it live... I'm afraid my 40$ headphones do not render justice to this masterfully interpreted classic and the absolutely amazing instrument it is played on...

It is way easier to play this particular piece by memory than to read it.

maybe feet not legs?

@@artem_serg Purist of shit, just enjoy the music, if u can.

@Clinton Pendleton Take it outside ladies, I can't hear the music.

Artem Sergeevich Why are russian kids always grammar police?

@@sbakst Because better English than others who use the language do.

You could just imagine Bach sat in the organ loft playing this. After all, he did love Vivaldi!

Yup he is playing the cello part with his feet.