I heard this in a Tabernacle Choir playlist on Spotify. I'm an ex-Mormon who is trying to get back into being active in the church. I was blessed 20 some years ago to see Jon Schmidt in concert. He is such a talented man. I will always love his music. This is such a treat to see this after listening to it for so many times.
This is so pretty 🤩 Do you have any idea of the discipline it takes to make your hands move independently at a fast speed… and the organist was doing both hands and his _feet_ ? He was playing with his _feet_ people! That is some serious skill right there! Round of applause for these guys!!! ❤
You should see the video of one of the Tabernacle Choir organists playing "Go Tell It On the Mountain." The entire first portion of the song is feet ONLY.
I've played Waterfall thousands of times for my kids. They call it the "running song" because they love running around the house while I'm playing it. This just gave me goosebumps! It's so awesome! My dad plays the organ, maybe he could learn the organ part! That'd be awesome. Thank you Jon!
Jon, your teenage self probably never imagined you would ever play with an organist from The Tabernacle Choir! I got goosebumps as I listened! Thank you for putting this collaboration together. Do some more!!
I think Dr. Elliott probably never imagined he’d play with Jon Schmidt from The Piano Guys. I’m not LDS, but I’ve admired both these artists for years, and to hear them play together brings an emotion only God could understand.
I love how the organ elevated this beautiful song. Don't get me wrong, I love the song with the standalone piano, but the organ was a surprisingly awesome addition.
Oh. Oh, wow. Waterfall is probably my favorite Piano Guys song and the Organ is probably my favorite instrument because it's so grand. This was incredible.
Waterfall was always my favorite piece John composed, and if I’m not mistaken, he composed it at 17 years old! Beautiful to hear it given a new life with the organ . Such an uplifting song :)
The need to tune the piano and organ together is no small fete. I've been a piano technician for over 40 years, and I've rarely heard a better balanced duet. Bravo!
Richard Elliott's wife was my piano teacher for a year when I was in high school. They were attending Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY and they got engaged the year she was my teacher. It has been so wonderful to see the incredible music Richard has created (it looks like his feet are dancing!) over the years! And now, to play a duet with Jon Schmidt (who I discovered in college and I also admire so much) is a match made in heaven! Thank you for making beautiful music that brings joy to my soul!
The first time I heard Waterfall was summer 2009 at an outdoor concert with Jon surrounded by 1,000 young adults. It's a moment I look back on fondly. Fast forward to August 2022 when there was a special Music & The Spoken Word announced with special guests TPG. My family and I attended the broadcast as guests for the show are rare and the fact that it was TPG. The half hour long performance was wonderful as always. After the broadcast, The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square recorded a Christmas song with TPG. It was entertaining to hear the recording engineer tell the choir director (Mack) how to change things around to make each run sound better than the last. Then after all of that a special treat was announced for all those in the audience who stuck around for the hour+ Christmas song recording. When I heard Jon say Waterfall & organ in the same sentence the tears immediately started flowing. My family couldn't understand why I was already crying. By the end of the song they knew why because they were all crying as well. This video must have been filmed later in the day once the Conference Center was empty. I am so glad this was actually recorded and has now been released to the world!
Am I the only who wants to see a video of this showing just Richard Elliot’s feet? The little bit where we see them, it’s just insane what he’s doing. Amazing work as always. I’ve listened to this on repeat several times since it dropped.
There is never enough organ and piano duets ever. There was two organist/pianist is my ward once and they would play joy to the world every christmas and it was by far the best rendition for percussion and they never recorded it
Not so easy to get music for organ and piano which so sounds so overwhelming in church. The synthedis of the two instruments is difficult. And to hear music of our time in that context is very interesting and beautiful. Thank you.!!
Thank you Jon Schmidt and Richard Elliott!! This is an amazing and fitting setting of this music. I loved listening, getting to watch Jon us always a treat, and watching Richard work was absolutely amazing. They both make it look effortless!
This song inspired me to get back into playing the piano until I could learn it. Many hours were spent practicing and I finally was able to get through it. Thanks Jon for always inspiring me!
Actually, I think the physics might make this quite challenging, merely by the distance between the organ player, the piano player, and the organ. Certainly an incredible performance.
That was awesome. It's always good to see the Piano Guys family expand, and Brother Elliott sure seemed to enjoy it too. Most excellent, thank you for sharing!
My favorite - I didn't think it could get better but the organ really enhances it - Love this!! Don't forget to support your local music stores - we're hurtin out here!
If I were given a vial of fluid granting immortality, I might give it to Richard Elliott. He is just amazing. And huge props to John for composing such a magical piano piece--have loved it for many years.
Please, please… I would love a collaboration of some sort, any sort, between my favorite Mormon artists, The Osmonds and The Piano Guys. It would just be too awesome.
The video i have been waiting for since The Piano Guys first sent out the tweet! Thank you, The Piano guys for being such wonderful men who love and serve the Lord and help others, like me, to come unto Him!
This was the first song I heard of Jon’s that made me love his music. This performance was majestic and splendorific! Thank you so much. This song touches my heart in ways that words cannot describe.
Wonderful to see the master musician, Richard Elliott, in a different setting-and get a small glimpse of his personality and enormous talent! Seeing Jon play his energizing composition with Richard on two stunning instruments made my heart smile!!! Thanks SO MUCH!
Szavakkal le nem írható ennek a két zenésznek a teljesítménye. Csodálatos orgonista egy gyönyörű orgonán, és egy csodálatos zongorista hihetetlen kettőse! Aki vagy aki ezt kitalálták, hangszerelték, azok is megérdemlik a dícséretet. Fantasztikus kettős volt. Hihetetlen!
Wow! Wow! Wow! 3 minutes and 9 seconds of pure goosebumps! No, make that 6 minutes and 18 seconds. My bad. Make that 9 minutes and 27 seconds! Oh wait… I’m still replaying yet again…..
