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Marcus Reeves | Organist
United Kingdom
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 31 ธ.ค. 2021
Welcome to my TH-cam channel, the aim of which is to produce high quality organ videos.
As Director of Music at a leading Catholic co-educational prep school in the UK a significant part of my job is to play the organ for services in our beautiful Georgian chapel, including at Mass every Sunday. Prior to teaching, I was a first-study organist at Southampton University where I was fortunate to study with Stephen Farr and David Owen Norris before becoming a Choral Scholar for a year at Truro Cathedral.
I hope you enjoy these videos and please do subscribe to the channel to stay up to date with the latest uploads. There's a huge amount we can learn from each other!
As Director of Music at a leading Catholic co-educational prep school in the UK a significant part of my job is to play the organ for services in our beautiful Georgian chapel, including at Mass every Sunday. Prior to teaching, I was a first-study organist at Southampton University where I was fortunate to study with Stephen Farr and David Owen Norris before becoming a Choral Scholar for a year at Truro Cathedral.
I hope you enjoy these videos and please do subscribe to the channel to stay up to date with the latest uploads. There's a huge amount we can learn from each other!
Noël Suisse – Louis-Claude Daquin // St Maximin Isnard
Born into a family of Italian origin, Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772) lived in France during the reign of Louis XIV, studied with Louis Marchand, and in 1739 was named organist of the Chapelle Royale. In 1755, he was also appointed organist at Notre-Dame Cathedral. The music for which he is now best known is the Nouveau Livre de Noëls, a collection of variations on traditional French Christmas songs, which were often performed during Christmas Masses.
One of the two texts commonly associated with this tune, _Il est un petit l’Ange_ is an old Swiss French carol, telling the story of a child who is visited by an angel with an invitation to come and see the baby Jesus, cold and poor with no chests of money befitting his station as King of Glory. The boy replies that he has nothing to offer a king, but he does have good manners and knows how to be polite and greet the baby’s parents correctly. He can also help wrap up the baby to keep him warm. There is more than a passing resemblance to _The Little Drummer Boy._
Daquin's Noëls are inextricably linked with the French Classical organ of which the Isnard organ in the Basilica of Mary Magdalene in St Maximin-le-Sainte Baume (which was sampled for Hauptwerk by Sonus Paradisi) is one of the finest examples, being almost unaltered since its construction in 1755.
#hauptwerk #sonusparadisi #stmaximin
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Marcus
One of the two texts commonly associated with this tune, _Il est un petit l’Ange_ is an old Swiss French carol, telling the story of a child who is visited by an angel with an invitation to come and see the baby Jesus, cold and poor with no chests of money befitting his station as King of Glory. The boy replies that he has nothing to offer a king, but he does have good manners and knows how to be polite and greet the baby’s parents correctly. He can also help wrap up the baby to keep him warm. There is more than a passing resemblance to _The Little Drummer Boy._
Daquin's Noëls are inextricably linked with the French Classical organ of which the Isnard organ in the Basilica of Mary Magdalene in St Maximin-le-Sainte Baume (which was sampled for Hauptwerk by Sonus Paradisi) is one of the finest examples, being almost unaltered since its construction in 1755.
#hauptwerk #sonusparadisi #stmaximin
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If you have enjoyed this video and wish to support my work further, please hit like and consider subscribing to my channel. This is the most important thing you can do. Making money is not my primary motive in producing these videos, I enjoy playing the organ (it's a big part of my full-time job) and the art of video editing. However, if you wish to encourage me to keep making quality videos, please consider making a donation: www.paypal.me/mrorganist. All donations will be invested back into the channel.
Thank you for watching. 😀
Marcus
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Buxtehude - Fuga in C BuxWV 174 // Noordbroek Schnitger
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Folk Tune - Percy Whitlock // St David's Cathedral
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Stanford - Postlude on a Theme of Gibbons (Song 22) Op. 105 No. 2 // Salisbury Cathedral
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Bach - Prelude & Fugue in C major BWV 545 // Velesovo Močnik
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Prelude in Eb Op. 41 No. 1 - Alexandre Guilmant // Landau St Maria
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William Harris - Prelude in Eb // Chemnitz Sauer
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Trumpet Tune in D - David Johnson // Romsey Abbey
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Healey Willan - Adore te, devote // Salisbury Cathedral
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Prelude on 'Down Ampney' - Henry George Ley // Armley Schulze
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Clément Loret - Prière (Douze Pièces pour Orgue) // Landau, St Maria
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Stanford - At Easter-tide // Romsey Abbey
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Bach - Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV 625 // Noordbroek Schnitger
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Herzlich tut mich verlangen BWV 727 - Johann Sebastian Bach // Kampen Hinsz
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Pierre Du Mage - Tierce en Taille // St Maximin Isnard
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Pierre Du Mage - Tierce en Taille // St Maximin Isnard
Fantasia in G minor - Johann Pachelbel // Bückeburg Stadtkirche
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Buxtehude - Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt BuxWV 183 // Groningen Martinikerk
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Suite Gothique: Toccata - Léon Boëllmann // Nancy Cathedral
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Théodore Dubois - Prière (Sept Pièces) // Nancy Cathedral
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Bach - ‘Gigue’ Fugue in G major BWV 577 // Krzeszów Engler
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Marche-Sortie (Sept Pièces) - Dubois // Oloron-Sainte-Marie
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Marche-Sortie (Sept Pièces) - Dubois // Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Stanford - Six Short Preludes & Postludes Op. 101 No. 1 (Allegretto) // Salisbury Cathedral
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John Ireland - The Holy Boy // Romsey Abbey
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Bach - In dulci jubilo BWV 729 // Görlitz Sonnenorgel
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Es ist ein Ros entsprungen - Johannes Brahms // Chemnitz Sauer
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Es ist ein Ros entsprungen - Johannes Brahms // Chemnitz Sauer
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 - Johann Sebastian Bach // Kampen Hinsz
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Bach - Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 639 // Krzezsów Engler
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Bach - Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 639 // Krzezsów Engler
Rheinberger - Cantilene from Organ Sonata No. 11 // Chemnitz Sauer
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Rheinberger - Cantilene from Organ Sonata No. 11 // Chemnitz Sauer
Wonderful dear Marcus! At the end of the year, I can once again listen to such beautiful organ music here with you. It's fantastic and I enjoy it very much! I wish you a happy and blessed year 2025! Best regards, Roland
Well done, Marcus! The perfect set indeed for this fine Noël. People often don't realize that, even this kind of music looks quite simple, it's very tricky to play. You did it very well!
Thanks very much, Ralph. Indeed, all these Noëls have their tricky moments. Daquin was clearly a skilled keyboardist!
A gloriously perfect sample set for this joyous 'Noël Suisse' by Daquin in your sparkling performance: bravo, Marcus, and wishing you a very Happy New Year!
Happy New Year, Graham! And thank you for all your kind words and encouragement this year.
Perfect sample set for this Noël! This piece has been one of the Christmas staples for many organists around the world. Thank you for sharing your fabulous performance. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Marcus!
Thanks, James. It wouldn’t be Christmas without a bit of Daquin. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours!
Absolument parfait! Le même tempo que moi. Et quelle finesse! Formidable, l'orgue Romantique !
Vous êtes très gentil, merci beaucoup!
Excelente contenido. Dios lo bendiga
Wonderful performance Marcus
Thank you!
Very tastefully played and very skilfully fitted into this huge acoustic.
Thanks very much! ☺️
This sounds great on this big monster, beautifully played, Marcus!
Thank you, Ralph.
Beautifully played!!!! and beautifully produced as always!!!
Thanks, Jerry!
Lovely Marcus, it sounds really nice on the Gorlitz sample set…….can’t beat a bit of Buxtehude especially at this time of year!! :-)
I love Buxtehude, and Görlitz is great too!
Just wonderful to start in the advent season. Sounds great with the sample set. A truly masterpiece. Thank you!
Thanks very much, Markus.
It's that time again. The beautiful melodies of the Advent season can be heard. Wonderful, dear Marcus, how you give life to this chorale arrangement by Buxtehude. I wish you a wonderful Advent season!
Many thanks, Roland! Advent is one of my favourite times of the year full of great music like this; I hope you have a wonderful Advent too.
A true classic. Nice registration. Punchy but still melodic with a tremulant!! Happy new year!!
I couldn’t resist the tremulant! Happy New Year to you too!
An excellent recording! Very well played! I like it very much! Thanks for uploading! Greetings from Germany!
Thank you very much!
Sounds perfect! Lovely tempo and your videography is as always wonderful to look at!
Glad you like it!
This piece can work using a variety of registrations, but this is just sublime! Thank you!
Thanks very much, James!
Perfectly suited to the warm colours of the St David's set. Nicely shaped and registered throughout.
Thanks very much, Paul.
I love this music so much and you played it welll, Marcus!
Thank you, Alejandro!
Great stuff!, I must look up the score to this one day, it seems like English music that would also work well on our continental organs.
It would work well on a continental organ, so long as you have an enclosed division. It’s a great piece!
@ Indeed… I might try and record it for my channel soon
What a sound! Bright and with joy well done Marcus
Thank you!
Very well done, Marcus! A great idea to play this fugue with a flute 4', it perfectly fits the piece.
Thanks, Ralph. It’s hard not to love a 4’ flute and Noordbroek’s Speelfuit sold the organ to me when I downloaded the demo when Jiri released it a few years ago. It’s a beautiful stop!
Oh yes dear Marcus, I am very happy to hear you again and it is fantastic that it is this great fugue by Buxtehude. A composition that I will probably never be able to play. But I am very happy about your recording, which touches me very much. Very beautiful! Many greetings, Roland
Thank you for your kindness, Roland.
Lovely playing - the first Whitlock I ever heard as a lad! And what a set, too - a tremendous achievement by Ivan Barritt.
It is a great achievement by Ivan, a superb set. I hugely enjoyed your Howells!
19^~~ I enjoy the video you re the best l want to have a good relationship so lm going there 🎁
Thanks for letting us hear this fine organ/model (from what I can hear through this demo) with a wonderful piece, well done Marcus!
Thanks very much, Ralph!
Choosing Whitlock's beautiful 'Folk Tune' is a wonderful way to demonstrate the softer sounds of this new sample set, Marcus, and your performance is both sublime and sensitive with your gorgeous registration choices (oh! the purring 32' at the end!): bravo!
Thank you, Graham. You can't beat a good 32' flue for those final notes!
Probably one of the most popular pieces by Whitlock, often used as a musical sorbet after a big loud work. You played it so beautifully, Marcus. Thanks for also highlighting this new English sample set.
It's a beautiful piece, perfectly suited to an organ just like this.
Percy Whitlock is an unfamiliar name to me, yet his music has a particularly beautiful way of reaching the heart. Very nice dear Marcus and best regards, Roland
Thanks, Roland. Whitlock wrote some wonderful music.
Thanks Marcus, one of my favourites! Tim
Thanks very much, Tim.
Nice! 👍
Thanks, Colin.
A fine piece, always to see that a composer was inspired by earlier composers. Well played!
Thank you, Ralph. There is something Elgarian in the opening as well; Stanford was clearly a man of many influences.
A very optimistic and joyful performance of this Stanford! The Salisbury sample set is sounding fresh as it was on the first day of its release too.
Thanks, James. Salisbury is still one of my favourites despite its age and lack of surround perspectives.
This is wonderfully lively music and it is really interpreted very well by this sample. Many thanks also for all the background information on this composition. Best regards, Roland
Thanks very much, Roland!
Thanks for this recording. Playing and video is 💯 as always 👍
Thank you!
Belle musique et belles chaussettes.
Merci beaucoup!
Thanks for this lively rendition, Marcus. And great to hear good old Velesovo again. An early, but still very good set.
Thanks, Ralph. There is much to commend about the Velesovo organ.
Congratulations on recording this marvellous piece of Bach! Will we hear the 547 next? 😄
Thanks, James. I love 547, and have been intending to record it for a while. I’ve never got around to learning the fugue so I must do that first.
Great video and playing. It sounds wonderful on that sample set and the tempo you have chosen is spot on. Congratulations!
Thanks very much, Philip!
And another piece added to my 'must learn this soon' list... The performance is just perfect: perfect tempo, registration, ornamentation. Great stuff indeed! (And a great selection of an organ: I do not think this piece sounds anywhere near as good on a romantic/symphonic organ)
Thanks you very much, Tim. I have one of those lists too…
@@MarcusReeves And they just seem to keep getting longer do they not
Love it!
Thanks! ☺️
Dear Marcus, another great work from the pen of J.S. Bach. Very beautiful, I experience it again and again, his music captivates me very much, as does your interpretation. Many thanks for the beautiful recording and best wishes, Roland
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment, Roland. It’s much appreciated.
Wonderful playing! This music brings me so much healing.
What a beautifully calm sound, Alexandre Guilmant wrote fantastic compositions, unfortunately they are much too difficult for me. Many thanks, dear Marcus, for the very sensitive recording. Kind regards, Roland
Thanks for listening, Roland. I’m sure you could play them too!
Thanks for recording and playing this beautiful piece by Guilmant! The fonds sound fantastic!
Many thanks!
A touching piece, thank you Marcus.
Thank you!
A beautiful performance. A beautiful organ, too. It shows you that certain rep really needs to be played on the proper instrument (and acoustic).
Thank you!
What a great rendition. Love your playing and the incredible good video performance
Thank you very much!
Like a fine good wine. Well played and kudos to your well thought out cinematography 🎉
Thanks very much, Philip.
A beautiful warm embracing sound, also thanks to your fine sensitive playing. Thanks for sharing, Marcus.
Thanks, Ralph!