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Punk...put your shoes on. Have respect in God's house.

take that damn rainbow flag down, its ruining the exterior.

Hey Charles, what a beautiful church/organ. You are so clever being faced with that organ for the first time and producing such great music. I loved the finale as I guess you did judging by your smiles. You seemed to gel so well with the resident organist. Great vlog, love watching you ❤

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Aww, it's Maks! He was the organist when I sang in a choir at St. Thomas on the Sunday after Easter. He was amazing, as is the organ!

Charles, I enjoyed this very much! I was captivated by the development of your composition. It's a fine piece, one that I will listen to many times. Thank you for sharing it with us. 👏🏻👏🏻

How many audio channels and speakers are on this instrument. There must be some huge subwoofers too. The sound is incredible! 😅

The toccata from Widor’s organ symphony no 5 never fails to thrill. Heard this not along ago on the magnificent organ at Westminster Abbey, London. 😊

Just discovered this channel. Terrific organ, Beautiful sounds and nicely played. James from Manchester U.K.

Love this. How to shock an any instrument that has one of these. James.

Thanks for the upload. I wonder if this amazing cathedral will ever be finished. You can see from the design that it began in the Romanesque style and continued in Gothic. That actually makes this building more like the ancient cathedrals of Europe which is many cases were begun in the 11th/12th century and completed hundreds of years later.

Amazing I love the organ at St John the Devine and the organ at St Thomas on 5th is absolutely incredible!!! You're such a talented young man and so blessed and lucky to have the opportunity to play some of the best instruments in America. Keep up the fantastic work, you'll be as big as Virgil Fox!

Glorious Widor!!!

What happened to the State Trumpets?

Nice playing, however wish these churches weren't so heavily carpeted!

Very nice, Charles! An inspired composition, played beautifully. Thank you for sharing this with us.

I LOVE the Sponge Bob Square Pants socks you have on.🤣

Great acoustics. My parish church is getting a Walker.

A wonderful video featuring this mammoth cathedral and it's temporary instrument which, by all accounts, you played brilliantly! Thanks, Charles!

Exalted and hallowed be God's greatness In this world of Your creation May Your will be fulfilled and Your sovereignty revealed In the days of our lifetime and the life of the whole house of Israel Speedily and soon and say amen

Beats the hell out of a Hammond spinet☺

I got to visit St. Thomas when I was there over a year ago! I love those instruments.

Bravo, Charles! Two quite distinct but wonderfully brilliant instruments. You seemed very much "at home".

Speaking of Fanfare for the Common Man ;-) th-cam.com/video/pemt2XGJYAk/w-d-xo.html

Sounds wonderful. Thanks for the run through on the stops. Since the church is named after "All Saints," shouldn't you play a rip-rousing rendition of "For All The Saints" for us? (My favorite hymn, BTW.) The "walking" pedal line should sound incredible on this organ.

Bravo! Wonderful performance! Who built the organ?

I’m confused. The Aeolian-Skinner was repaired and cleaned some years ago.

Fantastic. Your tempo for the Widor was perfect.

While this organ isn’t the original Aeolian-Skinner organ it’s still a very beautiful and fiery organ that fills the cathedral and fully utilizes the building’s natural acoustics. Dobson did build an impressive organ unique to the church. You have to listen to the organ from a musical perspective not a tourist perspective. The ensembles are great,the flutes and strings are beautiful and bright,the bass reeds like and rumbling and the diapason and principals are brilliant and clear. The organ is well voiced and very well rounded.

😎 BRAVO!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏! And to that talker SHH!! 🤐 You’re being rude.

The place is gigantic…. And to think… The cathedral construction has not been finished.

Wow this was incredible! I've always wanted to play at that cathedral! I have access to a 3 manual walker down in virginia beach that has almost the exact same specs! So it was interesting to hear the similarities.

This was after the fire but before the Cathedral’s 148 rank Aeolian-Skinner Organ was reinstalled. Last I researched, the Skinner was still being cleaned and restored,a project that should be completed by next year. The organ will then be reinstalled and used for services once again.

The Dobson will never come close to the A. Skinner. A great tragedy that it was ripped out.

Was this video made after the fire but before the main Aeolian Skinner organ was repaired and restored? It's been a few years now since the fire and after the organ had been thoroughly cleaned, repaired and reinstalled to great acclaim. It's now 2024 - this video here must have been made over a decade and a half ago.

We’ve been to this magnificent cathedral many times. We love to just sit and listen to the magnificent organ.

The Walker is nice, but it isn't a pipe organ - and certainly not an AEolian-Skinner.

Babe wake up Charles posted another banger

The positive Gedeckt is lovely. The complete ensemble doesn't persuade me, unfortunately. A Father Willis it certainly isn't but in not sure what it is trying to be!

Reverb!!!

I definitely understand with regards to the Chattering person.😏😏

I will be glad when the pipe organ is finally restored and played again. SJTD does not record well on their streams. Washington National Cathedral mics much better. Their new temporary Walker / Hauptwerk? instrument sounds great!

The Miller-Scott Organ (built by Dobson) is quite a beast (the big 32' pedal reed is awesome . . . as is the Tuba Mirabilis and the Trompette en Chamade!). The softer stops are equally fabulous examples, as are all the main choruses and mutations, and for an American instrument, it is remarkably 'English Cathedral' in tonal design. (You are probably not familiar with John Scott, who came to NY from St Pau's Cathedral in London. When I was your age, Charles, I turned pages for John Scott at a school organ recital as we both lived in the same town in Yorkshire and John was two years older than me and had just finished at Wakefield Cathedral before heading off for Oxford, and an all too short but illustrious career as an organist and choir trainer. He was an incredible player and I shall not forget watching him, at 18, play some of the most demanding organ music ever written). The Loening-Hancock gallery organ is a wonderful contrast to the main organ, speaking directly into the nave. How wonderful that you can have a Dobson at one end and a Taylor & Boody at the other (from your home state, I think, Charles - Virginia?). The Kellner temperament of this tracker organ would make for an interesting duet with both organs being played simultaneously, especially if a piece was in F Sharp Minor! I am envious that you got to play these world-famous organs in New York! What an experience for you: bravo! You are a lucky dude!

The Walker instrument is amazing - I confess that it sounds like a real pipe organ (helped by the extraordinary acoustics of this magnificent cathedral). You were very fortunate to play it, Charles . . . maybe you will be able to return when the Skinner is playable once more!

You played the acoustic of the largest gothic cathedral in the world. Did they say when 150A would be reinstalled? The Walker Technical does a good job in the mean time.

If you ever go visit Minnesota, make sure to see Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie. It has the largest tracker in the US with 5 manuals, 8 divisions, 74 stops, and 6,294 pipes. It's quite grand, lots of strings, and 3 full length 32' stops!

That's exactly how I felt the first time I heard one of those!

That was amazing! I see you could use another hand though. 😅

Spectacular!!! I appreciate the tempo which you played! Was just right👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

I love these Pipeorgans Charles. Loved your explanation I think my favorite sound is Diapason. I think it is all beautiful and have played the pipe organ in our church all by ear of course but I also used the pedals root and 5th played lord of the dance. No mistakes to my knowledge I was only 11 years old at the time. TRMAN CLARK was the organist at the time and sat in the Choir while I played and when I was finished with the Hymn, He said to me don't come back until you know how to play. LOL Jealous I think. Cos he had to study and I didn't and did just as good a job as he would have. As I mentioned I also used accurate bass pedals as I already had knowledge of root and 5th. LOL That is my story and I'm sticking to it I hope you had a laugh. However I too have a channel here on TH-cam and I play the Genos2. So I still can't read notes and I am challenged every day by the recording aspects and sound. Do I use reverb or not in my voice. I like it but other professionals don't like reverb too much. They say I have a nice voice and I don't need reverb. Anyway. I got sidetracked I loved your display I loved the horn you used at around 8:50 minutes in the video. It is a fantastic organ and you are also a wonderful organist. Wish I had your skills but now at the young age of 66 almost 67 next month I am still playing by ear. Join me for a train ride on TH-cam. LOL you might have fun fasten your seatbelt. See you next time Charles. Are you the church organist here in this church or elsewhere? Also, I wanted to add I love Theatrical organs as well. They are amazing. The Genos2 has all of these sounds and more it is unbelievable too. $7000.00 you could own one yourself. Take Care Charles I enjoyed the video so much. BRAVO. I loved the last bit where I hear you actually play AMAZING. I can tell where your heart is always.🌹❤🎼🎹🎵🎶🎵🎶🎹OH I loved the Bells and the chimes. GREAT LITTLE SHOW THANK YOU BOTH!