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Hello! So, it's a real organ or a virtual organ? I don't understand, sorry I'm french

Recently saw Dr. Gordon Turk perform this in Ocean Grove, NJ - it was like 12 minutes long and super loud! Great piece, thanks for the recording.

A new piece to me, and very interesting. Great to see the organ again. I learned to play at Halifax many years ago under Philip Tordoff.

Schön gespielt, ich habe gerade die Erstausgabe dieses Stückes vor mir liegen, tolle Orgel, Respekt. Gefällt mir sehr gut, muss nicht immer Bach sein. Danke

Thank you for this ! (not too many separated on TH-cam, as Lento Antiphon #3, Antiphon 5, or especially all of the four Ave Maris Stella, +Magnificat 1&6)

BRAVO!!! And LOL Thank you for sharing that.

I took lessons from Philip Tordoff at Halifax on this magnificent Harrison. This was early 1970s. A truly wonderful instrument. The price for rehearsal usage was 50pence an hour. I remember the small notice that requested practice be kept to smaller stop settings! A truly awesome “orchestral” Harrison...I look back with real fondness and total admiration for Philip Tordoff.

Lovely rendition. Yes much more to the point in its original voice. I’m of a multicultural background. Proud to include French among them. I like hearing the musical traditions of my familial languages. I imagine what it’s like when they spoke them. I do have a relationship with the French language. Didn’t want to embarrass my last name.

Alucinante......! Gracias.....

Once I went to England and stayed there for a while and went for a haircut. I am an organist, so I was carrying my music sheets around. An old gentleman looked at those and said, "I know a barber who is also a terrific organist." I didn't believe him but today I can agree that he was right. 👍👌😂

really awesome, well done! 👌

Matthew Locke is psychedelic rock. Raised third at the end has freaked me out for 40 years.

@aaa@aaaaff*6th

Très belle sonorité 💓👍

Admirable corporal calm and concentration. The shades of Thomas Tallis are looking down, no doubt benignly, on you. Should the tempo of the Prelude and Fugue be identical? Could either one or the other be more brilliant? More majestic? Could one imagine the Prelude as a Prelude to the service and the Fugue as a Postlude? A service of Praise? Thanks? Contemplation? Regret? Prayerfulness? Exuberance?

Come now, Saviour of the Gentiles. With a Doxology of Praise. An Advent hymn like Come, thou long-expected Jesus. One often wonders why at least half of the organists who interpret this beautiful prelude do so at a plodding pace based on quaver pulsation rather than crotchets. It's as if Jesus is reluctant to arrive in this wicked world!! Does this slow tempo encourage the congregation to sing a first verse after the prelude? Please receive all my encouragement.

I have always prefered this to the other one. Lovely playing.

Beautiful 👌👏👏

Excellent playing, Sam!

fabulous stuff Sam

Very nice cabinett

I feel like dancing the jig!

Amazingly beautiful, prefer this compare to modern bass trombone sounds

Well played, sounds very good on this organ. Thanks!

Is it possible to have permission to use this during our service this Sunday?

Very virtuoso and smooth. Lovely!

La bas, "Jingle Bells," _c'est_ une chanson de Noël! Seriously, if I never heard that stupid song again... It doesn't mention Christmas, Jesus, or even _Santa Claus. (BTW, I'm not sure the English words do Cantique de Noël justice; the French seems more reverent.) Joyeaux Noël! Stay safe, tout le Monde.

Beautiful. A wonderful Christmas treat: thank you!

Stunning playing!

Nice music

Fabulous - a real Christmas treat! I see from Dr Baker's website that he is heavily influenced by the 'French School' and you can certainly hear that in this wonderful composition - a real 'tour de force' for any organist! Of course, Sam, your performance is stunning and flawless and you certainly register the piece very skilfully on the Brentwood Cathedral organ, achieving quite convincing 'French' timbres. It's good to see you on top form . . . maybe you'll be able to get to France in 2021 and play this on a Cavaille-Coll organ: that would be a recording I'd love to hear!

Beautiful. It's been over four months since you last posted an organ performance (!) so it is wonderful to hear you play again . . . and especially this exquisite chorale prelude by Bach. You have it perfectly registered on Brentwood Cathedral organ and as ever, your videography is superb Thank you.

Fantastic playing, thank you. I'm planning to use it at our Socially-Distanced carol service this year - it's great to hear it being played properly !!! :-) Brilliant.

I was literally just trawling through youtube looking for a decent original french version with the english translation to post on my advent playlist, thanks for recording guys!

Such a magnificent song! Not just my favorite Christmas song..."Oh Holy Night" is my favorite song whether it's in French or English!

Amazing!!!

This is a lovely version of this carol! Beautifully sung and played - thanks for sharing!

Wow, Sam - that was absolutely FABULOUS! I must confess that this is the first time I have heard this Durufle Fugue and what a gorgeous piece of music it is! But those black dots on white paper have to be brought to life and you do that in a performance that is totally stunning. This Lewis organ is now one of my firm favourites and your recordings are also at the top of my hit list. I've commented on your amazing videography before, but what I love about your editing here is that we get to see your face in a few shots and in those moments we can sense your total connection with the music and that enables the listener/watcher to totally connect as well. I sometimes think the reason why organ music has 'limited' appeal is because the audience sometimes never even sees the performer . . . or at best, just his or her back! The solo violinists/pianists/flautists etc gets to face their audience, so it's wonderful to see your face in this performance. (And, in the eyes of this old man, you are just as handsome as is Durufle's music!)

What treat! Fabulous playing of WD's Interlude on the most gorgeous of Lewis organs. Your registration choices throughout were wonderful, Sam, and the videography on this recording is of a professional standard. What a multi-talented young man you are!

Evening Chap 👍🏼 , ya pops posted Mē this. Excellent maestro 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙏🏼 . Kind of getting into this music having never previously given much thought. 👍🏼👍🏼👌🏻🙏🏼🙏🏼

I first heard this toccata in a recording by Noel Rawsthorne from Liverpool long before you were born, Sam! Noel played it brilliantly, but the vast acoustic of the Cathedral did not afford the toccata the clarity that you manage here with this excellent recording, Your playing is tremendous - virtuoso in every sense and the Lewis organ is fabulous for delivering the sheer exuberance of the music. Admiration for your mastery of technique poses the difficulty of finding words that do you justice - but I am in total awe and look forward to your next posting!

Beautiful hymn, even moreso as a daily prayer. Thank you and God bless!

A master enjoying his work!

This is a wonderful performance of the Elegy in F (sadly neglected because of the popularity of the Bb Elegy) and the Lewis organ is just perfect to express its English sentiment. A masterful interpretation and more exquisite playing from you, Sam. One could be almost glad that coronavirus 'forced' you to make so many recordings as I, for one, cannot have enough of them! Well done.

Wonderful, Sam.

👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 : Sure as heck wish i had this musical skills Bravo maestro 👏🏼👏🏼🙏🏼

Used at Holy Trinity Huddersfield at Evening Prayer, Sunday July 19th.

This video made a lovely start to the day. I watched it very early this morning just as the sun was rising and seeing the images of sunrise over London was a great visual accompaniment to the music. Well done!

Not only is your performance of this Vierne on this tremendous Lewis Organ simply stunning, Sam, but your videography is equally impressive! A total visual and aural treat. Without the 'lockdown', I suspect that this wonderful recording would not exist. So, something really good out of something utterly terrible. Bravo!

I do not know the music of A Herbert Brewer, but this is a gem! And perfect for covid lockdown as we have all been experiencing 'solitude'. If only the music ran for four minutes rather than two as it is so gorgeous!