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Max Reger - Weihnachten - Op. 145, No. 3
In celebration of being halfway to Christmas, I thought I'd post this video from the Curtis organ studio concert last January. This piece is about Christmas and uses 3 chorales as the melodies. Es kommt ein Schiff, geladen, followed by Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her and finally Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht. This piece is also from a set of seven pieces that were not only deeply inspired by Lutheran Chorales but also WW1. Weihnachten in particular was written only 6 months after the famous Christmas truce of 1914. So, it is very likely that this event inspired this piece when considering how most of the piece is quite dark in nature. But through the climax of the piece, we hear Silent Night which of course was sung by troops on both sides on the first Christmas eve of WW1.
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Max Reger - Te Deum, Op. 59 No. 12
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Te Deum by Max Reger is from a set of 12 pieces for organ. These were written when Reger was Catholic and shortly after the piece was written, he was excommunicated for marrying a protestant. The piece is also an earlier work of Reger's, written just one year after his famous fantasy on Wie Schon and Straf Mich Nicht. This recording is from a live performance at The Curtis Institute of Music in...
J. S. Bach, Trio Sonata No. 1
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Some of the hardest repertoire for organ are the 6 trio sonatas by J.S. Bach. I learned the 1st sonata a few months ago, and got a great opportunity to record it on the beautiful 1987 Schudi organ in the crypt church at the National Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC. This trio sonata changed me as an organist and really made me grow as a musician. The trio sonatas were orig...
Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543
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This piece is one that I think will never leave my fingers. I learned the piece a year ago and it has always remained in my muscle memory. The fugue is famous for its crazy pedal entrances which I think are a lot of fun. Something else less obvious about the fugue is that the subject is written against the meter. A lot of the important notes are on off beats. Bach actually liked to do this from...
Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 546
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Before I go back to Baylor for another semester, I thought I'd make one last set of trips to record in Washington DC. This time on what I think is the best organ in town, the 1987 Schudi organ in the crypt of the National Shrine of the Immaculate conception. Hard to compare the organ to others in DC as it is very different, but the organs clarity in what seems like an echo chamber, beautiful vo...
AGO Seattle 2022 national convention VLOG
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I had the honor to be a rising star in the national convention in Seattle. I got to perform twice and while also meeting new and old friends and colleagues. This was a lot of fun! I took short clips of some of my favorite memories and experiences throughout the week and put it all together to make this vlog video. I hope you guys like it!
Stars and Stripes forever, but I’m not a theater organist and just fake it
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Happy 4th!!! This was recorded on the evening of the 4th so it’s coming out on the 5th. This was after the theater organ concert for the AGO convention in Seattle. Afterwards they let us play around. This is only my second time at a theater organ so I was completely lost and guessed what the generals did but in the spirit of America, I gave it my best for some fun. This organ is a 4 manual, 21 ...
Finale, Rachel Laurin
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Although it may not seem like it, this has been the hardest piece I've learned to date. I had to be forced to like it at school, and eventually it worked. So now that I like this piece I will say, this is some of the leading organ repertoire of the 21st century. This piece is standalone, it's not a finale to a symphony or suite, it's supposed to be used at the end of a mass, service, recital et...
Elegie, Augustin Barie
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This short but beautiful piece was written by a relatively unknown composer Augustin Barie. He was blind and studied under Louis Vierne before going to the Paris Conservatory to study under Guilmant. Barie also had very large hands. You'll know this right away if you watch the first chord of this piece as it contains a 10th in the left hand as well as several other intervals larger than an octa...
Edward Elgar, Nimrod from Enigma Variations
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One of my favorite transcriptions to play. I love orchestral transcriptions and I think Nimrod is a great example of the orchestral and dynamic power of the organ. I hope everyone enjoys this famous piece!
Nicolas Clerambault, Suite du Premier Ton - Trio, Basse et Dessus de Trompette, Recits, Dialogue
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This video is the second half (last for movements) of Nicolas Clerambault's Suite du Premier Ton. This is a French Baroque piece that I enjoyed a lot. This was recorded on the Letourneau organ in the organ studio at Baylor. (Which also has a nice cromorne for this type of music)
Organ Memes III
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Time for more organ memes!!!! Remember to hit the like piston, open the subscribe box and pull out the zimbelstern so you get reminded when new stuff drops! Follow Jake the meme suppler here: pipeorgan_pictures Comment if you like this kind of stuff and what you might want to see next!
Organ Memes II
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More organ memes. Meme sources: meme_organi...​ orkelmim​ organic_mem...​ Support my channel: paypal.me/AndyMacBrown Follow me on Instagram: andymacb
Gaston Belier, Toccata in D minor
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Got to use someone else's Hauptwerk setup for this video. This time I used the Rotterdam sampleset by Sonus Paradisi. Support my channel: paypal.me/AndyMacBrown Follow me on Instagram: andymacb
Organ Memes
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Organ Memes
Jacques Lemmens, Fanfare
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Jacques Lemmens, Fanfare
Andy Brown - Carillon de Westminster, Louis Vierne
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Andy Brown - Carillon de Westminster, Louis Vierne

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  • @alfredoa.potthoff6709
    @alfredoa.potthoff6709 หลายเดือนก่อน

    very very nice playd indeed!! congrats😍😍 👏👏👏👏👏

  • @Organham4903
    @Organham4903 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    8:55 me fr

  • @carstenkling2566
    @carstenkling2566 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A beautiful and great recording! Very well played! I like it very much! Thanks for uploading! Greetings from Germany!

  • @organbuilder272
    @organbuilder272 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A revisit. It is a powerful piece of music. Nothing like the French symphonic works for power and intricasy. Nice to see you without music. Too many of the new generation are too lazy to put the music in the head. They rather play notes from paper. You are good, Andy. You play well, very well.

  • @denniscahill9683
    @denniscahill9683 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Welcome back, Andy!uch too long since you posted...

  • @heinrichfuchs8641
    @heinrichfuchs8641 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sehr sehr schön gespielt. Alle Achtung.

  • @765bigben
    @765bigben 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    About as contemplative a piece as I’ve heard. Well done!!

  • @gllhouk
    @gllhouk 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very prayerful and meditative piece.

  • @peternaryd_operasinger
    @peternaryd_operasinger 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wonderful 😁👍👏👏👏

  • @Modeltnick
    @Modeltnick 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful! You should consider playing as guest organist over at St. Mark’s over on Locust St.

    • @andybrown7325
      @andybrown7325 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thats a wonderful organ over there, another Curtis organist is assigned to that position. I'm assigned at St Paul's about 25 minuets away which has a similar organ

    • @Modeltnick
      @Modeltnick 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@andybrown7325 Thanks for your response! Curtis is an excellent school, as you know. Lots of wonderful pipe organs in the Philadelphia area, including the Wanamaker organ. Hope you get over to Boardwalk Hall to play the Midmer-Losh organ sometime!

  • @cdjsteve
    @cdjsteve 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Marvelous !!!!

  • @organbuilder272
    @organbuilder272 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Revisit - Strange that no one else has commented. Still a wonderful job, Andy. You are goinjg to be hot on the recital circuit, that's for certain. Mill your more recent posts. Would like to hear much more of your music.

  • @scottmarroon7734
    @scottmarroon7734 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great performance Andy. Always a pleasure to hear you play. Are you going to make Anna Lapwoods concert in Atlantic City in April? I’ve got my tickets and can’t wait!

    • @andybrown7325
      @andybrown7325 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes I’ll be there!

    • @scottmarroon7734
      @scottmarroon7734 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@andybrown7325 well I’ll have to keep an eye out, would be a pleasure to meet you.

  • @Adrianomarino
    @Adrianomarino 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    GRAZIE!

  • @765bigben
    @765bigben 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @adamdaniels2384
    @adamdaniels2384 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    “Long time no see”… certainly have missed seeing you on YT. Hope you post again often. Gotta say I’m not a fan of that particular piece. Always a fan of Andy Brown. Hope you are healthy and happy. God Bless 👍😀🙏🏻

  • @howardbaitcher5464
    @howardbaitcher5464 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. Well done Andy! Looking forward to hearing more from you.

  • @michael09602
    @michael09602 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great job Andy! Great to see you back! We've all been missing you.

  • @organblower
    @organblower 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's been awhile. Nice work with the Reger. Variations and Fugue on an Original Theme, Op.73 is a nice piece for you to get your teeth into. If 44 pages is too much to memorize, I'll turn pages for you. It's been 60 years since the last time!

  • @jamesvanian5524
    @jamesvanian5524 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great to see you back on TH-cam Andy. A beautiful performance with interesting registation. Thank you for sharing this with us. James.

  • @denniscahill9683
    @denniscahill9683 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's been 'way too long. Love this!

  • @DoorKunDamian
    @DoorKunDamian 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Welcome back, Andy!

  • @peternaryd_operasinger
    @peternaryd_operasinger 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wonderful Andy! Well done!🤗👏👏👏👏

  • @ralphchou4719
    @ralphchou4719 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A beautiful performance! Thanks, Andy.

  • @richardvoran5514
    @richardvoran5514 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So great to see and hear you once again! Excellent performance.

  • @Adrianomarino
    @Adrianomarino ปีที่แล้ว

    un piccolo regalo per Natale?

  • @organblower
    @organblower ปีที่แล้ว

    omg I missed this one. Really well done Andy. You could handle BWV 478 Komm, süßer Tod BWV 478 (Virgil Fox arrangement) on the Wanamaker

  • @cromorno8749
    @cromorno8749 ปีที่แล้ว

    Maan, you don't need a chamade to have a crispy and direct sound

  • @denniscahill9683
    @denniscahill9683 ปีที่แล้ว

    I heard Isabelle playing at the Proms on Pipedreams today, and immediately thought of you. I know you aren't her student any more, but... Wish you would post MORE!!

  • @spikeo12
    @spikeo12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful !

  • @tcharles2466
    @tcharles2466 ปีที่แล้ว

    A truly fine performance, Andy - thank you for uploading! As a Brit, I have (for several years now) been a weekly viewer of Mass from The Basilica of The National Shrine in Washington DC. Apart from the three resident organists (Dr Peter, Benjamin and Andrew) - who are all, obviously, excellent - I came across an amazing organ postlude on 13 February 2022 (of the Allegro from Widor's 6th Organ Symphony) by a completely unknown organist. After sending an email to the Associate Director of Music, I learned that the performer in question was Adam Chlebek (a then student at Oberlin). I just wondered if your paths had ever crossed? He was scheduled to give an organ recital in the Upper Church at 6.00 p.m. this evening - were you able to be there? All best wishes, Tony (UK,)

    • @andybrown7325
      @andybrown7325 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unfortunately I was not able to attend the concert because I had to move out to Philadelphia the day before but we had a long chat a few days prior after a daily mass

    • @tcharles2466
      @tcharles2466 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for your reply, Andy - I'm pleased you guys know each other. Best wishes for your further studies at Curtis Institute of Music.

  • @Vindebyvej
    @Vindebyvej ปีที่แล้ว

    Very very good. But be carefull with the tempo. Many organists play Bach's works very very fast and hereby looses the transparency of his works.

  • @grahamtwist
    @grahamtwist ปีที่แล้ว

    As you rightly intimate, Andy, the unique group of six Trio Sonatas presents the most technically demanding, esoterically ecstatic and dazzlingly radiant of all the music JSB wrote for the organ. Commentators are universally agreed in praising the variety of their moods, their poetic nuances, their dynamic energy, their elegance and their richness. The first recording I heard of yours some time ago on TH-cam was a performance of the Widor Toccata, and I thought then that you would be a most interesting young organist to follow and watch mature and blossom into a very fine musician. And this upload is a clear pointer as to how far you have journeyed in such a relatively short time! I can now sense more readily your emotional connection with the music you play and your artistry is now well within the range of awesome! I'm sure you worked very hard on mastering every element needed to make for a perfect performance here - which I don't believe is always about flawless, mechanical playing, but about when you make tangible the genius that underpins the score. To think that Bach could write music like this - so much more than just an 'exercise' for his son for certain, even if that was the primary motivation. When you recognise that a piece of music has brought about a change in you and helped you sense your own growth as a musician, then you are on the right road and you will be able to access all the possible destinations that lie ahead. What a gift to possess, treasure and nurture! I hope to live long enough to enjoy many of those destinations with you: B R A V O !

  • @denniscahill9683
    @denniscahill9683 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bravo! More, please...

  • @765bigben
    @765bigben ปีที่แล้ว

    Note that Andy’s iPad went dark at 13:45! I doubt he really needed the iPad at all, other than to keep from getting lost! 😊

  • @richardvoran5514
    @richardvoran5514 ปีที่แล้ว

    So beautifully played, and so good to see you at work again! You are a joy to hear and to watch!

  • @peternaryd_operasinger
    @peternaryd_operasinger ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely fantastic Andy!😁👍👏👏👏👏👏

  • @jonmanchester5161
    @jonmanchester5161 ปีที่แล้ว

    An absolutely wonderful performance. I enjoyed hearing and seeing you play. Thank you for sharing this. Best wishes as you continue your studies.

  • @januweness
    @januweness ปีที่แล้ว

    Congratulation: Playing these difficult pieces so well and transparent makes the real master.

  • @howardbaitcher5464
    @howardbaitcher5464 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent! Congratulations on your appointment.

  • @jamesvanian5524
    @jamesvanian5524 ปีที่แล้ว

    Played beautifully and with great feeling. You make it look so effortless and elegant. I enjoyed this video very much and loved the outside views, such incredible architecture and beauty. I think my Codecs need replacing because I got a few flashes on the video. However it's the sound that is most important here. Thanks so much Andy for sharing this with us all. James.

    • @andybrown7325
      @andybrown7325 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea I noticed some of the flashes, the past 2 videos I’ve tried a new software on my iPad to edit but it doesn’t work that great, next video I’ll be going back to the desktop for rendering videos

    • @jamesvanian5524
      @jamesvanian5524 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andybrown7325 Thanks for replying Andy. I won't have to change my Codecs now. Looking forward to future videos. James.

  • @yole8547
    @yole8547 ปีที่แล้ว

    🥰👋👋 bravo !

  • @RienSchalkwijk
    @RienSchalkwijk ปีที่แล้ว

    Mastering the Trio Sonatas from Bach is a huge step in your development as an organist, for every organist. Well done! Bravo!!!

  • @Adrianomarino
    @Adrianomarino ปีที่แล้ว

    splendida!

  • @ralphchou4719
    @ralphchou4719 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a lovely performance with elegant phrasing and seemingly effortless pedal work! That last movement is especially difficult and you made it look like a walk in the park. The video clips were also excellent highlights. Thanks for taking the time and effort to present this. Best wishes as you continue your studies this fall.

    • @andybrown7325
      @andybrown7325 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you liked it, the last movement was one of my audition pieces a few months ago

    • @ralphchou4719
      @ralphchou4719 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andybrown7325 All that work to learn it obviously paid off very well. It's very much deserved.

  • @Adrianomarino
    @Adrianomarino ปีที่แล้ว

    questa triosonata è sempre deliziosa. benevenuto Andy.

  • @alfredoa.potthoff6709
    @alfredoa.potthoff6709 ปีที่แล้ว

    Andy, B R A V O! Very well done, 👋👋👋excellent! 👏👏👏

  • @jamesvanian5524
    @jamesvanian5524 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not heard or seen you in a long time Andy. Hope you are well. James.

  • @Todd1356
    @Todd1356 ปีที่แล้ว

    We’ll done! Very well done!

  • @gllhouk
    @gllhouk ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Andy, for sharing the joy of this piece with us and lifting us in awe as you play it.