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thank you for your considered feedback Clive

@@DCTOnlinethe playing was fine in itself; for congregations trying to sing with you the timing is everything; it’s about remembering that you are the conductor too and that’s not so easy. Good luck!

Lots of practice, trust me :p <3

There's other arrangements certainly, but I agree, this is Willcocks all the way

It took a bit to get the rhythm under the fingers, but was well worth it

I agree Rien! Manz has such amazing arrangements

One of my favourite pieces, and was perhaps one which influenced me the most as a wee chorister (waaay) back in the day. Aubrey has done a fantastic job with this arrangement. Thanks for stopping by James, and for your kind words!

Noel Rawsthorne masterfully arranged this and loads of other pieces for organ, maintaining the essence of the piece(s) while also ensuring they were accessible to newer & intermediate players. We lost an incredible musician and composer when he passed. The lyrics to the piece roughly translate to 'Come, sweet death' - while the music sounds beautiful, the words, almost prayerfully, are inviting death and blessed rest to come.

Thank you! While on the smaller side, it's an incredible instrument to play <3

@@peporgan thank you Titus, both for your kind words and for stopping by! ❤️

Oh I'd love to use Old 104th! It may be a regional thing, but the Australian Anglican churches (including several cathedrals) rarely touch the tune, let alone to these words - which is sad because it's such an incredible hymn. I contemplated introducing it, but I don't think the congregation wouldn't cope 😁

Sorry for missing this Michael, and thank you for your kind words! Day, practice and stress-levels depending, I can land D2, but not reliably - I'm more comfortable in the baritone range.

If you haven't had a chance to get Paul's music under your fingers, I'd truly recommend it Tim - he's a talented young composer, and I truly enjoy both listening to his music as well as performing it.

In fairness, you've been kinda busy with international touring and all 😁 Love to hear your interpretation at some time amazing human! ❤

I'm sorry for your loss James :( From an ex-trombonist (used to play tenor years ago), I hope the service in February was a tribute to your band member - it's an incredibly powerful and beautiful hymn, and I pray it brought you and the band some peace <3

​@@DCTOnlineI didn't know him, nor did I go to his service, but I heard great things about him. I wish I could've met that guy. :(

@@DCTOnline I didn’t actually know him, but I’ve heard great things about him. I wish I could’ve met him.

Appreciate your kind words James! I love the Fincham & Hobday, but it's not designed for bigger repetoire - having the variety of registrations available on the Salisbury set made such a difference

@@simonpeberdy you're most welcome and thank you for your kind words ☺️ Please keep composing, your music is beautiful!

@@DCTOnline Do you have a website or details about yourself - I'd like to use this video on my website if that's OK with you.

@@simonpeberdy I messaged you on FB - let me know if it doesn't come through 🙂

@@DCTOnline Hi, I'm just revisiting the video that I started making, using this youtube one as a start. I can't find a fb message from you (I know it was 5 months ago!). I think you did send something, but I can't find it anywhere. Would you mind sending it again? I just want to credit you as the organist. Happy New Year!

Belated response! I resent it on FB Simon - under the piano tuning profile :) Blessed Christmas and a happy and safe new year to you and yours!

He really does, such a gifted musician! Thanks for your kind words Roland, and for stopping by :)

Trying to put together a top 10 (let alone a top 5) is near impossible with the array of beautiful hymns. However, Kingsfold is definitely in there for me - RVW was a genius at finding these ancient tunes and then putting such lucious harmonies under them. A truly incredible human, and I for one, am so thankful for his ministry and music <3

It was a fun one to both learn and perform! Glad you enjoyed it my friend ❤😊

It was an incredibly fun piece to work through! After I get through my current list of pieces (which seems to be growing daily), I'm going to look at more of Peberby's works - there's some beautiful arrangements there!

Having heard your performances in person, let alone the channel recordings, that means a lot my friend, thank you <3

I'm glad Mayhew put his arrangements together in one place - the 400 is my absolute go-to for last verses :) Appreciate your kind works Tim, thanks for stopping by! :)

How good is it?! I've got a couple other last verse arrangements, but Rawsthorne's are so much fun to play, incredibly accessible, and keep the melody clear for the congregation to follow

The Salisbury high-pressure tuba - it's a huge reed, and sounds magnificent! <3 It's given me so much incentive to work on soloing melodies, let alone working on trumpet/tuba voluntaries

Absolutely! The score I worked from was for manuals only, the pedal use was completely extrapolated from the lefthand/bass line of the score. As I understand, English music from this period was for manuals only - the pedals were more a French/Germanic thing (happy for those with more knowledge than I to correct this too 😁) Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you enjoyed the piece 🙂

It really does - I was soooooo tempted to use the Tuba solo with full organ for this piece, but ended up winding it back to principles, mixtures and mutations (aside from the last stanza). I can absolutely confirm it works loud and bombastic too 🤣

the number of takes I had to do because of the first three pedal notes was daft: my brain could not process D - E - D ... I have to shout out my partner though - she did the stop change for the pedal reed towards the end at the leg workout: the real MVP ;)

@@DCTOnline I know how it is - I have 1 particular hymn (Ebenezer) where my feet just won't follow the music at a particular point

It really is! Connor's got a gift for composition and performance - I'm looking to other works of his!

It's such a fun and robust piece - I love how the theme comes through in the different sections, but then concludes with a rumbly version of Melita :) Riley did an amazing job with this composition

It's one of those which will always have a soft spot in my heart due to my dad's ministry - the words also are incredibly powerful :)

Thank you very much Nzubext! And likewise with your playing as well!

I had similar thoughts too when I first heard it! Riley did an amazing job with this piece :)