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Hope you get a good lot of orders smiled about your mums conversation on your younger days G

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Wonderful!!! Huge piece, great accomplishment. Even though tremolos and timpani are absent, it sounds great. Congratulations, hope to hear you live one day.

Why are these pricks clapping?

Cual es la prisa

Too bad tourists don’t know what’s uptown! If they go northwest Central Park, they will see this place! St. Patrick’s cathedral southeast park, St. John divine northwest park.

Superb!

Beautifully done!

Awesome music from Boellmann and sound nice here in NYC too.

Thanx a lot for sharing! This year (2024) we're celebrating Bruckners 200. birthday, so i'm playing a shortened transcription from Vinzenz Goller (1937), which is only 11 minutes long.

We need this sublime resonance now more than ever. Wonderful and moving.

Are you still at St John’s?

Wonderful..Still looking forward to returning to the St Devine refurbished pip organ. SOON I hope. Robert California.

Wonderful improvisation, Mr. Briggs! Clearly a fabulous organ, that you have a deep history with. Did you play the Reger on it that you first heard? I love the unorganized look of those long throw drawknobs when you have only some drawn.

Thank you for sharing this. I'm always captivated by the sound journeys you take us on.

You did it beautifully, also showcasing the organ. The action is a bit atmospherically noisy but the brilliance of the flutes is still wonderful. The improvisation does remind me more of Duruflé's Suite than of Cocherau,which is of course also a compliment. All the best and keep enjoying!! Greetings from Rens, The Netherlands, currently in the Hautes Alpes, France

Love the bells .Extanct noise adds to the character . I love it G

Bravo!

Bravissimo!

The demanding Cochereau transcriptions. You have come on a bit since Heut’ triumphiret Gottes Sohn. Your Dad must have done much to encourage you - a wise man.

sounds very awesome!

Fantastic sound! Interesting how the facade doesn't face the church

He has had a great effect on your life I am sure . Love the bells .

Lovely tone and uplifting at the same time . Needed for my very dear Cousin Evadne an organist all my life who is under the weather at the moment Lives in Derbyshire. Thanks David

The first C-C I ever played (much earlier in the 70s than you, David!) It was an evil beast- but what a wonderful evil beast!! My truly pathetic efforts were very kindly commended by Andre Isoir, who was patiently waiting to practice for a recording (I felt very, very humble...)

Amazing!!!

B R A V O !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just love this piece. It rings bells but not necessarily in the right order (Eric Morcambe)

Thank you so much for playing this piece David. It is one I love with a passion. Am sure you needed a lie down afterwards and were suitably exhausted after this wonderful performance! Is there any chance at all you could play Maurice Duruflé's Choral Varié sur le thème du Veni Creator Op.4 - another staunch favourite of mine and perhaps in keeping with the conjuring of devout prayer that the piece Litanies brings??

Joué un peu trop vite à mon avis

Joué un peu trop vite à mon avis

I enjoyed your concert at Belmont-have you recorded the entirety of this piece?

Beautiful piece. It would be nice to hear what it sounds like on the von Beckerath organ.

Hopefully by Christmas the Skinner will be playable again. I really miss it! Thank You David!

The Zimbelstern… debatable

Great music. But, the glockenspiel is tiresome on the ears after a while.

Interesting take on this famous work by RVW - so well performed by both players

This is totally beyond my comprehension. How does this work? Twp minds and skills applied to - evolving ideas that somehow run in a syncretic direction? All I can do is enjoy the flow and that is actually enough.

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The composer was never happy with anything he wrote - at least he didn't destroy this - one of the finest French toccs EVER ! (not that I can play it - thank you, David!)

Brilliant. The right organ for this type of music. I wish there were scores.

Restoration of the fine organ is excellent. It suffered a heart attack few years back, worthy "bypass" and recovery. WIDOR is a killer to play. Exponential ELEGANCE! It's rarely seen these days.

Thank you David. A splendid recording.

Superb!

Não deveriam ficar exibindo imagens externas de paisagens nessa gravação, apenas do interior da Bela Catedral Novaiorquina e do organista David Briggs. Ficaria tudo mais intimista e coerente. A música de V. Williams, junto com a "Chaconne e a Paixão Segundo São Mateus, de J.S. Bach, considero-as o ponto mais brilhante e comovente da música para ser ouvida nas Igrejas. Parabéns David Briggs.

Due braccia rubate all'agricoltura! Idem per le gambe /piedi

Wonderfull Salve Regina by Leons St Martin...nice coloratur callers.

MY heart rate went up listening to this!!

I watched this video again today (1/13/24) and it was equally astounding. As I move into teh next phase of my own work, this video will serve as a resource. GThank you David, for acting on your dreams and sharing them with the rest of us.

A very impressive transcription and performance!