I'm Sampling Harrison & Harrison's BEST Pipe Organ | Part 1
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- This is one of my favourite pipe organs, and most organists agree that this is one of the best in the whole of the UK... and I'm going to sample it!
Harrison & Harrison the organ builder for whom I have most respect. All my favourite organs are under the care of H&H and have been meticulously restored and rebuilt by them.
What makes the 1912 Arthur Harrison organ of St Mary Redcliffe is that it is an original conception by the company, and isn't simply a rebuild of an existing instrument.
For an overview of the stop specification: www.harrisonor...
Needless to say I'm very excited. And bricking it a bit.
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I know what you're thinking.... "don't screw it up McVeigh" 🤣 Are you as excited about this as I am?
You will do a fantastic job!
i was like that on sunday when i did my first confirmation on sunday
Oh yes, absolutely! So so exited... Especially hope you will capture the wind system as closely as possible, as I've noticed that this is a very important aspect in the 'realism'. For example, the Salisbury sampleset is very nice, but it has absolutely no wind modeling. The real organ gets 'wobbly' when you hold one high key and then push some chords in the bass...
But so exited about the organ... and those s...
Richard, no we didn't & this is more than exited.
I ❤ Queen Elizabeth I, she was great and very brave.
Thks 4 the escape from my kitchen, I'd rather be there & listening all sounds live...
This project sounds exciting. It is a magnificent instrument and acoustic! Your enthusiasm is infectious. I’m very much looking forward to it. Based on your previous sample set, I don’t doubt this one will be any less than amazing! Onwards and upwards!👍
I have the privilege of playing a restored Harrison and Harrison organ each week. It's more than an instrument, it's a relationship.
Consider me officially jealous.
Excellent sound, restoration and invisible.
What an astonishing sound. Those strings. Those reeds. The opportunities with the assorted enclosures. Oh boy!!!! 🥰🥰🥰
I'm by no means an expert but watching a demo of this organ on another video was the only time I got shivers from listening to the strings of an organ. They're something else.
Going to be awesome!!
This is looking to be a very anticipated sample set-rightly so!👍
Not only are you very talented, you also come across as a very happy guy, so refreshing in our world of negativity. Good luck to you. 😊
Hallo Mr. McVeigh, GARTH BENSON was one of my greatest friends from when I was a new boy, aged 13, at Clifton College, until his untimely death. I never heard him make a mistake and he is worthy of a mention in whatever literature you may include in your project. I used to play very often in his time both in services and giving recitals. Later on a former pupil of mine, Tony Pinel, became the organist so there merged a kind of apostolic succession about my association with Redcliffe, I have very happy memories of those days and thank you very much for bringing this magnificent organ to the attention of a wider audience and thank you also for your equally magnificent playing, John Pryer (St. Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham)
Well I've gone and dropped myself right in it good and proper because about four years ago in VC live chat, I said "if St. Mary Redcliffe was ever sampled, I'd definitely buy it." I just hope the wind modelling is fully adjustable, unlike any of the samplesets I've purchased so far (apart from St. Anne's Moseley). 🙏🙂
remember hearing this organ back in the 80's as a teenager and being blown away by its sheer majesty! A real Edwardian war horse and one of THE finest organs in the country! I can't wait to see and hear your updates as the sampling goes on! Thank you so much for posting.
Wonderful✨😍
Excellent news Richard! 🎉 Can’t wait to hear the finished project. I always thought this Organ would make a superb Hauptwerk sample set. Best of luck with this mammoth sampling task, I’m sure it’ll be well worth the effort 👍
I had the memorable joy of playing this fabulous organ on more than one occasion! Just amazing adrenaline rush!
Great news. Can't wait to hear it. If it is done to the standard of Romsey, it will be brilliant.
Thank you so much for all your hard work. -for us!!
How exciting! Those String choruses are outstanding and so many colors of sound. Can’t wait to hear final results on BIS!
Beautiful, and your enthusiasm is contagious! Looking forward to your upcoming presentation. Thanks.
The Carlo Curley disc is still one of my favorites in the organ CD collection. The Cocker TUBA TUNE is a highlight of that recording. 👍. Visited this church back in 2007. The organist gave us open console after a video recording of a wedding production the crew was recording for some TV series. Also of note, the side entry is an original part of the building going back to around 1100 !! Good luck with your project.
Also in St Mary Redcliffe is a rare belfry of 12 in the H(german notation for B) note. In Germany B is simply B flat. It's mostly a 1903 Taylor belfry with the exception of a few. The 2nd largest bell there was made in 1622!
Back in the 1960’s my chemistry master used to play a rather fine organ in Bristol, sadly I don’t remember which, but he told us that as an undergraduate he had played for morning service, after he decided to give the organ some exercise and let rip. In moments a rather breathless verger arrived. Stop, stop at once! You will take the windows out. It turned out that one stop could resonate a stained glass window. There was stamp edging stuck to offending stop as a reminder. I like to think this might have been that organ!
That's excellent news Richard. We'll be looking forward to playing it!
I've been searching for an English sample set to fall in love with. Well, you've got me very excited. This may be a default buy for me
Love Richard McVeigh... utterley brilliant as always
As a former chorister at SMR, I've sat on that organ stool many times as a page-turner! I also had the honour of being churchwarden 2008-2011 when the instrument was restored by H&H.
Then it’s an organ very close to your heart. I’ll do you proud 😊
Wonderful instrument Richard. I loved playing here, the tonal variety, that amazing Tuba.
I am so excited!!! Can't believe this is happening! Congratulations Richard! So looking forward to hearing the finished result.
Thank you so very much, I cannot put into words the marvel I have for those that can play organ. I am going to get into making some dungeonsynth and I wanted to find good samples for GB; so I am very much looking forward, again thank you.
Absolutely loved this demonstration and the update on the recording of this wonderful sounding instrument Richard :)
Yep, played this one - stunning instrument😎
Very excited by this. I think it's the finest instrument in the country. I've been privileged to have access to it in the past, and the idea of being able to have it as a sample set is mouth-watering.
So excited to hear this. As a Bristolian and organ lover, I have attended dozens and dozens of recitals here, including hearing Carlo Curley play to standing room only. It's one of my favourite English organs and I can't wait to hear this. Long overdue and deserved. 😊😊
I have an old recording of The late Carlo Curly playing that instrument. Your recording seems to have much more presence. Must be mic placement. My favorite piece as well. Thank You.
Richard!! I am psyched to see and hear this is becoming a set! What a wonderful and historic instrument on that note- I am blown away from even solely the tour of this grand instrument, and seeing its layout in the building has a very imposing effect on my ‘village-town organ’ mind. P.S.- The elegant string ranks were making me froth at the mouth 🥺✨
Thank you, Richard, for your great introduction to this organ.
I am looking forward to Olivier Latry making his way to Adelaide Australia in July.
We would welcome your visit one day also Richard. Blessings Terry.
Excellent video - I will look forward to the SMR Hauptwerk set being available. After a lifetime of playing poor church organs I am building a Hauptwerk setup and have discovered your channel. I had the privilege of having lessons on SMR in the late 60s for Garth Benson who was the organist at the time. I would love to have those lessons again to learn more - I always made sure I was the last lesson of the day and Garth would leave me to 'practice' on that fabulous instrument. I have since played many of the concert organs in the country including Festival Hall, The Beacon (formerly Colson Hall) Sandhurst Chapel and many others but none impressed me like SMR. Brilliant!
Man will you stop spinning round like a Viennese waltzer? Please? Thank goodness you sat down and stunned us with the magnificence of this incredible instrument.
Currently sat down, not spinning round at all. Ah, but you can’t see me. Shame!
wow the Melody of veni creator is for me one of the most beautiful and the Durufle setting leaves me ecstatic any time I hear it The Durufle harmonies on the mid verses are superb.. I have sung mass in ST Etienne du Mont many times and I have heard the Venii Creator on the organ there which fills me emtionally any time I hear it. If you are ever in Paris go to Sunday Mass
and hear the organ .YOu will love it.. Keith BICKLE
What a beautiful church. That organ looks and sounds amazing. I don’t play any instruments but the pipe organ sounds are pretty hard to beat when played on a majestic pipe organ by a trained organist. I just happened upon this site by chance or algorithm,not sure which.👍🇨🇦
Cant wait to see a stop list and try the demo!
Stop list is already available to view. There’ll be a small demo available
Awesome. When the sample set is ready this December,
this may convince me to use Hauptwerk in our small village church.
And Richard and Jerry, please do pop over and collaborate on a sample-set with Olivier Latry at Notre Dame Paris, after the pesky Olympics.
Agreed, tell Olivier it needs to be recorded before any thing happens to it!
Very interesting demonstration & talk. Wish you well on recording this organ.
Carlo Curley made no secret of his admiration of this organ doing much to bring its beauty in sound to a wider audience in much the same way as did Fernando Germani and Helmut Walcha the main organ of St Laurens, Alkmaar. A very good choice Richard as your meticulous methods look to continue from where Mr Curley left off.
Carlo Curley also loved this organ with "Earthquake 32" - most beautiful Jackhammer further around.
Best wishes with your new project! It will be interesting to compare with the Romsey set!
What a great project!
It’s going to be absolutely amazing!
This is going to be spectacular! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Amazing!
YES!!!
Now here is a sample set to wait for in 2024/25!!!!
It sounds magnificent! But I’m truly curious - if you had to pick one absolutely perfect and most beautiful organ to play the rest of your life, which one would it be?
Naturally most of us on BIS would assume Dudelange. But you do have some other favorites. I’m quite curious if this one will rate higher in your heart than the others.
St Mary Redcliffe would certainly be a strong contender. It’s got everything!
@@beautyinsound even bells? lol
Oh my gosh, St Mary Redcliffe sounds amazing! Now, I've been looking for an organ for a Hauptwerk set-up - I'll only want the one - and I think this just could be it. A couple of things, Mr. McVeigh, if I may: I have only heard SMR once live, quite a while ago, and thought the instrument grand. However, I'm sure that I was unimpressed by the acoustic. However, that doesn't seem to be the case, at least the way it's coming through here. I assume the Hauptwerk "acoustic" will be adjustable in any case. Would that be right? Secondly, those few bars from the Rach C sharp minor were spine tingling. Will you be uploading the full piece to TH-cam at any point?
It's a super instrument. Definitely one of H&H's finest!
Its extraordinary! I couldn’t believe how good it was
Wow!
Oh she's a size queen
Wish you would do St. Sulpice! My favorite organ in the whole world.
I doubt it’d ever be sampled unfortunately
YES!
YYYEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS! 😃👌👍🏻
@@beautyinsound Did you see my comment in another post .... Any chance of another from Opus 65 - there are many unknown gems in there. Also have a look at Partita Retrospettiva Op.151 especially mvt. 2 Dialogo. Beautiful.
Please make a dry version or close to dry option like you did on your last one. It makes it possible to use for us small church organ players . Thank uou!
Do you use the Close perspective of Romsey Abbey in a venue?
I know its early days, but what sort of pricing are we looking at for the sample set in its simplest and most expensive incarnations please?
Early days yet.
Beautiful instrument! Would love for you to come here to the US and play some of our beautiful EM Skinner and Aeolian-Skinner organs
Would love to come!
@@beautyinsound You are most welcome anytime! Make your first stop Boston and I will show you around!
Having a fairly rudimentary Hauptwerk setup and not , so far, being able to justify the cost of a large commercial sample set I have been relying on the excellent Friesach set as my daily driver. However, it really looks as though I will have to rethink my priorities very shortly! How to get SWMBO on-side, that's the question. I really think St. Mary, Redclyffe, might end up being not only the best sample set of a British organ, but the best sample set, full stop. A fine Harrison has to be about as versatile an instrument as there is. Jack of all trades and master of 'em all.
Have you ever played at Ripon cathedral?
wow! they weren't messing about back in 1912! still sounds crisp and clear! big sound! love it!!
Can’t wait to buy this - also as you mentioned Liverpool cathedral when will they record that one do people think?
They don’t seem too interested in even having it recorded at all these days… 🤷🏻♂️
@@beautyinsound that’s such a shame 😞
I had lessons with Garth Benson on this instrument - never used the T mirabilis😂
Have you ever played the works of Jean-Lou8is Florentz; his mystical work seems so appropriate for these times; conveying an existential air and seem not to be that well known or performed.
Super
Wow
I would love ❤️ to here you play tiger 🐅
Any chance of a GrandOrgue port for this once the Hauptwerk version is released? (I know they’ve been done for sample sets in the past, but have no idea of what’s involved and/or what might be lost in the process)
For now it’ll be Hauptwerk only
Maybe you could collaborate with Sonus Paradisi on this? IMHO he has produced the best sample sets so far, so he has lots of experience.
No thanks 😉
This is why i love english organs…
Enjoy watching all of your videos. Just curious, what sheet music app do you use? I’m considering subscribing to Tomplay Sheet Music. It includes access to thousands of interactive music scores in all genres and difficulty levels with high-quality recordings to accompany you. You can choose from 26 different instruments (I play piano and occasionally, the pipe organ).
❤️❤️🎶🎶🎶
Do you got any free sample sets for GrandOrgue?
How do you keep the balance if you sample the organ? Where do you listen to it? I think thats the important way to get a realistic sample set? And maybe a good recording of the organ, so you get a good idea of the organ in total?
I need to get to know the organ as well as possible whilst I’m there, and also I have the help of organists who know the organ very well. It’ll go through various beta releases until it’s just right 👍🏻
@@beautyinsound I wish you all the luck of the world, with this project! Greatings, René( Orgeltje)
Interesting how many Harrison and Harrison are wonderful organs; yet here in the states in Savanah, the organs installed here by them were very disappointing and both have been either greatly modified or replaced.
Like NatureOnTheIsland
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Will the sample set be backward compatible with HW 4?
Unlikely I’m afraid, due to encryption requirements
@@beautyinsound Thanks, looks like it's time to upgrade.
Sounds of the angels Jesus Christ and god and heaven
Tell us about your organ shoes, Richard.
They’re from a company called Supadance
I'd better start collectin some quid
Richard, put that camera DOWN. On something. I'm feeling nauseous.
too late settle of some bass notes
Well done, you!
What a Sound and an Organ Richard! Just a 2 hour drive from me in Swansea so one day I will visit to explore this beast! - I remember the late great Carlo Curley playing this monster back in the 90's!
Is it that Milan has yet to sample this organ, or you plan to do a better job?
Bret sampled Salisbury Cathedral, not this one
Exciting and wonderful news.
Gimme, gimme, gimme 🎅
I might have my 4th manual added by then.
Exciting news and what a sound
Wow, what an amazing project you have set yourself. I’m sure this new Sampleset will be of the very best standard.