SUPERBLY PLAYED!!!! What a nice way to end a final verse with full organ using the high pressure reed! I was happy to hear the 32’ reed being used. I wish that the postlude was recorded. I must get the specs on this organ. Well done!
OUTSTANDING ! That puts me in mind of my student days in Philadelphia when St Clement's was my church. Glad to see you have kept your liturgical style high, and that your high altar has not been desecrated by revisionists. And you choir is PRIMO !
I'm in the choir at (undisclosed location) Episcopal Church, and we sang this last week. I'm glad I can still hit the high notes even though my throat is sore from reflux. I love descants, they're so beautiful. I like the melody Wareham, too, it's on my list of favorites.
I hope that at some point in his life Sir Stephen Cleobury heard the descant verse of this. It is one of my favorite descants. Wareham is in my Top 20 Favorite Hymn Tunes, by the way. And yes, I am devastated about Sir Stephen's death. He & Sir David Willcocks were my favorite English choir directors (I am an American Anglophile; I have been an Anglophile for 25 years now).
Hudson Bailey Absolutely! Of all my favorite hymn tunes (by composers other than Rafe Vaughan Williams), this and Blessed Be That Maid Mary (arranged by Sir David Willcocks) are the best. And I love the descant, too. I even wrote a parody of this hymn. *O WONDROUS PIPE! O music fair! I love pipe organs everywhere! Mellifluous and resonant sounds fill the air! I love, love, love pipe organs everywhere*
*Verse with descant* And faithful hearts are raised on high By this, the great vision's mystery, For which in joyful strains we raise, The voice of prayer, the hymn of praise.
I am going to play this on the organ soon. The choir director would like to hear me play one of my favorite hymn tunes as a prelude. I do so every few months; so far I have played FOREST GREEN, Grafenberg, and Kingsfold. Next on the list are Wareham and Dix.
*Wareham has demoted Abbotsleigh from "my favorite hymn tune that is by someone other than RVW". Abbotsleigh is beautiful, but Wareham is more so* And it's easy to sing, and has a beautiful descant. Shockingly enough, I had forgotten about Wareham (because I don't hear it much in church). *Wareham IS an underused tune; Pipedreams89 was 💯 correct making that statement* But now that I remember it, it's the first on my list of "favorite tunes by someone other than RVW". 1) Forest Green 2) Kingsfold 3) Lasst Uns Erfreuen 4) King's Weston 5) Down Ampney 6) Wareham 7) Blessed Be That Maid Mary arr. Willcocks 8) See Amid the Winter's Snow arr. Willcocks 9) Personent Hodie arr. Holst 10) Abbotsleigh
Pipedreams89 Yes, Wareham is underused. Of all my favorites that are not by Rafe Vaughan Williams, I think Wareham is my favorite. It's simple but not too simple, if you know what I mean. And it has a beautiful descant. And I also like the lilting tempo. So it's one of my Top Ten Favorites. Abbotsleigh has been demoted from my favorite on the "Favorites composed by other composers besides Rafe Vaughan Williams" list to #4 or #5. My favorite hymn tune, that is not composed by Rafe Vaughan Williams, is Wareham.
Pipedreams89 By the way, I am an enthusiastic amateur organist. If I was not picky about musical repertoire, I would have become a professional organist. But I don't like contemporary music or even music that isn't of European origin. I'm very hypersensitive to musical nuances and details. Since (according to professionals) pickiness about musical repertoire is inappropriate, I will remain an amateur.
Pipedreams89 speaking of pipe dreams, I wrote a parody of these lyrics: *O wondrous pipe* o music fair! Resonant, mellifluous sounds fill the air. I love pipe organs everywhere, I loooooooooove pipe organs everywhere! *If I wasn't so picky about the repertoire I would be a professional organist* ...did I already say that in an earlier comment? Pardon my repetition.
Exquisitely played. Perfect registrations
SUPERBLY PLAYED!!!! What a nice way to end a final verse with full organ using the high pressure reed! I was happy to hear the 32’ reed being used. I wish that the postlude was recorded. I must get the specs on this organ. Well done!
OUTSTANDING ! That puts me in mind of my student days in Philadelphia when St Clement's was my church. Glad to see you have kept your liturgical style high, and that your high altar has not been desecrated by revisionists. And you choir is PRIMO !
I'm in the choir at (undisclosed location) Episcopal Church, and we sang this last week. I'm glad I can still hit the high notes even though my throat is sore from reflux. I love descants, they're so beautiful. I like the melody Wareham, too, it's on my list of favorites.
I hope that at some point in his life Sir Stephen Cleobury heard the descant verse of this. It is one of my favorite descants. Wareham is in my Top 20 Favorite Hymn Tunes, by the way. And yes, I am devastated about Sir Stephen's death. He & Sir David Willcocks were my favorite English choir directors (I am an American Anglophile; I have been an Anglophile for 25 years now).
O Wondrous Pipe O Music Fair! I love pipe organs everywhere!
Claire, personal favorites are the Vulpius, (Gelobt Sei Gott), the Wareham, the Brother James Air, and the Hyfordol
Bellissimo as always!
Hudson Bailey Absolutely! Of all my favorite hymn tunes (by composers other than Rafe Vaughan Williams), this and Blessed Be That Maid Mary (arranged by Sir David Willcocks) are the best. And I love the descant, too.
I even wrote a parody of this hymn. *O WONDROUS PIPE! O music fair! I love pipe organs everywhere! Mellifluous and resonant sounds fill the air! I love, love, love pipe organs everywhere*
*Verse with descant* And faithful hearts are raised on high
By this, the great vision's mystery,
For which in joyful strains we raise,
The voice of prayer, the hymn of praise.
Merry Christmas to you! My gift to all organists is the parody "O wondrous pipe, o music fair! I loooooooooove pipe organs everywhere!"
I am going to play this on the organ soon. The choir director would like to hear me play one of my favorite hymn tunes as a prelude. I do so every few months; so far I have played FOREST GREEN, Grafenberg, and Kingsfold. Next on the list are Wareham and Dix.
2:10 verse with *descant* 👍👏
I have perfect pitch, I think. The Festal Orison here is in B flat and on the other video it is in A. Either way, it's beautiful.
Which other video ?
*Wareham has demoted Abbotsleigh from "my favorite hymn tune that is by someone other than RVW". Abbotsleigh is beautiful, but Wareham is more so* And it's easy to sing, and has a beautiful descant. Shockingly enough, I had forgotten about Wareham (because I don't hear it much in church). *Wareham IS an underused tune; Pipedreams89 was 💯 correct making that statement* But now that I remember it, it's the first on my list of "favorite tunes by someone other than RVW".
1) Forest Green
2) Kingsfold
3) Lasst Uns Erfreuen
4) King's Weston
5) Down Ampney
6) Wareham
7) Blessed Be That Maid Mary arr. Willcocks
8) See Amid the Winter's Snow arr. Willcocks
9) Personent Hodie arr. Holst
10) Abbotsleigh
I listed my Top Ten Favorites, both by Rafe Vaughan Williams and in general.
A beautiful but underused tune.
Pipedreams89 Yes, Wareham is underused. Of all my favorites that are not by Rafe Vaughan Williams, I think Wareham is my favorite. It's simple but not too simple, if you know what I mean. And it has a beautiful descant. And I also like the lilting tempo. So it's one of my Top Ten Favorites. Abbotsleigh has been demoted from my favorite on the "Favorites composed by other composers besides Rafe Vaughan Williams" list to #4 or #5. My favorite hymn tune, that is not composed by Rafe Vaughan Williams, is Wareham.
Pipedreams89 By the way, I am an enthusiastic amateur organist. If I was not picky about musical repertoire, I would have become a professional organist. But I don't like contemporary music or even music that isn't of European origin. I'm very hypersensitive to musical nuances and details. Since (according to professionals) pickiness about musical repertoire is inappropriate, I will remain an amateur.
Pipedreams89 speaking of pipe dreams, I wrote a parody of these lyrics: *O wondrous pipe* o music fair! Resonant, mellifluous sounds fill the air. I love pipe organs everywhere, I loooooooooove pipe organs everywhere! *If I wasn't so picky about the repertoire I would be a professional organist* ...did I already say that in an earlier comment? Pardon my repetition.