It's always a pleasure to hear and watch you play! I'm also grateful for the abundance of Stanford's music across all organ channels. I didn't know about his music five months ago and now I'm interested in hearing and learning more about him. Cheers from Brooklyn, New York!
Impressive, Ben! With modern organs having banks of thumb and toe pistons, steppers, sequencers and plenty of other aids to assist the organist, it's a tonic to see your excellent console management at an organ that requires so much more from the player in performance! This Stanford 'Postlude' fits the tonal scheme of a vintage 1877 Father Willis perfectly with its very limited upper work and pedal, but still, a 'big' sound - even though it is located in a boxed-in chamber (well done on the excellent audio quality and magnificent playing!). Looking at the instrument on the NPOR, it's interesting to note that the Great Twelfth was replaced in 1915 with an Open No 2 . . . and that this was not changed back in the 2021 overhaul to give at least one mutation! I see the cost of the new organ in 1877 is listed at £760. Using the internet to convert that into an equivalent for 2024, that amounts to about £112,000. So what excellent value the organ was back then, as that sum would go nowhere at all today to build a three manual organ with 25 speaking stops. BRAVO!
@@JonathanSilverton-ol7kn I don't disagree. The tonal design delivers wonderfully what was fashionable at the time - and a fabulous sound for certain. A three manual, 25 stop instrument built today would be unlikely to have the same preponderance of 16' and 8' stops - 19 stops in total (76%) as found on this vintage Father Willis.
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Thanks, Ben. A nice bright start to the day!
It's always a pleasure to hear and watch you play! I'm also grateful for the abundance of Stanford's music across all organ channels. I didn't know about his music five months ago and now I'm interested in hearing and learning more about him. Cheers from Brooklyn, New York!
Impressive, Ben! With modern organs having banks of thumb and toe pistons, steppers, sequencers and plenty of other aids to assist the organist, it's a tonic to see your excellent console management at an organ that requires so much more from the player in performance! This Stanford 'Postlude' fits the tonal scheme of a vintage 1877 Father Willis perfectly with its very limited upper work and pedal, but still, a 'big' sound - even though it is located in a boxed-in chamber (well done on the excellent audio quality and magnificent playing!). Looking at the instrument on the NPOR, it's interesting to note that the Great Twelfth was replaced in 1915 with an Open No 2 . . . and that this was not changed back in the 2021 overhaul to give at least one mutation! I see the cost of the new organ in 1877 is listed at £760. Using the internet to convert that into an equivalent for 2024, that amounts to about £112,000. So what excellent value the organ was back then, as that sum would go nowhere at all today to build a three manual organ with 25 speaking stops. BRAVO!
"Limited upperwork" !!!! Rather Willis provided exactly what was needed, No more no less.
@@JonathanSilverton-ol7kn I don't disagree. The tonal design delivers wonderfully what was fashionable at the time - and a fabulous sound for certain. A three manual, 25 stop instrument built today would be unlikely to have the same preponderance of 16' and 8' stops - 19 stops in total (76%) as found on this vintage Father Willis.