I think it’s quite miraculous how he plays the pedals against all the impossible filigree he plays on the manuals. These transcriptions rival the originals and in some cases are surpassing. He seems the organists organist. This is actually, truly awesome! PWG
What gets me is how not only this guy has to think about what he needs to do with the actual keys, but also what to hit with his feet and be absolutely precise with every note
How do the eyes, fingers, feet AND brain connect so flawlessly in one instrument? I have seen an orchestra pull this off, but an orchestra comprised of one man?
I can listen to this fantastic musician all day and I sometimes do. Johnathan your an incredible artist. Wish I could hear you and your brother Tom in concert some day. It’s difficult because I live in America. But thank you both for your recordings. You’re the best!
Do not understand the comment about the Bridgewater Hall acoustic. I love it when I am there and it is a wonderful hall and yes it is not the acoustic of a large church but the Organ is well designed for this space. BTW a brilliant performance.
@J. K. Impeccable phrasing in the feet -- which must be particularly hard given how busy the brain must surely be, supervising the handiwork. If this was someone's party piece, they could conceivably practice it until muscle memory was enough for either the hands, or the feet, in order to divide and conquer. I have done this with a few organ works at - or, to be more honest, beyond - the limit of my abilities, but it took months!) But professionals with a super-wide repertoire like the Scotts do not have that luxury. It also seems to me that to be truly great, you have to have a life outside of music, to revitalise and inform your interpretations - which sheer brute force of practice hours must often headbutt into. Kudos!
Most difficult pieces to play on an aorg would be appropriate. If the organ is really a "Concert Organs" and not some attempt at Neo-baroque style - then the organ should be able to cope with the piece well enough - provided the performer is up to that task - as this one surely is.
Too many nerds trying to find fault, sound clever, dissing the organ, acoustic, whatever! Shut up and build an organ as well as Marcussen, a hall that trumps anything in London frankly, then learn to play this fiendishly difficult arrangement of the great warhorse. A great performance!
+Emily Dore - Hello Emily, Has society changes thus that a person can not express an opinion? This is a place for comments, positively and negatively critical. We are listening to an organ, that has some flaws, as well as a brilliant performer who has created some incredible transcriptions of classical orchestral music for organ. You are entitled to your opinion. so am I
wOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW !!!!!!!! Our piece when we will enter the church in May 2018 for our WEDDING !!!!!!!! Juhuuuuuuuuu ! Just an epic piece of music, Drama pure !
@Cielepa I also play the Organ- have been playing for five years, and have just begun the arduous endeavour of this piece. It will take a while. Nice to know there is a fellow young Organist out there!!
Just for reference lest you tend to take credence from JR's diatribe, I do built organs and am a constant advocate of restoration, not replacement and despise these cheap digital reproductions. I have over the years, been responsible for the building, rebuilding, restoration and maintenance of more than 200 organs. Unfortunately you can't argue with economics and people who run the churches and are completely ignorant of the difference between wind and electrons. I have been fighting the Elders fro 20 years in this place. One problem is the ongoing cost of tuning and maintenance in this high humidity environment. The Germans and their baroque organs have a death grip on the place. Trackers, now only 25 to 30 years old, are being restored - worn out and rife with all the problems that brought about the demise of trackers in the first place.
I also have heard poor reports about the organ, but this video shows that the music and the player can transcend a less than perfect organ in a less than perfect hall.
A good organist will make any organ sound good. A poor organist can make the best of them sound terrible. Jonathan Scott is likely one of the most skilled organist performing today and his incredible transcriptions equal the best of Lamere.
Have you considered contacting the North Texas Chapter of The American Theatre Organ Society? Most of their meetings are held at the McKinney Performing Arts Center. As for me, in the process of self teaching, I jumped in with both hands and at least my left foot on a Hammond M-101 spinet organ 5 years ago, bypassing the piano completely. Am now working on a VTPO using an old Schober console, while practicing on a 33 year old Rodgers at my church after services.
Excellent performance. I wish I could get to play on a pipe organ again, though, I no longer have access since the theater of music where I used to be a pipe organist at closed down.
This is absolutely fantastic!!! I am an aspiring organist from South Africa and I just love good, proper transcriptions for the organ!! Where can I get the sheet music for this?
@JusticeRW Wow! You're playing this? I've seen lot of difficult pieces, but I don't know how to play something like that. Hands are just EVERYWHERE! However, good luck ;) It's just my passion, but I love it. You can see and hear me at my channel. I'm church organist in Poland, so you probably don't understand, but you can hear me. Happy New Year!
you're completly right. Did you know the organ was invented with the purpose of beeing a single instrument able to become a whole orquestra by itself? If you see, the most complete organs can make almost any sound, even strings and choir.
I understand that it was used in halls and churches in remote areas where a full orchestra would find it difficult to visit as well as expensive for the residents, most of whom were probably be farmers or stockmen. It made "modern" music available to the maximum number of people. Now, all you need is a satellite dish... :-)
In fact, your premise is not true. The organ developed into an instrument that could be an orchestra capable of performing transcriptions around 1880. Some people refer to the works of some French composers as Romantic or symphonic as early as 1850. Pipe organs had already gone through a steady development in both size - the number of keys, number of stops and number of manuals, for several centuries since the first Greek instruments were built - single ranks of 12 to 18 pipes. The organ, as we know it today, evolved around 1400 but continued to find new methods of making pipes with special tonal characteristics. There are presently some 1200 distinctive stops and many more if you count pitch derivitavs.
@J. K. I think Offshore knows that I build pipe organs, restore pipe organs, maintain pipe organs and generally repair the damage done by German "Orgalbaumeisters. I propose rebuilding and not replacement, I propose maintenance, not neglect, I propose hiring organists and not key pushers and all you do is criticize people who are by far your betters. But the way, it seems that you are similarly an oaf and like a gadfly always following Mr. Scott. Methinks the pot calleth the kettle black.... And in your post, what sir, but attacking some one you do not know and stating opinions that are, in fact blatant lies.
I think it’s quite miraculous how he plays the pedals against all the impossible filigree he plays on the manuals. These transcriptions rival the originals and in some cases are surpassing. He seems the organists organist. This is actually, truly awesome! PWG
It's amazing what that man's brain can accomplish!
Difficult to believe that such beautiful sound is made by one man. Bravo.
What gets me is how not only this guy has to think about what he needs to do with the actual keys, but also what to hit with his feet and be absolutely precise with every note
Out of this World! Magnificent Organ and superb musician in total control of the organ.
Just wonderful! An amazing performance.
Excellent performance. I love the sound of those reeds.
THE BOMBARD 16" IS ALL !!!!!
weeping quietly, immersed in this glorious rendition
Darn! These reeds are so clean and beautiful
How do the eyes, fingers, feet AND brain connect so flawlessly in one instrument? I have seen an orchestra pull this off, but an orchestra comprised of one man?
This guy is surely Super Human!!!! Unbelievable!!!
Definitely the most enjoyable part of my Friday, thanks for another wonderful recital at Bridgewater Hall
I can listen to this fantastic musician all day and I sometimes do. Johnathan your an incredible artist. Wish I could hear you and your brother Tom in concert some day. It’s difficult because I live in America. But thank you both for your recordings. You’re the best!
Jonathan, you keep thrilling me, and all I can say is "THANK YOU!!!!"
I wish I could sit on one of those chairs and listen to it while he is playing it. This is epic!
+Feuer75 my thoughts exactly
Fantastic performance and registration!!!
Who would dislike a preformance as empowering as this???? Fantastic!!!!!!!!
The organ is the most empowering musical instrument. This shows why.
Do not understand the comment about the Bridgewater Hall acoustic. I love it when I am there and it is a wonderful hall and yes it is not the acoustic of a large church but the Organ is well designed for this space. BTW a brilliant performance.
Thrilling! Thank you for this admirable performance.
LOVE-IT........... ;)
Fantastic, thanks Jonathan.
That instrument sure would be a pain in the ass to tour with.
A big part of training for the organ, is learning proper registration. Organists travel, but always to a different organ.
Another superb rendition by Mr. Scott!
If I could play an instrument as big and magnificent as that, I would declare myself god and just play epic chords all day.
Magnificent. Thanks, Jonathan and Tom!
Amazing! The entire orchestra in one instrument. Hojotoho, indeed!
Dave Glo as Mozart said the organ was the "King of Instruments"
An exciting performance!!!
Absolutely marvellous!!!
*IMPRESSIVE* fingering technique and dexterity!
Total power of the music
At long last some idea of how the great Lemare must have played
.....brilliant!
Master of the pipe organ!!
@J. K. Impeccable phrasing in the feet -- which must be particularly hard given how busy the brain must surely be, supervising the handiwork.
If this was someone's party piece, they could conceivably practice it until muscle memory was enough for either the hands, or the feet, in order to divide and conquer.
I have done this with a few organ works at - or, to be more honest, beyond - the limit of my abilities, but it took months!)
But professionals with a super-wide repertoire like the Scotts do not have that luxury. It also seems to me that to be truly great, you have to have a life outside of music, to revitalise and inform your interpretations - which sheer brute force of practice hours must often headbutt into.
Kudos!
Kudos, Mr. Scott! Probably one of the most difficult Wagnerian pieces to play on a Concert Organ, and Jonathan you do excel with this one!
Sorry, I left out "difficult" after "most"
Wagnerian is a word?
Most difficult pieces to play on an aorg would be appropriate. If the organ is really a "Concert Organs" and not some attempt at Neo-baroque style - then the organ should be able to cope with the piece well enough - provided the performer is up to that task - as this one surely is.
I am in awe!! Thank you so, so much!
Stunning! You make it look doable!
Jonathan Scott magnificent music! Just only magnificent🎶🎵🎵🎶🎶🕍
Too many nerds trying to find fault, sound clever, dissing the organ, acoustic, whatever! Shut up and build an organ as well as Marcussen, a hall that trumps anything in London frankly, then learn to play this fiendishly difficult arrangement of the great warhorse. A great performance!
Amen!
Yap you soooo right 👍can't they just shut up and listen to the music?
+Emily Dore - Hello Emily, Has society changes thus that a person can not express an opinion? This is a place for comments, positively and negatively critical. We are listening to an organ, that has some flaws, as well as a brilliant performer who has created some incredible transcriptions of classical orchestral music for organ. You are entitled to your opinion. so am I
I already did that Emily, what's the next challenge.
You go Emily! I just can't stand this stuff polluting TH-cam. See my comment above.
Magnificent! And what a work-out for fingers 4 and 5 in the RH.
wOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW !!!!!!!! Our piece when we will enter the church in May 2018 for our WEDDING !!!!!!!! Juhuuuuuuuuu ! Just an epic piece of music, Drama pure !
ein anderer Schmid denkt auch so. Grüsse
Fantastic job mate!
Great Performance... Simonstream : he also has a borther you is an accomplished musician and they do outstanding duo work.
LOVE this!
@Cielepa I also play the Organ- have been playing for five years, and have just begun the arduous endeavour of this piece. It will take a while. Nice to know there is a fellow young Organist out there!!
Great, wish I had bigger loudspeakers!
A wonderfully clean performance and faultless video technique!. Many thanks.
Just for reference lest you tend to take credence from JR's diatribe, I do built organs and am a constant advocate of restoration, not replacement and despise these cheap digital reproductions. I have over the years, been responsible for the building, rebuilding, restoration and maintenance of more than 200 organs. Unfortunately you can't argue with economics and people who run the churches and are completely ignorant of the difference between wind and electrons. I have been fighting the Elders fro 20 years in this place. One problem is the ongoing cost of tuning and maintenance in this high humidity environment. The Germans and their baroque organs have a death grip on the place. Trackers, now only 25 to 30 years old, are being restored - worn out and rife with all the problems that brought about the demise of trackers in the first place.
What an amazing instrument! And organist and author!
now that's multitasking
Wow! This is an incredible performance -- congratulations!
To all the people who criticize.. I'm sure they are real specialists! So this being said why don't they do like me... Sit back relax enjoy and LEARN?
this is great.
one of the best EVER!
wow! he can solo an entire orchestra!
So fricking cool!!!!
And here I am barely able to play Happy Birthday in tune....
Parabéns Jonathan, você é um excelente organista. Repertório muito bem executado.
Eargasm!!
Whoaaaa that's better than awesome!
wtf! true talent!!
excellent!!
in a building with less than great acoustics he makes it boom throughout the Bridgewater hall
Now that's some serious skills...
Thank you!
nice one Jon! Awesome would be an understatement!
I also have heard poor reports about the organ, but this video shows that the music and the player can transcend a less than perfect organ in a less than perfect hall.
A good organist will make any organ sound good. A poor organist can make the best of them sound terrible. Jonathan Scott is likely one of the most skilled organist performing today and his incredible transcriptions equal the best of Lamere.
Superb playing
Beats me how you get the hands right at that speed and then you still have the problem of the feet movements 🤨
This must be what the voice of God sounds like.
MInty fresh!
maravilhoso!!!.......fantastic!!!
Now... if only if I could play that incredibly on the organ.
If only I could play that incredibly on the PIANO 🎹🎵🎵🎶🎵🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
Totally badass!!!!
Excellent.
Have you considered contacting the North Texas Chapter of The American Theatre Organ Society? Most of their meetings are held at the McKinney Performing Arts Center. As for me, in the process of self teaching, I jumped in with both hands and at least my left foot on a Hammond M-101 spinet organ 5 years ago, bypassing the piano completely. Am now working on a VTPO using an old Schober console, while practicing on a 33 year old Rodgers at my church after services.
Excellent performance. I wish I could get to play on a pipe organ again, though, I no longer have access since the theater of music where I used to be a pipe organist at closed down.
And this my friends is why the pipe organ is the queen of instruments.
Oh. my. GOD.
Someone said that the 16 foot pedal stops ae out of tune? I didn't notice with that beautiful playing.
I think someones ears are out of tune!! :)
I hear lots of harmonics in the pedals. It’s gave the tone such richness, but fools some modern ears used to electronic beeps
They want to be "genius" in front of others. It didn't work to be honest
Good lord, the guy's like a one man orchestra!
Amazon sound !
Jacek Bajda
Amazon?
Jacek Bajda *Amazing
Feel the power
14 People were burnt by magic fire!
fantastic!
This is absolutely fantastic!!! I am an aspiring organist from South Africa and I just love good, proper transcriptions for the organ!! Where can I get the sheet music for this?
@JusticeRW Wow! You're playing this? I've seen lot of difficult pieces, but I don't know how to play something like that. Hands are just EVERYWHERE! However, good luck ;)
It's just my passion, but I love it. You can see and hear me at my channel. I'm church organist in Poland, so you probably don't understand, but you can hear me.
Happy New Year!
What an organ!
WHAT THE HECK. Are organs really like this? That seems so hard D:
YES, and MORE
And drummers think they got it hard
wow..........que órgão majestoso
Sie spielen sehr gut der Ritter der Walküren
Fantástico!!!
you're completly right. Did you know the organ was invented with the purpose of beeing a single instrument able to become a whole orquestra by itself? If you see, the most complete organs can make almost any sound, even strings and choir.
I understand that it was used in halls and churches in remote areas where a full orchestra would find it difficult to visit as well as expensive for the residents, most of whom were probably be farmers or stockmen. It made "modern" music available to the maximum number of people. Now, all you need is a satellite dish... :-)
In fact, your premise is not true. The organ developed into an instrument that could be an orchestra capable of performing transcriptions around 1880. Some people refer to the works of some French composers as Romantic or symphonic as early as 1850. Pipe organs had already gone through a steady development in both size - the number of keys, number of stops and number of manuals, for several centuries since the first Greek instruments were built - single ranks of 12 to 18 pipes. The organ, as we know it today, evolved around 1400 but continued to find new methods of making pipes with special tonal characteristics. There are presently some 1200 distinctive stops and many more if you count pitch derivitavs.
And Cameron Carpenter can make a Pipe Organ sound like an electric guitar, or a synthesizer, with good old fashioned acoustic air-powered Stops!
The musician's Union probably hate this organ.....look how many ppl it puts out of work!!!
I think they should make organ ringtones that sound like your works you play
Maravilhoso!
Well fingerd.
epic, really epic (but holy crapo, uyou play the organ with the feets TOO? who the hell invented this instrument? an octopus?
Well it's easy really. All you need to do is to grow a second brain to control your feet.
So ☺.
Waooooiio!!
There's always some miserable git who will hit the 'dislike' button, just for the sake of it.
@J. K. I think Offshore knows that I build pipe organs, restore pipe organs, maintain pipe organs and generally repair the damage done by German "Orgalbaumeisters. I propose rebuilding and not replacement, I propose maintenance, not neglect, I propose hiring organists and not key pushers and all you do is criticize people who are by far your betters. But the way, it seems that you are similarly an oaf and like a gadfly always following Mr. Scott. Methinks the pot calleth the kettle black.... And in your post, what sir, but attacking some one you do not know and stating opinions that are, in fact blatant lies.
Nice reeds stoplist?
Wagner Forever.
Nice foot work.