Thank you Ben, for playing these beautiful classic hymns of the church. You are a truly gifted and talented organist. Your playing brings back many happy memories of my late grandmother and mother. They were both church organists in small country churches in America. They played the same amazing hymns for decades! Your remarkable playing has brought me great peace and joy!
As if it weren't enough to have this beautiful evening of hymns, we were also treated to the many "versions" of Ben. The "T-shirt Ben" and the "Master's Gown Ben", the "Bearded Ben" and the "Clean Shaven Ben", the "Long Haired Ben" and the "Shorter Haired Ben". Thanks, I so enjoyed this travel through time, and the music.
🎉YOU are just so handsome in all views and i lovs every beautiful musiç episode. TODAY ( after your morning Mass..sigh!) the gift of your favorite hymns was lovely and each one a life favorite from my 85 years an Anglican in USA.I love you Dear Ben..you are a God Gift to all your fans and certainly to me
Rowdy string player here 😁. Though I grew up in a church with an organist, sang in the choir, would never call the organ a favorite instrument. I have so enjoyed your videos, history, country walks, ancient churches, poetry, sense of humor. But most of all I have enjoyed your love of the music and Instrument. It is infectious and makes these videos such a pleasure. Back in the 70's our church would have the occasional ecumenical service with a neighboring church. The organist there felt the need to tour the circle of fifths at the end of each verse to modulate to a new key. You never knew where he was going to land the plane!😮 I also appreciate how you change up chords and explore different possible harmonies. Makes my ear perk up. Thanks for all you are doing!
How wonderful to hear Ben playing all these glorious hymns at St Martin’s as they continue to be significant in peoples’ lives. They bring comfort in life’s dark days and express shared joys in times of celebration. ‘Songs of Praise’ was watched by millions on television on Sunday evenings when Thine be the Glory was my absolute favourite.
Playlist to repeat endlessly: 1. Abide With Me - 1:06 2. Be Thou My Vision - 5:26 3. The Old Rugged Cross - 9:22 4. All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name - 13:35 5. I Vow to Thee, My Country - 17:05 6. It Is Well with My Soul - 19:40 7. Be Still, for the Presence of the Lord - 30:26 8. How Great Thou Art - 33:36 9. Love Divine, All Loves Excelling - 39:04 10. Jerusalem - 42:19 11. Thine Be the Glory - 44:59 12. Amazing Grace - 48:23 13. Battle Hymn of the Republic - 51:30 14. Nearer, My God, to Thee - 55:03 15. Great Is Thy Faithfulness - 59:19
@@SalisburyOrganist No problem, I missed a list in the description of the video. I could ask you, or just do it myself for you and the listeners. 😊 Thanks for the beautiful organ playing and the work you invest in your channel!
@@zwapje maybe have a list following the church year, alongside the seasons, with specials thrown in the mix - lifeboat day for example: 'for those in peril on the sea' ................
I always l look forward to hearing youl play on Sunday afternoons ! Today was a real treat. Each Sunday I drive 70 miles one way to play for two worship services. One is Baptist and the other is Presbyterian. It is always great to hear other organists play. Thank you so much !
How wonderfully meditative! Truly a 'balm' to the senses in this troubled world of today. Hymns that we have sung for generations as we reach Heavenly.
So uplifting to hear all these wonderful hymns that we sang in our Church when I was growing up and continue, occasionally ,to sing them in our Baptist Church. Thank you Ben and continue to use your musical talent for the Glory of God.
Today’s music was spectacular! A trip down memory lane, and such beloved songs from my youth and childhood in our Methodist Episcopal Church . Singing in church choir was a highlight in high school as well. Such beautiful and moving hymns. My earliest memory as a 3 year old was the hymn Holy, holy, holy as the choir came from the back of the church and filed into the choir loft. The flood of memories brings tears!These were such lovely memories! Thank you for sharing all of these hymns with us today! Very great full!❤ Blessings!❤
Great Christian hymns on this Sunday evening (here in Northern Vermont, USA) during the Great Fall Jewish Feast of Tabernacles watching and waiting for Jesus' promised return. Ben, thank you and love to you.
We ha a lovely pipe organ in our Presbyterian Church in New Zealand. Sadly, our organists were retiring in short order. However the minister had a good idea! He brought a man over from the Anglican church in the next town west of us. The guy played so fast that we staunch Scots men and women couldn't keep up with him and enjoy our long hymns. So if we have a hymn with 8 lengthy verses, we are going to sing it all even if we're going to lose our voices. Because we don't want to miss out on any of it! He never got invited back again. Due to earthquake risk the church services were held in the hall, with a band, but it wasn't long after we all left in disgust at the minister that he moved it back into the church building. If there is ever a major earthquake up there, he will be in big trouble. I pray to God that never happens. Christchurch New Zealand suffered dreadfully with two major earthquakes one after the other. And yes, they were two different events.
I downloaded your "Mighty Hymns at St. Martin's CD and a couple of your EP recitals for a Playlist that keeps me company while I rake the fallen leaves and tidy up my garden in the approaching cold. I cannot tell you how much listening to your organ music has brought about a contemplative and peaceful mood to the approaching winter. The quiet. The waning daylight, the vivid yellow and red leaves gently falling about me that remind me that "For everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven". Thank you Ben.
Love your comment, l felt l was in your garden with you for a moment. I'm in northern Ontario and have had a beautiful autumn, still putting things away before the snows fly!
Thank you thank you Thank you for bringing back memories, reminding me that music soothes the soul. And for introducing us to England's village chuches on the Salisbury Plain, strolls through cemeteries and village lanes. Love your fold up camper. Your pump organ took me straight back to our village church in Ninga, Manitoba, a modest wooden church that is still used for services. From Ottawa, Ca.
This is a weekly, worth-waiting-for event, a gift of faith in this corner of Florida, and as a Roman Catholic, I hope Bishop Davies invites you to play in old RC churches too.
It really does my heart good seeing and hearing young people who are following in the footsteps of great organists and playing on a path of their own. There is something extra special about hearing these great hymns played on great pipe organs. Thank you.
Dear Ben! Greetings from Connecticut, USA . Your selection of hymns are truly beautiful and heartwarming! I appreciate your thoughtful registrations from verse to verse of each hymn. It echoed the text of each verse, which tells me that your heart is relating to the text as well as the music. 😊🙏. As we await the sound of that trumpet for the rapture of Jesus’ bride it brings peace and joy that our faith in Jesus Christ can only bring. Much love to you and God bless you richly, Royden
Further to the point about Cows in prior commentary, I was put in mind (belatedly) of the Edward Lear limerick, "How, -- shall I flee from this horrible Cow? / I will sit on this stile and continue to smile, / which may soften the heart of this Cow." (There is a typically simple but amusing drawing to accompany it.) Great idea to do the hymns, btw.
Thank you Sir Ben for this excellent compilation. I love your quote: "To me, music is the most important thing on earth. It has the power to fill us with joy. To remind us of childhood days, days past of people we used to know, who we don't know anymore. But it's all in the spirit of hope." Well said, my good man. 🎹🎼🔔
How I love the old hymns I go to church where most of the music is modern played on a piano ,when there is a beautiful 3 keyboard organ hardly ever used hymns played on an organ , there is not a more beautiful experience singing words that carry so much meaning.That is my rant over .Thanks Ben,
Thank you for this hour of the most memorable hymns I love, starting with my favorite, "Abide With Me." Some were to tunes that are different than the ones I am familiar with, and one I'd never heard before; "Be Still for the Presence of The Lord." All were beautiful. It hardly needs be said that your virtuosity is unmatched, and clearly speaks of the hours of work that you've put into these productions. Thank you again.
The best way to spend a Sunday afternoon to relax .. Thank you for being you Ben .. The Lord gave you a gift .. And as I had a couple praise me for a hymn I sang .. " God gave you a gift and use it wisely, cause to glorify ,, cause He can take it away ..Peace to you !
I think God gave us a gift in Ben, one that reaches the furthest corners of the world. I've seen comments from various states of America, South Africa, New Zealand , Australia and if I recall correctly, Mexico (?) Ben's humility, whimsy and deep love of the Lord and his music and his ability to coax soul-touching melody from even the oldest and simplest organ is a joy we can all share.
I just love your poetry readings. Such a rare event these days. Just wonderful. I look forward to you weekly visits to my "home" with much anticipation. I send PayPal, and my bank rejects it…..a problem i promise to solve!!! very best to you from Newport Rhode Island, Rob
I've notice that your number of subscribers has grown by 400 in just the past month❤ The power of music and a kind and simple message of hope and optimism will do it.
This is so true. Ben is absolutely sincere and entertaining as well. I’m not particularly religious minded, but love the hymns of my youth, and totally enjoy visiting these wonderful ancient places of worship. Thanks Ben, for a lovely Sunday evening.
Uplifting moments, every chord struck on the organ must be seen as glorifying Christ. You are a witness for Christ in an ever so subtle way, and your witnessing every week gladdens the hearts of many a Christian. In this day and age, when nominal Christians are abandoning the faith of their fathers and church pews are empty, one single person sends the angels and the hearers of this music, into raptures! God bless you Ben! Rosen John Bombay, India
Thankyou, Ben. I am also a follower of Richard McVeigh | Beauty in Sound. Your name is brought up frequently by listeners to both you and Richard. I live in Idaho Falls, Idaho but my singing career was in Portland, Oregon. I was fortunate to sing at Salisbury Cathedral and attend St. Martins as well… before you were born, and before the 16’ reed, I believe.❤
Thank you Ben for your beautiful music and hymns. I so love the sound of organ music. It really does lift the soul. I listen to you from the other side of the world and enjoy your videos.
Magasztos, fenséges himnuszok amelyeket Ben gyönyörűen játszott a művész lelkének tükrében. Ma van a születésnapom, de sajnos egyedül "ünnepeltem" mert elkaptam valamilyen vírus variánst. A nap végére Ben himnuszai ünnepivé varázsolták a szülinapomat. Köszönöm Bennek áldásait a "zenei virágcsokrot.." ! 😇💓 " IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL" "ABIDE WITH ME" " NEARER MY GOD TO THE" God bless you! 💥🙏🕊🌿
Ben, I’ve been to Salisbury several times from the US and I can honestly say that it is my favorite place in the world. With that ultra magnificent cathedral, to the quiet charm of the city itself, it was magical too. I don’t remember ever seeing st martins however. It is a beautiful church. I presume it is Church of England. I’m an RC priest but love the Anglican Church. My priest friend and I attended mass at the little RC at the back of the cathedral, but the real worship that day was in the cathedral. You are a talented organist and I especially enjoy your change in registration between verses!!
Thank you.... You contribute to my weekly inspiration when I play for our services on my 70 rank Wicks/Walker English styled instrument across the 'pond' in America.
The amazing music you share with us is such a gift!! In this day and age of contention and stress it takes us to a much better place!! Thanks you so much!!
I recently stumbled on a Ben Maton video - and I subscribed. Today this appeared as a suggestion. What a wonderful selection of beautifully played hymns. Thank you.
I enjoy your weekly offerings and also pick up some handy playing tips from you! If you ever come to the states, my parish church is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the rebuilding of our 19th century tracker organ (with added bells & whistles). We have been so fortunate to have parish leadership and musicians to support this effort. We'd love to have you visit.
Good Sunday Afternoon Ben. This is a wonderful compilation of hymns we have all loved through the years. This takes me back 50 years to my own beginnings and falling in love with hymns and spiritual songs. There is nothing more relaxing or more uplifting than this. Thank You for 'The Old Rugged Cross'. Char
We love hearing your programs, the commentary, and the performances. Thanks for doing that. I just donated via paypal/credit card. I was a classical music announcer for 47 years, now retired.
Thank you Ben 🙏 I've saved this video so that I can play it (with the volume cranked up) on my new telly with soundbar whenever I want! 🎼🎵🎶🎹🙌👌 (I just wanted to add that I lost my mum this year and your beautiful music takes me to a place of quiet reflection 🫶🥹)
thank you for inspiring me to become an organist ive been playing just over a year now at my parish, i used to do 2 masses a week when i was at the parish school but as ive entered high school thats dialed back to 1 mass a month im hoping to study music in college once i graduate high school, thank you ben
AMAZING! So beautiful thought thru in every detail. Everytime you reached for the stops, it created expectation. The change of tempo and every variation was so well played. You really have a gift for both playing and for video making. Thank you! Greetings from Sweden!
Kipling's poem has been a favorite of mine since I first read it in high school, many decades ago. It's meaning is equally poignant and true for our daughters as for our sons. Thank you for this beautiful retelling of it, and for this wonderful organ music!
Ben, I'm not sure whether you've encountered Bishop Andrew Rumsey in your travels (He has a small TH-cam channel -- I think fewer than 1K subscribers -- called Going to Ground) He's mentioned Salisbury, the "Chalkes," and other familiar places you've visited as being in his diocese. I think I would call him a Pastor/Poet, because when he speaks, poetry comes out -- whether intentional or not. Recently he posted on the celebration of Michealmas and the Feast of all Angels. He was strolling around an empty church (Russell Church), musing about the way buildings and sound go together, and commented: "[W]e come to feel that through music we feel that fading signal of hymns and songs sung past the centuries, the walls soaking in the sound -- almost as if -- if we were very quiet -- we would hear the saints humming along and singing from the graveyard and echoing back the sound that is faded away ...There's something in the words of hymns that still cuts through to our emotions..." He adds: "Church buildings are here to make visible what is otherwise invisible...to try and recreate in wood, stone, marble and glass the world unseen...a world intangible." Thanks for recognizing that, Ben.
While I love learning about the different churches in the country in England, an hour of hymns - what a great idea! Especially on a day where it was too cold for my truck to start, so I could not get into church. Your timing was perfect.
"Thine be the glory" is actually Handel's "See the conquering hero come" from the oratorio "Judas Maccabaeus" a work composed to celebrate the victory of the duke of Cumberland over "Bonnie Prince Charlie" at the battle of Culloden in Scotland. In tune with the Jewish topic the music is actually based on the rhythm of Hebrew melodies.
Thank you Ben, for playing these beautiful classic hymns of the church. You are a truly gifted and talented organist. Your playing brings back many happy memories of my late grandmother and mother. They were both church organists in small country churches in America. They played the same amazing hymns for decades! Your remarkable playing has brought me great peace and joy!
❤❤❤❤❤wonderful Ben it is well with my soul glorious hymns learnt in a lifetime of the Methodist Church❤❤❤
As if it weren't enough to have this beautiful evening of hymns, we were also treated to the many "versions" of Ben. The "T-shirt Ben" and the "Master's Gown Ben", the "Bearded Ben" and the "Clean Shaven Ben", the "Long Haired Ben" and the "Shorter Haired Ben". Thanks, I so enjoyed this travel through time, and the music.
🎉YOU are just so handsome in all views and i lovs every beautiful musiç episode. TODAY ( after your morning Mass..sigh!) the gift of your favorite hymns was lovely and each one a life favorite from my 85 years an Anglican in USA.I love you Dear Ben..you are a God Gift to all your fans and certainly to me
I prefer bearded Ben.
At some point we need the Barefoot Ben.
This has to be this week's winning comment. Very witty and amusing!
Rowdy string player here 😁. Though I grew up in a church with an organist, sang in the choir, would never call the organ a favorite instrument. I have so enjoyed your videos, history, country walks, ancient churches, poetry, sense of humor. But most of all I have enjoyed your love of the music and Instrument. It is infectious and makes these videos such a pleasure.
Back in the 70's our church would have the occasional ecumenical service with a neighboring church. The organist there felt the need to tour the circle of fifths at the end of each verse to modulate to a new key. You never knew where he was going to land the plane!😮
I also appreciate how you change up chords and explore different possible harmonies. Makes my ear perk up. Thanks for all you are doing!
How wonderful to hear Ben playing all these glorious hymns at St Martin’s as they continue to be significant in peoples’ lives. They bring comfort in life’s dark days and express shared joys in times of celebration. ‘Songs of Praise’ was watched by millions on television on Sunday evenings when Thine be the Glory was my absolute favourite.
Thanks! What a wonderful way to spend a rainy Sunday afternoon in Oregon.
Playlist to repeat endlessly:
1. Abide With Me - 1:06
2. Be Thou My Vision - 5:26
3. The Old Rugged Cross - 9:22
4. All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name - 13:35
5. I Vow to Thee, My Country - 17:05
6. It Is Well with My Soul - 19:40
7. Be Still, for the Presence of the Lord - 30:26
8. How Great Thou Art - 33:36
9. Love Divine, All Loves Excelling - 39:04
10. Jerusalem - 42:19
11. Thine Be the Glory - 44:59
12. Amazing Grace - 48:23
13. Battle Hymn of the Republic - 51:30
14. Nearer, My God, to Thee - 55:03
15. Great Is Thy Faithfulness - 59:19
Awesome ❤
a hymn-list for heaven, thank you Ben!!!
Thank you for preparing this for me!
@@SalisburyOrganist No problem, I missed a list in the description of the video. I could ask you, or just do it myself for you and the listeners. 😊
Thanks for the beautiful organ playing and the work you invest in your channel!
@@zwapje maybe have a list following the church year, alongside the seasons, with specials thrown in the mix - lifeboat day for example: 'for those in peril on the sea' ................
For someone who has spent a lifetime in church, your hymns bring back the happy years. Thank you so much for your work and music.
I always l look forward to hearing youl play on Sunday afternoons ! Today was a real treat. Each Sunday I drive 70 miles one way to play for two worship services. One is Baptist and the other is Presbyterian. It is always great to hear other organists play. Thank you so much !
This is a lovely site to come to in these troubled times. I am transported back to my wonderful childhood that was 78 years ago.
Music is THE Universal Language. It reaches every mind. Blessings to everyone listening. Deborah in Oregon.
It is universal because it is the language of God.
What a glorious compilation of well loved hymns played with such heartfelt love. Thank you, Ben for a delightful recital on a Sunday afternoon.
How wonderfully meditative! Truly a 'balm' to the senses in this troubled world of today. Hymns that we have sung for generations as we reach Heavenly.
So uplifting to hear all these wonderful hymns that we sang in our Church when I was growing up and continue, occasionally ,to sing them in our Baptist Church. Thank you Ben and continue to use your musical talent for the Glory of God.
Today’s music was spectacular! A trip down memory lane, and such beloved songs from my youth and childhood in our Methodist Episcopal Church . Singing in church choir was a highlight in high school as well. Such beautiful and moving hymns. My earliest memory as a 3 year old was the hymn Holy, holy, holy as the choir came from the back of the church and filed into the choir loft. The flood of memories brings tears!These were such lovely memories! Thank you for sharing all of these hymns with us today! Very great full!❤ Blessings!❤
"Holy, holy, holy" Yes! Maybe Ben can play that for us....
I am juggling 3 hymnals right now so I can find the hymns Ben is playing. The Methodist hymnal has most of them.😊
❤i was brought up as a Methodist ❤
I tried to leave the Methodist church but returned because I really missed the hymns.
@@AnnC451 why would you leave ??
Great Christian hymns on this Sunday evening (here in Northern Vermont, USA) during the Great Fall Jewish Feast of Tabernacles watching and waiting for Jesus' promised return. Ben, thank you and love to you.
And here's wishing you a HAPPY SUKKOT!
We ha a lovely pipe organ in our Presbyterian Church in New Zealand. Sadly, our organists were retiring in short order. However the minister had a good idea! He brought a man over from the Anglican church in the next town west of us. The guy played so fast that we staunch Scots men and women couldn't keep up with him and enjoy our long hymns. So if we have a hymn with 8 lengthy verses, we are going to sing it all even if we're going to lose our voices. Because we don't want to miss out on any of it! He never got invited back again. Due to earthquake risk the church services were held in the hall, with a band, but it wasn't long after we all left in disgust at the minister that he moved it back into the church building. If there is ever a major earthquake up there, he will be in big trouble. I pray to God that never happens. Christchurch New Zealand suffered dreadfully with two major earthquakes one after the other. And yes, they were two different events.
Pick up your hymnals and sing along. The best Ending to the day. Thanks, Ben.
Fabulous episode, Ben! Thank you for glorifying the LORD by playing these wonderful hymns.
Well said!
Over one hour, this will be brilliant.
I downloaded your "Mighty Hymns at St. Martin's CD and a couple of your EP recitals for a Playlist that keeps me company while I rake the fallen leaves and tidy up my garden in the approaching cold. I cannot tell you how much listening to your organ music has brought about a contemplative and peaceful mood to the approaching winter. The quiet. The waning daylight, the vivid yellow and red leaves gently falling about me that remind me that "For everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven". Thank you Ben.
How do download the videos
Love your comment, l felt l was in your garden with you for a moment. I'm in northern Ontario and have had a beautiful autumn, still putting things away before the snows fly!
Where can I get this download?
Thank you thank you Thank you for bringing back memories, reminding me that music soothes the soul. And for introducing us to England's village chuches on the Salisbury Plain, strolls through cemeteries and village lanes. Love your fold up camper. Your pump organ took me straight back to our village church in Ninga, Manitoba, a modest wooden church that is still used for services. From Ottawa, Ca.
How nice to spend of a Sunday evening listening to this compilation of Hymns. Thank you Ben.
This is a weekly, worth-waiting-for event, a gift of faith in this corner of Florida, and as a Roman Catholic, I hope Bishop Davies invites you to play in old RC churches too.
It really does my heart good seeing and hearing young people who are following in the footsteps of great organists and playing on a path of their own. There is something extra special about hearing these great hymns played on great pipe organs. Thank you.
What a majestic organ the St Martin's instrument is, not many stops but so many tonal colours. Thank you Ben.
Dear Ben! Greetings from Connecticut, USA . Your selection of hymns are truly beautiful and heartwarming! I appreciate your thoughtful registrations from verse to verse of each hymn. It echoed the text of each verse, which tells me that your heart is relating to the text as well as the music. 😊🙏. As we await the sound of that trumpet for the rapture of Jesus’ bride it brings peace and joy that our faith in Jesus Christ can only bring. Much love to you and God bless you richly, Royden
Thank you Ben for our Monday morning (Eastern Australian coast) musical tonic!!!
Further to the point about Cows in prior commentary, I was put in mind (belatedly) of the Edward Lear limerick, "How, -- shall I flee from this horrible Cow? / I will sit on this stile and continue to smile, / which may soften the heart of this Cow." (There is a typically simple but amusing drawing to accompany it.)
Great idea to do the hymns, btw.
Bravo! ! Delightful concert. They were all masterfully performed. All were enjoyed, but several brought tears to my eyes. Thank you.
Thank you Sir Ben for this excellent compilation.
I love your quote:
"To me, music is the most important thing on earth.
It has the power to fill us with joy. To remind us of childhood days, days past of people we used to know, who we don't know anymore. But it's all in the spirit of hope."
Well said, my good man. 🎹🎼🔔
Thanks, Sir. Wishing you and those in your life a very Merry Christmas.
from Annapolis, Maryland
Today is Lord's day in Taiwan . thanks your service I enjoy many great hymns. amen .
The “King of all instruments” so beautifully expressed!
🎆🥂🌅
How I love the old hymns I go to church where most of the music is modern played on a piano ,when there is a beautiful 3 keyboard organ hardly ever used hymns played on an organ , there is not a more beautiful experience singing words that carry so much meaning.That is my rant over .Thanks Ben,
Thank you for this hour of the most memorable hymns I love, starting with my favorite, "Abide With Me." Some were to tunes that are different than the ones I am familiar with, and one I'd never heard before; "Be Still for the Presence of The Lord." All were beautiful. It hardly needs be said that your virtuosity is unmatched, and clearly speaks of the hours of work that you've put into these productions. Thank you again.
Miss it so much in our church, not so many can play now xxx
The best way to spend a Sunday afternoon to relax .. Thank you for being you Ben .. The Lord gave you a gift .. And as I had a couple praise me for a hymn I sang .. " God gave you a gift and use it wisely, cause to glorify ,, cause He can take it away ..Peace to you !
I think God gave us a gift in Ben, one that reaches the furthest corners of the world. I've seen comments from various states of America, South Africa, New Zealand , Australia and if I recall correctly, Mexico (?) Ben's humility, whimsy and deep love of the Lord and his music and his ability to coax soul-touching melody from even the oldest and simplest organ is a joy we can all share.
Hello Mr. Maton. Music also has the power to unite people. I always watch your videos to refresh my soul. Congratulations from Brazil.
In Canada and listened to an excellent organist play our church organ - your video makes my Sunday!
Thank you again Ben for such a wonderful evening hearing you play all the greatest hymns and hoe lovely an hour long in you beautiful church sr
😊
Sorry Ben I will finish in s t Mary’s chuchyes I’ve been with you from the first time ❤
Ben thank you for share the hymn 's with us. I really appreciate it. The best way to spent my Sunday evening.❤
My pleasure!
I just love your poetry readings. Such a rare event these days. Just wonderful. I look forward to you weekly visits to my "home" with much anticipation. I send PayPal, and my bank rejects it…..a problem i promise to solve!!! very best to you from Newport Rhode Island, Rob
I've notice that your number of subscribers has grown by 400 in just the past month❤ The power of music and a kind and simple message of hope and optimism will do it.
Thanks. Can’t wait to start filming my next adventure!!
This is so true. Ben is absolutely sincere and entertaining as well. I’m not particularly religious minded, but love the hymns of my youth, and totally enjoy visiting these wonderful ancient places of worship. Thanks Ben, for a lovely Sunday evening.
We so need hope and optimism in the world right now.
Uplifting moments, every chord struck on the organ must be seen as glorifying Christ.
You are a witness for Christ in an ever so subtle way, and your witnessing every week gladdens the hearts of many a Christian.
In this day and age, when nominal Christians are abandoning the faith of their fathers and church pews are empty, one single person sends the angels and the hearers of this music, into raptures!
God bless you Ben!
Rosen John
Bombay, India
Thankyou, Ben. I am also a follower of Richard McVeigh | Beauty in Sound. Your name is brought up frequently by listeners to both you and Richard.
I live in Idaho Falls, Idaho but my singing career was in Portland, Oregon. I was fortunate to sing at Salisbury Cathedral and attend St. Martins as well… before you were born, and before the 16’ reed, I believe.❤
Thank you Ben for your beautiful music and hymns. I so love the sound of organ music. It really does lift the soul. I listen to you from the other side of the world and enjoy your videos.
Magasztos, fenséges himnuszok amelyeket Ben gyönyörűen játszott a művész lelkének tükrében. Ma van a születésnapom, de sajnos egyedül "ünnepeltem" mert elkaptam valamilyen vírus variánst. A nap végére Ben himnuszai ünnepivé varázsolták a szülinapomat. Köszönöm Bennek áldásait a "zenei virágcsokrot.." ! 😇💓 " IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL" "ABIDE WITH ME" " NEARER MY GOD TO THE" God bless you! 💥🙏🕊🌿
Happy Birthday! (I haven't seen too many Hungarian commenters!) Have a great day!
@@kesmarn Thank you!
Just wonderful hearing so majy lovely favorites. Thank you for deciding to share all those.
Good to see you back on home turf on an organ you know well. You bring out the best of it!
Thank you Ben, a superb gift that the Creator has given you, even across the globe it has given us joy and delight.
Greetings from Zimbabwe
Ben, I’ve been to Salisbury several times from the US and I can honestly say that it is my favorite place in the world. With that ultra magnificent cathedral, to the quiet charm of the city itself, it was magical too. I don’t remember ever seeing st martins however. It is a beautiful church. I presume it is Church of England. I’m an RC priest but love the Anglican Church. My priest friend and I attended mass at the little RC at the back of the cathedral, but the real worship that day was in the cathedral. You are a talented organist and I especially enjoy your change in registration between verses!!
Thank you.... You contribute to my weekly inspiration when I play for our services on my 70 rank Wicks/Walker English styled instrument across the 'pond' in America.
Oh, what an absolute treat! Thank you, Ben, for this gorgeous hour of glorious hymns!
Thanks, I truly enjoy your music.
Thanks!
The amazing music you share with us is such a gift!! In this day and age of contention and
stress it takes us to a much better place!! Thanks you so much!!
Brings me back 65 years when I used to play the piano accompanying the organist. Thank you Ben. 😀
I recently stumbled on a Ben Maton video - and I subscribed. Today this appeared as a suggestion. What a wonderful selection of beautifully played hymns. Thank you.
My church doesn't play enough traditional hymns. There are songs I've never heard of.
I enjoy your weekly offerings and also pick up some handy playing tips from you! If you ever come to the states, my parish church is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the rebuilding of our 19th century tracker organ (with added bells & whistles). We have been so fortunate to have parish leadership and musicians to support this effort. We'd love to have you visit.
Hello from France, Ben.
Yesterday morning, I thought of you, playing during sunday service
Sincerely yours
Good Sunday Afternoon Ben. This is a wonderful compilation of hymns we have all loved through the years. This takes me back 50 years to my own beginnings and falling in love with hymns and spiritual songs. There is nothing more relaxing or more uplifting than this. Thank You for 'The Old Rugged Cross'. Char
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Thanks John!
I love you. Your enthusiasm, youthful attitude, and love of the organ
that penultimate chord on be thou my vision was just magnificent
We love hearing your programs, the commentary, and the performances. Thanks for doing that. I just donated via paypal/credit card. I was a classical music announcer for 47 years, now retired.
This was fantastic Ben. Thank you for this. I loved all those hymns. (Watching from Canada.). Reid...
Beautiful music. Thanks! ❤
Glad you like it!
Thank you, Ben I love hat you do. Very grateful
Greetings Mr. Ben! What glorious music! 🙏
What a treat! A whole hour!
Thank you Ben 🙏 I've saved this video so that I can play it (with the volume cranked up) on my new telly with soundbar whenever I want! 🎼🎵🎶🎹🙌👌 (I just wanted to add that I lost my mum this year and your beautiful music takes me to a place of quiet reflection 🫶🥹)
thank you for inspiring me to become an organist
ive been playing just over a year now at my parish, i used to do 2 masses a week when i was at the parish school but as ive entered high school thats dialed back to 1 mass a month
im hoping to study music in college once i graduate high school, thank you ben
Thanks!
thank you!
So lovely to come in and find your latest video! Thank you once more.
AMAZING! So beautiful thought thru in every detail. Everytime you reached for the stops, it created expectation. The change of tempo and every variation was so well played. You really have a gift for both playing and for video making.
Thank you!
Greetings from Sweden!
Ben , we enjoy this Hyms and the Organ . He speaks Loud and Clear 👌💯‼️🌹🌿
Goodness I enjoyed every moment of this video. What a fantastic hymn choice 😍😍
Great hymns I enjoyed it. Thank you
Thank you Ben. My Dad was an Anglican church organist and choirmaster for 40 years, so these hymns are deeply in my soul. Thank you for this blessing.
Kipling's poem has been a favorite of mine since I first read it in high school, many decades ago. It's meaning is equally poignant and true for our daughters as for our sons. Thank you for this beautiful retelling of it, and for this wonderful organ music!
Blessings to you, Ben, from a North Carolina, USA organist/harpist/pianist. I am so grateful for your videos. Balfour Knight
John Betjeman is back with us. Praise the Lord.
Ben, I'm not sure whether you've encountered Bishop Andrew Rumsey in your travels (He has a small TH-cam channel -- I think fewer than 1K subscribers -- called Going to Ground) He's mentioned Salisbury, the "Chalkes," and other familiar places you've visited as being in his diocese. I think I would call him a Pastor/Poet, because when he speaks, poetry comes out -- whether intentional or not. Recently he posted on the celebration of Michealmas and the Feast of all Angels. He was strolling around an empty church (Russell Church), musing about the way buildings and sound go together, and commented: "[W]e come to feel that through music we feel that fading signal of hymns and songs sung past the centuries, the walls soaking in the sound -- almost as if -- if we were very quiet -- we would hear the saints humming along and singing from the graveyard and echoing back the sound that is faded away ...There's something in the words of hymns that still cuts through to our emotions..." He adds: "Church buildings are here to make visible what is otherwise invisible...to try and recreate in wood, stone, marble and glass the world unseen...a world intangible." Thanks for recognizing that, Ben.
Thanks, Ben, for a great compilation.
'Lord of all hopefulness' has become a family staple at weddings and funerals., and here i am again getting tearful at one of your videos 😢
And finishing with my favourite hymn 'Nearer my God, to thee'. What a way to finish the evening. Thanks Ben!
Ben
Another treat for a Sunday evening a real pleasure always to see and listen to your heavenly music 🎶
Blessings and gratitude from Scotland 🙏🙏
While I love learning about the different churches in the country in England, an hour of hymns - what a great idea! Especially on a day where it was too cold for my truck to start, so I could not get into church. Your timing was perfect.
Ben thank you for your selection of beautiful and meaningful hymns
I wondered if the organ had a pedal reed. The last verse of Blaenwern removes all doubt. Wonderful playing - thank you, Ben.
Was just reading "IF" to my son a month ago. Thanks for this, and the music, and the beautiful videos.
"Thine be the glory" is actually Handel's "See the conquering hero come" from the oratorio "Judas Maccabaeus" a work composed to celebrate the victory of the duke of Cumberland over "Bonnie Prince Charlie" at the battle of Culloden in Scotland. In tune with the Jewish topic the music is actually based on the rhythm of Hebrew melodies.
THANK YOU for this! I bought your album recently, but it’s just so lovely watching you too!
Yes, yes, the first one is the best one, thank you, 😺🐾💞❤️♥️🇨🇦💕
Thanks, Ben. Beautifully played as always. Your congregation is fortunate to have such a fine organist keep up the good work 😊
How beautiful! Abide with Me is one of my very favourites. I can pull out my hymnal and sing with your music. Thank you!
Watching in Santorini !
Great selection. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Beautiful as always. !
Thank you, Ben!