I used to live in the Boston area and attended a number of organ recitals at the Methuen Memorial Music Hall. Stunning organ and room. Thank you Balint for this beautiful rendition of this epic piece of the organ literature! It sounds magnificent on the Methuen organ.
This was a great performance and it set my bookshelf shaking :D thank you for sharing both your talent and that amazing organ. Damn those big bass principals are some T H I C C B O Y S
This is the first concert hall organ ever built. The “father” of all the other concert hall, symphony hall, town hall organs around the world. I think it should be restored to his former original conditions with the truly E. F. Walcker sound (terzmixturen) and its all mechanical-barker transmission, and then protected as a world-heritage monument. There are many Aeolian organ in America, two Eberhard Friedrich Walcker organs survived in Europe, and one only original Boston Symphony Hall organ. The work could be done by Flentrop, who restored very well the Riga Dom orgel.
A great dream, i have dreamt it many times. The reality is that most American organists would never want to give up pistons and the radiant pedal board.
It's a fine organ, but far from being the first of its type or a prototype for other town hall organs. In Britain alone, large civic organs flourished during the 30 years before the Walcker was built in 1863, some of the first being the organs of Birmingham Town Hall (Hill, 1834), Exeter Hall, London (Walker, 1839), Edinburgh Music Hall (Hill, 1843) and Nottingham Mechanics Hall (Bevington, 1849). After the Great Exhibition of 1851, where Willis, Schulze and Ducroquet made such an impact, town hall organs proliferated throughout the UK. I'm sure most 19th-century cities throughout Europe and Australasia tell a similar tale.
@@noiselesspatient and churches- Maryborough Qld Australia had 3 late 1800s organs all imported from England for churches (one has since gone to Brisbane) and early 20th C a late 1800s English style tracker organ was made in Brisbane for the Maryborough RC church. The UK organs in particular really bear the stamp of late 1800s English organ style and are largely original although now electro-pneumatic. Beautiful warm voices one in particular.
Brilliant piece and performance.... such an incredible composition and organ and playing !!!!!...thanks for the treat Balint!!!!... jeff... I have a new Original organ composition up on my site...
Splendida interpretazione di questo 8000 metri organistico!!! Meno Vasco Rossi, Jovannotti e Maneskin in TV 📺 e più Reubke! Giuseppe Perego Monza 16.2.1962
Stunning video with superb production quality as always, would love to invite you to give a tour and recital of our two theatre organs when the pandemic has gone.
I especially like the phrasing & articulation. It feels as if the organist is ‘singing’ this psalm as much as he is playing it. Wonderfully clear & paced.
Absolutely brilliant! An ultimate version of this gorgeous and loud piece. You're as good in romantic repertory as baroque music... And what a superb organ :from which constructor is it?
No, the original console was replaced by James Treat in 1909 who was involved with the first rebuilding. The new console was placed on the floor in front of the stage at that time. Skinner owned the Hall for a time until he had financial problems and the Organ factory burned in 1943. The trustees took over in 1946 and the Organ was rebuilt a second time in 1947 by Harrison and the console was put up on the stage and made moveable at that time. The original console has been retained as a museum piece because it is part of the case and has been nonfunctional since 1909. It would have been extremely uncomfortable to play with swell and choir box pedals projecting over some black pedal notes and the swell and great manuals are a distance apart. It was said at the time that it was very cumbersome to play. In the rebuild of 1909 only the case and pipes were retained. The German cone ventil action removed and slider chests built. The whole winding system was replaced. Only about 50 percent of the pipes are Walcker now. It would be impossible to return to its original condition. The original sound was dark and dense, the Harrison sound is much brighter. The original installation was in a larger Boston Music Hall, the Methuen Music Hall is actually too small for the organ. The 32 foot sound is not really heard well until you are two thirds back in the room. It needs space to blossom.
the original console was not connected since Ingram reinstalled the organ in the present structure in 1909. The current console was used since 1909 not 1947.
BK looks like he is hardly working! I suspect that is just an act! My problem is that I just don't like this work, and I've listened to it a lot. To me it is unmusical, wanders all over, and is just too much noise. Fortunately, it's just me -- we all like different music. So no, no down-vote from me, because the performance is excellent.
I was listening intently to this and enjoying the performance, UNTIL at 13.00 my reverie was suddenly 'assaulted' by two dreadfully insensitive adverts for Christmas junk. I nearly jumped out of my skin! Surely this shouldn't be allowed; the volume was much higher than the organ music, to add to my discomfort.. Shame! Then to add insult to injury they did it again at 16.30 and 24.0!
You gotta be kidding me !!! What has happened to this organ ? This is one of the most perverse things I have ever seen. How could a Walcker organ ever have fallen victim to such attrocities??
Astounding piece of organ literature by a composer who only lived to the age of 24... Well done, Mr Karosi!
I used to live in the Boston area and attended a number of organ recitals at the Methuen Memorial Music Hall. Stunning organ and room. Thank you Balint for this beautiful rendition of this epic piece of the organ literature! It sounds magnificent on the Methuen organ.
Balint... is a FABULOUS, expressive, emotionally DRAMATIC... technically PERFECT organist!!! BIG BRAVO...!!!
I really enjoyed your video. Thank you for sharing such an amazing video.
Fully watched and stay connected my friend
Love your channel !!!
Played so beautifully on this wonderful pipe organ.
Exceptional reading of one of the most difficult pieces in organ literature (IMHO) and one of my favorites. Thank you, maestro!
Régóta érzem, hogy szeretnék kezdeni valamit ezzel a művel. Most te adtad meg a végső lökést 30 év után! Köszönöm!
This was a great performance and it set my bookshelf shaking :D thank you for sharing both your talent and that amazing organ.
Damn those big bass principals are some T H I C C B O Y S
Wow! An amazing performance of one of my favorite pieces!
Great performance, very good registration and great choice of rubato. Wonderful organ too, perfect for this repertoire!
Thank you, Balint. This is the first performance I've heard your playing of romantic repertoire. Really amazing pedal work.
stunning- thank you so much. Huge work.
More more ....todays youth would really GET IT.
You did a really good job. It sounds Amazing! Thank you.
Bravo! You play all eras effortlessly!!
This is the first concert hall organ ever built. The “father” of all the other concert hall, symphony hall, town hall organs around the world. I think it should be restored to his former original conditions with the truly E. F. Walcker sound (terzmixturen) and its all mechanical-barker transmission, and then protected as a world-heritage monument. There are many Aeolian organ in America, two Eberhard Friedrich Walcker organs survived in Europe, and one only original Boston Symphony Hall organ. The work could be done by Flentrop, who restored very well the Riga Dom orgel.
A great dream, i have dreamt it many times. The reality is that most American organists would never want to give up pistons and the radiant pedal board.
Balint Karosi Yes! And many italian organists...
@@bkarosi That is what registrants do - also turn pages.
It's a fine organ, but far from being the first of its type or a prototype for other town hall organs. In Britain alone, large civic organs flourished during the 30 years before the Walcker was built in 1863, some of the first being the organs of Birmingham Town Hall (Hill, 1834), Exeter Hall, London (Walker, 1839), Edinburgh Music Hall (Hill, 1843) and Nottingham Mechanics Hall (Bevington, 1849). After the Great Exhibition of 1851, where Willis, Schulze and Ducroquet made such an impact, town hall organs proliferated throughout the UK. I'm sure most 19th-century cities throughout Europe and Australasia tell a similar tale.
@@noiselesspatient and churches- Maryborough Qld Australia had 3 late 1800s organs all imported from England for churches (one has since gone to Brisbane) and early 20th C a late 1800s English style tracker organ was made in Brisbane for the Maryborough RC church. The UK organs in particular really bear the stamp of late 1800s English organ style and are largely original although now electro-pneumatic. Beautiful warm voices one in particular.
Enjoyed this very much. Many thanks!
Outstanding! I love this channel. 😀
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Beautiful organ! Thank you!
Brilliant piece and performance.... such an incredible composition and organ and playing !!!!!...thanks for the treat Balint!!!!... jeff... I have a new Original organ composition up on my site...
Splendida interpretazione di questo 8000 metri organistico!!! Meno Vasco Rossi, Jovannotti e Maneskin in TV 📺 e più Reubke! Giuseppe Perego Monza 16.2.1962
Brilliant!
Unbelievable performance! 👋👋👋👋
Stunning video with superb production quality as always, would love to invite you to give a tour and recital of our two theatre organs when the pandemic has gone.
Hi Carl, thank you for your comment. I would love to explore some theatre organs in the future!
This is very fine indeed.
I especially like the phrasing & articulation.
It feels as if the organist is ‘singing’ this psalm as much as he is playing it.
Wonderfully clear & paced.
Hello Thing! Seems like we both have A) too much time on our hands and B) the same taste in music ;-)
And yes, this performance is splendid indeed!!!
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Greetings Milord.
Yes, I think I need to consider working for a living- a foreign concept but I’ll give it a try.
No promises
KÖSZÖNÖM SZÉPEN!
Beautiful video
Great performance on an amazing organ! Just somewhere in the US!
This s a prayer to our God not to be judges but let the Lord Thy God judge who has the right to judge and cast out the wicked
Absolutely brilliant! An ultimate version of this gorgeous and loud piece. You're as good in romantic repertory as baroque music... And what a superb organ :from which constructor is it?
It was originally E.F. Walcker, but it was substantially rebuilt by Skinner and then Aeolian-Skinner. It's currently maintained by Andover.
Very impressive. Only one question, is the mechanical console behind functional? I’d love to see you playing there! Love from Brazil 🇧🇷💖✨
No, it was disabled by Skinner in 1909
No, the original console was replaced by James Treat in 1909 who was involved with the first rebuilding. The new console was placed on the floor in front of the stage at that time. Skinner owned the Hall for a time until he had financial problems and the Organ factory burned in 1943. The trustees took over in 1946 and the Organ was rebuilt a second time in 1947 by Harrison and the console was put up on the stage and made moveable at that time. The original console has been retained as a museum piece because it is part of the case and has been nonfunctional since 1909. It would have been extremely uncomfortable to play with swell and choir box pedals projecting over some black pedal notes and the swell and great manuals are a distance apart. It was said at the time that it was very cumbersome to play. In the rebuild of 1909 only the case and pipes were retained. The German cone ventil action removed and slider chests built. The whole winding system was replaced. Only about 50 percent of the pipes are Walcker now. It would be impossible to return to its original condition. The original sound was dark and dense, the Harrison sound is much brighter. The original installation was in a larger Boston Music Hall, the Methuen Music Hall is actually too small for the organ. The 32 foot sound is not really heard well until you are two thirds back in the room. It needs space to blossom.
An impassioned cry for social justice, so appropriate at this time, and beautifully played. Thank you 🙏🏻
Is that Aeolian Skinner/Harrisons Organ? Those reeds, diapasons are brilliant^•^
What’s up with the almost identical console in the background
That is the original console - mechanical action with barker levers and a flat straight pedalboard.
@@jefferyrowley8873 IS...it still usable???
Highinsight7 no, the original console was disconnected at the 1947 rebuild and replaced with the detachable one seen here
the original console was not connected since Ingram reinstalled the organ in the present structure in 1909. The current console was used since 1909 not 1947.
BK looks like he is hardly working! I suspect that is just an act!
My problem is that I just don't like this work, and I've listened to it a lot. To me it is unmusical, wanders all over, and is just too much noise. Fortunately, it's just me -- we all like different music. So no, no down-vote from me, because the performance is excellent.
I was listening intently to this and enjoying the performance, UNTIL at 13.00 my reverie was suddenly 'assaulted' by two dreadfully insensitive adverts for Christmas junk. I nearly jumped out of my skin! Surely this shouldn't be allowed; the volume was much higher than the organ music, to add to my discomfort.. Shame! Then to add insult to injury they did it again at 16.30 and 24.0!
Sorry about that, I took off all the ads!
You gotta be kidding me !!! What has happened to this organ ? This is one of the most perverse things I have ever seen. How could a Walcker organ ever have fallen victim to such attrocities??