O valiant hearts who to your glory came Through dust of conflict and through battle flame; Tranquil you lie, your knightly virtue proved, Your memory hallowed in the land you loved. Proudly you gathered, rank on rank, to war As who had heard God’s message from afar; All you had hoped for, all you had, you gave, To save mankind-yourselves you scorned to save. Splendid you passed, the great surrender made; Into the light that nevermore shall fade; Deep your contentment in that blest abode, Who wait the last clear trumpet call of God. Long years ago, as earth lay dark and still, Rose a loud cry upon a lonely hill, While in the frailty of our human clay, Christ, our Redeemer, passed the self same way. Still stands His Cross from that dread hour to this, Like some bright star above the dark abyss; Still, through the veil, the Victor’s pitying eyes Look down to bless our lesser Calvaries. These were His servants, in His steps they trod, Following through death the martyred Son of God: Victor, He rose; victorious too shall rise They who have drunk His cup of sacrifice. O risen Lord, O Shepherd of our dead, Whose cross has bought them and Whose staff has led, In glorious hope their proud and sorrowing land Commits her children to Thy gracious hand.
This hymn was played and sung every year on Remembrance Sunday, throughout my childhood. In the 1960s lots of men who had fought in the First World War were still alive, including many of the renowned Old Contemptibles.
I remember this from when I was a youngster - and then a dozen years ago or so I was invited to take my trumpet along to a British Legion service at one of our local churches, and this was one of the hymns, and I could barely sing for bawling my eyes out. The following year I played a trumpet descant I'd written, unannounced, and to his credit the organist didn't falter. :)
Beautiful playing My wife's Grandfather was gassed in France , he was sent to Ireland where he met his wife, settled down in Cork and never returned to London. He now rest peacefully nest to the Roman Catholic Church where he was received into and was faithful to till he died
As below, for some reason I only became fully aware of this great song last year at Prince Philip's funeral. I love both tune and lyrics so many thanks Goodchappy. And today, of course, it all becomes even more poignant.
After a lot of fuss, finally persuaded vicar to include this in the remembrance service last year. Gave it my all on the 4 rank, extended organ, brought tears to my eyes as I remembered uncles I never knew from both wars. Just love this hymn and all the meanings within it. Thank you for playing so well.
Love the power of the king of instruments.. Couple of years back I had the honour of commanding a group of veterans at a Normandy Day celebration at the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance. We had the Australian Navy band playing this for the wreath laying.. I was glad I had my back to the valiant heroes behind me.. The tears were flowing...
Superb in every detail imaginable. When a talented musician or organist can make your hair on the back if your neck stand up. That's when they've reached pure perfection. Each note was in key not a single fault. Thank you for sharing your talent. Long may it continue to touch people's lives.
I also didn’t know about this hymn until i heard the heavenly beautiful rendition from the military bands at Prince Philips funeral… It’s a heavenly piece of music and skillfully played on the Supreme Instrumet that recives us at our baptism - and sends us away at our funeral.
Had heard this hymn many times (associated with the observance of Remembrance Day) but could never identify it until I saw a reference to it in an act of rebellion by Edmund Romilly (later married to Jessica Mitford) at Wellington College during an Armistice service. Thank-you for this performance (organ playing always wins with me!)
It is a magnificent hymn, with beautiful melodies running through the tune, and what make hymns so wonderful are the rise and fall within the hymn.... brilliantly played
It is a pity we do not hear this magnificent hymn more often at Remembrance Services. How poignantly it calls to mind the sacrifices of the cream of the youth of Great Britain, the Commonwealth, Germany and her allies. Young men, for the most part, who had nothing in common against one another engaged in a mass slaughter at the behest of the politicians and the generals; an epic of tragic proportions. I count myself blessed that both my grandfathers survived. It is worth remembering that their sufferings continued long after 1918 in flashbacks and dreams and that there was no counselling for these men, every one a hero in my eyes. God bless them all. .
Hear Hear! The politics - and the politicians - of today make it very clear how it is they who create, rather than solve , many serious problems in society! I lost uncles I never knew in the Great War, and several uncles and an aunt in WW2. And with my grandmother's family being German, I lost more relatives over there as well. Utterly tragic, and entirely avoidable. The poignancy of this hymn makes it touch every heart-string, both with sadness for their loss and for their genuine and understated heroism, doing what they believed in to make the world a better place, or simply following orders and trying to stay alive. They gave their tomorrow for our today. We owe it to them to make the world better. Thank you, Goodchappy, for posting this magnificent hymn.
You chaps across the pond have the best sounding pipes, and I am in envy. This performance is as marvelous as it gets, giving me the urge to stand in awe.
Your play captures the sentiment perfectly: the dreadful sacrifice of so many in a fine and noble cause. And then there is the consideration of those on the other side who suffered so, who no less felt not perhaps but probably they were on the right side- such is war.
What a touching and beautiful hymn: I did not know it before, and have just read a little of the history and background - this makes your presentation here all the more moving - just beautiful!!!! 😊
1st time I heard this at HRH Pronce Phillips funeral played by the tri -services and thought it a lovely tune..had to.look it up and love this organ plating it..thank you
Great show, Pete! Amazing! The way the Hauptwerk organs sound as if they were in a grand cathedral. You talent and skill are something to be proud of, sir! Thanks for sharing!!!
I keep pushing the replay button. This sounds so grand (and real) rumbling through my house! The first verse was a pleasant surprise. Great tonal variety throughout, and completely satisfying experience how it ends with that powerful last verse. Very well done, Peter!!! Thanks for sharing your awesome ability.
Wow....amazing perfomance, enjoyed this very much, I like the use of different stops too, giving us the over all sound of the instrument, soft sound then the stops start being pulled out. Many thanks. Paul.
Absolute perfection!....absolute perfection!!! The expression that you gave, the control you had on the instrument was really wonderful. It was indeed a great pleasure listening to your performance! You deserve the Golden Buzzer!!
Beautiful rendition. Thanks for posting. Amongst other items we are singing this at an ANZAC Eve service next Friday evening at St Andrews Anglican Church in Lismore, NSW. I did not realise this hymn is so slow.
Penny Betteridge Thank you Penny. I think perhaps I did play this a bit slow but then there would be many who would say it was too fast, I may re-record it some time soon and do it faster :-)
I have just discovered your video having spent spent six days in Belgium and Northern France visiting St Symphorien and Cabaret Rouge Cemeteries. This was sung beautifully at the Armistice ceremony at the Menenpoort in Ieper. Your beautiful recording does this justice. (11/11/18 Lille)
Though I agree with you I was pleasantly surprised to hear Regent Hall Salvation Army band play this at the Cenotaph this weekend and it was beautiful.
Even in peacetime, there still are people who fight and die for their country, for the law, for freedom. I am thinking of my country - Giuseppe Taliercio, Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, Giovanni Falcone, Paolo Borsellino, and many others, fallen to defend us from crime and tyranny. God welcomes the brave.
Awesome I liked that very much I always do this for Remberance Sunday the Bass was awesome it shouldn't no trouble with Arthur's Fisher Studio Speakers!
Thabks for replying. You have an outstanding talent on a difficult instrument. Please never give up playing and sharing your gift with us. You should think about a Christmas special. Best wishes. Rob.
+robharper1273 Thanks Rob. Its a matter of time and I don't like uploading with too many mistakes and that takes a lot. Usually things fall apart when I am recording myself. When playing live to an audience / congregation the odd mistake doesn't matter so much as the moment has gone but when you upload to TH-cam, it is there for all to hear again and again. I'm currently building myself a 4 manual console but it takes time and money both of which are in short supply at the moment. :-)
+robharper1273 Most of my uploads don't have too many mistakes. I could just upload things as they come out but then I am open to the perfectionists who want everything just so.
Me too another after Prince Philip's funeral....this organ has a wonderful variety of stops. I found myself wanting to singvthe hymn but didn't know the words to all those(any) verses.
O valiant hearts who to your glory came Through dust of conflict and through battle flame; Tranquil you lie, your knightly virtue proved, Your memory hallowed in the land you loved. Proudly you gathered, rank on rank, to war As who had heard God’s message from afar; All you had hoped for, all you had, you gave, To save mankind-yourselves you scorned to save. Splendid you passed, the great surrender made; Into the light that nevermore shall fade; Deep your contentment in that blest abode, Who wait the last clear trumpet call of God. Long years ago, as earth lay dark and still, Rose a loud cry upon a lonely hill, While in the frailty of our human clay, Christ, our Redeemer, passed the self same way. Still stands His cross from that dread hour to this, Like some bright star above the dark abyss; Still, through the veil, the Victor’s pitying eyes Look down to bless our lesser Calvaries. These were His servants, in His steps they trod, Following through death the martyred Son of God: Victor, He rose; victorious too shall rise They who have drunk His cup of sacrifice. O risen Lord, O Shepherd of our dead, Whose cross has bought them and whose staff has led, In glorious hope their proud and sorrowing land Commits her children to Thy gracious hand.
@oldbear52 Thank you sir. Yes long gone are the days of synthesizers trying to make up the sound of organs. Hauptwerk blows my mind. Each pipe on the organ is sampled, not just once but a few times so that different attacks and releases and also tremulants are recorded. Hauptwerk replicates wind turbulance and effect of other pipes sounding against each other, if the wind pressure dips, the tuning will change. At the moment the set I used here is not complete and can't be adjusted very much.
@goodchappy Sadly this hymn is now pretty well proscribed by the current Church Hierachy despite meaning a great deal to many people ( Supreme Sacrifice problems !) and it is indeed a lovely tune. I play it quietly as a voluntary when I've played at Remembrance Services though the last incumbent looked rather worried - Diocesan thought police about!. Salisbury is a very evocative set- and you play this hymn with great sensititivity......... Nice if we could have Part 2 by Christmas
As a Scout in Toronto we helped at Armistice Day (Remembrance Day) ceremonies at the veterans' wing of Sunnybrook Hospital. This hymn was a standard every year. We all did our best to look sorry and humble and respectful but I think the vets weren't that keen about Nov. 11 for various reasons. There used to be quite a bit of grumbling during the service - "is it over yet?" etc. Would you believe they hired a stripper to come in afterwards when we were lunching at the veterans' wing cafeteria? The men needed cheering up it seemed, and we 13-year-old Scouts had our first glimpse of a stripper probably years ahead of our friends!
only just discovered this. more than 20,000 clicks on, it has obviously been a success. I like it a lot too. I´ll be exploring your channel once I get back from at trip about ten days from now.
Hi Einer. Thank you for your comment. I recorded this a few years ago. I only play for fun and upload to encourage me to improve and it feels good that I get so many positive comments :-)
@francisville1 If you ever listen to the remembrance service from the Cenotaph in London in November, they usually play it then. Otherwise I suppose it is only used on certain occasions which is perhaps why you have not heard it before. I am glad you liked it.
Hi thanks. I made my own computer with the fastest Intel i7 processor I could afford at the time, 12Gig RAM but it needs much more than that. I use an EMU 1616M sound card. I mainly use headphones, I just use some Creative speakers with a subwoofer. Suitable speakers are a large subject and I think it is the achilles heel of digital organs. You would have to spend thousands on speakers to get near replicating the real thing. This recording was made using Hauptwerks internal recording system.
@peach4mac2000 Thank you very much, I have to admit this did come out well and people seem to be saying good things about it. To think that the organ is not actually very "voiceable" in its present form, it still sounds pretty good and I found myself playing the original audio track on repeat at full volume this morning while the neighbours were away.
@accousticdecay Thank very much Sir. Yes there are many lovely sounding organs, this one was thought by its famous builder, Father Willis, to be his best one.
@Organexaminer Yes the last part turned out quite well. I think Hauptwerk is very good. I have come across a few people who don't agree but perhaps they have heard the not so good samples of which there are some. It can never be as good as the real thing of course and despite what some would say, loudspeakers are what let the side down. To think I can play Salisbury Cathedral organ in my small back bedroom and get comments suggesting it IS the real thing, must mean it is worth every penny.
@Chesterbarnes1 Hi, thanks again for your comments, I bear all constructive and genuine comments in mine. If I had the money and space I would have a proper console, unfortunately, this is not going to happen for a long time, if ever. It is quite different to control with a mouse and no swell pedals. The 32ft pedal I would say is quite soft, I was using the 16ft on the great and the swell suboctave couplers on the last verse which may have resulted in a muddiness.
@Organexaminer Thank you very much, I feel quite embarrased, I don't think I am that good but it is nice to know someone who knows what they are talking about sees something good in my playing! Thank you.
Hi! You are playing very beautiful music! What kind of computer and soundcard are you using? What type of speakers do you have? Many questions but I´m planning to build some hauptwerk system myself too.
Ahh my friend, sorry to say, I didn't like this, I LOVED IT!!!! Just excellent is all I can say. The more I hear Hauptwerk, the more I want one. The Salisbury Cathedral organ sounds superb! Everything about this performance was just excellent thank you so very much for sharing this with all of us, and please give us MORE! You're tremendous!
Hi, words would be good but I don't have an easy way of doing it at the moment and the Google editing tools seem to be very difficult to use and time consuming.
I'm meant to be playing this tomorrow and don't have the music, so am frantically trying to write it down by ear. Does anyone know if there's a beat rest at the beginning of the last line or is it a solitary three beat bar? (Beautiful playing by the way - and apologies to Mike for any further offence)
Well it's barely a rest. So technically it's a quarter beat rest at beat one. Either it's quarter or it's eight beat rest, I'm not quite sure. Try it with a quarter beat rest first and if it doesn't fit the timing, try it again using eight but one of them is correct
@@Goodchappy When your next in salisbury post february 2020, send the cathedral organist, David Halls an email and he can arrange for you to play it... Ive played it about 5 times and im 15 but it is great fun to play and will sound wonderful after the restoration is finished
Add some bright strings and flutes to the organ registration. The 32ft pedal is a bit to heavy....listen carefully so that the music tones don't sound muddy. The thrid stanza was lovely, I think you lighten and brighten the tone with trumpets. The 4th stanza was excellent I hear the flutes...light and lovely. Good job! I was typing while I listen to your performance.
Splendid. How come I have not come across this before. I do wish people would be more careful when enunciation the first line. The elision of the last two words gives a most unfortunate impression.
Hey my friend. I don’t think that was your reharmonization at the end. Either they took it from you or You took that from Royal Hospital, Chelsea. Or was that actually you doing it with the choir.
This is about the supreme sacrifice, not the organ.Some people are really insensitive. All those soldiers who gave their lives in war so ignorant people can say, Oh, wasn.t it wonderful to hear the 32 ft stop.
This comment may be rather late, I don't know why I didn't reply before. This upload is both about the supreme sacrifice and about using the organ to express and compliment the words. I doubt anyone commenting would wish to take away the intent of this military song. (My mother told me off for calling it a hymn).
Lancashire, UK. This is the second time on your video's this has happened which seems suspicious, I thought it was RobCharles1981 when I posted at first.
I didn't realize this was one of your videos to begin with. When I go on your channel page they seem to work fine but I can't see this one or the carols video on there. There are 9 listed, not sure how many there are supposed to be.
The best version I keep coming back to it.
Thank you 😊😇
And I'm back again
Oddly this wasn't a tune I knew until I heard it played by the band before the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral. I understand why he chose it. Thank you.
Thank you for your comment Tim.
Rest in peace for Her Majestic, Queen Elizabeth! ✝️
Just found this after Prince Philips funeral, a beautiful hymn and stirringly played, I love it! Thank you for sharing it!
Yes, i had to come and find it as well.
me too.
The band played brilliantly, especially I Vow to Thee and Jerusalem. A very fitting send off for Prince Philip
Is this the music that played while the land rover was moving
@@kellymorrison2095 Yes but only partly.
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O valiant hearts who to your glory came
Through dust of conflict and through battle flame;
Tranquil you lie, your knightly virtue proved,
Your memory hallowed in the land you loved.
Proudly you gathered, rank on rank, to war
As who had heard God’s message from afar;
All you had hoped for, all you had, you gave,
To save mankind-yourselves you scorned to save.
Splendid you passed, the great surrender made;
Into the light that nevermore shall fade;
Deep your contentment in that blest abode,
Who wait the last clear trumpet call of God.
Long years ago, as earth lay dark and still,
Rose a loud cry upon a lonely hill,
While in the frailty of our human clay,
Christ, our Redeemer, passed the self same way.
Still stands His Cross from that dread hour to this,
Like some bright star above the dark abyss;
Still, through the veil, the Victor’s pitying eyes
Look down to bless our lesser Calvaries.
These were His servants, in His steps they trod,
Following through death the martyred Son of God:
Victor, He rose; victorious too shall rise
They who have drunk His cup of sacrifice.
O risen Lord, O Shepherd of our dead,
Whose cross has bought them and Whose staff has led,
In glorious hope their proud and sorrowing land
Commits her children to Thy gracious hand.
Beautiful.
Respect.
Thank you.
This hymn was played and sung every year on Remembrance Sunday, throughout my childhood. In the 1960s lots of men who had fought in the First World War were still alive, including many of the renowned Old Contemptibles.
I remember this from when I was a youngster - and then a dozen years ago or so I was invited to take my trumpet along to a British Legion service at one of our local churches, and this was one of the hymns, and I could barely sing for bawling my eyes out.
The following year I played a trumpet descant I'd written, unannounced, and to his credit the organist didn't falter. :)
The greatest of all remembrance hymns!
Beautiful playing My wife's Grandfather was gassed in France , he was sent to Ireland where he met his wife, settled down in Cork and never returned to London. He now rest peacefully nest to the Roman Catholic Church where he was received into and was faithful to till he died
Thank you. :-)
As below, for some reason I only became fully aware of this great song last year at Prince Philip's funeral. I love both tune and lyrics so many thanks Goodchappy. And today, of course, it all becomes even more poignant.
Lovely and reminds me of my dad at the organ and songs of praise and remembrances Sunday as my uncle a chaplain in raf many years ago. Tks xx
Keep listening to this and it gets better each time. You have really excelled yourself in playing this hymn tune.
Never forget our glorious fallen.
+robharper1273 Very true, mustn't forget. Thanks for your comment. This was one of the first things I played on my Salisbury virtual organ.
After a lot of fuss, finally persuaded vicar to include this in the remembrance service last year. Gave it my all on the 4 rank, extended organ, brought tears to my eyes as I remembered uncles I never knew from both wars. Just love this hymn and all the meanings within it. Thank you for playing so well.
Beautiful
Beautiful melody and beautiful lyrics. Why is there ways such a lot of fuss about this?
So glad you settled on all seven verses! At the moment of my transfiguration, this is what I want to hear in my mind.
Love the power of the king of instruments.. Couple of years back I had the honour of commanding a group of veterans at a Normandy Day celebration at the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance. We had the Australian Navy band playing this for the wreath laying.. I was glad I had my back to the valiant heroes behind me.. The tears were flowing...
I too here after Prince Philip's funeral. Played by the military had me in tears. Thank you.
Yes it did the same for me x
Superb in every detail imaginable.
When a talented musician or organist can make your hair on the back if your neck stand up. That's when they've reached pure perfection. Each note was in key not a single fault. Thank you for sharing your talent. Long may it continue to touch people's lives.
Thank you very much Rob. I know I could do a lot better now :-)
I also didn’t know about this hymn until i heard the heavenly beautiful rendition from the military bands at Prince Philips funeral… It’s a heavenly piece of music and skillfully played on the Supreme Instrumet that recives us at our baptism - and sends us away at our funeral.
I love this.The organ gives so much embroidery to the music. It always makes me cry.
Had heard this hymn many times (associated with the observance of Remembrance Day) but could never identify it until I saw a reference to it in an act of rebellion by Edmund Romilly (later married to Jessica Mitford) at Wellington College during an Armistice service. Thank-you for this performance (organ playing always wins with me!)
Glad you liked my performance 👍🏻
It is a magnificent hymn, with beautiful melodies running through the tune, and what make hymns so wonderful are the rise and fall within the hymn.... brilliantly played
It is a pity we do not hear this magnificent hymn more often at Remembrance Services. How poignantly it calls to mind the sacrifices of the cream of the youth of Great Britain, the Commonwealth, Germany and her allies. Young men, for the most part, who had nothing in common against one another engaged in a mass slaughter at the behest of the politicians and the generals;
an epic of tragic proportions. I count myself blessed that both my grandfathers survived. It is worth remembering that their sufferings continued long after 1918 in flashbacks and dreams and that there was no counselling for these men, every one a hero in my eyes. God bless them all.
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Hear Hear! The politics - and the politicians - of today make it very clear how it is they who create, rather than solve , many serious problems in society! I lost uncles I never knew in the Great War, and several uncles and an aunt in WW2. And with my grandmother's family being German, I lost more relatives over there as well. Utterly tragic, and entirely avoidable. The poignancy of this hymn makes it touch every heart-string, both with sadness for their loss and for their genuine and understated heroism, doing what they believed in to make the world a better place, or simply following orders and trying to stay alive. They gave their tomorrow for our today. We owe it to them to make the world better. Thank you, Goodchappy, for posting this magnificent hymn.
No more Christian brothers' wars.
When I was organist in a small Hampshire parish, we had this every year.
Reminds me of Remembrance Sunday Services in Bushey. I can’t seem to find a copy of it anywhere now. Another expertly played hymn.
Thank you Stephen.
You chaps across the pond have the best sounding pipes, and I am in envy. This performance is as marvelous as it gets, giving me the urge to stand in awe.
O Valiant Hearts so wonderful so majestic!!!! Thank you good chappy
+Chesterbarnes1 :-)
Your play captures the sentiment perfectly: the dreadful sacrifice of so many in a fine and noble cause. And then there is the consideration of those on the other side who suffered so, who no less felt not perhaps but probably they were on the right side- such is war.
What a touching and beautiful hymn: I did not know it before, and have just read a little of the history and background - this makes your presentation here all the more moving - just beautiful!!!! 😊
Thank you Jerry. My mother told me off when I said it was a hymn, she said it is a patriotic song.
1st time I heard this at HRH Pronce Phillips funeral played by the tri -services and thought it a lovely tune..had to.look it up and love this organ plating it..thank you
Thank you :-)
I had to find it too after hearing the band play so beautifully at HRH Prince Phillip's funeral procession. Beautiful and fitting tune
I keep coming back to listen. Incredible.
+Skally999 Thank you :-)
Great show, Pete!
Amazing! The way the Hauptwerk organs sound as if they were in a grand cathedral.
You talent and skill are something to be proud of, sir!
Thanks for sharing!!!
Great hymn for our special occasions, beautifully played by Goodchappy
I keep pushing the replay button. This sounds so grand (and real) rumbling through my house! The first verse was a pleasant surprise. Great tonal variety throughout, and completely satisfying experience how it ends with that powerful last verse.
Very well done, Peter!!! Thanks for sharing your awesome ability.
Wow....amazing perfomance, enjoyed this very much, I like the use of different stops too, giving us the over all sound of the instrument, soft sound then the stops start being pulled out. Many thanks. Paul.
Fabulous. Thanks so much
Splendid video. Job well done, well played. Pax☦
such a beautiful hymn played on the organ, it wouldn't sound the same on any other instrument!
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Hope you enjoy this lovely hymn played on flutes. Thanks.
Absolute perfection!....absolute perfection!!! The expression that you gave, the control you had on the instrument was really wonderful. It was indeed a great pleasure listening to your performance! You deserve the Golden Buzzer!!
Beautiful rendition. Thanks for posting. Amongst other items we are singing this at an ANZAC Eve service next Friday evening at St Andrews Anglican Church in Lismore, NSW. I did not realise this hymn is so slow.
Penny Betteridge Thank you Penny. I think perhaps I did play this a bit slow but then there would be many who would say it was too fast, I may re-record it some time soon and do it faster :-)
Sensitive an sensibly played. Well done.
Thank you :-)
Have not heard this tune before but I really enjoyed listening to it.
I have just discovered your video having spent spent six days in Belgium and Northern France visiting St Symphorien and Cabaret Rouge Cemeteries. This was sung beautifully at the Armistice ceremony at the Menenpoort in Ieper. Your beautiful recording does this justice.
(11/11/18 Lille)
Thank you.
I'm glad you changed your mind.
Lovely hymn. Terrific sound.
Though I agree with you I was pleasantly surprised to hear Regent Hall Salvation Army band play this at the Cenotaph this weekend and it was beautiful.
Arthur, I hope you are still listening in heaven, I miss your comments. :-(
Beautiful hymn well played
Fabulous music, Goodchappy. Should be standing room only at the cathedral!
+7554EdwardG He He He, thank you :-)
Simply wonderful, Peter!
Absolutely lovely
and THANK YOU to Sir John Stanhope Arkwright who composed this beautiful piece!
Arkwright's text, music by his friend Harris
LaurieWilliams5066 Hi Laurie and thank you for enlightening me... Text is superb too though.
thank you 'goodchappy' for this! Marvellous!
Having listened to several versions of this piece on TH-cam I like yours best. Thanks for uploading it.
+Skally999 Thank you :-)
Even in peacetime, there still are people who fight and die for their country, for the law, for freedom. I am thinking of my country - Giuseppe Taliercio, Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, Giovanni Falcone, Paolo Borsellino, and many others, fallen to defend us from crime and tyranny. God welcomes the brave.
Awesome I liked that very much I always do this for Remberance Sunday the Bass was awesome it shouldn't no trouble with Arthur's Fisher Studio Speakers!
Thabks for replying. You have an outstanding talent on a difficult instrument. Please never give up playing and sharing your gift with us. You should think about a Christmas special. Best wishes. Rob.
+robharper1273 Thanks Rob. Its a matter of time and I don't like uploading with too many mistakes and that takes a lot. Usually things fall apart when I am recording myself. When playing live to an audience / congregation the odd mistake doesn't matter so much as the moment has gone but when you upload to TH-cam, it is there for all to hear again and again. I'm currently building myself a 4 manual console but it takes time and money both of which are in short supply at the moment. :-)
Sorry to hear that you are short of money at the moment. I cannot hear any faults in your playing. It has inspired me to try and play the piano.
+robharper1273 Most of my uploads don't have too many mistakes. I could just upload things as they come out but then I am open to the perfectionists who want everything just so.
Reminds me of my childhood assemblies..... fifty years ago now.
Me too another after Prince Philip's funeral....this organ has a wonderful variety of stops.
I found myself wanting to singvthe hymn but didn't know the words to all those(any) verses.
O valiant hearts who to your glory came
Through dust of conflict and through battle flame;
Tranquil you lie, your knightly virtue proved,
Your memory hallowed in the land you loved.
Proudly you gathered, rank on rank, to war
As who had heard God’s message from afar;
All you had hoped for, all you had, you gave,
To save mankind-yourselves you scorned to save.
Splendid you passed, the great surrender made;
Into the light that nevermore shall fade;
Deep your contentment in that blest abode,
Who wait the last clear trumpet call of God.
Long years ago, as earth lay dark and still,
Rose a loud cry upon a lonely hill,
While in the frailty of our human clay,
Christ, our Redeemer, passed the self same way.
Still stands His cross from that dread hour to this,
Like some bright star above the dark abyss;
Still, through the veil, the Victor’s pitying eyes
Look down to bless our lesser Calvaries.
These were His servants, in His steps they trod,
Following through death the martyred Son of God:
Victor, He rose; victorious too shall rise
They who have drunk His cup of sacrifice.
O risen Lord, O Shepherd of our dead,
Whose cross has bought them and whose staff has led,
In glorious hope their proud and sorrowing land
Commits her children to Thy gracious hand.
Thank you.....I'm no expert either and this was more to demonstrate the Salisbury Cathedral organ.
@oldbear52 Thank you sir. Yes long gone are the days of synthesizers trying to make up the sound of organs. Hauptwerk blows my mind. Each pipe on the organ is sampled, not just once but a few times so that different attacks and releases and also tremulants are recorded. Hauptwerk replicates wind turbulance and effect of other pipes sounding against each other, if the wind pressure dips, the tuning will change. At the moment the set I used here is not complete and can't be adjusted very much.
@goodchappy Sadly this hymn is now pretty well proscribed by the current Church Hierachy despite meaning a great deal to many people ( Supreme Sacrifice problems !) and it is indeed a lovely tune. I play it quietly as a voluntary when I've played at Remembrance Services though the last incumbent looked rather worried - Diocesan thought police about!. Salisbury is a very evocative set- and you play this hymn with great sensititivity......... Nice if we could have Part 2 by Christmas
As a Scout in Toronto we helped at Armistice Day (Remembrance Day) ceremonies at the veterans' wing of Sunnybrook Hospital. This hymn was a standard every year. We all did our best to look sorry and humble and respectful but I think the vets weren't that keen about Nov. 11 for various reasons. There used to be quite a bit of grumbling during the service - "is it over yet?" etc. Would you believe they hired a stripper to come in afterwards when we were lunching at the veterans' wing cafeteria? The men needed cheering up it seemed, and we 13-year-old Scouts had our first glimpse of a stripper probably years ahead of our friends!
Beautiful
only just discovered this. more than 20,000 clicks on, it has obviously been a success. I like it a lot too. I´ll be exploring your channel once I get back from at trip about ten days from now.
Hi Einer. Thank you for your comment. I recorded this a few years ago. I only play for fun and upload to encourage me to improve and it feels good that I get so many positive comments :-)
goodchappy I relate totally. (Where would we be without Hauptwerk.)
einer von weitem Hauptwerk is brilliant :-)
@francisville1 If you ever listen to the remembrance service from the Cenotaph in London in November, they usually play it then.
Otherwise I suppose it is only used on certain occasions which is perhaps why you have not heard it before.
I am glad you liked it.
Hi thanks. I made my own computer with the fastest Intel i7 processor I could afford at the time, 12Gig RAM but it needs much more than that. I use an EMU 1616M sound card. I mainly use headphones, I just use some Creative speakers with a subwoofer. Suitable speakers are a large subject and I think it is the achilles heel of digital organs. You would have to spend thousands on speakers to get near replicating the real thing.
This recording was made using Hauptwerks internal recording system.
@peach4mac2000 Thank you very much, I have to admit this did come out well and people seem to be saying good things about it. To think that the organ is not actually very "voiceable" in its present form, it still sounds pretty good and I found myself playing the original audio track on repeat at full volume this morning while the neighbours were away.
@007vauxhall Thank you Paul.
As it had 7 verses, it needed variation in volume etc or I would have fallen off the stool before finishing playing it.
@GrandeBombarde16 Thanks Tim, that means a lot to me coming from a talented organist as yourself :-)
Superb!
Me before 0:20 "Oh! A lovely soft hymn" *turns up volume...* LOL
@accousticdecay Thank very much Sir. Yes there are many lovely sounding organs, this one was thought by its famous builder, Father Willis, to be his best one.
@Organexaminer Yes the last part turned out quite well.
I think Hauptwerk is very good. I have come across a few people who don't agree but perhaps they have heard the not so good samples of which there are some. It can never be as good as the real thing of course and despite what some would say, loudspeakers are what let the side down.
To think I can play Salisbury Cathedral organ in my small back bedroom and get comments suggesting it IS the real thing, must mean it is worth every penny.
Thank you. How I wish I had the space and money for a decent console to be able to improve my playing without having to fiddle about with a mouse.
@isobelaplatings Hi, I don't think this is Gustav Holst, my music says Rev C. Harris is the composer and the words were written by John Arkwright.
@Chesterbarnes1 Hi, thanks again for your comments, I bear all constructive and genuine comments in mine. If I had the money and space I would have a proper console, unfortunately, this is not going to happen for a long time, if ever. It is quite different to control with a mouse and no swell pedals. The 32ft pedal I would say is quite soft, I was using the 16ft on the great and the swell suboctave couplers on the last verse which may have resulted in a muddiness.
@goodchappy You're very welcome.
Thanks for the nice words. :-)
@Organexaminer Thank you very much, I feel quite embarrased, I don't think I am that good but it is nice to know someone who knows what they are talking about sees something good in my playing! Thank you.
@silverstartrucker Thanks Arth, I should have put this up a few weeks ago, I'd forgotten I had done it!
TH-cam ADMIN - THIS IS NOT "Broken Wings" and WHAT has it got to do with SpongeBob SquarePants?
I'm no expert, so I can't give any specific critique like Chesterbarnes1, but it sounds glorious to me!
@harri9988 Thanks, it is kind of a Willis :-)
Thank you :-)
ps can you play the ANZAC Hymn Honour the Dead??
Perhaps words to the tune could be added so we can sing along with the wonderful music you play
Hi! You are playing very beautiful music! What kind of computer and soundcard are you
using? What type of speakers do you have? Many questions but I´m planning to build some hauptwerk system myself too.
Ahh my friend, sorry to say, I didn't like this, I LOVED IT!!!! Just excellent is all I can say. The more I hear Hauptwerk, the more I want one. The Salisbury Cathedral organ sounds superb! Everything about this performance was just excellent thank you so very much for sharing this with all of us, and please give us MORE! You're tremendous!
@RobCharles1981 thanks Rob
Thankyou . Which cathedral is pictured?
It is Salisbury Cathedral UK. :-)
Hi, words would be good but I don't have an easy way of doing it at the moment and the Google editing tools seem to be very difficult to use and time consuming.
I'm meant to be playing this tomorrow and don't have the music, so am frantically trying to write it down by ear. Does anyone know if there's a beat rest at the beginning of the last line or is it a solitary three beat bar? (Beautiful playing by the way - and apologies to Mike for any further offence)
I found this tune on the internet. small church music dot com
Well it's barely a rest. So technically it's a quarter beat rest at beat one. Either it's quarter or it's eight beat rest, I'm not quite sure. Try it with a quarter beat rest first and if it doesn't fit the timing, try it again using eight but one of them is correct
hymnary.org/media/fetch/121388
Have you ever played the real cathedral organ
No, I have been to the Cathedral quite a few times though.
@@Goodchappy When your next in salisbury post february 2020, send the cathedral organist, David Halls an email and he can arrange for you to play it... Ive played it about 5 times and im 15 but it is great fun to play and will sound wonderful after the restoration is finished
this hymn needs a rehearsed congregation if not omg it becomes a dirge!!!
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Martin Fahey 5854 RIP
Add some bright strings and flutes to the organ registration. The 32ft pedal is a bit to heavy....listen carefully so that the music tones don't sound muddy. The thrid stanza was lovely, I think you lighten and brighten the tone with trumpets. The 4th stanza was excellent I hear the flutes...light and lovely. Good job! I was typing while I listen to your performance.
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Splendid. How come I have not come across this before. I do wish people would be more careful when enunciation the first line. The elision of the last two words gives a most unfortunate impression.
Hey my friend. I don’t think that was your reharmonization at the end. Either they took it from you or You took that from Royal Hospital, Chelsea. Or was that actually you doing it with the choir.
Here is the link to prove it. It’s the second rendition
th-cam.com/video/K6q6Z_FonF0/w-d-xo.html
Ha Ha, I can only wish :-)
,mnaybe someone reading this would be kind enough to donate one to you.... here's wishing.
This is about the supreme sacrifice, not the organ.Some people are really insensitive. All those soldiers who gave their lives in war so ignorant people can say, Oh, wasn.t it wonderful to hear the 32 ft stop.
This comment may be rather late, I don't know why I didn't reply before. This upload is both about the supreme sacrifice and about using the organ to express and compliment the words. I doubt anyone commenting would wish to take away the intent of this military song. (My mother told me off for calling it a hymn).
That's annoying, I'm not allowed to watch the vid for some reason
where in the world are you?
Lancashire, UK. This is the second time on your video's this has happened which seems suspicious, I thought it was RobCharles1981 when I posted at first.
Oh dear, I don't understand that. I assume you can't even hear the music. Is it just my "Videos" you can't see?
I didn't realize this was one of your videos to begin with. When I go on your channel page they seem to work fine but I can't see this one or the carols video on there. There are 9 listed, not sure how many there are supposed to be.
I think there about 68 videos on my channel.