1863 E.F. Walcker / 1946 Aeolian-Skinner Organ - Methuen Memorial Music Hall - Methuen, Mass. Part 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 พ.ค. 2024
- Brent Johnson talks with Matthew Bellocchio and Frederick MacArthur about the H.F. Walcker /Aeolian-Skinner organ of Methuen Memorial Music Hall in Methuen, Massachusetts.
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00:00 Introduction
00:17 Paul Fey Introduction
04:33 Bach Prelude in D major (BWV 532)
09:40 Chamber Tour, Pedal Stops
13:14 Top of the Organ, Facade
17:38 Choir
18:49 Reservoirs and Floor
20:52 Great and Positiv
23:06 Swell
26:17 Closing
28:31 Finale - เพลง
I was very pleased, as MMMH President, to be able to bring together Paul Fey and Brent Johnson at Methuen for the making of this video. Both of them do great work, through their TH-cam channels, to promote the pipe organ and its music!
Absolutely brilliant! A very nice surprise to see two of my favorite personalities in the organ world together.
This is a fantastic combination of an exquisite organ and an exquisite organist. Can’t get any better than this!
Thanks, Brent, Paul, Matthew, Fred, and Justin! Terrific videos!
Just imagine how much G.D. Harrison hated that 32' free reed; luckily for us, he didn't have the money to chuck it out & replace it. Wonderful tour & camera work!
Paul is a great musician and his talent is exemplified wonderfully on this beautiful organ. Thanks for this fine presentation, Brent.
Wow! Paul Fey and Brent Johnson and THAT organ!
What a coincidence - just minutes before clicking on this video I purchased and printed some of Paul Fey's music!
I was so amazed to see Paul Fey on your channel, i found him to be very talented! The story behind this organ is amazing, and it's sounds are unique and beautiful!
best featuring of the month thank you you made my day.
Fantastic episode (both parts)! Thank you!
Thank you. This is wonderful
I've been watching Paul Fey's TH-cam channel for awhile. He is an amazing composer and organist!
This is like my two favorite channels combined! Paul's playing of the Bach is spectacular; what a technique this young man has! (That might be the fastest opening pedal scale I've ever heard.) BRAVO to all involved! 😁🐧
This presentation was so well done!
Absolutely gorgeous and well filmed
Thanks so much to all involved! These two videos on this fascinating and unique organ are a real gift.
Thanks all for this. Very nicely done.
indeed so nice to see that the organist nowadays ( most organists are gays (in the closet) can be gay all the way.
Great work Paul! One of my favorite Bach works.
Great video! This instrument has always been of interest to me due to my home church in Salt Lake CIity, Utah having a facade that is modeled after this organ. Although it is not as elaborate as Methuen it is still fun to see the similarities between this organ and the one here in Salt Lake.
Two of my favorite organ people in one video! Bravo. Beautiful playing, and outstanding information/narration.
Beautiful job Brett! Amazing instrument. Glad it has survived.
Love the cse work and the "Atlas' figures holding up the pipe towers! those strange looking painted faces on the largest facade pipes always looked strange/creapy to me!
Thank you immensely Brent and team for this fabulous presentation of this amazing organ. I first heard of this organ as a youngster in the 1960's from photos in an encyclopedia reference which still described it as the "Boston Music Hall" organ. In the early 1980's my organ teacher Michael Dudman recorded this organ for Australian radio. When he presented the broadcast he referred it as the most difficult organ he'd ever played. He specifically identified the action delay and the extreme difficulty of hearing the instrument from the console. This was strong criticism indeed, because the organ MD usually played and managed brilliantly (at the Anglican Cathedral in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia) has a modest delay and its impact in the building is extremely hard to judge from the console (I know from experience having played it for 6 years in lessons in the late 1970's). I wonder how the Methuen organ's mechanical and tonal states in the early 1980's compare with its condition and excellence of regulation today. Also, I wonder if MD was unable to bring the console as far to the front of the stage as it appears to be in these videos. This is truly a remarkable instrument and to still have it around today, albeit with many alterations over the years, is indeed a privilege.
All i hear is skinner but I do have that bias!!
This organ originally was mechanical action (tracker)
Pedal 16' Bombarde has a somewhat brassy sound.
Revoiced?
What was the music at the end of the tour of the chambers?
Never heard of a 16 foot Vox Humana
Switched off. Video images too distorted due to 'too wider' angle lens setting being used. All looked distorted.
dude, you should NOT touch that shallot when you opened the reed, that is extremely sensitive! Even the slightest moisture from a human hand can affect the speech of that note!