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Where's the Kleenex?!

Oh, my. This really sounds great. Wish there were more hymns like this one posted for this organ. Spectacular. Great hymns and pipeorgans are giving way to bands, etc.

Cattedrale degli eretici?

The South Gallery organ has 6,751 pipes and 124 ranks, while the West Chancel organ has 2,642 pipes and 48 ranks. (This makes a grand total of 9,393 pipes, in case you are wondering.) They range in length from one inch to 37 feet. Hence, why the organ is really loud and echoes in the entire church. The organ is Manufactured by Goulding & Wood.

Sounds like Wednesday's birthday song

Love visiting the cathedral for concerts and I have often visited on Christmas eve nothing better than full tutti. Some of these folks would fall over dead if they visited a French Cathedral and heard postlude improvisation at full tutti screaming chamades and 32 foot reeds love it loud love to feel the rumble. But it's nice to hear some soft celeste once in a while then full tutti Vierne toccata

Csodálatos!

I find myself listening to this over and over again. It is so moving.

Beautiful! 😊

Just came across this video. Was present for this. Thanks for showing Mr. Fiacco at work. Really glad to see how intense Dominic is when producing the music. Best Wishes to Dominic, Stephen and Sam.

Hi Sam, I'm back again this evening in the UK - replaying Dominic's amazing performance of "Résurrection from Symphonie-Passion, Op. 23 by Marcel Dupré". Thank you, again, for recording this concert (over fourteen months ago) - and please convey my thanks and appreciation to Dominic for his inspiring performance! Very best wishes, Tony, UK.

All I will say is that I have not seen any organist play a hymn using this technique or action . Curious, I am.

Wonderful. Organist plays the way I like.

I did

Beautiful hymn

0:00 Vierne: Symphony No. 3: Finale
 6:58 Widor: Symphonie Romane: Moderato
 14:15: Bach: Wachet auf
 19:07: Bach: Meine Seele 22:29 Handel: And the Glory of the Lord 25:43 Buxtehude: Nun bitten wir 30:17: Guilmant: Sonata No. 1: Finale 38:20: Bach: Prelude & Fugue in F Minor 48:20: Elgar: Theme & Nimrod 55:10: Franck: Final 1:06:15: Schubert: Ave Maria

Fantastic organist and a fantastic teacher!!!!!

Absolutely... has lots of oomph

This organist said forget God, this is a concert and show for me

Merry Christmas God bless us

I pray for My younger brother George kilanga maganya who died few years ago, I hope he heard this when the angels carried him away

Thank you so much for uploading this! Your new cameras really have excellent quality. -Dominic

Amen amen

From 2:40 onward you can really hear the voices of the choir and it just adds that much more to the end of video. Absolutely beautiful

I can play that too

8 8th

splendido Duprè!

Just heard him yesterday (and heard of him and his story for the first time )at the Old Palatine Church 250th anniversary recital, on a much more modest organ than this, but in a great setting. As soon as he began I immediately knew I was hearing someone on an advanced level. Quite exciting, and moving, and now at 17 with a real future in front of him.

Definitely a much better concert organist than a church organist. A lot of staccato plus the louder ranks; makes for a less than great experience for a choir/congregation. Playing is great, execution could be better

I get the impression from observing him that he is a musical savant; autistic. Excellent performance.

The organ is the sound of the soul

What pedal reeds was he using in the end? They have some formidable depth to them. I was shying away from a bombarde, this has more basson/fagotto elements to it!

Distorted sound. Not clear. Maybe selection of combination of tones don't give a clean, clear and pleasant sound.

Sam, can you tell us what device you used for the audio? I love how it picked up the reverb.

Beautiful. One thing I have noticed about the Skinner/Harrison Chamades is that they are very brassy. For example the Riverside Organ has the Trompeta Majestis at a high wind pressure almost like St John Divine. And that this cathedral Antiphonal Trompette Chamade might be at a wind pressure to replicate the State Trumpet of St John Divine but not at 50".

I keep coming back to this performance! However, I've realised, that I have never thanked Sam Cherubin for posting/recording this - and other recordings! Thanks and best wishes to you, Sam.

Bellissimo coro 👏👏👏👏👏👏

This organ has terrible luck. After a restoration that took almost a decade, it was silenced by another fire and has been out since 2019. Again.

Hi Dominic - I feel compelled to make another comment - after listening to this performance, yet again. In addition to Bach BWV 548/Schubert, "Résurrection from Symphonie-Passion, Op. 23 by Marcel Dupré" was so moving and beautiful - and played with such skill and empathy for the music. Even though I keep questioning whether it's the first time that I've ever heard this, something in my mind says that it's not entirely unfamiliar! Either way, thanks for including it in your programme! Very best wishes to you and your family (and your organ teacher, Mr Best).

Magnifiscent. I noticed it did not end with "yea Lord we greet thee".

Super 💕

I'm completely 'blown away' Dominic! I found your organ teacher, Mr Best's comments at the beginning very moving - as was also the look of immense pride on his face whilst you were playing. You were truly living and breathing every note of the music you were playing - and your facial expressions clearly demonstrated that fact. Very well done. Superb performance!

I see that Raymond uses a Trompette and Clairon Harmonique to substitute the State Trumpet at 22:47

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The arrangement and chords of last verse were beautiful and sent chills up my spine (a church organist but nowhere near this level of skill)