The English Organ - Sydney Town Hall Demo
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- čas přidán 12. 05. 2019
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Daniel Moult demonstrates the historic Thomas Hill organ of Sydney Town Hall. This film is a small part of the Fugue State Films boxset The English Organ, which explores the history of the English organ from the Tudor period to the present, filmed in 33 locations and including 3 hour-long documentaries, a filmed demonstration (such as this film) from each of the 33 selected organs, plus more than eight hours of performances of brilliant repertoire from Byrd to Joubert and lots in between. This DVD boxset is available to buy at fuguestatefilms.co.uk/fsf-shop/ - Hudba
The largest organ built up to 1900 in the Empire's largest Town Hall, and it was built at the end of the world! And the world's largest mechanical tracker organ is just down the road in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House.
In the 1960's and early 70's the combined churches choir under Richard Thew sang to this instrument - it was a joy to sing with this instrument accompanying us.
PLAYED this organ back in the 70s, what a sound!
Bravo, bravo, & bravo again !! Nicely informative !!!
Beautiful
Wow, that is incredible! Great playing, great instrument! Neat how large instruments like this can acheive a very complex, balanced tutti.
There's only two true 64' stops. The second is the 64' Dulzian of the Midmer Losh at Boardwalk Hall. Primarily a reed stop, but the bottom octave is made up of diaphones. Any other 64' stops are either resultants or digital.
Although there are a few that also extend several notes into the 64’ octave. The Conference Center organ in Salt Lake City actually has 2 of them.
@@johnheimel5594 Are those digital or resultants? It could be possible that if they are flues that they're stopped 32' pipes or half length resonators if they're reeds.
@@cornwalldragon4617 Most are full length and are reed pipes. If they were electronic or resultants, there would be no need to stop there. The Salt Lake City Conference Center organ has a Gamba and Trombone down 4 notes into the 64' octave, and the Gamba is in the facade. www.thetabernaclechoir.org/content/dam/motab/about/organ/detailed-organ/conference-center/Conf_Ctr_spec_2019.pdf
Another example, full length reed 3 notes into the 64' octave: garlandpipeorgans.com/first-united-methodist-church-wichita-falls-tx/
Another example, full-length reed 3 notes into the 64' octave: www.dobsonorgan.com/html/instruments/op76_philadelphia/op76_philadelphia2.html
There are others, but I don't remember off the top of my head where they are at the moment.
@@johnheimel5594 Yeah they're not full 64' stops, it's only just a few notes just to give a bit of depth to fill the hall. Unlike the organs in Atlantic City and Sydney where they have full 64' stops. So down from the 32' octave to a full length pipe that sounds a 64' tone. Even the Midmer Losh was to have two 64' stops, one in the Left Stage and one in the Right Stage. One was to be a reed stop and the other of diaphones. Unfortunately the one of them was cut due to space, but the two stop tabs for the 64' Dulzian and the 64' Diaphone are still on the console. The lowest notes that sound for the Dulzian are diaphones. That being said the Midmer Losh is capable of producing a 128' resultant.
@@cornwalldragon4617that is what I said in my initial post, that there were several instruments that extended into the 64' octave with real pipes. They are full length pipes into the 64' octave as stated. ;)
"Although there are a few that also extend several notes into the 64’ octave. The Conference Center organ in Salt Lake City actually has 2 of them."
Looking forward to a concert there this Sat 🥳
Wish I can play it one day for just 5 minutes...( and record of course)
FUN!
Sydney Town Hall was closed on the day I was able to visit.
Long climb of steps wasted
Suuuuuper organ !
Back in the early 70s I played that instrument - but the 64' was allegedly locked against usage lest it destroy the mortar and bring the building down. Imagine Sampson bringing down the temple.
Ahh huh ahh huh ahh huh
A myth! I have heard it played. On its first playing it did bring down some ceiling plaster in the new hall, but hardly a whole building collapse or the mythical shattered foundations.
It is used regularly. It is a real rib rattler.
@@robertmwoodley1502 Melbourne Town Hall organ's 32 foot metal diaphone made a mess of the ceiling plaster above it.
What can one say . . . but WOW!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for this very interesting presentation. One or two questions: what sort of action? what temperament (equal presumably in view of the presentation material) and pitch? (I do realize this excellent video is not for specialized viewers however!) It would be interesting to hear a range of national-cum-historic styles on this organ.
It's tubular pneumatic/Barker Lever www.ohta.org.au/confs/Sydney/SYDNEYTOWNHALL.html
Wow.
Very well done! But, there is someone playing Stanfords op. 57, right? :D
Fugue State Films, Are every and all individual facade pipes real in the main case that's at the front and center? Also, could you make a separate video showcasing the ranks of pipes inside the three separate organ galleries?
Most of the pipes are called "dummies" just for decoration and the BIG pipes on the organ are real like the 128ft is in the Facade.
@@StoreeDenson There is no 128' pipe there is a 64' rank inside - all made of wood
What manuals were coupled to the Great at the end? And what is that piece?
I don't know the name of the piece but the Swell and Solo manuals were coupled to the Great.
I believe Daniel is improvising.
It sounds french, it sounds german with his Walckerian “terzmixturen” and free reeds, and it sounds english, naturally, with his orchestrals...and high pressure tubas. And when you believe that is enough...here the 7th gear! 64’ Trombone! Definitively the eclectic symphonic organ for a contemporary concert hall, not a victorian XIX century relic.
Elbows down please....you are not Florence De Jong!!!! .........great vid most informative!
Note the keyboards are NOT inclined. Making it difficult to keep elbows low.
I don’t think it’s at all appropriate for a complete randomer to be teaching Daniel bloody Moult how to play...
The gall at a complete nobody trying to teach a renowned organist how to play lol fuck off