i very much enjoy what you do. hope you return.

Fascinating & beautiful. Thank you !

I certainly did enjoy your demonstration and explanation of how the organ stops work and well I have played the pipe organ by ear with Lord of the Dance and I loved how it sounded and our church had Opposite colors on the keys. Blacks were white and whites were brown. Quite a cool instrument I have always loved hearing a pipe organ played and even more interesting on the other side is how they roll the pipes. So beautiful.

The fastest organ version so far and I like that. Most versions are too slow to my liking. So its great to hear a fast one (heard about a dozen and a half so far). Cheers! 😊

Well played with great expression and register for a rather obscure piece for the organ

I'd like to play that organ one day.

Does anyone know how many ranks this organ has? It sounds amazing!

Not exactly a piece I would have chosen to play on such a small organ, clearly designed for liturgical accompaniment.Very well played but only a demonstration of that particular organ as apposed to a performance.

Very interesting : can you tell me what is the combination of stops / manuals etc that gives that ferocious sound at 12:42 ?? really love that !

Love that pedal reed😁😃

BUT IT'S LOUDER! 🙂

There's was a time when Guilmant's organ music curiously fell out of fashion. During those years a number of teachers still recognized the quality of his writing and predicted that his music, because it was so well composed, would one day make a big comeback. Listening to this young man's playing makes one realize that this comeback has been fully realized. A very fine performance of some beautiful writing for the organ ! Thank you Samuel for the wonderful playing !

It's a pity it is not possible to clock up a "like" every time I listen to this.

The best sound of the entire video was at 14:54

Bendigo is in Australia.

Hi

I love that I can actually hear what the treble cleff is playing succinctly in this. Many other pieces on youtube the bass cleff drowns out what the right hand is playing. There's just little bits of Guilmant's magic here and there, like the melody the right hand does at 0:11 that is simply drowned out in so many other videos.

Thank you so much for playing one of Bach's most beautiful and subtle compositions. I played this often as a young man, and unfortunately am old now and can't anymore. You are the real thing among organists!

Shame you haven't made a vid in a while. Hope you're okay.

this is amazing

Thanks for the video. I've been commissioned to write an organ prelude for an ordination service and found this very helpful!

Rather good!

Hi Samuel, you are an amazing organist! I have watched a lot of your other performances. They are all breathtaking and beautiful. Thank you for this instructional video. I am an absolute beginner organist. Looking for help on how the stops, pistons, etc work. Do you have other instructional videos on how to work the organ?

... A space ship 🙂

Where has Samuel gone? This was 5 years ago. :-/

I am proud to call this great organist a personal friend along with his family. Music which takes us into the presence of God!

I want lissent sound like Stradivarius violin..........please

Excellent and thorough demonstration!

WOW!!!!

Mr. Whitehead, I've been composing for years and I have avoided the organ because of my ignorance of its capabilities and logistics. Your video has completely opened my eyes to the possibilities. Thank you thank you thank you!

Very intertesting !!

It’s kinda annoying ngl It’s way too high

Are the stops indicated on the sheet music or is it left to the discretion of the organist? If that’s the case, then the organist is significantly instrumental in the composition of the music. This has got to be the most complicated instrument of them all.

That is so cool! I loved the video - I want to learn ot when I retire!

I think it is unfair how you pick and choose which comments you reply to so I will downvote 223-0 to 222-1 now. 2 years I waited for a reply from you that never came.

The hooded reeds at the top, are they 8 foot trumpet, tromba or tuba reeds?

Wow

8 foot oboe?

My musical training is on the piano and violin. The organ is an instrument of immense mystery to me. So powerful, yet controlled by a single man. I will admit, even after your video, I am still not sure how all these pieces work together to create the sound, but your passion for it is clear.

Sinon, l'interprète fait une impro somptueuse ; pas mieux !!

J'aime bien le portable sur le porte partitions !

What organ is this? Where is it located? Where can I find the stoplist? Great performance, by the way!

Bendigo cathedral is the best

I wish you (or any organist) goes to a huge organ like Boardwalk hall organ and pulls out all the stops , imagine that!!!

Did you use the 8 foot stopped diapason wooden pipes on the great manual?

What a nice sounding organ. Will try to replicate the sound on some sample sets I found and use it on my organ music recordings . Thank you for sharing. Love watching your videos.

I am proud to say that Mr Whitehead is a personal friend and a great colleague in organ music. Very blessed to know him and his family!

So..I can't have a pipe organ in my apartment apparently. :(

The 16 foot trombone or 32 foot contra bombarde

Did you use the 8 foot trumpet reed in this Bach masterpiece Samuel?