🎵 400 Last Verse Reharmonisations by Noel Rawsthorne

[@mikerubyorganist]

I enjoy listening to these anytime, but they are all so well done that they’re great to listen to while at the day job!

[@billraty14]

00:00:22 Abbot's Leigh 00:03:49 Abends 00:04:50 Aberystwyth 00:06:12 Abridge 00:07:08 Ach Gott Und Herr 00:08:02 Ad tuum nomen 00:09:26 Addison’s (London) 00:10:56 Adeste Fideles 00:12:21 Agincourt 00:13:27 Ajalon 00:14:35 Albano 00:15:31 All For Jesus 00:16:21 All Sairts 00:17:31 All Saints 00:18:43 All Thirigs Bright And Beautiful 00:20:21 Alleluia, dulce carmen (Tantum ergo) 00:21:05 Almsgiving (Dykes) 00:22:20 Amazirg Grace 00:23:13 Amen court 00:24:00 Angel Voices 00:24:56 Angelus 00:26:53 Anima Christi 00:28:26 Ar Hyd Y Nos 00:29:39 Armageddon 00:31:22 Ascalon 00:32:17 Ascension 00:33:25 Au Clair De La Lune 00:34:35 Aurelia 00:35:53 Aus de Tiefe (Heinlein) 00:36:41 Austria 00:37:58 Ave Virgo Virginum 00:41:07 Bangor 00:42:05 Beatitudo 00:42:41 Bedford 00:43:36 Belgrave 00:44:29 Belmont 00:45:47 Benson 00:46:41 Berkshire 00:47:39 Bethany 00:48:51 Beulah 00:49:33 Billing 00:50:34 Binchester 00:51:38 Bishopthorpe 00:52:29 Blaenwern 00:54:14 Blessed Assurance 00:55:33 Bonn 00:56:42 Bow rickhill 00:57:41 Boyce 00:58:55 Bread of heaven 00:59:43 Breslau 01:00:37 Bristol 01:01:30 Brockham 01:02:19 Brookfield 01:03:38 Brother James’ air 01:04:38 Bryn Calfaria 01:05:54 Buckland 01:06:40 Bullinger 01:07:30 Bunessan 01:08:13 Caithness 01:09:40 Cameronian midnight hymn 01:10:26 Capel 01:11:07 Capetown 01:11:53 Carlisle 01:12:37 Caswall (version 1) 01:13:17 Caswall (version 2) 01:13:48 Charity 01:14:45 Chartres (Angers) 01:15:59 Childhood 01:16:58 Christchurch 01:18:32 Christe sanctorum 01:19:21 Church Triumphant 01:20:40 Cloisters 01:21:21 Coelites plaudant (Rouen) 01:22:21 Contemplation 01:23:16 Corde Natus (Divinum mysterium) 01:24:20 Cradle Song 01:26:05 Cranham 01:28:01 Crimond 01:28:45 Croft’s 136th 01:29:51 Cross of Jesus 01:30:55 Criger 01:31:59 Culbach 01:32:42 Cwm Rhondda 01:33:41 Daily, daily 01:34:39 Danny Boy 01:36:07 Darmstadt 01:37:15 Darwall’s 148th 01:38:45 David’s harp 01:39:44 Day of rest 01:41:04 Deep harmony 01:41:57 Deerhurst 01:43:09 Deo Gracias 01:44:05 Deus, tuorum militum 01:45:01 Diademata 01:46:34 Dies dominica 01:47:36 Dix 01:48:23 Dominica 01:48:48 Dominus Regit Me 01:49:16 Doncaster 01:50:04 Down Ampney 01:51:05 Duke Street 01:52:25 Dundee 01:53:20 Dunfermline 01:54:12 Ealing 01:55:00 Easter Hymn 01:57:27 Ebenezer 01:58:27 Ein’ feste Burg 01:59:46 Eisenach 02:00:40 Ellacombe 02:01:38 Ellers 02:02:36 Engelberg 02:03:43 England’s lane 02:04:43 Epiphany (Hopkins) 02:05:26 Epiphany (Thrupp) 02:06:09 Es ist ein’ Ros’ entsprungen 02:07:20 Es ist kein Tag 02:08:19 Eudoxia 02:09:56 Evangelists 02:10:44 Evelyn’s 02:12:13 Eventide 02:13:20 Ewing 02:14:27 Falcon Street 02:15:30 Farley Castle 02:16:36 Festus 02:17:34 Flavian 02:18:02 Forest green 02:19:10 Franconia 02:20:05 Fulda 02:20:44 Galilee 02:22:08 Gartan 02:22:40 Gelob't sei Gott (Vulpius) 02:23:41 Gerontius 02:24:44 Glasgow 02:25:16 God Rest You Merry 02:26:17 Golden sheaves 02:27:25 Gonfalon Royal 02:28:07 Gopsal 02:29:19 Gott will’s machen 02:30:00 Greensleeves 02:31:04 Groningen 02:32:17 Gwalchmai 02:33:11 Gweedore 02:35:56 Halton Holgate 02:37:00 Hanover 02:37:39 Harewood 02:39:03 Harts 02:39:34 Hawkhurst 02:40:20 Heathlands 02:41:01 Helmsley 02:42:44 Hereford 02:43:40 Herongate 02:44:19 Highwood 02:45:19 Hollingside 02:46:30 Holyrood 02:46:55 Horbury 02:47:34 Horsley 02:48:38 Houghton 02:49:32 Humility 02:50:45 Hursley 02:51:23 Hyfrydol 02:52:53 Illsley (Bishop) 02:53:31 In Dulci Jubilo 02:54:19 Innocents 02:54:49 Innsbruck 02:55:55 Intercessor 02:58:10 Irby 02:59:01 Irish 02:59:36 Iste Confessor 03:00:35 Ivyhatch 03:01:05 Jackson 03:01:55 Just As I Am 03:03:23 Kelvingrove 03:03:59 Kilmarnock 03:04:41 King's Langley 03:05:32 King’s Lynn 03:06:39 Kingsfold 03:07:36 Knecht (Kocher) 03:08:07 Lasst uns rfreuen 03:09:16 Laudate Dominum 03:10:01 Laudes Domini 03:12:18 Laus Deo (Rehead No. 46) 03:13:05 Leoni 03:14:03 Liebster Immanuel 03:14:47 Lincoln 03:15:18 Little Cornard 03:15:58 Llanfair 03:17:01 Lobe Den Herren 03:18:13 London New 03:18:42 Lord Of The Dance (Shaker Tune) 03:19:29 Love Divine 03:20:03 Love unknown 03:21:57 Lubeck 03:23:02 Luckington 03:24:00 Luther 03:26:10 Lux Benigna 03:27:31 Lux eoi 03:28:42 Lydia 03:31:43 Lyngham 03:32:50 Maccabaeus 03:34:39 Mannheim 03:35:21 Marching 03:36:13 Margaret 03:37:41 Martyrdom 03:39:04 Maryton 03:40:29 Melcombe 03:43:21 Melita 03:43:21 Melling 03:43:58 Mendelssohn 03:45:17 Mendip 03:45:59 Merton 03:46:44 Metzler’s Redhead 03:50:08 Miles Lane 03:51:21 Misericordia 03:52:15 Mit Freuden zart 03:53:07 Monkland 03:53:55 Monks Gate 03:55:34 Montgomery 03:56:26 Morecambe 03:57:27 Morning Hymn 03:57:57 Morning Light 03:57:58 Nativity 03:57:59 Neander (unser Herrscher) 03:59:05 Moscow 04:01:26 Mount Ephraim 04:02:22 Narenza 04:04:48 Newington 04:04:55 Newington 04:05:32 Nicaea 04:06:33 Noel 04:07:43 Noel Nouvelet 04:08:55 North Coates 04:09:44 Nottingham 04:10:28 Nun Danket 04:11:58 Nun danket all 04:12:31 O Filii Et Filiae (version 1) 04:12:57 O Filii Et Filiae (version 2) 04:13:54 O perfect love 04:14:46 O waly waly 04:17:45 Obiit 04:18:25 Ode to joy 04:19:06 Offertorium 04:20:04 Old 100th 04:20:48 Old 104th 04:22:20 Old 120th 04:23:34 Old 124th 04:23:46 Olivet 04:24:50 Ombersley 04:25:41 Oriel 04:26:37 Orientis partibus 04:27:39 Oxford New 04:28:39 Paderborn 04:29:25 Passion Chorale 04:30:33 Pastor pastorum 04:31:05 Penlan 04:32:04 Personent Hodie (Theodoric) 04:33:04 Petra (Redhead No. 76) 04:35:44 Picardy 04:36:26 Praise My Soul 04:37:16 Puer Nobis Nascitur 04:38:17 Quam dilecta 04:38:49 Quem Pastores 04:39:25 Rachie 04:41:10 Ratisbon 04:42:00 Ravenshaw 04:42:28 Regent Square 04:43:28 Regnator orbis 04:44:19 Repton 04:45:25 Resonet in laudibus 04:46:17 Rex Gloriae 04:47:15 Rhosymedre (Lovely) 04:48:21 Rhuddlan 04:49:39 Richmond 04:50:26 Rimington 04:51:10 Rinkart (Kommt seelen) 04:52:15 Rivaulx 04:53:04 Rockingham 04:54:02 Royal Oak 04:54:48 Rustington 04:56:08 Ruth 04:56:56 Saffron Walden 04:58:02 St Aelred 04:58:42 St Anne 04:59:26 St Agnes (Dykes) 05:01:30 St Albinus 05:02:17 St Alphege 05:03:24 St Anatolius 05:04:36 St Andrew of Crete 05:05:39 St Bees 05:06:14 St Bernard 05:06:47 St Catherine 05:07:39 St Ceilia 05:08:25 St Clement 05:09:05 St Columba 05:09:50 St Cuthbert 05:10:23 St Denio 05:11:49 St Drostane 05:13:14 St Edmund 05:14:30 St Etheldreda 05:15:19 St Ethelwald 05:16:00 St Flavian 05:16:40 St Francis Xavier 05:17:13 St Fulbert 05:17:55 St George (AKA St George's Windsor) 05:19:30 St Gertrude 05:20:39 St Helen 05:23:44 St James 05:24:30 St John Damascene 05:25:24 St Leonard (Smart) 05:26:54 St Magnus 05:27:58 St Matthew 05:29:10 St Matthias 05:29:59 St Michael (Old 134th) 05:30:32 St Oswald 05:31:02 St Paul's 05:31:32 St Peter 05:34:40 St Stephen 05:35:20 St Theodulph (version 1) 05:35:59 St Theodulph (version 2) 05:37:14 St Thomas (Webbe) 05:37:56 St Timothy 05:38:24 St Venantius 05:39:18 Saltash 05:40:06 Salzburg (Hintze) 05:41:07 Sandon 05:42:26 Sandys 05:44:30 Savannah 05:45:22 Seelenbrautigam 05:46:18 Selby 05:46:47 Sharon 05:47:22 Shipston 05:48:10 Sing Hosanna 05:48:52 Slane 05:51:47 Solomon 05:52:41 Solothurn 05:53:18 Somervell 05:54:02 Song1 05:55:16 Song 13 (Canterbury) 05:56:02 Song 22 05:56:52 Song 24 05:59:13 Song 34 (Angel's Song) 05:59:54 Song 46 06:00:45 Southwell (Damon) 06:01:40 Southwell (Irons) 06:02:10 Stabat Mater 06:03:16 Stille Nacht 06:04:22 Stockton 06:05:13 Stories of Jesus 06:05:54 Stowey 06:06:56 Stracathro 06:08:01 Strength and stay 06:08:30 Stuttgart 06:09:32 Surrey 06:10:59 Sussex 06:11:33 Sussex Carol (version 1) 06:12:02 Sussex Carol (version 2) 06:12:47 Tallis’ canon 06:13:26 Tallis’ Ordinal 06:14:02 Tamtum ergo (Grafton) 06:14:44 Tell me 06:16:18 The ash grove 06:17:14 The First Nowell 06:18:17 The staff of faith 06:19:17 This endris night 06:19:54 This joyful Eastertide (Vruechten) 06:20:51 Thornbury 06:21:53 To God be the glory 06:22:56 Trentham 06:23:52 Truro 06:24:48 Unde et memores 06:25:49 University 06:28:55 University College 06:29:40 Veni Emmanuel 06:30:30 Veni Sancte Spiritus 06:31:13 Victory 06:32:27 Vienna 06:33:18 Vom Himmel hoch (Erfurt) 06:34:00 Vox dilecti 06:35:44 Wachet auf 06:37:11 Waltham 06:39:36 Wareham 06:40:39 Warrington 06:41:42 Was lebet 06:42:26 Were You There? 06:43:26 Westminster 06:46:31 What a friend (Converse) 06:47:24 Will your anchor hold 06:48:32 Wiltshire (version 1) 06:49:06 Wiltshire (version 2) 06:49:55 Winchester New 06:50:33 Winchester Old 06:51:05 Wir pflügen 06:52:26 Wolvercote 06:53:13 Woodlands 06:56:47 Württemberg 06:57:33 Wychbold 06:58:19 York 07:01:14 Yorkshire (Stockport) 07:07:17 Hornpipe Humoresque, by Noel Rawsthorne 07:12:27 Outro - Rhosymedre, by Ralph Vaughan Williams 392 detected. Cranham, Duke Street, Doncaster, Epiphany (Thrupp), Eudoxia, King's Langley, Melita, St George (St George's Windsor), Truro added manually.

[@kwekuhaizel2999]

Got,the,1991,copyright,edition minus,a lot of,the tunez,in yours. Which edition is yours please? I have no organ to play so I use the piano n try to omit some tough notes to stretch to

[@gaiusjackson9091]

God bless you

[@vbyrne5116]

Thanks so much!!!

[@brucehharvey7251]

3:40 I fell in love with this hymn watching the funeral of John F Kennedy in 1963.

[@amicus1766]

Of all the published collections of alternative harmonies I've owned, heard, or played these are hands down the best for real Sunday to Sunday use with a typical parish/congregation. They are rich, interesting, and don't train-wreck congregational singing. There are other collections of note, T. T. Noble's two volumes come to mind as the other best overall collection, but as to Rawsthorne, his harmonies are are juicy, idiomatic, well-crafted, and beautiful to boot. Thanks for playing them and celebrating them.

[@benjamindaniel8467]

I entirely agree. I've had the original collection of 200 last verses on the console for the best part of 20 years. I was, at first, disappointed that the arrangements weren't a bit more extravagant, but experience has taught me that, as you say, these are well-crafted arrangements which add just enough "spice" to encourage congregational singing. I have recently bought the second set of 200 last verses, which were later amalgamated into the single volume Richard is using here. Much of the output from Kevin Mayhew gets a bad press, but there were some good collections published in the 90s of which Noel Rawsthorne's compositions and arrangements are some of the best: generally suited to a typical "parish organist" and achieving a good effect without resorting to too many notes! I play his arrangement of Elgar's Nimrod every year on Remembrance Sunday. There's also a lovely Aria (published separately (with, I believe, a typo in the pedal on the last page)) and a Prelude on the Londonderry Air, both of which I enjoy playing.

[@amicus1766]

@@benjamindaniel8467 Yes, Mayhew's stuff is a very mixed bag, but there are some lovely things among them, and Rawsthorne's are about the best of the bunch and I don't mean that in any way but by way of high praise. There is an under-appreciation for a composer who can craft something short, lovely, playable, with the reach of an average organist, and yet also something that is a joy to play and hear. I think of some of the little pieces by big composers that are just meh, but then there are the real gems for the average Joe from the pen of composers who are not celebrated enough. Plus, you can always tell who really understands the organ from the way the parts, voice-leading, and disposition of forces is laid out on the page and how it translates to real use on the instrument. I swear you can feel it in your hands the first time you sight-read a piece by someone who gets the organ.

[@benjamindaniel8467]

@@amicus1766 one of the problems with some of the Mayhew books is that they include the odd misprint. They also used to reprint pieces from one collection in another book, which you'd buy only to find you had half of it already! I also like many of the pieces by Christopher Tambling. "Music for Occasions" was later incorporated into "An Organ Miscellany (85 attractive pieces)", which is a very handy compilation to have on the shelf for filling-in before and during services. Another collection from the 90s was entitled "Stillness and Splendour" (various composers) and deserves to be reprinted.

[@amicus1766]

@@benjamindaniel8467 Agreed, I had some of the choral anthologies, and there are some very nice things in there, but in the common PD selections the odd typo or misprint, plus sometimes an odd setting in terms of the typesetting, etc. Thanks for the two titles you mentioned I will seek them out.

[@kennetharoma4486]

Benjamin Daniel can you email me the book???

[@terenceocallaghan5639]

Well played Richard! Great demonstration of “sight reading” that puts many of us to shame! It’s Sunday here in Cape Town & I’m blown away by yr marathon yesterday! Well done to Caroline as well 🙏🏼

[@焼き芋-w1g]

Thank you very much to all the staff, including the performers, for a long time. Please take a rest now. I enjoyed it very much. Thank you very much.

[@jamesc3753]

for personal reference... Aurelia 34:34 1:19:00 Church triumphant 1:22:00 Contemplation 1:23:00 Corde Natus 1:41:00 deep harmony 1:43:00 Deo Gracias Danny Boy: 1:34:37 Just as I am: 3:01:54 Lux Benigna: 3:26:09 Lux Eoi: 3:27:28 Mccabæus: 3:32:48 The ash grove: 6:16:17

[@theironherder]

So few comments; maybe I should take the time to read them? But first, an anecdote, called to mind when Mr. McVeigh played the tune "Austria". Decades ago, our congregation had a pastoral student (3rd year seminarian) who, when choosing hymns for the 11th of November, selected "Austria" which in our hymnal started with "Glorious things of Thee are spoken ...". This was an unintended, and splendid, piece of irony, as she seemed oblivious to the association of the tune with German militarism, as in, "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles" (Germany, Germany above all) and apparently also oblivious to the significance of November 11. I got a chuckle out of it at the time, but to my everlasting regret, the incident reinforced an overweaning and unfounded smugness on my part from which I have not fully recovered.

[@katydickson5547]

So enjoyed listening and hearing some new hymns. There are some very beautiful hymn tunes in there that I heard yesterday. Thank you Richard for playing them all.

[@sacrumsonus8548]

Thank you so much for doing this. First off your registrations are so beautiful and complement the last verses perfectly. I have been using these for the last couple months and it is very reaffirming to see that the majority of people really love and respect this collection....Now we just need a saint to come along and time stamp each one for easy reference...

[@jerry6830]

For later reference: 2:32:15 - Gwalchmai 1:28:00 - crimond 10:57 - o come all ye faithful 1:45:20 - diadementa 6:53:18 - woodlands 4:09:54 - Nottingham 4:58:40 - st Anne 6:49:53 - Winchester new 1:00:49 - Bristol 4:41:08 - Ratisbon 4:20:05 - old hundredth 2:00:37 - Ellacombe 4:54:00 - Royal Oak 52:29 - Blaenwern 4:05:31 - Nicaea

[@fionnaighreid2175]

fantastic! watching in catch up!

[@diannemills5594]

Thank you for wonderful concert. In New Zealand so managed to listen live for first few hours then the rest later. Blessings.

[@philippowell3320]

My favorite video of all time!!!

[@christopherparker6232]

The Rawsthorne last verses are our staple diet at my church. I use them weekly - occasionally I add one or two twists of my own, but they are wonderful arrangements as they stand.

[@prins_af_danmark]

THIS IS VERY INTERESTING!

[@christopherjhoh]

Terrific; thank you. I only found your Rawsthorne video now, in July 2022. But am surely glad I did!

[@phph1731]

My dear late organist of happy memory used these every week as improvisation was not his strong point. At first, I found them understated, but came to appreciate their virtues. All the more with a congregation without a choir that tended to part company with visiting organists who loved to dazzle. Stuck in the middle of the battle between organ and congregation, it was hard to keep a straight face and I was often reduced to a helpless shaking fit unfailingly detected by the cognoscenti among the congregants. Rawsthorne’s last verses may be modest by some standards, but better matched to realities in the pews. Very much appreciate Richard’s play-through as I am sure my organist would have done.

[@pianomanHev]

Thank you for a fantastic marathon! These are wonderful arrangements.

[@shellymoran7173]

Love it, Bobby is a beautiful cat as well.

[@jamespetersen266]

I did order this book in late June. It just arrived this week in Utah. Not sure the delay. But it did arrive.

[@beautyinsound]

Blimey - that took a while! Was it shipped from the UK?

[@mauricecoates3962]

Brilliant to hear all of these in one go. What an incredible resource. If I ever wanted to hear a particular one of them to compare with my efforts, well now here is the resource. Thanks a million.

[@vyvianspipes]

Amazing as always Richard!!

[@NakedMuso]

Other than loving listening to this all afternoon (Sunday), I've learned a new word too! 'Urtext' - had to look it up, so thanks for that. Oh, congratulations too 👏👏👌

[@nasibars4575]

This is brilliant 👍......and rocking

[@marymouse6244]

This was amazing to listen to. A feast of 'last verses' that lasted for hours

[@kennetharoma4486]

Can anyone please email me the book??? This is beautiful ❤️❤️❤️

[@rlpat88]

Thank you very much for this. I have the book and am following along (gradually...)! :)

[@pauliyanu8612]

24:00

[@kennetharoma4486]

Thank you man❤️✊🏾 beautifully played...can I get the book?

[@beautyinsound]

Yes - anyone can get the book. Just search for it online :)

[@awesomesoundfx306]

The Handel Messiah

[@Salicional1000]

I have listened to this music for hours in several different sittings, but I rarely make it past the hymn tune "Hightower." It is a ravishing tune, and only two numbers away from my proclaimed favorite, S. S. Wesley's "Hereford." Specifically, I wanted to respond to you about the tunes you do not know and don't know where to find. I can't be comprehensive in doing so, since I've only got through about half of the program. But, the ones you don't know, so far, are to be found in he Hymnal 1982, the standard hymnbook of the Episcopal Church in the United States. I've identified "Caithness," which is found in "the 1982" three times: at #121, #352, and #684'. If I'm not mistaken, it was also in the 1940 edition of that hymnal. Also, Healey Willan has a gorgeous two-page chorale-prelude on "Caithness," still in print and readily available, I think. (By the way, I suggest that for future programs you might want to play through his "36 Chorale Preludes on Familiar Hymns" (published in three volumes of 12 each) (one program) and its companion set [also three volumes, another program, but I forget the exact number of preludes.]. the other tune you said you had not heard of is "Intercessor," which is #695 in the Hymnal 1982. I do not know that tune or the words there set to it, either. I'll add others as I come to them in your excellent program! I'm so glad to find you on my computer. Until about Monday of this week I had only seen your program on the U-Tube channel of my TV set, where there was absolutely no way to chat with you. I have contributed once, but I think I did it by credit card rather than PayPal (which I flatly refuse to use lest I put money in the pockets of its CEO, who supports and subsidizes the political and social causes in this country that I find most odious and objectionable. I trust you use PayPal only because it is easy and you are ignorant about the political and social objectives of the persons in the United States who benefit most from it.). Can you suggest another way for me to support your work? I am a retired church organist whose primary employment was as a college history professor. I live in Beaufort (between Charleston and Savannah), South Carolina. I LOVE your program and enthusiastically support your goals.

[@beautyinsound]

Jim, thank you for your comment and information about the hymns - it’s very helpful! Alternatively to PayPal you could become a Patron where you can contribute financially either monthly or annually. It’s what most people are doing these days and actually is terrifically supportive to the ambitious ventures that I have planned for BIS in the coming years. Thanks again! x

[@ralphsugar7550]

Good work by all standards. Please which site can i get Pdf to purchase?

[@sailingorganist311]

Ralph, I do not believe you can get this via pdf. However you can buy the book from numerous locations as either 2 lots of 200 reharmonisations or the book Richard is using which is all 400. The book of 400 is roughly in the region of £25 to £30.

[@kwekuhaizel2999]

In Ghana

[@fredericknairn7662]

2 or 3 old Methodist hymn tunes mostly in the evangelical vein, iincluding Lydia. I am not a good old Methodist, just old though I do respect their hymn singing tradition. Nice day here in bad old Minneapolis.

[@gillchatfield3231]

I'm not a big fan of these re-harmonisations, and it certainly adds nothing to Lydia, which should be a rousing sing, I think. Not to mention the following one - Lyngham, which is another 18th century Methodist tune, from memory.

[@janemazzola4454]

Amusing, your short sweet introduction! :) Watching & listening to your performance while I multi-task reviewing HS scholarship apps. How wonderful to have such glorious music to inspire my work!

[@terenceocallaghan5639]

I’m still listening to these last verses - and can’t help thinking that it may have enhanced the difference between the improvised last verse if yu played a verse with original harmony ? But I realise it would have taken twice as long! Thoroughly enjoying it anyways 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@beautyinsound]

Yes I think you're right, and that was actually my original plan. This would've taken twice the amount of time and also I couldn't work out how to have access to the original harmonies in the same order they are presented in this volume.... any ideas?

[@Apriluser]

Is there a particular hymnal or a list of the hymns that you were playing?

[@beautyinsound]

I just played through this particular book of arrangements in order. In hindsight, I should’ve played a verse using the ‘proper’ harmony first before launching into the reharmonisation. Perhaps next time this is that I’ll do!

[@Salicional1000]

Sorry about the misinformation below. The wonderful tune, which I had never heard before this week, is "Highwood," nor "Hightower," as I called it below.

[@davidsheekey6480]

Slowly catching up on this marathon. Another 'small' donation made by PayPal towards the console. Question: do the manuals provide velocity information as well as key on / key off? I realise that organs are usually " make noise or do not make noise", but velocity might provide some interesting options if mixed with other MIDI instruments.

[@beautyinsound]

Thank you David - received 😊 No velocity on organ keys, but I’d be interested on hearing what effect it would have!

[@opokuoduroeric4182]

Please who can sincerely gift me one this reharm book(Noel Rawsthorne 400), I'm from Africa. 😢

[@jonathanp935]

a 7 hour marathon, 12 hour marathon and a 16 hour marathon. What's next? A 24 hour marathon?

[@beautyinsound]

Depends how long Caroline lets me play for!

[@jonathanp935]

Just keep up the good work and keep the music coming!

[@stearmankc]

Goodness! 7 hours of Reharmonisations. NAUGHTY?? They seem mostly pretty tame to me. If I could have you do it over I would ask for the Normal version followed by the naughty one...to hear the contrast. Also, can virtual reeds be tuned? I'm about to twist my earlobes off!

[@beautyinsound]

This was exactly my intention, but I couldn't work out how to do it without flicking between the hymns in a hymn book. The reharmonisations are arranged alphabetically by tune name but in hymn books they are not. Hope you enjoyed them though! :)

[@Salicional1000]

You just played "Lydia," which is not in the Hymnal 1982 and is not in the mainstream hymnbooks of American denominations, either. I can't help you with that one.

[@johnscott9252]

How can you not know Vox Dilecti?!

[@shoominati23]

This guy shaming his audience to grift for a free luxury item .. shameful! Yes, I want a pre war Bugatti.. Do I spruik my youtube audience to get it? NO . Will I get it? No

[@beautyinsound]

What do you call playing the organ for people around the world for around 7 hours? The average working day is 7 hours. What’s the difference? I work for things, and I never expect anything for free. The last Organ Marathon I did was for 16 hours, and the one before that 12 hours. ‘This guy’ is working darn hard thank you very much.

[@99LordRock]

Historically, organs have been paid for by subscriptions. The Willis in Hereford Cathedral in the 19th century right up to Christ Church Greenwich NY which has just raised 3.5 million dollars for a new Harrison and Harrison. In fact it is rare for an organist to have to work as hard as Richard ! This BiS organ is for a Virtual Church of thousands and a recital audience of tens of thousands. The channel is a beacon for organ music for the World and having a good instrument is vital for this "ministry" or project. I am very excited to be able to see the recitals and workshops on the new organ. It is an incredible thing that Richard is doing and the community he is building around the recitals and VC is proof of this. I just hope he raises the money before he has to do s 24 Hour marathon 😅 PS fantastic to hear these arrangements. Once again a unique resource for all organists and fans of hymns - unique and brilliantly played. Thank you Richard 🙏

[@andrewjkm1]

I don’t think your 36 Subscribers entitle you to make such an offensive comment on the work of a much appreciated professional. Richard has justly earned both his phenomenal reputation and his 71k Subscribers. If they wish to support his projects, who are you to criticize them? There is absolutely no “shaming” going on at all. It’s not compulsory for you to be here either - find something better to do with your time.

[@shoominati23]

@@andrewjkm1 Any airport in the world, any time snoopy, this aint junior prom!!

[@jamespetersen266]

@@beautyinsound It is very much like a street musician. People can throw some money in the hat, or walk on by without giving up anything. No shaming whatsoever here. But, trolls gotta troll:)