🎵 7 INCREDIBLE Hymns On London's FINEST Organ 🥰

[@beautyinsound]

Sorry about the blip at the end of Praise my soul - I’ll fix this over the coming days 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@andrewloose3419]

You, Richard, must have break and a well-earned rest: time with your loved ones is essential. May you be granted a truly blest new year.

[@peterhamlett4544]

No need for apology. Your playing is magnificent, Thank you so much.

[@Midlander1956]

Still a blip 😂 there, but I still have a tear in my eyes at the music you are playing

[@stigosterlund4288]

Ööppåä

[@jv04jm]

@@Midlander1956 I just noticed the same. ;) Richard is amazing!!

Wonderful organ , excellently played ! Thank you Richard !

[@rosederogene9069]

Amazing! Listening to this song brings peace into my soul, especially during the 2024 U.S election.

[@cynthiabell6273]

A number of years ago a good friend of mine was the head verger at Southwick Cathedral. Often when I came up to London for a few days I would stay with him. As such I was able to listen to the rich tones from the organ. It was marvelous.

[@WilliamCulpepper]

Hi Richard, tonight is January 7 here in the Colonies. I have been listening to your favorite organ at Southwark Cathedral. Being that I follow all your recordings AND that my dear Grandmother was a concert organist and I grew up at her feet listening to her rehearse. What a gift of music she provided me for a lifetime. Southwark is a really glorious instrument. Thanks be to GOD for your ongoing gifts of this music to us. William Culpepper , Culpepper, Virginia 2024

[@BeverleyWaldron-d1h]

I am from Covington, VA but live in Laurinburg, NC.

[@henrytaggart4270]

Goodness this is one of the absolute best things I’ve ever watched online - what a skill - brilliantly played sir 🎉

[@evansbowen6897]

Thank you for championing these great hymns. Nothing stirs my soul like a great classic hymn. I’ve started playing the piano at a local Methodist church so I could have an excuse to play hymns. Hyfrodol is my all time favorite. And every church should have a resident cat.

[@kelvinsmallwood6315]

Thanks Richard for playing those beautiful hymns. To you & your family have a wonderful 2024.

[@suzanneknowles5361]

I remember the first time I sung with my choir at Southwark, that it was quite a surprise that the choir organ was directly behind us! It was a lovely feeling of actually being one with the organ. I used to smile inwardly as when the noise of us and the organ made that glorious brass chandelier sway!!!

[@lillian9221]

Since I lost my dear husband I started sitting next to our pipe organ The music fills my soul. NG Waterberg Modimolle RSA

[@myriadhues457]

Awww church kitty. I'm of a mind every church should have a cat. He looked quite comfortable. Lovely organ playing.

[@johnmilburn5715]

Thank you for including Hyfrydol. This was the first hymn i ever played in a service; days before my 10th birthday in the school chapel on the music teacher's day off. It has remained a firm favourite of mine ever since. I am now 60...

[@johnathanhughes4367]

I am only just old enough to remember when "God Save the Queen" was considered [sort of, partly] the national anthem of Australia. This brings back memories! Beautifully played.

[@davidmorrison2739]

It was officially the National Anthem.

[@susanlanyon1851]

I can remember singing that at school until just at the end it changed

[@jeankroeber2481]

Thank you for the beautiful music. 😍🎶

[@jedidahn.dladla4889]

The most amazing songs and music of all times. Divine food for the soul ❤❤

[@portiablackman7038]

Season's greetings to Richard, Caroline, Hugo and Charlotte! May your family continue to grow in love and grace!🎉

[@lennoxwillett5324]

Hello Richard. Greetings from Christchurch New Zealand. Thank you for this fine selection of traditional hymns, and the excellent registrations and demonstration of Southwark organ. It is truly a lesson in hymn playing and can imagine the impact of playing for a full Cathedral. Sadly we have not been able to use our lovely HNB organ since the 2011 earthquake which rendered our Cathedral off limits for another few years rebuilding.

[@johnrogers7542]

So, so wonderful.

[@Thejoyofcats]

I enjoyed seeing the beautiful tuxedo cat!

[@nativetexanful]

The cat seemed to enjoy the music.

[@richardbayley1566]

Our neighbor had a cat like that...we all loved. So nice to see another one!

[@mervwhitney7229]

Thanks Richard, It has been a real pleasure since I discovered you and joined BIS earlier this year. I hope 2024 is another good year for you and your family, including the cats. Merv

[@bhigdaddymark]

Mr. McVeigh, THANK YOU for your stunning channel of incredibly fine music and ultra superb playing, thank you again for your brilliant musicianship. As an amateur organist, I greatly appreciate what you're doing for the organ world by putting forth very magnificent videos exposing our beloved instrument to boundless many around the world. BRAVO!!

[@martym61]

Thanks for a wonderful recital. Happy New Year. Looking forward to 2024.

[@elliot_sander]

What a balm to my ears!! Absolutely beautiful playing!!

[@Enguerrandmusique]

Abide with me... This is definitly one of my favourite songs

[@Steve-j1s]

Beautiful renditions of wonderful hymns, all plums in the Episcopal Church!

[@36yovan]

*🤠Lovely and refreshing HYMNS written by godly saints are well played in the organ.🙏*

[@portiablackman7038]

Abundant blessings to the entire BIS family as we enter a New Year ❤

[@vinceturner3863]

Lovely video, wonderful choice of hymns and in Southwark Cathedral. I have sung in there and love the pictures of Southwark's resident cat!

[@peterbaron-krieger3930]

🎶♥️Blessings Richard, Caroline & family as we move in 2024!🎉🎉❤

[@user-gj7jq3mm4r]

The richness is beyond wonderful. Your playing is royal!!!! Love the mellow grandness!

[@wadecamons3844]

Wow what a great ending with the Anthem! You play so beautifully Richard!!

[@RitaGatton]

What an incredibly beautiful church! You play the organ very, very well!

[@SeanFuller]

I really love watching you voice the organ as you play and listening for the differences. Beautifully and masterfully played!

[@williamsimonds5429]

His music breathes. His registration is fantastic. A keeper.

[@barbaraives4962]

What a fine start to the new year. Thank you for all the inspiration and enjoyment of the past year. Wishing you and the family a happy, healthy 2024

[@rogergroot6641]

I also love listening to the congregation sing ,GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS .They sing it like it should be sung with feeling.

[@colinnaylor7915]

Ben your a star thank you for that wonderful treat

[@WillGardlcc1]

What a marvelous sound and what a marvelous organist. Grace and Peace from North Carolina (USA)

[@conemadam]

Pure bliss. Even as a child I wanted so badly to sing along, and now, at age 69 my voice is so horrific I still have to "lip it".

[@davidbeattie1366]

I love Ora Labora! Thank you! I rarely heard it when I was in the UK.

[@Chuck-Pat]

Thanks for including the hymn lyrics !

[@tonymercer7759]

Grand hymns, splendid playing ! Thank you

[@karensnowden962]

I LOVE THESE SONGS. Thank you. Organ Is Wonderful.

[@kareyreuben3869]

That is SO beautiful, I love a pipe organ sound. I like watching the playing, too, shows what movements make what sounds. Thank you for this beautiful video. Like the kitty, too, and the shots of the cathedral.

[@tarapathak8408]

Richard your skilful handling of all the keys, remind me of my late brother Rev Pathak, who played our magnificent organ in St Mary's church, Pune 🎹👌🙏🎼

[@philipkamau597]

Thank you Richard for a wonderful presentation. A Merry Christmas wish to you and your family.

[@monaandersen2123]

What a music ☆ what a words,♡ So fantastisk Thank you Lord you give so big to me. Trast Hop and love. The biggest is love. Solie deo gloria❤

[@rsnikwad]

What a beautiful rendition of wonderful hymns. What a privilege to play a beautiful instrument and provide us with the pleasure of listening to you play it. Happy New Year, keep playing! 🎉

[@louiswalrond5027]

Soothing

[@carolm723]

What a wonderful way to end 2023 and welcome 2024! Thank you Richard and Caroline for all the beautiful music this year. Many blessings and good health to you both and your lovely children. Happy New Year!

[@olanlokunoluwatayo7787]

It shall be well with you in Jesus glorious Name .

[@ursulatabert4484]

Thanks!

[@richardsedding8444]

Happy New Year Richard Caroline and family, to all at BIS

[@istvannyaradi7673]

Bravooooo !

[@marthawatson4162]

What a magnificent way to end the year 2023. Thank you Richard for playing on this Great Organ these wonderful hymns. Have a Happy, Healthy and Blessed 2024!

[@mspg2]

My favourite tune to Love Divine.

[@grietjieverhoef9289]

Brijant! Manjefiek! Dankbaar.

[@igochejp]

Exquisite!

[@petercdowney]

17:43 This hymn was a personal favourite of both Granny (1934-2024) and Grandad (1934-2016). It was sung as the opening hymn at both of their funerals.

[@peter.ukengineer]

This video came up on my videos to play . Glad it did . You sir are probably one of the most beautiful organists around today. You certainly know how to make this giant of all instruments flow and make it sound so heartwarmingly regal. Thank you ..

[@mariealberts8146]

Wow! Luv these hymns, especially Abide with me, thx ❤❤❤😊

[@tobiasleppert7451]

Danke!

[@kesmarn]

The "tuxedo cat" at 11:20 is a wonderful addition to the atmosphere. She has excellent taste. Thank you for this beautiful music!

[@peterhamlett4544]

Absolutely brilliant in every way. Wonderful!

[@BernardDauphinais]

Beautiful! Great sounding instrument. Thanks for your superb playing, always. Happy New Year to you and yours!!

[@dnbeckmann]

So lovely, Richard! Happy new year to your and your family. Thank you!

[@annawatling3227]

Beautiful

[@dolvaran]

All it needed was Cwm Rhondda and God the All Terrible and you would have all my favourite hymns. Thanks very much!

[@Rosebud1942]

Great start to the year. Thank you.

[@martinpereira5814]

It's Wonderfull. From Manaus Amazonas Brazil

[@vicordner9391]

Thank you! I loved this video, you are a wonderful organist Richard!

[@beautyinsound]

Thank you

[@Emerald_Acre_OH]

Thank you for the music, Richard! I intend to listen to this as I fall asleep tonight!

[@DarkoDeacon]

This organ sound so amazing even kitty come to enjoy in this wonderful instrument:)

[@illusionsnc]

Your registrations for soft and midrange phrases are PERFECTION. Excellent show of the flute and string stops. When you build to the couplers and louder registrations, however, you’re coupling and mutating the deeper reed stops too much, and all the regalia is lost. Hymns are meant to be sing alongs, so I would build a bit more slowly off the flute and string stops and transition firmly into the reeds and diapasons as a finale. You can still show virtuosity and color without going back and forth in the louder stops. Such a great instrument and a talented performer!

[@davidcraggs3770]

I tend to agree with the last comment regarding the volume and use of reeds. I was always advised that accompanying the liturgy and hymn singing on a large organ should be done with discretion in order not to use too much or too little organ.

[@davidpostma9862]

Wonderful a gift of God’s grace to practice, to think, to pray, all the complexity to gain this skill - from the wisdom and decrees of the Lord!

[@Steve-j1s]

Except for God Save the King! I never tire of hearing the British National Anthem!

[@richardsmith579]

This was an accident.. many thanks for a huge delight.

[@sweetypatnett6123]

Thanks for sharing these beautiful hyms. I enjoyed listening!❤

[@outofthisworld5225]

BEAUTIFULL!!!

[@geraldlong5750]

Happy New Year to you and your family. Thank you for sharing another wonderful video with us. The organ is glorious!

[@heinergesper6956]

Wonderful! Great! With many greetings from Germany

[@vicordner9391]

Beautiful!

[@kendufresne]

Thank you for playing these beautiful hymns and for showing us the beautiful cat 😺

[@laurancemcfadden509]

Richard I have enjoyed your performances for years. Just superb again with this arrangement of Hymns. Hey good organ, well recorded too Cheers mate.

[@ChristianCz-t7q]

Very nice music, organ is great !! - You may be intrigued by my organ praise in an unusual arrangement. 👍👍

[@jv04jm]

Richard, this just ended up in my feed, while working away. So good! And that interlude and modulation in Abide With Me... WOW!!! 😍👏

[@drkwesiamoah]

Wonderful,just brilliant renditions!!!

[@paul8955]

Spellbound and speechless! Thanks so much for sharing!

[@petercdowney]

Here are the words to the final verse of Abide With Me: Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes; Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies; Heaven's morning breaks, and Earth's vain shadows flee; In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.

[@michaeltreadwell777]

FABULOUS !

[@RanaldSchuey]

Thank you from Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.

[@irmafoster3933]

Hyfrydol is always spectacular. But Sine Nomine, oh! My goodness. I grew up in a historic, small Methodist Church in a small farming community. The church had a cornerstone from the late 1800's. I studied piano and began playing hymns for worship services as a teenager. Then I taught myself to play the Hammond organ. When I left for the university, my sister stepped right up, and easily exceeded my ability. I did get to practice on the pipe organ at the Methodist Church I attended while at the university. That little church at Nestor is still there--with a different organ, and parishioners of many more diverse names and languages, but still singing beautifully. May God bless each one!

[@docbower]

Happy New Year, Richard! Thanks for posting!

[@horsebassoon]

Featuring the new cathedral cat! Thanks for this!

[@beckyteall8509]

Happy new year 🎉

[@fnscooter]

This was the one cathedral I got to visit on my brief and unplanned stop in London back in December 2018. Some friends of mine got married in this cathedral and told me to check it out. Only 1 pound "photography fee", which is more reasonable than some other cathedrals.

[@jazzman1626]

Absolutely superb!

[@lizwilson5814]

Superb.

[@mrb5372]

Wonderful s.oothing and inzpirung

[@lindabaumann4328]

I loved every minute of this wonderful music! Thank you very much.

[@cynthiaferguson6015]

😂❤😅😊❤😂❤😊❤😇💕❤️👍😇😉💕❤️😇😇😇😇💕😍😊

[@Sandra9135]

Happy new year! 😊❤

[@antoinettebooyzen1691]

Excellent and glorius to listen to . Many thanks!

[@Urnieburns70]

Magnificent

[@vatroslavzupancic2282]

The Cat likes it also