🎵 7 INCREDIBLE Hymns On London's FINEST Organ 🥰

Here are some of my favourite uplifting hymns on one of my favourite organs.... the amazing organ of Southwark Cathedral!
This will be the final upload of 2023, and I wish you all a happy Christmas and a very happy New Year.
00:00 | Love divine, all loves excelling (Blaenwern)
03:32 | Praise my soul, the king of heaven (Praise my soul)
07:44 | Alleluia, sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
11:13 | All creatures of our God and king (Lasst Uns Erfreuen)
11:33 | Come, labor on (Ora labora)
17:43 | Abide with me (Eventide)
22:55 | Gordon Jacob - Fanfare
23:28 | British National Anthem
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[@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.

[@user-lq4ov2ff8t]

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

[@user-gj7jq3mm4r]

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

[@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 🎹👌🙏🎼

[@horsebassoon]

Featuring the new cathedral cat! Thanks for this!

[@henrytaggart4270]

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

[@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!!

[@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.

[@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!

[@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

[@user-oj1yx8fx6k]

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

[@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

Wonderful organ , excellently played ! Thank you Richard !

[@vatroslavzupancic2282]

The Cat likes it also

[@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!!!

[@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.

[@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...

[@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.

[@petercdowney]

17:43 This was the opening hymn at my Grandad's funeral.

[@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!

[@portiablackman7038]

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

[@kelvinsmallwood6315]

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

[@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.

[@carlhenrikcaldaras]

hello i think the cat like this music !

[@martym61]

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

[@mattbod]

Southwark is the only London Cathedral I have never been to a service at. I have never heard the organ live either. My current London favourite is Westminster RC but this could change if this organ is as beautiful in the flesh as recorded.

[@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

[@peterbaron-krieger3930]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@WillGardlcc1]

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

[@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! 🎉

[@tjasagustin3342]

Celestial beuty.

[@mrb5372]

Wonderful s.oothing and inzpirung

[@portiablackman7038]

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

[@richardsedding8444]

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

[@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!

[@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

[@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".

[@jazzman1626]

Absolutely superb!

[@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!

[@johnrogers7542]

So, so wonderful.

[@dolvaran]

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

[@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!

[@Chuck-Pat]

Thanks for including the hymn lyrics !

[@paul8955]

Spellbound and speechless! Thanks so much for sharing!

[@kendufresne]

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

[@Sandra9135]

Happy new year! 😊❤

[@FredBrianKyobe]

Lovely organ music,Abit surprised why it is refered as finest.

[@vicordner9391]

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

[@beautyinsound]

Thank you

[@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!

[@Rosebud1942]

Great start to the year. Thank you.

[@peterhamlett4544]

Absolutely brilliant in every way. Wonderful!

[@heinergesper6956]

Wonderful! Great! With many greetings from Germany

[@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.

[@lizwilson5814]

Superb.

[@beckyteall8509]

Happy new year 🎉

[@vicordner9391]

Beautiful!

[@michaelcox9719]

The excellence of TC Lewis & Son. Only Westminster Cathedral's organ is finer.

[@johnmilburn5715]

No, the cathedral's organ is just bigger...!

[@sweetypatnett6123]

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

[@user-tk8gq6vh6v]

Thank you from Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.

[@francisnwafor6301]

Very good

[@DavidSherwood-nj9zf]

Fabulous

[@drkwesiamoah]

Wonderful,just brilliant renditions!!!

[@geraldlong5750]

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

[@michaeltreadwell777]

FABULOUS !

[@richietwoshoes9531]

Absolutely magnificent, maestro ❤ Happy year 🎉

[@BOA23-]

Getting excited!

[@docbower]

Happy New Year, Richard! Thanks for posting!

[@outofthisworld5225]

BEAUTIFULL!!!

[@Urnieburns70]

Magnificent

[@jamesreed7671]

Very interesting to watch you doubling the bass line in the left hand and pedal...

[@tobiasleppert7451]

Danke!

[@bobbyhendley3084]

Is Southwark committed to Hawpwerk yet? If so, could we do a Sunday event on it soon? Rotterdam first as I need a fix, but I’d enjoy a Southwark evening as well soon.

[@user-wh8ym5vk7j]

Мощно ✌️✅

[@FredBrianKyobe]

Finest in London,a city.of church organ music....

[@petercdowney]

11:14 It's most appropriate that you should play this hymn - it's one that many will associate with Mr Bean! (The theme tune to Mr Bean was sung by the choir of Southwark Cathedral.)

[@hyacintheyedenou1932]

Thank you very much 😊

[@elisabethalt1138]

Klingt wunderbar sogar der Katze scheint es zu gefallen 🎊😉😺😻😂

[@meinradkachi5524]

Sounds like Washington Archdiocese organ❤

[@freemandryden2275]

Please give us just a little teaser about the organs. I'm looking at the Southwark organ and I see accessories which are not your standard Willis, or H&H,or HNB. What woud be really nice is a LINK to the churches' own «ORGAN» page. That way we could satisfy our curiousity to whatever depth we want. At least, however, the builder and date.

[@hubertjochum5992]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@ray-piano9326]

Takes over a minute to get to the end of the first verse of Hyfrydol.

[@annbillingsley6792]

🎉

[@davidh88]

Hello from SC. Was that your cat wandering around?

[@chrispoleson6118]

What happened did he drive everyone out of the church? Only joking this old bloke is really cool. Love it heaps.❤❤

[@user-hm4cr7kw6m]

Hi

[@randyvanheusden732]

I love the hymns. I wonder why you play at such a slow pace as it drags for me. I would think if you went from 60 to 65 or even 70 beats per minute, it would make a huge difference in the liveliness of your music.

[@beautyinsound]

Thanks for the feedback. I quite like the way I play them actually, and each time I play the same hymn I do them differently.

[@davidcraggs3770]

If I played at that pace, our congregation would leave me well behind. Having said that, depending on the particular hymn or liturgical season, some hymns required to be played with dignity and reverence and certainly shouldn’t be hurried.

[@Edward_Hughes]

I'm curious why you consider this the finest organ in London - there's quite a lot of competition!

[@paulo3564]

Maybe He can only play here not on the others organs.

[@harmonicsv9890]

I don’t think R is alone in this opinion, by any means. It’s a thrilling instrument with an abundance of colour. TC Lewis’s masterpiece. I might put it just below Westminster Cathedral myself though - with Notre Dame de France, Leicester Square, in third place. But these things are highly subjective in the end!

[@davidcraggs3770]

Definitely, Westminster Cathedral, which was tonally designed around the liturgy with no excessive unnecessary tonal extravagances. Apart from the Solo Tuba Magna, but even that has a degree of liturgical use. In other words, unlike other Cathedrals where, in my opinion, money has been spent with the organ’s Solo and Recital role in some cases over and above the liturgical requirements of the instrument. The Roman Catholic Church buildings are centred around the Mass and Christ’s presence in the blessed sacrament and therefore extravagance in the provision of Pipe Organs for other than liturgical necessity is taken into consideration when any rebuild or new build is undertaken. If the specification is such that it is suitable for Solo or Recital work, then, as an organist and recitalist , I consider this a great advantage but I consider myself a Catholic before an organist and I think that is why I am blessed with my degree of talent.

[@dawnosbourne9472]

U gave me an education & I'm not Catholic...I'm Anglican. Very well said!!! The music was v. loud, I would have preferred some sweetness to it.

[@michaellind2388]

Try St Helen’s, Bishopsgate - tremendous depth! 🎶

[@ray-piano9326]

Wow, that is slow. It's rough being in the congreation trying to sing that slow I suppose it's for a funeral.

[@beautyinsound]

Too fast in my view!

[@ray-piano9326]

Well, if you practice a bit more, maybe you could play it a bit faster, or at least with a feeling of 6/8. Actually the hymn should be alive with a feeling for the rhythm. If it's for a funeral, perhaps.@@beautyinsound

[@QHarefield]

Is South'k really London's finest? It has got some pretty stiff competition!

[@beautyinsound]

It’s definitely the best organ… … in this video at least!

[@QHarefield]

@@beautyinsound😀

[@bryangl1]

Superb organ, well recorded. But I'm afraid i anticipated imaginative arrangements of these famous hymn tunes, so was disappointed to hear what was essentially playing for a sing-along while exploring the instrument simply with frequent, and excellent, registration changes. My mistake

[@bryceword1768]

Uh, there's a cat in the sanctuary? 🤔 Otherwise what great and inspirational hymn selections. Ideally, heaven should be this way. But probably not.