Dr. Carol Williams inaugural performance Balboa Theater

[@washingtongeraldodeoliveir8338]

“Aquarela do Brasil”. Thanks from Brazil Dr. Carol.

[@jackraves7363]

majestic sounds ..... THX 😉

[@bobjennings9889]

A very beautifully decorated console. The recording is not very clear and muddled so one really cannot hear it very well on computers and I have big speakers! I love the gaudiness of it. The lady "Carol" plays well.

[@oldbear52]

Hey! When you got it, you got it!! And you got it great!

[@Mrroylow]

Dr Carol is a real organist. She can play all organ music styles, This is very rare in a Classically trained organist. The other amazing organist is the late Carlo Curley - a great loss to the entire organ world.

[@GENESIOTEZZA]

Aquarela do Brasil... fabulous, wonderful!

[@TheJoeyEmilyShow]

Very exquisite. I like it.

[@JON421000]

WOW !!!!!!!!!!! We got to hear and see the Balboa Morton in July, as part of the AGO Western regional Convention. Perfect, perfect, perfect !!!!!!! John Carleton, A.G.O, Citrus Heights, Ca

[@califdad4]

+JON421000 jon, don't know how long you have been in the Sacramento area, but did you ever see and hear the big Theater organ at the old Carl Greer Hotel on Auburn and Fulton? it was there for years, but one night my car overheated and I turned off at Fulton and walked to the hotel to use the pay phone ( plus Auburn Blvd was not all that great then) and I asked the lady at the desk and she said they hadn't had the organ for some time. This was about 1991. As a kid in the 60's , I got to hear it several times, and even got a tour of the organ pit, that was about 30 ft deep off the kitchen behind where the organ was, with ladders going down. They had a bar then, that was around the organ and the restaurant was behind that, it was quite a place in the later 60's and early mid 70's

[@JON421000]

Yes, I did, and my teacher, the late Clyde derby was the organist there. I was afforded opportunity to play it a couple of times, in the mid 70's. The organ is presently installed and playing in the Fox Theater in Stockton Ca. It's a Robert Morton, 4 manual, 16 rank instrument. John Carleton, Citrus heights, Ca.

[@11thShadowDragon]

+JON421000 That Is so cool o.o

[@11thShadowDragon]

+JON421000 That Is so cool o.o

[@aldermanenterpriseinc]

OH!I would have given a friend of mine's seat in heaven to have been here. Luckily, I have a grand system capable of handling this magnificence performance.

[@aldermanenterpriseinc]

Did anyone notice the sheet music. TIMELESS!

[@greggisett9277]

Must have been an amazing performance. Too bad about the decision which was made that had such a negative impact on the audio quality. Would have loved to have been there.

[@mjthooker]

She looks beautiful leave her alone.

[@kingjames8283]

I never knew there was a lift in that theater until seeing this video. Last I saw this organ, it was in a static position on stage. This theater is very unique in that the organ chambers don't speak from the sides like normal theaters do, this one speaks from the ceiling down so those seated closest to the stage get full benefit. In this video the sound was drowned out and bassy but that's not the way it sounds in person. Microphone placement in video was not ideal but that is a hard instrument to capture given it's unique layout. Remember unlike normal theaters where the balcony sounds best, here at Balboa you want to sit front and center stage area for best sound.

[@BellVideo]

Yes, very true. We set up cameras on the balcony and captured the audio from there as well. A mistake for audio.

[@kiqw]

The Civic Theater/Auditorium organ in Berkeley has a similar arrangement and I believe the Alhambra Theater in San Francisco, back in the day, had a similar arrangement.

[@ConservativeAnthem]

@@BellVideo You haven't aged a day...still in your prime, Dr C.

[@aldermanenterpriseinc]

BRAVOOOOOOOOOO!

[@TheLongbeard1407]

Ms williams you are fabulos g.singh

[@bobduvall2927]

The curtains would not absorb any sound from the chambers, the only sound they would absorb is the return wave when the sound from the chambers bounces off the rear wall of the theatre, when I say rear, I mean the wall behind the audience.

[@gordoncrook7507]

Dr Carol played the Wurlitzer at among other places the ABC Regal Kingston.on Thames UK before she sailed off to the USA sadly Gordon Exmouth UK

[@florianchurch]

Wonderful :)

[@WiktoriaSzalaty]

Florian Strzyżewski She's amazing :)

[@macanudo1808]

California , el mejor lugar de la tierra.

[@mateussoaresneto4296]

Thanks Ary Barroso in organ pipe ❤🇧🇷

[@josefernandesdefreitasneto9261]

She started with a beautiful Brazilian song...

[@phonophaninfl]

And its a Morton Wonder Organ. Or as those on Atlanta call theirs a Mighty Mo !

[@owenjones8003]

Oh to meet a girl like you.......

[@janvijver1404]

The Beauty on the Beast.

[@richardskola3570]

I see Carol Williams performs with her shoes on. Is that usual? It would seem bare feet would have a more precise "feel" and would create less wear on the wood console. She's great. I love these majestic instruments.

[@johne6081]

Most organists wear application-specific shoes, often a tight fit.

[@XY_Dude]

A true organist does not play the pedalboard without appropriate shoes. Very hard on the feet and ankles. Very bad practice. Beginners need unshoed feet.

[@BellVideo]

They are dance shoes.

[@three37]

Pity the audio was so muffled. Carol is a great organist.

[@bobduvall2927]

Mr Thompson.....two different organ builders. Atlanta's Fox theatre is a Moller from Hagerstown Md. Not a Robert Morton.

[@mcsamuelable]

brasil

[@praestant8]

The organ has some static wind or blower issues. You shouldn't hear it sag with full chords or a glissando even at full organ.

[@WINCHANDLE]

I like hearing organs get out of breath

[@three37]

Very muffled sound; what happened?

[@califdad4]

much nicer sounding organ than the park organ, but I know the acoustics outside are horrible for that organ

[@ZestyLemonBoi]

блестящий

[@XY_Dude]

Nudity?! Are we a bit prudish?? It is gown; she likes dressing up and looking fashionable. Most of her gowns have revealing backs. I'd MUICH rather see that than the see-through, etc., stuff actors wear to red-carpet events, for sure. Very talented, and cool, lady.

[@annnlonggg]

Also, a soloist is supposed to dress more conspicuously (compared to the rest of the orchestra, dressed uniformally in black)

[@hughvane]

They use these organs to train jumbo jet pilots.

[@bobduvall2927]

Grunt 98311 how would opening the curtain give you a better sound. The organ chambers, the place where the sound comes from is not on stage, but in the auditorium high up on both sides of the proscenium. It is just a poor recording and does not reflect on the ability of the organist, or the organ.

[@RedTriangle53]

the curtains would definitely absorb a lot of the sound that hit it, so it doesn't reflect back to the audience, but it was probably negligible in this case.

[@grunt98444]

Too bad they didn't open the curtain, would have been a much better sound and performance

[@klsdad]

Entirely inappropriate dress. This is not a vaudeville house, is it??

[@MrHeesbeen]

Silly girl. Do nobody tell her that she was wearing her dress back to front ?

[@willemvaningen2747]

It looks like she is coming from a beach party. She is good and doesn't need that. Can somebody, anybody, tell her that. Quality can do without nudity.

[@julianadams5753]

+Willem van Ingen I agree. I've often wondered why women performers seem to think that they have to almost strip to perform in public. Even classical musicians do this. It's just very inappropriate, I think, especially with all that's said about sexism these days. It certainly seems to be poor taste. If I want to see some flesh, I'll go to the beach. But at a concert I'd rather be presented with just music making.

[@califdad4]

+Julian Adams did you ever think about how hot it is up on stage with all those lights? It is a long formal dress kind of like a backless nice cocktail dress

[@julianadams5753]

It's hot for the men, too. Perhaps they should wear tank tops.

[@11thShadowDragon]

+Julian Adams Aye -_- I hate those stupid stereotypes of women having to reveal skin to look fashionable.

[@ConservativeAnthem]

She looks terrific...talent and sex appeal.