G. Thalben Ball: Elegy

[@heathermurphy8622]

Stunning!

[@myke49]

Superb! From full organ to a whisper. Father Willis knew how to build an organ.

[@annemackellar6293]

Beautiful. Heard it played last week on the organ in Kelvingrove Art Gallery. Simply stunning.

[@arpennell]

Superb....the very best organ version heard.

[@nickwright6034]

Excellent.

[@ringerpaul3118]

Wow! That sounded brilliant. Lovely to have a camera on the pedalboard so we got to see the opening and closing of the swell box!

[@organgoesheavy]

Diese Orgel ist perfekt 👂👂👂

[@jackvegt1042]

Then you have never heard a Schnitger-organ in Groningen/ Ost Friesland. Every organ has its own personality. Modern organs all sound the same.

[@andrejivanovic6334]

​@@jackvegt1042 1. This is a Hauptwerk sample set, not a real organ, and a bunch of stuff was done to the samples in post-production so it doesn't really capture the character of the real thing at all. 2. The Schnitger organ in Groningen is a wonderful instrument. So is the Willis in Hereford cathedral. Both are amazing, but built in completely different time periods, styles, and for different congregations and purposes, and are incomparable. 3. The Hereford Willis isn't really a 'modern' organ (built in 1892, incorporating even earlier pipework, with very few additions to the stoplist, most of which were done by Willis' sons). 4. If you think the real thing sounds the same as every other 'modern' organ then you haven't heard it live, or haven't listened closely enough. This sample set really doesn't do it justice.

[@anorganistlooksback7629]

@@andrejivanovic6334 As one who gave a recital there some twenty-five years ago (albeit with depleted rehearsal time due to circumstances out of my control), I agree with you entirely. Speakers and electronics can never replicate being there. I was advised before my recital that a lot of the organ was quite soft, and to couple stops to other manuals to help them be heard, and was told that was the advice given to all visiting recitalists. I decided that, in that case, I would do the opposite. I had lots of folk afterwards come up to tell me they'd heard exquisite sounds which they'd not heard before! Happy memories! 🙂