Lo! He comes with clouds descending - Katie Gunn, organ

[@theov5590]

Very nice playing of a hymn speaking to the soul.

[@Beez-k7v]

Flawless performance, Katie. Awesome.

[@FranciscoMega-de4rf]

Fantástico. Hace muchos años que en España no podemos gozar de los órganos en las iglesias evangélicas ¡Gloria al Señor por este privilegio!

[@MikeRowe-b3t]

Beautiful

[@jonboz7585]

Beautiful and wonderfully played! Thank you!

[@238ED]

This is one of my favorite hymns. This is my #2. Eternal Father is # 1

[@malc121]

Beautiful music and a wonderful performance ❤❤

[@jacquesdewitt2579]

Many thanks for the excellent way you played the organ. Regards from Windhoek, Namibia.

[@238ED]

SHE DOES A WONDERFUL JOB

[@camilloflaim159]

I have listened because i have seen One great organ with pipes.

[@nakorganist]

Phantastisch Katie, wunderschöne Orgelbegleitung zum Gesang! Viele Grüße, Roland

[@gleitma]

Bravo! One of my ultimate favorite hymns!

[@Railfan6675]

One of my favorite hymns. Thank you for sharing this!

[@mikefitzpatrick1213]

Great job! Thank you for not turning this lovely piece into a dirge like so many others tend to do.

[@JelMain]

The reason for this is that the congregation tends to drag, because the words demand meditation. It was actually at its worst at the time the work was first published, with the celebrant acting as cantor, and his flock following a beat behind. Nowadays we use an echo!

[@johnbennett1027]

Tears of Joy to my eyes - thank you.

[@mikebruce1346]

I sang in an Anglican choir in Buenos Aires in my youth and had never heard this hymn. It is absolutely a masterpiece. Thank you Katie, a big kiss from an 80 year old. Michael Stocks

[@josephfranceski1041]

The most beautiful Advent hymn ever.

[@adebayosonubi2559]

I love this hymn ❤️❤️❤️

[@rajeshexcise2005]

Praise The Lord 🙏

[@pvanharmelen]

I'm a little late to the party, but very nicely done Katie!

[@maartenbokhout4594]

Well played - a good tempo. Thanks!

[@NatalieJmedia]

so perfectly played the next Anna lapwood i think

[@josephstubler4903]

Great playing

[@beckynelson-tr9zt]

I would like to get a copy of the fourth verse arrangement--absolutely inspiring! Where can one purchase it?

[@JelMain]

The Wesleys are buried in the churchyard of St Marylebone, immediately across the road from the Royal Academy of Music in London.

[@michaelvaughn2091]

Charles is buried at St. Marylebone, but John's remains rest in the grounds of Wesley's Chapel on City Road (not far from Aldersgate - the site where he felt his " heart strangely warmed.")

[@JelMain]

@@michaelvaughn2091 I was working off the tomb obelisk, I know the church quite well, as I've a Healer gift and that's it's vocation. I've also sung there for John Rutter, it's his baptismal home.

[@robertwilson75]

I'd like to kbow more about this organ. It us really large for a three manual!

[@railroadralf]

Organ is a Holtkamp at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. I am certain you will be able to see the specifications on their website.

[@ssmith9745]

Really well-played. Love the registration for the intro verse! But that Willcocks reharm -- why bother? :-)

[@jonb4020]

Why not? I don't think it was one of his best, but DW, under whom I sang as a treble, can't be accused of inappropriate harmonisations or of stylistic errors, as so many rehashes seem to be prone to!

[@ssmith9745]

@@jonb4020 What would make a hymn re-harmonization "inappropriate" or stylistically "erroneous"? Isn't the whole point of a re-harmonization to dress up the hymn melody in a new and different style?

[@jonb4020]

​@@ssmith9745 I suppose it depends what you mean by the term. For me it would be a fairly simple change of harmony and/or the addition of a descant, say. As to inappropriate, off the top of my head I could suggest that amending a Lutheran chorale to include jazz blues harmony, or a psalm chant to end with the 6th on top of the tonic.

[@desertorganist]

Rule #1 of last verse reharmonizations: DO NO DAMAGE! Do not make it difficult for the congregation to sing the tune! Willcocks was a master at this. His greatest hit is probably his famous final stanza of "O Come, All Ye Faithful," most notably the buildup to the chord on "Word" (Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing). Once heard, never forgotten.

[@tobysherring1369]

There's a whole choral rearrangement of the last verse - a harmonised descant of sorts. It's stunning but you don't get the full effect without the choir parts.

[@mmmmmmmk]

HOW MANY camera angles

[@kimh]

Notice there is a camera there for her feet but they never used it.

[@mrfixit0273]

Good effort - an amazing hymn. Just give the music room to breathe and watch your counting

[@georgeharskuti3133]

write something nice or nothing.

[@desertorganist]

I think she does a pretty good job of that without ever letting the congregation slow her down.

[@markrocovich830]

Katie..you waited to long to play with all the toys!!!

[@raymondbeecroft4209]

That was dull and uninteresting. Good organist but no regal wow. A bit vanilla.

[@lisamartin7722]

The principal choruses are fair, but the awful solo Reed in the beginning and middle is exceedingly dull. This does not appear to be a distinguished instrument. The tempo was uneven, too slow, but got better toward the end. This is one of my very favorite hymns, but have heard more exciting and inspiring renderings of it