"LOVE DIVINE, ALL LOVES EXCELLING" (Blaenwern) Christian Hymn - Church Organ - Salisbury

[@MartinWL1]

Happy memories of regularly singing this a a choirboy in the 1960s. We were paid two shillings to sing at weddings. The vicar would often have to be reminded to pay us! This hymn was the most popular wedding hymn and always uplifting. Thanks Ben.

[@bobbaldauff8100]

I always love your videos. Feel like I am right there in the front pew. Praising and being bless by God with your music. Thank You again

[@gloriakattouah8153]

I love watching you play and listening. I played the organ as a young girl in America. Bing alone, with God, in the church as I practiced was a feeling most people won’t understand. God bless you for your videos. You are amazing!

[@d.singler-kron9034]

I understand :)

[@janesmith8316]

This is so soothing and peaceful! Thank you for sharing. We always enjoy your videos!

[@SalisburyOrganist]

Thank you Jane- so kind of you to say 😊

[@zonabrown9241]

❤❤wonderful Welsh hymn sung it many times❤❤

[@davidzersen6227]

Lovely. Almost as great as when the Welsh gather here in Wisconsin and sing Blaenwern (among many others) in four-part harmony at a Gymanfaganu.

[@Knappa22]

Love a gymanfa ganu. And it’s so wonderful that they are still going on in north America, and in south America, in Patagonia, of course. Belting Welsh tunes like Blaenwern, Cwm Rhondda, Côr Caersalem, Hyfrydol, Bryn Myrddin and Builth are essentials 🙂

[@Modeltnick]

Happy New Year! Beautifully played hymn. We need more of this. Great editing as well!

[@SalisburyOrganist]

Thanks so much! Happy New Year to you too 😃🎉🎉

[@Modeltnick]

@@SalisburyOrganist Thanks for your response! You have a sincere spiritual gift the way you play these hymns and edit the accompanying images! Best in 2023 and hope you keep sharing your work!

[@davidcraggs3770]

Perfectly played. It is so important to maintain a good legato touch when playing hymns and you execute this so well on this spectacular organ.

[@norahdenovan8658]

Just great Ben. I love watching your videos. Thank you 🙏

[@secondtimeround]

Please do this to Stainer's "Love Divine" that's how I knew it.

[@tonymercer7759]

As Wesley's great hymn should be played. Thank you ,Ben

[@stananders474]

Wonderful

[@garthjerome8239]

Beautifully played on a truly stunning instrument.

[@uwemommens]

Concerning your tip to enjoy stereo sound, I must admit that my lovely old Samsung from 2017 only has one (!) speaker. Anyway, your great playing and the fantastic organs deserve a set of decent headphones.

[@billraty14]

I appreciated your last verse reharmonization. Blaenwern is a jolly yet noble hymn tune, superior to the common Beecher used here in the US, or even Hyfrodol. I wish more American hymnals used it.

[@sapper82]

Memories of Morning Assembly in Glendale Secondary School, Miss "Betts" Jackson on the piano and the English School Hymnbook. Now, how about Hyfrodol?

[@amacater]

Lovely - all you need now is a decent Welsh male voice choir to accompany you :)

[@ajons190]

Thanks for this video. To be nerdy about it the headline should read Welsh Christian Hymn Tune. Wesley's hymn itself is not Welsh.

[@oludotunjohnshowemimo434]

Charles Wesley wrote this hymn

[@contrappunto_]

i'm looking for this score. what's that book??? i've found only scores that i couldn't play fluently :(

[@clivesawers8270]

When leading a congregation the timing between verses is critical; you need to sort this out otherwise the singers will miss the starts for each verse. The huge rallentando at the end is probably too much! I like the solo on one of the verses, a useful technique when a hymn is less well known.