Mickelson and Wyrtzen: Organ and Piano Duets

[@alexanderagbuya3944]

Listening to these renditions of Christian hymns bring tears to my eyes...'cause one day my eyes shall behold Jesus face to face and will meet old friends who kept their faith and are now in heaven... what a day that will be. While here on earth, these hymns will remind me of my great hope. These are Scriptures in music. Thank you for making these available in KZbin. You are doing a great service to many Christian believers and disciples of Jesus Christ of Nazareth! Beautiful!!!

[@leonardbroseker8755]

My Pastor use to sing The Lord is my Light. He was a Baritone. Beautiful voice He passed away several years ago now.

[@TheBaritoneCrooner]

My personal favorite, "What Grace Is This" starts at 03:48. This arrangement is so heartfelt and filled with emotion and love.

[@andrewh5685]

My exact sentiments (we share something in common)...it just gave me goosebumps (literally) while listening to it!!!

[@JimVM]

oh my - as a tenured music minister - to have these 2 as accompanist would be Heaven! - still effective to this day!

[@evelynpaterson2823]

Absolutely Wonderful Music, Thank you

[@duanespooner6649]

Wonderful music, sorely missed I would hear selections like this on KMBI, a great combination of musicians, piano, theatre organ and John W. Petersen's music, heaven on earth. Thank you for posting this.

[@rdmantik]

Duane you might enjoy WRVM Suring, WI. You can find them on the internet and stream through Simple Radio, or Squeezebox if you happen to have one.

[@juanpabloiacovella9793]

Cuando se juntaron los enemigos , mi alma tuvo dulce, solaz…..💣💣💣primer melodía.

[@markchwala2913]

These musicians really define these hymns with such power and majesty! It is really refreshing and uplifting to hear these arrangements every time! They play with such feeling that comes from within for which it is very evident to me. They truly make His Praise Glorious!!! Mark C.

[@LQB100]

I love this! Thank you so much! Brings back a lot of wonderful memories.

[@johnball3487]

Love this music. I have played some of them before at my churches in the past.

[@gaiuscoleman8815]

Much appreciated, thanks! I have their book and the arrangements are challenging enough. I have had a great time with my Technics ensemble digital piano and, with sequencer, have played both parts, separately, and listened to the final result. Here, we have it, as it SHOULD be played.

[@The2010SnowDay]

I'd love to hear more of this!

[@briggsak05]

Strong descriptive presentation of this exciting standard.

[@rdmantik]

I love No Greater Love which starts about 15:00. Just an amazing arrangement. Puts my soul at rest. Hallelujah!

[@randyman1205]

That arrangement of No Greater Love is just astounding beyond words. Back in those days Sacred music and hymns were 2nd only to the preached word of God and the Gospel. Talking about setting the table.........wow!

[@letataylor7028]

This is close to what Heaven must be. So beautiful

[@rdmantik]

The song that starts at about 4:00 is John W Peterson's lovely What Grace is This. Here are the words What Grace Is This Chorus What grace is this That brought my Savior down That made Him leave His glorious throne and crown The One who made the earth the sky and sea Who put the stars in ev'ry galaxy What condescension O how can it be What shame He suffered O what agony And then the death He died For sinners crucified What grace is this What grace is this Verse 1 Out from heaven's palaces Splendor filled and bright Came the King and He came to bring To the world new life and light Verse 2 O the boundless grace of God Seen in Christ the Lord Greater than all the sin of man And it's freely now outpoured Verse 3 Like an ocean deep and wide Like the trackless sky Is God's grace to a fallen race 'Tis an infinite supply Verse 4 By His grace we're daily kept As we walk life's way Some day we will our Savior see What a wondrous happy day CCLI Song # 3037 John W. Peterson © 1964 John W. Peterson Music Company For use solely with the SongSelect®. Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com

[@JayJay-lu4et]

I totally forgot about this song. Our choir director use to sing it back in the 80's, o how I loved it, it was such a blessing and so moving. Thanks for the words.

[@rdmantik]

@@JayJay-lu4et You're so welcome! Stunning words they are, aren't they?

[@jwd46]

Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing!! 🎹🎹🎹

[@johncollette1339]

Beautiful!

[@kellybblair]

I wish you would post the last five selections. I have the accompanying books that I acquired back in the early 80's and it's been fun to follow along as they play their own arrangements.

[@paulj0557tonehead]

Kelly refers to - Mickelson Wyrtzen Organ Piano Duets by Singspiration Music Paperback. Wow Kelly, so cool they published this! It's certainly timeless. It puts me in the mind of David Rose arrangements, which I've grown fond of for some reason. I'm a well trained guitar player and play organ amateurish at best, but I developed a habit of rescuing the greatest old Conn, Wurlitzer, Hammond, Gulbransen, Thomas, Lowrey, Baldwin, Yamamha, Kuwai organs,...but never a Kimball organ, but would you believe Kimball made more models of organs than anyone else ( according to Jan Giradot's Electronic Organ List). I think it's my organ playing and Highway to Heaven reruns that got me into David Rose since he did the music for that series. Michelson is probably an even more skilled arranger than Rose. Oh' how I wish I'd payed attention more in music theory class in high school. lol

[@andresorozco5081]

Esta clase de musica creo que tiene mucho que ver con personas que hemos experimentado el reposo y el regocijo que solo da el ESPIRITU SANTO DE DIOS, musica maravillosa que nos hce sentir cerca de DIOS,saludos a todos los comprendemos esto, un servidor desde Guatemala

[@williamfox5685]

So beautiful. Great job!

[@raquelgoncalves5180]

Amém! Majestoso!

[@pasorgue52]

Do we know where these were recorded? At the Morton? Haven of Rest?

[@TheBaritoneCrooner]

This was recorded at the Whitney Studio in Glendale CA. The studio’s main musical attraction was its 4 manual, 34 rank Robert Morton theatre organ. It was mostly a Morton with choice ranks from other builders. So more of a hybrid instrument. A VERY popular installation among professional organists in the theatre organ and gospel genres and the top recorded instrument over several labels including Capitol, Columbia, Disney, Word and Sacred records. Until recently with the building of Nathan Barr’s Wurlitzer equipped Bandrika Studio in LA, Whitney Studios was the last recording studio to have a big theatre organ in it. The facility was later known as MCA/Whitney and was used for the production of many pop/rock records in the 70s and 80s. You can even hear the big Morton on Billy Joel’s Captain Jack single!

[@jameswesley7806]

Does the jacket on the album say what organ this was recorded on? I’m very curious!!! What a great album! I’ve listened to it over and over already!

[@TheBaritoneCrooner]

This was recorded at the Whitney Studio in Glendale CA. The studio’s main musical attraction was its 4 manual, 34 rank Robert Morton theatre organ. It was mostly a Morton with choice ranks from other builders. So more of a hybrid instrument. A VERY popular installation among professional organists in the theatre organ and gospel genres and the top recorded instrument over several labels including Capitol, Columbia, Disney, Word and Sacred records. Until recently with the building of Nathan Barr’s Wurlitzer equipped Bandrika Studio in LA, Whitney Studios was the last recording studio to have a big theatre organ in it. The facility was later known as MCA/Whitney and was used for the production of many pop/rock records in the 70s and 80s. You can even hear the big Morton on Billy Joel’s Captain Jack single!