Praise my Soul the King of Heaven

David Ogletree and Douglas Marshall lead the audience in a hymn during a duo concert at the Methuen Memorial Music Hall.

[@TomPauls007]

I would pay big bucks to just sit and sing hymns all afternoon at that hall!

[@orettacarter1312]

Every morning before school starts for the day, these were the hymns for our morning devotion. Oh how the world has changed.

[@organpower]

Yes, descant it is! It was a full house, so we decided to give the audience the music and challenged them to sing the descant - and they did! It was a hair-raising experience.

[@johnbpullin1]

Now this is what I call Praise Music! It is music that stirs your very soul.

[@bethmc717]

This is one of my favourite hymns, so beautifuly payed magnificent by both organists, 3.15 The roof is raised and I truly feel Christ with me, Brings tears to my eyes, Blows me away, I shall wait for that day to see jesus Christ our Lord, I'll be on my knees Amen

[@Charatza]

If organs are played this magnificently, one can never have "superfluous" sound in service to God. Coordinating two instruments this finely takes great skill and artistry. These players make a simple hymn into a magnificent anthem glorifying Him as well as doing full justice to one of the great musical treasure of Western art. Bravo to you both and to the audience. "He who sings, prays twice."

[@ivicamadar8803]

Bravo!!! Heavenly music on two mighty power instruments! God bless You!

[@johnuhr-henry9508]

A GREAT VERSION OF THIS FANTASTIC HYMN. ONE OF THE ALL GREAT HYMNS OF THIS AND MANY CENTURIES TO COME.

[@cosmasnyambu5903]

Good duo organ playing, as an organist, I am challenged. Superb! Glory to God.

[@njj6534]

AMEN.

[@71superbee39]

PRAISE WITH US THE GOD OF GRACE .... AMEN and AMEN !!

[@v1x4g2]

Thanks for posting this glorious hymn. I have goosebumps as I type this.

[@bachluthology2]

one of the great hymn setting in the Lutheran Service Book page 793

[@angelacooper2661]

I love this hymn in four part harmony. It is a stirring tune in D major (my favourite sharp key) and the third verse lyrics reduce me to tears. Great final verse with organ swell - WOW!

[@CoutureOrganiste]

I love it when there are hymns during concerts and there are singers who sing the descants. That was awesome guys!!! First rate top notch!!!!!!

[@dmercado6202]

Inspiring! Goosebumps of praise! Extraordinary all-round, including satisfyingly rich organ sonorities and harmonisations. THANK YOU and PTL!

[@praiseolaoye9904]

i just love the sound of pipe organs, oh what a magnificent hymn

[@giuseppemaresca5474]

Michael murray Boston Symphony hall

[@iamrepete]

They may sound like pipe organs, but at least one is not.

[@neelsdp1]

Thanks for this posting! Magnificent!

[@edguzowski7947]

The Methuen Hall organ was spot on at the ending. Big tiger in that tank. Ogletree boys did a good job with Methuen and Mission Church. Surprised they did not put a spare in Mission when the wall collapsed. Would have fooled many.

[@organpower]

@ltk04gt The is all Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal). The third verse was somewhat embellished by playing the right hand 8va and filling in the chords in both hands as possible. Registration is what Virgil Fox called an "American Ensemble." He defined that as all the Strings, Flutes 8+4, light Principals (no upper work), Vox Humana, Tremulants, 32' through 8' in the Pedal and all the sub and super couplers in the organ.

[@pwmcmz]

Light principals as in small scaled swell principals, or all 8 foots? I guess it’s really dependent on the instrument also.

[@organpower]

@@pwmcmz Basically, Fox was referring to non-assertive, light 8' Principals, such as an enclosed Geigen Principal, probably 8' only, as part of his "American Ensemble" concept. In other words, stops that blend together pleasantly to create a complex, yet sweet ensemble. 4' couplers, and possibly 16' couplers also, can further enrich the effect.

[@pwmcmz]

organpower thank you! My current church has a 1912 Tellers. I’ve been able to experiment lately with some of these lush orchestral sounds.

[@organpower]

@AECEntertainment I played the Walcker a couple of times on this program. The sight of four organs can be confusing. The console in the center of the case is the original Walcker tracker console before Skinner rebuilt the organ; the large one to the right is the current console; the 4-manual Rodgers we used on the Purcell is to the left; and, of course, the Rodgers we used for most of the duo stuff is in the center at audience level.

[@ha63]

So the original Walcker tracker console is no longer used?

[@organpower]

@@ha63 To the best of my knowledge, the Walcker console has not been functional for many decades, probably since the 1940's.

[@ha63]

@@organpower Thank you. That's very interesting

[@johnuhr-henry9508]

One of the greatest hymn ever composed.It will go for many,many centuries. Beautiful.

[@villaverandwhite]

And one of my favourites!

[@personlastname9879]

agreed

[@tony1961chl]

Que hermoso y verdaderamente emocionante es volver a escuchar las gracias y cantos al señor acompañados de una música que te recoge el alma , y hats te hace llorar, recordar los viejos tiempos en que todos eramos un poco más buenas personas ,más honestas y creyentes , eramos hijos de Dios , hoy somos un triste recuerdo, gracias.

[@dhwenn1505]

😅❤😊

[@ryanferrigan8122]

Hymn-singing and playing is just like it should be! Love it.

[@71superbee39]

Lifting our voices in praise of the Savior!! ..... Praise My Soul The KING Of Heaven !! ... Shalom and Maranatha !!

[@k999998]

This is just great Music!!

[@gordoncrook7507]

I love it the lot! a true hymn no happy flappy! Wish it was near here Gordon Exmouth UK

[@jodybrumage1253]

Thank you so much for this recording! This majestic hymn is rendered so powerfully with the organ and voices that I cannot help by come back to this recording over and over again and still feel inspired.

[@heatherrussell8255]

One of my very, very, VERY favourite hymns!! 🎶

[@13pedro05]

Wow!!! This is absolutely amazing! It's majestic and expresses how great is our God!!! Congratulations. Pedro, from São Paulo, Brazil.

[@rubenwicaksono7547]

In Indonesia, we translated and have this song in Kidung Jemaat KJ 288. Mari, Puji Raja Sorga. Translated by Yayasan Musik Gereja (Yamuger) 1982

[@augustopablocliment5033]

Praise my soul, the King of heaven (John Goss) Coro de King's College, Stephen Cleobury Praise, my soul, the King of heaven; to his feet thy tribute bring; ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven, evermore his praises sing: Alleluia, alleluia! Praise the everlasting King. Praise him for his grace and favor to our fathers in distress; praise him still the same for ever, slow to chide and swift to bless: Alleluia, alleluia! Glorious in his faithfulness. Father-like, he tends and spares us; well our feeble frame he knows; in his hand he gently bears us, rescues us from all our foes. Alleluia, alleluia! Widely yet his mercy flows. Angels, help us to adore him; ye behold him face to face; sun and moon, bow down before him, dwellers all in time and space. Alleluia, alleluia! Praise with us the God of grace.

[@RobCharles1981]

Great Vid Thanks For Posting!

[@drewnealski969]

what a powerful offering of this hymn .. I have watched it 5 times since I sat down at the computer.

[@leedshunk]

that was great and i'm amazed you got two instruments so perfectly in tune to one another , such a satisfying sound !!!!!

[@omuyovunakakadaudissekandi3967]

jesus is there and will be there forever and ever Amin.

[@robharper1273]

Superb, faultless playing. Talented, skilfully played.

[@janeough45]

this beautiful song as guided me through lifes pathway ..good or bad xxx

[@orettacarter1312]

Glorius hymn of praise to our Great God and King Jesus King of Kings, and Lords of Lords,my favorite hymn of praise,

[@organpower]

@AECEntertainment Hey, thanks so much! I'm Doug, playing the Rodgers on this one. The Walcker is certainly a magnificent treasure in our area!

[@k999998]

This is just great Musci!!

[@markaustin4370]

Thanks for using the third and fourth verse harmonizations! I always thought they were a written out model of good hymn playing to give organists a good framework to follow.

[@stopmeister72]

wonderful hymn. Love the arrangement!

[@johnuhr-henry9508]

A CLASSIC SUNG REGULARLY IN TOP ANGLICAN CHURCHES

[@drbobdrake]

Both Marshall and Ogletree used to represent Rodgers, and this video was, I believe, filmed when they were comparing a state-of-the-art Rodgers organ with the mighty Methuen organ with a "Which is playing now?" test. They now market their own M&O virtual pipe organs with Opus 1 being installed at Trinity Church Wall Street and with Cameron Carpenter playing Opus 8 as his International Touring Organ. There were other videos of this comparison but they were deleted when the duo stopped representing Rodgers.

[@organrick]

drbobdrake yes it was. I went to that concert, which was in 2000 or 2001 (I don't remember just when it was), but it was the second annual OrganPower concert, and it was in the Methuen Memorial Music Hall in Methuen, MA.

[@organrick]

I went the year before that as well, and they sang Praise To The Lord, The Almighty at that one. I don’t know if they still have them.

[@churchorganfan]

This hymn is number 204 in our book

[@johnuhr-henry9508]

A great rendition of this fabulous hymn. Beautiful organ work. Nicely sung too.

[@goalie7927]

The two consoles on the left (bottom one being played and upper left vacant) are Rodgers digital intruments installed in the hall for this concert. The console farthest to the rear is the original for the pipe organ permanently installed in this concert hall which has been replaced by the terraced four manual console being played on the far right.

[@jingle737]

That was awesome!!!

[@k999998]

This just great Music

[@obxemt]

Wonderful!

[@johnanderson3700]

Love this piece: it invited luscious strings & at the end for that solo section; strangely a soft reed can also be used

[@AECEntertainment]

@organpower thanks doug i like the fact that when david finnishes the first part of the intro, he relaxes and you take over and yet the blend of the organs would make the untrained ear think that both consoles were connected to the pipes, verry smooth and slick doug!!!!!!

[@AECEntertainment]

@organpower i just watched tumpet tune and air, you are both legendary!!!!

[@adel-711]

One of my favourite Catholic hymns .thanks be to God

[@ArmyJames]

Anglican.

[@adel-711]

@@ArmyJames catholic hymn

[@johnbpullin1]

Henry Lyte used the text of Psalm 103 and John Goss wrote the tune. Both were Anglicans.

[@margaretharypkema9290]

Interesting! Thank you 🌺

[@debstaton1022]

Beautiful Hymn

[@annatucker3692]

Love this love this so so much its so Beautifully played 🎶💗🔥🎶

[@basicaa]

May the miracle of Christmas fill your heart with warmth and love. May the peace of His love bring you comfort and joy all year long May His love shine on you at Christmas and always

[@robertkawuma4242]

Judi Harbin Glory belongs to God maderm

[@josephmashburn4451]

This is exquisite!

[@churchorganfan]

I love this song! Heard it last year at a Mass I went to! Never played it though!

[@NickJay]

Wow superb organs - never seen 4 of 'em in a single church before - well never seen more than 2 - 1 church organ and a spare electrical one. :) But the sound of 2 playing together is wonderful. I wish I could play. I tried to teach myself but never really got very far.

[@organrick]

Nick Jay It wasn’t at a church, it was at the Methuen Memorial Music Hall in Methuen, Massachusetts. The console in the far back was the original console for the music hall organ (the current console is the one on the right.) If I remember correctly, they had a couple of other smaller ones there as well that didn’t get into the video.

[@mudgebauer]

I love this hymn and this video. I think it must take a lot of electricty to run both organs at the same time.

[@Goodchappy]

This is excellent. Well rehearsed, registration was good. I could not tell who was playing what. Spine tingling and complemented with the singing.

[@andrewbraga2572]

Beatlull the power of the organs and the choir add so much to this majestic piece of music

[@wheidelberg]

WoW! What a great performance.

[@organpower]

Thanks so much! The Methuen hall is a fantastic room for singing and with that great crowd there...well, we just had to do it. Thanks again!

[@EddyOsaman]

One of my most powerful hymns, after the hymn "Praise to the Lord The Almighty the King of creation"

[@organrick]

Eddy Osaman That was what was played the first year they had it. I went to that one too.

[@elainemiddleton546]

Brought up with music in FULL power of singing as heartly as this is XOXO

[@vassiliaye1244]

A 100 years old building !!

[@johngriffith2729]

Geoffrey griffith thanks to god for this great hymn i love it so much amen

[@kenkersey1479]

Excellent. Great Anglican hymn, it was the wedding march for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.

[@Chesterbarnes1]

If Doug Marshall is playing it gonna be good

[@samuelsenfuma3090]

Nice, comforting song

[@36yovan]

*_Yes my Saviour is worthy of all praise and honour now and forever. King not only in heaven but on the Earth also soon_*

[@jacobdavid5117]

God bless the organists and the voices

[@churchorganfan]

This hymn sounds like a combination of ''At The Lamb's High Feast'' and ''All Creatures Of Our God and King'' mixed together. Who agrees?

[@TSB12556]

Unfortunatly there isn't a place with organs like these in my town. :( Wisc is kind of far or I'd run over and sing along. :-)

[@hpthiruvalla5773]

What a treat!!PRAISE GOD FOR THE MUSICIANS

[@MatthewWilson83]

Gives me chills!

[@YouAreQuiteRight]

@pipey61 Dear Pipey., Yes you are quite right; there is no point in having all those things if you have to live with no organ music. Thanks for sending them your old spare one. Cheers. from, del-boy.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

This music is comfortable to the ear and the mind

[@johnwallace8256]

I love this! Any possibility of recording this hymn without the congregation? Love, love, love the setting! Thanks!

[@markaustin4370]

The third and fourth verse settings are all written out in the hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) #410

[@davidwglavin1163]

Now if Only the Dominion of Canada were in a Singing Mood each and every Day there May be very well Possibility of there being no more need for trying to wager wars Amongst Ourselves and may we all live in Everlasting Peace for a Change. Now letsAll Pray for that and then lets all see that there can be the More Nicer People then itsQuite Possible that there could be no more wagering the wars amongst Ourselves and that would be such a Blessing in Disguise. Now lets All Elect More Governments thatwill fall for exactly Just that. Thank you. David W Glavin Burnaby BC

[@Sunnshineforever]

Beautiful ..Very well recorded ..

[@lisaschuster9187]

👂🏼 Best organist on KZbin. 🤗

[@zinsougires4824]

A great hymn

[@angeloscrivani4614]

Bravissimi

[@graemefourie630]

WOW!

[@catbird-dq7ri]

Long live the music of John Goss!

[@AECEntertainment]

@organpower have you ever had the opportunity to play the walcker though Doug? i feel sorry for you and the rodgers being drowned out by it in the last verse by david and the monster what are the other organs in the place!!!!!! there are 4 the Walcker, the rodgers and what are the other 2 ??? if you could let me know that would be great keep up your wonderful inspiring playing cheers, fellow organist, Adam!!!!!

[@CanuckGamer33]

Wonderful video, beautiful music! What kind of camera is used here? Really nice picture quality! Thanks for sharing.

[@adefunkeaikhoje6274]

In my early morning worship this organ power backed ancient hymn is present 12/31/2022

[@leongreen8088]

Great organ duo to support and lead the large audience, or as the French say, the "assistance."

[@CONSUELA888]

Wow that organ part is so good

[@jeanramalaharijaona2127]

Organ organ very very good very well thank You my Lord

[@siderumii8758]

This was the recessional at Tridentine Latin Mass today

[@organisten]

@jorobinson yes you are absolutely correct. It is called over gilding the lily. I speak as an organist. At its *best* this is not actually achieving anything because the other organist is superfluous as I have already commented. To couple sounds together is the whole point of an *organ*, so having two organists like this is not like having too pianists for example. One would have been better using both organists at two separate concerts....

[@angeloscrivani4614]

Wonderful

[@Aeoline]

Beautiful !

[@AECEntertainment]

@organpower which organist are you, the one at the walcker or the one at the rodgers? cos the both organs are fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but i would love to play the walcker if only i lived in the states!!!! keep doing what you do fellow organist Adam!!!!!

[@Kizigo1]

Listen to the BASS from the 2nd minute. Enjoy Heaven on earth 😊

[@damianofontanelli9737]

Bravo!!

[@yoshiunknown]

How did so many organs get there?

[@organpower]

Granted, it's like, huh? The hall's pipe organ console is on stage to the right. Built into the organ case in the center is the original console that has been preserved, but is not in use. The console on the left and the one in the center on the main floor are Rodgers instruments that our company brought in for the event so that we could do some fun duet playing, of which this video is an example. Here's another one from the event - "Litanies" by Jehan Alain: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKO0g6Wpgql8kNEsi=_bDoSZ5E7rgpNvHN

[@yoshiunknown]

@@organpower makes sense now. Thanks.