TCHAIKOVSKY - ROMEO & JULIET (ARR. LEMARE) ORGAN OF ALBERT HALL, NOTTINGHAM

[@symphoniclover2867]

An incredible transcription by Lemare, played by an incredible organist on a wonderful instrument. What more can one say?

[@MrMickmonk]

there are no words to express the brilliance of Johnathan scots playing for me personally .. moving powerful and a work of genius on the organ … a superb organ smith if there ever was

[@stonefireice6058]

Incredible! The very instrument designed to glorify God, his presence in our worshiping hours, is capable in hands of Jonathan express human emotions on the highest level: love, hate, feudal predigests and sorrow of sacrifice. Tchaikovsky and you achieved the impossible! God bless you!

[@thethikboy]

All the rich resources of the organ - all keyboards- martialed to deliver this unrivaled symphonic beauty by Tchaikovsky

[@OperaNut]

Absolutely astounding performance, a tour de force of the highest order. Bravissimo!

[@ginadodds2695]

As always, a beautiful and memorable performance. Bellmore, NY USA

[@at0mcollision]

Absolutely beautiful organ by the legendary JJ Binns, combined with the wonderful playing by the great virtuoso that is Jonathan Scott. I must go and hear him play live one day!

[@jockmoron]

Just another stunning arrangement, this time from the work of the most brilliant organist of early last century, of this famous orchestral piece by Tchaikovsky. And of course, the sheer bravado of Jonathan's playing. Not only that, but the organ itself has a gorgeous tonality, even at full stop there's a quality of musicality to the voice that is incredibly touching. Well done Nottingham's city fathers (and mothers) and the city's citizens for keeping this organ and the Hall in such wonderful condition. A round of applause for you all too.

[@MrTransalpin]

Edwin Lemare was a good musician and maid very nice transcriptions of classical pièces from Tchaikovsky, Rossini, Wagner

[@TurtleFL]

This is actually the first time I've heard that piece in its entirety. In any form. It's like a movie score!

[@philiplochner8772]

I regard it a huge privilege to be able to watch a master at work, from a troubled bottom end of Africa, playing the king of the instruments. What talent you have!

[@bengunn99]

Troubled?

[@williammitchell1864]

I wonder what it would be like to play that particular organ?

[@texmustangbullitt]

Oh my stars! Absolutely magnificent!

[@paulgreen9792]

“So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.” Joshua 10:.....13. this triumphant scripture comes to mind because it signaled the great victory wrought by The Lord on the behalf of His people Israel. In that love triumphed over hate in the midst of two lovers deaths; the blood of sacrificial love wins out over and above the fiercest forces of the powers of darkness and ignorance. This transcription and performance confirms this, in my humble opinion, as one of the best of Tchaikovsky’s works. Jonathan Scott is THE MAN! The organ achieves a visceral, spatial, piercing atmosphere that describes perfectly the brooding, clashing, and violent turmoil of family animosity set against radiant love. I think I even prefer this transcription to the orchestral version. It is very profound and provocative. Congratulations Mr. Scott; you have a new fan. I took note of your somewhat gingery, fiery visage; very fitting of this glorious rendition. Sincerely, Paul W. Green

[@jimrobin]

It isn't only the amazing twenty minute fault-free playing by Jonathan - it's the wonderful filming and editing in this piece. Some of the scenes are so subtle you'd hardly notice them taking place but there is one where the pedal board is on screen for only one second but makes such a difference to listener appreciation. Thank you for making this my go-to video - I have run out of superlatives.

[@RobertZat]

Another wonderful organ performance, visually attractive production and good audio recording. Thank you both for sharing your exceptional musical and creative talents with us.

[@brooksiefan]

Astonishing. A monument to the art of organ music. Every detail so meticulously elaborated and so essential to the final effect. Words, images, sounds all blend and stir imagination to create a unique experience. The instrument seems to be in very good repair and has some interesting peculiarities. A mature masterwork by the always amazing Scottbrothersduo!

[@bryangl1]

A challenge to handle so many orchestral details with so few piston presets (therefore requiring frequent hand registration) - a challenge met superbly, as usual with masterly playing. To apply superlatives is always risky, but you, Jonathan, must surely be one of the greatest organists playing in the world today. Thank you (and thank you Tom). Also interesting to hear an historic arrangement by the organist who opened the original instrument (the minor changes to the specifications made in 1926 appear to be good choices as far as can be told without hearing the voices).

[@TurtleFL]

It looked like a VERY difficult piece to play. Way beyond Bach level of difficulty. Who would have imagined, that piece of music, inspired by an English playwright, about two Italian families, written by a Russian composer, and it leaves you in awe.

[@garycoleman1296]

Bryan Leech uiiip

[@renasouten8409]

Bravo;a masterclass from the Scott Brothers. Many thanks.

[@celiocorreadealmeidafilho2864]

Beautiful arrengement , beautiful performance.

[@gusfelice]

Marvellous transcription, performance and organ.

[@BryanHo]

Phenomenal transcription and an incredible perferomance!

[@joansavage1857]

Just beautiful! Wonderful to listen to you, such talent! Thank you...

[@gabrielmorales9752]

Phenomenal. I look forward to every one of your videos!!

[@jaybeeshultz]

Such beautiful talent.

[@Offshoreorganbuilder]

Utterly incredible. What amazing technique. Again, I am moved to ask, 'Who needs an orchestra?' The organ sounds magnificent, even through the speakers of the computer, and thank goodness the hall has not been visually ruined by those batteries of lights and speakers which some ignorant and insensitive fools so often chose to hang from the ceiling.

[@JH109E]

Amazing. Really good to see close up the use of the manuals and the registration. That thumbed-down tuba octave scale in octaves was thrilling. The string sounds are very effective. I know the building well but have not heard the organ very often and have recently played a much smaller 2 manual Binns.

[@gordonstevenson9197]

Another brilliant performance!! Unbelievable.

[@markoharamija4945]

Brilliant transcription and brilliant interpretation. I hope this will be on a CD.

[@floordeheer9693]

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[@charleskesner1302]

Beautiful arrangement and beautifully played.

[@sutefuanu]

Oh great, thank you, unknown transcription by Lemare and one of my favourites for orchestra, now for organ through your mastery.

[@Goodchappy]

Jonathan, you are brilliant!

[@renataanna7877]

Twenty minutes pure pleasure.....

[@Goodchappy]

And a belt across the head with a large block of wood for the 4 people so far that did a thumbs down ! What !?

[@florianchurch]

Fantastic organ. Wonderful performation.

[@MrVonweber]

Thanks! Inspiring performance!

[@charleslayton9463]

Holy Cow! What beauty and what brilliant playing! This is the perfect organ for this transcription. I wonder if Lemare may have written it for the opening of the organ? The action seems to be well-regulated and quick. And for 1910, four adjustable pistons per manual was pretty generous, as is the complement of couplers. This was definitely built for the "transcription" market. I forgot several times that I was listening to an organ. And I, for one, am SOO happy that the instrument has been preserved in substantially original condition, and sounds beautifully well maintained. Kudos to Nottingham!

[@ronaldhorton2438]

BEAUTIFUL! THANK YOU

[@dianemeredithbelcher]

This is truly beautifully done!

[@rowanlidbury]

A typical Binns large scale case. Thanks for showing off another instrument I never knew existed. Venues like this need to make more of these musical assets. Keep up the good work.

[@iantaf5559]

Jonathan, a fantastic display of your virtuosity. We need to see you performance this piece at the Proms....

[@Offshoreorganbuilder]

You must be joking. Those jackasses who arrange the 'Proms' would never give prominence to the organ.

[@iantaf5559]

@@Offshoreorganbuilder Hello. I did suggest this tongue-in-cheek. It make me cringe when I think of past organ performances at the Proms and the organ has not even been tuned. Just think - a night at the Proms dedicated to organ transcriptions...... Nope, it will probably never happen. All the best to you.

[@Offshoreorganbuilder]

@@iantaf5559 Sadly, you are correct. They spent a colossal amount of public money, having the organ renovated, and I am led to believe that it is seldom used.

[@iwasglad122]

I think it's a wonderful idea...but as the majority of us organ-transcription enthusiasts agree, very unlikely to ever come to fruition. Rather short-sighted imho. Too Victorian for the powers-that-be....

[@iantaf5559]

@@iwasglad122 Thanks for your response, David. It would probably be too much to expect some organ music at the Proms that is not composed by Widor, Bach or Saint-Saens either... Trouble is, the general music lovers think that the only organ music ever composed was by these three. Just listen to Classic FM..... Kindest regards

[@DiegoLiger]

Truly a world-class instrument. James Jepson Binns of Leeds was no mere "provincial" organ builder. He was a craftsman and artist of great ability. He's as good as any Willis or Hill.

[@raymundomorales3201]

Outstanding!

[@markoharamija4945]

Brilliant Introduction. A bit unexpectedly, it is Tchaikovsky Orchestra we are talking here after all...

[@rjmblack]

WOW - WOW- WOW !

[@gerardbedecarter]

Brilliant, Jonathan and Tom!

[@markoharamija4945]

Omg, thank you for this. This is one of best Tchaikovsky pieces (I am talking about Deutsche Gramophon Bernstein NYP recording).

[@debsg2024]

There was no cell phone in the story of Romeo and Juliet. rssss... Jonathan is a tightrope walker, because he does a difficult juggling act for this record. It's almost a wrestling match with the pipe organ. The fact is, playing the pipe organ is for a small part of people all over the world. It is a very special musical instrument for special people. And playing like Jonathan, honestly, I've never seen another one with the same performance. Of course, not diminishing the other organists. But in my opinion, Jonathan is still in pole position. And Tom's filming, in the same pattern as Jonathan's performance. Congratulations to the two musical stars.

[@richardrodgers758]

Bravo good Sir! Bravo!

[@mainaccount131]

Super excellent with very good interesting video

[@MetalPete_the_metalfan]

That part at 8:22 I heard used in so many movies and TV sketches for romantic fantasies. Wayne’s World and A Christmas Story are just a couple of movie examples that part of the song gets used in.

[@armandoramos3106]

Bravo la transcripción y bravo la interpretación!

[@markoharamija4945]

11:40-13:20 pure Jonathan Scott brilliance.

[@markoharamija4945]

Except for that trumpety register, not to my liking at all. There are better registers on this organ for that part.

[@ginadodds2695]

Another exciting concert! Gina Dodds, Bellmore, USA

[@wanorman2007]

Too bad it was an empty auditorium, because this performance deserves a thunderous applause.

[@dirkhoekstra727]

O my goodness!!!!

[@alcelaya1365]

Bravo!

[@plasticraincoat1]

You must come a play (PLEASE) the Grand Mulholland Organ of the Ulster Hall Belfast Northern Ireland (Hill - Mander)

[@bobmcdermott9535]

I studied this back in 1969 for music O level !

[@0animalproductworld558]

I love classical music 🐓

[@markoharamija4945]

This belongs on a Simon Preston Bach-Vivaldi Concertos CD.

[@lucase.garcia8026]

Tchaikovsky - Francesca da Rimini - Op. 32 That one would be powerful here.

[@musgawp]

Hi. If you want a tiny bit of extra work a thought came to me (don’t hit me) Could you add a note on what solo stops are being used. Was that a vox humana? Suppose I could look it up on pipe organ register. Looking forward to seeing you again at Hereford this summer (2022)

[@mattsmithlon]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@joaquinach8842]

Fuera de la via lactea !! O tambien en otra dimension !

[@classicalhero7]

Where's the clash of the symbols representing the sword fight? Oh.

[@organbuilder272]

Jonathan is not the only organist to conquer the deficit pistons situation when playing transcriptions like that. Edwin Lamere did it routinely and so did Virgil Fox and many others of period before all the magic of computerization made organists dependent on pistons, levels, folders and all sorts of gimmicks that, once installed are rarely used because they cause so much confusion these modern day organist, who are sublimely ignorant of how to play, can not deal with it. This is opne organist trained in the Old School and shows it with every performance.

[@Engineer9736]

You are refering to the setzer system? I think nobody has a difficulty using it, it’s pretty straight forward. It takes big names like Virgil Fox to actually skip the setzer system - doing the registration on the fly manually, by knowing the entire organ very well. In this particular video the setzer system is used as well sometimes by the way 🙂

[@colinmarshall681]

is there any cd recordings of this young man?

[@epincion]

Yes you can order on his website

[@andreacosta74]

There are so other questions about the fact that pipe organs in the past (and nowadays) had encountered many problems to be installed and regularly played in modern concert halls? I reply: Because orchestras have a fucking fear of losing their job !!

[@НатальяМихайловна-ь1щ]

Я вас слышу и это много значит ваш орган звучит

[@АнтонинаХоменко-у9ц]

Танец маленьких лебедей нравится а єта нецікавая!!! Александр Одессит

[@НатальяМихайловна-ь1щ]

Комментарии ? Это музыка .

[@mondoman2016]

13:56

[@roberttelarket4934]

Far better than Romeo and Juliet are Jonathan and Tom!!!

[@michaelarnold417]

Crikey. Even timpani. (3:45)

[@ColinBowell]

the attempt at the closing drum roll is terrible, spoils the whole piece, much better stick to the one pedal note,

[@heroipordiversao3934]

Fantastic!

[@TheJakeman789]

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