GRIEG - IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING - ORGAN OF MÜPA BUDAPEST

[@Le_Codex]

What I actually find really impressive is the fact that despite the massive size of the organ, there's little to no lag or delay between the key press and the actual sound, quite the engineering state of the art right there

[@adamkendall997]

Could be wrong but I think the controls are pneumatic also. I want to see the compressor for something like that!

[@martinazivko524]

@@adamkendall997 imagine the times there were bellow-powered organs. How many people you'd need for a monstrum this big.

[@ykongbam]

@@adamkendall997 Rob Scallon did a video on one such organ. Check it out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJalZH2kgNVritE

[@DiHandley]

I noticed that too. Maybe they are electronic keys that actuate solenoids.

[@merlinthomi]

I dont know about this one, but for the organ in notre dame of Lausanne in Switzerland (which is the most expensive in the world) the keyboard is linked to the organ with optical cable, so pretty much zero latency Edit: not zero latency, as you'll always have to deal with the valves sending wind to the pipes, which takes some time. But the second keyboard of the organ is about 60 meters away from the main pipes, and it would be harder to play without the optical cable.

[@shea4804]

this level of multitasking... i can barely focus on a movie when I'm eating chips

[@johnrick3508]

Breathe... high oxygen can assist low iq.

[@LL-tr5et]

@@johnrick3508 lmaooo you're rude _and_ wrong

[@thefriendlierfriendliestfr786]

@@LL-tr5et I hold my breath when I’m doing something hard

[@LL-tr5et]

@@thefriendlierfriendliestfr786 ok? i don't see how that relates to my comment but thanks i guess lol

[@tryhardfinessedyou]

He is only doing 1 thing. Playing an organ. Is running multitasking because you use arms and legs. Think.

[@bowlerballer6852]

I can only imagine how incredible it would be to hear this in person

[@iSyriux]

It already sounds terrible on video, I'd probably have to cover my ears if I heard that in person.

[@spaceemperorkarl121]

It truly is an amazing experience. I really recommend it if you ever get the chance. The video really doesn't do it justice.

[@mactonight7820]

These two comments are the duality of man

[@UNSCPILOT]

I mean, credit where credit is due, Churches install the best organ they can for a reason, few things capture a truely religious expiriance as well as this. And I'm saying this as a non-religious person who's never been near a organ of this scale, I just have to respect the instrument, engineering, and the sound of it

[@Ali-in-the-goblin-cave]

this is basically a rock concert for the 1500s

[@LordAnethum]

I mean....yeah Sounds cool and all....but i want to hear that live, feeling that going through your whole body

[@nancyayers6355]

I'll bet it could knock Grandma right out of her rocker!!

[@tehbonehead]

MyBodyIsReady.jpg

[@AtomizedSound]

Bingo! You can listen to this all day but to truly, truly listen and feel this piece you have to be there. Speakers on my device at least makes it sound muddy and bland in parts but I highly doubt that’s how it is in person.

[@PopTartGuy-_-]

Imagine the feeling for the person playing it

[@EpicMiniMeatwad]

Subwoofer

[@ZGryphon]

Imagine an alien archaeologist trying to deduce human anatomy from the controls of this organ. "Well, as near as we can figure it, they must have had 12 arms (two of them quite long), six legs, and at least three brains."

[@maestro3947-b9g]

A little after find the giza sphinx... They would be truly mesmerized

[@stahlwerk812]

@@maestro3947-b9g Imagine if they thought the Jesus statue in brazil was a 1:1 scale recreation

[@oxymoron02]

This comment shows the arrogance of humanity.

[@ZGryphon]

@@oxymoron02 Who's got two thumbs and is statistically likely to belong to the most advanced species in this arm of the galaxy, if not the whole thing? This guy right here.

[@oxymoron02]

@@ZGryphon Oof. This comment isn't gonna age well.

[@goldengold8568]

Looks like a beginner friendly musical instrument.

[@nikolaiorr8383]

Very beginner friendly

[@johnhughes2653]

You say that now, but just try taking it to rehearsals on the bus.

[@brettlyman7208]

It’s like hitscan for instruments

[@jasonrodgers9063]

After I mastered it, I moved up to a TRULY challenging instrument- the "Triangle".

[@ashleyjaytanna1953]

@@jasonrodgers9063... Which is the precursor to square.... 🤯

[@SMHH]

"I'm learning guitar. Do you play something, too?" "I play a church."

[@F4ngel]

*40k imperium intensifies*

[@rayanderson5797]

@@F4ngel Truly this is the Omnissiah's instrument.

[@robertthebruce6035]

@@F4ngel my thoughts themselves...

[@rodrigoserafim8834]

"You mean: In a church?" "No. I mean the whole church."

[@carterpeterson3218]

what instrument do you play well you see thats a question.

[@jazz_daddy251]

Imagine duel of the fates in that hall with that organ

[@jazz_daddy251]

@JRRnotTolkien why u gotta make it political, dipwad

[@deadlyfungus15]

or battle of the heroes

[@jaydeecartwright]

@@o.s.h.4613 Maybe Google the international bridades. Socialism is international, not nationalistic.

[@spiderduckpig]

O.S.H. Of course there can’t be a comment section without random politics

[@clickpause8732]

​@@o.s.h.4613 I mean, racism and communism are independent ideas, but I think most of us can agree that communism isn't a particularly... effective, system.

[@osasunaitor]

A British organist playing a song composed by a Norwegian, on a German organ located in Hungary. I gotta love Europe!

[@elijahharris1113]

Even better, the organ uses French manual and stop names.

[@blakksheep736]

_blender noises_

[@mercurius1488]

Greatest continent on earth

[@emikoussi14]

"On a German organ" Not absolutely right. The organ was built by Pécsi Orgonaépítő Manufaktúra (Pécs Organ Manufactory - Pécs is a city in Southern Hungary) and by Mühleisen Orgelbau Stuttgart.

[@haraldhechler3557]

Orban doesn't love Europe, only the money he can get from it building his autocratic, homophobic nationalist reign. But maybe he loves Griegs music, its dramatic enough for an as-good-as-dictator.

[@kamy2872]

“I play an orchestra.” “Don’t you mean you play in an orchestra?” “No I play an orchestra..”

[@girlboss2029]

LMFAO

[@penginpunkin1487]

I am the Conductor, Musicians, Band members, And, I am cooler than you.

[@Corax.S]

@TheRenaissanceman65 To you. I had a hearty chuckle and I'm sure at least 2,100 other people also were amused.

[@mrmcmoustache9615]

kam !! “I am the orchestra”

[@Happe44]

TheRenaissanceman65 this organ doesn’t just make sounds of a organ it makes sounds of trumpet, flutes, baritones, pianos, saxophone, tuba, oboe, trombone and even strings. It may just be a organ but it also make sounds of an orchestra

[@Biscuitchris7again]

Imagine the cat walking across this beast in the middle of the night. You'd think the whole world was ending.

[@wyattwilliams2457]

Biscuitchris7again or my dog jumping on it.

[@PhilJonesIII]

We dont talk about that in my house. Our cat walks across the piano and sounds better than me.

[@Zekiraeth]

It wouldn't make sounds, since the airflow would be disabled

[@a.morphous66]

@@Zekiraeth well you’re no fun

[@Zekiraeth]

@@a.morphous66 sorry. I wanted to add some information, since this is something many people might not know.

[@DoomLatveria]

"Do you play in an orchestra?" "I AM THE ORCHESTRA."

[@mthecatholic1481]

"Not yet."

[@kiwigaming09]

" you will be tried by the orchestra!" "I AM THE ORCHESTRA!!"

[@mrmrmeta3698]

I’m the orchestra, I’m the band, I’m the jazz band, I’m the symphony, I am music

[@eolink]

Not yet.

[@איןסוף]

pianists can say the same thing

[@MegaAndroyd]

I don't think my $20 headphones do that any justice.

[@bidibum]

My phone speakers either

[@philiphockenbury6563]

Dude I don’t think that my expensive badass headphones do it justice either. The only way to truly experience this is to be there. My body still remembers the experience of being right next to the bass drum being hit but a recording of it doesn’t have the same impact. I’m imagining that the bass on this bad boy will shake somebody’s whole body. That is an experience that I would like to have.

[@ubberJakerz]

The several thousand dollar recording equipment they used doesn't do it justice either, guy. You have to be there.

[@Beregorn88]

I mean, we are listening it on youtube, so I think you will be fine

[@HipposHateWater]

Depends: if said $20 headphones are a pair of KZ ZSTs, then they're actually some of the best in-ear monitors under $200-250 :v

[@Spankypenguin1]

That looks like it should be firing broadsides instead of playing music. Wonderful piece.

[@weirdmindofesh]

It's firing a broadside of music.

[@dbrsd1233]

Yes

[@nancyayers6355]

Up to this particular second in time, I had NO Idea of how complicated it is to play an organ! In the 90's, I had a dear friend who had obtained a Master's Degree in organ. I SOOO underesti- mated how darn difficult it must be to learn to master this musical instrument. I was impressed when he told me, but really hadn't the slightest real understanding of the scope of it. I used to play the piano, which only has three foot pedals. It's like, wow, I thought THAT was hard - now I stand enlightened after watch- ing this guy play! Mister, you have my total re- spect as a musician!!!

[@grlt23]

I thought instrument like this is only to be found in Unseen University....

[@lizardlegend42]

@@nancyayers6355 Why is comment's formatting so off?

[@rhetz1562]

The low notes an organ can achieve will never fail to leave me stunned

[@chrismiller5198]

I suspect an organ can play notes so low that only elephants can hear them.

[@bobjackson7516]

@@chrismiller5198 "Toccata and Fugue in d minor" being the "lowest of the low. Most sounds systems are incapable of reproducing bass in frequencies this low. All by pipe organ.

[@ProtoNeoVintage]

Stunned, and occasionally unconscious.

[@garyrowe58]

It's a great way to test your WiFi speakers! The specialist shop told me the new speakers were well able to cope with the amps 100w rms per channel... that was until I played toccata & fugue through them!

[@jaco7675]

It would be horrible, as a musician, to become accustomed to the incredible aural delicacies of this pipe organ - and then have to play an normal, humble organ again.

[@nerdsunscripted624]

Welcome to my personal hell, I miss the $3,000,000 organ I used to play, now I just have a piano in my house and my feet want to play something but can’t

[@איןסוף]

@@nerdsunscripted624 just get a pedal piano then

[@danhammond8406]

I've got an organ you can play, you need to be a red head with large knockers

[@yeety1208]

small english church organs are lovely though!

[@joaovitormatos8147]

how many pipes does this organ have? Béla Bartók National Concert Hall: *Yes*

[@warny1978]

It has 92 stops and 5 manuals as well as 470 wooden pipes, 5028 tin pipes and 1214 reed pipes.

[@namelessrose3859]

João Vitor Matos I’ll have to find out the specs but it is amazingly spread out well. Beautiful. As far as I know the Wanamaker organ is the largest pipe organ in the world. 14 floors of pipe work.

[@namelessrose3859]

João Vitor Matos kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWO6e3Zog5h5rtE I thought you might enjoy 😊

[@TheNathanchavez96]

@@warny1978 I knew someone was gonna take that literal.

[@CRAFT7445]

All of them!

[@loki76]

There is no musical instrument more glorious and amazing than the Organ. It's the size of a building. Nothing can match it in depth, complexity and power.

[@amandahugankiss4110]

lady, sounds you ain't seen a good skin flute solo.

[@happylemming6343]

​@@amandahugankiss4110is that what we call bagpipes now? (just kidding lol)

[@amandahugankiss4110]

@@happylemming6343 ha!! gross. i love it. :)

[@TylanYerli]

​@@amandahugankiss4110well sir... an organ also can play a flute solo...

[@TheNitroG1]

Look up "the earth harp" it's not a bad second place.

[@satrioarif1797]

Teacher : bring your instrument This guy : you are already in it

[@dogsareawesome9197]

ha

[@KFrascek]

well the (usually church or large room) it is build in acts as a resonating body soooo..... tecnically true

[@adakalyoncu1913]

Guy: Did you mean: "Bring *me into* your instrument?"

[@avurtarong7716]

no, he would just rip the teachers organs out of his body

[@ФеликсЖелезный-б3э]

🤦‍♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣☝️👍

[@CosmicCleric]

That organ seems to have more controls than a nuclear reactor.

[@kuro_kei]

That depends on how you define "nuclear reactor." The reactor itself only needs a way to withdraw and insert the control rods, which could be done with some ropes and a pulley, but a full reactor plant has way more controls than that if you include all the support systems necessary for safe and stable power generation.

[@CosmicCleric]

@@kuro_kei I define nuclear reactor as the "China Syndrome" movie.

[@nathanielhill8156]

you joke, but it was suggested that the Wanamaker organ in Macy's has more controls than the Apollo space capsule

[@Otto_Von_Beansmarck]

probably easier to operate too

[@janeilnold5863]

My favorite thing about pipe organs of this scale is that, you aren't playing a simple organ, you are playing an instrument that's larger than most people's houses! Pipe organs sound huge because the chamber they are in is part of the instrument too. You are surrounded by its sound and it wouldn't sound the same if it was out in the open. Such a cool instrument and has a sound like no other!

[@holbeincrane4130]

Man, you must feel so powerfull playing this on an organ! (surely makes me feel powerfull!)

[@michalgeppert5373]

It feels like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZiUZZ2El6eVY5o

[@Aregon972]

@@michalgeppert5373 thanks, I needed that today

[@leonardoresende3232]

@@michalgeppert5373 imagine if this guy put a link to Rick roll someone...

[@owenwolfco.8344]

There’s only one place I know in my state that has a pipe organ and I’ve played it. You feel like you control the entire room.

[@georgegordonbrown9522]

If he´s in his right mind he rather feels humble.

[@roisinnigcrainn7722]

If I'm ever a millionaire, I'm building my own mansion with one of these bad bois to terrify the neighbours

[@rabbitbunny8510]

Play it on Halloween

[@WaxingRadiance]

For that organ you would need to be a billionaire.

[@tsaqifammarsakti7825]

@@WaxingRadiance multi millionaire*

[@cozmic8288]

@@tsaqifammarsakti7825 billionaire*

[@voidtv8401]

Ah, Scottish then.

[@Ravioli_-vd4wb]

"I play the piano" Ha that's cute this dude plays the entire damn building

[@mormatus]

Nice one

[@frodeskibrek]

As a norwegian,this video makes me proud beyond belief. Grieg was an amazing composer. And he captured Norway in music better than anyone.

[@tinkersmith]

Veldig enig!

[@johnhughes2653]

Are you a troll?

[@frodeskibrek]

@@johnhughes2653 No,sir. I am a living,breathing modern day viking. How about you,sir?

[@tinkersmith]

No, but my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-gread grandfather was

[@frodeskibrek]

@@tinkersmith 😂😂😂😂

[@throngcleaver]

The Mountain King would be proud.

[@The_NPC20]

Yes

[@editname6868]

Yes

[@afirstandlastname]

Yes

[@trongdung1306]

Yes

[@tremaine1058]

Non't

[@BobG127]

My first impression upon listening to this is the incredible skill required to play such an instrument. Then came the realization that someone had to conceive of such skill in order to CREATE such an instrument and know that it could actually be played by incredibly talented human beings. 🤯 Truly remarkable.

[@buttzkrieg3919]

That's gotta be the coolest feeling in the world. Being 1 person and making so much beautiful noise with some small finger and wrist movements, not to mention that sweet footwork at the beginning.

[@kiwigaming09]

Wouldn't the whole building just shake? Cuz that would make it 100 times better

[@i_am_jayce]

@@kiwigaming09 if you used the loudest stops yes. I don't know what's the loudest on this organ, but I could take a guess at a 32 foot pedal reed or hand-manual fanfare trumpet/tuba

[@kc8391]

I've never been afraid of a song or melody before now. I feel so powerless but impressed at the same time

[@theusher2893]

In person, it is no less than a life-changing experience, especially if you're a musician. The first time I heard Tacotta and Fugue in D Minor in person, I felt like all music I had heard up to that point had been a lie. Even emotions fail you. I just sat there, in stunned silence, tears streaming down my face.

[@bodenking]

I think the word you’re looking for is “sublime”

[@kirkwahmmett1666]

@@theusher2893 Hearing Toccata and Fugue in D Minor in person is a bucket list item for me.

[@StellarCrackhead42]

It's like the flow of time, unstoppable and ever following. The faster it goes, the faster the days go by and the life drains from your eyes. It's kinda interesting, but in a scary way.

[@holliehoover6223]

I can't move

[@mothmagic1]

I love this guy's playing. Such a talent he deserves all the success in the world.

[@still34u]

I am not a musician but I'd imagine it must be incredible honor to be allowed to play this absolute unit of an instrument...

[@Fishing_and_fun]

It would be an absolute honor

[@glashoppah]

You can probably rent it.

[@paulbolus9399]

UNIT

Saint-saens would be proud of you.

[@tanya5322]

Why?

[@felissylvestris6557]

That's from Grieg. (If you thought it was from Saint-Saëns)

Tanya Engesser Because Saint-saens was a great organist. :)

[@felissylvestris6557]

Ok. I didn't knew it, thank you

[@Traitorman..Proverbs26.11]

Leiki Ueda Oh! In that case Petra Sugorney would have been proud too.

[@katerinanella164]

It started of simple... and then BOOM a WHOLE orchestra and a BIG STORM of talent comes in unexpected!!!

[@jman036]

When you're just going to church but the boss music starts O.o

[@ediblerubber]

Giorno's theme plays

[@marvinconnelly1620]

@@ediblerubber I smell JoJo.

[@tokumo2190]

@@marvinconnelly1620 *IL VENTO D ORO INTENSIFIES*

[@Wizzard_2006]

That’s some dark souls stuff lol

[@itsjustjaketv6666]

A health bar shows up at the top of the screen and it just says god

[@estaveler3288]

Ahh yes "in the hall of the mountain king" or as i like to call it now "2020 the musical"

[@Goofyboi2002]

Soooo correct

[@acatisfinetoo3018]

Or 2022 the trilogy 😅

[@TeenDream888]

I would _love_ to have seen the expressions of people walking by and hearing this from outside. you have to be able to hear this from at least across the street, it's amazing!

[@Crazylom]

As one wise said: "Organ is a king of all musical instruments"

[@nancyayers6355]

I think it's in the top three, along with the piano and violin! It's got to be the King in size alone! Reminds me of a TV show called, "My 600 Pound Life!" and the HUGELY FAT PEOPLE whose lives revolve around food! When you get an idea of what a obese person over 600 pounds really looks like, well, the organ is the behemoth of musical instruments. They are both quite impressive but whereas the hugely obese folks garner little respect, the opposite is true of the Organ!

[@federicobenini8019]

The king is *BASS*

[@grafplaten]

The king of instruments that only queens play.

[@fallisolation9405]

Bassoon... but you can have an opinion

[@alcyonae]

The organ not a king, but a kingdom of its own.

[@zcapari]

i accidentally watched this at 1.5 speed and thought i was having a heart attack

[@sarahno4748]

Ha! I just tried it, and yeah that's crazy (^_^) I'm trying to imagine what the audience would do with him playing thst fast :)

[@lauramedeiros7851]

I just realized I was watching at 0.75 :v

[@olesuhr727]

You're sure it wasn't an organ attack?

[@saladar1958]

i can see why you thought that.

[@mattiamattia7466]

Try X2 please 😂

[@abdullahalibutler4703]

Well done! It's an orchestra in a keyboard.... In the right hands

[@PyroYeet]

you must feel like th emost powerful being on earth while playing that organ

[@billmelater6470]

"Hello sir, I'd like to play a big instrument?" "Oh, okay. How big?" "Yes."

[@mrmcmoustache9615]

“Oh we have an entire church you can play”

reminds me of a scene in a Diskworld novel, where someone was playing a magical organ that could produce THUNDER and other fancy sound effects!

[@brandoncassidy5451]

Lmao, I was a music major in college, and part of your identity was your instrument. There was a collective understanding that if someone was an organ performance major, then they were a total badass. Yes, any accomplished pianist can learn organ. My own mother was one of those. But to truly master the organ at a high level... that's something special and musicians know it.

[@roderickfemm8799]

For all the times I've heard this piece played by an orchestra, this is the first time I got actual chills. Thanks for posting, and many thanks to the organist.

[@harryho7065]

Feels like this song is made just for the organ

[@nancyayers6355]

I fully concur!

[@piper888]

No ,it's made for the inside of a giant cave in the side of a mountain LOL LOL😅😅🥴🥴🥴🤪

[@elliot_ps420]

The organ is made for the song

[@almagirimai8931]

That's the Skill of Scotts arrangement of Grieg's score.

[@emilia1911]

I'd agree, but it's a piece

[@dragonl0ver945]

This song always seems to bring a smile to my face no matter how it is performed!

[@Dr3Mc3Ninja]

I feel like Captain Davy Jones would be good on that.

[@BlueJMA]

He only has 1 working foot to hit the peddles with, the keys are no problem but the peg-leg might make it hard

[@lepurpleboi3266]

What if he tied something to the peg

[@eduardolopez5551]

@@BlueJMA well he does TECHNICALLY have 2 feet, one is just more in the shape of a crab leg, so unless he needs to move his toes or something he should play this with ease Unless his seating posture makes him press his "foot" down in a awkward position, but seeing as he masters the organ, he should be ok with it

[@Impractical_Engineer]

Humans are not perfect but there are moments we get close. This is one of those moments.

[@nancyayers6355]

In 1995, I met a fantastic, drop-dead gorgeous man! He was the "light at the end of the tunnel" for women. He worked in a public capacity, and nearly every female he met began to fall in love with him!!! But now, I have a whole new level of respect for him! If he had a Master's degree in Organ, then he must be as gifted in music as he was in stunning looks and appearance. I just had no idea!

[@sohcratic]

Nancy Ayers I’m so confused about what you wrote

[@CatherineRhoadsNC144]

What time is lift off?

[@arabiannights5301]

@Nancy Ayers Looks like you fell in love with a substance rather than a man. You ok there?

[@palacsintacsatornaja6103]

Hell yes

[@lexerwilliams8880]

My favorite composer, with my favorite song, on the coolest instrument. What a cool thing to hear!!

[@iliketrains0pwned]

When your cat is roaming around at 3 in the morning and sees the lit Christmas tree downstairs...

[@musicalifornia49]

I laughed way too hard at this

[@rebccalay1299]

This is the piece that I didn’t know I needed on the organ.

[@drinkupmeheartysyoho]

Toccata and Fugue in D minor

[@porsche911sbs]

I don't get it. I find the original orchestral version much better than this one.

[@pistoleroshooter2575]

Everything about this screams TALENT. Just Magnificent. Thank you

[@toast651]

This song is wonderfully discordant, yet harmonic af at the same time

[@DirectorOfChaos9292]

Controlled chaos: the song

[@wally2909]

And here I am having trouble playing piano with 2 hands and this man plays with both and his feet... Amazing!

[@Fafonia]

Now that's an organ, dang! I love how he's just kind of floating above the foot pedals. When I was a kid we had a pizza place called Uncle Milt's and they had an organ that they would play every time we went there. There was also a man in a Pink Panther suit, an old timey black/white movie projector, bubble machine and arcade. That was pretty cool too. Thanks for reminding me of the good ol' days just on a grander scale.

[@lukavrjc]

"Which sport do you practice ? - I play the organ"

[@LordGopu]

I feel like organists really need their 40 hours per day of practice to do their instrument justice. Ling Ling would be proud.

[@jukkychan]

Practice 40 Hours!!😂

[@quinn_nz]

@@jukkychan a day!!😂

[@FlawlessEntropy]

The deep sounds it makes are just hypnotic.

[@SunflowerSpotlight]

I love when Grieg gets some love. 😊 I can’t IMAGINE his Concerto in A Minor: I Allegro on this! 😱 I grew up hearing my father play it, rumbling through the house, and I’d still be hard pressed to name a classical work that’s more ferocious. I’m so glad I found this channel!

[@nilsragnar1347]

I just want to remind everyone that if you were there, it would fell 100 times more powerful. Still love church organs though, never got the chance to play one yet, but such a powerful and majestic instrument.

[@i_am_jayce]

Honestly, they are amaxing to play, all that power at your fingertips (and toe-tips). Its extraordinary to watch people play the instrument, but even better to play it yourself!

[@Mahablast]

Many instruments show you what it means to hear your heartbeat, the music that drives your life. But with the organ, you are INSIDE the music, you ARE the music. The organ is nothing without its cathedral, and is meant to play through the masses. What a truly powerful experience for the player and the audience. They are one.

[@iciclecold2991]

I was more than a bit thrown off when there was no applause at the end. I certainly had the urge to clap.

[@lotusfomalhaut9950]

Being able to play a beautifully engineered and massive 900+ key instrument must be the most powerful feeling in the world, and this video proves what i just said

[@Mizantrop__]

This is the most wonderfull thing I've heard this week

[@Imarasgirl]

And I thought my pipe organ was beautiful. Organ is probably one of the most amazing skills I've learned, I still can't help to be amazed by other musicians and how they play their instruments, and choose their registration, and take the piece and Make it their own. I love organ because you're putting your personal touches into everything you do, and no one piece is going to be played exactly the same.

[@pakachakawaka]

this guy is totally unimpressive, anyone can do what he has done. all you need is... 1. to make sure your shoe laces are tied tightly and 2. Superhuman hand-to-eye-to-foot-to-butt muscle co-ordination Don't forget the shoe laces... very important the shoe laces

[@DepressedPockyStikk]

I laughed too hard at the last sentence!

[@miafillene4396]

Same

[@Safetyswitch]

i can't tie shoe laces

[@Anja-zg3hj]

So which note do you think he played with his butt? 💨🎶

[@wyattwilliams2457]

Anja, scooting to reach the keys and pedals

[@spincycle5719]

I’ve played a pipe organ. It is probably the most intimidating instrument out there. As someone who likes to pick up instruments for fun, the pipe organ is probably the only instrument to truly daunt me.

[@THE_DAN_EFFECT]

Of all the instruments I’ve heard this played on, I think this organ has to be the most amazing and satisfying one

[@warren5037]

Took me a second to realize he was ALSO playing with his FEET

[@ScottKenny1978]

Yup. 5 manuals (keyboards), plus the deep bass for the feet.

[@seaborgium919]

There are actually organ songs that are entirely played with the pedals.

[@wyattwilliams2457]

What about the organs that do not have food petals( I am not talking about a Hammond organ or confusing with a piano.) My aunt's organ has probably 600 tiny keys I forgot what it is called if you know please do tell. I think its keyboard is called a von janko keyboard.

[@knightwolf3511]

@@wyattwilliams2457 still not easy even for pianist unless i guess electronic versions can but normal organ and old ones you have to hold the keys down for longer play, once you life up your hand it stops but since this is electric it cab changed so the sound keeps playing

[@wyattwilliams2457]

@@knightwolf3511 I was not saying they are easier for a pianist to use, but organs like pump organs, and lap organs do not have pedals

[@PikeRunner2]

Why is it SO AMAZING on the organ?

[@Taremioca69]

This is the official ost for 2020

[@marcuscourtney7354]

Hello there, Master Kenobi

[@rattyratstuff7125]

sneaky snitch

[@dy7296]

More like the whole 2020s decade

[@morganminecraftlegion9101]

How does he even get in and out without blowing out everybody's ears within 10 miles of the premises?

[@mistressofmadness]

Butt scooting maybe? Or also maybe shutting off the air blowers for the pipes

[@jurjenbos228]

The 32' pipes don't damage your ears, because your ears are too small: they cause internal concussions

[@greentailpup1602]

Balcony is behind him.... climb his way out

[@kirtil5177]

probably some sort of switch that turns off the organ from making sounds? wouldnt wanna have a stray cat get in and wake up the whole city

[@VidralliaArchives]

You know it's one badass instrument when it has a title as if it's the lord or lady of whatever building it's in.

[@Lejo04]

The amount of sheer, unbridled chaos this gives off is far too much for any mortal to comprehend.

[@renataanna951]

European Organ Tour. Episode 7.Starring: Jonathan Scott as an organist and music arranger.Direction/script/camera and sound by Tom Scott. You two make my Sunday really ☀ sunny. Thanks.

[@Hungry4Mor]

Dunno how I stumbled across this, but sure glad I did.

[@kahryinkime6043]

this instrument is bigger, more expensive, and more air tight than my home I’m cold

[@jessepetersen2543]

He really ‘pulled out all the stops’ hehe

[@Aigloblam]

This is shaking my room, and I only have ONE 18 inch sub. To hear(feel) this in person would be nearly a religious experience.... wow

[@brixsumaoang7567]

Grand Piano = Master of all instruments Grand Organ = King of all instruments

[@wyattwilliams2457]

Bell tower carillon: Queen of all instruments.

[@mdrobnson3912]

Love the tone in this piece. Good to hear those big pipes sing and be complimented by those moods and higher tones. Well done sir. Well done indeed

[@rayanderson5797]

Organs are always impressive instruments, but this one is especially awesome looking.

[@AC-ih7jc]

If I had a carousel, it would play this. And it would spin in time to the music.

[@williamahana935]

Brilliant! I'm amazed at the dexterity of his feet, as well as his hands! Amazing!

[@robinbatchelor2984]

Wonderful talented musicians ! Robin, Cambridge, New Zealand . 2nd April 2024

[@SirVawn]

Construction crew: " and how many keyboards would you like your organ to have?" Owner: "Yes!"

[@tsaqifammarsakti7825]

Keyboards???? There's no keyboards wdym

[@asrieldreemurr4338]

@@tsaqifammarsakti7825 they meant the multiple array of notes

[@tinkersmith]

"How many keyboards do you want?" "I want it all! I want it all! I want it ALL! and I want it NOW!"

[@unknowntimelord9557]

Ok, just to make this clear, the keyboards of an organ are called manuals.

[@i_am_jayce]

Sad there are only 5 hand-manuals. But ig that's enough to make a massive amount of noise!

[@gustavovaldivia8522]

I thought at first that the name of the organ was "Mountain King", which would make sense.

[@auhsojacosta1672]

That would only be possible if it were on a mountaintop, and even then you’d be the only one to blame whenever an avalanche occurs. Also, calling a pipe organ “Mountain King” has the same energy as people calling the titanic “unsinkable”

[@MisterKrinkle-g1e]

I have never been more terrified and awestruck by a piece of music in my life. This is truely amazing

[@amour_et_orgue]

Another genius transcription ! Bravo !!!

[@amour_et_orgue]

@Konstantin Ridaya True! For organ and piano, at the Victoria Hall. Thanks for the hint 😉 Though I prefer the sound of this instrument to the Willis in Hanley as I'm not a fan of the "British" sound...

[@Ansonidak]

I don't know who is more impressive: The composer or the musician.

[@William_Nicholson]

Both??

[@Ansonidak]

@@William_Nicholson I get you. At a certain level of awesome comparisons become kinda meaningless

[@William_Nicholson]

I know right.

[@redcat9436]

I've asked the same question of myself and the answer that I've come to is the composer.

[@Ansonidak]

@@redcat9436 After thinking about it more I kinda agree with 'both', although I do lean toward the composer.

[@SardonicDog]

I’m amazed this thing can be made, let alone played.

[@islandhopper7614]

I grew up on pipe organs. And because of it, every time I sit down to play a piano/keyboard today, I feel like I'm selling my soul.

[@yobgodababua1862]

Ah, the classical organ... a mostly successful attempt to reproduce an entire orchestra in one instrument, and then force one poor sod to play all the parts at once.

[@gilian2587]

Do not pity the mayheps excessively ambitious sod should he volunteer such madness upon himself.

[@Secret_Takodachi]

​@@gilian2587 "faster! Play it F A S T E R!" 😂😂😂

[@blackbeardthepirate7467]

At the same time though it is the F1 car of instruments, takes skill to operate and really only shines in the right hands.

[@AtomicSoul29]

“Mostly?” Bro I think it’s even better played on the organ rather than an orchestra. Then again I am biased bc the organ is my favorite instrument…

[@Richard-od7yd]

The only person capable of that is Jeff Lynne 😂

[@grubwirld]

wow, truly a great achievement for mankind

[@jackiegerlach]

This is absolute madness to me. Beautiful

[@FlorentPlacide]

There's a massive organ (Cavaillé-Coll) in the second biggest church of my hometown (Rouen, Normandy). The sounds there is astonishing. (Un)fortunately the church and the organ are undergoing restoration. I miss hearing it and more importantly feeling it in my bones and flesh. Such a wonderful instrument.

[@epincion]

Great to hear the CC at St Ouen is under restoration - do you know what factuer d'orgue is doing the restoration? CC built 6 organs in the UK and 4 survive and the largest (in Manchester City Hall) is currently under full restoration itself. Jonathan has uploaded on this channel a video of himself demonstrating this CC just before the restoration started.

[@FlorentPlacide]

​@@epincion I was wrong, the CC organ is not comprised in the restoration. It is simply covered up during the restoration works on the occidental part of the church (until 2024). Sorry for getting your hopes up :/ In the meantime we still can enjoy other CC in several other churches in Rouen.

[@epincion]

@@FlorentPlacide Thanks for the information.

[@FlorentPlacide]

@@epincion I got new information. I asked a friend who is involved in Saint-Ouen restoration and he told me that the tenured organist, Jean-Baptiste Monnot, has a project of creating an association in order to raise 1 million euros to restore the organ. We'll see if it goes through :)

[@epincion]

@@FlorentPlacide Thanks for this information. I had heard that the St Ouen CC is privately owned by Mr Monnot (and maybe other partners)

[@s.p.3587]

The job you did and the scenery in the room makes it feel like you are in the hall of the mountain king! I am not kidding.

[@brodygamez6229]

Its incredible how much like the orchestral version this sounds

[@icravecheddar7401]

when you're a 15th century monk in a church, and the church has a big organ The Monk: *_lord, forgive me for what am i going to do_*

[@editname6868]

The church organ that you see here was invented in 1700...

[@marco7636]

va fanculooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@wyattwilliams2457]

The Musical Science Kitty it was made in 2007 (this organ)

[@philip.stigaard]

Ahh yes, let me play some Grieg who lived in the romantic era.

[@shiningarmor2838]

The organ as we know it can be traced back to the Greek engineer Ctesibius of Alexandria, in the 3rd century.

[@dianewilliams1125]

I just played this yesterday! Easy Peasy!😊😊😊

[@jarodgene]

No one to applaud him, it's so sad ! Bravo, he really enjoyed to play it.