A wonderful video featuring this mammoth cathedral and it's temporary instrument which, by all accounts, you played brilliantly! Thanks, Charles!
@samueljaramillo42213 ай бұрын
We’ve been to this magnificent cathedral many times. We love to just sit and listen to the magnificent organ.
@scottgarver57823 ай бұрын
Widor's tocatta in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. How absolutely glorious!
@bhigdaddymark8 күн бұрын
Excellent video, thanks for demonstrating that fine Walker Technical Organ. .y friend Bob Walker is a GENIUS in his contribution to the organ world and we thank him for it.
@paullewis24133 ай бұрын
Thanks for the upload. I wonder if this amazing cathedral will ever be finished. You can see from the design that it began in the Romanesque style and continued in Gothic. That actually makes this building more like the ancient cathedrals of Europe which is many cases were begun in the 11th/12th century and completed hundreds of years later.
@raphaelramin90153 ай бұрын
The Catedral de Seville (built between 1401 and 1519) is the largest Gothic church in the world. Saint John the Divine in NYC is Neo-Gothic and not Gothic, so it is a stylistic copy since it was only completed in 1911. But the organ is fantastic!
@Charles-Reardon3 ай бұрын
What I was told was a lie😢
@raphaelramin90153 ай бұрын
@@Charles-Reardon No, you didn't know. That's a difference.
@user-qt5cm1qf3m3 ай бұрын
I wish 😪 that they at least completed the two towers of the cathedral.
@richardharrold97362 ай бұрын
To be fair, SJD isn't just "neo", it is quite inventive and original, re-imagining Gothic for the twentieth century.
@jeremiahthompson8214 күн бұрын
@@Charles-Reardon This is a Gothic cathedral. St Paul's is considered Romanesque yet it's built with Gothic engineering. Gothic architecture is predominated with pointed arches like we see in this cathedral instead of the rounded Roman arches
@grahamtwist3 ай бұрын
The Walker instrument is amazing - I confess that it sounds like a real pipe organ (helped by the extraordinary acoustics of this magnificent cathedral). You were very fortunate to play it, Charles . . . maybe you will be able to return when the Skinner is playable once more!
@Charles-Reardon3 ай бұрын
The trip is in the planning!
@bikdav18 күн бұрын
😮 What? That Walker is a totally electronic organ? That’s awesome sounding. I might recommend something like this for a small church in my area.
@greerbox3 ай бұрын
Hey Charles, what a beautiful church/organ. You are so clever being faced with that organ for the first time and producing such great music. I loved the finale as I guess you did judging by your smiles. You seemed to gel so well with the resident organist. Great vlog, love watching you ❤
@paullewis24133 ай бұрын
The toccata from Widor’s organ symphony no 5 never fails to thrill. Heard this not along ago on the magnificent organ at Westminster Abbey, London. 😊
@SknappCFA3 ай бұрын
Cool to see you inspired by the cathedral. If you can, please do yourself a huge favor and visit the cathedral in Seville, Spain. It’ll be the same experience, but it’ll be on steroids.
@Todd13563 ай бұрын
Fantastic. Your tempo for the Widor was perfect.
@TrinityDivineMozart3 ай бұрын
I haven't been to that church in ages the organ and inside the church is absolutely wonderful and divine in Uptown Manhattan.
@nathanaellee83563 ай бұрын
This was after the fire but before the Cathedral’s 148 rank Aeolian-Skinner Organ was reinstalled. Last I researched, the Skinner was still being cleaned and restored,a project that should be completed by next year. The organ will then be reinstalled and used for services once again.
@drbobdrake3 ай бұрын
There was a more recent smokey fire under the chancel several years ago that has resulted in another cleaning of all the pipes. The Walker speakers were installed in the pipe chambers.
@Charles-Reardon3 ай бұрын
It will be back this year, except the state trumpet😞
@sashineb.21143 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing this. Years ago, I was at St. John's for Easter Sunday service (the church was full, with hundreds standing). It's so sad about the fire and the condition of the organs, after the first restoration a few years before that. When do they expect that the current organ cleaning will be finished, with everything restored and back in place? It's amazing how the 3-manual organ sounds so big in the space. Thanks so much.
@Charles-Reardon3 ай бұрын
It will be back by the end of the year. State trumpet has no eta yet though sadly
@tomhulbert27843 ай бұрын
I did a walk through of this church a few years ago. There was only a handful of people there so it was tranquil. As large as the building is it felt intimate.
@mathewmatics1603 ай бұрын
Wow this was incredible! I've always wanted to play at that cathedral! I have access to a 3 manual walker down in virginia beach that has almost the exact same specs! So it was interesting to hear the similarities.
@Serghey_833 ай бұрын
СУПЕР. Очень люблю готические храмы.
@citylimits89273 ай бұрын
Quimby Pipe Organs had just done a very thorough and excellent restoration of the Aeolian-Skinner instrument when the 2019 fire occurred! What a bummer that it needs another restoration so soon! And that restoration was after a previous fire in 2001.
@seraphimharper87733 ай бұрын
Mr Reardon, my apologies. I was under the impression that the main organ of the cathedral was what we were talking about, not a temporary instrument. Again, my apologies.
@Nahji_Carter3 ай бұрын
I definitely have to come visit when the organ is complete I heard the State Trumpet is crazy loud
@Charles-Reardon3 ай бұрын
You heard right
@heinmadsen-leipoldt23413 ай бұрын
For a large cathedral but a small organ, our church is smaller but hosts a 5 manual organ with just over 14000 pipes and, our church will be celebrating its 102nd birthday in September
@Charles-Reardon3 ай бұрын
What church?
@digitalpipesАй бұрын
Milan's cathedral is the biggest Gothic church in the world. This one is a neo-Gothic building.
@user-ii5ff7lx3k3 ай бұрын
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@aaronstokes95133 ай бұрын
I definitely understand with regards to the Chattering person.😏😏
@pixmahler58593 ай бұрын
I LOVE the Sponge Bob Square Pants socks you have on.🤣
@seraphimharper87733 ай бұрын
I have heard larger organs played. I believe Riverside Church has a much larger instrument; I could be mistaken, however.
@questionit25183 ай бұрын
Babe wake up Charles posted another banger
@Charles-Reardon3 ай бұрын
Lol
@organblower3 ай бұрын
You played the acoustic of the largest gothic cathedral in the world. Did they say when 150A would be reinstalled? The Walker Technical does a good job in the mean time.
@Charles-Reardon3 ай бұрын
by the end of the year
@tyronesills94233 ай бұрын
Great acoustics. My parish church is getting a Walker.
@Jeremy-eu9em3 ай бұрын
The place is gigantic…. And to think… The cathedral construction has not been finished.
@joemaliga163 ай бұрын
I’m confused. The Aeolian-Skinner was repaired and cleaned some years ago.
@drbobdrake3 ай бұрын
A smaller smokey fire under the chancel more recently.
@dkeithtag3 ай бұрын
@@drbobdrakewow… is Quimby involved now also?
@drbobdrake3 ай бұрын
@@dkeithtagI believe so. All the small Æolian-Skinner organs in the chapels were similarly affected.
@joscallinet62603 ай бұрын
Was this video made after the fire but before the main Aeolian Skinner organ was repaired and restored? It's been a few years now since the fire and after the organ had been thoroughly cleaned, repaired and reinstalled to great acclaim. It's now 2024 - this video here must have been made over a decade and a half ago.
@ThatcherNelson3 ай бұрын
It had to be cleaned again because the church caught on fire again
@drbobdrake3 ай бұрын
A small smokey fire under the chancel a few years ago necessitated yet another cleaning.
@joscallinet62603 ай бұрын
@ThatcherNelson and @drbobdrake: Thank you both for your replies. It seems that the Cathedral of St. John the Divine continues to be cursed by bad and even EGREGIOUSLY CARELESS STEWARDSHIP of its property. It's amazing to me that a structure made almost entirely of granite could catch fire as readily as St. John's has. You'd think after its gift shop went up in flames in December 2001, that those in charge of the care and upkeep of this landmark structure would have learned their lesson. That YET ANOTHER FIRE has taken out the organ A SECOND TIME only twenty-three years later is beyond belief! At this point the cathedral might as well mothball its Aeolian Skinner organ and make the temporary Walker organ a permanent fixture. It sounds good enough to where MOST attendees at the Cathedral wouldn't notice the difference! I'm sure the insurance company underwriting this latest fire-damage claim must by now be VERY annoyed by St. John the Divine's remarkably poor oversight of its property and will surely raise its rates accordingly, if not outright deny it any further coverage. Taken together, this pair of fires at St. John the Divine on this side of the Atlantic is nearly the equivalent of the devastating fire that all but destroyed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris in April 2019 - the HUGE expense and effort that the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Manhattan's Upper East Side had to put into cleaning not only the organ but also the ENTIRE interior stonework of the church after the gift shop inferno was on a scale proximate to what's now being done to restore Notre Dame.
@KathiPerry-nv5vx3 ай бұрын
when I was on the faculty of Columbia University I the blessing of visiting this cathedral during holy weeks. I now watch morning worships & holy eucharist from the Washington D.C. cathedral. While attending a workshop for deaf & blind, I prayed there. The commentary from one person was totally out of place. Cathedrals & churches, mosques/temples are places of worship & deserve respect when inside!
@jamesh13033 ай бұрын
How many audio channels and speakers are on this instrument. There must be some huge subwoofers too. The sound is incredible! 😅
@Charles-Reardon3 ай бұрын
6
@Rjl413 ай бұрын
@@Charles-Reardon in fact, this a mix between an electronic organ and a traditional pipe one, if I'm right! I love organs, I am a friend of Pierre Grandmaison's, organist at the ND Basilica in Montreal, Canada, a huge Casavant organ, around 95 stops or so!
@bhigdaddymark8 күн бұрын
@@Rjl41 This Walker is all digital with no pipes at all.
@vinalboy3 ай бұрын
😎 BRAVO!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏! And to that talker SHH!! 🤐 You’re being rude.
@TheJakeman7895 күн бұрын
Sounds obviously electronic. Bring back the pipe organ!
@JPBAMA3 ай бұрын
I will be glad when the pipe organ is finally restored and played again. SJTD does not record well on their streams. Washington National Cathedral mics much better. Their new temporary Walker / Hauptwerk? instrument sounds great!
@user-jx3jp3gb4x3 ай бұрын
IT SURE DOES!!!!!!!
@bhigdaddymark8 күн бұрын
To my knowledge, it's all Walker nothing else. I owe Bob Walker a call and I'll ask him. Both SJD and WNC are temporary Walker Technical Organs.
@seraphimharper87733 ай бұрын
St John’s organ is very small; what gives it the “massive” sound is the space.
@Charles-Reardon3 ай бұрын
If you think 151 ranks is very small, I can't imagine what you think big is...
@bikdav18 күн бұрын
Update me. Are you the present organist at the cathedral?
@Charles-Reardon18 күн бұрын
Only during months that end with F
@lukereilly496324 күн бұрын
at 16:05 boellmann!!!!
@JordiFranchParella2 ай бұрын
Please, a gothic cathedral was built in XIVth century. What was NYC in XIVth century?
@richardharrold97362 ай бұрын
Gothic began in the 12th century and continued to the 16th, and was revived in the 19th. SJD I think qualifies as legitimately Gothic. It isn't a mere replica of European forms in the way Washington National is.
@theohess32423 ай бұрын
what a flag outside there?
@semperwifi1003 ай бұрын
What happened to the State Trumpets?
@Charles-Reardon3 ай бұрын
Water damage
@semperwifi1003 ай бұрын
Is there an eta on when they’ll be reinstalled?
@Charles-Reardon3 ай бұрын
Not that I know of
@andydeakin79143 ай бұрын
“The biggest gothic cathedral in the world” 🤣🤣🤣. Built in 1910.
@richardharrold97362 ай бұрын
Yes, and? It is Gothic, it is a cathedral, it is the biggest such.
@canoeman6213 ай бұрын
Reverb!!!
@KRELL4273 ай бұрын
Built by the Tartarians.
@MrKmoconneАй бұрын
For such a grand building, the organ cases are rather uninspiring.
@Charles-ReardonАй бұрын
I honestly agree
@bhigdaddymark8 күн бұрын
Those are 1911 E.M.Skinner cases...
@MrKmoconne7 күн бұрын
@@bhigdaddymark Skinner was better known for what was behind the case.
@ernestomaceira63803 ай бұрын
pagaría 1000 dólares por que me dejaran estar solo, media hora ahí
@rolandmohr70623 ай бұрын
Never gothik....this is a mixture of neo Styles....
@rednekokie3 ай бұрын
The Walker is nice, but it isn't a pipe organ - and certainly not an AEolian-Skinner.
@drbobdrake3 ай бұрын
Walker has sampled Skinner stops and is as close as a virtually organ is going to get.
@Jean-tu2bd3 ай бұрын
Neo-gothic exactly
@andrewashdown354110 күн бұрын
dizzying ... camerawork. Pls learn to hold the camera still!
@Charles-Reardon10 күн бұрын
What makes you say that
@andrewashdown354110 күн бұрын
@@Charles-Reardon the camera is all over the place
@Charles-Reardon10 күн бұрын
@andrewashdown3541 in what way?
@jonwelch6862 ай бұрын
Episcopal? And what fire made it such the organ had to be removed and replaced with a fake. Temporary I hope. Those key boards sound awful.
@richardharrold97362 ай бұрын
The Walker digital was brought in because the pipe organ suffered extensive smoke and humidity damage from the 2019 fire. In David Briggs' recordings the Walker sounds pretty fine.
@francoisplaniol14893 ай бұрын
Not gothic at all, only looks like. Untrap from pseudo knowledge!
@richardharrold97362 ай бұрын
It's Gothic Revival.
@billdunstall22063 ай бұрын
Punk...put your shoes on. Have respect in God's house.
@Charles-Reardon3 ай бұрын
What?
@EdnaManley-wf8qn3 ай бұрын
A lot of organisms play in sock feet. Also when you are on Hoky ground you should be bare foot.
@ksbear23 ай бұрын
He originally had on sneakers. I don't know about you, but I'd much rather play in stoking feet than try to pedal with sneakers on.