WAGNER - TANNHAUSER OVERTURE ( JONATHAN SCOTT - ORGAN)

Jonathan Scott performs Wagner's Overture to Tannhauser (arr. EH Lemare) on the 1913 JJ Binns Organ at Rochdale Town Hall.
www.jonathanscott.co.uk

[@marcbergeron8690]

It is really amazing how just one man can recreate the athmosphere of an entire orchestra.

[@DavidArdittiComposer]

Everything here - the composition, the arrangement, the playing, the filming, the organ and the building - is a masterpiece.

[@leonardfleet50]

It must be wonderful, to be able to not just play this music but too also feel it!, what a wonderful talent.

[@enzoc123]

Bravo!!! Bravissimo!!! Astonishing!!! Magnificent!!! What else? I'm without any word!

[@tom7601]

Good? :-)

[@samrodian919]

What a Tour de force Jonathan ! Absolutely fantastically played. Thank you for that. This video shows the great skill an organist has to show in order to get all the notes in! Left left thumb doing the main tune on the great while the rest of the left had is accompanying on the swell and the right hand doing cartwheels on the choir! Ladies and Gentlemen it don't get much better than this! And a lovely instrument getting on in age now but still in fine fettle, thanks to dedicated organ builders and well done to Rochdale council for still paying for the upkeep of this fine instrument.

[@ingorichter649]

I think Wagner is very proud and lucky to hear this perfect transscription and interpretation of his masterpiece using such very fine sounding majestic instrument. This is absolutely royal - King Ludwig ll of Bavaria could enjoy this too! Bravo, Bravo, Bravo.

[@marinameilenstein]

Oh my God I'm breathless. This is soooo beautiful!!!

[@artwilliams4144]

Fox, Biggs, Schweitzer, Widor....and now Scott! Hooray!

[@thomasbachli]

great organist,and recording

[@Klythemnaestra]

Jonathan Scott is a true MAESTRO - ein genialer, grossartiger Musiker! ****** Thank you so much!

[@dirkhoekstra727]

No, he is not a maestro. He is a god.

[@user-lk2jr9jd3e]

There are no words. This is the best performance of the Tannhauser Overture on any medium. Absolutely overwhelming.

[@epincion]

Yes I agree and he has also uploaded a newer video of him playing it on Chester Cathedral organ which is easily twice as big as this

[@marcoilariuzzi]

If you don't cry hearing this, you don't have a soul. Tannhauser overture always touch my heart and so does the organ which is the best instrument ever built. I just wish I could hear it live before I die.

[@peterbarber788]

Superb arrangement and performance (and instrument). First time in 50 years as an organist and organ music devotee I've ever heard such a transcription actually realise the organ's true potential in exactly reproducing and even outshining an original orchestral work, let alone one of such scope and complexity. Brilliant and fluid use of registration, dynamics, tempi and sheer virtuosity (including the astonishing legato thumb solos!) to recreate faithfully all the colour, mood and excitement of the Tannhauser overture - I could listen to the whole Wagner canon thus accompanied. An utterly thrilling discovery, thank you.

[@timothyrea4757]

+Peter Barber Not being a musician, all I can add is: All of that goes double for me!

[@richiejohnson]

+Peter Barber yup

[@mudgebauer]

you took the word right out of my mouth! www.gofundme.com/4ej3ic

[@TheCinemasound]

+ Peter Barber, I agree with everything you have said. I don't like transcriptions normally for the reasons you have stated, but I think this is the best I have heard especially of this work.

[@StephenWalkerAhoy-Boats]

And it seemed all to be on one page of music. I didn't see him turning the pages nor anybody doing it for him. Maybe that what all the atmoshere shots were for. But Bravo. Well played. And who would have thought that Rochdale had such an organ.

[@fredo1070]

Oh my, that is what Heaven sounds like!!

[@davidoo75000]

I have no words to express the enjoyment I had listening - and watching - to this masterpiece. I adored the Frantz Liszt piano version, but this organ arrangement is simply fabulous. Moments of pleasure.

[@villiestephanov984]

I am sick of it

[@balfe1808]

That was breathtaking, even listening on the computer. Some of the finest musicianship I have ever seen, and a magnificent interpretation of the piece. And what a transcription!

[@manfredbachert8078]

Perfekt gespielt: Tannhäuser durch eine Orgel erklingen zu lassen- der Organist ist ein Könner, super.

[@slowstar1]

Magnificient! fantastic! Congrats to virtuoso organist! It's nearly impossible to perform...Registration, performance, using of swell, fingering, dynamics...ALL EXCELLENT!!!

[@namelessrevisited]

I can't watch this enough. It has become a daily thing with me. Sometimes more than once.

[@SordidGuy]

Does anyone else out there just close their eyes, listen, feel, experience, weep, laugh, smile, get chills, hold their breath, hum along, stand up and conduct the "orchestra" like I do?! I hear music like most people read books! Every nuance, every mood, every everything! Maybe this is strange, but I'm 60 y/o now and don't plan on changing anything! Just thought I'd ask... SPECTACULARLY MOVING PIECE AND PERFORMANCE, BTW!!!

[@samrodian919]

JaxxMann me too!!

[@Iei.a]

it’s a wonderful feeling. a sublime experience and sensation overall

[@billace90]

A Wagnerian masterpiece, superbly played by a Master organist. It doesn’t get any better than that...

[@MarioTAMBASCO]

E anche questa sera mi sono goduta questa superba esibizione del maestro Scott con questo brano che mi emoziona ogni volta che lo riascolto per la sua pienezza di suoni e la potenza espressiva .

[@Alix777.]

Absolutely stunning, fantastic performance !

[@basspoem]

Outstanding re-creation of a "soul feuer-werk" - incredibly challenging to play, yet "achieved is the glorious work!" Congratulations to this fine organist!

[@laurentstuderlafontaine8077]

merci beaucoup pour cette ouverture , je suis toujours autant émerveillé par l'orgue, un grand bravo pour votre interprétation

[@orgelfanaat8]

I am lost for words. Jonathan you are amazing, this is one of my all time favorites and I can tell you definately the best rendition I have heard to date. Thank you so much, you made my day, although my face is now wet with tears!!!! WOW again!!!

[@fernandoserico77]

I haven’t seen/listened to something this amazing in a long while

[@DCM8828]

How many people could do this? One in a billion? One in a hundred million? So fantastic.

[@UmbertoMarilungo]

la tua passione per la musica è grande ! per essere cosi bravo hai un dono da parte del tuo Dio ! non mi stanchero mai di dirti bravo!!!

[@alvaroherrera5279]

Jonathan Scott is a whole orchestra in himself playing this work. Superb performance!

[@kenhardacre2139]

A stunning rendition and some excellent camera work on the close up fingering.Wonderful!!

[@kereyquaid2540]

A beautiful job of expressing this music! Even before addressing the technical demands of the arrangement, we must be in awe of how such a piece needs to be dramatic and enthused. And this instrument is an impressive example of how a medium-large organ can stand in well for an orchestra without the excessive excess we see in too many modern halls.

[@bostrox]

Why someone doesn't like this? Great great great!

[@brunodimitri1114]

non ci sono parole.......è semplicemente, stupendo, magnifico, unico...

[@riccardomarino8135]

Grandissimo da brividi suona con tre mani e tre piedi grazie di questo momento

[@12345677396]

Soltanto un organista geniale, quale è Jonathan, può eseguire una trascrizione del genere!!! Semplicemente geniale!!! Semplicemente inarrivabile!!! Semplicemente unico ... Jonathan Scott!!! Chapeau!!!

[@mariadesa1434]

Esta mesma obra foi executada pelo Jonathan na imensa e linda Catedral de Chester. A performance e o vídeo também ficaram maravilhosos e fazem parte de um concerto online. É um dos meus vídeos favoritos!

[@josealexandreferreiradacos193]

Pure virtuosity ! Could not believe it until I listened ut the last tone.

[@jmdujardin]

très bel arrangement et interprétation de cette ouverture d'antologie ! merci à vous

[@giuseppecristofori6085]

MAESTOSO.QUESTO STUMENTO è VERAMENTE IL PIù DIFFICILE E IL PIù FATICOSO DA SUONARE ,TI PRENDE TUTTO IL CORPO E DOPO UNA ESEQUZIONE SIMILE SEI VERAMENTE STREMATO.VORREI CHE I GIOVANI ASCOLTASSERO QUESTE PERFORMACE ANZICHE STORDIRSI CON ANFETAMINE.GRAZIE JONATHAN……….

[@ronpalmer2u]

Excellent performance. I am a Church organist now 83 years of age, I can no longer perform as I once did but I remember how it felt to have good control. Thank you

[@andrewknight8860]

I have listened to all your pieces or so I thought, just found this..... Wonderful. Astounding. Amazing. Thanks Jonathan.

[@charlesgoyette5693]

Bravo pour cette transcription magistrale doublée d'une virtuosité époustouflante. Les frères Scott - d'exceptionnels artistes !

[@Charlie-we9yr]

You are one of the best I have heard. I have attended hundreds of concerts in my 69 years. Have known many personally as well. Great to know there are those who can still "do it right."

[@KarnEvil4]

Absolutely brilliant! It's as if I was listening to the whole orchestra performing!

[@AliceAraya]

This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever listened to in my entire life.

[@SelkirkPipey]

My eyes moistened and throat tightened from the resplendent majesty of your arrangement. You are clearly an inspired, gifted musician! I wish I could afford to ship you over here to show your talent locally!

[@dirkhoekstra727]

It was EH Lamar's arrangement, not Jonathan Scott's. But how you described it is perfect! It is majestically arranged and played!

[@UmbertoMarilungo]

è fantastico osservare la maestria di questo artista .. ed anche la grande musica di wagner .. ! grazie maestro !

[@richardclay]

Wow. The dedication, the talent, the sheer volume of practice it takes to achieve this level of perfection. 10,000-thanks.

[@AlmanNey]

I would just sit there in tears and thank god for Richard Wagner.

[@michaellind2388]

The organ is a magnificent instrument, and a skilled organist like J S can make it whisper, sing, bellow and roar. This is magnificent. We need many more organists to master these wonderful instruments!!

[@mudgebauer]

Such coordination of the feet and hands. Talk about patting yourself on the head and rubbing your tummy at the same time! Im surprised he isnt using his nose to play a few keys at the same time. Brilliant performance. I couldnt have done better myself. That old fossil of an organ looks and sounds great too. Many happy returns of the day.Thanks.

[@sxyslyvxn]

ABSOLUTELY GLORIOUS!!! Makes me wish I was an organist and play these lovely works! I like playing such things on my headset at FULL BLAST just to savor each note like a fine gourmet meal! Well done, Maestro! BRAVO!

[@organbuilder272]

+SolarAngel Waldeck Keep doing that and you won't be listening to much of anything in a few years.

[@sxyslyvxn]

+robert shaw As Beethoven allegedly said on his deathbed, "Then I shall hear in Heaven." LOL

[@sxyslyvxn]

+robert shaw I was raised listening to this stuff when I was a kid. My dad played 1st violin for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Robert Shaw, Maestro. ;-) I'd like to hear this work transposed onto rock guitar...that might be interesting to hear. Besides, Bach, Wagner, Vivaldi, etc. were considered the heavy metal musicians and virtuosi of their day

[@organbuilder272]

COngrats for your wonderful participation in Classics. People today should listen to more of it. BUT - If you blast your eardrums, you will end up not being able to hear the music for the screaming of tinitus. That for you and me would be a disaster.

[@organbuilder272]

Nice - Won't do you any good when you wreck your ability to hear high frequency. or worse, drive you to early deafness. I would n't be so quick to brag about hurting my body if I were you.

[@abbassaada9548]

What an incredible performance. Thoroughly moving and inexpressibly grand.

[@formbyuke181]

Absolutely fantastic Jonathan,it's such a pity that Stan Evans didn't see you play before he died last week,he'd of been very proud.

[@jfeucht82]

Absolutely brilliant. I've now spent two straight hours playing and replaying this performance. As a beginner organist myself, I'm intimidated by the technical skills required to perform a piece like this.

[@hermannmiddeke9934]

This man is just a genious. Nothing more to mention! A great delight to attend to his performance. Thank you very much!!

[@gregharris1699]

Let us not forget the genius of one Richard Wagner.

[@henrih3080]

Wagner was not a musical genius he was just a guy who was really hard working on his musical knowledge his hole life !

[@bilbobaggins138]

@Harold Slick Don't conflict him with the tyrant. At the time of his writings he wasn't wrong, in the same way the chinese wasn't wrong 1000 years ago when they tried to find other developed civilizations. One states a fact of the time, the other wishes people and cultures deaths because they weren't the same as his.

[@ursulaingolfsson3626]

This is a fantastic trans -cription. Th use of the manuals not to talk about his thumb- work! A thousand Bravos to this Master of the Queen of the musical instruments!

[@pauldoerflingerMarcoPolo1947]

Transcriptions extraordinaires et toute merveilleuse interprétation ! Quel talent d’organiste. Richard Wagner serait ravi et extrêmement content !

[@gregtowern]

Sure.

[@tom7601]

I just can't get enough of this! Thank you maestro!!! Tom - Vista, CA - USA

[@gloriastiehl2905]

This is one of the most beautifully played organ music I've heard!!🥰🥰💕💕 Thank you!!🧡🧡

[@robertthomson9808]

Wonderful. It does not get better than this.

[@sergioruschi9448]

You are a Genius Mr. Jonathan Scott!!! Congratulations!!!! A friendly HUG!!!!!

[@lawrencekeesler7369]

Exciting beyond words! Stunning arrangement of an exceedingly complex work superbly played! Thanks!

[@ColinHarvey78]

Wow! That’s one heck of a tour de force! Superb performance!

[@kasha1932]

Magnificent mastery of this instrument that is blowing me away!!!!!!!!!!!! Just wonderful! Thank you Mr. Scott and You Tube!

[@mudgebauer]

I love this video. I keep coming back to it. This is a town hall¿ It would make a really beautiful church.

[@Laurentiius]

A tour de force, masterful...Bravo!

[@javiercollazo3598]

¡SUBLIME! ¡Técnica e interpretación insuperables! ¡Un organista genial para un compositor genial!

[@multimill]

Jonathan Scott justifies the restoration or tuning of every organ in the UK.

[@terryr.sublimeorganmusic]

Just saw this comment, still very true!🎹🎶

[@bobmcdermott9535]

Something for the national lottery to fund?

[@mattbod]

I am sure he was instrumental in getting the Manchester Cavaille Coll restored. It’s condition was a travesty. Let’s hope Parr Hall gets sorted next.

[@Towerbrian23]

I second, third and fourth that motion

[@Video7Rose]

So true! Let's hope this happens!

[@mr.booker9263]

I think Edwin H. Lemare would be delighted to hear his masterful transcription played so well. Playing transcriptions is an art in itself...as this performance amply illustrates.

[@charleshudson5330]

Magnificent. A religious experience.

[@florianchurch]

Fantastic !!! Great Work - playing simultanously on three manuals with three different timbres gave trully sinfonical sounds!. Best regards.

[@organbuilder272]

This is not spectacular feat - All Old School organists could do this without trouble. This skill is required is you are going to play any sort of realistic transcription. But it should also be a standard part of the organists skill. Both Scott brothers have the training, experience and skill to accomplish this with no inconvenience at all.

[@organbuilder272]

Hi Florian. "Symphonic Sounds" would be fine. It is really nice isn't it. The Scott Brothers are amazing performers.

[@DellAnderson]

Actually a total of 4 keyboards counting the pedal board (but technically only 3 manuals).

[@mariadesa1434]

Simply wonderful and incredible! Thank you both for the beautiful video!

[@Bing6813]

Absolutely amazing , mesmerizing , Fantastic , what a wonderful Musician Jonathan Scott is ---This is the most majestic performance of TANNHUSER I have ever heard or witnessed

[@newtommisongs]

Strahlend schön und einfach wunderbar.

[@jmdujardin]

Cher Jonathan, merci pour ce bel arrangement pour orgue de cette oeuvre si connue par ailleurs. Même commentaire que pour votre 3eme symphonie de St Saens, arrangée 100% orgue ; là encore, j'aime beaucoup, félicitations !

[@daviddaly9232]

Astounding performance! Three keyboards at once plus the pedals, I mean what can I say? I am speechless!

[@selftrue670]

Wagner's Overture to Tannhauser is my one piece of music above all others. And, of course, that is saying a great deal. And then, to hear it played on the King of Instruments...

[@dermudejoe4386]

It is nothing but a miracle that this complex symphonic poem can be played on an organ in this furious way. Fantastic!

[@Angelo32516]

Given this I do not know what do say, I have no words to express what I feel!!!! I can only say that I see and hear a million times or more!!!!! Thank you very much Jonathan!!!

[@scalajazz]

Simplemente impresionante la habilidad y genialidad del Sr. Scott

[@Charlie-we9yr]

You are certainly a world class organist..!! Hope I can get the opportunity to hear you in person.

[@marc49lewis]

What magnificent voicings. Superb rendition of a most difficult work.

[@richardrodgers758]

My step-father was an organist in America and he played this song as the music minister often of the church we attended. It was always the postlude for the service. Everyone loved it. It gives me chills to this day, 50+ years later. Thank you Mr. Scott. Absolutely magnificent!

[@parkthoven]

Wonderful arrangement and performance. Bravo~!!

[@kennethoberg6164]

Fabulous virtuosity! Wonderful performance.

[@benoitlavoux1914]

Hier j'ai eu la chance de l'entendre jouer cette œuvre sur l'orgue de la cathédrale d'Evreux, magnifique.

[@WINCHANDLE]

Can't improve upon, but can only reiterate all the comments below. Utterly masterful performance of a masterwork

[@leonardfleet50]

This is truly wonderful, what a marvellous gift from the Infinite.

[@mikeclarke6537]

sheer brilliant no other words can say it ... superb

[@danieljones249]

I totally agree! What more can be said.......

[@organo3112]

What I particularly appreciate about Jonathan Scott's performances of transcriptions, including the ones he arranges himself, is that you could truly believe the piece was written for the organ in the first place. There is nuance in the performance that could be so easily lost in adding and subtracting ranks of pipes. Crescendos and diminuendo are effected brilliantly. Bravo.

[@Djembe908]

Wow! What a battle ship that organ is, and so is the sound. Jonathan has it all under control, and this rendition on pipe oran is the most beautiful piece of Richatd Wagner I ever heard! Bravo!!!

[@daviddaly9232]

Simply breathtaking!!!!

[@Doug6412]

Just listened to this again. An absolute masterpiece

[@nashrunner456]

Amazing. His “thumb down” playing and string-like tremolo are simply amazing.

[@Djembe908]

Immediately added to my favorites. Really amazing!!! Is became a piece I listen to at least once a day. Great playing of a great piece of music. Need a couple of boxes of tissues......can't keep my eyes dry........

[@friendsofstedmundschurchfa3301]

Today’s concert 5/6/2020 from Rochdale town hall brought us back here , magnificent as always thank you for the music and the wonderful filming

[@grahamemmett]

My mum enjoys the Organ recitals in Rochdale town hall

[@museprof]

Absolutely fantastic! Bravo!!

[@etinvintagecars732]

4 keyboards together ! superb

[@timothyrea4757]

+Etienne Tinant Would not believe it without this visual proof!!

[@GriggsC123]

+Etienne Tinant Really 5 if you add the pedal keyboard.