This is the full tempo performance version. I also have a slow practice “tutorial version” for people learning this piece. This is based on an arrangement by Diane Bisch. I changed a few minor things to suit my style and taste, as well as the 20 note pedal board (AGO organs have 32 note pedal boards). This is my ONE and ONLY classical organ piece that I play on the organ. I normally play pop & movie music. I was inspired to learn this piece after seeing my organ hero and friend “Hector Olivera” perform about 17 years ago. The organ is a 1992 Yamaha Electone EL90. I use traditional pipe organ stops but chose to use a “real trumpet” sound as the main instrument. You may notice how dynamically expressive it is. The expression is controlled by the amount of pressure you apply to the key after it is depressed. I did about a dozen takes and of course non of them perfect, but this is the best one. The only thing I wasn’t happy with were a couple of the trumpet trills. You may notice that I prefer to play in tennis shoes, specifically DC skate shoes. This video was recorded with a Canon GL2 video camera on the keyboards and a Sony TRV38 video camera on the pedal board. The audio was captured directly with the Roland Edirol R-09HR digital recorder. I edited the video with Sony Vegas Pro 8.0 I prefer to play in DC Skate Tennis Shoes.
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love to listen to it again and again. although it’s an “electric organ” or whatever it is called (my english is not that good….)…
most of all i like watching how it is possible for you to play with those shoes (that i also wear… i never could do that…).
summary: I LOVE IT!!!!
@robbiedoesNL The reverb is built in to the EL-90. Nothing was added by the Roland Digital Recorder.
Hi there!
What an excellent performance here. I’m stunned by the quality of the organ sound and the realistic trumpet sound (with aftertouch) on an organ of that age. Yamaha has always been the best
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Is that reverb also from the Yamaha or is it added by the Roland Digital recorder (I use the Roland VS-1680)?
Greetings, Robert
nice performance! but how do you pedal in those DG scater shoes?? I was always with socks or dress shoes. Leather sole to slide across the pedals… (I am old school E-45 double pedal board in wood)
if someone is so gentle to post this arrangement would be appreciate! im italian and i’m not able to find this transcription anywhere!!!
no I have the music and it not like Stanley wrote it Much slower number and less thrills in the Hincrichsen Editions 1034 it is the second movement Andante largo it is marked
this is Miss Bish’s arrangement i have it too!
Amazing!
how much did your organ cost?
Ugly footwear. Nice music.
Well… the Werner Icking Music Archive, and IMSLP both have this tune in the collections of music by John Stanley.
It’s the fifth voluntary from Opus 6. It is the “Andante Largo” section of the piece. But, it is not in the style of Diane Bish’s arrangment, it’s more or less like the urtext edition by Stanley.
LOL…I can only stand to wear tennis shoes when I play!
Wow. Actually I played it a bit slower in the video than I really wanted to, but I do feel this is just the right tempo for the piece.
i love this piece! and the way you play it.. but.. dude.. a bit slowly!!!!
Surfing amongst the Stanley waves I dropped in on this one thinking, “Wow, that’s pretty neat for a young teen-aged boy! He does well and should have a full AGO keyboard to jam on!” Apologies, Mr. Cawthon, but those dancing, pigeon-toed sneakers faked me out !
amazing it is a great classicl piece and Hector is also a good friend that I met when I was 14 here in the states n e ways u did a zwsome job with this piece even stanley would be proud bravo bravo BRAVO BRAVO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW playing pedals with sneakers…. now that’s talent to be able to feel the pedals…..and what’s wrong with classical music?
no welcome but that right. How long you play on the keyboards or piano??
Thank you!
Astonishing performance! Just like this piece was meant to be played.
Britt your playing is incredible. I m bad speak english but i m slovakia. Great Great
Just takes practice, just like learning the notes on the keyboard. Any organ will do, but the modern electronic organs have a lot more variety of sounds for the feet.
Britt, how do you play with your feet? My dad has an organ and I try to play it with the foot pedals and its kind of hard. Maybe if I can get my hands on a newer style organ or electone I might be able to play with my feet.
Very good, that’s correct. It actually has 20 notes, and I just corrected it in the description.
Thanks!
Okay I see it now. Thanks. BTW excellent playing.
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