Who needs an orchestra when you’ve got this?

@JonnyMusicOrganist

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr (I know, right)? 🙂

@Walzar_

3 жыл бұрын

I need the orchestra

@user-xh1lr3yo3y

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but an orchestra is cheaper!

@slein1055

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-xh1lr3yo3y indeed 😂

@user-hm3ni1wd3f

Жыл бұрын

the organ is way bigger than an orchestra

Is it me, or does this piece sound so much more appropriate on the pipe organ. I've loved this piece as a kid and this may be my favorite version.

@bagofchips8813

3 жыл бұрын

it's a dramatic sounding song, and this freaking organ gives additional drama to said song. this pleases me.

@mowiejaksucham2650

3 жыл бұрын

Saint-Saëns was an organist after all

@jesspar2

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree

@jimrobin

2 жыл бұрын

It's definitely not just you! I'm sure Saint-Saëns would have loved this transcription too.

Жыл бұрын

Few people know this, but orchestras were created in order to emulate the pipe organ. It's the perfect song for an organ.

Gawd! All that was possible with only two hands and two feet!?!? That's jaw-dropping!

@abbymartin554

Жыл бұрын

😂 I know, right?! Lawd have mercy for real!

This is one of the best organ performances of the Danse Macabre that I've ever heard. Truly amazing!

@bagofchips8813

3 жыл бұрын

🤔 .....i stand in agreement.

I will never take for granted the absolute privilege it is to have this beautiful music brought to my ears. The quality of the video and recording equipment can make you almost feel like you're right there beside Jonathan. Thank you so much both of you for bringing this wonderful music and delivering in a near perfect reproduction. 👍

The only sad thing is that i can give only one thumb up.

The percussive "chiff" of the stop at 0:35 is absolutely PERFECT for this piece. LOVE this rendition and this instrument.

EPIC!!! I’m going to blast this from my house on Halloween. Why does this organist specifically play my favorite symphonies, like he knows which particular ones I want to hear? My goodness, this version is amazing, chilling, captivating!! Thank you Mr. Scott!! You nailed it yet again, so precisely.

@JR3714

Жыл бұрын

Heard his Sorcerer's Apprentice yet?

@abbymartin554

Жыл бұрын

@@JR3714 Oh my gosh, I just saw your comment and went there straight away. Man, Jonathan Scott is some kind of Sorcerer himself! I've never seen anyone play that many songs or symphonies on an organ like that. Who else can do this?! I bet if I gave him a whole Beatles album to play, he could do that too lol! Simply amazing. Bravo to him and his brother on the camera and audio 👍👍

@jimrobin

Жыл бұрын

@@abbymartin554 This is not a symphony. Danse Macabre is a Tone Poem.

o_o my face the entire time. I didn't realize how much I need organ music in my life again. The one and only instrument I know how to play.

Amazing virtuosity - I have not head this on the pipe organ before.

Wonderful playing as usual Jonathan. The instrument sure has some brilliance to it. Tom the stereo imaging of the audio was grand. Thank you both for sharing your talents.

Danse Macabre literally means Dance of Death... it certainly has that spooky tone that lets you imagine a ghostly waltz to go with it. And on the organ, even more so.

That instrument certainly has a vast tonal palette!

@user-hm3ni1wd3f

Жыл бұрын

as do all wind instruments

이렇게 매력적인 곡이라는 걸 조나단 덕분에 이제야 알게되었어요! 오늘 스무번 넘게 듣고있어요 ~ 심심한 감사!

Beautiful piece played beautifully.

Pure magic. Master of registration!

That organ has a beautiful tones, and driven expertly :-)

Absolutely brilliant!

@eileenstevens9429

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant!

Extremely good musical organ transcription and perfect performance on an interesting organ architecture - thanks for the video!

I'm running a Curse of Strahd D&D campaign right now and I plan to make my players dance with Count Strahd's brides to this. Then later when they fight the brides it'll be a metal version.

I love the way he performs this wonderful piece

Eventhough It is " Danse Macabre", It makes me so good and joyful to hear that master piece. Bravo 👏👏👏👏

Fantastic

Fabulous transcription and performance! It works so well on this instrument, too.

Absolute stunning!!! la tua bravura va oltre la conoscenza della musica!!sei un talento UNICO👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Never heard this played solely on an organ. I love it!!! Thank you!

wow.... thats amazingly played.

Bravo! That is such an exciting musical piece, and a wonderful performance, as always. Thank you so much.

Beautiful transcription, wonderful playing and what an appropriate organ and hall - it has just the right tone for that piece. Hearing that music played by a mere orchestra will never sound the same now!

Wonderful! One of my favourites for organ and orchestra.

Amazing !!!!

WOW ....Beautiful !!!!!!!! 🤙💖

Wow ! Even more creepy than an orchestra and such amazing playing ! Thank you .

Great music and fantastic organ playing !

O órgão é mesmo o rei dos instrumentos, substitui uma orquestra inteira! Incrível!!!

this is a very powerful statement for KZread - a wonderully created video, thanks a lot for creating and uploading this KZread Masterpiece and very big "Thumbs up" for Jonathan Scott.!

My favourite of Saint-Saens

Are he human?! Unbelievible!

Brilliant performance. Thank you....

Absolute brilliance once again on a familiar, but forgotten piece. Thank you.

BRAVO!!! BRAVO!!! BRAVISSIMO!!!

magnifique

Magnifique !

The fact that this video has one dislike after only being up for 11 minutes is absolutely criminal!!

@captainbullcat4757

2 жыл бұрын

I would agree, but, the video has been up for seven months now and only has 16 dislikes, as opposed to the 2k likes, which is one of the best like to dislike ratios I've seen

Yeees!! This music piece sounds amazing on the organ!

This is what it sounds like when a professional organist makes love to the king of musical instruments! Beautiful! I'm adding this to my gym music playlist...

Completely awesome!

Absolute fantastic performance !

MARAVILLOSO... SALUDOS DESDE MEXICO...

This is one of the best Danse Macrabre I’ve listened to!! Spectacular!

Parabéns!!

La maestosità di questo strumento , è ineguagliabile ! Suscita le emozioni più belle, importanti che racchiude l'anima....bravi questi compositori e maestri che sprigionano il massimo dell'estro.....👍👍👍

This is just amazing. Thanks so much for all the pleasure you give us! Really appreciated.

Magnificent, thank you for sharing such sublime performance

One of my favorites! Thanks for sharing with the world.

WOW... Really enjoyed this great performance!

Wonderfull playing!🖤

Masterly😊🌷 Thank you. Fascinating performance.

I really like the layout of the "reversed" keys. The whole tones in black and the half steps in white. Really cool. I haven't seen that before!

Breathtaking!

Gracias, Jonathan, por tu regalo de cada semana. Gracias, Tom. (Juventino Flores, Córdoba, Veracruz, MÉXICO)..

SUBLIME....

Fantastic ! After the performance of Olivier Latry of Dance Macabre was removed of youtube, I missed to hear this again. Thank you :)

I love this piece of music and hearing it through an organ is amazing. Thanks

@richardigp

3 жыл бұрын

First heard it when I was about 9 (60 years ago). I drove me into body swaying crazy then and still does. This rendition creates the same chills. Thanks Scott bros.

Great rendering, Thank you!!!

Thank you very much for this superb piece of music art and fine piece of video so my senses went fully rewarded.

It's beautiful, wonderful on the organ! Congratulations!

One of my fave pieces. Beautifully done!

Honestly sounds like death and clowns to me I have loved this song since i was a kid ah good times I used to dance with my best friends to this we made up the dance as well

Amazing performance!! (as usual.. ;-))

Very wonderful playing of a wonderful transcription by Edwin Lemare.

MAGNIFICO!

Well done. Thank you.

¡Maravilloso!

Perfect 🤩 Bravo 👏🏻

Absolutely awesome arrangement of a great work. Made for the organ!

웅장하고 환상적입니다

Superbe

It's giving Dinner-With-Strahd.

Impressive.

I was wondering how the organ was going to measure up to the strings coming in at 0:27 I was blown away. Thank you so much for posting.

@scottbrothersduo - Just to let you know, there is a typo in one of the stops under the Great division. "Cornet IV-C (T.C.) 8" should read "Cornet IV-V (T.C.) 8". I'm a student of the organ and was struggling to understand why that Cornet stop had a "C" there...haha. :] Thanks for the video!

I need to go for a walk after that......

Optimum!.

Jonathan plays and Tom's images dance!

Theme tune to the British TV series "Jonathan Creek" (itself now a few years old).

What a fantastic arrangement and performance! Simply astounding, what a fine showcase of the capabilities of a pipe organ Edit: that transition into the strings(?) around 5:00 is awesome, do I hear the expression pedal being used to mimic the swell of strings?

You have excelled yourself yet again, Jonathan. Absolutely wonderful. When did you grow the extra fifteen fingers?

So spooky that the organ stops even pull *themselves* out! 2:22 👻

Ooh, the keys are the colours reversed! That's different! Does it throw you a little at all? And amazing as always! When we can get back to normal im definitely going to come to one of your concerts!

@joanmetcalfe5038

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing throws him! And once you’ve been to a live concert, you’ll never want to miss one - trust me, I know!

@epincion

3 жыл бұрын

In fact the notes being black (or dark brown) and the sharps/flats white was the de facto standard in baroque times on organs and harpsicords.

@redoorn

3 жыл бұрын

as i understand this. back in the day, ebony was cheaper and easier to obtain than ivory.

@daveh3997

3 жыл бұрын

​@@redoorn Back in the day? The Hradetzky Organ was built in 1973.

@redoorn

3 жыл бұрын

@@daveh3997 yes, back in the day when keyboards were first being crafted like when men wore wigs and codpieces :-)

5:28

"oh you play piano? thats cute."

The first time I heard this played on the organ was by Ian Tracey in Liverpool. As far as I'm concerned, it is now a piece wasted on an orchestra and the organ version is far superior.

Sheet music for this arrangement?

Saint-Saens music is so aesthetic and beautifully unique. Would have wanted to change the title to The Dark World because the original sounds really creepy.

Ever thought recording these songs and putting them on iTunes?

Can interpret this using my own version with the CASIO WK-840 except no foot pedal included...

Perfect music to give birth to a eight feet tall artificial human during a rainy November night.

hey Jonathan, whats your favorite organ that you have played on?

@alanatolstad4824

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder the same thing. Either for the sound, the instrument features, or the ambience of the location.

@andrewgreenwood8554

3 жыл бұрын

@@alanatolstad4824 I bet he would say it is the Albion Church organ where he regularly plays. Listen to his recording of the last movement of SAINT-SAËNS Organ symphony and you will understand why.

@alanatolstad4824

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewgreenwood8554 I looked for one of my views several months ago, of a group of organists around the world that each took a section of a chosen piece, and played it in their respective churches. I was mesmerized. But, the one organ and sound that I enjoyed the most, was THIS one! Whenever I listen to Jonathan playing this piece, my throat closes up!

@Excalabur50

3 жыл бұрын

I was going to ask just this question myself! I think it would be nice if he did a favorite piece on his favorite organ.

@alanatolstad4824

3 жыл бұрын

@@Excalabur50 I agree!

2:23 a stop on the left springs out seemingly on its own. is that right? and how and or why?

@epincion

3 жыл бұрын

Preset stop settings can be triggered by either a thumb press or a foot press - at 2:23 thats likely a toe press trigger

@benjaminmarks8765

3 жыл бұрын

Probably a preset piston, where you can preset stop settings and activate them with buttons either on the pedalboard or beneath each manual