OLDEST PLAYABLE ORGAN IN THE WORLD Part 1 | Diane Bish at Valère Basilica in Sion, Switzerland

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Diane Bish talks about and plays the oldest playable organ in the world.
Music Played: Michelangelo Rossi, Toccata XIV
A clip from "New York Times", Paul Hoffman:
"One of the more unusual attractions of the Swiss canton of Valais is a 600-year-old organ, believed to be the oldest functioning organ in the world. It is housed in an 800-year-old fortress-church on a hill in Sion, the capital of the Canton.
"The organ, built in 1390 and most recently restored in 1954, is mounted on a wooden pulpit jutting out like a ship's bow from the rear wall of the Romanesque-Gothic church, once the Cathedral of Sion and one of Switzerland's most haunting edifices."
Organ Specifications:
(10 Ranks, 8 registers)
Pedal
Bass II
Manual
Principal 8
Octaf 4
Copl 4
Quint major 2 2/3
Superoctaf 2
Quint minor 1 1/3
Mixtur II

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@pratikgoud1 6 жыл бұрын

This video looks older than that organ..

@eduardomiranda7094 5 жыл бұрын

This was actually funny

@JamesCamienMcGuiggan 5 жыл бұрын

I liked how she talked about how 'in those days' the TV equipment was heavy and I'm like 'there was time *before* this video?'

@roberttelarket4934 5 жыл бұрын

Very clever!

@metteholm4833 5 жыл бұрын

Eighty-ish..... isn´t it?

@IceCubeNETWORK873 5 жыл бұрын

“666”Likes?

@tonywu7298 6 жыл бұрын

This single organ is older than the USA.

@nonchalantree6604 5 жыл бұрын

tbh not hard to beat the US is relatively new

@davidmdyer838 5 жыл бұрын

My violin is older than the USA.

@politicallyinaccuratetoast4757 5 жыл бұрын

*as the average American, please dont mention our newness*

@davidmdyer838 5 жыл бұрын

The country, as such (USA), is relatively new, but it is actually the oldest surviving republic in the world. There have, of course, been civilizations in North America for many thousands of years, including pyramids larger than those in Egypt. Those that count North America as a new place are only counting its population by Europeans and discount what happened here before Stonehenge.

@brunoblivious 5 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah? Well, the USA happens to be home to the world's largest chicken wing at the Hooters in Madeira Beach, Florida.

@Chris9017 9 жыл бұрын

That has to be the sweetest and most beautiful sounding pipe organ I've ever heard. It's just amazing, and given that it's the oldest working organ, makes it even more special.

@benfoster578 7 жыл бұрын

It does have a great sound but all of the notes are 1/2 step sharp. Does that have something to do with a historical temperament?

@jonnda 7 жыл бұрын

Benjamin Foster I don't doubt it. That may have even been the local standard at one time. Tuning was like time used to be before the railroad and time zones added standardization.

@benfoster578 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the explaination!

@soulfyremac 7 жыл бұрын

Gekkigami: Actually, so do some organists...

@jaysparc 7 жыл бұрын

Temperament is different than tuning.

@brickman409 7 жыл бұрын

It just blows my mind to think that something is centuries old and is still in working condition. I know it's been restored but still, it's just amazing!

@Ucceah 6 жыл бұрын

there arent many crafts left, where the creation outlives it's creators. but fine musical instruments are above absolescence.

@redfaldas7524 5 жыл бұрын

@mloutris What you just said is the Ship of Theseus thought experiment.

@AlvaSudden 5 жыл бұрын

If they need more popsickle sticks 5:15 i have a whole drawer full.

@MiG2880 5 жыл бұрын

@mloutris I've been using the same broom for twenty years. That old broom has had seventeen new heads and fourteen new handles in its time.

@pondwithducks3092 5 жыл бұрын

@@AlvaSudden LOL

@elfhighmage8240 8 жыл бұрын

See what happens when man preserves instead of destroying? Hmmm, we should learn from this...

@trijigon 7 жыл бұрын

ElfHighMage this is when man burnt people on stakes and gave stds to their sisters. Yeah. Real beautiful

@stephenmelton2532 7 жыл бұрын

trijigon-watch the news, that's still happening.

@londonnight937 7 жыл бұрын

BUT WE HAVE TRUMP!

@infledermaus 7 жыл бұрын

Alex Danco Please. Don't remind us.

@michaelreeves1147 7 жыл бұрын

But this organ was a good thing. Preserve organs.

@TheScreamingFrog916 2 жыл бұрын

It's like a fairy tale. An ancient organ, in a castle in the sky. My heart soars, with each note played.

@marcellogenesi6390 Жыл бұрын

Yes! we are Europe, and proud of our heritage.

@TheScreamingFrog916 Жыл бұрын

@@marcellogenesi6390 Groovy, there is much to be proud of.

@vandermoezelfamily1588 Жыл бұрын

bro wrote a haiku

@rls1865 6 жыл бұрын

but does it interface with midi

@springforthspeedily 5 жыл бұрын

Bluetooth?

@DevonBlueWhitaker 5 жыл бұрын

Bahahahahahaha!!!

@darrenjones3784 5 жыл бұрын

Wi-Fi.

@sergiucroitoru7440 5 жыл бұрын

yes, with world oldest Romanesque-Gothic MIDI :)

@armandochaverri4617 5 жыл бұрын

Not just USB port, but the drivers does not receive updates since the year 1200's

@TortugaLuv 6 жыл бұрын

I like how the keys look like the teeth of some of the oldest people I know.

@jairocolombo4410 6 жыл бұрын

Marie-Claire Chapman hahaha

@shanedaniel7 6 жыл бұрын

Marie-Claire Chapman 😂

@geoterra9478 5 жыл бұрын

well, the keys are most likely ivory, so it makes sense lmao

@ABCTraveler-ol5oj 5 жыл бұрын

It's made of their boner.

@thequintessential5503 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@AltoonaYourPiano 5 жыл бұрын

It's amazing to be able to listen to an organ that was built when the Byzantine Empire still existed.

@tnix80 5 жыл бұрын

So that's what he meant by Roman times

@Maggiolone85 Жыл бұрын

My father grew up in Italy at a parish that was similar in age. I showed him this video & he happily remembers as an altar boy having to pump the bellows on the ancient organ during Mass while the organist would pull down on the manual stops just like here, usually during High Mass.

@MrDalewin 7 жыл бұрын

Holy shit! If the organ is 600 years old, how old is the church? These things were built to last!

@jcadoo 5 жыл бұрын

Michael Persico you’re a miserable person aren’t you

@victorroque5667 5 жыл бұрын

@@jcadoo couldn't say it better👍👍👍

@jackstrawfromwichita6168 5 жыл бұрын

@@jcadoo Nope, just someone stating the obvious.

@alejandrom.4680 5 жыл бұрын

@@jackstrawfromwichita6168 This organ was build in the 1390, has more than 600 years...

@krollpeter 5 жыл бұрын

@Michael Persico Neither the video nor the discussion here were about religion. We were talking about a piece of our culture.

@brooksiefan 7 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful voice it has

@v.dargain1678 4 жыл бұрын

After 700 years it still can sing beautifully for it's people . Awesome 😊

@v.dargain1678 4 жыл бұрын

I like classical organ a lot .

@thunderbird1921 Жыл бұрын

It sounds so much sweeter in tone than most modern organs. I was struck by how soothing it sounded, compared to the blasting, mighty musical roar more modern organs tend to produce. I actually prefer this old style!

@BusterKitten 7 жыл бұрын

playing this instrument must have been a thrill of a lifetime, it would be for me....

@salvatoreshiggerino6810 7 жыл бұрын

The organ in its modern form is well over a thousand years old, yet I argue that it's the absolute, unsurpassed pinnacle of human instrument-making.

@tom7601 7 жыл бұрын

Salvatore Shiggerino I

@warhamsterful 7 жыл бұрын

What about the kazoo?

@keepyourshoesathedoor 6 жыл бұрын

warhamsterful 😂

@Alrisch 5 жыл бұрын

Vuvuzuelas disagree.

@tnix80 5 жыл бұрын

Without a doubt

@hawkfumodee5364 6 жыл бұрын

I am listening to an instrument built over 500 years ago, wow!

@Froggie24546 5 жыл бұрын

No wonder the organ is considered the King of Instruments. For over 700 years this instrument has been the pinnacle of music played to generations of worshipers . The diversity of sounds that we hear from these organs are a delight to the ear. My love for organ music began as a young chorister in our church in northwest London. We had a wonderful old organist who delighted us at choir practice with an impromptu warm up , bellows initially were hand blown, kept us on our mark as choristers were on occasion sent below to man the pumps . Oh what delight it was .,

@sr-kt9ml 5 ай бұрын

❤

@annes.6230 7 жыл бұрын

Whoever restored and voiced that organ did a superb job! It has such a marvelously bright, clear, and sweet sound. My dad was an organist. He'd have loved this instrument!

@georgerikken 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds so fresh and honest , like birds in a blue sky

@gunnarthorsen 4 жыл бұрын

When they're on the ground, birds lie a lot.

@stefanodomeni 7 жыл бұрын

It's pretty amusing that she speaks to him in English and he responds to her in French and they understand each other perfectly.

@Discrimination_is_not_a_right 7 жыл бұрын

That's Switzerland. It'll be the U.S. in about fifty years. Ninety percent will speak English and Spanish and the other ten percent will be paranoid.

@lepredator189 7 жыл бұрын

La beauté de la communication.

@stefanodomeni 7 жыл бұрын

Agreed. :)

@hedegaard8 7 жыл бұрын

StivenCabrera3 because he, like many French, are too snobbish to stoop to English

@MeinnameistDreck 7 жыл бұрын

Diane Bish studied organ in France for several years. I believe she understands and speaks it well...

@MagnusMaximusinWales 6 жыл бұрын

That keyboard definitely looks very old, I'm amazed it can be played with the keys wobbling around like that.

@tnix80 5 жыл бұрын

She is a very good player which helps

@gnarlysoundscapes7210 5 жыл бұрын

There is something magical about old technology, from cars to music instruments.

@colincochrane4108 4 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Especially old cars.

@inkyguy 2 жыл бұрын

I look forward to the day when vehicles we internal combustion engines become quaint curiosities around which people where masks and use caution because of all of the toxic combusted petrochemical waste they produce. They are so dirty, smelly and loud, and require a ridiculous amount of maintenance.

@gnarlysoundscapes7210 2 жыл бұрын

@@inkyguy We're at odds then, because I dream of a world where people stop trading in their freedom and ambition for the illusion of safety. A world where people strive to stretch the boundaries of human curiosity, rather than hide themselves away in fear of anything that could potentially be dangerous. A world where people aren't afraid to get dirty, loud, and smelly in the pursuit of their dreams.

@chrissymon Жыл бұрын

@@gnarlysoundscapes7210 i totally agree👍👍👍

@judahboyd2107 4 жыл бұрын

A functional organ in a fortress church on the peak of a mountain that has been there since before the discovery of the new world. I want the full story of that place.

@KristinkaAranova 4 жыл бұрын

Vikings came to North America 500 years before Columbus.

@KristinkaAranova 4 жыл бұрын

And many many churches before even 14th century survive in Europe

@isabelfuentesnar1 4 жыл бұрын

@@KristinkaAranova and left nothing.....

@KristinkaAranova 4 жыл бұрын

Isabel Fuentes not true. They found Viking artifacts and a Viking ship in an Arizona desert where a river used to be

@judahboyd2107 4 жыл бұрын

I always found it somewhat amusing that they only discovered the Americas in their search for shipbuilding lumber. The general lack of quality ship timbers in Norse lands, as well as the use of those ship timbers, directly led to the discovery of the American continents.

@sleekoduck 4 жыл бұрын

Never mind Bach and Mozart, that organ was old when the Tudors came to power. The Black Death was in living memory when it was built. And it still plays.

@DrewWasMe 7 жыл бұрын

Just amazing. What an instrument to have survived all these years...centuries! We can hear music from 500 years just as it sounded to the people listening in the cathedral. Spectacular.

@tj-co9go 2 жыл бұрын

And just think that despite that they all heard much better music than what comes on the radio nowadays!

@kishascape 2 жыл бұрын

Only if you play it like they did back then, decay also causes changes of sound over time. Historically informed performance is a thing and there's companies that will make decently accurate baroque and renaissance instruments as there's lots of orchestras that like to play that way. Also there are working replicas built of a greek hydraulis organ from 300BC. Sounds even more amazing.

@russ117044 7 жыл бұрын

Bach, himself, could have played this organ...

@musicresources788 6 жыл бұрын

SEBAS K he just meant its so old it was around back then

@brothergoodfoot 5 жыл бұрын

And Bach probably thought “Who wants to play that 300 year old relic? Give me one in the cutting-edge equal temperament!”

@johannsebastianbach9829 5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I did not. I was stuck in Leipzig my whole life.

@bronktug2446 5 жыл бұрын

Johann Sebastian Bach your whole life? Oh really now, what about the köten Years? Lüneburg? Lübeck? Got ya there!

@alejandrom.4680 5 жыл бұрын

@@bronktug2446 haha, good one my friend.

@donaldblake2883 8 жыл бұрын

Did she say that television equipment from the 1400's was heavy?

@mrmaniac3 8 жыл бұрын

+Donald Blake of course!

@lemay1973 8 жыл бұрын

i think she was referring to the camera equipment they used to tape this video, was shot easier than 2011 and was probably not the digital cameras of the time

@brickman409 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah man, haven't you seen the Flintstones? lol

@Bensinn86 7 жыл бұрын

:D lol

@Vlogghumor 6 жыл бұрын

and cumbersome

@rr7firefly 5 жыл бұрын

The sound is a product of the mechanism and the space in which it is housed. The configuration of that cathedral and its enclosing materials play a large part in the resultant sound.

@joannarose5659 5 жыл бұрын

Half the sound of a pipe organ is the building.

@olsonbryce777 5 жыл бұрын

@ImNotMad ButUR what does sound quality mean to you?

@edifyguy 3 жыл бұрын

@@joannarose5659 Half of the pipe organ is the building. The building and the instrument are one.

@TheLtData 5 жыл бұрын

I've been there to listen and it sure is a special sound. I have a recording from a concert played on that organ by a Dutch musician. Wonderful experience.

@deekobald9260 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! Nice when was this? And whom was the organist?🤔 I love the young Dutch organist Gert van Hoef!

@beachesboy1994 4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@SR009s 4 жыл бұрын

May i ask who that recording was by?

@j.vonhogen9650 4 жыл бұрын

What was his name?

@Aethelhadas 2 жыл бұрын

Could you please post it on KZfaq? I think me and many more would love to be able to see it

@shannonmillamena3386 4 жыл бұрын

idk why youtube recommended me this It's 2020.

@cptcrogge 4 жыл бұрын

ye...

@gunnarthorsen 4 жыл бұрын

Because talent, great music, ancient instruments and churches, cultural heritage and beauty never go out of fashion?

@2Live4Christ1 4 жыл бұрын

Here I am on this good shut in watching it on a quarantine Saturday morning...🤦🏾‍♀️🤣

@juless3568 4 жыл бұрын

@@gunnarthorsen Very true and I agree with you Gunnar Thorsen.

@solbeckman 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Awesome comment! Original, hilarious, and relevant! Here's your medal.

@teslapower220 5 жыл бұрын

The sound quality of this thing is amazing...

@Amywizardozsorel 9 жыл бұрын

Wow! Since I was a child loved this wonderfully powerful instrument, and now I see an old one and enjoy the amazing sound of it. God please do not let me die without learning to play one.

@Amywizardozsorel 8 жыл бұрын

***** Thanks! I will be glad to ask :)

@szymongorczynski7621 7 жыл бұрын

Judith Alejandra Have you taken it up yet? It's a really rewarding experience.

@mikezinn7212 7 жыл бұрын

start to play!!!

@matttheoddmusician2208 6 жыл бұрын

I hope you have started playing! Organ is super fun to play!

@Narayan_1996 4 жыл бұрын

I am doing the same pray as you have done here, that God do not let me die before I play one of those beauties ❤️

@HappyHauptwerk 10 жыл бұрын

I misread this as the "Oldest Playable Organist..."

@micktulk 6 жыл бұрын

No, sir. The lady is the oldest pliable organist in the world, which means she has retained the glorious flexibility of her youth.

@Aishiya1 6 жыл бұрын

Greg McAusland That organist might be lonely up in that fortress. He might be all right with being played. 😂

@icp818 6 жыл бұрын

Don't be mean mr. Greg!

@micheleotocione9907 5 жыл бұрын

Ahahahahahahhjajah

@michelea.w.9697 5 жыл бұрын

Greg McAusland 😂😂 I’m just trying to enjoy the sound then I read this

@crxstalline_ 5 жыл бұрын

That must’ve been a technological MARVEL of its time.

@Yadangable 5 жыл бұрын

Not really, the organ was first invented by a Greek engineer in Alexandria in the 3rd century BC. Nearly 1000 years older than the oldest remaining organ XD I'm sure that one was not as advanced as this 14th century organ, however.

@walkispacheco88 8 жыл бұрын

That is some beautiful french by the host.

@lepredator189 7 жыл бұрын

French is naturally beautiful, trust me. Or should I say, 'was'. These days it's so watered down.

@hunteroneill7300 5 жыл бұрын

How is it watered down?

@TheMusicalKnokcers 5 жыл бұрын

he speaks normally

@ThePyrosirys 5 жыл бұрын

@@lepredator189 Les ievnes de ces iovrs deſtrviſent en effet le françois monſieur. Dans le bon vievx temps, tout eſtait bien mievx.

@Ardjano234 4 жыл бұрын

Eh bien...

@chriscrepon1283 8 жыл бұрын

It's a nice sentiment to know when you hear a pipe organ in a Cathedral/Basilica today it's so close to what people in the 1400s were hearing for music... and it was probably almost the only music they heard back then.

@trespire 8 жыл бұрын

Listening to her play, & looking at the period artwork. That was probably the height of entertainment in the 1400's

@tom7601 7 жыл бұрын

trespire Organs were cheaper than a full orchestra.

@clone2255 7 жыл бұрын

trijigon You realize the swastika was (still is, just not as common) originally a symbol of peace in Hinduism?

@weltgeist2604 7 жыл бұрын

How ignorant, that's not the swastika the Nazis used.

@infledermaus 7 жыл бұрын

Clone225 For native Americans in Arizona it symbolizes the sun. Too bad the Nazis ruined it.

@nsmc99 7 жыл бұрын

This organ along with the stops being used sounded cute. Something about it is just ever-so-pleasing.

@KB65YT 4 жыл бұрын

choir: umm can we buy a new organ church: no the organ is still fine the organ:

@shaneduyvenedewit5197 3 жыл бұрын

This organ’s timbres are incredible! Much sweeter and colourful than the modern counterparts. I’ve come back again and again to this clip just to listen to these ancient, beautiful pipes.

@whalesong999 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Diane, quite the great treat to witness this instrument and it's history. What a sweet sound it has, great depth to this story.

@syourke3 5 жыл бұрын

Humans are interesting creatures. One minute they make lovely music, the next they make war and destroy everything in sight. Go figure!

@RedPop4 5 жыл бұрын

Each one is unique, quite often those making lovely music are not those waging war.

@brown9671 4 жыл бұрын

How Steven, so deep

@miket7281 4 жыл бұрын

Might be a prerequisite for both. I mean u can't have the lovely music from a creature who doesn't also make war. Sad but it might be true.

@yuinurahilyon5711 4 жыл бұрын

Steven Yourke War isn’t made, it naturally begins when humans exist due to their opposition of ideas through ambitions.

@mypenisisunbelievablysmall5650 4 жыл бұрын

that's so deep bro

@picksalot1 4 жыл бұрын

Magnificent sounding organ, and beautifully played. I would have never guessed that the oldest playable organ would also be one of the best sounding! Thanks

@jameshockin3805 7 жыл бұрын

Very nice clear sound - remarkable. The keyboard shows the age but the sound does not! It shows the TLC required and how it pays off!

@petermacander5039 4 жыл бұрын

You are kidding.

@terletsandstuff6142 3 жыл бұрын

Most of the pipes were replaced, only 14 are original.

@arobinsonneal 4 жыл бұрын

Oh, the voices of this instrument! It just brings tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing

@Kamikaze_4 3 жыл бұрын

What a time to be alive. I can sit in my family room eating cereal and at any moment I can hear the oldest playable organ be played. Thanks for posting this :)

@camphil321 4 жыл бұрын

Une sonorité tellement joyeuse et si merveilleusement joué. Merci.

@here_we_go_again3300 4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks to you and to Mr. Wenger for showing us, your fans, this ancient pipe organ. And Ms. Bish for your beautifully done rendition.

@richardsnyder8 11 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you Diane! This is just wonderful.

@1Cyberix 5 жыл бұрын

This is truly amazing, thank you for posting this. Wow, a real timemachine and really fantastic to hear such an old instrument, the king of instruments. And it sounds beautiful to! Thank you Diane Bish.

@oscarbertola2259 4 жыл бұрын

In South Spain, at Garrovillas de Alconétar (Cáceres) is the oldest currently in use in Spain and among the oldest in the world. It was built in 1555. It is in perfect state of conservation and use and is part of the Renaissance music festival every year

@inkyguy 2 жыл бұрын

Being about 60 years after Columbus reached the Americas, while this organ was begun around 100 years before.

@christianruiz2640 5 жыл бұрын

Man even the building itself is its own gem :) Beautiful organ as well

@scrabbleroad 5 жыл бұрын

Love this presentation & music. Thank you for doing this.

@corey57255 3 жыл бұрын

The best part of this among all the best parts is her choices of pieces to play. So much breadth of repertoire she knows!

@AlvaSudden 5 жыл бұрын

The bellows are shown at 7:30. Also when the player adjusts the stops while playing 5:42 5:51 6:24 you can hear it. All the "funny noises" of old organs are explained. Fantastic!

@nikolaevkatesla3823 4 жыл бұрын

When you realise that this is as old for Mozart as mozart to us

@88keysperfeel1ng9 4 жыл бұрын

Mozart? Try Bach.

@RyanAl92 4 жыл бұрын

@@88keysperfeel1ng9 Perhaps you misread his comment?

@DorothyGTyas 4 жыл бұрын

*Simply ethereal, sublime and otherwise very deeply moving!* 🎶🎵💜🎵🎶

@contralto25 9 жыл бұрын

Great instrument, what a wonderful sound! Thanks for this piece of history.

@tommax26 13 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Diane. The stops have marvelously brilliant vocalizations. Wouldn't it be fascinating if it were possible to identify all the persons who have left fingerprints on the keys, over the years? In those days of the bellows action, it would be a royal community commitment just to play a simple hymn. Amazing. Tom

@wickandde 4 жыл бұрын

Toccata No.14 by Michaelangelo Rossi I can't find a better version on KZfaq than this played by Diane

@BlackMytilus 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing...after so many centuries still sounding so beautiful!

@v.dargain1678 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome !

@venta004 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this amazing educational documentary. Such charm and wonderful personality of the host and guest in this interview. Love the sound of the Renessaince music on the organ and amazing musicianship of the organist.

@locoCP1900 12 жыл бұрын

4:15 In Portugal and Spain we can find a specific type of organ that were built only in these two countries on XVII/XVIII centuries - are called "Iberian Organs". They also have the short octave, as this organ of Sion, and have other special caracteristics; for example, the keyboard is divided in two parts and we can have a registration on the left hand and another to the right hand, don't have pedals and have the "Horizontal Registers", as the "Trombeta Real", "Clarão", "Corneta de Batalha"...

@schaerffenberg 4 жыл бұрын

Incredible that this organ, still able to sound with such precision, clarity and sweetness, was heard when Christopher Columbus was alive! Ms. Bish plays it very well. The instrument is itself a work of genius technology. The town of Sion is connected by very old, but consistent and living oral traditions surrounding the Holy Grail, which was said to have been guarded in a high mountain fortress.

@inkyguy 2 жыл бұрын

Diane Bish is a world-renown American organist, composer, conductor, as well as executive producer and host of “The Joy of Music” television series.

@TheIsacBand 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing!!! Beautiful!!!

@retroman8424 4 жыл бұрын

A wonderful sounding organ and wonderful acoustics to complement it!

@TheOrganPro 13 жыл бұрын

@db0956 She activated the manual to pedal coupler which allows the manual to be playable by the feet. Because this is a mechanical instrument, keys move together while coupled. When she activated this coupler, it connected the manual to pedal which makes the pedal that she plays with her feet cause the same key on the manual to also play. This is also known as "Phantom key movement." On electro-pneumatic organs, keys don't have to move together because there are no mechanical linkages.

@twinicebear775 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting how even though it's 600 years old it's still tuned to A 415. I didn't know they used baroque-style tuning back then!

@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing sound... and brilliantly played.

@DickotheClown 5 жыл бұрын

Liked this video because I love watching your hands moving on that keyboard. Your passion comes through your fingers, it's awesome to watch

@GARYKNERR 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the historical information on this old pipe organ as it was so interesting. I think the important thing here is that it has been preserved these many years..... Last May I think I saw this beautiful castle on the hill in Sion traveling to Montreux on the Swiss train.

@WCM1945 10 жыл бұрын

I wonder how much of the organ is original. Surely much of it has been replaced, because repair can only go so far. Nevertheless, it is amazing that it has been preserved for so long.

@modularshop6513 4 жыл бұрын

@@WCM1945 As long as the bulk of the pipes and the wind table is original I'd say it qualifies, those are the heart of the organ. Even the console could be replaced and it would sound just the same. Organs were routinely added to, removed from and moved around whenever a church was enlarged or some other big change was made. Quite a few of the remaining organs in the world do not live in their original homes and if they do you can bet that at least some ranks were added or changed, sometimes even new manuals added.

@austinhuff8810 3 жыл бұрын

Xbox: we build our consoles to last forever. Gothic engineers: hold my beer...

@ernestjenner1383 10 ай бұрын

This is a much appreciated video!

@juless3568 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for filmind a location I wish I would of known about when I visited Switzerland. I shall say "YES" to an opportunity to visit Sion and it's Gothic Fortress church and one of the world's most oldest organ. May the organ in the Cathedral of Sion play for many years to come. Merci (thank you).

@augustaverbian 2 жыл бұрын

Organ is amazingly rare, not like other instruments that can easily picked up by nowadays audio equipment. But, organ sound span is so wide and it almost always meant to played so loud you could feel the vibration in your body. You might never fully experience it until you hear in person

@oskardolch9281 7 жыл бұрын

The oldest organ manual looks like it is going to break apart very soon under the virtuoso fingers :-)

@metteholm4833 5 жыл бұрын

Remarkably clear, fine sound!

@v.dargain1678 4 жыл бұрын

Nice tour Diane . An experience of a lifetime to play a 13th organ . Congrats on your opportunity .

@jakegearhart 5 жыл бұрын

This organ has definitely been touched and not restored to its original design. It plays with the modern tuning, (using √12 to calculate the frequency of the next note) which means the pipes must've been tampered with. In the old tunings, you wouldn't hear the "wowowow" sound like you do at 2:09 because old tunings used perfect intervals to build their instruments. (We don't use old tunings today because you can only play in one key with them.)

@morrisl7 4 жыл бұрын

war on music, like how everything now is 440hz instead of 432, reason being it was healing energy, organ was good for the organs, they'd rather have us buying death pills. its all satanic rebellion.

@elliotmadethis 4 жыл бұрын

Luke Morrison you’re joking right?

@morrisl7 4 жыл бұрын

@@elliotmadethis lol nope

@Charccy 4 жыл бұрын

@JakeTheGearHeart - are you a kid or just another "smart guy" ? Don't comment subjects you obviously and utterly don't understand.

@bacicinvatteneaca 4 жыл бұрын

@@morrisl7 432Hz is pseudoscience, pure numerology. Watch the two Adam Neely videos about it. And it has nothing to do with temperament.

@7REDDRACO7 6 жыл бұрын

oh thank you i love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@scottnyc6572 Жыл бұрын

The sound reverberating up through the bell tower gives extraordinary acoustics!!

@JimPigMuseumOfSound 11 жыл бұрын

The music and the church in this video are beautiful ! The church has always been a great preserver of history and culture. Thanks for this facinating video !

@inkyguy 2 жыл бұрын

Except to be fair, that which it intentionally destroyed. Something in the neighborhood of two-thirds of Da Vinci’s papers were destroyed because the priests which had them after his death didn’t like their content, to name just one example.

@sxymike12 5 жыл бұрын

As always instruments always get better sounding with age If you take care of them

@jaguar222222 4 жыл бұрын

Only 1400's kids remember this.

@poljakov13 3 жыл бұрын

old good times :D

@DmendoBoteli 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. What a magnificent research job. I hope those museum pieces will be preserved for many more years to the delight of the next generations. Many congratulations on your channel

@TheAlphaOmega78 4 жыл бұрын

Lol!! Loving how this came up for recommendations for me!! Always found myself so intrigued by organs. Grew up around them and playing on them. Wishing I’d learned how to play. Enjoyed this clip very much. Thanks for sharing.

@slayrx 5 жыл бұрын

Damn, that Bish knows how to play.

@zenasm.savage1999 5 жыл бұрын

yeah she can lay it down.

@mamamia5668 4 жыл бұрын

Ye she do be vibin that hooka

@v.dargain1678 4 жыл бұрын

@@zenasm.savage1999 truth .

@auxxik3805 4 жыл бұрын

@Michell Montes its a pun dude her last name is bish

@Zoey12285 4 жыл бұрын

Why is this in my recommend section...in 2020 lmao

@amnimotuspictures2205 4 жыл бұрын

They couldn't recommend this to you in the 15th century xd

@hemmahos3l117 4 жыл бұрын

Perhaps because it´s timeless!

@scottw6704 3 ай бұрын

Yes, how dare they suggest something historical. We only want to learn about things that happened today! Not before I was born! Who cares about that? No one. ALL MUST CONCENTRATE SOLELY ON MY GENERATION. And nothing more. The younglings have spoken.

@johnswimcat 6 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful sound!

@Classicalguy12 13 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you so much for sharing this wonderful history with us :D

@SMGJohn 6 жыл бұрын

People underestimate the wondrous culture and music of the middle ages.

@tuklplubl 7 жыл бұрын

wow it sounds really great.

@TheScreamingFrog916 2 жыл бұрын

This is so wonderful! I have been playing keyboards since I was in diapers, LOL. This lovely video, brings tears of joy, every time I watch it. Thanks so much, to Diane Bush and her crew, for making it, and to you for posting it here, for us to enjoy.

@scottw6704 3 ай бұрын

It's "Bish"; by the way...I only correct because if you meet another organist and refer to her as Diane Bush, you might never get a keyboard gig again.

@Darkboy2525 4 жыл бұрын

THat was AWESOME !! thanks !!!

@arspolonica 7 жыл бұрын

This is NOT the "Prelude by Frescobaldi", but Toccata XIV by Michelangelo Rossi (~1602-1656).

@legaleagle7226 7 жыл бұрын

Go check out the Noel "Grand Jeu et Duo" by Daquin, number 10 of his 12 Noels for Organ If you like it, check out the other 11, all similarly delightful, yet completely different. The music suits older organs.

@samuellabrecque880 7 жыл бұрын

ArsPolonica I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who noticed! it's a lovely piece.

@computerdynamo 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for clarifying. I was looking for the name of the piece.

@lassehoei 6 жыл бұрын

1400s television equipment is quite cumbersome

@prebooomer 5 жыл бұрын

@ImNotMad ButUR You should see the cars, the Cugnot is cumbersome as all getout, but it can travel at the light speed of 3 miles per hour. :-)

@celsobottos4151 6 жыл бұрын

Wonderful sound!

@mosquito5 4 жыл бұрын

This should be brought to the world as a heritage site of beauty and the most beautiful sounding organ that exits .🇬🇧👌

@JayPabalat 4 жыл бұрын

its a good thing that switzerland became a neutral country in ww2, it helped to save this magnificent organ.

@teddygonzalez87 4 жыл бұрын

It also helped save all the gold the nazis and other fascists governments took from the people.

@j.vonhogen9650 4 жыл бұрын

And the law firm of the Dulles brothers used Switzerland as a hub to transport important nazis to the US after wiping their archives and personal history.

@kevinlove4356 4 жыл бұрын

@@j.vonhogen9650 Operation Paperclip.

@zachlafleur6651 10 жыл бұрын

Wow, that sure gives us hope for our organ at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Fowlerville, MI! Ours is only as old as I am (installed in 1974) and isn't played very much as of 2014, despite having a 1950s era refurbished Wicks Console installed in 2005! What I find amazing about the 1390 organ is its pureness of tone particularly for having only one (shorter than most) manual and pedal board as well as the purely mechanical stop lever action! It appears to be that only the blower for the wind chest was electrified, but just to be on the safe side, they left the bellows intact, so music could be played in the event of a power failure! (Two people would have to be trained to rhythmically pump the bellows, however if they needed to)!