St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol Live Concert on the 1911 Harrison & Harrison organ
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@wurlitzer8958 жыл бұрын
Vintage CC! Wonderful control, spot-on tempi, telling registrations and solid musicianship throughout. This is how I want to remember this great American organist who made England his home. A larger-than-life character, who at his finest was an incomparable ambassador for the organ. RIP Carlo.
@mattbod6 жыл бұрын
That Harrison is a masterpiece and so glad it is being restored. Anything by Arthur Harrison is gold. I had the privilege of having this organ’s little brother at Holy Cross Crediton as a practice instrument when I was at uni in Exeter. He was a genius voicer.Carlo adored this organ. He is much missed: he was a lovely lovely humble guy, always up for a long chat with his fans and a phenomenal talent. RIP mate.
@bcstechnologylimited8965 жыл бұрын
Virgil Fox's influence on Curley is clearly evident in this performance. Both were real showmen, as well as great organists.
@Steff2929again8 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this. I have the VHS but haven't been able to convert it. I posted a track from the CD a few years ago. It has so far had almost 350.000 views. So a lot of people will be interested in the full recording.
@tombstoneharrystudios5842 жыл бұрын
I met Carlo after a recital he gave at the Royal Navy College. He was a gentle giant and will be sorely missed
@arthurjdale86848 жыл бұрын
Magnificent organ.
@DaisyDebs4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful music and a beautifully put together video too !
@robinnicholson40096 жыл бұрын
I heard Carlo play a few times. He certainly did produce a very different sound and frankly I REALLY like his bright rendition of the Wesley Fugue - the Tuba ripple with his left hand was simply stunning.
@robertbrawley50482 жыл бұрын
There is only two videos left of Carlo Curely on KZfaq? There use to be a bunch of them Carlo was an exhibition pool.player . A real show off. And that's good
@donnadehardt57287 жыл бұрын
Spectacular. Thank you John Parker
@Offshoreorganbuilder9 жыл бұрын
Yes ... Carlo could certainly play! Thanks for uploading this.
@Parker64328 жыл бұрын
+Offshoreorganbuilder - my pleasure. I'm also a pipe organ builder :)
@Offshoreorganbuilder8 жыл бұрын
Where are you based?
@Parker64328 жыл бұрын
Sydney - Australia
@Offshoreorganbuilder8 жыл бұрын
John Parker RIght! I am based off the coast of the UK, where the weather (and the organs) will be rather different. (No scorpions or snakes, for one thing!)
@danivariusАй бұрын
@@Parker6432magnificent! Wish I’d been able to keep up my learning how to play these wonderful instruments from school!
@rodneyarnoldi9 жыл бұрын
Thank you John for uploading this enjoyable concert. I have had the pleasure of listening to Carlo Curley, once at Alexander Palace and also at the Royal Albert Hall many, many years ago. Last night I downloaded your recording onto my pendrive and watched it in my home cinema. The picture quality was quite acceptable baring in mind you had to copy it from a VHS tape, which I know from experience is very hit & miss.The sound quality was really quite good played through my TDL Reference Standard speakers with some nice deep notes. Now I must download the 2nd half of the concert. Yes, it is very sad that such a talented and interesting man should die at such an early time in life. Reminds me of another great man, John Ogdon who also died quite young! Thanks Rodney. PS. I wonder whether Decca still have the original tapes!
@Parker64328 жыл бұрын
+Rodney - thanks for your comments. I'm glad my upload worked okay on your system. I knew the audio would be satisfactory, but as with so many old VHS tapes, on can never guarantee visual quality. I'm pleased you enjoyed the concert.
@resultant645 жыл бұрын
beautiful and powerful.......
@kristoferursic77612 жыл бұрын
Bravo maestro, RIP
@j.veerman47432 жыл бұрын
00:30 - J.S.Bach: Toccata & Fugue in d 12:17 - S.S.Wesley: Choral Song & Fugue 20:13 - E.Elgar: Chanson de Matin 24:37 - N.Cocker: Tuba Tune 30:43 - E.H.Lemare: Rondo Capriccio 34:33 - P.Whitlock: Folk Tune 39:21 - C.H.H.Parry: "I was Glad" 47:40 - E.Elgar: Imperial March
@multimill8 жыл бұрын
I was at Redcliffe when Carlo gave a recital, I can't remember exactly when it was but it would have been sometime between 1993 and 1997 I think. Being a Bristolian I have attended dozens of organ recitals at Redcliffe and heard this magnificent instrument - which Carlo Curley is quite rightly a huge fan of. Yes, some of his interpretations were a little 'different' particularly the Bach here but he was such a showman and one thing I do remember was that the place was packed to the rafters with people. I always think of him as being the Liberace of the pipe organ. His recitals were entertaining and informative. I am very glad I got to hear him play live and it is a huge shame he is gone so soon. I suppose in some way Cameron Carpenter has picked up where CC left off?
@richardharrold97368 жыл бұрын
+Paul S Cameron rarely shows a tenth of the musicianship Carlo displayed even on his off days... Carlo preferred the epithet "Pavarotti of the organ".
@Goodchappy8 жыл бұрын
Yes. I don't think I have ever heard Cameron C play a piece as it is written. At least Carlo played the right notes even if he often elaborated on the expression and stop choices, which I like as it adds to the variety. CC is talented but not in the same league and Carlo was. We need more showmen / women like Carlo to help keep organ playing alive.
@ClergetMusic6 жыл бұрын
I think that Virgil Fox was the Liberace of the pipe organ, especially considering that Fox and Liberace lived at the same time and even played together on at least one occasion.
@mattbod6 жыл бұрын
Carpenter is a genius but temperamental and flighty in the modern celebrity way. He actually said he doesn’t like the organ wtf. Carlo adored the organ and its music and was a passionate advocate. He was a genuinely nice guy too happy to play recitals in small venues and very generous with his time. I got chatting to him after a recital when everyone had gone and we must have been talking well over an hour. i bumped into him about 5 years later and he remembered my name and the previous occasion: lovely guy.
@drnickyp8 жыл бұрын
Great Concert, wonderful virtuosity (shame about the pretty ropy choir at the end) - it's really sad Curley has died! - bloody odd looking audience though - where the hell did they get them from? are they extras from a cheap horror film? Oh, I just remembered, this is Bristol - all is explained!
@resultant645 жыл бұрын
great playing and choir
@richardharrold97366 жыл бұрын
Carlo on tremendous form here, even if his rubato tends to the excruciating at times. What is the soft piece just before that ropy "I Was Glad"? The Redcliffe choir has certainly improved since then, and thankfully the Harrison remains intact, magnificently restored. As on the CD, the performance of the Elgar Imperial March here is simply flawless, Carlo and the Harrison both in their element: I can only imagine Sir Edward looking down with a wistful smile.
@Parker64326 жыл бұрын
Richard - have deleted all posts by that idiot "John Smith" We don't need heathens like him on here!
@MrBanzoid8 жыл бұрын
This by far the best sounding organ I've ever heard. I might be biased because I live in Durham!
@crazyorganist16096 жыл бұрын
A brilliant organist.
@kristoferursic92503 жыл бұрын
Superb
@Parker64322 жыл бұрын
I believe Fox's influence was there, but Carlo was more of an "English" exponent. He did study with George Thalben-Ball.
@BenEmberley6 жыл бұрын
What year was this concert given??
@ragemanchoo828 жыл бұрын
Am I missing something or is the thumbnail from a different video?
@Parker64328 жыл бұрын
+ragemanchoo82 - yes it is. I wanted to find a decent 'still' photo of Carlo, as the video didn't have one. Hope you don't mind? and that you enjoyed the video all the same :)
@ragemanchoo828 жыл бұрын
+John Parker No I don't mind, I was just confused for a second
@mattbod2 жыл бұрын
P.S St Mary is magnificent too: the real Bristol Cathedral.
@petersumner73677 ай бұрын
Not really but if that organ was at the west end of the cathedral wow, the Walker is superb too.
@MrMudNugget3 жыл бұрын
What a HAM
@tombstoneharrystudios5842 жыл бұрын
He was a ham, but in the finest tradition!
@bastiendelaniau57519 жыл бұрын
Best organs in the world are English !!! ;) Greetings from France !
@GiantCraftTV6 жыл бұрын
In my opinion , French Organ building is better... For example magnificent organ of Notre Dame in Paris
@richardharrold97366 жыл бұрын
English organs can play French Romantic music fairly convincingly... the reverse is not the case. That isn't to say Cavaillé-Colls and the like aren't masterpieces, but Father Willis, Arthur Harrison and so on were right up there with them...
@mattbod6 жыл бұрын
Impossible to say which organs are best in the world. I have favourites from different schools but a Harrison and Harrison is very different from a Cavaille Coll or a Silbermann or a Skinner.
@richardharrold97366 жыл бұрын
Yep. Arthur Harrison and Skinner are quite close, there are some noticeable tonal commonalities between them, but then Skinner had his own ideas, and used Pitman chests for everything, whereas Harrison insisted on using slider chests for everything other than bass offsets and the odd unit chest (mostly on the Pedal, though Newcastle City Hall has an extended 16-8-4 Orchestral Trumpet on 20" w.p. on the Solo manual - alas, that spectacular and unaltered instrument is now largely unplayable).
@NoPooftersHereUK12344 жыл бұрын
A good turnout for Carlo. Next recital was by Mr. Joe Bloggs and hardly anyone turned up.