Thank you so very, very much! Your generosity is greatly appreciated indeed! All of the very best to you and your family!

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!

I don`t know about feeling... he didn`t even know what verse he was on near the end. Great organ playing but a pity he drowned out the singing... the organ is supposed to lead and accompany the singing, not overpower it.

Thank you so very much, greatly appreciated indeed!

Sorry dear

I feel the same way about my father:

I can empathise 😥

LOL, AGREED!

Art Scott ! How are you? Thanks so very very much, appreciated indeed! Be well and be safe.

🤣🤣🤣🤣!! Yet another Sloppy Mark goof up. I'm so glad that my son wasn't there to hear that slip, as they'd have to carry him out of the church as he'd be laughing so hard at me. I don't what's wrong with me now as my playing is even sloppier. Thanks for your hilarious comment, I greatly appreciate that! Take care!

I make those mistakes all the time. Not out of carelessness, but my fingers slip off the keys easily. I just laugh and say I added a bit of jazz to spice things up.

When it says amateur organist this very demeaning and an insult. He is who he is.he has great imagination and a spontaneous delivery that is a natural gift not an amateur show. He is what he is. I have heard some well educated organists who could not play the doxology without the music in front of them. Bruce

jcfretts THANKS so very much, that's greatly appreciated indeed!

Thank you kind Sir! Be sure to subscribe as I have over 300 videos about 200 of them organ videos (One day I'll count the EXACT number of organ videos versus model railroading videos) where you might find other hymns that you favour too. Thanks for your kind comment.

Newell Schandelmier Thanks again for your kind words and well wishes Mr. Schandelmier, all of the best to you and your family.

THANK YOU!! That's very kind of you indeed, thanks soooooo much!

ourhymns THANK YOU!!! I greatly appreciate your very kind comment. All the best to you!!

Thank you Cameron so much! Coming from an organist, I'm honored by your thoughts and words, that's very kind of you indeed! It was a fun service to participate in, and I'm glad that I was given the opportunity to do so. You keep on having fun as well my friend, and many thanks again.

+Roy MartinThank you Robbie that's very generous of you indeed! What do you preside over at your church and what will you be playing on at your home college? I greatly appreciate your kind comments, and all of the best to you!

Thanks Steve, you've been hiding for a whole year eh? Good to have you back!

tuebor1837 Thank you, and keep up the good work! When improvising, that's when you're really being creative. Have fun!

Hey Kevin, Happy New Year to you and your family! I hope that you all prosper significantly this year! Thanks for your kind comments!

Tarheel Blue Thanks!

Dan Peacock Lol Dan! THANK YOU! I know that you're right, but it drives me nuts. My son gets a kick out of watching me become annoyed over making mistakes as he laughs his head off every time I do make a slip. Judging by the applause at the end, I guess everyone was okay with my playing. It was great fun indeed, and thank you ever so much for your kind words. When you get home, you'll be able to sing along lol.

Thanks and how I WISH that was my layout LOL, it's of course an HO club layout. Best regards to you!

Lol, thanks Stephen!

Thank you so much! That's very kind of you!

Thank you Samuel very much!

6 years later... I just realised something, did you mean Church of the Transfiguration in NYC when you said "Little Church" as in Little Church Around the Corner??? If so, what years we're you there and we're you there under Stuart Gardner?? Wow, how brain dead am I to have that fly over my head!

Abe! Where have you been hiding?! Haven't heard from you in a couple of years or more now. Thanks and it's really nice to hear from you. Hope you are doing well and being safe. Take care!

@@bhigdaddymark hello! Oh I've been here, lurking as usual hehehe. ;) But I just had to "pipe" in, as you did an amazing job here playing for the congregation! I only wish I could have been there in person to witness your amazing, powerful playing live! Keep up the wonderful work my friend, you da bomb!!! :)

@@abedbush Thanks buddy!

Thank you so very much, you're welcome and you're very kind indeed and I greatly appreciate your comment. You and your family remain safe and well.

@@bhigdaddymark I just want to respond again and tell you how much this song and your rendition means to me. My Grandmother Daisy passed in 2008 at 92 yrs. of age and I look forward to seeing her and bowing my head to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!!! The Rapture is SOON my friend and I bet God will have you play for Him in Heaven just as well as you did on Earth. SEE YOU IN HEAVEN SOON MY BROTHER!!!

Ayodeji Opaleke Thank you kind Sir! Your comment is greatly appreciated, take care.

Ayodeji Opaleke BTW, you must an organist/musician as you identified exactly what I was doing. Thanks!

I play a bit with big interest in hymns and classics. Getting to play at your level someday will be a dream fulfilled. I also wish you could shoot part of your videos from the top of the manuals so the notes of your variations and improvisations could be visible for us learners to "steal" (lol & a wink) since they cant be found in music sheets. thanks

Ayodeji Opaleke The publishing of my music is coming, but very slowly. My son and I are transcribing my hymn arrangements as his time permits.

Mine too!

Thanks, much appreciated!

WOW!! Talk about being humbled....THAT is of the absolute nicest comment ever on my channel and I can't tell you how much I appreciate it and YOU! You just made MY day, month and start of a fresh new year! THANKS again, and please be well and be safe!

Wendell W. Alderman Thanks!

Wendell W. Alderman Generally speaking, I don't do requests because I'm an amateur organist who's not professionally trained and plays by ear. If I know the music that you request, I'll do my best to play it and do it justice. I haven't played the organ in nine months or so due to health issues, so I'm not sure when I could honour your request.

Stephanie Vance Thank you!

Thank you so much, appreciated indeed!

Thanks so very much, greatly appreciated indeed! Be well and be safe! Best to you and your entire family.

Wow, that's quite kind and certainly generous! Hook & Hastings eh? How many ranks and manuals? The Riverside Church organ was once a Hook & Hastings before G. Donald Harrison turned it into the masterpiece that it is. Great organ building back then. You're at a Catholic Church? I'm sure that you have lovely acoustics. I've threatened to get up to Boston to play a number of instruments and to visit Marshall & Ogletree so I greatly appreciate the offer and will take you up on it when the weather warms up lol. Thanks again and all of the very best to you for 2020!

+Jeong Park Lee Thank you Mr. Lee!

+Stephen McMullen LOL, thank you Stephen!

I have GOT to go out and buy myself a DECENT SUIT!!!!!

"Dr. Mark" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Well thank you, that's mighty generous of you and awfully kind, and I greatly appreciate you indeed! Thanks for your encouragement, be well and be safe.

Thank you!

Abe! You keep disappearing then showing up out of the blue LOL. How are you? I hope all is good with you. Thanks yet again for your kind words as always. Yeah, I didn't have the hymnal open to follow the verses and forgot where I was in numbers of stanzas. Yes my reaction to my stupid mistakes has been taken notice of by MANY with them finding great humour in it. My son is the ringleader, and LOVES to see me make mistakes so that he can have a good laugh to my predictable reaction. Stay in touch buddy, and take care!

Hey Mark! So sorry I don't always reply to your vids in a timely manner, even though I am subscribed to your channel, your newest vids don't always show up in my new vids to watch queue! I will have to watch more carefully, because you are one of the greatest organists I have ever seen! And yes, I can understand your son loving it when you make a mistake cuz your reaction is always priceless and to be honest, your "mistakes" are usually so minor no one would ever notice! And I still can't get over how you never use music yet you have every hymn completely memorized, and you can completely ad lib entire processionals...AMAZING talent!!!!! Thanks for sharing, and bringing much joy! Abe

Thanks Abe, and don't worry about prompt replies either, it's no big deal. I've had the same issue with not being notified that a channel I'm subscribed to has posted a new video. I wish that Google would get their act together....

Oh, okay that's a good place to find information. I'm glad that you got my reply. This and the earlier videos shot from the gallery don't do the organ much justice although oddly enough, my latest videos sound far better than this one (perhaps having the camcorder on the right side versus the left side of the console makes a difference) but the absolute best is called 'Come Labor On Rehearsal' which was recorded from the nave floor away from the organ with the acoustics of the room really making it a spectacular sound in my opinion. You get to hear the organ as though you were walking around the church as my son (the cameraman) was nearest the Altar with the organ at the other end in the gallery. Check out that video and you'll hear the difference, and how effective the 32' Posaune really is and just how fiery the Trompette en Chamade is too on its low wind pressure. Thanks!