French Organ Sensation in Germany!

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Published 2019-04-11
Back in the early 80s, a new organ was installed in St Josef in Bonn, then the capital of Germany - a "French" organ - the first of its kind in Germany!

Since then the organ has become world famous, boasting over 600 concerts featuring the biggest names in the organ world.

It was also "my" organ in Bonn when I first moved to Germany almost 20 years ago!

In this week's video, I introduce you to the organ, its history and show you the new console with all its quirks and features and new choir organ.

At the end there's also a piece of jazz just for fun!

Links to St Josef
www.internationale-orgelkonzerte.de/
de-de.facebook.com/VereinDerOrgelfreundeSt.Josef/

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All Comments (21)
  • @ShaunOvertonNZL
    Thank you for taking the time to record proper, clean and clear audio. As a surround sound headphone user, listening to these distinctive instruments is 100% pure joy for my ears.
  • @GhostNight666
    Never excuse yourself for using parallel fifths. As long as you are aware of the rules of counterpoint you can break them as much as you want. Great video as always. 🎶🎼🎵
  • @mattpage7741
    Just discovered your channel. Simply remarkable! It would be wonderful to get at least one panorama shot of each church's interior (and exterior too). I will never (probably) visit these places in person, so the context would be nice.
  • @dixonsindorset
    Thanks Fraser. Loving your videos. The sound quality is already pretty decent in my opinion, some lovely bass coming through from the pedals. I have a suggestion for widening your audience: you could contact the amazing Gert van Hoef, here in the Netherlands where I live (I'm also a northern Brit), and film a meet up with him (with an organ of course!). In that way you cross-pollinate your subscribers! I for one have discovered you via YouTube's suggested videos whilst watching Gert's and he currently has over 50,000 subscribers. I have seen several other successful channels increase their viewers by doing this. Just an idea for the future, especially seeing that you live reasonably close to each other. Already looking forward to your next video!
  • @bobh5087
    A big "BRAVO!" Fraser. A really fascinating video. Merci bien. 👍💕 Did I miss who the organ-builder was? (I must have...) Please revisit this wonderful instrument and show us the pipework sometime. 🙂
  • @Advent22mix
    This channel is exactly the kind of content I've been looking for! I play the harpsichord but I've always had an interest in taking up the organ. Thank you for providing an excellent resource for learning about these monstrous musical machines!
  • @Holobrine
    That was fun at the end! I’ve never heard a church organ used for jazz before.
  • @vca73
    Vielen Dank für deine Mühe und diese fantastischen Videos!
  • Maestro Gartshore! Another magnificent work to display an amazing organ! You, sir, are a treasure. I’m only saddened that the video couldn’t be longer to show off more of the organ’s capabilities. Please continue to display these fine instruments for those of us who can’t get to them to enjoy them in person. Thank you so much, Maestro!
  • @Musician-Lee
    I realise this is from 2019 however I’ve only just seen it, and if you decide to do the organ tutor book I’m definitely going to buy that!
  • @danw1955
    WOW!!! That is really a shame about the lightning strike on the original console, but the temp replacement seems to be working nicely! That full organ with the 32' stops is a-maz-ing!!😁 I had to run that back a couple times and crank my sub-woofers up a bit to thoroughly terrify my 2 cats.🤣😆👻🙀 What an amazing instrument.. thanks again Fraser for the great tour and review!!😁🎶🎵👍👍 (That transpose stop is GREAT!) I can do that on my Hauptwerk setup too, but it transposes the whole organ...
  • @larikipe940
    My darling, you are beyond FABULOUS! Love ya ta pieces!
  • @speedstick77
    Truly elegant voicing and regulation in a reverberant acoustic. Thank you for sharing.
  • Still need to visit Germany. Would be fantastic to see some of these beautiful organs!
  • @hiphop1234
    Great video and fantastic organ! Thank you for your work, greetings from England :)
  • @chriswalton9369
    Possibly the best video you’ve made so far - they just keep getting better and better! And wow - what an instrument.
  • @pantazos2954
    I've been watching you for 1 month or so, and I am SO glad i discovered your channel !! Keep up the good job!!