Featured below is a countdown of 5 amazing performances on the pipe organ! Comment below with which one was your favorite. What’s another performance that you would want to see added to this list?
#5
Stewart W. Foster is playing Bach’s “Toccata Fugue in D Minor”. Immediately upon watching him play, you can see the talent and enthusiasm he has. Also – WOW, look at all those pipes from the organ all over the church. The Church is surely reverberating with beautiful sounds coming from Foster’s talented fingers and the marvelous pipe organ that is displayed throughout.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zscqshch6N4
#4
Dr. Carol Williams performs the Flight of the Bumblebee. We are still in awe watching Williams play this complicated song! The pace at which she moves her feet and hands is astounding and looks effortless. Her feet flow with the rhythm of the piece. Carol Williams is a great representation of a woman with serious musical talent on an organ.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHZvMAJUN5g
#3
Cameron Carpenter performs in this video and it appears to be a music video. Carpenter performs so elegantly in his video called “Candide”: Overture. He has a very specific and unique style that can only be Cameron Carpenter. His effortless movements, makes the audience feel as though they are part of the image he is trying to create. As well making you realize how much talent it takes to produce such an extraordinary sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq_cy-ztcHc
#2
Bert van den Brink plays Bohemian Rhapsody on a church organ. Who doesn’t love some Queen every now and then? As soon as this video starts, you can tell what famous song is starting to play. A classic rock song being played on this miraculous and ancient instrument is far from the norm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd6qZS1_1aU
#1
“Organist goes crazy” is the name of this video on YouTube. He sure does seem crazy when you watch his hands and fingers move so quickly over the organ. But crazy in an extremely talented kind of way. World’s fastest organist? Maybe so. Once you watch this video, you will be speechless at the ability this man has to play at this pace on the organ and still have time to smile at the camera.
