Is ROTTERDAM Hauptwerk's Best Organ (Demonstration)

In this video I demonstrate the Marcussen & Son organ in the Grote of St Laurenskerk, Rotterdam (Netherlands) as recorded by Sonus Paradisi. I take you through every stop individually and bring the sounds together in short interludes. At the end of the video I play Healey Willan’s ’Passacaglia’ from his ’Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue’ to demonstrate the colours, crescendo and the mighty ’tutti’ sound this organ can make. 00:00 | Introduction Division IV: Borstwerk (Solo) 01:05 | Flutes 02:25 | Principles 03:08 | Mutations 04:32 | Mixtures 05:25 | Reeds Division III: Bovenwerk (Swell) 06:50 | Strings 08:22 | Flutes 11:40 | Principles 13:23 | Mixtures 14:22 | Mutations 16:32 | Voix Humaine 17:57 | Big Reeds 19:29 | ’Full Swell’ (Vierne - Carillon de Westminster) Division I: Rugwerk (Choir) 20:23 | Flutes 22:30 | Principles 23:31 | Mixtures 25:20 | Mutations 26:29 | Quintadeen 8’ & 16’ 28:09 | Reeds Division II: Hoofdwerk (Great) 31:43 | Flutes 32:43 | Principles 34:16 | Mixtures 35:10 | Mutations 39: