VERDI - LA DONNA E MOBILE (RIGOLETTO) - ORGAN SOLO - JONATHAN SCOTT

THE ORGAN OF CHESTERFIELD PARISH CHURCH
1905 LEWIS & Co. Ltd.
1963 HENRY WILLIS & SONS Ltd.
1988 WOOD OF HUDDERSFIELD
Four Manuals (61 notes) & Pedal (32 notes) 3807 pipes

The original organ of Chesterfield Parish Church was built around 1756 by Snetzler and this organ was lost in a fire in 1961.
The present organ was originally built for Glasgow City Halls by Lewis & Co. Ltd. in 1905 where it was opened in February 1905 by E.H. Lemare.
It was moved to Chesterfield Parish Church in 1963 by Henry Willis & Sons. Ltd. Four of the original Snetzler ranks were salvaged and incorporated. In 1988 it was enlarged and rebuilt by Wood of Huddersfield. It is currently maintained and tuned by Andrew Carter.

PEDAL ORGAN
Sub Bourdon 32
Great Bass 16 wood
Open Diapason 16 Great
Violone 16
Bourdon 16
Lieblich Gedackt 16 Choir
Octave (Wood) 8
Octave (Metal) 8
Violoncello 8
Bass Flute 8
Super Octave 4
Flute 4
Mixture IV 19.22.26.29
Contra Trombone 32
Trombone 16
Trumpet 8

CHOIR ORGAN
Lieblich Bourdon 16
Open Diapason 8
Stopped Diapason 8 Snetzler
Octave 4
Flute 4 Snetzler
Fifteenth 2 Snetzler
Mixture III 22.26.29
Trompette 8
Tremulant

GREAT ORGAN
Double Open Diapason 16
Open Diapason No.1 8
Open Diapason No.2 8
Stopped Diapason 8
Principal 4
Gemshorn 4
Stopped Flute 4
Twelfth 2 2/3
Fifteenth 2
Mixture IV 19.22.26.29
Cornet V 1.8.12.15.17, Ten. G
Posaune 8
Clarion 4

SWELL ORGAN (Enclosed)
Bourdon 16
Open Diapason 8
Rohr Flöte 8
Viole de Gambe 8
Voix Celeste 8 TC
Geigen Principal 4
Flute 4
Fifteenth 2
Mixture IV 12.15.19.22
Sesquialtera II 12.17
Contra Fagotto 16
Horn 8
Oboe 8
Clarion 4
Tremulant

Swell octave
Swell unison off

SOLO ORGAN (Enclosed)
Harmonic Flute 8
Dolce 8 Snetzler
Unda Maris 8 undulating
Flauto Traverso 4
Piccolo 2
Orchestral Oboe 8
Vox Humana 8
Clarinet 8
Tremulant

Unenclosed High Pressure
Contra Tromba 16
Tromba 8
Tromba Clarion 4

Solo Octave

COUPLERS
Swell to Pedal, Swell to Great, Swell to Choir,
Choir to Great, Choir to Pedal, Great to Pedal,
Solo to Swell, Solo to Great, Solo to Choir, Solo to Pedal

[markthomas]

Wow, spoilt with Verdi. Truly awesome, Thank you.

[alanatolstad]

I liked the choice of 'voices' in this rendition!

[anjasalentijn]

Hallo!!
This piece from Verdi makes you happy,
Another summer day tomorrow.
Thanks B B!❤😊

[davidphillips]

Another great rendition. You can't beat Verdi! Thank you Jonathan and Tom.

[secretforreddit]

One of the most fun opera songs played on the most fun instrument in the world! Thank you for this beautiful rendition!

[pauleloidelanoy]

merveilleux arrangement de l'opéra de Verdi !
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[carolpredeth]

Oooh thank you!! A little snippet from last night's programme, how wonderful! xx

[NoobRoots]

This is a good song! Thanks for the video

[terryr.sublimeorganmusic]

That brought a smile. 🙂 Fun to sing and tap along. Well played and sounds great. 👏👏👏 And now I want spaghetti for dinner. 🍝😉 Thanks for sharing. 💐🎹🎶

[mandyofmarymac]

Thank you, I've been waiting for something new and wonderful. I love tra-la-lalling along to this piece. You two fulfill all my wishes.

[mariadesa]

Simply wonderful, incredible! I loved it! Thank you both for this magnificent video!

[johnfranks]

No dust in the pedal pipework now Jonathan, once again great selection of stops, we have some fantastic organs, the well established makers still producing great sounds. Thanks again Tom still producing quality video

[lucyyoung]

GOOD MORNING BROTHERS TWO. LOVE OLD LADY

[АнтонинаХоменко-уц]

Великолепная чудомузика -шедевральная!!! Александр Одессит

[willortiz]

Hello Jonathan, It is wonderful to hear this great Verdi operatic piece played on the pipe organ. I loved your performance! Will Ortiz

[JSB]

I think I haven't heard this particular organ (which is near where I live) sound so good before! 😀

[ilovehifi]

So wondeful. Wish you would test the unbelievable organ at the "Konzerthaus Dortmund". Its from Klais!

[giampierosantin]

Astonishing and powerful (what a basses!) execution, as always. I don't think that "La donna è mobile" is one of the best pieces written by Verdi. I'll like to suggest to adapt and play the "I pini di Roma" of Ottorino Respighi: it's a wonderful symphonic poem in 4 movements, that is quite suitable to be adapted for your duo organ and piano.

[paulkoza]

Nice job as always, Jonathan. I'm just wondering how your arrangement corresponds to Verdi's tempo. My best recollection of this solo comes from Pavarotti, naturally. It seems to me that he sang it at a slightly faster tempo. But that does not mean that his arrangement followed Verdi's original. I suspect that the original was augmented to fit his style.

[projectcyclooctatetraene]

I was expecting a random singer’s voice at 0:17