Christmas Organ Music at Radio City Music Hall,New York City

Christmas Organ Music at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, November, 2011, Wurlitzer organ,

[MrMartmatsil]

All organs produce beautiful music, and the organists, make those instruments sing.The King of instruments.Thank God.Amen

[georgefelty]

I have seen and heard this organ. It is a marvel!

[MrMartmatsil]

Thanks for these wonderful videos, I love organ music.God bless.

[pianodon]

Love it. Bob MacDonald used to tell me stories of his times there.

[sylnyc]

:22-:27 major chills !!! These chords are everything! Epic experience to hear the twins roar live in that magnificent space - if only everyone shut their yappers~!!!

[jimamia]

We're gonna have another theater organ over here in Brooklyn! The Loew's Kings! I can't wait! It's gonna drive up rents but we can always move out and visit!

[kiqw]

I can't believe some of the ignorant comments made below. Radio City Music Hall its organ (with 2 consoles) is a national treasure.

[samueladams]

@newyorkreel

Correction...ONE organ, TWO consoles controlling the same set of pipes. Truly a magical sight none-the-less.

Unfortunately, this duo doesn't even come close to Liebert & Bohr.

Anyways, thanks for posting the video...Brings back a lot of memories.

[TrjnMgnms]

I would even love to see this organ played twice as long before the show - not a mere five minutes! It would be fantastic and a great reat to everyone!

[bobbymak]

Great video thanks!. RCMH management really does not think much of the Wurlitzer. There's NOT ONE PICTURE OF IT in their guide! Pictures of everything else though! Whatta diss!

[happyirishman]

Exactly why I haven't been back since the 70's, People won't shut the hell up while the Show is on .

[TrjnMgnms]

I also agree with bobbymak880: Radio City Music Hall should take a nice color picture of the console and publish it as a poster and have it for sale both in the lobby after the show and online. I bet ever theater organist in the country would love to have a picture of it. They could print the specfication at the bottom and include all the toy stops. The banner above could read: RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL - WURLITZER THEATER ORGAN

[KarpAlexK]

It's not an easy feat playing one of these mighty beasts.

[mrbigarms]

Sadly these kind of videos don't do the instrument any justice, you have to hear the organ live to appreciate the immense power and subtlety they can create.

[musicalhotcha]

Great video, wonderful to see. Who's the organist?

[steveseifer]

No other theater and organ like it in New York

[HiringAPtAdvocate]

Yes there are 2 identical consoles squeezed into rooms originally meant for singers just off the stage. Unfortunately they no longer amplify the organ, giving you a distorted balance if you are closer to one of the sides of the theater as the chambers are on both sides of the stage.

[joeloewy]

Seems like there must be someone at the second console but neither mentioned nor shown. (RCMH Wurli has two identical consoles 0 one stage left and one stage right.)

I have many fond memories as a child in the early '40s visiting NYC and the Music Hall.

[WildBillEntertainer]

I would love to hear my Christmas song played on a big organ like this by a professional organist? Youtube have generated it Bill Mckechnie Fluffy Snow

[AnOrganCornucopia]

4/58, actually, designed by Kimball and based on their 4/55 at the Atlantic City Convention Hall Ballroom (where it inevitably tends to get overshadowed by its 7/446 neighbour!). Kimball then pulled out of TPOs and the job went to Wurlitzer, who were given no say in the specification. I agree that it needs to be much more widely publicised.