Those are some big pipes

February 17, 2020 11:23 AM

Jonathan Scott plays In the Hall of the Mountain King on the organ of Béla Bartók National Concert Hall in Budapest.

Jonathan Scott is one half of the Scott Brothers Duo. You can see Scott performing more pieces on other impressive pipe organs at the duo's youtube channel, such as Mozart's Marriage of Figaro on the concert organ of The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, UK, or Vivaldi's Winter, on the organ of Basilica de Santa Maria in Elche Spain.

posted by mrgoat (17 comments total)

I'm more of a theatre organ fan. Here's Robert Wolfe showing off.
posted by pipeski at 11:46 AM on February 17, 2020 [2 favorites]

TIL that organ footpedals are just . . . a giant keyboard. Huh.
posted by Think_Long at 12:26 PM on February 17, 2020 [2 favorites]

The "we need guns" scene from The Matrix but it's pipes.
posted by tobascodagama at 12:33 PM on February 17, 2020 [3 favorites]

Niiiice.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 12:40 PM on February 17, 2020

Lovely.
posted by Splunge at 12:40 PM on February 17, 2020

I would pay to see him play Tequila on that.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 1:38 PM on February 17, 2020 [6 favorites]

TIL that there are two sets of famous Scott Brothers with one brother being named Jonathan: the HGTV realtors, and these cool dudes.

(I was SO confused when I saw the intro for this because I knew that HGTV boys were performers but I just couldn't parse the idea that of them was an organist)
posted by Kitchen Witch at 1:40 PM on February 17, 2020 [5 favorites]

Great music, great shoes.
posted by Nancy Lebovitz at 2:00 PM on February 17, 2020 [3 favorites]

I also clicked through to see a Property Brother play organ.
posted by kimberussell at 2:10 PM on February 17, 2020 [5 favorites]

HEADPHONES THE SIZE OF A BUILDING





ALSO HOLY SHIT COULD HE DO THE SAINT-SAENS CONCERTO?! SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
posted by hearthpig at 2:20 PM on February 17, 2020 [1 favorite]

Is this what you're looking for, hearthpig?
posted by mrgoat at 2:24 PM on February 17, 2020 [3 favorites]

Are they taking requests? WIDOR'S TOCCOTA
posted by TWinbrook8 at 2:42 PM on February 17, 2020

TWinbrook8: Toccata from Symphony No. 5 in F by Charles-Marie Widor performed by Jonathan Scott on the Cavaillé-Coll Organ in the Great Hall of Manchester work for you?
posted by mrgoat at 2:47 PM on February 17, 2020 [3 favorites]

"For the Hall of the Mountain King I have written something that so reeks of cowpats, ultra-Norwegianism, and 'to-thyself-be-enough-ness' that I can't bear to hear it, though I hope that the irony will make itself felt."
— Edvard Grieg

Still an awful lot of fun to play and to hear, though.
posted by Johnny Assay at 2:49 PM on February 17, 2020 [2 favorites]

Here's Jonathan playing with a very large organ indeed

sorry, couldn't help myself with the pun.... it's a great video though
posted by prismatic7 at 5:03 PM on February 17, 2020

cowpats

I was so intrigued I went to investigate. He wrote this about the next piece, Dance of the Mountain King's Daughter. And he was right.
posted by hat_eater at 5:33 PM on February 17, 2020 [1 favorite]

Jonathan Scott! Very boring story but he was a rehearsal pianist at a choir gig I did about a million years ago. Still cute.
posted by lokta at 11:25 AM on February 18, 2020 [1 favorite]