The REDUNDANT CHURCH next to England’s TOP SECRET Science Labs

Published 2024-05-05

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  • Once again, you've made this old expat Kentish Englishman, thousands of miles away from home, extremely happy to hear such beautiful sounds - (also this week from your brother). As an architect I love to watch this excellent show of yours for the buildings and visual atmosphere alone... but as T S Eliot said, "architecture is frozen music". Your own composition was also as marvelous as I'd have expected a composition from you to be judging by your playing and by your sense of style. Once I finish a building project here in central Mexico with my wife Rocio we shall be able to donate at least a little by way of a thankyou from a semi-broke old Anglican who remembers when these churches had congregations and life ... I have absolutely no doubt (as unpopular as it to dare say such things) that at some point in the future, once the current shower of woefully Godless Britons finally awakes from its current suicidal venture into greed, self-love and laziness, or gets replaced by a new generation with more imagination, there will be a massive revival in Christianity and its eternal Beauty - and these very same organs you revive will be played to full parish congregations once again with voices raised in pride of the old songs. I think you are doing a superb thing by making this series... Thank you, from San Miguel de Allende.
  • @johnsomers8269
    Will you and Billy ever organize a concert that would help support you and Friends of Friendless Churches? Seems a match made in Musicdom!
  • @user-zq3kb7ug5c
    Ben, when you play the organ in these beautiful but sadly empty churches, one can feel a life spirit present in them! It is as though the building is smiling. Thanks to Billy also. Greetings from Ireland. 🇮🇪☘️🙏
  • I can’t tell you how much I love your videos. Especially the Bach but also all the hymns. Keep having Billy play. I tell all my piano students to watch your videos. Your hand position is beautiful.
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  • When I visit an old church my first look is up at its ceiling. Some have the most beautiful painted ceilings, others the most wonderful carvings. It so good that those churches that have been abandoned are now being looked after.
  • @KenG557
    Billy's classical guitar and your organ music are a match made in Heaven. 🙏👍
  • @baxtercol
    I listen to you from the states each week and look forward eagerly to those visits. This week's foray is really special for me because I am in the hospital having had my severely inflamed gallbladder removed yesterday I am in a great deal of pain feeling pretty lousy. Your gorgeous music and cheery demeanor are the perfect doctor ordered combination. Thank you and your very talented helpful brother.
  • Beautiful Welsh hymn, thanks,Ben always glad to hear your contribution to music and history.
  • @georgebuck4071
    You and Billy play so wonderfully together. You are Blessed to have such a musical family.
  • @kesmarn
    Over 1200 views in the first hour. Billy, is it time to arrange a contract with your brother? Your value in the increasing popularity of the channel is still in the "incalculable" stage. It might be time to start calculating. 🙂 So... the next adventure combines riding about the countryside in a vehicle of dubious safety with the possibility of consuming tea within close range of where the world's experts on novochok do their work? Are you sure you don't want to rethink this one? But seriously, the new composition is perfection. Not only in and of itself, but in the way that the building itself, the grounds and the entire ambience are all factored into the creation of the music. Thank you so much, once again for all the hard work that you put into creating so much fun and satisfaction for the rest of us. We'll make every effort to support you as much as possible!
  • @robertmdaniels
    Love the beard! Lovely music by you and your brother, Billy! Church was really a suprise and delightful. Many thanks go to those responsible to preserve the heritage and you to highlight the work they do!
  • @dankurydotcom
    the Spanish Romance for Organ! My word! You are so talented. God certainly blessed you with a gift only He can give. I absolutely love this piece, and as I was sitting with anticipation of the resolve, I was hoping it would resolve to Major! AND IT DID!!!! I cried as if I was experiencing a piece by Bach but no, it was all you!!!! Just fantastic! Big hugs from me to you. Gosh!!!!! And thank Billy for me too. My Sunday afternoon is now complete.
  • That is one of the hymns that I remember from our church. I have always loved singing it. Thank you for your wonderful playing of this organ.
  • @susangerber9869
    Beautiful music Ben. You and Billy are very talented. Thank you for the music.
  • @paulhall170
    Hyfrydol most often is the tune used when singing Charles Wesley's "Love divine, all loves excelling" As with many such collaborations, the words and the melody are a match made in heaven. Thank you for playing it!
  • @matthewbbenton
    Regarding the organ vs. piano debate: András Schiff has noted that certain parts of Bach’s WTC require sustained voices that only an organ can manage, so Bach may have written them with an organ in mind. Either way, your performance of the B-flat minor prelude was absolutely gorgeous.
  • You both make me so happy. Never stop doing this wonderful work guys. Love to you both ❤️🙏