Prom 21: Olivier Latry - 4.08.19

[MrGongGong]

I don't have a SUB.
I wouldn't touch any of that modern badly designed stuff with a barge pole.

btw I could understand the proms concert was designed to showcase that organ.
I think they did a splendid job of that, because they obviously used a shed load of large diaphragm (? Neumanns? ) to get the result, and very well balanced it was too.

So what loudspeaker do you have that goes down to 11Hz then ?

[ANON]

A HOME built MONSTER. (A pair of them).
More's the point you actually have to have an amp that goes down that far too while still delivering decent linear power.

It was all done deliberately to enable us to evaluate what we are doing at the opera,- pick up on all the things very quick that we might get not quite right.
(sadly it also reproduces stamping of conductor's feet on the podium too well too!)

[MrGongGong]

A HOME built MONSTER. (A pair of them).
More's the point you actually have to have an amp that goes down that far too while still delivering decent linear power.

Ok
So what are the drivers you are using ?

(actually by definition if you are using loudspeakers that go down to 20Hz and below they are "Subs")

[ANON]

(actually by definition if you are using loudspeakers that go down to 20Hz and below they are "Subs")

I will let you think about this a little.
The bass reponse of a system is determined by the total cone area (not what people think).

Peter Walker had some stuff right, but failed in the execution of a lot of it.
He had this bit right:-

"any problem in audio engineering can be successfully addressed with "an equal mix of Ohm's Law and common sense"

I haven't failed to be underwhelmed by the vast numbers of very expensive "high end" stuff that doesn't work..."subs" included.
Which is why I made my own.

[MrGongGong]

I will let you think about this a little.
The bass reponse of a system is determined by the total cone area (not what people think).

Peter Walker had some stuff right, but failed in the execution of a lot of it.
He had this bit right:-

"any problem in audio engineering can be successfully addressed with "an equal mix of Ohm's Law and common sense"

I haven't failed to be underwhelmed by the vast numbers of very expensive "high end" stuff that doesn't work..."subs" included.
Which is why I made my own.

hummmmmm

And YES I have worked with a system that goes as low as you say. And yes, it was for an organ

How about thinking that I might actually be INTERESTED in this stuff ?
and I don't need to re-sit O level Physics again

[ANON]

I don't need to re-sit O level Physics again

Sure it was a joke + there's nothing new under the sun.

However, the point, they don't make the breed typified by Gerzon, Walker, Fisher....and dare I say RUPERT NEVE?
(who's birthday was just a few days ago at 93!)

I mean he's as old as the first rebuild of the Willis organ himself!

[Braunschlag]

‘I was astonished to see he clearly was using 64' and 32' stops in a lot of the pieces, with obviously some serious gymnastics going on down there in places.’

32’ maybe, no 64’ at the Albert Hall I’m afraid, try Sidney or Atlantic City......

[ANON]

Stoplist since 2004 you can download the pdf.

Pedal C–f1
1 Acoustic Bass (from 7) 64′
Double Open Wood (from 7) 32′
3 Double Open Diapason (from 9) 32′
4 Contra Violone (from 64) 32′

23 Double Ophicleide (from 25) 32′
24 Double Trombone (from 27 in Swell) 32′II Great Organ C–c4
64 Contra Violone 32′

23 Double Ophicleide (from 25) 32′
24 Double Trombone (from 27 in Swell) 32′

[Braunschlag]

Stoplist since 2004 you can download the pdf.

Pedal C–f1
1 Acoustic Bass (from 7) 64′
Double Open Wood (from 7) 32′
3 Double Open Diapason (from 9) 32′
4 Contra Violone (from 64) 32′

23 Double Ophicleide (from 25) 32′
24 Double Trombone (from 27 in Swell) 32′II Great Organ C–c4
64 Contra Violone 32′

23 Double Ophicleide (from 25) 32′
24 Double Trombone (from 27 in Swell) 32′

Yes, I know that but the 64’ is not a full length/full compass rank - it’s an acoustic rank which uses a quint or other combination of pipes to achieve a synthetic 64’ tone.

[Vile Consort]

In which case I very much doubt if you know what good sound is.
To be fair, you have to be aware a Willis based Organ has very little in common with the Cavaille-Coll monsters he plays more normally.
It's a bit like a pilot jumping from a Boeing into an Airbus, so you have to admire the sheer virtuosity of the man.

Really? You are aware that Willis and Cavaille-Coll collaborated to quite a considerable extent, including making pipework and parts for each other? On one occasion, Willis ordered from ACC some parts for reed pipes, that are known as "shallots" in English, but not in French. ACC knew exactly what he wanted but, as a joke, sent a sack of small onions.

That's not to say that the experience of playing a CC is much like playing a Father Willis, of course. But M Latry does play plenty of recitals in the UK so he does know his way around our consoles.

[Dave2002]

Just interested in what sub you have that goes down to 11hz ?

Allegedly in a £1.7 million setup!

What planet is this guy on?

[MrGongGong]

Allegedly in a £1.7 million setup!

What planet is this guy on?

I'm on this one myself

[bluestateprommer]

What about the second encore ?

The "second encore", the Leon Boëllmann Toccata, was actually the first and only encore. M. Latry's 'Improvisation on Themes of Berlioz' was always part of the program for this Prom.

[oddoneout]

The "second encore", the Leon Boëllmann Toccata, was actually the first and only encore. M. Latry's 'Improvisation on Themes of Berlioz' was always part of the program for this Prom.

It wasn't listed as part of the programme on the BBC schedule, and this comment was a response to #17 about staying for the encore.