I just wanted to mention the masterful work of the video production. The camera is always in exactly the right place at the right time to capture the most subtle details of the song, particularly the percussion. The best example is at 6:20 when the cameraman catches the little tambourine riff. Such a small detail that shows just how deeply familiar the video producer was with the score.
Elgar's orchestral arrangement is a perfectly nice way to enjoy Bach. Thee BBC Symphony Orchestra sounds quite good under the able baton of Sir Andrew Davis. A very full and resonate sound comes through in the video -- very important factor in my enjoyment.
What a wonderful Fantasia and fugue , totally exquisite marvelous , charming , originally written for organ and tremendously orchestrated from Elgar , It is the beginning of the sublime transfiguration of BACH to the 20th century, a great task that would later be completed by the great conductor Leopold Stokowski and Eugene Ormandy BACH FOR EVER AND EVER !
A tambourine and Bach? Leave it up to Maestro Elgar. And then some insane brass writing at 7:27 and 8:07 He must have had tremendous fun arranging this master piece.
Anybody who thinks this is too far removed from Bach's music.... well its all the same music by Bach, but its Elgar's orchestration... Nothing wrong with Elgar having added his masterful orchestral touch to an already masterful piece written by another masterful composer. Honestly I prefer to listen to this piece in this way... :-) Makes me wish Elgar orchestrated many other Bach organ works...
Sir Andrew also conducted a splendid performance of the Toccata and Fugue in D minor as orchestrated by Stokowski ... ruclips.net/video/GS88lWHvvGw/видео.html
Every note sounds like Elgar, from the plangent opening solo oboe (returning at the end of the Fantasia like the great oboe solo in the slow movement of the 2nd Symphony) to the rambunctious brass biffs and swoops and wallops as the fugue develops, like a lost Pomp and Circumstance March. And those washes of Elgarian harps - unmistakable. Above all, the profound melancholy - even in moments of the Fugue.
The first 40 seconds and it’s ‘reprise ‘ from 2:00 to 2:32 from this piece are exquisite. The intrication of the instrumental voices are breathtaking!! Bach is a genius!!
First time hearing ( was looking for his Brass arrangements of 2 Bach chorals) .Not sure whose music is more prominent here: Elgar or Bach. On balance I think if Bach's the car it's definitely Elgar whose driving. Both Masters.
I've disliked Andrew Davis with a passion ever since I heard him murder Beethoven 9 live in Melbourne, but Elgar's orchestration (and the BBCP) seems to transcend even his hamfisted approach. I highly recommend Respighi's orchestration of the Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, if you're still feeling blasphemous, though!
I am not moved or that interested. Far too much reliance on the strings. The orchestration is far too thick and bombast. Pretty typical overly heavy English stuff that bogs down under it's own textural weight! (A great exception would be Benjamin Britten--his textures were always thin and orchestrated with a lot of wood wind color. But, Britten studied a lot of Mahler scores).
callmeBe OK but like Stokowski who was also English it is impossible not to be moved by this orchestration. We can all pretend to be above such orchestration but.... it is wonderful!
As a rule I dislike arrangemts of the great composers , e.g. Chopin arranged for the trumpet (ugh) but I have to admit that this is wonderful, especially the fugue. As I write out of 25,000 people who listened to this there were four dislikes.
I have to disagree. While some arrangements can be acaddemic and staid, others are revelatory. Look up Iveta Apkalna's organ rendition of Philip Glass's Akhenaten finale for starters. An absolute feast for the soul.
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Amazing orchestration by a man who was self taught
I just wanted to mention the masterful work of the video production. The camera is always in exactly the right place at the right time to capture the most subtle details of the song, particularly the percussion. The best example is at 6:20 when the cameraman catches the little tambourine riff. Such a small detail that shows just how deeply familiar the video producer was with the score.
Elgar's orchestral arrangement is a perfectly nice way to enjoy Bach. Thee BBC Symphony Orchestra sounds quite good under the able baton of Sir Andrew Davis. A very full and resonate sound comes through in the video -- very important factor in my enjoyment.
What a wonderful Fantasia and fugue , totally exquisite marvelous , charming , originally written for organ and tremendously orchestrated from Elgar , It is the beginning of the sublime transfiguration of BACH to the 20th century, a great task that would later be completed by the great conductor Leopold Stokowski and Eugene Ormandy BACH FOR EVER AND EVER !
Agree!
RIP Andrew Davis
A tambourine and Bach? Leave it up to Maestro Elgar. And then some insane brass writing at 7:27 and 8:07 He must have had tremendous fun arranging this master piece.
Unlikely, as he was dealing with the recent death of his wife. At best it was probably very cathartic for him.
Perfect finalle! Amazing performance!
Anybody who thinks this is too far removed from Bach's music.... well its all the same music by Bach, but its Elgar's orchestration... Nothing wrong with Elgar having added his masterful orchestral touch to an already masterful piece written by another masterful composer. Honestly I prefer to listen to this piece in this way... :-) Makes me wish Elgar orchestrated many other Bach organ works...
Sir Andrew also conducted a splendid performance of the Toccata and Fugue in D minor as orchestrated by Stokowski ...
ruclips.net/video/GS88lWHvvGw/видео.html
Every note sounds like Elgar, from the plangent opening solo oboe (returning at the end of the Fantasia like the great oboe solo in the slow movement of the 2nd Symphony) to the rambunctious brass biffs and swoops and wallops as the fugue develops, like a lost Pomp and Circumstance March. And those washes of Elgarian harps - unmistakable. Above all, the profound melancholy - even in moments of the Fugue.
Yes, absolutely. As soon as you hear this, you think 'Elgar'. And yet, miraculously beneath it all, you still hear the voice of JSB. The voice of God.
The first 40 seconds and it’s ‘reprise ‘ from 2:00 to 2:32 from this piece are exquisite. The intrication of the instrumental voices are breathtaking!! Bach is a genius!!
First time hearing ( was looking for his Brass arrangements of 2 Bach chorals) .Not sure whose music is more prominent here: Elgar or Bach. On balance I think if Bach's the car it's definitely Elgar whose driving. Both Masters.
スーザンさんのチェロを弾く姿が素敵、
サーアンドルーの指揮するのも
素晴らしい
涙出てきた。
4:55 fuga
4:56❤️❤️
Wonderful!
Glad you think so!
Outrageously decadent orchestration that would make Bach turn in his grave. I derive considerable guilty pleasure in listening to it.
I've disliked Andrew Davis with a passion ever since I heard him murder Beethoven 9 live in Melbourne, but Elgar's orchestration (and the BBCP) seems to transcend even his hamfisted approach. I highly recommend Respighi's orchestration of the Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, if you're still feeling blasphemous, though!
@@kobej1749 You think that was bad, try listening to Heilige Dankesang conducting the New Your Mills, Minnesota orchestra in Beethoven's Fifth. :-)
@@aldenwilner3300 yes, but Dankesang won that particular performance 😛
I am not moved or that interested. Far too much reliance on the strings. The orchestration is far too thick and bombast. Pretty typical overly heavy English stuff that bogs down under it's own textural weight! (A great exception would be Benjamin Britten--his textures were always thin and orchestrated with a lot of wood wind color. But, Britten studied a lot of Mahler scores).
callmeBe OK but like Stokowski who was also English it is impossible not to be moved by this orchestration. We can all pretend to be above such orchestration but.... it is wonderful!
magnifico!
As a rule I dislike arrangemts of the great composers , e.g. Chopin arranged for the trumpet (ugh) but I have to admit that this is wonderful, especially the fugue. As I write out of 25,000 people who listened to this there were four dislikes.
Not an arrangement so much as a reworking. I played it a couple of years ago. What a joy! The craftsmanship is sublime - of the highest order.
I have to disagree. While some arrangements can be acaddemic and staid, others are revelatory. Look up Iveta Apkalna's organ rendition of Philip Glass's Akhenaten finale for starters. An absolute feast for the soul.
@@kobej1749 I guess it's a question of taste. I have never heard anything by Bach I didn't like - and I've never heard anything by Glass that I did.
4:56
Rachmaninoff has been pretty quiet since this dropped
One has to wonder though, what on Earth were these late-19th bros feeling in their waters.
Lol! Rocky got roasted by a Briton!
君こそ音の魔術師か
Tuning: 0c: A4 = 440Hz
...and I guess Bach would rather have a beer with Elgar than with any of the baroque talibans.😊
pretty comprehensible the style given by Elgar, but I don't like it all and find too much far from the Bach soul
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Mi sembra un po ' un' orchestrazione baracconata.