This gentleman is one of the world's greatest organists of all time. I must thank him. His music and recordingings have been a part of my life since the 1970's.
I shall never a week-long 'Cathedral Course' in 1976 at St George's Cathedral, Cape Town, with a hand-picked, cathedral-sized choir with trebles and new repertoire for Evensong each night of the week, with Simon as director. I learnt so much from him, and his musicality, energy and superb direction have remained with me ever since, now almost half a century ago. He was the consummate musician -- and great fun to unwind with after each day's service.
I love Simon. We've lost touch in recent years, unfortunately. I had the pleasure of spending plenty of time with him - carousing for sure! - but I had a few lessons with him which were really a terrific experience. I wasn't a beginner in those days though when we met in 93 in Calgary and again in 94. He was enormously supportive, encouraging and just a blast to hang out with!!! I remember Naji Hakim's Rhapsody for Organ Duet was hot off the press. I went to a local music store that had a copy in stock, bought it and Simon and I got together and sat down to sight read it! Amazing memories!!!
OMG what divine sounds and so so clear. Truly the organ needs a great real organist to allow the notes to float all over on the space and time. Lovely, adorable playing by Simon Preston on Bach's scores. Thanks a million!!!
I've clicked through so many videos, through so many incredible, weird ambient landscapes.. I feel like I'm going on a train trip, seeing a succession of crazy, never-before-seen scenes from history, important, weird musics through the window as I pass.. there's so much to explore. So many places to alight and dwell in the ambiences that are on offer. This stop, in particular is brilliant 💖💖
Eis o mistério de Bach. Toda vez que se ouve, soa diferente, pois sempre descobrimos um novo segredo escondido entre as notas. Essa interpretação é incrível, pois se distingue bem as vozes brincando entre si. Sensacional!!!!
Listening to Bach is a unique experience; especially in his keyboard and solo instrument pieces, you feel you are being examined, are being asked big , searching questions about your life. Like Rilke says: here there is no place that does not see you. You must change your life.
I have an opposite feeling. By listening to Bach, I think my life is good, nothing to be changed. Quand j'écoute Bach, j'ai le sentiment que la vie est bonne et qu'il n'y a rien à y changer.
@@jeanclaudebilheran5257 C'est vrai quand on est dans l'incertitude et qu'on a peur, ecouter Bach remet les chose en place et vous rassure. Assez paradoxalement c'est dans l'immanence parfaite.
Very interesting. In a way, maybe both you and Jean Claude are right. Sometimes Bach makes me feel that here is something as close to perfection as man has ever come, so yes, what a gift and life couldn't be better. But then of course the music is also so deep delving, so profound that it seems to probe life's most difficult questions and challenge you to understand. So in a way it's uncomfortable and confrontational, but I'm never sorry to be challenged in this way, and whether or not I think I've completely followed it, I always feel elevated after.
Thank you for putting these wonderful works. The Trio sonatas by J S Bach, are like the "Old Testament" of the Organ .. Simon Preston interprets in a masterful way!
A wonderfully clear and lively performance of these unique trio sonatas, where one player is the trio and right and left hands and feet have to sustain completely independent lines, the musical equivalent of flying a helicopter but harder than that. Also a lovely choice of registrations on a fine organ.
Probably one of the best pieces written by Bach. Their simplicity masks the excruciating finger aerobics and mental concentration required by the performer. To play them at this speed with this accuracy, is something quite phenomenal.
"Just read of Mr. Preston's passing. What a loss.". I wonder if that is so. He had a long, very productive life with many people who liked and loved him. Oft a Great Soul leaves precisely when he means to.
That's not a continuo part really. Its an equal part of the "trio." I'm sorry to hear Preston's passing. I didn't even know he had been still here with us.
Joh.Seb.Bach rules and always will.Nobody can't touch his ideas and almost perfect organisation of tones.I use word almost just for the sake that he's not a God.Allmighty music right from heaven.
You are right. My first experience was hearing an organ piece (on a 78rpm record) and know it was before I could speak or understand words. I remember the image of some architecture in the air while listening to the music.
chissà come mai così poche visualizzazioni...capolavoro di Bach, e grande esecuzione di brani assai complessi nell'organizzazione esecutiva. Complimenti maestro!
Mine is Bwv 527. That said it is fascinating to compare different interpretations by different organists and organs. Preston’s interpretation is more secco, less legato in the first movement than some others (cf. Havinga), this approach while more minimalist and understated allows clarity of voicing and expression to come through without any tendency toward romanticism or personality. It is the music above all else which reigns supreme and doesn’t require any amplification of any kind in terms of the voicing égalité. It is after a Trio Sonata form of three equal and distinct voices. The second movement is likewise fairly understated, as Preston felt the music did not require any amplification of voicing or rubato of any phrase. The last movement is sheer joy.
As others have mentioned; a great recording. So a tip of the hat to the recording engineers. A large pipe organ is even harder to record than an orchestra. Peter Hurford recorded on my pipe organ, and while small (25 stops), it still took an entire day to arrange the microphones.
Permita-me beijar essas mãos maravilhosas com toda devoção e com todo carinho... obrigado por sua genialidade de intérprete do genial compositor Bach...
Mennyire jellemző: egy másik trió szonáta-sorozat ezerszer népszerűbb itt a RUclips-n, csak mert annak színes az előképe... Pedig hát Simon Preston sokkal jobb!
@@michaelhaslam6089 the trio sonatas were written for "two keyboards and pedal". this description is verified by forkel in his bio also. in bachs day that would have been either an organ, or a harpsichord with pedal. i dont know if there were clavichords with pedal, but i would not doubt it. bach is said to have written these for his son WF bach preparing him to be the fine organist he was. later in his life CPE bach spoke of playing these and how beautiful they still were decades later. i am not a fan of "tooty" sounding organs playing these, but that seems to be the registration used. im fine with hearing other instruments play these, especially classical guitars.
Beautiful rendition; I am thoroughly familiar with every note. What turned me off here a bit; is staring at still photos, rather than seeing the organist in action.
Excellent performance and high quality recording, but the tempo is too fast at times - then, at other times, too slow -- losing some of the dance-like Italian eloquence that Bach intended.
Everything is beautiful but I think that Simon Person is always on the verge of being too fast and that to the detriment of music. Through his chosen vey fast tempi he is always above the very real and normal one. That's just my opinion.
The tempi are mostly steeple-chase, historically uninformed. This is the speed Czerny played WTK as fast as possible. Just because the action of the organ here permits it, the speed is doubled. These trio sonatas are what Wilhelm Friedeman had with him when he left for Dresden and had to improvise the rest of the organ music for thirteen years! so that they looked forward to what his father thought was the new wave of music. Doesnt mean that the tempo was to be measured in light years. They are old hat now, so let's hurry through with them?
Johann Sebastian Bach? Seine Orgelwerke verstehe ich etwas anders interpretiert. Letzter Satz enorm zerhackt. Grossteils wie auf Klavier/Flügel gespielt.
Pas d’accord d’après mon commentaire. Mais c’est surtout dans la musique une question d’esthétique et de goût, et il y n’y a pas d’absolue sur cela. Moi-même j’ai tendance à apprécier une interprétation mieux que toutes autre sur le moment et plus tard en écoutant la même interprétation, me demander comment j’ai pu penser d’une telle façon. C’est d’ailleurs très commun de changer d’avis puisque la vie et les expériences que nous ressentions nous poussent à voir les choses d’une différente manière.
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This gentleman is one of the world's greatest organists of all time. I must thank him. His music and recordingings have been a part of my life since the 1970's.
Agreed.
I shall never a week-long 'Cathedral Course' in 1976 at St George's Cathedral, Cape Town, with a hand-picked, cathedral-sized choir with trebles and new repertoire for Evensong each night of the week, with Simon as director. I learnt so much from him, and his musicality, energy and superb direction have remained with me ever since, now almost half a century ago. He was the consummate musician -- and great fun to unwind with after each day's service.
I love Simon. We've lost touch in recent years, unfortunately. I had the pleasure of spending plenty of time with him - carousing for sure! - but I had a few lessons with him which were really a terrific experience. I wasn't a beginner in those days though when we met in 93 in Calgary and again in 94. He was enormously supportive, encouraging and just a blast to hang out with!!! I remember Naji Hakim's Rhapsody for Organ Duet was hot off the press. I went to a local music store that had a copy in stock, bought it and Simon and I got together and sat down to sight read it! Amazing memories!!!
Lucky you. A handsome and talented man.
Hey Thomas. Darren Motise here. How's Canada treating you lately? Crazy world we're in now.
I love Bach and I will love his music forever.
Me too.
Me too ^^.
0:00:05 - BWV 525 I. - (Without Tempo Indication)
0:02:48 - BWV 525 II. - Adagio
0:10:35 - BWV 525 III. - Allegro
0:14:14 - BWV 526 I. - Vivace
0:17:45 - BWV 526 II. - Largo
0:21:06 - BWV 526 III. - Allegro
0:25:18 - BWV 527 I. - Andante
0:30:46 - BWV 527 II. - Adagio E Dolce
0:36:46 - BWV 527 III. - Vivace
0:40:49 - BWV 528 I. - Adagio - Vivace
0:43:28 - BWV 528 II. - Andante
0:48:39 - BWV 528 III. - Un Poc'Allegro
0:51:12 - BWV 529 I. - Allegro
0:56:07 - BWV 529 II. - Largo
1:01:16 - BWV 529 III. - Allegro
1:05:09 - BWV 530 I. - Vivace
1:08:55 - BWV 530 II. - Lento
1:14:17 - BWV 530 III. - Allegro
Thank you
Yes, thank you, Nicklas, that was most useful!
You da man
I love the registration on this organ...sounds and is played wonderfully
Yes
OMG what divine sounds and so so clear. Truly the organ needs a great real organist to allow the notes to float all over on the space and time. Lovely, adorable playing by Simon Preston on Bach's scores.
Thanks a million!!!
I've clicked through so many videos, through so many incredible, weird ambient landscapes.. I feel like I'm going on a train trip, seeing a succession of crazy, never-before-seen scenes from history, important, weird musics through the window as I pass.. there's so much to explore. So many places to alight and dwell in the ambiences that are on offer. This stop, in particular is brilliant 💖💖
Boy do you go on trips with this. I've, uhm, ridden vibrating shafts of light...
Such a good comment. Such self awareness of what it's like to experience the 21st century. And such appreciation of this amazing music! 👍
Yes, I agree. It feels other worldly
Eis o mistério de Bach.
Toda vez que se ouve, soa diferente, pois sempre descobrimos um novo segredo escondido entre as notas.
Essa interpretação é incrível, pois se distingue bem as vozes brincando entre si.
Sensacional!!!!
Sim, com decenas de filos músicas!
e o organista nem aparece
Bach es el padre de la música, sus obras sublimes llegan al alma, saludos desde Chile 🎼🎶
Listening to Bach is a unique experience; especially in his keyboard and solo instrument pieces, you feel you are being examined, are being asked big , searching questions about your life. Like Rilke says: here there is no place that does not see you. You must change your life.
I have an opposite feeling. By listening to Bach, I think my life is good, nothing to be changed. Quand j'écoute Bach, j'ai le sentiment que la vie est bonne et qu'il n'y a rien à y changer.
hey charles i found you :))
@@mhuten Great! see you Friday!
@@jeanclaudebilheran5257 C'est vrai quand on est dans l'incertitude et qu'on a peur, ecouter Bach remet les chose en place et vous rassure. Assez paradoxalement c'est dans l'immanence parfaite.
Very interesting. In a way, maybe both you and Jean Claude are right. Sometimes Bach makes me feel that here is something as close to perfection as man has ever come, so yes, what a gift and life couldn't be better. But then of course the music is also so deep delving, so profound that it seems to probe life's most difficult questions and challenge you to understand. So in a way it's uncomfortable and confrontational, but I'm never sorry to be challenged in this way, and whether or not I think I've completely followed it, I always feel elevated after.
Thank you for putting these wonderful works. The Trio sonatas by J S Bach, are like the "Old Testament" of the Organ .. Simon Preston interprets in a masterful way!
A wonderfully clear and lively performance of these unique trio sonatas, where one player is the trio and right and left hands and feet have to sustain completely independent lines, the musical equivalent of flying a helicopter but harder than that. Also a lovely choice of registrations on a fine organ.
I'm usually not a big fan of organ-music, but this is so crystal clear and sparkling that I must make an exception. I love it!
*Handel's organ concertos* .You will ❤️ the organ after listening to them.
Probably one of the best pieces written by Bach. Their simplicity masks the excruciating finger aerobics and mental concentration required by the performer. To play them at this speed with this accuracy, is something quite phenomenal.
"crystal clear and sparkling" - well stated!
DEMESSIEUX ETUDES
@@AndyTuckwell yes, though I wouldn't use the word "simplicity" anywhere near these works.
Let's dance, all together, on Bach' Trio Sonatas...
Very good recordings. Very clear tone and tempos are very quick but they work. Thank you for posting this
Just read of Mr. Preston's passing. What a loss. Wonderful organist--and these pieces really showcase pedal technique, since that's the continuo part.
"Just read of Mr. Preston's passing. What a loss.". I wonder if that is so. He had a long, very productive life with many people who liked and loved him. Oft a Great Soul leaves precisely when he means to.
That's not a continuo part really. Its an equal part of the "trio." I'm sorry to hear Preston's passing. I didn't even know he had been still here with us.
@@fgb3126 Agreed. Not really a big loss if one has lived a full life.
Joh.Seb.Bach rules and always will.Nobody can't touch his ideas and almost perfect organisation of tones.I use word almost just for the sake that he's not a God.Allmighty music right from heaven.
You are right. My first experience was hearing an organ piece (on a 78rpm record) and know it was before I could speak or understand words. I remember the image of some architecture in the air while listening to the music.
Simon Preston was probably one of the greatest Bach interpreters.
marie clare allain was
@@charlottewhyte9804 She sounds like a textbook to me. All grades are A+ but not impressive as a whole.
Prachtig
Was also my thoughts. If not mistaken, this interpretation sounds very articulated, precise, enthusiastic, and most enjoyable
Helmult Walcha is my all time favourite.
Beautiful and uplifting
Окно в вечность, любовь моя! Есть ли на свете что-то прекраснее музыки Баха? ❤ Мне кажется, нет...
chissà come mai così poche visualizzazioni...capolavoro di Bach, e grande esecuzione di brani assai complessi nell'organizzazione esecutiva. Complimenti maestro!
Bien sûr Simon Preston un merveilleux interprète, et aussi un son pur pour l'enregistrement.
はじめまして！
とても美しい奏楽ですね💖
勉強になります。
ありがとうございます😊♫
Ganz wundervoll. Danke fürs Hochladen. ❤
This organist is very talented.I have an ' organist brother' whom I have heard many times over the years.Well played.
A wonderful recording. Many thanks for uploading it! Bach for ever!
Mr. Preston is now where his and Bach's music came from ... Rest in Peace
una immensa sorgente di musica ...!!!! . ti senti vicino a qualcosa che i credenti chiamano Dio....!!!!!!!!
Ed i non credenti, come lo chiamano?
What a great musician!
БЛАГОДАРЮ, БЛАГОДАРЮ И ЕЩЁ РАЗ БЛАГОДАРЮ ВАС !!!И ГЕНИЯ И.С. БАХ !!!!ВСЕ МЫ ,КОГДА-ТО , УМРЁМ !И. С. БАХ БУДЕТ ЖИТЬ ВЕЧНО !!!!!
Bwv 528 in E minor is my favorite
Mine is Bwv 527. That said it is fascinating to compare different interpretations by different organists and organs. Preston’s interpretation is more secco, less legato in the first movement than some others (cf. Havinga), this approach while more minimalist and understated allows clarity of voicing and expression to come through without any tendency toward romanticism or personality. It is the music above all else which reigns supreme and doesn’t require any amplification of any kind in terms of the voicing égalité. It is after a Trio Sonata form of three equal and distinct voices. The second movement is likewise fairly understated, as Preston felt the music did not require any amplification of voicing or rubato of any phrase. The last movement is sheer joy.
Wonderful absoluty!!!!
As others have mentioned; a great recording. So a tip of the hat to the recording engineers. A large pipe organ is even harder to record than an orchestra. Peter Hurford recorded on my pipe organ, and while small (25 stops), it still took an entire day to arrange the microphones.
Divino Bach. Preston maravilloso.
Es muy hermoso, gracias Klaus.
Muito lindo....!!!! 👍✌
Excellent I must say interesting to hear, he is an excellent organ technician.
Permita-me beijar essas mãos maravilhosas com toda devoção e com todo carinho... obrigado por sua genialidade de intérprete do genial compositor Bach...
well played.. the sobriety of Bach in full bloom... thanks..
Excellent music 🎹👏
Quanto nas escuto, mais gosto dessas obras raras, ' o velho testamento do teclado' Prwston é um digno intérprete de Bach
Eccezzionale,favoloso.
So splendid!
Mennyire jellemző: egy másik trió szonáta-sorozat ezerszer népszerűbb itt a RUclips-n, csak mert annak színes az előképe... Pedig hát Simon Preston sokkal jobb!
quand on joue bien c'est pour la vie
magnifique....
Brilliant!
Great interpretation!
l'organiste est ausi beau que toute la musique du compositeur que l'on ne présente plus
RIP et un grand merci
A million dollar smile and about three pounds of muscle between the ears. Like!!
Great!!
Bravo! Bravissimo!!
💖💖 uplifting !
Finally, a real vivace for number 6, first movement.
The master!
All musical roads lead to Bach.
By listening to those sonatas I am mostly amazed by an organist’s brain. Three separate parts, two hands and two foots playing…
*30:46 favorite, carnival | 36:27 moment ending |
Why the thumb down?
Don't like Simon Preston?
Don't like the organ?
Don't like the recording?
sqauky tone on 1st sonata,not clear
Didn't thumb down but to be honest Ton Koopman's performance is better, especially the one in 1996 Hamburg.
I’m searching for these where the organ is not so puny sounding. Why does everyone use such a thin flutey sound. It’s Bach ! Beef it up.
@@32251 Do you know what instrument Bach was imagining when he composed these?
@@michaelhaslam6089 the trio sonatas were written for "two keyboards and pedal". this description is verified by forkel in his bio also. in bachs day that would have been either an organ, or a harpsichord with pedal. i dont know if there were clavichords with pedal, but i would not doubt it. bach is said to have written these for his son WF bach preparing him to be the fine organist he was. later in his life CPE bach spoke of playing these and how beautiful they still were decades later. i am not a fan of "tooty" sounding organs playing these, but that seems to be the registration used. im fine with hearing other instruments play these, especially classical guitars.
4 August 1938 - 13 May 2022. He just passed away.
Simon prestontherightkeys!
Sublime...
Simon Preston 1938-2022 R.I.P. He died the same day Teresa Berganza died!
Danke, Ria, für`s Hochladen!
Bach almighty.
c'est çà le paradis
It has now been a year, Simon ...
Simon Preston or Ton Koopman? Why choose, I'll listen to both.
Les deux, pourquoi choisir si l'on est gourmet!
💛
me gusta el bacho
Beautiful rendition; I am thoroughly familiar with every note.
What turned me off here a bit; is staring at still photos, rather than seeing the organist in action.
Agrade
great
Es el padre el espíritu y el santo
Excellent performance and high quality recording, but the tempo is too fast at times - then, at other times, too slow -- losing some of the dance-like Italian eloquence that Bach intended.
ugh yessssssss
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William Mitchell Haprichords and chamber organs work anywhere there is air.
Drop a like🌹
Colossal🏵️
That a ticket💐
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Transcending!
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recette contre la solitude
58:20
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faster than gillian wier
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7:57
10:04
10:32
pas besoin de médicaments
on ne voit pas ses mains DOMMAGE
Everything is beautiful but I think that Simon Person is always on the verge of being too fast and that to the detriment of music. Through his chosen vey fast tempi he is always above the very real and normal one. That's just my opinion.
Zu schnell
The tempi are mostly steeple-chase, historically uninformed. This is the speed Czerny played WTK as fast as possible. Just because the action of the organ here permits it, the speed is doubled. These trio sonatas are what Wilhelm Friedeman had with him when he left for Dresden and had to improvise the rest of the organ music for thirteen years! so that they looked forward to what his father thought was the new wave of music. Doesnt mean that the tempo was to be measured in light years. They are old hat now, so let's hurry through with them?
Johann Sebastian Bach? Seine Orgelwerke verstehe ich etwas anders interpretiert. Letzter Satz enorm zerhackt.
Grossteils wie auf Klavier/Flügel gespielt.
Mauvaise interprétation terne.
Pas d’accord d’après mon commentaire. Mais c’est surtout dans la musique une question d’esthétique et de goût, et il y n’y a pas d’absolue sur cela. Moi-même j’ai tendance à apprécier une interprétation mieux que toutes autre sur le moment et plus tard en écoutant la même interprétation, me demander comment j’ai pu penser d’une telle façon. C’est d’ailleurs très commun de changer d’avis puisque la vie et les expériences que nous ressentions nous poussent à voir les choses d’une différente manière.
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