It is so very uncommon, nowadays, to find on RUclips such high quality organ content. Beautiful videography, great sound, and the excellent performance of a well-dressed organist. No surprise that this channel is a winner, there is a lot of thinking and work behind this result. Thanks very much 🙏🏻
Richard, I agree with DP above. Appreciate the suit and tie. Adds a lot to the performance. Viewers and listeners take you far more seriously when you dress like the professional you are, IMO. Thank you for excellent content, and for the hard work it takes to provide it.
@@beautyinsound And I'm so glad you're wearing shoes. I'm tired of these young guys playing without shoes. It's so tacky. They need to get organ shoes with really thin soft soles. Just a thought. Your performance was great. You're a pro!
“Beethoven tells you what it's like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.” Douglas Adams This piece and performance is the “universe”. I’m sure Bach himself would have been impressed!
The majestic tone of the organ combined with the sensitive playing have produced a performance which is now my favourite. How did Bach produce such music? Heaven on earth.
You are so fortunate and blessed by God almighty to have such talent and skill. My favorite organists have been the likes of Daniel Roth, Mr. & Mrs. Durufle, Austin Lovelace, Carlo Curley, Diane Bish, et al, each having a unique style. It seems that you have taken the best of each and have made for yourself an inimitable style of your own. You are truly a master of the instrument. Thank you for posting.
Beautiful instrument and exceptional performance! Thank you for not playing this piece at a fast pace! Why do so many organists these days play pieces too fast?
I love those organ shoes! They have obviously hit a lot of pedals. Keep them forever, if they turn out beautiful music like this. Loved every note, and the tears are flowing!
The superlative to end all superlatives...WOW!!! This is outstanding musicianship matched with the finest cinematography. Thankyou to Richard McVeigh | BEAUTY IN SOUND
So many performances of this wonderful work are technically correct but fail to respect the immense architecture and homogeneity of it. This rendering is totally sensitive to the underlying structure and is outstandingly impressive. Thank you for inspiring me to practise!
Day after day, I have been surprised by the beauty that emanates from your performances, Richard. I am just a listener, but I have been learning from you. Precious opportunity!
Trevor and Jan, Canewdon, Essex. Lovely rendition, absolutely brilliant Richard. Thoroughly enjoyed it. We do love that organ. Look forward to tomorrow. We hope the couples who were married today have such a happy life as we have. 51 years tomorrow.👏👏🐈🐈⬛🧦
Großartig. Endlich mal abwechslungsreich und sehr schön registriert und ich kann mich dem Kommentar von "Digital Pipes" nur anschließen. Thank you very mouch🤗
Peça preferida. Fico pesquisando as várias interpretações desde 2009 quando a escutei pela primeira vez. Muito bonita sua expressão especialmente os pedais. Parabéns.
Sometimes I think Bach's Preludes and Fugues are perfect for an orchestral type organ like at St. Martin's...certainly the St. Anne....it as Bach composed it to played in the future, now...Richard is one the finest organist I've herd. I consider hom world class and would love to hear him play the Saint Anne at St John the Divine in New York....the stops on that organ are the best I've herd...Richard you'd be the perfect organist to play at St John....you are quintessential....
A coincidence as was just listening this morning, to the recording I made of a friend playing that in Liverpool Met in the early 90's. A marvelous piece Richard, well played
Last night I listened to this William Fox play this. I thought I had to listen to someone else, possibly you, play this. And tonight this popped up. Wonderful!
So fantastic! How do you get this wonderful organ sound on every video no matter what organ? I am not an organist but had an organ major friend when I was a piano major. I got really hooked to Bach organ but it might have been the Virgil Fox concert I saw live when I was 15. Anyway I learned to fix the ciphers on the pipe organ and would play preludes and fugues on the organ late weekend nights when it was empty. I had forgotten how great the fugue is, of course triple fugue, number 3, trinity. It reminds me of the F# minor fugue book 2 with that running 16th note subject. I love the pedal cam. Your registration is just excellent, you make the organ and Bach sound great, a real treat. One request, can you record Westminster Chimes on the Wanamaker organ, that would be so great, thanks. By the way, Schoenberg orchestrated this one, has cymbal crashes and trombones and I think triangle.
This is the voice we have on our Hauptwerk organ at church. It's plenty big for our small sanctuary. Glad to hear what it actually sounds like. I have an odd place in the church, so I never hear the balance. Mainly I hear the subwoofers. Ugh.
Thank you for the video. Can someone explain why BWV552 has been given the additional name "St. Anne"? I have not found any information on this so far. Thanks for a short explanation.
"St. Anne" is just a "nickname" given to the fugue. It's because the 7 notes that comprise the first fugue subject (heard alone at the beginning) are exactly the same as the melody of the first phrase of the well-known hymn tune "ST. ANNE" ("O God, our help in ages past"). It can be a little hard to recognize, because in the fugue, it is not played in all quarter notes, as it is in the hymn tune.
@@radnoll Isaac Watts great words of the hymn are worth reading through as you listen to this glorious, heavenly music so beautifully played by Richard. Marvellous registrations on this fine organ. Thank you Richard.
Marvellous performance! How many organists fiddle around with the tempi which makes this piece imbalanced, heavy, long and unclear. Yours instead I find a joy to listen to ! 🙏😁
NICELY DONE ! ... ... is a huge understatement ... This is SUPERBLY REGISTERED, ARTICULATED, and PERFORMED! It sounds like you're playing it with "cathedral ears" rather than "Hauptwerk ears" .. ( ... "cathedral ears" inform a performance that is in synergy with the actual acoustics of an actual live cathedral room -- as opposed to "Hauptwerk ears" which render a performance that sounds "almost as if" it's being performed in an actual live cathedral room ...) This has now become my "go-to" instance of this piece. (I would still like for you to perform the Gigue fugue with a proper "tah - dit tah ... " legato articulation ... ;-)
@@beautyinsound HOO-RAY!!!!!! :-) Please DO give it a try with the "tah - dit tah ... " articulation (similar to what you did when you first sight-read it ...) --- I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at how it sings -- highly transformative -- NOT your typical YT "dit-dit-dit-ty" :-) I think the instrument, tempo and registration of the recording you just did was perfect -- just change the articulation ... -- :-)
P.S. May I ask a dumb question? This is your home/house organ, right? But is it "sampled" to St Martin's Church in Dudelange, which is why you can say that you're "playing" it? (I'm a neophyte, but a curious one.)
St Martin de Dudelange: scontent-cdt1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/308499787_174433861798236_3386639886690959762_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=e3f864&_nc_ohc=7pekbU5TjXQAX9blYsZ&_nc_ht=scontent-cdt1-1.xx&oh=00_AfCKZDq9IfgP9MJu6ahGMUQI1iZCQo7rt2pnqmB9SKOoNA&oe=63688B15
Marvellous performance! How many organists fiddle around with the tempi which makes this piece imbalanced, heavy, long and unclear. Yours instead I find a joy to listen to ! 🙏😁
It is so very uncommon, nowadays, to find on RUclips such high quality organ content. Beautiful videography, great sound, and the excellent performance of a well-dressed organist. No surprise that this channel is a winner, there is a lot of thinking and work behind this result. Thanks very much 🙏🏻
Many thanks - appreciate that. This was recorded before I polished my organ shoes AND bought new laces for them. I feel like a new man!
Richard, I agree with DP above. Appreciate the suit and tie. Adds a lot to the performance. Viewers and listeners take you far more seriously when you dress like the professional you are, IMO. Thank you for excellent content, and for the hard work it takes to provide it.
@@beautyinsound And I'm so glad you're wearing shoes. I'm tired of these young guys playing without shoes. It's so tacky. They need to get organ shoes with really thin soft soles. Just a thought. Your performance was great. You're a pro!
Richard,This performance is magnificent,such Class.Thank You Sir.
“Beethoven tells you what it's like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.”
Douglas Adams
This piece and performance is the “universe”. I’m sure Bach himself would have been impressed!
Cringe quote.
The majestic tone of the organ combined with the sensitive playing have produced a performance which is now my favourite. How did Bach produce such music? Heaven on earth.
You are so fortunate and blessed by God almighty to have such talent and skill. My favorite organists have been the likes of Daniel Roth, Mr. & Mrs. Durufle, Austin Lovelace, Carlo Curley, Diane Bish, et al, each having a unique style. It seems that you have taken the best of each and have made for yourself an inimitable style of your own. You are truly a master of the instrument. Thank you for posting.
All the world’s problems are solved with those last pedal notes.
I agree .The pedal notes on that organ are wonderful
Beautiful instrument and exceptional performance! Thank you for not playing this piece at a fast pace! Why do so many organists these days play pieces too fast?
I love those organ shoes! They have obviously hit a lot of pedals. Keep them forever, if they turn out beautiful music like this. Loved every note, and the tears are flowing!
The superlative to end all superlatives...WOW!!! This is outstanding musicianship matched with the finest cinematography. Thankyou to Richard McVeigh | BEAUTY IN SOUND
Perfect music to play Loud while the kids and wife are away! I love it!!! Thank you, Richard!!!
Vivian Crawford- Jamaica: " In the beauty of holiness." Thank you.
Excellent performance Richard! This is my all time favorite Bach prelude and fugue which I will never get tired of.
Me too - I just love playing it as it’s so rewarding!
Bravo! This does prove that this organ can play baroque music.
Absolutely Excellent Richard!!!!
I love the way he plays this with great hearing and feeling. Not rushing it. 😂 Great !
Richard, My goodness this performance is Brilliant. It's spreads joy all the over this troubled World. Thx
So many performances of this wonderful work are technically correct but fail to respect the immense architecture and homogeneity of it. This rendering is totally sensitive to the underlying structure and is outstandingly impressive. Thank you for inspiring me to practise!
Beautifully played, with the perfect tempi. My favourite performance to date.
👍👍👍MOLTO BENE‼️‼️‼️🙏🙏🙏Grazie mille👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏‼️‼️‼️…
Bach is Back in the form of Richard McVeigh.
🥚- cellent!😁👍
You look very elegant too!
Greetings from Sweden!🇸🇪
Day after day, I have been surprised by the beauty that emanates from your performances, Richard. I am just a listener, but I have been learning from you. Precious opportunity!
This is so, so good. A real ballsy, full blast, take no prisoners performance. Love it. 👍
What a beautiful music! What a beautiful performance!
Well Done Richard!! Beautifully played and Dudelage sounds epic!!
Nicely played! Here is a quiz for your next BIS quiz: Why is the St. Anne *tune* itself so called?
Trevor and Jan, Canewdon, Essex. Lovely rendition, absolutely brilliant Richard. Thoroughly enjoyed it. We do love that organ. Look forward to tomorrow. We hope the couples who were married today have such a happy life as we have. 51 years tomorrow.👏👏🐈🐈⬛🧦
Happy 51th wedding anniversary
@@magnifyoparah2402 Thankyou so much for your kind thoughts. We had a lovely day, perfectly finished off with Richard’s Virtual Church.
@@janettaylor3264 ❤️💃💃💃🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🔥💃💃💃💃
Richard, thanks for posting this. I love the pacing, clarity, and the organ sample set. Your performances are always spot on!
Wonderfully paced throughout, with sweeping lines. A flawless crescendo building to the end of the fugue, and the 32' to cap it all off. Well done!
As well played as I've ever heard.
+10 for the shoelace . .
It’s the sort of thing I don’t notice until afterwards
Such an EPIC piece of music on an amazing organ. Bravo!!!
Thank you Richard! A wonderful piece. I hope the neighbors weren’t terrified. ;-)
Beautiful played
Großartig. Endlich mal abwechslungsreich und sehr schön registriert und ich kann mich dem Kommentar von "Digital Pipes" nur anschließen. Thank you very mouch🤗
This is what we call : Her Majesty The Music ! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Beautiful. Thank you so much, Richard.
I think this is Bach’s most beautiful composition and there are a lot of beautiful Bach compositions.
This so incredibly gorgeous and powerful. Bravo!
lovely performance. I'm a Bach fan.
Peça preferida. Fico pesquisando as várias interpretações desde 2009 quando a escutei pela primeira vez. Muito bonita sua expressão especialmente os pedais. Parabéns.
Sometimes I think Bach's Preludes and Fugues are perfect for an orchestral type organ like at St. Martin's...certainly the St. Anne....it as Bach composed it to played in the future, now...Richard is one the finest organist I've herd. I consider hom world class and would love to hear him play the Saint Anne at St John the Divine in New York....the stops on that organ are the best I've herd...Richard you'd be the perfect organist to play at St John....you are quintessential....
It really does transport you somewhere else this piece, so excellently played :-)
Excellent playing! Very balanced performance with nice tempi, fortunately not too fast.
Well done 👍
Wonderful as usual. How fortunate are we! Hope the weddings go well. Blessings from early Sunday morning in New Zealand 🇳🇿 🙌 🙏
Incredible playing!
Thanks
You’re welcome!
Magnificent! Thank you!
Delicately and masterfully interpreted, as usual.
great rendition of this work Richard
What stop is that very grave tone at 16:20. That note , on that kind of deep bass is so beautiful and dark.
Well played, as is your usual!!
Bravo!
Wonderful, as always!
A coincidence as was just listening this morning, to the recording I made of a friend playing that in Liverpool Met in the early 90's. A marvelous piece Richard, well played
Celestial music, wonderfull!! 🙏🙏🙏
How great to start my Saturday drive across the state of Wisconsin with you Richard. Thanks, as always. Just lovely.
Bravo 👏 Sir Richard. Sounds Magnificent.
Last night I listened to this William Fox play this. I thought I had to listen to someone else, possibly you, play this. And tonight this popped up. Wonderful!
Where did you find William’s recording? I was his first organ teacher so I’d be interested in hearing him play it
ruclips.net/video/XPW0P5sLXl0/видео.html I’ve been watching the whole project. I remember you talking about being his first organ teacher.
@@beautyinsound Any relation to Virgil?
Glorious! Thank you!
Excellent performance enjoyed thoroughly! 🇨🇦
So fantastic! How do you get this wonderful organ sound on every video no matter what organ? I am not an organist but had an organ major friend when I was a piano major. I got really hooked to Bach organ but it might have been the Virgil Fox concert I saw live when I was 15. Anyway I learned to fix the ciphers on the pipe organ and would play preludes and fugues on the organ late weekend nights when it was empty. I had forgotten how great the fugue is, of course triple fugue, number 3, trinity. It reminds me of the F# minor fugue book 2 with that running 16th note subject. I love the pedal cam. Your registration is just excellent, you make the organ and Bach sound great, a real treat. One request, can you record Westminster Chimes on the Wanamaker organ, that would be so great, thanks. By the way, Schoenberg orchestrated this one, has cymbal crashes and trombones and I think triangle.
This is the voice we have on our Hauptwerk organ at church. It's plenty big for our small sanctuary. Glad to hear what it actually sounds like. I have an odd place in the church, so I never hear the balance. Mainly I hear the subwoofers. Ugh.
Lovely!
Thank you for the video. Can someone explain why BWV552 has been given the additional name "St. Anne"? I have not found any information on this so far. Thanks for a short explanation.
"St. Anne" is just a "nickname" given to the fugue. It's because the 7 notes that comprise the first fugue subject (heard alone at the beginning) are exactly the same as the melody of the first phrase of the well-known hymn tune "ST. ANNE" ("O God, our help in ages past"). It can be a little hard to recognize, because in the fugue, it is not played in all quarter notes, as it is in the hymn tune.
@@leonardeast3389 Thank you and best regards!
@@radnoll Isaac Watts great words of the hymn are worth reading through as you listen to this glorious, heavenly music so beautifully played by Richard. Marvellous registrations on this fine organ. Thank you Richard.
Valeu!
Thank you very much Carlos - I'm glad you enjoyed this performance! :)
Marvellous performance! How many organists fiddle around with the tempi which makes this piece imbalanced, heavy, long and unclear. Yours instead I find a joy to listen to ! 🙏😁
NICELY DONE ! ...
... is a huge understatement ...
This is SUPERBLY REGISTERED, ARTICULATED, and PERFORMED!
It sounds like you're playing it with "cathedral ears" rather than "Hauptwerk ears" ..
( ... "cathedral ears" inform a performance that is in synergy with the actual acoustics of an actual live cathedral room -- as opposed to "Hauptwerk ears" which render a performance that sounds "almost as if" it's being performed in an actual live cathedral room ...)
This has now become my "go-to" instance of this piece.
(I would still like for you to perform the Gigue fugue with a proper "tah - dit tah ... " legato articulation ... ;-)
I’ll probably record the Gigue Fugue a number of times 😉
@@beautyinsound HOO-RAY!!!!!! :-) Please DO give it a try with the "tah - dit tah ... " articulation (similar to what you did when you first sight-read it ...) --- I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at how it sings -- highly transformative -- NOT your typical YT "dit-dit-dit-ty" :-) I think the instrument, tempo and registration of the recording you just did was perfect -- just change the articulation ... -- :-)
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P.S. May I ask a dumb question? This is your home/house organ, right? But is it "sampled" to St Martin's Church in Dudelange, which is why you can say that you're "playing" it? (I'm a neophyte, but a curious one.)
That’s entirely right 😊
Came for the cats, stayed for the Bach! ;-)
The cats are never too far away! 😼
Dritter Teil Clavierubung,
BACHochzeit
Sorry not a patch on Rotterdam. And it sounds more of a blurring of the phrases - sad to say.
E flat is not a key. It is a pitch. It is no okay to omit major or minor. It is never "implied." Despite what people like to believe.
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Marvellous performance! How many organists fiddle around with the tempi which makes this piece imbalanced, heavy, long and unclear. Yours instead I find a joy to listen to ! 🙏😁