J.S.Bach: Komm, süsser Tod (Come, Sweet Death) for Organ
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- Kallio parish organist Sirkka-Liisa Jussila-Gripentrog plays "Komm, süsser Tod" (Come, Sweet Death) by Johann Sebastian Bach. This is the famous arrangement by Virgil Fox, made orginally for the Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia in 1939 (now Macy's department store). Here it is played in Kallio Church, Helsinki, Finland.
Kallio church was designed by architect Lars Sonck and it was built in 1908-1912. It has fine acoustics and two organs, a baroque style choir organ and a romantic style main organ. In the bell tower there are seven bells and a clockwork. It plays a choral melody by Jean Sibelius every day at 12 and 18 o'clock.
The main organ of Kallio Church is made according to French romantic style Cavaillé-Coll-organ. It was built by the Swedish organ builder Åkerman & Lund in 1995. It has 48 stops, key action and stop action is completely mechanical. Specification is made by Kurt Lueders. Vocing was made by Helmuth Gripentrog and Kalevi Mäkinen.
This video was shot in 2005, when we were recording the 10th anniversary CD of this organ. Audio is taken from original high quality multichannel recording system, not from video camera's built-in microphone. The better your audio system is, the better the sound, of course within limitations of RUclips audio. Although this is filmed in SD, the picture quality is better in 720p-HD-version. Audio, video, editing and description by Mika Koivusalo.
Come for Evangelion, stay for the epicness of this.
every time I hear and play this piece....I'm moved to tears and one can almost hear and know what Bach is thinking.
I'd have to say this is my all time favorite piece ever!
Crytears sunny BTW...great job playing this slow number...as always, I'm moved to tears...had to watch several times...God Bless you! And thanks for blessing me and others with your talent!
Was für eine großartige Harmonie!
Eines der schönsten Orgelstücke die ich je gehört habe...Gänsehaut....
I expected things to go tumbling down
it all returns to nothing
The second entry of the chorale theme at 2:54 is stunning!
Ah this was very, very beautiful..
I wish there was a RUclips video of this very piece playing for 10 hours, I really love that ominous and solemn warmth!
Very nice, as is the Virgil Fox version on the
Wannamaker Organ.
Bach transcendent! A powerful and insightful performance.
Beautiful. Beautiful. Otherwise, words fail me, beautiful.
What a world of sonoric sounds and strings, I love it.
Maravilloso, profundo. Me gustaría oírlo en el órgano Emperador, clásico, de la catedral de Toledo, España que tiene un sonido espectacular
Wow! I love it! ♥ ♥ Bach inspires me all the time!
+Swampy Wilkinson Did your mother give you education, by the way? Mine did. don't be rude. Kiss my ass :|
Magnifique ! quelle profondeur ! merci pour ce morceau propice à la méditation. J'aimerais bien l'entendre parfois aussi dans un église de France.
Wonderful performance !!
It sounds pretty different to me but is still beautiful
Contrary to popular belief, this arrangement wasn’t written for the gigantic Wanamaker organ. It was created for the Skinner organ in Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, Maryland, where Virgil Fox became organist in 1935. With 45 ranks it’s not larger in size than the instrument used in this recording. It’s however much warmer and more colourful.
BUT VIRGIL FOX ARRANGED IT FOR THE WANAMAKER ORGAN. THAT VERSION THAT HE DID PLAY ON THE WANAMAKER ORGAN WAS, TO ME, THE GREATEST.
The Wanamaker recording is indeed marvellous. One of the greatest recordings ever made. But the actual musical arrangement used was indeed the one made for Brown Presbyterian. He did of course adjust the registrations to suit the enormous tonal palette of the Wanamaker organ. But he was also forced to adjust it to the sad fact that the Wanamaker organ wasn't well looked after. It was in a terrible state. It's nothing short of a miracle that it turned out so well. Another testimony to Fox's tremendous skills.
Congratulations for likely being one of the few on this commentary who recognizes that this is a poor rendition of a major performance piece by the Master. Bach and Fox both face down in their graves.
Clicked Thumbs Up ... further words superfluous.
Very nicely performed
Rare quality performance of this wonderful piece. Bravissimo!
TUMBLING DOWN, TUMBLING DOWN, TUMBLING DOWN...
Ayanami Rei...
I know....I know Ive let you down......
@@mr.popoballballl745 I've been a fool to myself
@@luissemedo3597 I thought that I could live for no one else
but now
This piece is really sad, but also calming and insuring that everything will be fine after the aftermath. When I listen to this masterpiece, I see Jesus with open arms welcoming any soul that comes by. Thank you Lord Bach for composing this piece and thank you Miss Sirkka-Liisa Jussila-Gripentrog for playing the piece as its meant to be. Goosbumps all over my body. Again. Thank you......Thank You
I assume you never heard this piece played by Fox. If so you would have almost instantly understood that Fox wqould never have performed this piece int his mechanical manner. The notes were there and perhaps all in the right place. But the piece was harsh, unemotional and with far less feeling than Fox would ever have performed it.
that was absolutely beautiful. I was in tears by the end.
Your water works are overly leaky, Have them check for proper operation when a really moving piece is presented.
@@organbuilder272 Seems that your water works have run dry. Many of us are in tears. Virgil Fox was the best, but this version is quite moving as well.
Wonderful..... Masterful interpretaation.-
scowlistic As did I, I read it in a thrash magazine. Good to see a metallica fan \m/
So this is the instrumentality project
Have someone notes of this beatiful music?
Really beautiful. The finest performce of this piece. Wonderful playing, dito organ and acoustics! I am wondering whether it,s possible to get a dowmnoad or cd copy of this specific recording, made in 2005.
The finest performance of this piece. You say that this woman plays this piece better than Fox did. Gather your wits and think about what you are saying before you have made a fool of yourself. Best performance ever - You have heard few performances and all of them must have been worse than this one.
Sheet music please!!
just read the damage inc. intro is based on this piece
But adapted
☺️
dayum
Overall excellent performance. One suggestion is that the opening is much much slower for effect.
If your comment is sincere then this is not an excellent performance. And I can agree with that.
...and lo, even in these latter days, Shinji did (not) indeed get into the f*cking robot!
Fox would have approved.
You're gonna carry that weight...
funktioniert auf Orgel nicht so gut
Hagen K it ectually does
Virgil Fox worthy
This bit of key pushing in no way resembles the Fox version. The organist reads notes and plays notes. The organist in no way gives this the emotions or accurate rendering of the dynamics that Fox can bring forth on an organ of any size. It is mechanical, harsh, unfeeling. This is a beautiful piece regardless of composer, time or circumstance but those who need to read music do not have the emotional bond necessary to perform (Not play) this pieces with the dignity and sonority it deserves.
Agree. No soothing flow in the music. Played by a robot. Also the organ is too small and has only one 32 foot register, no real effective crescendo on the pedal, the lone 32 sub bourdon carrying the weight. I would like to hear this on the Pachen instrument in Pori.
Sounds to heavy and more like a composers from the 19th century. Not like Bach
Marten van den Poll Oh...quite contrare...Bach was a deeply religious man who was seriously devoted to our creator...he suffered a lot of losses and put his heart and soul into this number after the loss of his wife. If you listen carefully and follow this number, you can hear a prayer...as Bach opens up his heart towards the end...its like his face is looking up, pleading with God to accept him into His kingdom and for all his pain and sorrows of earth be over and done with and on the great resurrection day he will be reunited with his loved ones!...at the end you can almost hear his heart leaping for joy as God answers him...YES, but not yet...wait, be humble!
+Marten van den Poll It is a 1930’s arrangement of Bach, intended to be played on a late romantic organ with orchestral qualities. It makes no attempt to be a baroque pastiche. The form is typical for its time. There are many resemblances with other works in the genre, such as Thalben-Ball’s Elegy and Walford Davies’ Solemn Melody.
+Crytears sunny sorry may be it's popular to play and hear this in US. In my lessons for organ play the baroque and romantic as authentic as possible. I play music from the 1930s but by Tournemire. Composers from the 1930s were interested in the old masters but made new pieces based on pieces of old master, but didn't copy them. May be I am to trained in hearing and playing the baroque staccato style and I find it still to slow. Everybody has his or her interested and taste for music.
+Marten van den Poll Do you have anything you can link to or post? I'm always interested in learning more about original performance practice although I am a romanticist at heart.
Do you even know that Bach didn't even write this for the organ?
Too fast. Way too fast. Not impressed.