Not only is Gert an excellent organist...but a very versatile, personable young man with a great sense of humor.....not to mention the beautiful assistant who compliments him and his talent.....and he speaks perfect English.......what more could us organ enthusiasts want??....Bravo Gert....
Monsieur Zippie, Gert van Hoef parle aussi désormais un peu français (même si, dit-il, c'est une langue difficile ! mais Gert ne recule jamais devant les difficultés...). Je l'ai appris lorsque je me suis rendu à Rotterdam, le 25 avril 2017, pour assister au beau récital qu'il a donné à l'église Saint-Laurent, et qu'il a prolongé en saluant ses auditeurs, avec courtoisie et humour. Maintenant qu'il est diplômé du Conservatoire royal de La Haye et donc reconnu par ses pairs, il va falloir qu'il envisage de se présenter à des concours internationaux, comme le concours d'orgue de Dudelange (Luxembourg), dont l'orgue lui est cher, ou le concours Jean-Louis Florentz à Angers (France). C'est toujours un plaisir d'entendre Gert van Hoef en concert, sur les vidéos qu'il nous propose (l'intégralité du récital donné en Angleterre le 15 août 2015 est disponible sur la vidéo qu'il avait postée le 6 septembre 2015). Alain Meyet (Paris)
😂. The physical appearance of Mrs van Hoef, his assistant, is relevant, do you think? What about Mr van Hoef's physical appearance? Not relevant? And is Mrs van Hoef not personable? Strange, old-fashioned attitude to women, you have. No wonder women get angry. LOL
What a great concert it was, Gert. Well worth my trip from Northern Ireland and a great opportunity to introduce a friend to the world of the pipe organ.
Thank you for posting these selections! Great to see Gert en Marjolein, wonderful young couple and so devoted to this fine music and instrument! Best wishes from Canada!
This young fellow has it all...most young organist are phenomenal technicians, he "is" the music. His spirit is of the ancients that have gone before him.
Dear Gert, I am pleased to know you will be playing and recording again at Victoria Hall. Your pevious concert there remains one of my very favorite videos. Wish I could be there in person, but alas, I can not. God bless you, Gert.
I think - the program speaks for itself. There is little anyone can say that has not been said about this boy with the magic fingers (and feet). What about an international tour? Well Done - Gert.
"Hope" by Yiruma is a very nice discovery! Always great to hear Gert perform my favorite piece, Toccata in F BWV 540, and Vierne finales (can't wait to hear him do the First one) Great work, Gert.
Bravo! Gert.Felicitaciones por tu magistral interpretaciones.FERANDO ALVAREZ HUERTA.Ingeniero en Telecomunicaciones,Experto en audio y Sonorizaciòn. Santiago de Chile.Sud-America
Hoi Gert en Marjolein. Van harte gefeliciteerd met jullie voorgenomen huwelijk. Als jullie huwelijk net zo mooi en muzikaal wordt als jullie orgelspel wordt het een fantastisch en gelukkig huwelijk.
Op Gert's website zag ik dat hij in december dit jaar (2019) een concert zal geven in de Grote of St.Laurenskerk in Rotterdam. Ik zal er zeker bij zijn, wil hem heel graag eens in het echt horen! Geweldige, verfrissende organist met een eigen stijl.
*One series of events I have wishlisted:* A United States tour for van Hoef, with stops to include (as of July 2017): 1. Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. The 1958-vintage D. A. Flentrop III/33, originally specified by the late, great E. Power Biggs, is still operational after 58+ years. 2. Anabel Taylor Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. The 2011-vintage Yokota Munetaka II/30 is an exacting re-creation of the Arp Schnitger organ at Schloß Charlottenburg, which was destroyed along with the chapel during the war of 1939. 3. Historic Christ Church and Burial Ground (Episcopal/Anglican), Philadelphia, PA. C. B. Fisk Op. 150 is a brand-new III/49 commissioned to replace Æolian-Skinner Op. 926, an electric-action that required the bell tower for some of its resources. 4. Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Roman Catholic), Pittsburgh, PA. Recently overhauled by Taylor & Boody, Staunton, VA, the 1962-vintage von Beckerath IV/97 is a design on the scale of Schnitger's largest new builds of the late 17th Century. 5. First Congregational Church UCC, Columbus, OH. The 1972-vintage von Beckerath III/47 features a Brüstwerk-type swell and gallery-rail Positiv. 6. St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral (Anglican), Seattle, WA. 1965-vintage D. A. Flentrop IV/58, overhauled 1995 by Paul Fritts & Co. 7. All Saints Episcopal Church (Anglican), Palo Alto, CA. 1969-vintage D. A. Flentrop II/8. Probably a lot more instruments in the Midwest that may be suitable for a tour.
Monsieur Schmerker, il faudrait ajouter à ce "United States tour" virtuel une étape à Rochester (NY), ville qui est devenue le creuset d'une école d'orgue américaine plutôt étonnante et très prometteuse, grâce à la richesse du département d'orgue de l'Eastman School of Music, attachée à l'Université de Rochester (établissement, ne l'oublions pas, qui fut fondé par un Français, en 1921, l'organiste Joseph Bonnet, qui fut titulaire des grandes orgues de Saint-Eustache à Paris). Son rayonnement actuel est dû notamment au Prof. David Higgs, ainsi qu'à certains de ses brillants élèves, comme Nathan Laube ou Jeremy Jelinek. Mais on pourrait tout aussi bien concocter un tour de France d'orgue à Gert van Hoef, en passant par Rouen, Toulouse, Nancy... et en s'attardant bien sûr à Paris (Notre-Dame, Saint-Sulpice, Saint-Eustache, Sainte-Clotilde, la Madeleine, Saint-Etienne-du-Mont, Saint-Séverin...). Alain Meyet (Paris)
Hi Gert, Looking forward to both hearing you and meeting you again. I hope you enjoy your visit to Hanley as much my friends and I did on your last visit.
Today 's concert was as expected, superb. Good appreciative audience. Gert seems very happy and announced his engagement also his planned return in 2019. Prachtige concert Dank u wel.
Gert is a musician, not just a technician playing the organ. There is a huge difference. Probably why they invited him back. Can the U.S. be far behind?
I have been looking forward to this for months and booked my hotel as soon as I first heard the concert was planned. Seems like a good programme. Smetena variations ( Is uwe lamp wel brandend) as an encore perhaps ?
Went to see Gert today in Hanley. I enjoyed most of the set. A couple of pieces were over my head. I couldn't work out if his fiancee was the lovely Shirien from this video? She was too far away to tell and i don't remember Gert saying her name. Very remiss of him since she was working hard too.
Very good. Nice program. Wish I could hear the entire. Maybe they are here separately, I will have to check! Especially interested in the "Hope" by Yiruma!
Wow he has a fiancée now ! I'm quite jaleous, my girlfriend has no interest whatsoever in the organ, and the only close thing to a registrant I have is my brother, and I have to yell at him to change the registers, because he is too busy browsing reddit while I play...
Like the old joke, "Taste is like a nose - most people have one". I respect your taste, but like others who have responded, I enjoy Gert's musicality. In contrast, I really don't like Ton Koopman's organ playing, although I love his interpretation of Bach Passions...
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Merveilleux organiste qui m'aide beaucoup dans cette triste période de confinement..MERCI 💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐
Not only is Gert an excellent organist...but a very versatile, personable young man with a great sense of humor.....not to mention the beautiful assistant who compliments him and his talent.....and he speaks perfect English.......what more could us organ enthusiasts want??....Bravo Gert....
Monsieur Zippie, Gert van Hoef parle aussi désormais un peu français (même si, dit-il, c'est une langue difficile ! mais Gert ne recule jamais devant les difficultés...). Je l'ai appris lorsque je me suis rendu à Rotterdam, le 25 avril 2017, pour assister au beau récital qu'il a donné à l'église Saint-Laurent, et qu'il a prolongé en saluant ses auditeurs, avec courtoisie et humour.
Maintenant qu'il est diplômé du Conservatoire royal de La Haye et donc reconnu par ses pairs, il va falloir qu'il envisage de se présenter à des concours internationaux, comme le concours d'orgue de Dudelange (Luxembourg), dont l'orgue lui est cher, ou le concours Jean-Louis Florentz à Angers (France).
C'est toujours un plaisir d'entendre Gert van Hoef en concert, sur les vidéos qu'il nous propose (l'intégralité du récital donné en Angleterre le 15 août 2015 est disponible sur la vidéo qu'il avait postée le 6 septembre 2015).
Alain Meyet (Paris)
Cher ami Alian ... Merci de votre réponse ... J'espère assister à la performance de Gert s'il devrait jamais visiter les Etats-Unis ...JRZ
😂. The physical appearance of Mrs van Hoef, his assistant, is relevant, do you think?
What about Mr van Hoef's physical appearance? Not relevant?
And is Mrs van Hoef not personable? Strange, old-fashioned attitude to women, you have.
No wonder women get angry. LOL
@@theon9575 ---You are way too analytic. You need to chill. Find something for your idle right hand to do.!
What a great concert it was, Gert. Well worth my trip from Northern Ireland and a great opportunity to introduce a friend to the world of the pipe organ.
Thank you for posting these selections! Great to see Gert en Marjolein, wonderful young couple and so devoted to this fine music and instrument! Best wishes from Canada!
This young fellow has it all...most young organist are phenomenal technicians, he "is" the music. His spirit is of the ancients that have gone before him.
So nice to see the registrant being acknowledged!
It's always enjoyable to listen to your selections. Your talent is superb. Keep your selections coming.
So glad to see the talented youth of today enjoy the pipe organ!
wat een prachtig concert van jullie samen.
ook complimenten voor Marjolein.
Een indrukwekkend concert.
BELLISSIMO CONCERTO, DAVVERO BRAVO GERT, CONGRATULAZIONI.
Alweer HOLLANDS GLORIE.
GEWELDIG en dat op zo'n jonge leeftijd. Heeeeeeeeeel apart en mooi.
Dear Gert, I am pleased to know you will be playing and recording again at Victoria Hall. Your pevious concert there remains one of my very favorite videos. Wish I could be there in person, but alas, I can not. God bless you, Gert.
Wspaniała Profesionalna muzyka,można by słychać,i słuchać.Gert Gorące i serdeczne POZDROWIENIA !! Marek z Raciborza...
beautiful ! thanks Gert! from alberta Canada !
I think - the program speaks for itself. There is little anyone can say that has not been said about this boy with the magic fingers (and feet). What about an international tour? Well Done - Gert.
Beautiful concert !!!
"Hope" by Yiruma is a very nice discovery! Always great to hear Gert perform my favorite piece, Toccata in F BWV 540, and Vierne finales (can't wait to hear him do the First one) Great work, Gert.
God works in mysterious ways he gave us Andre Rieu and now Gert van Hoef both from The Netherlands.
So so wonderful!!! Come to the US soon!!
August 12 will be a wonderful concert on a beautiful organ !!
One MAGNIFICENT organist!
Looking forward to hearing you play again on Sat 12th August at Victoria Hanley. I came 2 years ago and it was FABULOUS!
Félicitations Gert, Il était excellent.
from Oaxaca Mexico... that's amazing.... i love it his music
omar montiel were you at the Festival de los Organos Historicos de Oaxaca? Me encantó.
Muy buena interpretacion,hace lo que quiere con el organo
Bravo! Gert.Felicitaciones por tu magistral interpretaciones.FERANDO ALVAREZ HUERTA.Ingeniero en Telecomunicaciones,Experto en audio y Sonorizaciòn. Santiago de Chile.Sud-America
Hoi Gert en Marjolein. Van harte gefeliciteerd met jullie voorgenomen huwelijk. Als jullie huwelijk net zo mooi en muzikaal wordt als jullie orgelspel wordt het een fantastisch en gelukkig huwelijk.
Trip to Hanley on 12th August all booked.....can't wait. The organ has just been refurbished and sounds even better.
Please come to Australia Gert !
Heel veel plezier in Engeland wel terugkomen vr.gr Albert.W
GRANDIOSO, GERT👍
Op Gert's website zag ik dat hij in december dit jaar (2019) een concert zal geven in de Grote of St.Laurenskerk in Rotterdam. Ik zal er zeker bij zijn, wil hem heel graag eens in het echt horen! Geweldige, verfrissende organist met een eigen stijl.
Not only plays fabulous organ, but speaks excellent English!
BRAVO MAESTRO!!!
My trip from Northern Ireland is booked. I can't wait.
Gert Rocks!
Yes!! I live near Stoke on Trent! I must come along!
Perfect…! As usual… :-)
Splendide Majestueux le top du top ...MERCI
Such an amazing artist and cool guy!
I surely hope you'll make a trip and concert video for us of this event, too, so we can "be there"! We fans always want more, you know.
My Favorite Organist
great, great !!!
*One series of events I have wishlisted:* A United States tour for van Hoef, with stops to include (as of July 2017):
1. Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. The 1958-vintage D. A. Flentrop III/33, originally specified by the late, great E. Power Biggs, is still operational after 58+ years.
2. Anabel Taylor Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. The 2011-vintage Yokota Munetaka II/30 is an exacting re-creation of the Arp Schnitger organ at Schloß Charlottenburg, which was destroyed along with the chapel during the war of 1939.
3. Historic Christ Church and Burial Ground (Episcopal/Anglican), Philadelphia, PA. C. B. Fisk Op. 150 is a brand-new III/49 commissioned to replace Æolian-Skinner Op. 926, an electric-action that required the bell tower for some of its resources.
4. Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Roman Catholic), Pittsburgh, PA. Recently overhauled by Taylor & Boody, Staunton, VA, the 1962-vintage von Beckerath IV/97 is a design on the scale of Schnitger's largest new builds of the late 17th Century.
5. First Congregational Church UCC, Columbus, OH. The 1972-vintage von Beckerath III/47 features a Brüstwerk-type swell and gallery-rail Positiv.
6. St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral (Anglican), Seattle, WA. 1965-vintage D. A. Flentrop IV/58, overhauled 1995 by Paul Fritts & Co.
7. All Saints Episcopal Church (Anglican), Palo Alto, CA. 1969-vintage D. A. Flentrop II/8.
Probably a lot more instruments in the Midwest that may be suitable for a tour.
Monsieur Schmerker, il faudrait ajouter à ce "United States tour" virtuel une étape à Rochester (NY), ville qui est devenue le creuset d'une école d'orgue américaine plutôt étonnante et très prometteuse, grâce à la richesse du département d'orgue de l'Eastman School of Music, attachée à l'Université de Rochester (établissement, ne l'oublions pas, qui fut fondé par un Français, en 1921, l'organiste Joseph Bonnet, qui fut titulaire des grandes orgues de Saint-Eustache à Paris). Son rayonnement actuel est dû notamment au Prof. David Higgs, ainsi qu'à certains de ses brillants élèves, comme Nathan Laube ou Jeremy Jelinek.
Mais on pourrait tout aussi bien concocter un tour de France d'orgue à Gert van Hoef, en passant par Rouen, Toulouse, Nancy... et en s'attardant bien sûr à Paris (Notre-Dame, Saint-Sulpice, Saint-Eustache, Sainte-Clotilde, la Madeleine, Saint-Etienne-du-Mont, Saint-Séverin...).
Alain Meyet (Paris)
my birthday ..... what a treat that would be
Hi Gert, Looking forward to both hearing you and meeting you again. I hope you enjoy your visit to Hanley as much my friends and I did on your last visit.
BRAVO1
What a Joy to listen to.
Today 's concert was as expected, superb. Good appreciative audience. Gert seems very happy and announced his engagement also his planned return in 2019. Prachtige concert Dank u wel.
Fantastic! 👍
Gert is a musician, not just a technician playing the organ. There is a huge difference. Probably why they invited him back. Can the U.S. be far behind?
We are anxiously waiting!!
I have been looking forward to this for months and booked my hotel as soon as I first heard the concert was planned. Seems like a good programme. Smetena variations ( Is uwe lamp wel brandend) as an encore perhaps ?
Geweldeg Consert , ga zo door1111
Went to see Gert today in Hanley. I enjoyed most of the set. A couple of pieces were over my head. I couldn't work out if his fiancee was the lovely Shirien from this video? She was too far away to tell and i don't remember Gert saying her name. Very remiss of him since she was working hard too.
marcel-nine-one-one the name of this years registrant was Marjolein, who is also his soon to be wife!
So what happened to Shirien and what did he do with the body? :)
Shirien looks as great as Marjolein. And I think some of his viewers come here for the female part of his vids.
Very good. Nice program. Wish I could hear the entire. Maybe they are here separately, I will have to check! Especially interested in the "Hope" by Yiruma!
Kemped Kemp ruclips.net/video/0HowudzPGfc/видео.html this is the link to the complete version.
Very well done Gert & Marjolein!! ™
Outstanding. Welcome to England. You're English is very good, I'm jealous, my Dutch is about three words.
come to Australia Gert!
Borb_on_an_Orb
Yes bravo Gert come "down under" ' bring whole family plenty of good organs to play in Australia!!
My Favorite Organist
I wonder who is you registrator haha ^^
I would gladly listen to you if you come to Belgium !
I think this is Gert's former girlfriend Shirien. I think this year his fiancée Marjolein will come along since she is his registrant now.
Wow he has a fiancée now !
I'm quite jaleous, my girlfriend has no interest whatsoever in the organ, and the only close thing to a registrant I have is my brother, and I have to yell at him to change the registers, because he is too busy browsing reddit while I play...
Great. But Why all interruptions...?!
Frirst class performence Brave
simply genius! I wish you sold copies of this audio or a cd
Golden My Friend Golden
VET!!!dat jij naar engeland mag
Will you ever come to Norway?
or Canada ?
the dislikes most probably come from sad envious untalented people
Nice music, but disappointed that you only show snippets of these pieces. I would prefer you play the entire pieces. Thanks.
The entire concert can be found on RUclips as well! Look for ‘ Concert Hanley 2015 Gert van Hoef’ It should be right at the top!
Zeer ,zeer indrukwekkend.
Juste impossible...
Where is Marjolein ?
I love charlottte churchhh
Диалог ПУТИНА с миром.
I don't know why anyone would go to see this Organist, what a waste of money. OMG he murders everything he plays so full of it.
Like the old joke, "Taste is like a nose - most people have one". I respect your taste, but like others who have responded, I enjoy Gert's musicality. In contrast, I really don't like Ton Koopman's organ playing, although I love his interpretation of Bach Passions...
Western Shipway book yourself in for a hearing taste moron