I spent many years as a younger man just sitting for hours in churches, especially the Cathedral here. I was wrapt in the millieu, from the stories encoded into stain glass, frescos, paintings, objects to the very building itself. Each aspect was a source of wonder and study.
I think up until the early 1900s, materials were all much more costly than salary and projects can take multi-years. Today, materials are much cheaper and craftmanship is much lower because salaries are high and everybody wants things done ASAP.
For a comprehensive history of cathedrals try with George Duby: "L'Europe des cathédrales"... In spanish, here: www.fba.unlp.edu.ar/hav1/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Duby-La-Epoca-de-Las-Catedrales-Arte-y-Sociedad-980-1420.pdf
It depends what you mean by greatest. Bach only wrote music in certain genres. For example, he never wrote opera. His contemporary, Handel, was a master of more musical forms, particularly secular and dramatic music. And of course he predated the development of sonata form and its elaboration into the symphony. If you wanted to choose an all-rounder, Mozart is probably the strongest contender. But Bach certainly wrote a handful of the greatest masterpieces in Western music, and many other masterpieces. He was also a supreme master of writing fugues.
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@@agamaz5650 that’s what draws me in. The way he progresses from one motif is genius. But the average person would say the entire song Is different when the soul of the peace started from one riff
When played like this YES. Sadly I have heard some pretty lacklustre efforts over the years especially when played on an unsuitable instrument by a novice.
If Bach had written only this, the B Minor Mass, the St. John Passion, the Bandenburg Concerti and the Art of the Fugue or the Goldberg Variations, he would still be counted as one of the greatest composers in the history of the planet.
And fortunately, he also wrote The Well-Tempered Clavier, The Musical Offering, and countless other genius works. It is hard to grasp how one single person could produce so many magnificent works.
I follow a concept, which you find in India. The one force from the very start is the Mahashakti. Everything has been created by her, also the being we call death and Lucifer, now trying to destroy her creation. She created the world of music and very few of us get before birth the hidden key to enter this world by given intuition. And so Bach could enter this world and what he heard there he wrote down for us. Interestingly late August Everding once remarked that Mozart must have copied what was written in heaven. So, this permits that new persons come giving us more music which create deep happiness in us. Yes, the true function of music is to let us experience ecstasy, complete happiness, something from heaven and which cannot be expressed in words.
I guess learning to play an instrument this complex must reorder the musician's mind to be able to pay attention of all those different tasks at once. Unlike me, since I can't chew gum & walk straight at the same time.
@@orlandopinnock4299 Fell in love with Bach watching and old Disney movie, "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" made in 1953. Science fiction film from a book written in about 1869 about an atomic submarine, no less, and the Captain plays Back's Toccata & Fugue in D Minor on a big organ in his cabin before sinking a munitions ship.
The foot pedal part is largely the cantus firmus and doesn't change a lot during the piece other than a few sort of solo parts where you bounce around. You learn it from muscle memory largely
Robotically? He has to be disciplined to keep the tempo perfect, as he does. As far as I'm concerned, he's probably the best organist in our time. he's a perfectionist, and that's what it takes to be the best. He gets a big thumbs up from me!
He's cool, but I miss articulation of the main theme in pedal, right from the beginning. A bit juicier registration and a bit more playfulness with the music. I really liked this, but for me it's not as breathtaking as Martin Sander playing this in Nidaros-Dom in Trondheim. That recording should be on youtube as well, just search "martin sander bwv 582".
There is a certain sadness about the passacaglia in c minor. There's a sense of yearning for something. I can't quite place what it is but Bach was yearning for something in his life when he wrote this piece. You can hear it in the music, and it makes you tear up, because we can no longer help the master, Bach, because he is physically no longer with us. And that is enough to make you sad. @5:33 it is like someone is crying out for help, pleading for mercy, forgiveness, taking their last breath before dying. Music is emotionally powerful. I'm glad I got the chance as an organist to experience and understand Bach's music.
At any given time in his life, about half of his immediate family was deceased. He himself was an orphan, and he outlived half of his children. That changes one's perspective.
@@fizziksgeek I truly count you as a fortunate person to have heard this live. To be able to feel the pedal notes vibrate the strings of one's heart while getting one's mind fueled up by ecstatic feelings by listening to the music from the hands has to be deeply moving to say the least. I am unfortunately from a country where Western Classical Music, much less the Baroque period of Music is hardly practised. I truly wish to hear this piece by Bach on a Church Organ before I die.
I have been fortunate enough to have experienced that. This was the closing item of the Sunday morning Eucharist at Bradford Cathedral (West Yorkshire, England a few months back.
Stunning composition, it leaves me breathless!!! It's incredible how a Human was able to create this centuries ago and I think Bach has been one of the greatest characters that has stepped in this world. The sound of the organ is amazing and the musician too, I wish I could have been there to enjoy such a masterpiece being played live. God bless you musicians!
Одно из самах гениальных откровений самого великого композитора, органиста, церковного человека, музыканта всех времён, моего любимого Баха!!! Спасибо Господу за это величайшее послание нам всем!!! Органист Гений!!! Красив как Бог!!!
We like or love some things because it make us pleasure. Some things we love because they remind us beautiful memories from childhood. Some other things we do love because they make many connections between other things we love. Bach's music does everything of that.
@@lachiebenson6882 : A Passacaglia is a "triple time" ( 3/4 ) composition : see ( & carefully listen to the superb music: here on RUclips ) while following upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/AutograafBach582_2.jpg = the first sheet of the original manuscript, while listening to this superb YT exposition by Hans-André Stamm be sure to count out the first 15 notes played on bass pedalboard = the first 9 bars : you should be able to hear the first 15 notes easily ... THAT is the "theme" ( that s/he is referring to ) HTH
I'm just completely speechless; amazed by its complexity, haunted by its beauty and sensitivity and electrified by its ethereal tones. Bach almost never disappoints, and when he does it's because the piece is too short. Marvelous
This is Bach working at the full stretch of his powers, with the turbos and afterburners wide open. Both thrilling and terrifying to hear what one man was capable of.
One of the best illustrations of organic growth in music. It's like life itself - Fibonacci sequence? Mandelbrot sets? The ever evolving system derived from the opening simple pedal notes feels totally unpredictable yet completely inevitable. Utter genius.
The layers and foreboding bass line has to make this my favourite composition by Bach and probably the baroque period all together. Shame when I play it nobody seems to understand why this is such an important and emotive piece of music.
J.S.Bach was heavenly inspired when he composed this piece. It is incredibly powerful, the interplay of the notes are just so beautiful that is difficult to express in words what it denotes.
This piece is like the hand of God caressing the hearts of those who suffer. Undoubtedly, Bach was inspired by God to bring a bit of beauty to the world as a sample of what waits for us when we lie in Him.
I'm a violinist, so my favorite piece from Bach is the Chaconne from 2nd Partita. But i kinda agree with you, this piece is simply not from this world...
Stravinksy's "The Rite of Spring" comes to mind as a beautifully alien piece. Watching its segment in the 1940 Fantasia recently totally left me with a complete sense of awe.
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The historical greatness of JS Bach consists in him fully adapting to the most exquisit musical traditions and not being over-creative, just letting it flow within the realm of his own artistic savoir-faire.
Yes... We have the same feelings. I understand you Johann Sebastian Bach, I understand you!.. (I thank you very much...) And also Hans-André Stamm, I thank you very much. You really revived this magnificent piece. (I thank you very much "FFRPianist" and thanks to everyone else who contributed and supported.)
Heard this for the first time today. This was absolutely stunning, you can just feel Bach reaching through the centuries to arrive finally at the eternal, transcendent spectacle. No other way to really describe the feeling of this piece
This piece succeeds because of its superior voicing, the selection of stops to allow the parts of the melodies to speak clearly. Too many organists do not choose the stops, the voices of the organ, to show the melodies working with and against each other. I cannot keep from hearing this awesomely beautiful piece that is truly ageless. I have heard it performed on various instruments, by orchestras, by small ensembles, and Bach's artistry shines through with each different performance.
How can this be so dissonant and yet so beautiful and make so much sense? Simply mind boggling. No one has ever lived and understood music as well as Bach did. Unparalleled.
I used to comment on how he was a machine himself. Staring forward endlessly, always precise. This is the confluence of man and machine. The most complex machine humans had at that point and a person who fiddles with it like it’s nothing. Bach must have been truly impressive to see playing. I’m sure he himself would have been in awe of this man. And someone spoke about the quality of the machine itself. It’s truly beautiful. A work of art worthy of any. Imagine the engineering and craftsmanship that goes into something like that. It’s hard to imagine these days.
Exceptional voicing. Such clarity of line, and patient unfolding. There is often too much desire to punch up a piece like this, dramatize it! A performance to come back to again and again.
Such an incredible piece! Every time I listen to this I feel as though the skies opened up and got punched in the face by God.... I really think Bach's best compositions are on the organ (and this is coming from a string player!)
Love how well Bach improvised on this theme. He wrote the piece for the pedal line to repeat the main theme throughout. The organist using the 16 foot trombone/pousane double trumpet or 32 foot contra bombarde to maintain the main theme throughout. Bach is indeed the best composer of all time Bach heard Dieterich Buxtehude play a passacaglia on the organ and it inspired him to improvise this one from a theme.
Um eines der bedeutendsten Orgelwerke spielen zu können, bedarf es entsprechend hochwertigen Orgeln und großartigen Organisten, wie hier demonstriert! Es ist auf jeder bedeutenden Orgel immer wieder ein ganz großer Kunst-Genuss ! Wie hier diese Aufnahme zeigt.
Sublime.le son des grands tuyaux de ces grandes orgues.bravo au génial Bach. Bravo au facteur d'orgues, bravo à l'interprète de cette oeuvre horts du commun !
@@ivanodrog He did Toccata and Fugue in D Minor as well, can be found on RUclips, the commenter may have meant that. And it IS a magnificent performance of the Toccata and Fugue. Search for it.
I remember when I was first learning this piece. I thought it was pretty easy to begin with, but one is quickly disabused of that notion about a third of the way through the passacaglia, and it just gets harder from there. The discipline of keeping the motif steady throughout the performance is incredibly difficult - especially towards the end, when quite frankly the hands are just getting involved in silly business. Thirty years later, and I still struggle to play it correctly.
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Why does no one ever comment on how church organs are themselves pieces of art? This is literally a work of art being performed on a work of art!
I spent many years as a younger man just sitting for hours in churches, especially the Cathedral here. I was wrapt in the millieu, from the stories encoded into stain glass, frescos, paintings, objects to the very building itself. Each aspect was a source of wonder and study.
Engineering as art
I think up until the early 1900s, materials were all much more costly than salary and projects can take multi-years. Today, materials are much cheaper and craftmanship is much lower because salaries are high and everybody wants things done ASAP.
For a comprehensive history of cathedrals try with George Duby: "L'Europe des cathédrales"... In spanish, here: www.fba.unlp.edu.ar/hav1/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Duby-La-Epoca-de-Las-Catedrales-Arte-y-Sociedad-980-1420.pdf
@@eduardoantoniocaceresvaldi1220 Muchas gracias mi amigo. Fantastico !!
Bach's work is not just music, it's a transcendental experience.
@@Books_Makeup he would write Goa trance
it is like virtual reality hahah
Bachs Music is music, but everything else is no music!
..Bach is "truth".
@@islambekusupov6328 OMG Yesss
This passacaglia is so haunting and beautiful at the same time.
Absolutely!
It's like meeting a beautiful women, but also knowing that she is a murder, and can kill you at any time.
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especially michael murray's version
You are soooo right!
No one can listen to this and not understand that he was the greatest composer of all time.
Well said that person!
Bach still continues to be an inspiration for... everything lmao
Yep, this is my favorite organ piece. It is so majestic!
@@agamaz5650 You are so right.
It depends what you mean by greatest. Bach only wrote music in certain genres. For example, he never wrote opera. His contemporary, Handel, was a master of more musical forms, particularly secular and dramatic music. And of course he predated the development of sonata form and its elaboration into the symphony. If you wanted to choose an all-rounder, Mozart is probably the strongest contender. But Bach certainly wrote a handful of the greatest masterpieces in Western music, and many other masterpieces. He was also a supreme master of writing fugues.
I can’t wait for Bach’s next album
@skyseer jajaa! good one!
HA! He's probably planning it right now!
I heard he’s about to drop a pandemic single pretty soon.
I heard that something new is coming with Jesus second Coming.
@@petarpranjic9196 You heard correctly. A new Planetary Administration is coming. Unlike the present one (in place for over 4,200 years), it will be an above board, ABOVE GROUND administration, headed by our greatest advocate among the Elder Race.
For the big picture, the truth behind religion, the adult version of the Christian mythos, read 'The 12th Planet,' first installment in the most disinformationally maligned body of work in print.
Nothing I've said here is part of any belief system; it has nothing to do with belief of any kind. All the best to you!👍
The way bach carried the same motif for 13 minutes is genius
I KNOW RIGHTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
what he does with it is beyond incredibleeeeeeeee
@@agamaz5650 that’s what draws me in. The way he progresses from one motif is genius. But the average person would say the entire song Is different when the soul of the peace started from one riff
And how the organist got through it with no mistakes!
That’s what a passacaglia does
Those opening chords are so deliciously crunchy.
ok - Bach was a genius.
Thank you 😉
And so is this organist
@@accordiontv1 - you're welcome!
The genius is actually the organist. Bach was a GOD
@@PMiss-gl8fy Perfectly said, P. Miss
Bach was truly a genius in every sense of the word. The shear variety and scale of his works can never be matched by any other composer.
one of the most mesmerizing pieces of music ever written.. and performed by a true master
Every time I watch this video and go to the comments I see this one and want to like it, but I’ve already liked it... I like it every time
Absolutely hypnotic.
When played like this YES. Sadly I have heard some pretty lacklustre efforts over the years especially when played on an unsuitable instrument by a novice.
@@nickdouglass421 But always encourage the novice to keep going, one day they may be the master
@@gambe96 I am doing precisely that with one young organist who has a You Tube channel of his own at the moment since he shows great promise.
If Bach had written only this, the B Minor Mass, the St. John Passion, the Bandenburg Concerti and the Art of the Fugue or the Goldberg Variations, he would still be counted as one of the greatest composers in the history of the planet.
*the greatest composer in the history of the planet.
And fortunately, he also wrote The Well-Tempered Clavier, The Musical Offering, and countless other genius works. It is hard to grasp how one single person could produce so many magnificent works.
I follow a concept, which you find in India. The one force from the very start is the Mahashakti. Everything has been created by her, also the being we call death and Lucifer, now trying to destroy her creation. She created the world of music and very few of us get before birth the hidden key to enter this world by given intuition. And so Bach could enter this world and what he heard there he wrote down for us. Interestingly late August Everding once remarked that Mozart must have copied what was written in heaven. So, this permits that new persons come giving us more music which create deep happiness in us. Yes, the true function of music is to let us experience ecstasy, complete happiness, something from heaven and which cannot be expressed in words.
@@gauriblomeyer1835 And following this concept, it would seem that Heaven has stopped sending good musicians.
@@SurfinScientist God was at work within him. No other explanation.
Look at the sheet music. Look at the stops. Look at the keys. Look at the pedals. I’m just in awe.
What blows my mind is how he’s able to keep tempo and pace with his hands and also manage the totally-separate tunes of the foot paddles. Amazing
Since 10th grade music class-a faithful fan till the Grave.
I guess learning to play an instrument this complex must reorder the musician's mind to be able to pay attention of all those different tasks at once. Unlike me, since I can't chew gum & walk straight at the same time.
@@orlandopinnock4299 Fell in love with Bach watching and old Disney movie, "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" made in 1953. Science fiction film from a book written in about 1869 about an atomic submarine, no less, and the Captain plays Back's Toccata & Fugue in D Minor on a big organ in his cabin before sinking a munitions ship.
The foot pedal part is largely the cantus firmus and doesn't change a lot during the piece other than a few sort of solo parts where you bounce around. You learn it from muscle memory largely
Everyone can do that, the organ playing is so easy
Robotically? He has to be disciplined to keep the tempo perfect, as he does. As far as I'm concerned, he's probably the best organist in our time. he's a perfectionist, and that's what it takes to be the best. He gets a big thumbs up from me!
From me too!
And both thumbs up from me. He's my favorite organist.
@@getorganizednotpianoized239
And not to mention what an amazing piece of technology this organ is.
In my opinion to be the best he must compose
He's cool, but I miss articulation of the main theme in pedal, right from the beginning. A bit juicier registration and a bit more playfulness with the music. I really liked this, but for me it's not as breathtaking as Martin Sander playing this in Nidaros-Dom in Trondheim. That recording should be on youtube as well, just search "martin sander bwv 582".
The master piece of master pieces. No other organ work can compare to Bach's Passacaglia.
Bach ist der Meister. Er ist der größte und wichtigste Komponist der Menschheitsgeschichte..❤
***** Johann Sebastian Bach Superstar! *****
If someone does not play this music at my funeral, I'll come back to complain!
leave a good amount of money because it is not cheap!
@@MaxMeloni It's ok!
Surely the passacaglia sounds tragic enough when playing on a funeral
It was played at the Queen Mother's funeral.
Handel & Bach were the best "organic" composers who ever lived. The organ is the love of my life. I am an enthusiastic amateur organist.
There is a certain sadness about the passacaglia in c minor. There's a sense of yearning for something. I can't quite place what it is but Bach was yearning for something in his life when he wrote this piece. You can hear it in the music, and it makes you tear up, because we can no longer help the master, Bach, because he is physically no longer with us. And that is enough to make you sad. @5:33 it is like someone is crying out for help, pleading for mercy, forgiveness, taking their last breath before dying. Music is emotionally powerful. I'm glad I got the chance as an organist to experience and understand Bach's music.
At any given time in his life, about half of his immediate family was deceased. He himself was an orphan, and he outlived half of his children. That changes one's perspective.
Lol how old are you loopers
We would like to listen to Herr Stamm live.
No words for his performance. Touches the soul.
The passion, the resurrection and the light. A mathematical interpretation. Genius.
I wish I could go into a church and hear this live being played, the sound is magnificent.
Hades Blue - I first heard this live in the Rockefeller chapel in Chicago. First time ever hearing it at all. Just happened to be there...
@@fizziksgeek holy shit hahaha
@@fizziksgeek I truly count you as a fortunate person to have heard this live. To be able to feel the pedal notes vibrate the strings of one's heart while getting one's mind fueled up by ecstatic feelings by listening to the music from the hands has to be deeply moving to say the least. I am unfortunately from a country where Western Classical Music, much less the Baroque period of Music is hardly practised. I truly wish to hear this piece by Bach on a Church Organ before I die.
I have been fortunate enough to have experienced that. This was the closing item of the Sunday morning Eucharist at Bradford Cathedral (West Yorkshire, England a few months back.
My dad was an organ builder, my mom was an organ player. I've heard this piece many times over and it still gives me goosebumps
Stunning composition, it leaves me breathless!!! It's incredible how a Human was able to create this centuries ago and I think Bach has been one of the greatest characters that has stepped in this world. The sound of the organ is amazing and the musician too, I wish I could have been there to enjoy such a masterpiece being played live.
God bless you musicians!
Одно из самах гениальных откровений самого великого композитора, органиста, церковного человека, музыканта всех времён, моего любимого Баха!!! Спасибо Господу за это величайшее послание нам всем!!! Органист Гений!!! Красив как Бог!!!
I would need 2 brains just to remember what each οne of these wooden sticks do.
At least 3 to actually play the organ.
Hats off...
You mean the pedals ? Or the stops ?
Grande J.S. Bach
El titán de los órganos, el hombre que trajo una muestra del cielo a la tierra.
Probably the most incredible performance I have ever seen. I was literally crying by the end of the piece. Amazing job!
We like or love some things because it make us pleasure. Some things we love because they remind us beautiful memories from childhood. Some other things we do love because they make many connections between other things we love. Bach's music does everything of that.
I love how the same theme is maintained throughout the piece. It's always returned to and re-emphasized throughout. Amazing.
That's what a Passacaglia does.
@@georgefriderichandel6631 Yes, but not everybody now’s this.
@@georgefriderichandel6631 I was thinking the same thing. LMAO
What is the "theme" that your referring to? ....feel like it has ups and downs,like most classics. I'm being for real here...expand my mind
@@lachiebenson6882 :
A Passacaglia is a "triple time" ( 3/4 ) composition :
see ( & carefully listen to the superb music: here on RUclips )
while following upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/AutograafBach582_2.jpg
= the first sheet of the original manuscript, while listening to this superb YT exposition by Hans-André Stamm
be sure to count out the first 15 notes played on bass pedalboard = the first 9 bars :
you should be able to hear the first 15 notes easily
... THAT is the "theme" ( that s/he is referring to )
HTH
Tears in my eyes. Brilliant piece, brilliant perfomance!
Thanks!
I'm just completely speechless; amazed by its complexity, haunted by its beauty and sensitivity and electrified by its ethereal tones. Bach almost never disappoints, and when he does it's because the piece is too short. Marvelous
This is Bach working at the full stretch of his powers, with the turbos and afterburners wide open. Both thrilling and terrifying to hear what one man was capable of.
One of the best illustrations of organic growth in music. It's like life itself - Fibonacci sequence? Mandelbrot sets? The ever evolving system derived from the opening simple pedal notes feels totally unpredictable yet completely inevitable. Utter genius.
diogenesagogo to me it sounds like hiking down a footpath in the woods.
Eloquent comment
"Totally unpredictable yet completely inevitable" - you really captured the essence, powerful description.
M's Compositions Thank you. Or since the piece reminds me of the woods, thank *yew*
Woods made of growing fractal trees!
I love how this performance brings out the anguish, the pleading and the majesty that I hear in this music.
A masterpiece played on such a magnificent organ... Beautifully played.
The layers and foreboding bass line has to make this my favourite composition by Bach and probably the baroque period all together. Shame when I play it nobody seems to understand why this is such an important and emotive piece of music.
I feel you 🥹
try playing it with your fingers instead of your dick
Now kids that's what you call a skilled musician. No bedroom producing in sight.@@jonastraeger5505
J.S.Bach was heavenly inspired when he composed this piece. It is incredibly powerful, the interplay of the notes are just so beautiful that is difficult to express in words what it denotes.
So true. This piece makes Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565 look like child’s play...
I think Bach was inspired by a passacaglia in D minor by Buxtehude that has a somewhat similar opening variation.
No, not difficult - just impossible. That's why Bach wrote a piece of music and not a novel!
I don't think I've ever not teared up listening to this.
same bro
Playing this piece is like communicating with the divine.
Bach: the OG of rock&roll.
This piece is like the hand of God caressing the hearts of those who suffer. Undoubtedly, Bach was inspired by God to bring a bit of beauty to the world as a sample of what waits for us when we lie in Him.
The best piece of music ever written. In my humble opinion
notice how he plays the theme on the pedal all the time, absolute insanity
I am in awe, I am in tears, I am in heaven, beautiful.
I can't really explain the feeling gived by this song but this is just amazing. The song of the organ give you chills. Bach was a genius
I wish we could give this two thumbs up - one for the composer and one for the interpreter.
That was absolute master class.
He is the best organist I have ever heard. No doubt
I agree. Awesome.
@Enigmando No. Too fast.
Helmut Walcha wasn't bad? Superb!
Olivier Latry
And all for a man that didn't live very long. He didn't waste much time. A true prodigy
This man has incredible control and discipline not to mention a focused stamina to deliver such eloquence!👍🌹👌
I think that this is the best playing of all BWV582 playing.
ruclips.net/video/3i1R312YXlE/видео.html
@@dalerider3124 not even close, he plays it too fast
This is Mr. Andre Stamm
ruclips.net/video/FpZfvlWJbjg/видео.html
Stokowski arrangement played by Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt (available on Spotify) is my favorite.
This is a kind of divinity all its own.
Another great piece by Bach. It's amazing how one artist is responsible for so many great pieces of music.
God was with him and in him. No human could do so much without a godlike ability. It is simply not possible.
Unforgettable. And thank you Hans-Andre for dressing appropriately. The setting demands it!
Ich bin verrückt nach dieser unglaublichen Kunst.
At 11:50 a break happens, just its unreal. The complex of the double fugue is amazing, in my opinion this piece is the best composition of J.S Bach.
If so, and I would not contradict to your statement, this is the best piece of music ever written. For Bach has been the best composer of all times.
The Mass in B Minor is Bach's greatest piece, and even that is not the greatest piece of all time.
gfgf fgff A lot of people (read: most) would disagree with you.
At least the best organ work.
I'm a violinist, so my favorite piece from Bach is the Chaconne from 2nd Partita. But i kinda agree with you, this piece is simply not from this world...
I always find myself coming back to this piece. It’s mysteriously wonderful
This piece is not from this world... It is the only (well, alongside with a few more pieces) real supernatural experience i ever had...
Check out Toccata in F........a wild ride into Eternity....with Joyous backup music
Stravinksy's "The Rite of Spring" comes to mind as a beautifully alien piece. Watching its segment in the 1940 Fantasia recently totally left me with a complete sense of awe.
If you have not found Him, it is because you have not looked for Him.
Our approach must not be selfish and shallow, but by His terms.
"You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity." Jer 29
“If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”
Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who (Practices) sin is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. " John 8:36
“My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.”
“You are a king, then!” said Pilate.
Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.” John 18
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? " John 14
Me too.
There are many great composers in the classical music repertoire. But my all-time favorite is Bach...
Transcendent!
The historical greatness of JS Bach consists in him fully adapting to the most exquisit musical traditions and not being over-creative, just letting it flow within the realm of his own artistic savoir-faire.
Yes... We have the same feelings. I understand you Johann Sebastian Bach, I understand you!.. (I thank you very much...)
And also Hans-André Stamm, I thank you very much. You really revived this magnificent piece.
(I thank you very much "FFRPianist" and thanks to everyone else who contributed and supported.)
I like how he played it. Great organ too 😇
Mr Bach, I admire your work ;)
You're one of my heroes, Maestro Bach.
We know you tried to burn most of your great organ works, thanks to your wife we can play these awesome melodies
My favorite Bach piece, played to perfection. Thank you for sharing your talent.
The voice of God played on an organ.
bach was only human
@@dyslexiusmaximus but also a genius
@@ivanodroghetti2810 yes
I'll say are the trumpets of glory from the angels in heaven
@@dyslexiusmaximus an exalted one.
the music invokes images of a torch light night, an entire landscape breathed in flame.
This song makes me feel like no matter what may seem like an impending doom. There's always that shimmer of bright light towards the end
Yo Yo! Swap that full stop out for some commas bruzzzzzy.... personally I'm terrified of using correct punctuation''''+) cos I know I'll be wrong 😱
Круто!!! Молодец!!! Гениально исполнил Баха!!!
This is simply the most beautifully played song of any type I've ever heard. I'm in love.
It’s not a song - songs have words. It’s a piece of music.
Sounds better every time I hear it.
Oh! Stunning performance. Beautiful and emphatic holds on phrases just perfect. Mind blown. *All heaven applauding*
Heard this for the first time today. This was absolutely stunning, you can just feel Bach reaching through the centuries to arrive finally at the eternal, transcendent spectacle. No other way to really describe the feeling of this piece
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7:47 damn, shit got real
That is probably the most difficult parts of the piece...
Panda and the reason I can't play it. Counterpoint is hard. *Can you believe that, an organ geek who CAN'T play a Bach fugue? Straaaange*
Skillz!
hey, you grew up, now you understand this is not where shit gets real 12:37
This piece succeeds because of its superior voicing, the selection of stops to allow the parts of the melodies to speak clearly. Too many organists do not choose the stops, the voices of the organ, to show the melodies working with and against each other. I cannot keep from hearing this awesomely beautiful piece that is truly ageless. I have heard it performed on various instruments, by orchestras, by small ensembles, and Bach's artistry shines through with each different performance.
This overwhelms me 😳
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How can this be so dissonant and yet so beautiful and make so much sense? Simply mind boggling. No one has ever lived and understood music as well as Bach did. Unparalleled.
Its not exactly a dissonant piece. All the "dissonances" are promptly resolved.
@@zanexiao4488 I agree!
No dissonance its just unrealistically complex
it is incredibly complex and at the same time incredibly harmonious, melodious
Counterpoint
I think Bach had a direct line to God. This is beyond what a human being should be capable of
A most amazing music performed by one of the best contemporary organists in the world. Thanks for uploading.
If God has an organist, I doubt he or she could play this piece any better! Stunning performance by a true master of his art!
At first I thought you had written "If God IS an organist . . ." The rest follows too. :)
Bach’s supreme music is a language,whereby we can attempt ,thank God ,to express realities ,which cannot be expressed in words or numbers
Meraviglia delle meraviglie, questa Passacaglia mi entra nel profondo dell'anima ogni volta che la riascolto!!!
I've got tears in my eyes for such this beauty.
I'd love to hear him also play Contrapunctus 1 of the Art of the Fugue. This guy is awesome.
search for bwv 565. His rendition is the absolute best (IMO) only followed by xaver varnus. Varnus' is also very good but lacks something Stamm's has.
11:33-11:44 I find myself headbanging to this!!! Bach was a metal head.
BACH and Hans Andre Stamm the divine spark. Thanks a Lot for sharing this beautiful Masterpiece. This is heavenly músic.
I used to comment on how he was a machine himself. Staring forward endlessly, always precise.
This is the confluence of man and machine. The most complex machine humans had at that point and a person who fiddles with it like it’s nothing.
Bach must have been truly impressive to see playing. I’m sure he himself would have been in awe of this man.
And someone spoke about the quality of the machine itself.
It’s truly beautiful. A work of art worthy of any. Imagine the engineering and craftsmanship that goes into something like that. It’s hard to imagine these days.
Who needs that when we have Lil Wayne, Lady Gaga and Cardi B? 😏
Probably my favourite organ piece. So moving, so powerful! Also, the choice of organ and organist are top notch!
WAS für ein Organist, WAS für eine Orgel, WAS für eine Aufnahme !!!
DANKE für DEN Upload !!!!!
I think this guy is brilliant one of the best I've heard
in my opinion Wolfgang Rübsam is much better.
Personally, I'm a fan of Anthony Newman.
im a fan of J. Fred Muggs.
Only my tears can express my feelings about this experience...
Exceptional voicing. Such clarity of line, and patient unfolding. There is often too much desire to punch up a piece like this, dramatize it! A performance to come back to again and again.
Such an incredible piece! Every time I listen to this I feel as though the skies opened up and got punched in the face by God.... I really think Bach's best compositions are on the organ (and this is coming from a string player!)
Love how well Bach improvised on this theme. He wrote the piece for the pedal line to repeat the main theme throughout.
The organist using the 16 foot trombone/pousane double trumpet or 32 foot contra bombarde to maintain the main theme throughout.
Bach is indeed the best composer of all time
Bach heard Dieterich Buxtehude play a passacaglia on the organ and it inspired him to improvise this one from a theme.
The great genius goes through the ages
Simply magnificent.
Um eines der bedeutendsten Orgelwerke spielen zu können, bedarf es entsprechend hochwertigen Orgeln und großartigen
Organisten, wie hier demonstriert! Es ist auf jeder bedeutenden Orgel immer wieder ein ganz großer Kunst-Genuss ! Wie hier diese Aufnahme zeigt.
Bach is the god of music!
Awesome music. Great playing, great organ.
im so happy i found this
Sublime.le son des grands tuyaux de ces grandes orgues.bravo au génial Bach. Bravo au facteur d'orgues, bravo à l'interprète de cette oeuvre horts du commun !
it's Bach at his best. Genius work. beauty, architecture all is here.
One of my all-time favourite pieces, ably performed.
I think he's my favourite organist. He did the best version of toccata and fugue i ever heard.
But this is *passacaglia* and fugue
@@ivanodrog He did Toccata and Fugue in D Minor as well, can be found on RUclips, the commenter may have meant that. And it IS a magnificent performance of the Toccata and Fugue. Search for it.
Karl Richter has the best Toccata and Fugue of all time.
@@kated2847 of all time? I think the guy who wrote the piece might have something to say about that.
I've loved this piece since I was 10 years old. It feels like plaiting with sound.
I remember when I was first learning this piece. I thought it was pretty easy to begin with, but one is quickly disabused of that notion about a third of the way through the passacaglia, and it just gets harder from there. The discipline of keeping the motif steady throughout the performance is incredibly difficult - especially towards the end, when quite frankly the hands are just getting involved in silly business. Thirty years later, and I still struggle to play it correctly.
Congratulations on being able to do it at all! Unimaginable.