This great hymn has been arranged so many ways. It is great to hear how Reger arranged this work for organ. Thank you for the excellent playing and the very pleasurable experience of this upload!
Wunderschöne Aufführung dieses perfekt komponierten Meisterwerks im majestätischen Tempo mit großartigen Töne des historischen Instruments. Echt bewundernswert!
I just love this piece and this performance. I'm a huge Reger fan, so it's great to experience his music straight from the computer. We don't have many opportunities to hear this fantastic music in the neck of the woods where I live. Thanks for the upload.
i first heard A MIGHTY FORTRESS IS OUR GOD sing in english about 1963 in our local catholic church. because it was new to us, some of the locals thought it was a Protestant hymn!!! and that was in SOUTHERN ireland, oder suedirland. God, have times have changed - and for the better, too! love from dublin.
This hymn is embargoed, both words AND music, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit. The reason given is that the "ancient foe" is actually the Catholic Church. This is being taught in at least one Catholic seminary. Also the tune is by Martin Luther, and we don't want to give credit to the guy who started all the trouble, now do we?!
It's with an instrument like this one that we can realise just how FAR away the German Romantic organ-building ethos had diverged from that of the German Baroque in JS. Bach's day. With THIS kind of tonal picture and timbre, we can recall just what Albert Schweitzer meant (in his two-volume biography of JS. Bach) when he criticised the German Romantic æsthetic as being unsuitable for Bach's music - which of course is however just what Max Reger had in mind.
i, too, have always felt that our Protestant brethren have nicer tunes than we Catholics. However, Catholics do have the classical pieces such as ave maria, panis angelicus and so on. even so, all music comes from God. Everything begins as a ... thought!! think of that last bit - thought - and you'll see we are ALL tuned into that Great Thought up in the sky. We comes from spirit and we return to spirit. There! I've converted you already!! love, desmond.
Unfortunately, this particular organ has no 32' stops at all. [A very fascinating stop-list is available at the Website of the Walcker organ-building company that constructed this instrument, its Opus 1052. Note also, no 16' manual reeds anywhere, 2 VERY low-pitched mixtures (one in the Great {man.I - V}, one in the Positiv {man.II - IV}, both starting at 2,2/3' - if we ignore the "Cornet") vs. 5 8' foundations in I, 4 in II & 6 in III. The Klarinette 8' is the ONLY reed under expression!
As far as this performance goes: very majestic, maybe somewhat staid - but it well could be that the building's acoustic wouldn't allow for a faster tempo. I also could have wished for considerably-faster registration changes (notably with the pistons switching amongst the "free combinations" this organ is equipped with) so that one wouldn't have to stop the flow just because one's not sure that the new combination has taken hold. Otherwise, very musically played - delightful to hear!! 4/5
This is one of my favourite pieces... Great Performance, thank you very much for uploading it. As I'm an absolute organ noob, I hope that the different perspectives will help a lot to figure out the tricky parts one day. Too bad that sound track seems to be a little bit async in some parts of the video.
The joke is that, if you got a number of Lutherans together form the various church bodies to sing A Mighty Fortress Is Our God out of various hymnals, even in the English language, it would be confusing.
It IS a Lutherian hymn, due to the fact that he wrote that tune. As my father uses to say (both of us are atheist, which makes things like this easier to judge): The Protestants have way, way nicer songs than the Catholics have. I mean, they had J. S. Bach. Also, the Catholics never feared to make use of their opponents' treasures of music. However, somehow, Protestants have a great talent in choosing the worst of the worst from their big treasure.
You're of course entirely right to call such unsuitable for Bach, at least in an ideal sense, even worse when the French get into the act (I just LOVE the great Maurice Duruflé but his version of Bach chorale preludes, even recordings of him as organist, make me CRINGE! It seems like the French don't see whether the music has anything to do with the text!) however the miracle of Bach is that it's usually possible to play him well on ANY organ, with adjustment. Amazing.
This great hymn has been arranged so many ways. It is great to hear how Reger arranged this work for organ. Thank you for the excellent playing and the very pleasurable experience of this upload!
Wunderschöne Aufführung dieses perfekt komponierten Meisterwerks im majestätischen Tempo mit großartigen Töne des historischen Instruments. Echt bewundernswert!
Wow wonderful performance. I'm really amazed by the complex pedal improvisation. This man must be a genius. Great piece. Thanks for posting.
Walcker-Sound vom Feinsten! Breit, fett, aber doch filigran! Per Kopfhörer ein Genuß! Danke!
awesome I always wish I could play let alone ev
en read music
Einfach nur gut, ohne jedes Alüren.
Spectacular thank you, you made me cry
I just love this piece and this performance. I'm a huge Reger fan, so it's great to experience his music straight from the computer. We don't have many opportunities to hear this fantastic music in the neck of the woods where I live. Thanks for the upload.
Deze jonge organist mag van van mij blijven want Hij maakt muziek.
een intelligente interpretatie van één van de mooiste orgelwerken ooit
Una verdadera maravilla. Que agilidad mental y concentración se ha de tener para tocar tal instrumento de tal magnitud :)
i first heard A MIGHTY FORTRESS IS OUR GOD sing in english about 1963 in our local catholic church. because it was new to us, some of the locals thought it was a Protestant hymn!!! and that was in SOUTHERN ireland, oder suedirland. God, have times have changed - and for the better, too!
love from dublin.
This hymn is embargoed, both words AND music, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit. The reason given is that the "ancient foe" is actually the Catholic Church. This is being taught in at least one Catholic seminary. Also the tune is by Martin Luther, and we don't want to give credit to the guy who started all the trouble, now do we?!
Herr Maestro, groß!
I love this work and think you performed it well. Thanks also for the fine videography.
geweldig gespeeld en met beheersing van de materie
Maxnificent performance by of this difficult work!
Great performance! Thank you.
Spitzenwerk spitze gespielt.
Felicitaciones. Me gusta mucho la registración utilizada.
gianina pastorini Gianina! Que maravilla! escríbeme!!!
einfach GROSSARTIG......
La seconda inno "Lied" nazionale dei tedesci : Majestoso. Giocato bellissimo
Kompliment !!!
It's with an instrument like this one that we can realise just how FAR away the German Romantic organ-building ethos had diverged from that of the German Baroque in JS. Bach's day. With THIS kind of tonal picture and timbre, we can recall just what Albert Schweitzer meant (in his two-volume biography of JS. Bach) when he criticised the German Romantic æsthetic as being unsuitable for Bach's music - which of course is however just what Max Reger had in mind.
bello bello bello !
Molto Bravo.
Bella interpretazione.
i, too, have always felt that our Protestant brethren have nicer tunes than we Catholics. However, Catholics do have the classical pieces such as ave maria, panis angelicus and so on.
even so, all music comes from God. Everything begins as a ... thought!! think of that last bit - thought - and you'll see we are ALL tuned into that Great Thought up in the sky. We comes from spirit and we return to spirit. There! I've converted you already!!
love, desmond.
Quite so. And I have to say that the first biography of Messiaen I read nearly made me cry. (Well, not nearly, it did.)
Why all the Walcker organs on RUclips have untuned mixtures in the upper octaves? Is a...typical firma??
Unfortunately, this particular organ has no 32' stops at all. [A very fascinating stop-list is available at the Website of the Walcker organ-building company that constructed this instrument, its Opus 1052. Note also, no 16' manual reeds anywhere, 2 VERY low-pitched mixtures (one in the Great {man.I - V}, one in the Positiv {man.II - IV}, both starting at 2,2/3' - if we ignore the "Cornet") vs. 5 8' foundations in I, 4 in II & 6 in III. The Klarinette 8' is the ONLY reed under expression!
As far as this performance goes: very majestic, maybe somewhat staid - but it well could be that the building's acoustic wouldn't allow for a faster tempo. I also could have wished for considerably-faster registration changes (notably with the pistons switching amongst the "free combinations" this organ is equipped with) so that one wouldn't have to stop the flow just because one's not sure that the new combination has taken hold. Otherwise, very musically played - delightful to hear!! 4/5
; - BUENO, LINDO, DEÍFICO !
Ich liebe die Musik, aber als Ingenieur kann Ich doch wundern...:-)
Who is the organist? And where is the organ? But great performance.
Read desc "Der historischen Walcker Orgel der Friedenskirche in Ludwigsburg"
Organist: 0:00
This is one of my favourite pieces... Great Performance, thank you very much for uploading it.
As I'm an absolute organ noob, I hope that the different perspectives will help a lot to figure out the tricky parts one day. Too bad that sound track seems to be a little bit async in some parts of the video.
The joke is that, if you got a number of Lutherans together form the various church bodies to sing A Mighty Fortress Is Our God out of various hymnals, even in the English language, it would be confusing.
Allo... Music speaking... Who is calling?
It IS a Lutherian hymn, due to the fact that he wrote that tune.
As my father uses to say (both of us are atheist, which makes things like this easier to judge):
The Protestants have way, way nicer songs than the Catholics have. I mean, they had J. S. Bach. Also, the Catholics never feared to make use of their opponents' treasures of music.
However, somehow, Protestants have a great talent in choosing the worst of the worst from their big treasure.
You're of course entirely right to call such unsuitable for Bach, at least in an ideal sense, even worse when the French get into the act (I just LOVE the great Maurice Duruflé but his version of Bach chorale preludes, even recordings of him as organist, make me CRINGE! It seems like the French don't see whether the music has anything to do with the text!) however the miracle of Bach is that it's usually possible to play him well on ANY organ, with adjustment. Amazing.
Keep in mind, the Catholics had some of the great French composers, like Olivier Messiaen and Charles Tournemire.
Kevin Lyczak Max Reger was also a catholic.
deze man moet leraar worden aan een conservatorium in nederland
Nah. Good men, but you can't sincerely mean to place those aside of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Maybe, I don't care.to be honest.
Unlike Catholics and Protestants, who most certainly do.