J.S. Bach - Harpsichord or (Organ) Concerto in d minor, BWV 1059 / Ton Koopman, organ

[askim925]

My favorit Bach cantata !! Thanks to Ton Koopman who put things together to enjoy the beauty of organ.

[quinn244]

WOW this is just incredible!!!!!!! It makes my heart feel very light and happy, i swear my brain syncing to this songs rythmn!!!!

[XXMPZEC]

Beautifully played...well done and very moving.

[bayerasa]

Greatest song i have ever heard.

[polidevk1]

Incredible, thank you!

[Nibelungenfrau]

I have got a little question: could you perhaps tell me also from who is this wonderful picture? - and so many thanks for this wonderful video...!!!!! excellent.

[TaylorGirl99]

not a single dislike! :D <3

[markusboyd3]

@TaylorGirl99 I would delete that comment if I were you...

[JorikYerkin]

Pefect! 

[clarinetbrasil]

heavenly



[rudly]

nice,nice,my style of Bach playing,

[OboeHandelBaroque]

Tom Koopman es excepcional.Brinda un fraseo increíble y lleno de colores,(dentro de lo posible para un órgano),sus versiones de toda la Música de Bach,te hacen estar escuchando esta maravilla musical en la era Barroca.

[haimcito]

sublime!!!!

[225gabi]

Wonderful.

[bersa888]

The concerto where Bach resembles Albinoni the most. And my uncle Tony :-)

[1banders]

@bersa888 Why compare Bach to Albinoni?

[bersa888]

@1banders : Because Bach learned how to write concertos by studying, transcribing, and, in the eyes of many surpassed the Italian models for concerto form (Vivaldi, Albinoni, the Marcellos, etc.). This one in particular has, in its initial tutti, a marked Italian, mostly Albinoni flavor (melodic & harmonic).

[1banders]

@bersa888 The Italian concerto with it's ritornello structure was all the rage in early 18th c. Germany. As a result, many German composers, not just Bach, adopted the form. Keyboard transcriptions of Italian concertos were also popular. Since he already had the full scores to study from, why would he make transcriptions for study? More likely these transcriptions were commissioned works or works written to expand his repertoire as court organist as Weimar.

[bersa888]

@1banders : Why make a transcription? Obviously, to be able to perform it whenever in lack of a proper ensemble, but also, especially in the case of Bach whose style took a decisive turn when he became in contact with Italian concertos, to start absorbing that style at a personal level, adding to and changing the music. As a composer, I can safely say that copying down the notes is possibly the best way to get into the nitty&gritty of the compositional process of an artist.

[bersa888]

@1banders : Also, you are probably familiar with C. Wolff's writings on Bach (the great bio and his collected essays). The essay on the G major concerto by Vivaldi transcribed in F by Bach is quite illuminating on the subject. But, ultimately, I was simply making a personal but informed comment based on my musical memory and knowledge. I could write you in depth, attach musical examples of Albinoni's music side by side with Bach's etc.... but, well... this is Youtube, not a university :-) Ciao

[1banders]

@bersa888 The only thing Italian about it is the alternation of ritornelli and solos, which is common to all concertos. The melody and harmony are unmistakably Bachian. I would never mistake this for the work of an Italian composer.

[bersa888]

@1banders : Well, it's all in the ears of the the beholder :-) As I said, I see much of Albinoni's melodic inflection and gestures (mostly from a couple of his oboe concertos - curiously enough, the incomplete version of this concerto was for oboe) in the initial theme and in the harmonic path of the initial tutti - NOT in its development. I will also never mistake this for somebody else's other than Bach. That was not my point (I did say "resemble" and only in the initial tutti).