We played an arrangement of this in my school string orchestra and we all loved it. Of course, the piece was divided into five parts, (violin 1 and 2, viola, cello and bass) so it took way less coordination to play... great job!!!
God!!!...I compose music which resembles Bach Fugues... I am proud of what I write as my music produces in me similar pleasure as many Bach compositions when I play them. However, master pieces like this one simply let me speechless. They are not reachable today by anyone.. Bach, thanks for this and everything else you have left to Humanity.
Mr. @CthulhuDarkLord: i think you don't know music because a metal band like Dream Theater or Liquid Tension Experiment, are very impressive and complex but you can't compare Progressive Metal with Classic Mussic. And if you sad that Dream Theater make no distinction between beuty and complexity you are a shit man because you tell your opinion and you didn t listen all albums to make a comparation. so shutta fk up man;)
Now before everyone is like "God listen to more classical organ music you yokel ingrate!" I heard this originally while watching the manga Area 88 and heard the first classical version while playing the classical channel during Christmas.
@buttercupthesweetnes too bad 'ancient' music (sarcastic) is not appreciated. It would have been a wonder if the global population can finally turn to classical music. now commercialisation rules, and this just doesn't suit the 'groove' of youths.
@buttercupthesweetnes We'll controversy sales, also rarely do people become famous for talent alone, especially with an instrument...I do think Gaga is more talented than most 'musicians' of today however....not compared to this...
@keesvangulik127 would you like Bach to be played on a syntheziser? I guessed he wouldn't have minded if he lived in our era. But it's nice to hear how Bach would have heard it. And also: knowing the mechanics and building processes of these organs, you realize what a poor product our digital thingies really are.
@avginkel You're right, you can't feel the power of the air in the sound of a synthesizer, but still I like Bach's six sonatas for church organ in an adaption for small string ensemble better. To each his own.
Possibly some of the most complicated and amazing music ever. Bach is to classical music as dream theater is to modern music. Also, I am waiting for the guy's nose to bleed from the sheer focus he has to generate to play this lol. I mean to coordinate hands and feet like that... Johan Sebastian Bach was truly an amazing musician.
Dream Theater is a garbage rock band who seem to make no distinction between complexity and beauty. Their music is complex and they have mildly impressive technical skills but it is also sterile, and lacking in cohesiveness, emotion, and beauty altogether. Please don't compare Bach to Dream Theater. It's offensive.
@colourfulwithaU well youre surely right bout that but i think they are better than most of popular music because the nice rythmical stuff that progressive music tends to have wich is a step to the right direction but to be honest i think they are nothing compared to bachs complexity and beauty. I think metal in general doesent have nothing to do with bach. just because they can go up and down the scale doesent make music bach like right : p
@colourfulwithaU Can't you realise that some people, such as myself and many others, are not narrow minded and have diverse music tastes that are include music from beyond the baroque period?
You're inferring from my comment that I am narrow minded and only listen to baroque music. Incorrect. I listen to all sorts of music from all sorts of cultures and subcultures. That includes progressive metal, in fact. Just not Dream Theater, since they're a bunch of musical masturbaters: lots of quick runs and rolls but no real substance.
That's my opinion. But I shouldn't have to tag that onto every comment in which I state my opinion. It should be self-evident.
I used to be a Dream Theater fan. I've spent time transcribing, analyzing, and playing their music, and overall, there is nothing going on. Take the Dance of Eternity for example: there are no musical ideas one can grab onto and enjoy to their full potential, since none of them are fleshed out - they're just stated and then abandoned. It's just idea after idea (none of them that interesting) with shifting time signatures in every bar. They're showing off, not making music.
@colourfulwithaU I don't think I'd go that far with it. Dream Theater has some really good stuff. It can't compare to Bach, but it could be worse like Nirvana or something.
@colourfulwithaU honestly, I'd prefer the "circle-jerk". I'm a huge fan of shred guitar, so it doesn't bother me a bit. At least it's musically intelligent, even if you don't enjoy it. Nirvana just sounds like a bunch of beginners got together and slapped together really boring tunes.
I don't know what you think 'musically intelligent' is. Really fast scales? Give me a break. The melody in the verse from 'Lithium' is a thousand times more intelligent than the whole instrumental section from 'In the Name of God'.
Not that I'm a fan of Nirvana, but they're better than Dream Machine, or whatever.
@colourfulwithaU lol. I highly disagree. Nothing Nirvana has done has ever interested me. As far as Dream Theater, I meant their composition. I'm not a huge fan of them and rarely listen to them, but when I put on one of their good tracks, it's a nice change of pace. I'm not sure if you just hate anything faster than an eighth note or what. I've met plenty of people who think that music faster than that is automatic crap.
I don't hate 'anything faster than an 8th note' (if you haven't noticed, I listen to Bach, whose music consists mostly of 16th notes), and I have no problem with fast music. I listen to a lot of heavy metal, a lot of which involves shred guitar. I also listen to jazz, which is often a whole lot of sax shredding. But none of the bands I listen to sound as sterile as DT. I don't hate them for their chops; I hate them for their sterility.
I drive a folklift for a living. But secretly, I always wanted to be an organist and play sacred music like this for a living. Oh well, maybe in the next life.
Out of all the performaces of the little fugue this Tom Koopman guy is the best. I don't know if it is the acoustics of the room and/or organ, however he does it so well. I love the low baseline and hollowness of the way he plays it. Some other performers play it at too high of a pitch. I love the low pitch tone he brings to Bach's Little Fugue. Awesome. When I hear it, I can equate it to a high intensity NFL game or RTS videogame. :)
Technically it's known as polyphonic music...meaning, the music consists of two or more independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony). There's nothing even remotely close to "head-banging.' Just sayin...
@ThePianoNurse headbanging has to do with the rhythm and tempo so im rather confused as to how you expect to challenge his statement with a comment the pieces texture ._.
Headbanging 18th century style,....LOL,......the best way I've ever heard it translated.
Sorry guys......I guess, that whenever archeologists find the cd players that'll play the very cd's BACH recorded,....we're going to be in for a shock.
Secondly,.......I hope I never get this Parkinson's disease............I'd better explain........I wonder....doesn't he in his entire lifetime get a problem with either shoulders, back or whatever,...because I've NEVER saw more frustated way.....sorry
Baroque music was not well known for being played at a faster tempo, typically romantic era music held the position of being played faster with more intense dynamic changes. I think that's why many people get upset when they hear classical music being played too quickly. Music should be played at the tempo intended in the time period in which it was created.
@Jzzkc umm... features of music from the romantic period don't contain: Faster tempo... ummmmm...... UMMMM...... ummmm...... You're kind of wrong.. My bad........ UMMMMMM. Yeah. You're wrong. My bad kiddo.
@Jzzkc I prefer more diversity in interpretation. If I wanted to analyze this I would rather hear it played on a piano with 4 hands to identify all the notes and harmonies.
The world would be a sad place if all music was interpreted one way.
@keizerjoo And if we allow mother Europe to fall to Islam and Zionism, this art will cease to exist. Just something to think on, God bless and all that. Happy Christmas!
@Igneous01 If you stop with the delusion-mongering, sir. And I LOVE middle-eastern music, I just know where it belongs, in the middle-east, just like westerners belong in the west. Nothing can justify white genocide. I follow the white rabbit. Look it up.
@JCistGottMitUns its that kind of thinking that is a step backwards in human civilization. People can choose to go anywhere and live anywhere they want. That old world view of keeping cultures and people separate is gone. The internet and network has interconnected everybody on this planet together, all economies are tied together. You need to stop with the segregation, because that is so 1930s.
@Igneous01 Oh, I get it! Youre one of those Zionist Jew types who wants to destroy "racism" by destroying all races and nations! Ya know what that's called? Its called the NEW WORLD ORDER, and it WILL FAIL. Youre one of those people who wants to turn the world into a babysh!t brown colour with one state, one religion, and one global race of mongrels. Well that, sir is racial, religious, and cultural GENOCIDE and I reject it. Stop reading Trotsky and start reading Stalin. Good day.
@JCistGottMitUns I'm actually Atheist, but I have enough respect for myself and other peoples to know that your line of thinking is what will destroy this world. I am not from Jewish or Arab descent either.
I'm not going to go further than this, if theres one thing I learned - dont talk with fundamentalists/extremists because they are so lost in their ideals that its impossible to have a sensible discussion with them.
@Igneous01 Oh, my line of thinking? So tell me where all the atheist charities are? I know what you are, youre a lone ranger, a pink rabbit, a fraud. Your 1984 doublespeak doesnt fool me or most others. Youre the type we cant discuss things with sensibly, because youre so lost in your own libtard arrogance and think somehow your world view is normal or appropriate. Atheism breeds death and apathy, plain and simple, as I can see from your ethnomasochist self-hating politics.
@IGETTHUMBSDOWNALOT1 Thats just like you people to use such filthy, degenerate language, and thats how I know Im at least better than you. Gosh, what is it with Zionists and dirty language? You're all like clones of Sarah Silverman, always going on about your nether-regions and whatnot. Grow up, clean yourself up, and then show me where Im wrong before you denounce me, otherwise youre just another Prole.
@DrStrangefate Misquote the Bible ans suffer God's wrath. If you finish the verse it says youll be judged in a similar way, and judgment does not always entail guilt. If we refuse to judge one another then no one can be called criminal, or wrong, and thus the world descends into anarchy.(but thanks for not violently attacking me for my beliefs, unlike most people online... tisk, tisk)
@SuperRockgod666 I think you're right. This sounds more like G-sharp minor to me. I think the organ may be out of tune, because it looked like he was playing it normally.
@SuperRockgod666 I think you're right. This sounds more like G-sharp minor to me. I think the organ may be out of tune, because it looked like he was playing it normally.
@SuperRockgod666 I think you're right. This sounds more like G-sharp minor to me. I think the organ may be out of tune, because it looked like he was playing it normally.
@SuperRockgod666 I think you're right. This sounds more like G-sharp minor to me. I think the organ may be out of tune, because it looked like he was playing it normally.
i am hearing bach organ's work watching pictures of star, galaxies and space stuff........jajaja, epic music, epic pictures,......you end up like, fuck, reality is so fucking epic
I felt like he was trying to get all the notes out and forgot to play music. its one thing to play notes on a page and its another to play music. he played this too fast. baroque music was very precise with it's tempo.
It's amazing. every time I watch this I get so excited. I love playing this in Wind ensemble. It's an amazing feeling at the last two measures I get chills.
@pbizunow I dont like his speed at some of Bachs music, but with this Fugue I think (just my opinion) that it gives such a lot of power compared to those playing this piece slower.. I love the climax at the end, all spinals, twists and bachs beautiful mathematical way of composing is closed with so much power!..
just wow but I can understand people dont like it played so fast! however I love it with this piece, I can get lost in it =)
@MidasRK1 Other than some articulation, he plays it exactly as written. I agree that this is an excellent version, especially with the definition given to the pedal. But this is just as good as a subtler version played slower and without the mixture by Michael Murray (he makes it sound "little"). What matters is what is written, not as much how it is played, I think.
Ahh hence the father of music ... Props to the bad ass who's playing this making it possible for me to hear such genius!
jakobnommensen 18 hours ago
Always, pipe organs do not lose the grip !
berguezinho 1 day ago
We played an arrangement of this in my school string orchestra and we all loved it. Of course, the piece was divided into five parts, (violin 1 and 2, viola, cello and bass) so it took way less coordination to play... great job!!!
RabidKitten24 1 day ago
me & my school orchestra are playing this song for a festival/contest :) we're gonna get straight superiors just like last year :)
thegmljshow 2 days ago
holy sh**t
joao024 3 days ago
Fantastic!!!
dommarko42 4 days ago
the benngining of the song is beast
10lilkam 5 days ago
ENERGIA che lascia senza parole! COMPLIMENTI!!!
fatafoschia 1 week ago
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Enlightenment82 1 week ago
God, can you keep justin bieber and send we bach again ?
Bachvent 1 week ago 5
I love it!
ONeil888 1 week ago
The organ is the most powerful and the most beautiful instrument of the world.
Yeah I know, I'm 18 and I'm proud to listen that kind of music !
Long live the organ !!
doriri11 1 week ago 2
@doriri11
I'm 22 and I do as well.
It's the King of Instruments.
DrStrangefate 1 week ago
/watch?v=bxP0VnbHSxE
Agomongo1235 1 week ago
Ladies and Gentleman, calm down and enjoy the music.
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Enlightenment82 2 weeks ago
i am in a clarinet quartet and were doing this song
stetsonkveum 2 weeks ago
@stetsonkveum It's not a song, it's a fugue. :)
Angryification 2 weeks ago
God!!!...I compose music which resembles Bach Fugues... I am proud of what I write as my music produces in me similar pleasure as many Bach compositions when I play them. However, master pieces like this one simply let me speechless. They are not reachable today by anyone.. Bach, thanks for this and everything else you have left to Humanity.
fazpeitia 2 weeks ago
I can play the first note of this.
dannynowak38 2 weeks ago
I like this song greatly, but the most clearly notes you can here are the pedal notes.
goss525 2 weeks ago
@goss525 Like any organ piece.
RAMSRUSH2010 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
epic head bobbing 0m32s
lyfenoob 3 weeks ago
(in retarded voice) this sounds like dream theater
TheNkui 3 weeks ago
it needs convinction ^_^
T0R0RIKI 3 weeks ago
i got chills
WesB 3 weeks ago
Mr. @CthulhuDarkLord: i think you don't know music because a metal band like Dream Theater or Liquid Tension Experiment, are very impressive and complex but you can't compare Progressive Metal with Classic Mussic. And if you sad that Dream Theater make no distinction between beuty and complexity you are a shit man because you tell your opinion and you didn t listen all albums to make a comparation. so shutta fk up man;)
minirollerr 1 month ago
@minirollerr Did you listen all 1128 BWV compositions? :p
waponesepower 4 weeks ago
@minirollerr Did you listen all 1128 BWV compositions? :p
waponesepower 4 weeks ago
Now before everyone is like "God listen to more classical organ music you yokel ingrate!" I heard this originally while watching the manga Area 88 and heard the first classical version while playing the classical channel during Christmas.
Rileyman2rr 1 month ago
I'd just like to point out that while this piece was not performed in G minor, but rather in A minor.
GodofReapers 1 month ago
@GodofReapers
Currently, the universal pitch is A=440 (A=A)
The most used baroque pitch is A=415 (like some old uprights pianos) (A=G#/Ab)
But A=465 is also used in baroque organs. For example, Purcell used a A=465 organ. (in Westminster, i guess). (A=A#/Bb).
This organ is tuned at 465Hz, so the G seems a G#, understand?
ahgblopes 1 month ago 15
@ahgblopes Also, it's cheaper to make a higher-pitched organ.
nh11evansd 1 week ago
Geniaal
Dirkovski 1 month ago
THIS IS SO BRILLIANT! TON KOOPMAN IS AN ABSOLUTE GENIUS! I loved the sound and watching the fingerwork. God bless you, Ton Koopman!
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cazzie511 1 month ago
This sounds so incredible on my Bose stereo XD
MrMcompagno 1 month ago in playlist More videos from SoliDeoGloria8550
The pedals on this organ sound intense. Much different than a typical organ sound but much more awesome.
TCharlieA 1 month ago
Very impressive! This man plays in relative obscurity while Lady Gaga rakes in millions???
What is wrong with the world?
buttercupthesweetnes 1 month ago 72
@buttercupthesweetnes it's called American domination
PawelWysocki 1 month ago
@buttercupthesweetnes tell this to justin bieber. It freaks me out because i play too and i have to have another job to live...
ASCFragger 1 month ago
@buttercupthesweetnes she also has a bach fugue in the first few seconds of bad romance....bach would be PISSED
pilotoatomico 1 month ago
@pilotoatomico Yeah, he would go all Zombie Composer on his/her ass.
Rileyman2rr 4 weeks ago
@buttercupthesweetnes It's in decline...
Aberwitz88 2 weeks ago
@buttercupthesweetnes - It's because he's wearing clothes.
25donkeys 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
@buttercupthesweetnes he was just born this way....
roadman89NE 2 weeks ago
@buttercupthesweetnes I quote!
DesseinsEternels 1 week ago
@buttercupthesweetnes too bad 'ancient' music (sarcastic) is not appreciated. It would have been a wonder if the global population can finally turn to classical music. now commercialisation rules, and this just doesn't suit the 'groove' of youths.
Sad, sigh...............
iLikeBaroqueMusic 1 week ago
@buttercupthesweetnes The hell is with this comparison?
LeeLooMinaeSebat 2 days ago
@buttercupthesweetnes We'll controversy sales, also rarely do people become famous for talent alone, especially with an instrument...I do think Gaga is more talented than most 'musicians' of today however....not compared to this...
Wendyhasachannel 2 days ago
Can anyone please tell me where this organ is, please? The sound is magnificent!!
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cazzie511 1 month ago
@cazzie511 It's the Silbermann organ in Freiburg Cathedral.
norwviking 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos
This is organ music at its highest possible level. Congratulations to Ton Koopman for such a work of art.
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cazzie511 1 month ago
Excellent!!
Cubeezz 1 month ago
Bravo!!!
hancockrd 1 month ago
this musician is really good- to play a pipe organ as he- the utmost....
hancockrd 1 month ago
something's wrong, it sounds like somewhere between g sharp and a minor.
PawelWysocki 1 month ago
@PawelWysocki who cares, most people enjoy the relative pitch
netspirit79 1 month ago
Nowadays it seems there are more church organs than Christians. I LOVE Bach's music, but don't care much about this instrument.
keesvangulik127 1 month ago
@keesvangulik127 would you like Bach to be played on a syntheziser? I guessed he wouldn't have minded if he lived in our era. But it's nice to hear how Bach would have heard it. And also: knowing the mechanics and building processes of these organs, you realize what a poor product our digital thingies really are.
avginkel 1 month ago
@avginkel You're right, you can't feel the power of the air in the sound of a synthesizer, but still I like Bach's six sonatas for church organ in an adaption for small string ensemble better. To each his own.
keesvangulik127 1 month ago
This man is a god
rockster98765 1 month ago
Passionate and quite perfect.
nanabexhoeft 1 month ago
Incredible
gbaune 1 month ago
This is quite brilliantly played + with passion.
I love it.
Cazzie511
cazzie511 1 month ago
ton e um otimo organista
sylverbrow 1 month ago
Amazing, marvelous...
Orgelseite 1 month ago
you should watch the field show version from this by warren high school in downey caifornia. yeah
omgzJENNA 1 month ago
MASTER
Vegvisir11 2 months ago
the begining sounded trippy
MrMcompagno 2 months ago
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folkert14 2 months ago
@folkert14 exactly
eskatee 2 months ago
2:51 jizz
leonsmello 2 months ago
His "do it my way" style reminds me of Virgil Fox.
JMcdon1627 2 months ago
Why are the notes transposed up a semitone?
sermeister 2 months ago
@sermeister I noticed that too...I play it for the violin and when I heard it I'm like "oh no! I'm out of tune!"
IntoTheAbyssWillIRun 1 month ago
1) this isn't BWV 574
2) this isn't g-minor
1) THIS ISN'T ISO 16!!!!!!!!!
magomagu90 2 months ago
すごく難しそう
takumi91219 2 months ago
Wow.... That takes talent to play like that!!! Thanks for posting this.
underwoodamy95 2 months ago
Possibly some of the most complicated and amazing music ever. Bach is to classical music as dream theater is to modern music. Also, I am waiting for the guy's nose to bleed from the sheer focus he has to generate to play this lol. I mean to coordinate hands and feet like that... Johan Sebastian Bach was truly an amazing musician.
CthulhuDarkLord 2 months ago
@CthulhuDarkLord
Dream Theater is a garbage rock band who seem to make no distinction between complexity and beauty. Their music is complex and they have mildly impressive technical skills but it is also sterile, and lacking in cohesiveness, emotion, and beauty altogether. Please don't compare Bach to Dream Theater. It's offensive.
colourfulwithaU 2 months ago 72
@colourfulwithaU well youre surely right bout that but i think they are better than most of popular music because the nice rythmical stuff that progressive music tends to have wich is a step to the right direction but to be honest i think they are nothing compared to bachs complexity and beauty. I think metal in general doesent have nothing to do with bach. just because they can go up and down the scale doesent make music bach like right : p
ewtgarwar 1 month ago
@colourfulwithaU Can't you realise that some people, such as myself and many others, are not narrow minded and have diverse music tastes that are include music from beyond the baroque period?
Angryification 1 month ago
@Angryification
You're inferring from my comment that I am narrow minded and only listen to baroque music. Incorrect. I listen to all sorts of music from all sorts of cultures and subcultures. That includes progressive metal, in fact. Just not Dream Theater, since they're a bunch of musical masturbaters: lots of quick runs and rolls but no real substance.
That's my opinion. But I shouldn't have to tag that onto every comment in which I state my opinion. It should be self-evident.
colourfulwithaU 1 month ago
@colourfulwithaU No real substance? Dear god...
Angryification 1 month ago
@Angryification
I used to be a Dream Theater fan. I've spent time transcribing, analyzing, and playing their music, and overall, there is nothing going on. Take the Dance of Eternity for example: there are no musical ideas one can grab onto and enjoy to their full potential, since none of them are fleshed out - they're just stated and then abandoned. It's just idea after idea (none of them that interesting) with shifting time signatures in every bar. They're showing off, not making music.
colourfulwithaU 1 month ago
@Angryification
And clearly, at least 22 people who have recently visited this page agree with me.
colourfulwithaU 1 month ago
@colourfulwithaU I don't think I'd go that far with it. Dream Theater has some really good stuff. It can't compare to Bach, but it could be worse like Nirvana or something.
c4bb4g3 3 weeks ago
@c4bb4g3
Nirvana may write simple music but at least their music doesn't sound like a circle-jerk of unnecessary 16th notes.
colourfulwithaU 3 weeks ago
@colourfulwithaU honestly, I'd prefer the "circle-jerk". I'm a huge fan of shred guitar, so it doesn't bother me a bit. At least it's musically intelligent, even if you don't enjoy it. Nirvana just sounds like a bunch of beginners got together and slapped together really boring tunes.
c4bb4g3 3 weeks ago
@c4bb4g3
I don't know what you think 'musically intelligent' is. Really fast scales? Give me a break. The melody in the verse from 'Lithium' is a thousand times more intelligent than the whole instrumental section from 'In the Name of God'.
Not that I'm a fan of Nirvana, but they're better than Dream Machine, or whatever.
colourfulwithaU 3 weeks ago
@colourfulwithaU lol. I highly disagree. Nothing Nirvana has done has ever interested me. As far as Dream Theater, I meant their composition. I'm not a huge fan of them and rarely listen to them, but when I put on one of their good tracks, it's a nice change of pace. I'm not sure if you just hate anything faster than an eighth note or what. I've met plenty of people who think that music faster than that is automatic crap.
To each their own, though. Enjoy what you like.
c4bb4g3 3 weeks ago
@c4bb4g3
I don't hate 'anything faster than an 8th note' (if you haven't noticed, I listen to Bach, whose music consists mostly of 16th notes), and I have no problem with fast music. I listen to a lot of heavy metal, a lot of which involves shred guitar. I also listen to jazz, which is often a whole lot of sax shredding. But none of the bands I listen to sound as sterile as DT. I don't hate them for their chops; I hate them for their sterility.
But, yeah, to each their own.
colourfulwithaU 3 weeks ago
@colourfulwithaU
Truer words have ne'er been spoken.
tordek1265 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
@tordek1265
Out of curiosity, why the apostrophe?
colourfulwithaU 3 weeks ago
@CthulhuDarkLord yu mean music altogether. not just classical music
PSNDemonwing 2 months ago
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CthulhuDarkLord 2 months ago
<3
lesliepbv 2 months ago
too harsh, too fast, too confused. can't hear anything clearly
anisometropie 2 months ago
@anisometropie You got some bad ears then.
TonyDanza007 2 months ago in playlist Classical
I drive a folklift for a living. But secretly, I always wanted to be an organist and play sacred music like this for a living. Oh well, maybe in the next life.
hartley81848184 2 months ago
Bravo!
hartley81848184 2 months ago
For some reason the performer reminds me of Sigmund Freud.
Great music piece, thank you!
NPBaudelaire 2 months ago
Dance Dance Revolution at 2:27!!
OozeSlimeJelly 2 months ago
beautiful
carpecwd 2 months ago
Fantastically played! Bravo.
hymntonight 2 months ago
Out of all the performaces of the little fugue this Tom Koopman guy is the best. I don't know if it is the acoustics of the room and/or organ, however he does it so well. I love the low baseline and hollowness of the way he plays it. Some other performers play it at too high of a pitch. I love the low pitch tone he brings to Bach's Little Fugue. Awesome. When I hear it, I can equate it to a high intensity NFL game or RTS videogame. :)
Government389 2 months ago
Too fast.
maxcohen13 3 months ago
Technically it's known as polyphonic music...meaning, the music consists of two or more independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony). There's nothing even remotely close to "head-banging.' Just sayin...
ThePianoNurse 3 months ago
@ThePianoNurse headbanging has to do with the rhythm and tempo so im rather confused as to how you expect to challenge his statement with a comment the pieces texture ._.
EcuadorFreak 2 months ago
@ThePianoNurse chords are polyphonic.
philateliceun 2 months ago
I honestly don't care if the tempo is too fast, it's still a remarkable feat to play this piece
HitmanJenkins1 3 months ago
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IDFAFrans 3 months ago
Headbanging 18th century style,....LOL,......the best way I've ever heard it translated.
Sorry guys......I guess, that whenever archeologists find the cd players that'll play the very cd's BACH recorded,....we're going to be in for a shock.
Secondly,.......I hope I never get this Parkinson's disease............I'd better explain........I wonder....doesn't he in his entire lifetime get a problem with either shoulders, back or whatever,...because I've NEVER saw more frustated way.....sorry
IDFAFrans 3 months ago
Wait.... a little confused, but at 0:55 is his feet playing the third lower section? if so, then thats interesting.
Grievous365 3 months ago
Baroque music was not well known for being played at a faster tempo, typically romantic era music held the position of being played faster with more intense dynamic changes. I think that's why many people get upset when they hear classical music being played too quickly. Music should be played at the tempo intended in the time period in which it was created.
Jzzkc 3 months ago
@Jzzkc umm... features of music from the romantic period don't contain: Faster tempo... ummmmm...... UMMMM...... ummmm...... You're kind of wrong.. My bad........ UMMMMMM. Yeah. You're wrong. My bad kiddo.
ToastyTheToastMan 3 months ago
@Jzzkc I prefer more diversity in interpretation. If I wanted to analyze this I would rather hear it played on a piano with 4 hands to identify all the notes and harmonies.
The world would be a sad place if all music was interpreted one way.
Igneous01 2 weeks ago
@SuperRockgod666 That's a picardy third
jasonman071 3 months ago
@jasonman071 totally uncool lol jk
violaXplayer 3 months ago
What a wonderful organist!!!!
sdegrace 3 months ago
This is not music. This is art at the highest possible level.
keizerjoo 3 months ago 8
@keizerjoo And if we allow mother Europe to fall to Islam and Zionism, this art will cease to exist. Just something to think on, God bless and all that. Happy Christmas!
JCistGottMitUns 1 month ago
@JCistGottMitUns hardly. You should give a listen to some middle eastern music, their classical is comparable to ours.
stop with the fear mongering.
Igneous01 2 weeks ago
@Igneous01 If you stop with the delusion-mongering, sir. And I LOVE middle-eastern music, I just know where it belongs, in the middle-east, just like westerners belong in the west. Nothing can justify white genocide. I follow the white rabbit. Look it up.
JCistGottMitUns 2 weeks ago
@JCistGottMitUns its that kind of thinking that is a step backwards in human civilization. People can choose to go anywhere and live anywhere they want. That old world view of keeping cultures and people separate is gone. The internet and network has interconnected everybody on this planet together, all economies are tied together. You need to stop with the segregation, because that is so 1930s.
Igneous01 2 weeks ago
@Igneous01 Oh, I get it! Youre one of those Zionist Jew types who wants to destroy "racism" by destroying all races and nations! Ya know what that's called? Its called the NEW WORLD ORDER, and it WILL FAIL. Youre one of those people who wants to turn the world into a babysh!t brown colour with one state, one religion, and one global race of mongrels. Well that, sir is racial, religious, and cultural GENOCIDE and I reject it. Stop reading Trotsky and start reading Stalin. Good day.
JCistGottMitUns 2 weeks ago
@JCistGottMitUns I'm actually Atheist, but I have enough respect for myself and other peoples to know that your line of thinking is what will destroy this world. I am not from Jewish or Arab descent either.
I'm not going to go further than this, if theres one thing I learned - dont talk with fundamentalists/extremists because they are so lost in their ideals that its impossible to have a sensible discussion with them.
Igneous01 2 weeks ago
@Igneous01 Oh, my line of thinking? So tell me where all the atheist charities are? I know what you are, youre a lone ranger, a pink rabbit, a fraud. Your 1984 doublespeak doesnt fool me or most others. Youre the type we cant discuss things with sensibly, because youre so lost in your own libtard arrogance and think somehow your world view is normal or appropriate. Atheism breeds death and apathy, plain and simple, as I can see from your ethnomasochist self-hating politics.
JCistGottMitUns 2 weeks ago
@JCistGottMitUns
If you want to talk about this deluded crap here, you're clearly at the wrong place. Stick it right up your arse and GET OUTTA HERE.
IGETTHUMBSDOWNALOT1 2 weeks ago
@IGETTHUMBSDOWNALOT1 Thats just like you people to use such filthy, degenerate language, and thats how I know Im at least better than you. Gosh, what is it with Zionists and dirty language? You're all like clones of Sarah Silverman, always going on about your nether-regions and whatnot. Grow up, clean yourself up, and then show me where Im wrong before you denounce me, otherwise youre just another Prole.
JCistGottMitUns 2 weeks ago
@JCistGottMitUns
Not everyone's an english lit major. Calm yourself.
I curse like a sailor but I still love this kind of music. Not judging a book by its cover is a cliche for a reason.
Judge not lest ye be judged.
DrStrangefate 1 week ago
@DrStrangefate Misquote the Bible ans suffer God's wrath. If you finish the verse it says youll be judged in a similar way, and judgment does not always entail guilt. If we refuse to judge one another then no one can be called criminal, or wrong, and thus the world descends into anarchy.(but thanks for not violently attacking me for my beliefs, unlike most people online... tisk, tisk)
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@JCistGottMitUns
Btw I'm an atheist. I breed neither death nor apathy.
I simply am. I enjoy the world for what it is. I hope you do the same for your own reasons.
DrStrangefate 1 week ago
@JCistGottMitUns
.......and your Orwell is showing. Try some subtlety next time.
DrStrangefate 1 week ago
@keizerjoo The "Music of the Spheres" He couldn't have done it without science, or at least math, but that just enhances the beauty to me.
Psiberzerker 1 month ago
3:05 face trill
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@matthias01010haha
zeusjeke 3 months ago
@matthias01010 hihi :P
maaeraaca 3 months ago
This and 'Tocatta and Fugue in D-minor' are my favorites. Thank you, Ton, for bringing joy into my life.
MrPeepers100 3 months ago 2
what a mess! slow the fuck down sir its not disco!
xXturbo86Xx 3 months ago
Dude has mad skills. Plays with all four limbs and I bet if you gave him a harmonica, he'd be tooting that thing too.
yaizer 3 months ago 2
Riveting.
Shalott42 3 months ago
Juno... -__-'
and BTW this guy is awesome =P
Famicomnoobation 3 months ago
Ecco come NON suonare Bach.
piruffini73 3 months ago
@piruffini73 Perchè non così?
gerazio1 3 months ago
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ncasaubon 4 months ago
Is this still G minor? It doesn't sound like it.
SuperRockgod666 4 months ago
@SuperRockgod666 I think you're right. This sounds more like G-sharp minor to me. I think the organ may be out of tune, because it looked like he was playing it normally.
ncasaubon 4 months ago
@SuperRockgod666 I think you're right. This sounds more like G-sharp minor to me. I think the organ may be out of tune, because it looked like he was playing it normally.
ncasaubon 4 months ago
@ncasaubon the organ is not out of tune, it is tuned a pitch lower due to the year it was built. Most modern organs are tuned a pitch higher.
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@SuperRockgod666 I think you're right. This sounds more like G-sharp minor to me. I think the organ may be out of tune, because it looked like he was playing it normally.
ncasaubon 4 months ago
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@SuperRockgod666 I think you're right. This sounds more like G-sharp minor to me. I think the organ may be out of tune, because it looked like he was playing it normally.
ncasaubon 4 months ago
@SuperRockgod666 It's in minor and switches to Major, back to minor and then ends with a major chord.
Violinfanatic 4 months ago
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@SuperRockgod666 It's in minor and switches to Major, back to minor and then ends with a major chord.
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@SuperRockgod666 Yep, This organ is tuned to Baroque tuning, where A = 416, i think, where Everything sounds a half step lower.
gera1262 3 months ago
oh. my. god. faints.
sycarton1 4 months ago
awesome
youbuusta 4 months ago
i am hearing bach organ's work watching pictures of star, galaxies and space stuff........jajaja, epic music, epic pictures,......you end up like, fuck, reality is so fucking epic
jjuan54 4 months ago
I felt like he was trying to get all the notes out and forgot to play music. its one thing to play notes on a page and its another to play music. he played this too fast. baroque music was very precise with it's tempo.
Buttplugbetty 4 months ago 5
I have a hard enough time with one row of keys, but this is ridiculous.
Trikean 4 months ago in playlist Trikean's Favorited Videos
i can't stop listening to this
memememe272727 4 months ago
i´m speechless
azzazel 4 months ago
It's amazing. every time I watch this I get so excited. I love playing this in Wind ensemble. It's an amazing feeling at the last two measures I get chills.
<3
KaitlinWonders 4 months ago in playlist KaitlinWonders's Favorited Videos
no respect to the instrument. played way too fast.\I like Koopman's interprttions of modern pieces, but his Bach... Not my taste at all.
pbizunow 4 months ago 5
@pbizunow I dont like his speed at some of Bachs music, but with this Fugue I think (just my opinion) that it gives such a lot of power compared to those playing this piece slower.. I love the climax at the end, all spinals, twists and bachs beautiful mathematical way of composing is closed with so much power!..
just wow but I can understand people dont like it played so fast! however I love it with this piece, I can get lost in it =)
MidasRK1 4 months ago 29
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I agree, the tempo played here gives it a much more intense and powerful feeling. I love it!
Nesplayer 3 months ago
@MidasRK1 Other than some articulation, he plays it exactly as written. I agree that this is an excellent version, especially with the definition given to the pedal. But this is just as good as a subtler version played slower and without the mixture by Michael Murray (he makes it sound "little"). What matters is what is written, not as much how it is played, I think.
defthm 1 month ago
@MidasRK1 it's not easy to play this music that fast on an 18th century organ!
avginkel 1 month ago
@avginkel certainly not! its not easy to play this piece of music at all :D! but its beautifull!
MidasRK1 1 month ago
@pbizunow really? This is my favorite recording of this piece.
JRichardYoung 3 months ago
does his rushing drive anyone else nuts?
flowersofeveryhue 4 months ago
Organ from Gottfried Silbermann in the Cathedral of Freiberg (Saxonia, Germany)
PfaelzerOrganist 4 months ago
This is an accurate representation of head-banging back in the 1700's
CrustaceanGaming 4 months ago 149
@CrustaceanGaming Haha, that's funny:)
HahnPotterishFowlnut 2 months ago