J.S.Bach Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C dur- Fugue

[Jjuniorpianista]

uau, o que dizer? explendido.

[Dimitriuser]

Я думаю, высокое искусство мастера

[rolandstantonable]

skill.

[buyadonkey1]

Hans' registration is aboslutely superb and his technical performance and interpretation of the baroque era can not be faulted. It isa pleasure to listen to his faultless performances. He is a gifted organist as well as a gift to us viewers.

[AdmRomulus]

Those keys are so tiny!

They used to try to save ivory back then I guess; I would certainly have difficulty playing that organ, especially with that lighting.

[derfyuty]

my band records this tommorrow for a contest wish us luck

[Kinjutsuu]

Oh come on, stop commenting his face ._. How would you look, if you were to read THREE bars of sheet at once? Of course he knows the piece, but using sheets for orientating can be difficult enough.

[y7veyhaz]

0:00 the dudes eyes are dispatched xD sry

[stargirlsusan]

forget guitar heo, giveme organ hero!XD

[HyperJN]

is the pedal at 2:05 supposed to sound that way? i only know this piece from this performance but it kinda sounds weird to me?

cheers

[Biff947]

Does anyone else hear the relation between this fugue subject and that of the BWV 543?

[OrganPianoMusic]

@Biff947 I do! There are some elements that are used in both of the pieces. They are sometimes hidden and performed differently but there are similarities!

-Friedrich

[tachuman]

Magnificent!

[peteacher52]

Delightful! Crisp, clear voices and fluent articulation. Facial expression deadpan? So what?! The wonderful Phillip Delacour isn't exactly a bundle of laughs when he's playing, either. Herr Stamm lets the music sing for itself.

[Pickdivision]

I like the melody of the piece, and the piece was so enjoyable.

[hymnistic]

This is a great and inspiring video; Bach's incomparable music, fantastic performer, one of the top organs on the planet, magnificent church in every way and great camera panning so we can experience it all. Now I have another pin in my "must go to" destination map. Thank you so very much; all the hands that made this possible...especially the hand of the Almighty!

[oOfretlessOo]

Cold-blooded organist :)

[rubendow]

Remember that Bach was pre-romantic era and this is how he should be played. I enjoyed it. Thanks for posting clash.

[margaretka777]

I love Chopin Mozart Bach and Havy Metal :)

[The00ching00]

@margaretka777 What about Beethoven?

[Ianthe22]

The whole organ is so detailed and exquisite. But why are the pedals in such a big contrast compared to the rest of the organ? I think this performance of Stamm is very mechanical, but the finale is really good as always.

[dogg47]

god like

[DemonSlayerThe3rd]

cant express though words how amazing this is!

[9867432]

Magnifiek!

[paradoxicus]

Coincido con dagamba,Stamm es un digno sucesor de Walcha.

[Superjuanskies]

hey dagamba is there a video of the cello transcription? Sounds like something i'd wanna watch :D

[leninostalin]

J.S.Bach.

[dagamba]

As said: I just L-O-V-E this whole piece of music. The more you listen, the deeper and more complex it gets. And yes, even if you kill me, the cello transcription of the Adagio is worth listening to: It's crazy, but that's just way better than organ-only!

Stamm is really a worthy successor of Helmut Walcha!

[ncxxi]

simply excellent!

[StoryNClark]

I have the sheet music for a piano transcription of this piece...and yeah...that ain't going to happen. Love ya, Stamm : )

[redbull101991]

He is one of the most talented organ players i have ever seen. All his performances of bach works are perfect! He is almost like Rubinstein for Chopin works!

[dxf323]

Hans Andre Stamm

[Mystep]

One of my favorite pieces by Bach. Crisply played and well defined. It's always nice to find interesting music on utube. Compensates for all the fart and britney entries.

[MaestroKyle2009]

I agree. Plus, all of Bach's organ music is just plain awesome:)

[bobmusick]

Well said, now if only there was an MTV for music like this!

[Reynartthefox]

@bobmusick. Briliant comment ("if only there was an MTV for music like this!"). Here here! In Europe they do have classical music tv channels so how about we start one in America?!!

[bobmusick]

Ha! Indeed we should!

[alphayear]

What is this organists name? Can anyone tell me?

[bordone32]

I like it very much

[BobTheWhistler]

This is the FUGUE only. No toccata, no adagio. Too bad, since Hans Stamm is marvelous.

[HerrWarja]

The Fugue is the best!

[24161412416141]

Search more closely there is adagio and toccata too

[susumu07]

i dont know dude.... it's his issue.

[MasterDonut]

His facial "expression" at the end sure made my lol of the day.

[D0g63rt]

"I have done what must be done, now the world is safe"

[chenierchenier]

ok now i can die in peace

[susumu07]

Stamm is the best Bach organist today.

Though his face TOTALLY lacks emotion and expression. I suppose his great skill makes up for it though. Almost like he's beyond human.

[Donaukind]

Don't you think he's too busy to allow anything to interfere with his hands and feet.  Ha! He is terrific!

[SCHneiDen777]

I agree that he is the best Bach organist today, but I don't see why it matters to people about his facial expression. So what?

So he doesn't have facial expression. Do you hear facial expression on a recording? Maybe if he was speaking, but while playing, less likely. The real emotion should come out thru the organ anyhow and it does.

[HerrWarja]

He is concentrating!

[rikiki123456789]

@susumu07

I think I do understand why he looks "robotic"

maybe I'm wrong maybe he doesn't feel the same but when I play Bach I'm hypnotized by what I play, it's just mind-blowing.

[dalqorian]

@susumu07 don't forget...he's German! Alles in Ordung!

[CellarDoor2006]

@susumu07 try "ton koopman" <--- bach freak ;)

[CharlieHuang]

@susumu07 I prefer my musicians to focus their energy and emotion into their fingers, not into their face...

[MrTechnoAlex]

@susumu07 I guess to him, emotion is overrated.

[MusicPredominates]

@susumu07 : I do not know why we should have top look at his face.

[Mike1245690]

@susumu07 define emotion, moving your head like you're on drugs? headbang? dancing like a monkey? that's emotion to you?, if so explain how can he do that while moving his legs, arms read the notes and dance all at the same time, i can feel the emotion in his performance, too bad you can't

[nicksartino]

I can't stop listening to this!!! Bach is soo amazing, and I love Hans Andre Stamm's interpretations.

[OrganMaster310]

wonderfuly played.. its one o f my favorite fuges and u have played it exactly how i do.. love that fuge... is the organ really out of tune or are u playing it a whole step up?

[tjugofyra]

The organ is in its original tuning (466.8 Hz). The Germans had some trouble deciding where the a1 should be. For example if you were in Leipzig the standard "a" would be different than the standard "a" in for example Berlin

This was one of Bach's favorite organs! :)

[johnl5r3w]

hes so good

[quentinbwv565]

you could upload Hans Andre Stamm's version of the passacaglia, pastorale and the praeludium and fuge bwv 552 too...

[vargvekernes]

amazing.

[sticki3000]

Like it !

Sound for me like Mr. Stamm used an arrangement by Virgil Fox ?

[ecgtrombone]

I don't like his style of playing. Its to choppy. It should be legato. ( -1)

[Apocalypticafan1992]

lets see you do better

[deputydrew]

The lower part plays itself when you pull out a certain amount of stops

[AlexOrganMusic]

I think that Ms.Hans Andre Stamm it`s the biggest organist form youtube.

[rnie85]

I don't know how to play organ. Could someone tell me why the lower part of the organ can play itself? (it's like he's duet with ghost :P)

Thanks.

[jlamour]

It's a mechanism to activate other pipes, I think. Maybe someone else can explain it better. Crappy ending, he should've held it longer after such a monumental piece.

[rnie85]

His face is very serious.

[haholol]

crappy ending? tell that to bach - that's how the piece is written.

[jibblegit]

theres no such thing as a bad ending unless the ending its self does not fit the time it was written, or at least if it doesn't fit today, among the avant-garte

[zyx1236]

I think the mechanism just pulls down the keys on the other manuals.

you can see that in the video too.

[oddrocketboy2]

It's called a coupler. When the coupler is pulled, it couples the lower manual (keyboard) to the one above it.

[qw3rtydud3]

Basically, the organ has certain stops which link different manuals (keyboard stacks) together, e.g. one of the manuals is called the "swell" and one is called the "great" if you pull out the stop saying "swell to great" on it it will link them together so if you then played the swell it would play the great aswell. If you get my drift.

[tockoriusoschael]

He is singing internally with the organ!

[juandafra]

excelente!!!!

[LaidlawBarber]

Excellent!

[johannuscro]

schone orgel

[borzinboss]

is he German? I couldnt find his biography

[FJ966]

C-Moll und dann so wenig schwarze Tasten?

Wohl eher C-Dur, oder? ;-)

[schneckenturm]

Ja - die Angabe moll ist falsch. Das ist aus Toccata, Adagio und Fuge C-Dur.

[ertvgieutzrhetkgerzt]

This dude looks like a froghead__lol;D___,but his playing is sick and AMAZING..Ha,-he's from Germany ;P..^^

[ccoraxfan]

What exactly is a "froghead", ertvgieutzrhetkgerzt, and is your name a mouthful or what?

[PeteWagstaff]

beautiful ease of dexterity