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  • Awful timing. Too fast, too slow. I can't imagine you had any musical emotion while you were playing this .

  • Te has saltado una parte simplemente por que es difícil.

    Hay que aprendersela.

    

  • No fugue.

  • masakra jakas

  • I seem to be missing part where you play the hardest part of the Toccata and the Fugue, also far too fast!

  • no pedal?????

  • An excellent young organist creating wonderful music, Well done!

  • что за кривизна?

  • 0:49 was the start to my favorite part X3

  • Your good X3 I wish i could do that!

  • gold in the fingers he had

  • Was war das denn? Da würde ja Bach so schnell im Grab rotieren, wie der Typ spielt... :)

  • a gdzie fuga ? ^^

  • Und noch ein mittelmäßiges Heruntergeeiere der Toccata an einer amerikanischen Schrott-Orgel - wann lernen die mal, dass Orgelmusik mehr ist als bwv 565?

  • Whether the toccata is played super fast or no, surely what matters is that the notes are right? Improvistory as it sounds, Bach was very precise about his notation, and it is in accuracy and fluidity that the sense of a toccata reveals itself., Not through velocity used to hide clumsy playing.

  • great great job,i love pipe organ very much!!! how can i play pipe organ once in my life?

  • I"m not a musician, except for the 4 years of piano I took when I was young, but I still like this version the best so far. The organ has a special, rumbling sound that I like.

  • well, and where is fugue? :)...good performance, btw :)

  • hey deatheater459, can you make comments without the "f" word? Change ur name to dumbbutt!

  • this is amazing!

  • With nervousness or anxiety everything is faster... heart rate, breathing, and physical movements. Being young means less experiences and that just about guarentees he'll experience some performance anxiety and consequently play too fast.

    His accuracy and knowledge of the difficult piece bodes well for superior performances in the future.

    Cheers, thanks for posting.

  • I have to agree, it's too fast in some places but still good overall.

  • Who cares, sounds amazing man,

    I've adapted it for piano but i haven't currently got a video up yet

  • Not a great performance, but the comments suggesting that Bach should be played slow are

    way off base.

    1)This is a Toccata, a type of piece which is meant to show off manual dexterity (Toccare=to touch).

    2) Bach would not have had access to massive modern electric organs, rather he would have used the power of choir-boys to run the organs.

    3) More Manuals equals less speed on a mechanical organ, see 1).

  • Acutally it really depends on the room and the instrument. If it's a smaller room then it makes sense play it faster to keep up with the sound bouncing off the walls. If it's a bigger room then the same is true that it should be plaed slower. If you can't hear every note, then you're doing it wrong.

  • too fast

  • y a pas le feu mon gars ;)

  • Jeez, everyone is an "expert" on how it should sound. Critique here, critique there. Well, I'm an "amature" and I think he plays it just fine. I sure as hell couldn't play it.

  • A critique is what makes a musician (or athlete, or artist, or anyone) better, especially if it's warranted. As someone who teaches keyboard performance, this organist needed to slow down. He's young (I'm probably not much older than he is), and for some reason, the younger the musician, the faster he/she plays, thinking that somehow faster equals better. He needs to take into consideration the period practice (e.g. how Bach and contemporaries would've performed) and TEMPO.

  • that was only the toccata...where is the fugue?!!

  • i love playing this song on the keyboard when i go to music stores and shit because people alywasy look at me like what the FUCK is she on muahaha

  • Not bad for an amature organist this is one of the most difficult pieces ever written this is not a criticism but this is what you should do next time.

    1. Slow down a lot

    2. use a bigger pipe organ with 3 or more manuals .

    3. and use tutti.

  • 1 the speed actualy worked, and although there might not have been an audience, the face that it is filmed, puts preasure on the preformer, meaning that you somtimes rush,

    2 HE MIGHT NOT HAVE ACCES TO AN ORGAN WITH 3 OR MORE MANUALS

    3 - i think thats ok lol

    Great playng!

  • non male ma... vai troppo veloce e ci manca una parte... comunque bravo

  • There was a version of this piece of music of youtube, no video, just good audio of someone playing very well on a very large sounding organ... where has it gone... PLEASE HELP!

  • Not bad. A little fast though. Wish I had access to a pipe organ like that...

  • and this is only toccata..

  • I agree he is making mistakes and missing notes because he is going to fast

  • Awesome!

  • Holy hell slow the fuck down and articulate for the love of god....Nice attempt i guess though.

  • It is absolutely wonderful Darlin'.

    Only way it would have been better is if you could have played it in St Thomas Church Bach's Church in Leipzig Germany.

  • You're funny. It isn't even played whole. Listen to last tacts. WTF?? A lot of mistakes, wrong notes, wrong tempo. To fast so he can't catch all notes and wrong wrong wrong feet playing technique, and this is one of the easiest organ works. He won't be ever good organist if he plays like that

  • Well thanks for letting fell good about his future as an organist. Shame on you!

  • Moreover listen to first tact. There is a mistake in first 6 SECONDS.

    "Only way it would have been better is if you could have played it in St Thomas Church Bach's Church in Leipzig Germany. "

    He would be laught at. You never seen real organist I think. There are thousands of "players" like this Robbie. And a point is to be good. He's not good at all

  • YOU ARE A JERK! You should be supporting him getting better, not degrading him. Shame *2

  • Shut up. He's right about the mistakes.

  • yes, but encourgage him to get better at it! Not be a JERK, and make him feel horrible! What is wrong with people!

  • Gryszaq's comment was a constructive comment. This person in the video may play well at other times, but here he made some mistakes, and he won't become a good organist unless he gets a lot of practice. I'm not saying he'll never be good, just that he's not that great here.

  • He was being made fun of! that is the only reasson I complained! HE IS RIGHT, BUT HIS WAY OF TELLING HIM WAS BAD!

  • Oh, and constructive helps, dosen't make you feel bad.

  • If you want to succeed, you need to be able to take criticism, so quit bitching.

  • Some of these notes are wrong

  • yeah it was good just play slowerrrr lol

    u cant hear everything if u play too fast with an instrument like this

  • you should first learn to play

  • kg4mb.. what a "dumb" name... whay cant ppl be creative original wonderous fabulous and obsolutely amazing like me?

  • Where's the fugue man?

    btw, nice work! But a little bit too fast 'cuz the sound of the organ reverberates in the church and it gets blurred when you play too fast.

  • hi robbie - great playing- keep it up,

    the organ looks fantastic -it must be

    brill to get the use of such a fine

    instrument -

  • Hey man, you missed a little piece out... Next time you'll have better see the sheet...

  • great job at playing this tough piece. out here in so cal a professional organist is a hard profession to come by.

  • Too Bad we do not have a recording of Bach and how he would have played it. I bet he would have played it aggressive. But since we do not know, let everyone play the piece how they want. No way is wrong because no one on here has seen JSB play the piece. This kid is good and needs to be encouraged. He does not need prissy bitches giving him a hard time.

  • Agreed, no one here has "seen" JSB play this piece. Because Bach was aware of human mortality, he WROTE THE NOTES DOWN. Leaving out the fully diminished c# minor arpeggios (mm. 22 - 27) is not a matter of style or "how" someone plays. You can't just leave out the parts you didn't practice.

    One thing you could get both E. Power Biggs AND Virgil Fox to agree on; that the "prissy bitch" version was the one Bach wrote. And I would encourage him. To practice.

  • Begining was way to slow and then it was to fast...

    sorry but no.

  • A little sticky?

    But the scene is just wonderful...making me wanna hold you hahah:)The Organ looks great

  • Rushed alot. Its the truth, you can give me a thumbs down, but it doesn't make it any less true

  • pa tres bien interpreter au debu avec cette reprise de la aucun interet de la regouer

  • The largest pipe organ in the world is in convention hall Atlantic City NJ. It's not presently playable because its full of rats. Recordings are avalible at the door. Funds collected go to pay for rat food. The largest playable pipe organ is at Wanker's (Macy's) Philadelphia. It plays twice a day plus concerts if you are lucky. $10.00 get you a try if no one is looking.

  • $10 for Wanker's? hmmm... don't know what that's all about. But being lucky means going to the free recitals. They're twice daily, Monday - Saturday. At noon every day, 5:30pm on M, Tu, Th and Sat and 7pm on Wed and Friday.

    You'd have better luck asking Peter Conte or one of the assistants if you can play --He let me play when I was 11! Otherwise, the gate is locked when the organist isn't there, so you'll have a tough time trying to play when no one is looking.

  • Excelent!!!

    amaizing!

    you are a god

  • he do it in fast tempo XD a litel bt slower this is not nice this speed

  • You played the fugue so fast, i didn`t even hear it!

  • that's WAY TOO FAST!!!

    slow down!

  • worst timing ever, and way too fast

  • thats awful !

  • Wrong notes, timing, piece of shit. Everyone can play like this after few hours of practising, of course if he knows notes. You'll never play good, as you won't play slowly at first, because as I see it's done only for speed not for precision and that is wrong way. You'll never play good thinking like that

  • i am no organist but as a musician i must say all this kid lacks is some feeling in his playing. he races through the notes as if he was tryin to play faster than himself. this is only my opinion, but i feel his timing needs some work. of course he can obviously interpret bach's work as he wishes, but commonly this piece is playeed with different timing especially in the crecendo after the intro:)

  • I am not an organist but I played this piece on the Allen Organ after church service. My goodness, I played much slower than him. Someone said I played this like Chopin. Way way wrong man!

    Best wishes,

    Guodong

    Wesley Methodist Church Kuala Lumpur

  • hasta la hueva !!!!!!!!!!!

  • i want to play like you

  • i think st a bad timing.

  • WRONG NOTES

  • very nicely done.

    you could use some work on keeping the tempo steady. also, it's a little too reed heavy at times. and some of your phasing was off. but other than that, it was ok.

  • What stops are you using at 1:02?

  • So, do any of you geniuses out there have a recording of Bach himself playing this piece so as to better judge this talented young person's outstanding effort?

  • SO a good point my friend. That must have made some of them to shut up for a couple of days at least!

  • Bach rolls in His grave!!! Please stop!!

  • kartwheels

  • So quick..

  • Mi sembra un po' buttata via, troppo affrettata!

  • That was awesome, Robbie!

  • i liked it, it may not be perfect, but i`ll appreciate anything thats decent, so , i apreciated this. The least i can say is, well done for trying, no ones playing is perfect.

  • ur rhythm is all wrong its easy if u slow it down a bit first den speed up each time u play

  • Wow, lots of assholes on this video. Take the pipes out of your asses and just enjoy the vid.

  • Il Mio pastore tedesco se lo metto alla tastiera suona meglio di te ... cambia mestiere

  • Dear... I feel he is being condemned.

  • Fantastic!!!

  • Do what I did with this piece. Start with RH alon, LH alon, PD, alone. Then add RH&LH, RH&PD, LH&PD. making sure to play slow enough that you get every note correct. Then put everything together at half speed. After you've done this without mistakes us a metronome to gradually increase the tempo. Finally you can add rubato and a sense of line, and also observe cadences. We all want to be able to play a piece from the start, but it doesn't work that way. Good Luck!

  • very good advice, i may try this too.

  • lol, you have organ in your name, so I guess you're an expert. You come on to youtube insulting people about organs, now that is a new low, get a life douche bag.

  • why did u have to be so cruel. u can correct without being harsh. and u being a composer means what?? just cause u compose and understand what needs to be done in ur stuff doesn't mean u know about other peoples work.

  • I believe it is Bach. At least it has been attributed to him as BVW 565 and it does sound familiar.

    Is there any need for the repeated use of Stupid. He most certainly can play Bach. Listen to him do it. Be a little more polite

  • Need to slow down lots.

    Add feeling. Its a remarkable piece. Add some expression and emotion and this piece would be almost perfect

  • Excellent.

  • No feelings, no emotions, no expression, no message delivered through the song, no style, nothing at all.. an just slow down no a bit, but musch musch more!!!!

  • 3 words: GET A TEACHER

  • What's up with all these professional organ players on this fucking site? Are you guys in a club of assholes who just go around looking for young people to insult? How about this, if he gets a teacher, then all you fuckers get some manners and a life, you fucking virgins.

  • it was only a Toccatta...

  • To be honest, I didn't like it that much. I see talent but you rushed it, as if you had elsewhere to be; I heard no emotion and care in this recording.

  • amazing. i like it very much.

  • Questo video è un insulto alla musica....

    Va schifo... Manca di scioltezza, le note sono quasi tutte errate.... Fa rivoltare Bach dalla tomba...

  • Katasztrofálisan szarul játssza!

  • Very good. Looking to see more of you on the net.

  • hey, very nice performance! Where's that at? you've got talent

  • reeds? why?

  • Why not?

  • Bravo!! Well Done.. Dont lets these assholes discourage you, that was perfected, I liked it very much, and I never thought I'd say this, (because I didnt think it was possible.)but that was faster then the original, very nice ;) keep up the good work, its a gift.

  • It truthfully shows that you are the real jackass, fatcatrocky.

  • It is really necessary to say things like that. Why not explain what he missed. Be a little kind - we can do that, Right?

  • It is only toccata i know becausi i play it on piano and on organ!!!

  • I don't get it... What is the pulse you choose ? it sounds like a Bach's page torn in pieces. No pulse, no music.

  • Fa semplicemente schifo.

    1. Il titolo di Toccata e Fuga, ma io non ho sentito nessuna fuga.

    2. Già l'inizio fa pena, stile pianistico.

    3. Registrazione povera, pedestre e non ricca.

    4. Uso smodato del crescendo. Non sai usare i registri?

    5. Un monte di note sbagliate. E pretende di correre.

    6. Legatissimo, da vomito.

    Insomma, una m***a.

  • that is quite diabolical i been playing pipe organ for 15 years and taught by a great teacher if i played like that he would hit me one lol

  • How different... I'm not going to be down right rude like most have been, but I will say that you certainly have an artistic vision, you just need a little help executing it, and correct a few notes, add the missing section, get rid of using the crescendo pedal, and change manuals in a few places... well that about changes the entire thing-sorry

  • This is just the worst recording of the song I've ever heard. I want to go throw up. He is butchering Bach.

  • Maybe he wants help you worthless peice of S*&%T!

  • This is horrible. Why do people who can't play

    record????

  • Well, he plays it better than I and please could you post one of your recordings, would love to listen.

    Thanks

  • Thats' a good idea. How about the Prelude

    and Fugue in B Minor(BWV 544)? This is one of

    my favorite compositions. I know the meaning

    of hard work. With proper instruction, most

    people, including this young man, can play well.

    He simply needs the care of a patient teacher. The Toccata(BWV 565) has a pretty bad reputation,

    because it is usually played in a sloppy manner.

    I am convinced that he can do much better. You

    know that also.

  • Well OK then, I agree. As for the BWV 544! will now have to look through my collection and see if I have it, thanks, will get round to it. Still a nice piece of music this, and another fave is Widor 5th Symphony opus 42 No-1 Toccata, now that makes the hair on the back of my neck stand more than a Pink Floyd gig! Say in Earls Court 1994

    Thanks for your reply

    Ste

  • Whats with adding that extra note on the 64th's at the beginning?

  • Sounds more like "Sloppy improv on Bach's Toccata in D Minor, skipping all the hard parts." By the way, where's the Fugue? (I haven't read all 56 comments)

  • thats SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • i like this, it's great

  • Try hitting the right notes before you speed up :)

  • Get thee to an organ teacher, fast!

  • Much too fast - at that speed you were forced to leave parts out. If correctly registered there's no need for the crescendo pedal.

  • Exelente, me quede por escuchar la fuga, de todos modos gracias maestro

  • questo organista fa cagare... impara a suonare, scemo!!!! rispetta i tempi, non saltare le note e arricchisci il ripieno!!!!!!!!!che schifo.

  • Pero esto es una mierda! You suck, man!

  • now looking at it. Is it me, or are his pedals not being played legato

  • wonderful enjoyed it

  • WOW!Take it easy,man!Not so fast!Slow it.

  • If I only could play like this I would be very happy , keep playing man , its great!

  • IMHO: Your slowness is too slow, and your quickness is too quick. Lessen both those extremes just a bit. Also, you skipped the part of the toccata where you dance around with some fancy diminished Bb-Db-E-G arpeggio work. That part's not nearly as hard as it looks; it's all a pattern. Better to play it slowly and correctly than to leave it out.

  • also find it strange that you miss out the most demanding parts of the piece

  • not the best playing ive heard

  • Did you learn this from an arrangement? You may need to study it again. For the most part a good start. It is a bit rushed. Need to work on articulation in you left hand, especially when playing octaves with the right. Also, look at, or ask someone about Baroque Ornamintations.

  • imagine this as a heavymetal song lmao!! good job don't worry about what other people say ur the one playin it not them

  • I liked it, but the registration was a little too reedy throughout the whole thing. Might not have been, hard to tell through compressed as hell audio. Probably sounded excellent in person.

  • An admirable job, Thanks for sharing.

    I can't believe how many "armchair musicians" there are on YT. Ignore them.

  • very poor technique. keep practising.

  • Nice - don't be discouraged by those who are giving you negative comments, most of them probably can't even read music or wouldn't know how to turn on the Organ yet they like to be so critical. It was very nice. Keep practicing and Serving the Lord, the greatest reward is what you feel inside and that is all that really counts. 5 Stars !

    "The Man who walks with GOD - always gets to his destination".

  • Ti ha pagato, per caso, per dire cotante stronzate?

  • Very good interpritation. Just the way I used to play it at El Centro First UMC. I always seemed to not be able to hold it together if I attempted the full version. Good job.

  • all of these Classical music police...probably a bunch of cant-hack-its who are jealous...I Have been teaching music for nearly 15 years and thought it was very nice

  • still needs work. your timing was inconsistent and the note articulation wasn't good.

  • You did a fine job!! Play it as YOU like it. Give it your very personal interpretation. Finally someone who goes beyond miniscule articulations. Make it new, make it modern, and do provoke.

    I love the crescendo.

  • I hate it. It ruined the piece

  • ruined... classical music ruined.

  • Insulting for the piece... No respect of the tempo, the spirit. This is not jazz piano.... thats a pipe organ... Sloppy links, clashing rythms. You dont even look at the scores, while you should...

  • I don't like it...

  • bravo

  • That was far too fast and so you missed half the notes out. A poor attempt. Slow it down.

  • Agreed, and I don't even play....yet. :D

  • agreed. only plays certain measures with one hand when it should be octaves with two. WTF

  • you were able to play it fast!

    but like what the other people say, kinda to fast. bc when it WAS too fast, u was really sloppy. If you want to play it that fast, u have to sticato all the notes.

  • thers a thing called constructive critisicm*