Dietrich Buxtehude - Praeludium in g

[Rolmarsden]

Is it just me or did Handel "borrow" the theme at 2'52 (heard more obviously at 3'20) for Messiah? (And He Shall Purify). Apologies if previous posts have picked this up...

[CeremonyConnoisseur]

@Rolmarsden indeed, I just thought about it as well...

[ASAngelo]

Magic.

[Dachion]

" On some eternal shore in heaven stands buxtehude with the mirror image of what he wrote on earth. "

[KeyFilmation]

the organ is such a powerful instrument.

[cembalo75]

Composed for harpsichord? Really? So many features correspond to Buxtehude's organ style and to my ears this is not convincing. But an interesting experiment.

[bruhns]

Harald Vogel writes in his CD booklet of Buxtehude's organ works vol. 6: "The Praeludium in g manualiter (BuxWV 163) and the Toccata in G manualiter (BuxWV 165) are much more attached to the harpsichord idiom [than Praeludium in G manualtier BuxWV 162]. For this reason they are not included in this recording of Buxtehude's complete organ works".

[cembalo75]

Yes, that is absolutely correct; however those CDs were made in the 1980's and since that time things have changed, perhaps. Pieter Dirksen has written a very thorough article about this piece. This piece is required for the recorded round of the 2010 Sweelinck competition, an international organ competition.

[bruhns]

Would be interesting for me to read. Where can I find Peter's article?

[cembalo75]

OHS catalog - it's in a book Orphei Organae Antiqui a festschrift for Harald Vogel. Unfortunately, the book is expensive and the essay is not published separately so far as I know.

[sigeri81]

Who's the organ player in this video?

[toxiconegro]

Das Präludium, sowie auch die Toccata bei Buxtehude sind sehr unterschiedlich im Gegensatz zu anderen Barockkomponisten. Nach frei komponierten Teilen, folgen immer wieder fugierte Abschnitte. Wenn man Bach verstehen will, muss man Buxtehude kennen. Gut gespielt im Übrigen, danke Dir

[faeryquene]

Wow! Beautiful!

[ThePhilosorpheus]

listening to Buxtehude for the first time =), very good piece, thank you for posting. any suggestion on what others should I look for?

[okamilune]

anything, Buxtehude tended not to "Miss". lol. remember, Buxtehude was J.S. Bach's childhood hero, so his reportoire in general should be one that we all study.

[Renagade1325]

i believe they were rivals actually

[okamilune]

well, i had never heard that. but maybe. i know that Bach got leave to go visit him during the Abendmusiken specials that Buxtehude was so well known for and he overstayed his visit with the master for several months. I think Buxtehude was a little too old to be a rival. He is also quoted for saying to Back "I thought this art was dead but i see it lives in you"

[Renagade1325]

maybe your right, thats what i always thought

[paqman67]

@okamilune actually I think that quote was from Jan Adam Reinken who was 99(!) yeras old in 1720. Bach met him when trying out for a post in Hamburg(?) in which I believe he had to ahem, "donate" what was for him 2years of his salray to be placed in the position. Needless to say, Bach declined!

[obxemt]

@ ThePhilosorpheus

Chorale preludes.

[organman52]

Is this a Riegger organ? It sure looks like one. It also sounds like one - rich and even. There were two beautiful 2-manual Rieggers at my previous job - one North German and one French Classical.

[fluteceleste]

yes, this instrument was built in the 1960s. the unusual design of the stopknobs was by Christoph von Glatter-Götz. it is the beautiful organ at Munich's Christ Church.

[organman52]

Is this a Riegger organ? It sure looks like one.

[aerzengellus]

if it weren't for Herr Dietrich, Johann Sebastian Bach will be most like Vivaldi nowadays.

Read Bach's bio and find more about. It's very interesting.

[Stentorphone]

THANK YOU for introducing this work to me! Fine, sensitive playing.

[broekpascal]

Prachtig gespeeld, goed werk van Dietrich Buxtehude.

[christiancolard]

Quel beau Principal 8!Quel merveilleux toucher.On peut enfin goûter l'harmonie sans être constamment aggressé par des registrations écrasantes comme le font trop souvent beaucoup d'organistes. Merci pour cette poésie...

[chandros]

how about even BOOKS-teh-hooda

[AED1staid]

How do you pronounce this musician's last name?

[greatcthulu]

BUCKS-teh-hude.

[jensbond1978]

[bʊkstəˈhuːdə]

[jensbond1978]

The pressure is on hu and the d is soft if pronounced in Danish (he was half Danish) - it's propably hard, if you pronounce it in german (he was also half german).

[jensbond1978]

something like books-te-HU-the

[astrophil79]

Lovely thanks.

[Nocturnon]

Yep, sehr schoen gespielt.

Normalerweise bevorzuge ich zwar Bach-Werke aber Herr Buxtehude hat auch einige sehr schoene Stuecke in seinem Repertoire, so wie dieses hier. Außerdem ist dies ein sehr schoenes Oergelchen mit wundervollen Registern wie es scheint. :)

[johannuscro]

Really good, interesting registration! It's a pitty you didn't record the last fugue...

[globe0816]

Thanks for posting this wonderful piece which I think is buxtehude's greatest.

[marsvltor2]

Wonderful piece and playing - although it sounds equally well on a decent harpsichord: note the lack of a pedal part... Regards P :)

[Brandotuomikoski]

wear is this organ?

[niamaztor]

You play incredibly beautifully. I want to cry....wonderful registration....

[hanslnl]

I really like this interpretation. It's less stern than Leonhardt's version, but the organ helps a great deal as well.

[borzinboss]

and because he ends the piece to quickly

[tromba8]

Lovely glorious!, I like Buxtehude a lot, that's amazing, Congratulations

[pcmh1978]

I like the principals on this organ and the lovely acoustic - where is it recorded?

[Arky83mi]

beautiful and I love the registration

[oblisk94xxx]

jbbestskater, You probably think instruments such as the organ are for "gueers", however, you could only dream of having as much talent as this organist's left pinky. Also, if you must post an idiotic comment on a video such as this one, at least spell the thing correctly.

[manuel14091990]

Respekt !! Kirchenorgel würde ich auch mal gerne spielen, derzeit muss ich mich, wenn überhaupt mit Cembalo zufrieden geben ;D !!

5*

[dolofonos]

After beginning any statement with "who the fuck," I can hardly see what difference one thereafter saying makes.

[7777777mike]

who the fuck is so stupid to call this a piano ;-)

[acchos]

your obvously so thick you dont even know this is a pipe organ, fool

[TheUnknownDepths]

gueer hahaha,you one of those retards that play runescape all day long. Only a dumbass like you manages to find himself watching a video he doesn't want to see, whilst at the same time getting the name of the instrument wrong. Looking at the tags you cant just get here without typing the correct words. You want to hear Britney type Britney not Dietrich

[Funkypotat0]

Not many people go on youtube to watch someone play the "piano", but I would bet that even fewer people would go on youtube to watch your silly videos of a retarded skater...

[Arky83mi]

apparently you did...ya queerbate

[baroquian1685]

I like the tempo you use here. A slower tempo with Buxtehude oft times evokes alot more of the dramatic feel he intended, leaving the listener with awe.

[vanvulpen1966]

Thank you for uploading this very beautiful piece of music! In contrary to Leonhardt's version, yours sounds a lot more peaceful.

[edelacroix]

Thanks ! Rare Real Playing....

Please Post some Peter Buxtehude father of D H

[cnsedgwick]

Registration depends so much on the organ you are playing. Your basic American Classic church organ often doesn't have the colorful individual registers to make the chamber version interesting. I remember Dolores Bruch (U of Iowa) saying once that she played a certain Buxtehude piece at her church all the way through with the crescendo pedal open because it was the only way it was interesting on that instrument. In Clapp Hall, she would do something totally different.

[silla20]

it's nice

[cpcheung]

This is a very lovely piece! I also like this version more than Leonhardt's version.

Do you have the rest of this music?

[barnholdt]

Thank you for sharing this video.

[alra1975]

I still wonder about the specifications of this organ, it looks like a well built Baroque style inspired instrument (without unnecessary modern aids); for sure it has mechanical key action, mechanical stops, a pedal board almost in the old stile, a gentle sound, but I cannot recognize which organ it could be... Someone can help me? Thanks.

[bruhns]

The instrument (Christuskirche München) was built 1966 by Rieger, Vorarlberg (A) with full mechanical operation. In the 1980s a programmable register control was added. In 2000 an gentle renewing with slight modifications took place by Freiburger Orgelbau Hartwig Späth. "Funny" aliquots like septime and none have been removed and the sharpness of the mixtures has been reduced.

[alra1975]

Thank You very much, I always wish to know everything about as much organs as possible. As I thought, it is a good organ indeed.

[alra1975]

Honestly You are very, very good; the idea to play in the style of a small chamber consort is in tune with some theories of Harald Vogel. It would be interesting to listen to more of Yours recordings. By the way, on which instrument You play?

[bruhns]

Thank you for your comment. Indeed, I'm a great fan of Harald Vogel, though it was not my intention to imitate him. Unfortunately, my camera crashed last month, so I'm unable to record any more in the foreseeable time.

[alra1975]

Of course I didn't wanted to say that Your performance imitates H.Vogel, I meant that Your style is very well informed in the Baroque registrations of end of XVII century (opposite to the typical plenum of late Baroque, like Leonhardt and many other use).

I hope that You will get a new camera, it would be great to see more about D.Buxtehude, N.Bruhns, J.A.Reincken and more stylus fantasicus.

[alra1975]

Ehm, sorry I forgot a "t"! Typewriting error, I meant "Stylus Fantasticus" (also known as Stylus Phantasticus).

[polonaise20]

A delightful film - wonderful organ music by the famous Buxtehude and very well played !

[andrerendeiro]

I like a lot more your version of this lovely prelude than the other played by Leohnardt.

Keep up he good work, and thank you for sharing!

Expecting new posts from you!