Bach at Carcassonne

Pastor de Lasala (Sydney, Australia) plays the slow movement from Bach's Trio Sonata no. 5 on the 17th century organ in the Basilica of St Nazaire-St Celse, Carcassonne, France

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[crudosoy1]

Wonderful as always my friend.. must be very hard to play this trio sonatas all by yourself! Bach was crazy to compose this all for one instrument!!

Keep well Pastor!

Santi

[tormus1]

Thanks. Bach never made things easy for the performer. It takes a lot of practice and patience, especially here where the pedals are the old French variety ie very short.

[johanjoejet]

What is the title of that piece?

[tormus1]

Slow movement from Bach's Trio Sonata no. 5

[Organgrinder010]

This is beautiful. Melodies like this sometimes make me think "what could have been going through Bach's mind when he wrote this".

How is the tracker-touch on an organ like that? 17th-century, It's got to be pretty stiff.

[tormus1]

This totally restored organ has a suspended mechanical : fulcrum is in the centre of the key. The manuals are light, even coupled.

[gerardbedecarter]

Beautiful playing and sound.

[Organist20]

Actually, it is the middle movement of the sonata. This sonata is done in 3 movements. This just happends to be the calm secion out of the 2 crazier ones. But the difficulty level never decreases throughout. It is truely a wonderful piece. Beautiful performance!

[Pieterman42]

This piece is so beautiful and played with great delicacy. Well done.

[clashtitans2]

This organ is beautiful. Just look at that tiny french pedal board!

[stevieGra]

Excellent, Pastor.

Ann G.

[johanjoejet]

Thanks!