J.S. Bach - Come Sweet Death

Kiyo Watanabe performs "Come, Sweet Death" by J.S. Bach (arranged by Virgil Fox) on 79-rank Garland Pipe Organ (2003) at First United Methodist Church, Wichita Falls, Texas, January 16, 2004.

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Music

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• Pipe
• Organ
• Bach
• Komm
• süsser
• Tod
• オルガン
• パイプオルガン
• 渡辺清人
• バッハ
• 甘き死よ来れ
• クラシック
• 宗教

[hydractor]

Beautiful performance. A friend who was a colleague of Virgil Fox played this for the prelude one Sunday, but in the bulletin, he used the title "Come Sweet Repose." He had the biggest smile on his face as he justified his word play to me. If it were not for the treat of listening to his playing, I would have taken a warning from the prelude that most of the service would be worse than a slow death.

[kiyow]

By the way, when I played Bach's "Air for the G-String" for a worship service, the pastor told me to change the title. So it was printed as "Air in D Major" on the church bulletin.

[mpmcd81]

This is a piece written by one of the greatest musical minds humanity will ever know, if not the greatest, as he was dying, at the end of a hard life where he knew many heartbreaks.

Maybe, just maybe, it is a good thing for our youth to hear if for no other reason than for them to know that at the end of a good life, death is nothing to fear, and in many ways, a sweet release.

I want this played at my funeral along with sheep may safely graze.

[TAfTfilms]

Yes, modern culture has told us death is an exit, but it is really a entrance.

[grunt12394]

@railfanatic844 we must defy modern culture...

[crob647gtx]

Maybe the simultaneous most saddest yet beautiful song ever written.

[railfanatic844]

@TAfTfilms Modern Culture has poisoned our world and says that this is the worse and boring stuff to ever listen to. It makes me sick

[technocrash09]

@drelkep I listen to some metal myself and I sort of agree with your sentiment. I play organ and llike this piece. I think the difference is the WAY messages are conveyed to children. Bach worked from a religious perspective. Most metal bands lace their messages with violence. It is the violence part that steers me away from the parallel influence you allude to. I must say, if we are to influence or kids in any way, we must be very careful HOW we do it as well as the words / music we use.

[ifuliki]

@technocrash09 One never completely frees oneself from one's early teaching, does one. I had a lot of religion as a kid, sang in a church choir and attended a Congregational chapel too (they are close to being Quakers) and can both recite the Nicene Creed and quote extensively from the NT. I am waiting to find out all about this and wrote a poem about Death which may still be on my channel. My major here in Canada was Anthrop.

Aled

[technocrash09]

@ifuliki I, too, ride.And I used to feel the same as you. My Dad loved this piece and after he passed, it was the one piece of music that can bring him back from time to time. We sit and listen....then he goes away again, only to be summoned some other day.

I say to you, my brother.....I pity those who do NOT believe. Ride on and take care.

[polgarfan]

@kiyow LOL!!



[i44troll]

I don't know anything about pipe organs, was actually looking locally for "Messiah" concerts and stumbled onto Kiyo's youtube site. I was so moved by this piece that I immediately sent the this link to my mother, who has an appreciation for the pipe organ. Now I don't mean to say that I dont appreciate pipe organs, I just don't appreciate most organists. Most organists I hear play with very little regard for dynamics. This man makes this machine sound like the voices in a choir! Beautiful!

[gperivero]

can you send me a score, please its urgent. The organ score

[georgfly]

entrance to what?