Bach Toccata D Minor Washington Cathedral with Nicholas White

What would a performance on one of the world's largest pipe organs (189 ranks/10,650 pipes) in one of the world's largest cathedrals be without JSB's oldest chestnut? The Fugue is uploaded separately so I don't have to compress the life out of this piece. Nicholas White, the cathedral's assistant organist at the time, performed in 1996; it's recorded on analog equipment & has been transferred thru several media formats over the years.

Nick was an organ scholar at Clare College, Cambridge.

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• Bach
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• Fugue
• D-minor
• Nicholas White
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• orgel
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• DC
• classical

[bushinarin]

What flashes on the screen at 2:22 and 2:23?

[a55b47]

Subliminal advertising ;-) Actually, an editing glitch from the old analog tapes in 1996.

[JupiterIV]

@a55b47 Request permission to download, and merge together both halves.

[a55b47]

@JupiterIV Fine with me. Enjoy. I'm not really possessive about copyright issues: I just want as many people as possible to hear pipe organ music.

[YevgeniyAlexey]

I never saw a serious organist,

who needed the score for THE PIECE.

[a55b47]

Some of us have bad memories -- or just need reassurance. I've sung Messiah maybe 40 times, & know the bass part by heart. But I still like to have that score in front of me

;-)

[deftone86]

I think needing the score is a sign of a true professional. Especially with the pipe organ, it is an incredibly difficult instrument to play.

[jimbobboyorganist]

Impressive and enlightning-a poetic performance--thank you!

[Owdfolkie]

@YevgeniyAlexey Just what I was thinking...! I think if I had it in front of me it would put me off!!

[bachbest27]

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[bachbest27]

muy bien tocado felicidades

[SableMaster]

There is nothing like the music from an instrument like a pipe organ. It Breathes and thunders like a living creature.

Electronic organs are fine, but a pipe organ built for the interior it lives in is a marvel.

[IC2720]

Beautiful place indeed, I saw it in 1978. What was it, 100 years to finish ?

[bcschmerker]

I concur, as a Church pianist who reconstructs demo arrangements on Contemporary Christian and does new interpretations of classic hymns on the fly. Disappointing that a satisfactory organ for training runs past $30k; I've never had that kind of money to invest in an instrument.