Diane Bish - Toccata and Fugue in d minor by J. S. Bach

Bach was mainly known in his lifetime as a virtuoso organist and people were amazed with his art of registration and pedal virtuosity. Here, organist Diane Bish performs his most famous composition and probably the most well known piece music in the world, his Toccata and Fugue in d minor. Miss Bish plays this piece on the five-manual, 96-rank Julia Thompson Smith Organ of First Presbyterian Church in Naples, Florida.

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[auburnwings]

They are out of sync because of the accustics of the church. I have always hated to play in churches that have a two second delay time. She is great!! My favorite..

[TheJakeman789]

when she hit that low 32 foot note you can ratteling in the back ground!

[gramps2matt]

Seeing multiple views of the Trompettes in this vid makes want to hear them.

[h2otek]

There are only a handful of organists in the world who display this level of mastery. Gives me chills...



[patsaxon]

Not too many churches has an organ as there is a major shortage of organist in America. Many of the churches that I had visited has replaced their organs with acoustic grand pianos and becoming the standard music instrument in church music. I believe that that classical organ is becoming a thing of the past. The only organ that is still being played is the Hammond organ, used in gospel, blues and jazz. Only the big churches could afford real pipe organ or Allen organ.

[skpknight]

Saw Ms.Bish in concert at a local church this past Tuesday(Oct.11th 2011).A two hour performance from a talented,and even funny lady.

[Truthpolice9698]

Quite the talent.

[theswan153]

Miss Bish, Brava!

[anotherneko]

Her playing is fantastic, would have appreciated it a little more if the Mic sampling had come from a single source thought!

[TheOrganPro]

Great playing as always! It seems like they threw in random clips of her playing throughout the video. Like at 0:41 or 1:28. Otherwise her playing was wonderful.