Prelude and Fugue in C (Luneburg)

Luneburg Prelude and fugue in C filmed at church where Bach was organist

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• fugue
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• BWV

[ZachariasHildebrandt]

I think the 16 Posaune on this organ sounds like an old vacuum cleaner.

[alra1975]

Whiteley recordings at Wender, Schnitger, Silbermann and Hildebrandt organs are very good; on the Muller of St.Bavo the performances are really boring, maybe due to the weight of the mechanics and to the sound more in the XIX century dark style than Baroque joyful spirit (Marcussen restoration faults).

[ZachariasHildebrandt]

Yes, the tuning was a touch too equal and it's known that standard equal tuning causes fast passages to become blurry, especially in such a large space.

[froth2008]

great instrument! perfect played! nice sunglasses :)

[firebreathone2]

Yes, but it sounds fantastic doesn't it?

[hartleymartin]

@PraeludiumUndFuge - Both problems can be fixed. I'm 6'2" and I've found that I need to boost my organ bench height, rather conveniently by the same as the width of a hymnal (4 spare hymnals and my problem is solved). As for the latter problem, there are many ways to dealing with this, it is really up to you how much you want to. (I sympathise being about 265 lbs myself)

[MdCeA]

Nice playing, glasses, and camerawork, not forgetting it.

[PerrrfictKats]

Don,t like the cropped and matted view...

[Silverdaddy101]

Most of these comments are ridiculous. Forget about whether it is exactly as Bach knew it. Make music, not banter and speculation.

[ccoraxfan]

@1401JSC

Bach did not encourage equal temperament, which was not used until the piano became stupidly popular more than a century after Bach. What he encouraged was "well temperament" which allowed the full range of keys to be played while still sounding good. In Bach's day, a variety of unequal temperaments were used which allowed this flexibility. I use one of them (Bach/Lehman) myself on my electronic organ at home, and it sounds MUCH better than equal temperament.

[PraeludiumUndFuge]

I had to give up organ playing, being 6'3 and 360lbs just isn't feasible on a traditional console, LOL.

[Jame243]

Great!!!!!!! Viel Danken!!!!!!!!

[supaflyjohnson]

Heil Hitler!

[Bachlives2]

We do no what the parameters were for the most part.Von Beckerath made that organ sound terrible. We have organs today with abut t75% of original Dropa pipes and from what I hear he is an absolute Genius! Almost that of Mr Arp Schnitger.

[1401JSC]

Should you for instance keep the 5% original pipes in an instrument and rebuild the "original organ" around them?

To play which repertoire?

Bach was traditional in his musical language, which he brought to a climax of perfecction, but was a modernist in encouraging equal temperament and trying out Simbermann's pianofortes!