Keith Chapman plays the Bach Little Fugue at Wanamaker's

This is a short clip that captures most of the Little Fugue in G minor, played on the Wanamaker Grand Court Organ in the early 1980s at a noontime recital by Keith Chapman.

Keith was a graduate of Curtis Music Institute in Philadelphia. See the other video clips of this same noontime recital for more about Keith.

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Music

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• Bach
• Fugue
• Wanamaker
• Keith
• Chapman
• grand
• court
• organ

[Silvana013]

The Wanamaker organ is a magnificent beast, but it was in far from pristine condition at the time this clip was shot. It's more or less fully restored at this point, but that's a relatively recent accomplishment. I was actually lucky enough to get a tour of the entire organ and its workings, so I learned this first hand. :)

[Egestus18]

i like his "move" when he takes his arms away from the keyboards at the end of a piece :-D

[hispls]

Holy shit! That looks like the cockpit of the space shuttle.

[guldayt]

ma che organo è!?

non ho mai visto cosi tante tastiere! sono abituato a quello della mia cittadina concordia saggittaria a due tastiere!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[redbull101991]

THOSE ORGANS ARE A BEAST!

[TonyWRO]

where's the full vid?

[silverstartrucker]

Any video with Keith Chapman playing the Wanamaker organ is an inferior sound, with no bass, or depth of sound.

[ccoraxfan]

Description: "This is a short clip that captures most of the Little Fugue in G minor..."

Funny, that. This fugue takes at least 3 minutes to play going at break-neck speed. You posted 44 seconds worth: a few seconds from the middle and then the ending. Most of?

[hatstalker]

He was lost in there for days looking at the some 27000 pipes.

i bet inside its massive

[hatstalker]

how many pipes? 27000 plus? its insane and i want it!