Bach - Prelude and fugue in G major BWV 541 - Winsemius | Netherlands Bach Society
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- The paper that was used for the Prelude and fugue in G major, performed by Bernard Winsemius for All of Bach, is the same on which Bach wrote a recommendation letter for his oldest son Wilhelm Friedemann. At the age of 20, Wilhelm had completed lessons with his father and he applied for the position of organist at the Sophienkirche in Dresden. BWV 541 forms the ideal audition piece: virtuoso, light-hearted and energetic from start to finish, and completely on-trend in Italian style.
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Bernard Winsemius, organist
Orgel: Christian Müller, 1734 - Hudba
0:07 Prelude
3:20 Fuga
As an 18-years-old-organist of 8 years of experience, I'm learning this piece of Bach. What a wonderful piece, the most brilliant ever!
What luxury it is to grow old in the profession you love and prosper as a lifelong achievement. Well done sir! Thank you for this lovely Bach!
One of the best performances of this organ work! Thanks NBS for this recording! Continue your beautiful work!
Heel mooi Bernard
That pedal point at the end gave me goosebumps. Wonderful piece and marvellously played!
Absolutely agree, Luca. By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music: W. Ferdinand. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. czcams.com/users/WFerdinand
I have a lot of favorites among Bach's many organ works, but this is near the top of that long list.
what would be on the top5 of that list?
Here is #1 on the list: czcams.com/video/Qk40cJLgRTY/video.html
One of the best performances of this organ work! Thanks NBS for this recording! Continue your beautiful work!
@qdwre I'd say BVW 542 by Karl Richter is amazing bud.. def deserves top1
Otto minuti di puro godimento! E grande Winsemius.
Beautifully played, at just the right tempo.
Well, it is good to know that there exists just the right tempo for this piece.
Imagine having access to such an amazing instrument in such an amazing location.
that’s the Netherlands for you, a gorgeous historic pipe orcan in like every town
I have😉
I would be an eremit always contemplating and playing. Sadly i have only my piano at home :D
What level of intelligence is needed to control two hands and two feet? And, obviously, to compose it... Thank you, AOB, for this wonderful performance.
And to improvise, too! I can not fathom the intimate connection between Bach and music. But we can hear it!
Is it any wonder then that Beethoven said 'It is my opinion that the organist who is master of his instrument is the chiefest of musicians.'
@@DB-jj5gx Thank you for posting. "Bach is the alpha and the omega of Music". Max Reger. Bach is really a wonder of Nature. Have a nice day.
@@peteacher52 Thank you for posting. Nothing to objetc. Beethoven also said: "Bach is the father of harmony". Bach and Music are inextricably linked forever en the universal cosmos. Have a nice day.
I’m happy that you have commended the writer because so often I only see praise for the person performing. Bach would have been incredible at performing his own pieces because we know how fussy he was with his musicians and especially singers
God I love the sound of the organ
It is oustanding, isn't it? By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music: W. Ferdinand. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. czcams.com/users/WFerdinand
Bravo, Master Winsemius!
Bernard, ik heb genoten. 🙏🇵🇹met hartelijke groet voor jullie vanuit Portugal.
Beautifuly played A good pleasure seeing the movement of the hands and feet.Thank 's
Wonderful, wonderful performance of one of my favorite Bach organ works. I especially like your registrations during the exposition and development of the fugue, because you save the full power for the end. It seems to be a trend these days to start fugues loud and then stay loud, which, IMO becomes wearisome and can rob the contrasts the organ is capable of. Thank you!!
Bravo maestro!
Спасибо за совершенство!
Bravo ! Well played ! Best wishes to the Netherlands from Hamburg Germany !
Beautifully played!
BRAVO
MARAVILHA
👏👏👏❤
Macapá Amapá Brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷
Minas Gerais aqui o/
Bravo 🎉 São Francisco de Paula,Rio Grande do Sul,Brasil
Dear friends from Brazil, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music: W. Ferdinand. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. czcams.com/users/WFerdinand
Rio de Janeiro!
BRAAAAAVVVOOOOO!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
A musical miracle, goes right through me.
Brilant regestrations for the fugue. All the lines are so clear
The prelude is good enough to stand alone as a recital piece but Bach then produced a fuge that is to me one of his best from a listening point of view.
Beautifully played 🍃Thank's
Espléndidamente ejecutado. Bravo ! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
One of Bachs best organ fugues ...
Meine lieblings prelude und fuge, vielen dank AOB, gruesse auf Peru /my favourite prelude and fuge ever, thanks AOB grettings of Peru / mi preludio y fuga favorito, muchas gracias AOB saludos desde Peru.
Beautiful music
nádherná hra....
Bravissimo!
I'm a fine pianist but I would be dreadful organist - the sheer skill required to work the foot pedals in such a complex counterpoint WITHOUT LOOKING is mind boggling. Bravo!
If you are an accomplished pianist you could master the organ too and please try as your obviously enjoy organ music too. I find manual playing easier on the organ as the piano is very difficult and strenuous with my small hand. Learning pedal work takes a lot of effort but perseverance and patience pays off. I have found it much easier now that I have a classical organ at home and regular practice every day really helps. You may know that there is a pedal piano and a few composers like Alkan wrote music for it. It never really took off but with the modern computerised pianos/ keyboards etc we can add a standard midi pedalboard and turn an electric piano into a pedal piano or pedal harpsichord.
However I don’t know if the pedals on a pedal piano are meant to be touch sensitive like the keys. If they are it will be more complicated requiring a specially made pedalboard with this function.
@@stuartmclaren2402 they are touch sensitive as they are mechanical.
@@CommunistBearFighter Yes thank you. I did find this out. Luckily I have acquired a 3 manual concert organ and to my surprise it has a reasonable piano sound on the choir manual. This is also touch sensitive unlike all the other voices. I can also put a piano sound on the pedals but it is not touch sensitive . Still it makes a reasonable pedal piano in the absence of the real thing.
@@stuartmclaren2402 touch sensitive in a different way. Not the electronic feel. I meant the fact that when playing a MECHANICAL ACTION instrument, you can get slightly different attacks. But the volume is always the same
Great!
Wow!
Ausgezeichnet!
🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
One presumes that those cabinets shown behind the performer are fully stocked with Stroopwafelen, Poffertjes and Heinekin for those long winter concerts.
Bach, winter, beer and sweets? Im in
Genius ;)
Lebhafte und wunderschöne Aufführung dieses fein komponierten Meisterwerks im präzisen doch inspirierenden Tempo mit durchsichtigen doch etwas warmherzigen Tönen der historischen und ausgezeichneten Orgel. Wahrlich tröstend in dieser schwierigen Zeit unter der Coronavirus Krise!
The play is phantastic! But who dares to cut the ending before the reverberation has passed...?! Please help me to understand how this could happen. The piece is played masterly. But the cutted end destroys everything. Please do it again. There are several examples of your world class ensemble and artists and project in which the endings are cutted much to early. Please, please check and overhal everything at your wonderful channel. Thank you so much.
With best regards:
Johann Sebastian Teubert
Schitterend! Vooral die 4 voet in het pedaal in de fuga ;)
I must say, there is no instrument like an organ.
Prachtige uitvoering van een prachtig stuk van Bach. En de kwaliteit van de opname maakt het bijna alsof je erbij bent.
Wel een kleine suggestie: mogen de video's net wat langer doorlopen? Zeker in zo'n kerk is de nagalm met de stilte die erop volgt soms even indrukwekkend als de muziek zelf.
Straordinario organista! Che bellezza!
👍👍🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹
would be great if I can donate via PayPal or Swipe
This is possible! You can read more about supporting All of Bach (including Paypal option) here: www.bachvereniging.nl/en/support-allofbach
Excellent organist! Camera shots needs to follow melodic entrances, please
I’m ignorant, so I must ask what is “the Italian style” of organ composition? Thanks.
Is Help for my threatments...
Usually, baroque music sounds a 1/2 tone lower, but this sounds 1/2 tone higher. I wonder why.
The unique reference for the pitch is a modern concept. During XVIII century there were as many pitch as cities.
@@guylebras9880 Perfect pitch must have been a confusing quality to have at that time.
Was looking specifically for this comment. I think organs, in particular, were tuned higher than what we know of as modern pitch reference.
@@IrizarryBrandon Many were (I think including most of the ones in what is Germany today), but some also existed that were tuned approximately a semitone lower. Germany had serious attempts at the twin standards of chorton (to which the organs were tuned, approximately a semitone higher than modern concert pitch) and kammerton (to which most other instruments were tuned, approximately a semitone lower than modern concert pitch). See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_pitch and note that a common method of tuning organs tended to bias the pitch upwards over time.
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سلام،
چه حس غیر قابل توصیفی داره موسیقی باخ!؟ بسیار زیبا.
با تشکّر از باز نشر
Que rico 🙈
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This gets a failing grade in my book. It may be an artefact of the recording but it sounds like the pedals and the manuals are out of sync. It is also somewhat slow, though on a tracker action instrument one can understand why. The reference recording of this work is Simon Preston’s in my view. This is workmanlike but it doesn’t come close to the joy and energy that Bach originally had in mind. This is a piece to open a wedding (I had it at mine) or a major civic festivity (more likely in XVIIIth C Germany). This recording just comes over as pompous and a bit bloated
Diepe diepe buiging wat voelt een mens zich nederig bij dergelijke imposante overwelmende muziek.