I have played this organ a lot, and worked as a console assistant for recordings, as it has no combination action. It's perfect for Bach. Hurford loved this organ, which should be obvious, given that Hurford would fly all the way from England just to record on this small 25 stop tracker. And it's only 600 meters from another church that had another Casavant, where Glenn Gould recorded Art of Fugue. That Casavant so impressed the church music committee at Our Lady of Sorrows, they picked Casavant for their organ. So in a way, this organ is like the son of the one Gould used.
This organ is quite small. It only has 25 stops, no 32 foot, no combination action, and only low pressure pipes. But it's a Casavant, Glenn Gould's favorite organ builder! Bach himself would have LOVED this organ. It's very similar to the Casavant organ on which Gould recorded the Art of Fugue. That organ was at a church just down the street from this one. Unfortunately, that Casavant died in a fire.
But this is true of almost all of Bach’s major organ works. Most of them were written between 1708 and 1717 in Weimar. The toccata is very much not ‘relatively simple’: when we look at similar works by Buxtehude and Bohm we find that this toccata is extremely motivic. It has by far and a way the longest and most difficult pedal solo of any organ work at the time. It moves through a large number of keys in a very short space of time. Its composition (according to Wolff) is based on earlier concertante forms such as the Albinoni Op. 2 concerti. Works like the Dorian and the Toccata and Fugue in F show more influence of the ritornello concerto of Vivaldi, et al. This makes the Toccata in C a more antique work, but it’s not particularly simpler, just more transparent. All the Weimar organ works feature short motives which are relentlessly developed in a way that foreshadows Beethoven.
Could it be that Bach wrote out one of his many improvisations due to his usual crunch time to deliver, study, teach and perform his weekly cantatas? Not to mention the other commissions, concerts, teaching obligations he had. Give the guy a break. And, this theme is still well above average.
Considering that this was clearly written to feature the pedal, this theme is actually supreme. He wrote a toccata to feature the pedal. As someone who has many hours on the organ, that theme is devilish, to put it nicely. Most organists would die from trying to play the part from 1:00-2:00.
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I sincerely love this recording of J.S. Bach's BWV 564 played by Peter Hurford..
I have played this organ a lot, and worked as a console assistant for recordings, as it has no combination action. It's perfect for Bach. Hurford loved this organ, which should be obvious, given that Hurford would fly all the way from England just to record on this small 25 stop tracker. And it's only 600 meters from another church that had another Casavant, where Glenn Gould recorded Art of Fugue. That Casavant so impressed the church music committee at Our Lady of Sorrows, they picked Casavant for their organ. So in a way, this organ is like the son of the one Gould used.
1. Toccata
0:00
2. Adagio
5:53
3. Fugue 11:18
The Grave section in this piece expresses some of the most painful, dissonant harmonies that Bach would ever write.
My favourite part
Une Toccata et Fugue Phénoménale , jouée 👍🙏🙏🙏
Delightful. Not too noisy like some other instruments. I like E power Biggs at the organ at Harvard University.
my favourite part is adagio❤
This organ is quite small. It only has 25 stops, no 32 foot, no combination action, and only low pressure pipes. But it's a Casavant, Glenn Gould's favorite organ builder! Bach himself would have LOVED this organ. It's very similar to the Casavant organ on which Gould recorded the Art of Fugue. That organ was at a church just down the street from this one. Unfortunately, that Casavant died in a fire.
The adagio - kosmos!!!
Johann Sebastian Bach:C-dúr Toccata,Adagio és fúga BWV 564
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In regards to this piece's relative simplicity, it was quite an early Bach work, probably something Bach worked out in a few days.
Yep, especially the toccata sounds more like an exercise than an actual piece of music.
@@morganmartinez8420 it is tocata, it is often something like this.
@@morganmartinez8420 the fugue is the earliest movement written. The toccata and the adagio were written later
But this is true of almost all of Bach’s major organ works. Most of them were written between 1708 and 1717 in Weimar. The toccata is very much not ‘relatively simple’: when we look at similar works by Buxtehude and Bohm we find that this toccata is extremely motivic. It has by far and a way the longest and most difficult pedal solo of any organ work at the time. It moves through a large number of keys in a very short space of time. Its composition (according to Wolff) is based on earlier concertante forms such as the Albinoni Op. 2 concerti. Works like the Dorian and the Toccata and Fugue in F show more influence of the ritornello concerto of Vivaldi, et al. This makes the Toccata in C a more antique work, but it’s not particularly simpler, just more transparent. All the Weimar organ works feature short motives which are relentlessly developed in a way that foreshadows Beethoven.
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0:59
1:49
The theme in the tocatta seems to lack all of the inventiveness I usually associate with Bach. It's sort of long and rambling.
Could it be that Bach wrote out one of his many improvisations due to his usual crunch time to deliver, study, teach and perform his weekly cantatas? Not to mention the other commissions, concerts, teaching obligations he had. Give the guy a break. And, this theme is still well above average.
Possibly. But it still sounds mediocre.
Considering that this was clearly written to feature the pedal, this theme is actually supreme. He wrote a toccata to feature the pedal. As someone who has many hours on the organ, that theme is devilish, to put it nicely. Most organists would die from trying to play the part from 1:00-2:00.
Not every piece can be brilliant.
Ya don't say?