Один лишь раз,пока ещё,был на концерте органной музыки.Это особое впечатление и светлейший посыл.От композиторов.И конечно,от исполнителя.А сам инструмент,это грандиозное изобретение.Об этом можно написать много томов книг.И они будут, у каждого человека,по своему содержательны.
@@ОлегП-й2ж вспоминается как нас в той же Риге в юности в мореходке погнали в культпоход именно в этот собор. Концерт состоял из 4-х вещей- три местного гения Ермакса и четвертая Иоганна нашего Cебостьяныча Баха. Поле трех какофоний, когда я надеялся отойти в мир гармоний Ручья, который должен быть Морем, я услышал опять какАфонию. После этого двухчасового издевательства для ушей и зрения я на выходе присмотрелся к афише и только тогда заметил приписочку мелким почерком к 4-му Произведению: И.C.Бах "в обработке А. Ермакса". Это был такой светлейший посыл... Я такой же потом встретил, когда наш пароход собирался переворачиваться из-за шторма, но наша советская родина-мамачка не бросила нас на произвол без вести пропадания и вместо эвакуации экипажа шведскими вертолетами (ещё чего валюту тратить!) подогнало другое наше более крупное судно наблюдать как мы будем переворачиваться.
My wife and I had the pleasure of hearing that piece played at the Salisbury Cathedral in England. We were just visiting the grounds, walked in, and that happened. We couldn’t move! It just grabbed and held us there! Unbelievable!!!
I was working in the UK and happened into the Winchester cathedral on a Sunday afternoon. A few moments later the organist was practicing this and I was alone listening to this wonderful piece.
It is even greater to sit in a church and experience this piece of music live. When the basses of the organ make your whole body vibrate, it's indescribable
I went on a guided tour of churches in Newark, N.J. and the last stop was St. Stanislaus in Ironbound. An old Polish church in a Portuguese/Brazilian neighborhood. We were getting ready to leave when the organist started playing this. I insisted we stay til the end. The most awesome sound. Best part of tour, and that included church where America the Beautiful was first performed, and an historic African-American church.
Actually they are two different things. Both being just as impressive. Most composers lack the technique to actually play what they write. Not saying Bach did. Who knows? It's not like we have any recordings. 🙂
I have heard his great Bach organ work many times, but this is the first time I've gotten to see it performed up close. Liene is a magnificent artist and her performance was masterful! And on such an amazing instrument!
Bravo! Cela fait 50 ans que j'écoute la fugue en ré mineur de Bach ... vous l'avez joué Divinement. Bonne continuation. Bach n'est jamais sorti de son village, il a fait une ribambelle d'enfants et passait tout son temps à jouer du Bach à l'église, cette vie rangée entre musique et marmots le comblait.
Bravo! My god. I've never seen anyone play this fast. She does it with ease and precision. The foot pedaling is so cool to watch. This is breathtaking. Bach would be smiling for sure
Fast, yes. But not ripping through it like she's got cab waiting outside with the meter running. And she holds that last chord just the right length of time.
In the mid-70's I went into Salisbury Cathedral as I heard someone practicing on the organ. He was so good I applauded and we began speaking. I asked about liking Bach. This was the treat I received!! Never to be forgotten!
Mankind is The Lord Of Creation. God is coming to try and fix things and make them better as fast as He can, but He is quite busy and the Universe is large. Meantime, humans can still do stuff like this.
I took a class on the organ works of Bach at Stanford. Stanford cathedral has a tracker organ ( manual) and an electronic organ. The organ master at the cathedral taught the class. He devoted one class to this piece, playing short passages and stopping to discuss what Bach was doing in that passage. The class begged him to play the whole piece, but he declined. The next class, he walked in and said he was too busy for class, but would play one piece. He told us to go down to the lower floor of the cathedral, and he cut loose on this piece. I thought he was going to shatter the stain glass windows. One of the most memorable moments of my life. I also saw Virgil Fox play this on his tour with the electroic organ.
Was lucky enough to hear this played in an old Detroit church. The whole place vibrated with its power. The last note absorbed by the pews and 100 year old cherry wood. Then a moment of silence followed by an eruption of cheers. Was truly magical. I’m forever grateful that souls like Bach walked the earth.
Лучше бы эта музыка играла на русской земле в память невинно убитых детей Белгорода и Донецка. Мы, русские, очень ценим человеческие ценности и такую музыку тоже. Чайковский и Шостакович- наши композиторы.
@@Moloch-q8j А где в Киеве убитые? Уже весь мир в курсе, что прилетело в детскую больницу с каким-то идиотским названием, и что там даже раненых никого не было, только немного посекло битым стеклом. И уже на всех каналах полно видео, как на спину врачу ментяра кетчуп лил, типа его ранило, и куча фоток после этого якобы раненого врача. А Буча? Что, это, кроме постановки? Уже одного чеха-наемника, мародера и убийцу, там же в Чехии сейчас судят. У вас все постановочное и лживое с самого начала. Как и прилеты рукожопого ПВО в гражданские дома. У меня в области этого ПВО вагон, но все оно размещено очень далеко от городов просто в лесополосах и в поле.
I remember my mom playing this many years ago. I was probably around 10, now 75. I remember listening and in the first minute she opened up that 32'er and what followed, I will never forget. Thank you for bringing back that memory. Side note, My grandfather built organs for Aeolian in the 1930s. Traveled entire east coast. Notables- Dupont, Rockefeller, Ringling.
In the 1940's, my father taught organ builder Jan van den Heuvel (from Wieldrecht, Island of Dordrecht, Netherlands) how to ride a bicycle. By the end of the century, Jan van den Heuvel built some of the most magnificent church organs ever (fi those of the St. Eustache, Paris and the Tonhalle, Zürich). Learning how to ride a bicycle, however, confronted him with almost insurmountable difficulties. My father was the only kid in the entire (be it very small) village who had the patience to get him to master the noble art of riding a bicycle. I guess even geniuses suck at something...
And just think, no civilization in the world has surpassed this single instance of Western civilization from centuries past. Just one of many. The building, the window, the instrument, the sound, the music.
@SBCBears Western civilization began in the Reformation era, previously just like in the first century Greece which was busy collecting relics and mystical things in the church.
Ten kto sądzi ,że nie można być -Pięknym,utalentowanym mistrzem kunsztu gry na organach -żyje w ogromnym błędzie.Ta prześliczna Pani jest tego żywym dowodem.Podziwiam Pani talent,któr w żaden sposób nie odbiega od Pani ślicznej urody .Pięknie dziękuję za to że Pani po prostu jest.
I heard this 40+ years ago at the John Wanamaker Philadelphia PA store. They have the world's largest playing pipe organ. The bass notes glued my feet to the floor, I stood there and got lost in that haunting, wonderful music. What a great memory.
The organ is the most difficult instrument to master. Kudos to this lady, who is on another level. Had goosebumps listening all the way. God bless her.
@@samr.england613 with organ it matters how much you press the keys and the controls and everything is quite complicated, then there's also the foot pedals. I'd say organ is quite a lot harder to learn to even play decently compared to guitar.
@@Idontknow-mf7tx Maybe man, but I'm not a musician so I don't really know, but I've been told I "have an ear" for good music. At any rate, I'm amazed by any prodigy on the keys or the strings, and it seems to me that both playing the organ or piano or the guitar are equally mathematically complex and really infinite in the combinations. I've heard (unknown) guitarists say things like: 'There are no more riffs to create. Every possible riff has already been composed." In my mind, these are uncreative losers just making excuses. Heck, after Zep, Page never came up with any memorable riff. 'Radioactive'? Well, it ain't 'Heartbreaker' riff, is it.
»The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias; And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias; And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon: And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel; And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor; And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of The Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of The Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.« (The Gospel of Jesus Christ - Matthew - Chapter 1)
@@samr.england613with the organ you’re essentially using 4 different limbs to play it. Each hand and each foot is doing something separately. Almost like patting your head and rubbing your belly at the same time. An organ is also wayyy harder to just practice on since you’re using an entire building to play. I would definitely say the organ is more difficult to play than a guitar.
One of the best up close videos of the choreography of the organist’s body in playing this most magnificent of all organ pieces ever written. I hope we continue to have musicians of this talent keep this music, and these great instruments, alive for generations to come…
I don't know where you are but if you ever get the chance to go to the Kelvingrove art gallery and museum in Glasgow's west end where they have a pipe organ recital every day at 1pm (3pm Sundays). The organist is at first floor level and you can view from the balcony from about fifteen feet away, you can even watch the organists feet on a CCTV screen at the same time.
Crying like a baby to this. Having played in York Minster and the Royal Albert hall when I was 15, but sadly "losing my religion" to motorcycles and woman at that age, music took back stage to my life. Now I realised what I lost but at least I can again start to play in my retirement which is only a few years away. Thank you for this wonderful rendition of what is the possibly the best organist piece in the world, on one of the best real pipe organs in the world. God bless x
Good for you! Retirement is a grand time to take things up again, or to make even more time for things you already do (if grandchildren don't upset your plans, but they are a joy too!). Best of luck and have a super Christmas!
Always brings me to to tears hearing a good recital. Being able to see the extraordinary coordination playing four manuals and a pedal board just adds to the wonder.
Wie göttlich muss dieser Genuss erst vor Ort sein?! Was für eine künstlerische Meisterleistung! Unfassbar, wie diese junge schöne Frau meine Seele wärmt! DANKESCHÖN!
When the piece (AND the instrument) is so complex that not only does it take both your hands both your feet to deliver it, it takes an entire ADDITIONAL HUMAN to manipulate the instrument accordingly. Amazing.
It's "possible" because she is performing Bach's Tocatta on an organ. :) She is, however, very, very good on the keys! Bach composed his 'Tocatta' as a training piece to school students on the organ/keyboard.
@@miraak8523 That's very interesting, but, I have to say that it's hard to believe that Bach thought his 'Tocatta' was of no real consequence. I mean, that'd be like Jimmy Page dismissing his Stairway to Heaven composition or Zep's 'Kashmir'.
When I was little, my dad had a record that was produced to demonstrate STEREO functionality on new Hi-Fi systems. This was at the very beginning of "stereo". One of the recording was Toccata & Fugue in D minor. I played it over and over again, amazed at the sound separation. Needless to say, this is now burned into my cerebral cortex for all time.
Une page musicale mondialement connue et non sans raison ! Incontestablement de toute beauté . Bach dans toute sa splendeur . Un immense bravo à cette jeune organiste . Du talent certes, mais aussi énormément de travail pour arriver à une telle maîtrise de son instrument . Il en faut de la coordination entre le cerveau , les mains et les pieds pour créer une mélodie aussi harmonieuse . C'est presque incroyable ce que l' Homme parvient à faire avec de la passion et des efforts journellement répétés ...pendant de longues années !! Ces musiciens, grands ou petits, méritent vraiment toute notre admiration !
You know what ? I was waiting all my life for this... Few days before my 77th birthday, I just heard "the" interpretation of this masterpiece (I listened many...). Thank you.
@@ninobixio6156 Just listened to one of his performances. Sorry, but his is just the right way. Ms Kalnciema mangles the timing, and makes it sound both rushed and hesitant. She also deliberately under-plays the great crescendos at the start. Varnus also plays the acoustic to perfection - his pauses are filled with sound.
@@ninobixio6156 Thank you... I knew this one and for me it was the best, until... I just listen again to be sure : Xaver Varnus is more "solennel", Liene Andreta Kalnciema more "Jubilatoire". Anyway, difficult to choose, that is the mystery of music...
@@curiouscrandall1 @Curious I am well aware of the perfection of one and of what you criticize the other for, but I am a music lover, not a musicologist, so I am very subjective and my opinion is only based on the pleasure of listening. I even admit that sometimes I'm wary of perfection... And then, it's a work of youth, it needs ardor... with the mistakes that come with it. So I will listen to both versions with as much (different) pleasure.
»The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias; And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias; And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon: And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel; And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor; And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of The Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of The Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.« (The Gospel of Jesus Christ - Matthew - Chapter 1)
es gibt im baltischen Raum (Lit./Est./Lettl.) noch viele solcher begabter Menschen, die die Bach'sche Orgelkunst so beherrschen und viele herrliche Orgelinstrumente
L'Organo a Canne è uno strumento difficilissimo...l'artista è bravissima! Toccata e Fuga di J.SD.Bach mi mette i brividi, mi commuove tanto è bella !!!
Votre musique est sublime, et je pourrais vous écouter chaque jour sans jamais me lasser. Vous êtes aussi merveilleuse que les mélodies que vous interprétez, qui me transportent. Continuez à jouer avec cette passion qui vous caractérise, car vous possédez un talent extraordinaire !
Wow this i my favorite, I started playing the organ when i was 17 years. I already helped a organist Tjeu Zeijen( prix d'exellance) to play his concerts as a register help in concerts. I did this for 2,5 years and started to play the organ in Geleen. A wonderful instrument with a real natural caracter.... thank you for playing it with feeling how it should be... I am now 63 and play the piano and keyboard sometimes. Thank you for remember me the very nice times with church organs.❤❤❤
Please carry on for as long as you can. Playing with feeling is an expression of your soul and a revelation of yourself to whoever can appreciate the beauty that you are sharing.
A beautiful woman who stands out as an incredible virtuose, playing a very known Bach composition of great complexity on the pipe organ, one of the most difficult musical instruments. She is a fantastic musician , without pair. Congratulations.
@@IntiOJ It can't hurt. But the music is what really matters, I think. But yeah, I doubt we'll ever see any super successful ugly or unattractive pop divas out there.
The theme is not made by Bach was a popular theme as the Folia that then everybody in europe variated on his own way, after the main theme Bach compose his version, and not from the start. "Quotation" in music it become exactly stealing, because of the time, that erase knowledge of who was the creator, this for example is very common on popular music that become traditional but without a name of who wrote it. Handel quoted an entire phrase of Corelli in Alleluja, and Corelli of course had the thickness or same luck as Handel for stay recognized thru time, the others because of time they dont even exist and those big composers become the creators of those themes. Whether is wanted or not that is called stealing, thru time, thats why in music quoting others in your own work its a bad habit and is at the end exactly stealing.
I remember my music teacher at Queen Elizabeth Hospital School in Bristol, used to play this regularly. Walking through the hall where the organ was, on the way to lessons, I'd have to stop and listen for a minute or two. Such a magical piece of music, which always gives me chills. Those incredible bass notes, shake ones very soul!
WOW, big greeting from the USA, I am an instant fan from Los Angeles, California, my first Bach as a kid at 8 years old. Bravo to you, blessings!! !I am now 75 years old and still love classical music, blessings to you and health !
I believe that this period of music composition, extending from Bach through to Tchaikovsky is unparalleled. It speaks to something wonderful and united within us.
It definitely paved the way for music...but then somewhere along the way, we took a detour. And now we have ...lyrics of the likes of "twenty one, could you do somethin for me, twenty one could you do somethin for me...21.....yep, we've definitely progressed and evolved for the better!
@@alsuth803 Survivorship bias. There has ALWAYS been folk music, popular music, and yes even bad music. There were so many composers working during the 1700-1800s making derivative, bland music; we simply don't know them because so much time has passed and we tend to only preserve the good ones. Of course the other thing to note is that very very few people were able to make music in the way Bach and others did, because even having access to organs/harpsichords/eventually pianos was the domain of the nobility and those whom they patroned.
Brava! I am in awe of musicians . My wife plays piano and likes to play Chopin and some etude's and nocturne's bring me to tears. I was in a depression several years ago and as she played, it offered hope that it was not going to last forever and that beauty was still all around. Thank you all who make the world better.
THANK YOU for paying attention to the acoustics of the venue. You let the phrase decay in the space instead of rushing through the piece and turning it into mush. The venue dictates the phrasing and the tempo ultimately and so many organists never understand and just dump too many notes into the venue faster than it can "absorb". This is the mark of a talented organist.
This level of talent, the amazing instrument and the composition itself are things I can appreciate, but not fully comprehend. Awesome, in the true sense of the word.
That was excellent! Your playing is amazing! I remember hearing an organ similar to yours in church that made me fall in love with that sound. (This was 60 years ago). So I asked my father if I could take keyboard lessons, and I did. I was 9 years old, and still playing and writing as of today. Thanks for sharing and thanks for the memories you brought to me.
Just wanted to let you know your playing of the D minor Fugue is likely the best I have ever heard. I spent about 40 years of my line as an organist and choral director so I have some idea of good and bad but your performance was the very best. Keep up the great playing and the presentation of organ music in a time when churches here in the US seem to have forgotten about their organs and organists. I don't play professionally anymore at 83 but have a 3 manual Midi organ in my house. Again great playing, J.S. would be pleased.
@@cassandrasciortino6255 I took an old Conn two manual and added the electronics to convert it to a midi. I also purchased a used manual and wired it up and mounted it above the first two manuals. Also I am using a touch computer screen to select stops and combinations until I figure a way to build a stop panel on each side of the organ. Also recently wire my pedal board (from the Conn) and I am in the process of testing that. I use the free organ software Grandt Organ, and a free organ for a 3M 1P organ based on a large organ in Europe.
@@nicepersonwv361 Thank you very much for your detailed reply! I am not experienced in electronics...but maybe I can find tutorials...otherwise I am looking at a costly console for Hauptwerk...
@@cassandrasciortino6255 Let me go a bit further in my reply. First electronics isn't the issue. You can buy circuit boards that will talk directly with a PC. All you have to is to hook wires from your manuals, pedal board, and maybe stops to these boards and they will work. So the main problem is hooking up the manuals and other to those boards. For example on my Conn the two manuals I had to figure out how to allow each key/note send a signal to the boards. Basically I had to tear the manuals apart and create contacts. The third manual was easier because it came out of a pipe organ and had switches on each note. The pedals also were not wired, just pedals and I had to create switches for them. I did find help to an extent on the web. My stops I have not done because the Conn had about 30 stops and I need close to 50 not even counting the generals or couplers. So I use a PC monitor that has touch on it so I can just touch the displayed stops from the real organ. I select them with my finger or a mouse. I do hope in the future to create a stop board(s) for the organ as a touch screen isn't the same as physically pulling on or pushing off a stop.
@@jaybeckham Thank you so much for your clarification. This helps me enormously. I can visualize what you had to do and it still sounds intimidating especially creating one's own contacts, but perhaps it is not more difficult than rewiring a lamp which I know how to do -- or replacing the motor on my sewing machine was I managed to do also. Above all I need desperately a 32 pedal board since even working on a basic keyboard prepares me enough to play or practice and refine on a wonderful pipe organ I have access to near my home. But the faltering feet and the mystery of the pedal board must be worked out at home...stop boards sound amazing and quite beautiful. Its strange to see laptops and touch screens beside a wood organ that is sure and if it is possible to get the same with stops and thus come closer to playing the pipe organ even better. I am combing ebay for a pedal board--since new they are quite expensive. Your work sounds amazing! Thank you again.
I remember our music teacher, Mr Devoti playing this on the church organ. Holy Family, Small Heath, Birmingham. Must have been around 70, 71. He was so talented, I appreciate music to this day because of his passion and influence
Awsome. In the late 1970's my cousin Alex played this for me on a church organ in County Amtrim where he was the organist. Just Alex, myself and the cleaning lady in a big empty church. It is burned in my brain like it happened yesterday.
Dad took me to hear E. Power Biggs presenting an evening of J.S. Bach in Monterrey, in 1960. The performance finished with this magnificent piece. He made that organ thunder, til I thought the building would collapse. Wonderful.
Molto brava davvero, e complimenti per l'immenso impegno e lavoro compiuti. Tuttavia l'interpretazione dell'organista Diane Bish sul medesimo pezzo la ritengo ancora ineguagliata .
Keep in mind that the action of the keys are much more pronounced than what you see on more "modern" organs. It takes extra concentration to push the keys down just a bit further to get the sound. If you notice on the close ups, there's even a bit of a bounce with the keys when they reset, which will feel different. Each nuance makes a difference. Every organ has it's own personality in aesthetics, action, and sound. Magnificent.
In my city there is a city auditorium that has one of only 4 Model Opus 904 organs in existence. Costs thousands of dollars (USD) to maintain that beautiful piece of musical art. I was in one of the pipe chambers. Some of those pipes were 3 stories tall. I love the old air driven organs. They have a unique character of sound. The organ is an Ernest M. Skinner Opus 904. Over 4,600 pipes and 54 stops. It was commissioned in 1933 by Doctor W.K. Kellogg.
I’ve no doubt that this organ is just part of a very complex mechanism, you can imagine the massive pipe work and associated mechanisms, truly fabulous sound.
Mind-blowing!!! How can a brain direct the precise and complicated movements of 10 digits, two hands and two feet while the eyes peer at a densely packed page of musical notes and produce this kind of beauty? I can't personally fathom it, but it is wondrous to behold. 🤘
the sheets are a mere orientation and mental note than for reading for here. She knows it essentially from memory. Playing it without any sheets is the next level.
How can a person move the right and left hand AND the right and left foot, all at the same time, all doing different things, and produce this incredible piece of music? If Ms. Kalnciema and I belong to the same species, we are definitely at the very opposite ends of the spectrum... Bravo Liene!!
The Good Lord gives us all an array of talents and it is up to us to discover them and parents to nurture them. Perfect pitch helps...and a home with a grand piano!
What a blast from the past eh !!😃😃😍😍 Love this majestic piece !! Rich & Powerful piece, E.power Biggs played this at the Washington Cathedral and blew the cathedral door off the hinges !!!😃😃😃. Thanks Bach. Thank you very much !!!
As a pilot, I often marvel at how man came to create such fantastic machines, especially when we see majestic giants take flight. I look at this machine, however, and cannot comprehend the mind that gifted this instrument to the world. This is architecture, meets art, meets acoustics, meets fluid mechanics, meets history. Put them all together in the hands of this wonderfully talented lady, and you get… music. Thank you for your time and effort in showing us your performance. It is marvellous.
Chère Madame Liene Andreta. Cette interprétation de la célèbre toccata et fugue Bwv 565 est magnifique. Bravo à vous. Très belle performance. Nulle doute que là haut, notre Maestro Johann Sebastian Bach doit être heureux. 🙏
@@986GUY You must be joking. Have a look at the title pages of JSB's published works. lol Btw, you forgot the verb and question mark in your reply. Are you always that sloppy?
Помимо музыки и чудесной исполнительницы, шикарные съёмки! Большое спасибо за то, что можно было всё ее мастерство увидеть!!!
Один лишь раз,пока ещё,был на концерте органной музыки.Это особое впечатление и светлейший посыл.От композиторов.И конечно,от исполнителя.А сам инструмент,это грандиозное изобретение.Об этом можно написать много томов книг.И они будут, у каждого человека,по своему содержательны.
@@ОлегП-й2ж вспоминается как нас в той же Риге в юности в мореходке погнали в культпоход именно в этот собор. Концерт состоял из 4-х вещей- три местного гения Ермакса и четвертая Иоганна нашего Cебостьяныча Баха. Поле трех какофоний, когда я надеялся отойти в мир гармоний Ручья, который должен быть Морем, я услышал опять какАфонию. После этого двухчасового издевательства для ушей и зрения я на выходе присмотрелся к афише и только тогда заметил приписочку мелким почерком к 4-му Произведению: И.C.Бах "в обработке А. Ермакса". Это был такой светлейший посыл... Я такой же потом встретил, когда наш пароход собирался переворачиваться из-за шторма, но наша советская родина-мамачка не бросила нас на произвол без вести пропадания и вместо эвакуации экипажа шведскими вертолетами (ещё чего валюту тратить!) подогнало другое наше более крупное судно наблюдать как мы будем переворачиваться.
Наталья, я Вас люблю бесконечно - - - - - - (((((
My wife and I had the pleasure of hearing that piece played at the Salisbury Cathedral in England. We were just visiting the grounds, walked in, and that happened. We couldn’t move! It just grabbed and held us there! Unbelievable!!!
the very same for me to but in canterbury cathederal
@dougaldouglas8842 it was absolutely amazing the sound went right through you
I was working in the UK and happened into the Winchester cathedral on a Sunday afternoon. A few moments later the organist was practicing this and I was alone listening to this wonderful piece.
I love Salisbury Steak !
How luck you were.
❤ love this beautiful Toccata &Fuge. Awoesome play.
A billiant composition. Genius at work.
It is even greater to sit in a church and experience this piece of music live. When the basses of the organ make your whole body vibrate, it's indescribable
indeed, the big cathedrals were and essential part of the instrument.
I went on a guided tour of churches in Newark, N.J. and the last stop was St. Stanislaus in Ironbound. An old Polish church in a Portuguese/Brazilian neighborhood. We were getting ready to leave when the organist started playing this. I insisted we stay til the end. The most awesome sound. Best part of tour, and that included church where America the Beautiful was first performed, and an historic African-American church.
To play it, is one thing, but to write it down on paper, as you hear it in your head, thats something out of this world. Way to go Bach👍
Affirmatif.
Actually they are two different things. Both being just as impressive. Most composers lack the technique to actually play what they write. Not saying Bach did. Who knows? It's not like we have any recordings. 🙂
I don't know what he had in mind, how many people are required to play this piece simultaneously.
The pipe organ and Bach are, to me, the most amazing confluence of divergent strains of the human mind.
You're right 🙂
I have heard his great Bach organ work many times, but this is the first time I've gotten to see it performed up close. Liene is a magnificent artist and her performance was masterful! And on such an amazing instrument!
Lucky you!
Got to be one of the best performances I have ever seen of an organist playing this Toccata and Fugue by J.S.Bach.
I like this one he is at young age in the video.
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Bravo! Cela fait 50 ans que j'écoute la fugue en ré mineur de Bach ... vous l'avez joué Divinement. Bonne continuation. Bach n'est jamais sorti de son village, il a fait une ribambelle d'enfants et passait tout son temps à jouer du Bach à l'église, cette vie rangée entre musique et marmots le comblait.
Bravo! My god. I've never seen anyone play this fast. She does it with ease and precision. The foot pedaling is so cool to watch. This is breathtaking. Bach would be smiling for sure
Fast, yes. But not ripping through it like she's got cab waiting outside with the meter running. And she holds that last chord just the right length of time.
And her shoes have heels!
@@doubledrats235 I know isn’t that insane?
❤She is a Celestial organist. I can't find any words for described my emotion to hear this song. Perfect.
In the mid-70's I went into Salisbury Cathedral as I heard someone practicing on the organ. He was so good I applauded and we began speaking. I asked about liking Bach. This was the treat I received!! Never to be forgotten!
Afortunado en la vida
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have you heard of burgate school and sixth form near fordingbridge
Орган - самый совершенный музыкальный инструмент.
Петров и Баширов, и тот самый солсберийский шпиль?)
The amount of human ingenuity that went into making the organ and writing this piece of music never ceases to astound me!
did Bach know that this piece, played on this type of organ, would require two people?
@@felixreali7101 that is an excellent question!
Mankind is The Lord Of Creation. God is coming to try and fix things and make them better as fast as He can, but He is quite busy and the Universe is large. Meantime, humans can still do stuff like this.
@@mattsanchez4893 The question is: would Liene be able to play it without help?
PEOPLE LIKE YOU, WHO DONT UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT, WILL BE EXTINCT. WHAT A RELIEVE!.
I took a class on the organ works of Bach at Stanford. Stanford cathedral has a tracker organ ( manual) and an electronic organ. The organ master at the cathedral taught the class. He devoted one class to this piece, playing short passages and stopping to discuss what Bach was doing in that passage. The class begged him to play the whole piece, but he declined. The next class, he walked in and said he was too busy for class, but would play one piece. He told us to go down to the lower floor of the cathedral, and he cut loose on this piece. I thought he was going to shatter the stain glass windows. One of the most memorable moments of my life. I also saw Virgil Fox play this on his tour with the electroic organ.
What a blessing that had to be!
Wow, what a fabulous memory to have❤❤❤
Wow. What an experience that must have been!♥♥♥
Разговор с Бог!!!
Who was the organ master?
Was lucky enough to hear this played in an old Detroit church. The whole place vibrated with its power. The last note absorbed by the pews and 100 year old cherry wood. Then a moment of silence followed by an eruption of cheers. Was truly magical. I’m forever grateful that souls like Bach walked the earth.
es you are truly a lucky guy to get this unforgettable expaerience.
Лучше бы эта музыка играла на русской земле в память невинно убитых детей Белгорода и Донецка. Мы, русские, очень ценим человеческие ценности и такую музыку тоже. Чайковский и Шостакович- наши композиторы.
@@alexanderstopnazism9582а про детей убитых в Буче и Киеве?
@@Moloch-q8j А где в Киеве убитые? Уже весь мир в курсе, что прилетело в детскую больницу с каким-то идиотским названием, и что там даже раненых никого не было, только немного посекло битым стеклом. И уже на всех каналах полно видео, как на спину врачу ментяра кетчуп лил, типа его ранило, и куча фоток после этого якобы раненого врача. А Буча? Что, это, кроме постановки? Уже одного чеха-наемника, мародера и убийцу, там же в Чехии сейчас судят. У вас все постановочное и лживое с самого начала. Как и прилеты рукожопого ПВО в гражданские дома. У меня в области этого ПВО вагон, но все оно размещено очень далеко от городов просто в лесополосах и в поле.
@@alexanderstopnazism9582 And Stravinsky too.
I remember my mom playing this many years ago. I was probably around 10, now 75. I remember listening and in the first minute she opened up that 32'er and what followed, I will never forget. Thank you for bringing back that memory. Side note, My grandfather built organs for Aeolian in the 1930s. Traveled entire east coast. Notables- Dupont, Rockefeller, Ringling.
You are so lucky to be in the moment with Bach, mum and grandfather organ
In the 1940's, my father taught organ builder Jan van den Heuvel (from Wieldrecht, Island of Dordrecht, Netherlands) how to ride a bicycle. By the end of the century, Jan van den Heuvel built some of the most magnificent church organs ever (fi those of the St. Eustache, Paris and the Tonhalle, Zürich). Learning how to ride a bicycle, however, confronted him with almost insurmountable difficulties. My father was the only kid in the entire (be it very small) village who had the patience to get him to master the noble art of riding a bicycle. I guess even geniuses suck at something...
@@arjanstam78 lololol and yet, so cool!👍🏻❤️🕊️
I was in awe the whole time! Never even seen a woman play an organ and then this magnificent performance! This was phenomenal! What a wonderful lady
@luukdeboer1974 Virgin.
Diese Orgel, diese Musik, diese Organistin... haben mir eine Träne entlockt.
Wahrlich ein Instrument eines Gottes würdig...
I don't know about your @ but still think basically you're right
Very nice music!❤❤
And just think, no civilization in the world has surpassed this single instance of Western civilization from centuries past. Just one of many.
The building, the window, the instrument, the sound, the music.
@SBCBears Western civilization began in the Reformation era, previously just like in the first century Greece which was busy collecting relics and mystical things in the church.
If I only had one piece of music left to listen to for the rest of my life, this would be it. Stunning performance!
Totally agreed 👍
YESSS!!!
The trick is to choose something longer. ; )
Agree, too. My favorite!
Ооо даа! Я думаю также❤
Beautiful. It brings tears to the eyes.
That is a superb performance.
Quite right❤
@@ddromantik8465
..und es bringt die Seele zum Schwingen
Three geniuses at work here, Bach, the Organ Builder and the Organist🙏🙏🙏
All three in the category of "Elite".
All providing such beauty, meaning and goodness to our confused, tired old world. Thankyou.
Don’t forget the page turner!
She is a master organist...working in a master piece
Someone invented the camera too...
Ten kto sądzi ,że nie można być -Pięknym,utalentowanym mistrzem kunsztu gry na organach -żyje w ogromnym błędzie.Ta prześliczna Pani jest tego żywym dowodem.Podziwiam Pani talent,któr w żaden sposób nie odbiega od Pani ślicznej urody .Pięknie dziękuję za to że Pani po prostu jest.
My dad was an organist and I was so proud when I watched him play. My brother and I always loved it when he played this. It was just so exciting ❤
❤❤❤❤❤❤💪💪💪💪💪🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
most powerful piece of music ever written! Listening to it being played in a cathedral like this should be on everybody's bucket list!
I did
YES
Completely agree. Would have loved to see it live!
I did at the Strasbourg Cathedral, and yes, is just as magnificent as you may expect it to be.
My Cathedral church claimed this was a secular piece of music and should not be played in a church. ??? !!!!
Le génie incroyable de notre civilisation : Bach - le facteur d'orgues et l'excellente organiste : un plaisir inégalé qui élève l'âme. Merci
I heard this 40+ years ago at the John Wanamaker Philadelphia PA store. They have the world's largest playing pipe organ. The bass notes glued my feet to the floor, I stood there and got lost in that haunting, wonderful music. What a great memory.
I love that masterpiece.
I cannot even begin to comprehend the dedication and practice required to attain such a degree of mastery.
...indeed!!
Genus
es gibt im baltischen Raum (Lit./Est./Lettl.) noch viele solcher begabter Menschen, die die Bach'sche Orgelkunst so beherrschen
The organ is the most difficult instrument to master. Kudos to this lady, who is on another level. Had goosebumps listening all the way. God bless her.
Is it? I mean, the guitar seems pretty daunting and challenging, doesn't it?
@@samr.england613 with organ it matters how much you press the keys and the controls and everything is quite complicated, then there's also the foot pedals. I'd say organ is quite a lot harder to learn to even play decently compared to guitar.
@@Idontknow-mf7tx Maybe man, but I'm not a musician so I don't really know, but I've been told I "have an ear" for good music.
At any rate, I'm amazed by any prodigy on the keys or the strings, and it seems to me that both playing the organ or piano or the guitar are equally mathematically complex and really infinite in the combinations.
I've heard (unknown) guitarists say things like: 'There are no more riffs to create. Every possible riff has already been composed." In my mind, these are uncreative losers just making excuses. Heck, after Zep, Page never came up with any memorable riff. 'Radioactive'? Well, it ain't 'Heartbreaker' riff, is it.
»The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;
And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;
And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;
And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of The Holy Ghost.
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of The Holy Ghost.
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.«
(The Gospel of Jesus Christ - Matthew - Chapter 1)
@@samr.england613with the organ you’re essentially using 4 different limbs to play it. Each hand and each foot is doing something separately. Almost like patting your head and rubbing your belly at the same time. An organ is also wayyy harder to just practice on since you’re using an entire building to play. I would definitely say the organ is more difficult to play than a guitar.
One of the best up close videos of the choreography of the organist’s body in playing this most magnificent of all organ pieces ever written. I hope we continue to have musicians of this talent keep this music, and these great instruments, alive for generations to come…
I don't know where you are but if you ever get the chance to go to the Kelvingrove art gallery and museum in Glasgow's west end where they have a pipe organ recital every day at 1pm (3pm Sundays). The organist is at first floor level and you can view from the balcony from about fifteen feet away, you can even watch the organists feet on a CCTV screen at the same time.
Bravo Madam. That rendition touched my heart and soul.
Voila bien longtemps que je n'avais pas pleuré en écoutant de la belle musique . merci
❤
Nie musisz wstydzić łez🥰
Crying like a baby to this. Having played in York Minster and the Royal Albert hall when I was 15, but sadly "losing my religion" to motorcycles and woman at that age, music took back stage to my life. Now I realised what I lost but at least I can again start to play in my retirement which is only a few years away. Thank you for this wonderful rendition of what is the possibly the best organist piece in the world, on one of the best real pipe organs in the world. God bless x
Good for you! Retirement is a grand time to take things up again, or to make even more time for things you already do (if grandchildren don't upset your plans, but they are a joy too!). Best of luck and have a super Christmas!
@@Telthecelt thank you for your kind comments, merry Christmas to you too!
Good luck. I'm still trying to learn 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' on a little Casio keyboard.
it must have not been an easy choice to make when you were young, any advice for someone in their early 20's? Thanks!
Always brings me to to tears hearing a good recital. Being able to see the extraordinary coordination playing four manuals and a pedal board just adds to the wonder.
If I were to ever meet this young lady all I would be able to do is stare and admire the beauty of her talent. Johnny Bach would be proud.
Wie göttlich muss dieser Genuss erst vor Ort sein?! Was für eine künstlerische Meisterleistung! Unfassbar, wie diese junge schöne Frau meine Seele wärmt! DANKESCHÖN!
When the piece (AND the instrument) is so complex that not only does it take both your hands both your feet to deliver it, it takes an entire ADDITIONAL HUMAN to manipulate the instrument accordingly. Amazing.
How is this even possible? The level of talent blows my mind...love this!
A truly magical performance on one of the greatest organs in Europe. Thank you for making it available on youtube.
It's "possible" because she is performing Bach's Tocatta on an organ. :) She is, however, very, very good on the keys! Bach composed his 'Tocatta' as a training piece to school students on the organ/keyboard.
@@miraak8523 I didn't know that. Just curious, what do you mean by he, 'gave it away'?
@@miraak8523 That's very interesting, but, I have to say that it's hard to believe that Bach thought his 'Tocatta' was of no real consequence. I mean, that'd be like Jimmy Page dismissing his Stairway to Heaven composition or Zep's 'Kashmir'.
When I was little, my dad had a record that was produced to demonstrate STEREO functionality on new Hi-Fi systems. This was at the very beginning of "stereo". One of the recording was Toccata & Fugue in D minor. I played it over and over again, amazed at the sound separation. Needless to say, this is now burned into my cerebral cortex for all time.
Une page musicale mondialement connue et non sans raison ! Incontestablement de toute beauté . Bach dans toute sa splendeur . Un immense bravo à cette jeune organiste . Du talent certes, mais aussi énormément de travail pour arriver à une telle maîtrise de son instrument . Il en faut de la coordination entre le cerveau , les mains et les pieds pour créer une mélodie aussi harmonieuse . C'est presque incroyable ce que l' Homme parvient à faire avec de la passion et des efforts journellement répétés ...pendant de longues années !! Ces musiciens, grands ou petits, méritent vraiment toute notre admiration !
Bien analysé, Michèle ! Magistrale interprétation de cette magistrale composition !
Eine wunderschöne Interpretation. Vielen Dank für diesen kulturellen Genuss.
You know what ? I was waiting all my life for this... Few days before my 77th birthday, I just heard "the" interpretation of this masterpiece (I listened many...). Thank you.
@@ninobixio6156 Just listened to one of his performances. Sorry, but his is just the right way. Ms Kalnciema mangles the timing, and makes it sound both rushed and hesitant. She also deliberately under-plays the great crescendos at the start.
Varnus also plays the acoustic to perfection - his pauses are filled with sound.
@@ninobixio6156 Thank you... I knew this one and for me it was the best, until... I just listen again to be sure : Xaver Varnus is more "solennel", Liene Andreta Kalnciema more "Jubilatoire". Anyway, difficult to choose, that is the mystery of music...
@@curiouscrandall1 @Curious I am well aware of the perfection of one and of what you criticize the other for, but I am a music lover, not a musicologist, so I am very subjective and my opinion is only based on the pleasure of listening. I even admit that sometimes I'm wary of perfection... And then, it's a work of youth, it needs ardor... with the mistakes that come with it. So I will listen to both versions with as much (different) pleasure.
@@altrocanto Happy Birthday!
Not only a massive organ, but massive talent. The manual dexterity is unreal.
BRAVO
fnaar fnaar
Das ist nicht von dieser Welt, so schoen ist es!!! Danke fuer diesen Beitrag, Sie sind eine wunderbare Künstlerin!!! 🙏❤️
To jest z tego świata ale ludzie byli inni.
I don't understand a word you wrote, but if is about Bach , I'm fine😂
Until now, I had no idea how much I needed classical music in my life...honestly, I can't believe how beautiful these works of art are...
This is the most beautiful rendition of this song that I have heard in a very long time. Bach himself would be proud, I imagine.
Song??
Cumbia?? 🤣🤣
Songs have lyrics. This is a "piece", or "work".
who sings?
»The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;
And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;
And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;
And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of The Holy Ghost.
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of The Holy Ghost.
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.«
(The Gospel of Jesus Christ - Matthew - Chapter 1)
Ich habe das Stück schon als Teeny toll gefunden und höre es immer noch so gern mit 60 ..das geht nur mit was ganz besonderen..
Nothing but magic!!! Liene Andreta Kalnciema is just brilliant, I have never heard her before, but, I am now a instant fan!!!
Latvija
es gibt im baltischen Raum (Lit./Est./Lettl.) noch viele solcher begabter Menschen, die die Bach'sche Orgelkunst so beherrschen und viele herrliche Orgelinstrumente
Never tire of this magnificent work. There is no modern music written today that can equal Bach’s genius.
oh Mr Glass is half empty, thats not true..... we got the Spice Girls 🤣🤣. Merry Xmas!
@@englischdude Don't you mean Mr Philip Glass? His stuff is pretty good as well!
Well, Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa,and Pink Floyd came close. Though I don’t know if they can still be called modern.
"Compared to Bach, we all suck"--Rick Beato, music educator and youtube personality
@@MorrisLess big fan of Rick’s. I think that comment was by Pat Metheny during one of Rick’s interviews.
L'Organo a Canne è uno strumento difficilissimo...l'artista è bravissima! Toccata e Fuga di J.SD.Bach mi mette i brividi, mi commuove tanto è bella !!!
Inadmissible de nous coller de la publicité au milieu d'un tel chef d'oeuvre.
Ein Meisterwerk welches auf einer traumhaften Orgel einfach grandios gespielt wird.
That organ doesn't only look good, it sounds just as grand and awesome as it looks. The organist is also very good.
Simply without words. I heard an organ concert on that same organ in june 2023 in Riga. Outstanding sound and acoustics. Bravo madame Kalnciema.
Votre musique est sublime, et je pourrais vous écouter chaque jour sans jamais me lasser. Vous êtes aussi merveilleuse que les mélodies que vous interprétez, qui me transportent. Continuez à jouer avec cette passion qui vous caractérise, car vous possédez un talent extraordinaire !
Wow this i my favorite, I started playing the organ when i was 17 years. I already helped a organist Tjeu Zeijen( prix d'exellance) to play his concerts as a register help in concerts. I did this for 2,5 years and started to play the organ in Geleen. A wonderful instrument with a real natural caracter.... thank you for playing it with feeling how it should be... I am now 63 and play the piano and keyboard sometimes.
Thank you for remember me the very nice times with church organs.❤❤❤
Please carry on for as long as you can. Playing with feeling is an expression of your soul and a revelation of yourself to whoever can appreciate the beauty that you are sharing.
What an incredible performance of a great piece of music. Praise also to her assistant who did a brilliant job in the background.
A beautiful woman who stands out as an incredible virtuose, playing a very known Bach composition of great complexity on the pipe organ, one of the most difficult musical instruments. She is a fantastic musician , without pair. Congratulations.
What if she were ugly? It'd still be great! :)
@@IntiOJ It can't hurt. But the music is what really matters, I think. But yeah, I doubt we'll ever see any super successful ugly or unattractive pop divas out there.
The theme is not made by Bach was a popular theme as the Folia that then everybody in europe variated on his own way, after the main theme Bach compose his version, and not from the start. "Quotation" in music it become exactly stealing, because of the time, that erase knowledge of who was the creator, this for example is very common on popular music that become traditional but without a name of who wrote it. Handel quoted an entire phrase of Corelli in Alleluja, and Corelli of course had the thickness or same luck as Handel for stay recognized thru time, the others because of time they dont even exist and those big composers become the creators of those themes. Whether is wanted or not that is called stealing, thru time, thats why in music quoting others in your own work its a bad habit and is at the end exactly stealing.
I remember my music teacher at Queen Elizabeth Hospital School in Bristol, used to play this regularly. Walking through the hall where the organ was, on the way to lessons, I'd have to stop and listen for a minute or two. Such a magical piece of music, which always gives me chills. Those incredible bass notes, shake ones very soul!
WOW, big greeting from the USA, I am an instant fan from Los Angeles, California, my first Bach as a kid at 8 years old. Bravo to you, blessings!! !I am now 75 years old and still love classical music, blessings to you and health !
I believe that this period of music composition, extending from Bach through to Tchaikovsky is unparalleled. It speaks to something wonderful and united within us.
It definitely paved the way for music...but then somewhere along the way, we took a detour. And now we have ...lyrics of the likes of "twenty one, could you do somethin for me, twenty one could you do somethin for me...21.....yep, we've definitely progressed and evolved for the better!
В це період творили Бортнянський, та сила силенна композиторів від Бога, імена яких намагались викреслити з всесвітньої історії музики
@@alsuth803 Survivorship bias. There has ALWAYS been folk music, popular music, and yes even bad music. There were so many composers working during the 1700-1800s making derivative, bland music; we simply don't know them because so much time has passed and we tend to only preserve the good ones. Of course the other thing to note is that very very few people were able to make music in the way Bach and others did, because even having access to organs/harpsichords/eventually pianos was the domain of the nobility and those whom they patroned.
As is often said Bach was a gift of God and our performer here is one of the angels
@@tz4601 Yes, the test of time.
Brava! I am in awe of musicians . My wife plays piano and likes to play Chopin and some etude's and nocturne's bring me to tears. I was in a depression several years ago and as she played, it offered hope that it was not going to last forever and that beauty was still all around. Thank you all who make the world better.
This is the most beautiful music ever composed
J.S. Bach non è solo Musica, ma trascendenza!
THANK YOU for paying attention to the acoustics of the venue. You let the phrase decay in the space instead of rushing through the piece and turning it into mush.
The venue dictates the phrasing and the tempo ultimately and so many organists never understand and just dump too many notes into the venue faster than it can "absorb".
This is the mark of a talented organist.
very insightful comment I have never considered!
I agree.
This whole thing is rushed. Try this one:
th-cam.com/video/FHNLdHe8uxY/w-d-xo.html
@@SkippyRo it depends on the organ, the venue, and the recording setup. There is no "right answer".
@@SkippyRo Ah, yes. I see what you mean.
Le plus grand et génial compositeur, allié à l'élégance de l'interprétation de Liene Andreta Kalnciema, c'est magnifique.
Tak😊
Bravo !!! Beautifully played; Beautiful sound recording; Beautiful church scenes and Beautiful Liene!
Rarely has this piece been played so well, Bravo !!!!
I like her style. Great rhythm changes and not afraid to hold that last note. Plays to the building's acoustics.
The World needs more of this
Bach in Bach...that's where it, I'm glad to be back
yes amen
This level of talent, the amazing instrument and the composition itself are things I can appreciate, but not fully comprehend. Awesome, in the true sense of the word.
To niesamowite takie dżwìęki..osiągnąć..muzyka jest czarem na nasze duszy..piękna i zmysłowa.Tylko prymitywny człowiek tego nie rozumie.
Great very good😊😊😊😊😊
That was excellent! Your playing is amazing!
I remember hearing an organ similar to yours in church that made me fall in love with that sound. (This was 60 years ago). So I asked my father if I could take keyboard lessons, and I did. I was 9 years old, and still playing and writing as of today.
Thanks for sharing and thanks for the memories you brought to me.
Just wanted to let you know your playing of the D minor Fugue is likely the best I have ever heard. I spent about 40 years of my line as an organist and choral director so I have some idea of good and bad but your performance was the very best. Keep up the great playing and the presentation of organ music in a time when churches here in the US seem to have forgotten about their organs and organists. I don't play professionally anymore at 83 but have a 3 manual Midi organ in my house. Again great playing, J.S. would be pleased.
May I ask if you created your own midi set-up or purchased a midi console...
@@cassandrasciortino6255 I took an old Conn two manual and added the electronics to convert it to a midi. I also purchased a used manual and wired it up and mounted it above the first two manuals. Also I am using a touch computer screen to select stops and combinations until I figure a way to build a stop panel on each side of the organ. Also recently wire my pedal board (from the Conn) and I am in the process of testing that. I use the free organ software Grandt Organ, and a free organ for a 3M 1P organ based on a large organ in Europe.
@@nicepersonwv361 Thank you very much for your detailed reply! I am not experienced in electronics...but maybe I can find tutorials...otherwise I am looking at a costly console for Hauptwerk...
@@cassandrasciortino6255 Let me go a bit further in my reply. First electronics isn't the issue. You can buy circuit boards that will talk directly with a PC. All you have to is to hook wires from your manuals, pedal board, and maybe stops to these boards and they will work. So the main problem is hooking up the manuals and other to those boards. For example on my Conn the two manuals I had to figure out how to allow each key/note send a signal to the boards. Basically I had to tear the manuals apart and create contacts. The third manual was easier because it came out of a pipe organ and had switches on each note. The pedals also were not wired, just pedals and I had to create switches for them. I did find help to an extent on the web. My stops I have not done because the Conn had about 30 stops and I need close to 50 not even counting the generals or couplers. So I use a PC monitor that has touch on it so I can just touch the displayed stops from the real organ. I select them with my finger or a mouse. I do hope in the future to create a stop board(s) for the organ as a touch screen isn't the same as physically pulling on or pushing off a stop.
@@jaybeckham Thank you so much for your clarification. This helps me enormously. I can visualize what you had to do and it still sounds intimidating especially creating one's own contacts, but perhaps it is not more difficult than rewiring a lamp which I know how to do -- or replacing the motor on my sewing machine was I managed to do also. Above all I need desperately a 32 pedal board since even working on a basic keyboard prepares me enough to play or practice and refine on a wonderful pipe organ I have access to near my home. But the faltering feet and the mystery of the pedal board must be worked out at home...stop boards sound amazing and quite beautiful. Its strange to see laptops and touch screens beside a wood organ that is sure and if it is possible to get the same with stops and thus come closer to playing the pipe organ even better. I am combing ebay for a pedal board--since new they are quite expensive. Your work sounds amazing! Thank you again.
I remember our music teacher, Mr Devoti playing this on the church organ. Holy Family, Small Heath, Birmingham. Must have been around 70, 71. He was so talented, I appreciate music to this day because of his passion and influence
I'm in awe of the training this woman must have endured to play this instrument.
Probably the most intricate piece ever written for a single instrument ever, so well manifested. You have an amazing mind.
Truly impressive skill in executing that piece. I would love to sit in the balcony of that room just to hear her practice and enjoy the beauty.
Брависсимо ! Спасибо автору видео за прекрасное чувство от исполнения этой девушкой прекрасной музыки на самом сложном музыкальном инструменте !
Znam da mi je mnogo lepo.
@@ivanstojanovic5162на тебя по.
Должно быть приятно для всех.
Awsome. In the late 1970's my cousin Alex played this for me on a church organ in County Amtrim where he was the organist. Just Alex, myself and the cleaning lady in a big empty church. It is burned in my brain like it happened yesterday.
*I'm just shocked by her performance. I don't understand how you can learn to play this instrument so beautifully. Very cool!!!*
Practice, practice, practice!
She looks like Carrie Fisher in the thumbnail.
I have heard this piece several times before but this is by far the greatest performance I have heard. Very clear and open sound . ❤
Loved this piece since I first heard it almost 70 years ago.
Dad took me to hear E. Power Biggs presenting an evening of J.S. Bach in Monterrey, in 1960. The performance finished with this magnificent piece. He made that organ thunder, til I thought the building would collapse. Wonderful.
Molto brava davvero, e complimenti per l'immenso impegno e lavoro compiuti. Tuttavia l'interpretazione dell'organista Diane Bish sul medesimo pezzo la ritengo ancora ineguagliata .
Keep in mind that the action of the keys are much more pronounced than what you see on more "modern" organs. It takes extra concentration to push the keys down just a bit further to get the sound. If you notice on the close ups, there's even a bit of a bounce with the keys when they reset, which will feel different. Each nuance makes a difference. Every organ has it's own personality in aesthetics, action, and sound. Magnificent.
All manuals have Barker levers to lighten the touch. No need to push keys all that hard.
In my city there is a city auditorium that has one of only 4 Model Opus 904 organs in existence. Costs thousands of dollars (USD) to maintain that beautiful piece of musical art. I was in one of the pipe chambers. Some of those pipes were 3 stories tall. I love the old air driven organs. They have a unique character of sound. The organ is an Ernest M. Skinner Opus 904. Over 4,600 pipes and 54 stops. It was commissioned in 1933 by Doctor W.K. Kellogg.
I’ve no doubt that this organ is just part of a very complex mechanism, you can imagine the massive pipe work and associated mechanisms, truly fabulous sound.
@@tonyv8925 Are you in or around Battle Creek? I would love to see (and hear) that organ!
@@tonyv8925 obrigado pela informação, tem algum link a respeito?
Mind-blowing!!! How can a brain direct the precise and complicated movements of 10 digits, two hands and two feet while the eyes peer at a densely packed page of musical notes and produce this kind of beauty? I can't personally fathom it, but it is wondrous to behold. 🤘
Du talent c'est certain, l'amour de la musique et surtout énormément de travail.
It’s not hard. Just practice four hours a day for ten years and you’ll be ready.
No...takes a lot of practice but Bach is So much fun to play on a pipe organ! He is the Master of masters.
Even Jerry Lee Lewis played where ever he was for 8 hours a day, everyday.
the sheets are a mere orientation and mental note than for reading for here. She knows it essentially from memory. Playing it without any sheets is the next level.
How can a person move the right and left hand AND the right and left foot, all at the same time, all doing different things, and produce this incredible piece of music? If Ms. Kalnciema and I belong to the same species, we are definitely at the very opposite ends of the spectrum... Bravo Liene!!
Helicopter pilots probably come close.
@@kurtbilinski1723don't be pathetic. There's no comparison
Look at drummer both hands and both feet doing different thing watch John "Bonzo" Bonham play the drums
The Good Lord gives us all an array of talents and it is up to us to discover them and parents to nurture them. Perfect pitch helps...and a home with a grand piano!
I've all on to get one hand to press the numbers on a mobile phone, so I definitely belong at the other end of the spectrum with you.
The ultimate.
The right piece in the right setting with the finest musician.
Wonderful piece of music, wonderful instrument and wonderful interpretation by a wonderful musician.....
A masterpiece.....lt's called talent.....
Totally appreciate her decision to hold that last note for as long as she did. Through the big stereo, it shakes the house.
Браво Елена!!! Орган просто супер!!! Такого чистого исветлого звучания - я не слышал.
It's amazing that Bach wrote this for an organ. And she is playing it perfectly.
Beautifully played on a truly magnificent organ. A very talented organist.
What a beautiful cathedral. It's fully in harmony with the organ and the music. A video of grand art, I'd like to call it.
I would've given anything to have been sitting in the middle of that cathedral when she was performing this. Amazing!
Делов то , Продай свой Bentley и Приезжай ! а Можешь Душу Дьяволу Продать , ещё Останется на Рижский Бальзам !
Sounds so hypnotizing, flawless, magistral, stunning, masterful, very beautiful.
Merci pour ce bon moment ♥️🌹🍀🎻
What a blast from the past eh !!😃😃😍😍 Love this majestic piece !! Rich & Powerful piece, E.power Biggs played this at the Washington Cathedral and blew the cathedral door off the hinges !!!😃😃😃. Thanks Bach. Thank you very much !!!
Außergewöhnliches Kunstwerk von einer außergewöhnlichen Künstlerin gespielt.
Vielen Dank
As a pilot, I often marvel at how man came to create such fantastic machines, especially when we see majestic giants take flight.
I look at this machine, however, and cannot comprehend the mind that gifted this instrument to the world.
This is architecture, meets art, meets acoustics, meets fluid mechanics, meets history. Put them all together in the hands of this wonderfully talented lady, and you get… music.
Thank you for your time and effort in showing us your performance. It is marvellous.
You wrote what I was thinking.
May I quote you?
Vc troxe lágrimas aos meus olhos. Bonita descrição.
And no wonder so many musicians have cited Bach as their biggest inspiration/mentor. Fabulous piece.
At its time, this was a high-tech as things got.
To this day, internal settings on CPU's are called registers, named after the registers on an organ.
Wow! This is stunning; the sound hangs in the air like an audio tapestry; must have been an experience of a lifetime to be there...
This piece was written in 1708. I can't imagine the amazement of the common farmer at the time listening to this music.
Może był mniej zdumiony niż ty teraz?
Whoever composed this piece is a genius! Imo
Well performed Liene !❤
Google interrupting this for an ad is the most peasant thing ever!
@@elsaarmstrong-zp6ng Go Bach to the title ;-)
One of the best performances on this organ work! Well done Mrs. Kalnciema!
Chère Madame Liene Andreta. Cette interprétation de la célèbre toccata et fugue Bwv 565 est magnifique. Bravo à vous. Très belle performance. Nulle doute que là haut, notre Maestro Johann Sebastian Bach doit être heureux. 🙏
@@ulfertjurgens6352 merci à vous, je viens de rectifier.
One of the greatest pieces ever written, and she plays it wonderfully..
Do you know why it was written? Bach's "Tocatta" was composed with the conscious purpose of training novices on the organ/keyboard. [edit. spelling.]
Some people do not believe in God, but they can thank God that J.S. Bach believed in God!
Amen to that....and then some ✝️❤️🛐🙏🎵🎶
AMEN 🙏
What in the world has a fictional character got to with this masterpiece
@@986GUY You must be joking. Have a look at the title pages of JSB's published works. lol Btw, you forgot the verb and question mark in your reply. Are you always that sloppy?
@@986GUY Agreed. Another idiot with their imaginary friend. Them magic mushrooms must be getting stronger
Beautifully played, and what a magnificent instrument.