It's amazing to see another young organist who has totally mastered this instrument! Super fine performance, thank you! This goes in to "Favorites"! (from Canada)
And such exciting performances, just splendid, and at the risk of being thought a male chauvinist I delight i seeing so many young women in a field where once men predominated, and the feminine brings something special to music, My father always said the women can do something men cannot, they can live in all four dimensions of cognition simultaneously.
I am a big organlistener… and i dont think i have ever seen and heard such effordless and so well played piece of Bachs hard and difficult pieces…and without notes…brilliant miss!!!!!!🫵🤗🙏🙏🌷
Did you ever visit that small cathedral in Paris with the early 1900s (?) traditional organ composer that the plaquard said was supposed to sound like horses thundering down from the sky . I have searched for this french composer since and haven't found who he is so I wonder if you know his name and any works which epitomise this thundery murally style?
This is, in my opinion, a real recital. To slide onto the organ bench with just the clothes on your back and what you know in your heart and your fingers. The mind has very little to do with this recital. Hats off.
Musical performance is first and foremost an intellectual endeavour. The heart will not help you to understand the score and learn the text of Bach's polyphonic works for organ.
A masterpiece magnificently performed, I particularly observed the way of moving hands, uncommon for organists, which makes the performance seem so easy and so fluid. Also the work on pedal is absolutely outstanding. You deserve three words only: bravo, bravo, bravo!!!
A wonderful performance, and one I could (and no doubt will) listen to many times over. I note that some of these comments go back as far as 4 years or so? Nevertheless, listening today, to a recital played with such profound empathy for the work, together with outstanding organ craftsmanship, was a pure delight. Furthermore, every single note in the manuscript was played from memory, too! Bravo to a truly outstanding talent. And then bravo again!
Prodigious is the word for 'My lady'. My three favourite versions of this are all by young women, I think it must be in the Psyche, , These are exciting times with young women organists where and when it used to be almost male preserve . It is a golden age for music with performers and orchestras from all over the world which have such diverse membership.
La padronanza e la sicurezza sullo strumento e' degna dei grandi interpreti della musica per organo di J.S.Bach.Bravissima e affascinante interpretazione.
40 years ago I first heard this piece by Bach. I have had over a dozen fulls sets of his organ music and a bout 30 versions of BWV 564. I loved your attention to the lines of thought within the music. Your registrations that were attentive to the pace of your performance and still full of vitality and life. Manual changes and presets were thoughtfully used. Not often I hear this with such a degree of thorough contemplation. Played from memory. The best way ! I'll be following you for sure. Thank you for making and sharing this video Clara! Mark
Like a multi-faceted diamond, this is beautiful and lovely in so many ways. Notice it was played from memory. May this artist enjoy a happy personal and professional life.
You can use all the technical descriptions you like, but what I say is “ WOW!!!” Hear the difference between skilled and gifted, learned and blessed. !!!
Ti ho sentita solo ora, sei stupenda, uns sicurezza tecnica paurosa non ho parole...bravissima❤ Mi piace la scelta dei registri, molto equilibrata. Sono un accordatore di organi e in po' capisco..grazie di poterti ascoltare sei unica❤
Clara, very great your Number of compositions for your Concerts. BRAVO!!!!! I have been on Rome city like organist for one Basilica near Colosseum, for 13 years.
No sheet music in front of her, her technigue is awesome, her peddaling is superb, her fingering indicates she knows this music well, who is this brilliant young lady. She plays this large pipe ORGAN< and she commands it.
I keep coming back to this video because how impressed i am with how accurate it is played. Obviously this piece was practiced and perfected with much love ove😅r a long time ❤️👍
This is a thrilling performance by Ms. Gerdes of one of my favorite Bach organ works. The piece was first brought to my attention by the director Ermanno Olmi, who used the adagio movement in his masterpiece "The Tree of Wooden Clogs" (1978).
Every good artist makes the music their own and she did wonderfully and made it look easy at the right tempo different yet wonderful. Bach was a musical genius and I think he would be proud.
The Adagio is absolutely perfect in every way. This and the slow movement in Franck's Grand Piece Symphonique reduce me to tears.......of pure happiness.
La 564 est mon œuvre pour orgue préférée de Bach et je l'ai entendue maintes fois. Mais quel bonheur que l'interprétation de Clara Gerdes, quelle grâce, quelle justesse dans le jeu. Grandiose ! Clara, You have to come to Strasbourg in France for playing on the Silbermann organ in the cathedral or in the St Thomas church!
J'avoue que le tempo de l'Adagio m'a d'abord interloqué, pourtant dans une scansion parfaite. Puis j'ai été pris par le charme, l'avancée inéluctable, le merveilleux de cette très belle interprétation. Et alors j'ai souscrit au tempo. Cette version de tout le BWV 564 est l'une de mes préférées, sinon LA préférée d'entre toutes (quel extraordinaire pédalier de la Toccata ! l'exécution de la Fugue est confondante d'intelligibilité).
Wonderful, fresh and clear registration ! Precise and nuanced. Love to watch you make music. Your appearance is simultaneously effortless and absolutely commanding. Hoping to hear you in Richmond, VA.
Footwork so smooth, graceful and fast deserves an Olympic gold medal. The rest of the performance was equally good. Bravo❣ 😎😎 {Certified Old Curmudgeon}
Very well played! Especially I liked the fugue, which in itself is magnificent, but your playing made it sound even more beautiful and majestically. Very good choice of registrations and this organ sounds wonderful - no wonder, this is simply Rieger! Here in Poland, particularly in Silesia, we have some well-sounding Rieger instruments too. My favourite instrument from this builder is the organ in the Holy Cross cathedral in Opole (German: Oppeln).
Magnífica, perfecta interpretación de esta obra de Bach, de las difíciles junto con Fantasía y Fuga en do menor. Soltura y pericia totales de la organista en la manipulación de los registros, el teclado y la utilización magistral del pedalier y la expresión. Clara, soberbia y magistral organista.
🇮🇹👏👍🌹🌟 Composizione per me eccelsa , potente, dove viene messo in luce le qualità ed il potenziale appunto dell'organo. Eccellente esecuzione, mi complimento con la organista, davvero di livello. Grazie!!
bien agréable moment de musique passé avec et grâce à vous, Clara, à écouter le grand JS Bach. Registration bien choisie, prise de son impeccable pour transmettre les sonorités de cet orgue et de ce lieu, merci à vous, et bonne poursuite à vous !
Beautifully played. My favourite Bach piece... interesting registration, brings out those Cavaille Coll reeds well! Slightly faster than I'm used to, but it works! Very clear articulation, eat your heart out, Diane Bish - she's looking for your crown!
Your hands are dancing so smoothley at the keys like a surfer that found the perfect wave..😊🙏 You look so relaxed and ..conforteble..sorry for my bad english..😊 Thank you miss! I love Bach! And you play it exeptionelly good! Thank you!🌷🙏
I keep coming back to your brilliant performance of this piece. How on earth you manage to co-ordinate both hands & feet is beyond my comprehension. I think you would make a very good helicopter pilot, should the need arise!
Es ist ein großes ästhetisches Vergnügen, Clara Gerdes nicht nur zu hören, sondern bei ihrem hochvirtuosen Spiel auch zu sehen. 💫💥🤩
…ohne jede Effekthascherei, ganz dem Werk verpflichtet. Dem großen JSB und seinem Schöpfer zur Ehre. Mi piace moltissimo
It's amazing to see another young organist who has totally mastered this instrument! Super fine performance, thank you! This goes in to "Favorites"! (from Canada)
And such exciting performances, just splendid, and at the risk of being thought a male chauvinist I delight i seeing so many young women in a field where once men predominated, and the feminine brings something special to music, My father always said the women can do something men cannot, they can live in all four dimensions of cognition simultaneously.
I am a big organlistener… and i dont think i have ever seen and heard such effordless and so well played piece of Bachs hard and difficult pieces…and without notes…brilliant miss!!!!!!🫵🤗🙏🙏🌷
Did you ever visit that small cathedral in Paris with the early 1900s (?) traditional organ composer that the plaquard said was supposed to sound like horses thundering down from the sky . I have searched for this french composer since and haven't found who he is so I wonder if you know his name and any works which epitomise this thundery murally style?
Merveilleuse interprétation, quel talent, quelle douceur, quelle beauté ..
This is, in my opinion, a real recital. To slide onto the organ bench with just the clothes on your back and what you know in your heart and your fingers. The mind has very little to do with this recital.
Hats off.
Musical performance is first and foremost an intellectual endeavour. The heart will not help you to understand the score and learn the text of Bach's polyphonic works for organ.
Une jeune organiste qui survole littéralement son instrument avec une fluidité exceptionnelle. Un vrai bonheur.
Oui vraiment
Je ne me lasse pas de l'écouter
Beautiful pedal work
Very enjoyable to watch
Beautiful and enjoyable indeed (the means she skillfully used to do that work) ;-)
Bach would have been proud. By memory, no musical score. Tempos and registrations perfect.
This has just become my favourite version of this. The fugue is particularly magnificent. Clever registrations, perfect tempo!
A masterpiece magnificently performed, I particularly observed the way of moving hands, uncommon for organists, which makes the performance seem so easy and so fluid. Also the work on pedal is absolutely outstanding. You deserve three words only: bravo, bravo, bravo!!!
F A N T A S T I C A, la musica salverà il mondo
Speriamo proprio!
Oh boy, here we go! Another prodigy of absolutely incredible talent. J S Bach would be proud!
Yep. They never cease.
ah...no good
A wonderful performance, and one I could (and no doubt will) listen to many times over. I note that some of these comments go back as far as 4 years or so? Nevertheless, listening today, to a recital played with such profound empathy for the work, together with outstanding organ craftsmanship, was a pure delight. Furthermore, every single note in the manuscript was played from memory, too! Bravo to a truly outstanding talent. And then bravo again!
Crazy...absolutely CRAZY! What a gift to the world of classical music.
Fabulous playing . A lovely piece and played with a nimble freshness. Very enjoyable, so thank you, Clara.
BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE. I HOPE THAT THIS VERY TALENTED YOUNG LADY HAS A GREAT CAREER.
It's a shock at first to hear the Adagio played so fast, but it sounds just right very quickly. Lovely performance!
Sorry too much staccato, she is so ocupéid on show off than the fugue; Bach is muuuch more than that….
Ouiii!!!! When i smell Bach…i always listen to the end! I love it!!!! And you my lady.. play really good!! Thank you!🤗🙏
Prodigious is the word for 'My lady'. My three favourite versions of this are all by young women, I think it must be in the Psyche, , These are exciting times with young women organists where and when it used to be almost male preserve . It is a golden age for music with performers and orchestras from all over the world which have such diverse membership.
I don't think I've ever heard it played that fast, and so cleanly.
Savoir faire passer la musicalité avant la "facilité" de la virtuosité, c'est un talent rare. Ça chante, ça respire, c'est magnifique !
A huge talent with a pianistic background.
La padronanza e la sicurezza sullo strumento e' degna dei grandi interpreti della musica per organo di J.S.Bach.Bravissima e affascinante interpretazione.
@MCRRjim
All For Memory?? INCREDIBLE!!!! THANK YOU!!!!
I loved the style and clarity of this performance.
40 years ago I first heard this piece by Bach. I have had over a dozen fulls sets of his organ music and a bout 30 versions of BWV 564. I loved your attention to the lines of thought within the music. Your registrations that were attentive to the pace of your performance and still full of vitality and life. Manual changes and presets were thoughtfully used. Not often I hear this with such a degree of thorough contemplation. Played from memory. The best way ! I'll be following you for sure. Thank you for making and sharing this video Clara!
Mark
Fels like you have Done this forever! Totally effortless! Very calm an pleasent! 😊🤗
Clara gives wonderful transitional balance throughout the fuge - those 32 ' bombast are awesomely awakening thank you Clara
I admire the mastery she has of the most marvellous of instruments. Thank you for sharing!
Wie kann Mensch so was Lernern Supertoll. Ich Knie. Toll
This organ is exceptional, clarity, reverb, Brightness, scale , installation are perfect , copy this. and may i say Clara is amongst the best
This is my favorite piece. She plays it with absolute precision. Excellent 👍❤️
Like a multi-faceted diamond, this is beautiful and lovely in so many ways. Notice it was played from memory. May this artist enjoy a happy personal and professional life.
Could we NOT notice?
Wow, that was really special. Hard work and talent combined, to produce a wonderful musical experience. Fantastic!
Superbe interprétation, quelle partage d'émotions, on est dans un autre monde merci beaucoup
The appearance of effortless grace and beauty! Her mastery is evident and a great pleasure to watch. BRAVO !!
0:01 Toccata
5:39 Adagio
9:25 Fuga
You can use all the technical descriptions you like, but what I say is “ WOW!!!” Hear the difference between skilled and gifted, learned and blessed. !!!
Breathtaking! Love the pace of the Fugue.
It's so nice to know something can be perfect. Thank you Clara. Thailand Paul
The fugue is simply beautiful. What a pleasure to hear. Very well rendered. Bravo
Ti ho sentita solo ora, sei stupenda, uns sicurezza tecnica paurosa non ho parole...bravissima❤
Mi piace la scelta dei registri, molto equilibrata. Sono un accordatore di organi e in po' capisco..grazie di poterti ascoltare sei unica❤
Clara, very great your Number of compositions for your Concerts. BRAVO!!!!!
I have been on Rome city like organist for one Basilica near Colosseum, for 13 years.
No sheet music in front of her, her technigue is awesome, her peddaling is superb, her fingering indicates she knows this music well, who is this brilliant young lady. She plays this large pipe ORGAN< and she commands it.
I keep coming back to this video because how impressed i am with how accurate it is played. Obviously this piece was practiced and perfected with much love ove😅r a long time ❤️👍
This is a thrilling performance by Ms. Gerdes of one of my favorite Bach organ works. The piece was first brought to my attention by the director Ermanno Olmi, who used the adagio movement in his masterpiece "The Tree of Wooden Clogs" (1978).
Every good artist makes the music their own and she did wonderfully and made it look easy at the right tempo different yet wonderful. Bach was a musical genius and I think he would be proud.
..yes..i am listening again…your hands are like angel-wings…so smooth and gentle..absolutley
wonderful!!!🤗👍
Played with such grace and tenderness! Thank you for sharing and inspiring. Tears of joy....
While studying late, early morning [2 am], I discovered Clara Gerdes. I subscribed to hear more. JB 🧑🏻
The Adagio is absolutely perfect in every way. This and the slow movement in Franck's Grand Piece Symphonique reduce me to tears.......of pure happiness.
No words, except fantastic, by Bach and by Ckara!
La 564 est mon œuvre pour orgue préférée de Bach et je l'ai entendue maintes fois. Mais quel bonheur que l'interprétation de Clara Gerdes, quelle grâce, quelle justesse dans le jeu. Grandiose !
Clara, You have to come to Strasbourg in France for playing on the Silbermann organ in the cathedral or in the St Thomas church!
Молодчина девочка,играеш с правильной скоростью и с паузами..!! Александр Одессит
Virtuóz előadás. Gyönyörű a regiszterek használata.
J'avoue que le tempo de l'Adagio m'a d'abord interloqué, pourtant dans une scansion parfaite. Puis j'ai été pris par le charme, l'avancée inéluctable, le merveilleux de cette très belle interprétation. Et alors j'ai souscrit au tempo. Cette version de tout le BWV 564 est l'une de mes préférées, sinon LA préférée d'entre toutes (quel extraordinaire pédalier de la Toccata ! l'exécution de la Fugue est confondante d'intelligibilité).
Tremendous.
Clarity, precision and a wonderful sense of musical flow. I really enjoyed that.
Many thanks.
und alles ohne Notenblätter. Beeindruckend. Musik hat man im Kopf, das ist ein eindrückliches Beispiel für dieses Phänomen.
Wonderful, fresh and clear registration ! Precise and nuanced. Love to watch you make music. Your appearance is simultaneously effortless and absolutely commanding. Hoping to hear you in Richmond, VA.
Ügyes kislány ... ❤
- néha, mintha kicsit "hadarna"
Ezzel együtt , meghajlok előtte
! .....
😊
Superb interpretation and performance. Nothing lacking.
Footwork so smooth, graceful and fast deserves an Olympic gold medal. The rest of the performance was equally good. Bravo❣ 😎😎 {Certified Old Curmudgeon}
WOW!!! So unglaublich flüssig gespielt. Wirklich Klasse...
I like your rendition! You are a very talented musician. You will have a successful career no doubt.
Absolutely glorious. Thank you.
Brava! My favorite fugue and you played it wonderfully!
Hi Clara, you are my favourite. Fantastic playing, I love Bach.
What a total delight.
I first heard this piece 40 years ago performed by E Power Biggs. This performance clearly rivaled that one. Thank you!
Davvero complimenti per la magistrale esecuzione!🌹sarebbe una fortuna anche solo essere alle tue spalle..
I like the "rubato" in the pedal cadenza. She plays Bach just slow enough for the listeners can enjoy and marvel a this man's genius.
Very well played! Especially I liked the fugue, which in itself is magnificent, but your playing made it sound even more beautiful and majestically. Very good choice of registrations and this organ sounds wonderful - no wonder, this is simply Rieger! Here in Poland, particularly in Silesia, we have some well-sounding Rieger instruments too. My favourite instrument from this builder is the organ in the Holy Cross cathedral in Opole (German: Oppeln).
Magnífica, perfecta interpretación de esta obra de Bach, de las difíciles junto con Fantasía y Fuga en do menor. Soltura y pericia totales de la organista en la manipulación de los registros, el teclado y la utilización magistral del pedalier y la expresión. Clara, soberbia y magistral organista.
Du grand art. Une grande artiste jouant avec délicatesse.Merci pour ces 13 minutes de bonheur
I'm very impressed by your performance! Keep up the great work; you've got a bright future ahead of you!
🇮🇹👏👍🌹🌟 Composizione per me eccelsa , potente, dove viene messo in luce le qualità
ed il potenziale appunto dell'organo. Eccellente esecuzione, mi complimento con la organista, davvero di livello. Grazie!!
Magnificent! I love it!
Parabéns você e um anjo tocando órgão você escolheu o instrumento que os querubins tocam parabéns
bien agréable moment de musique passé avec et grâce à vous, Clara, à écouter le grand JS Bach. Registration bien choisie, prise de son impeccable pour transmettre les sonorités de cet orgue et de ce lieu, merci à vous, et bonne poursuite à vous !
Bravissima, ottima interpretazione, bellissimo l'adagio per il quale avrei usato un ancia dolce per il canto, comunque complimenti 👍👍👍
Beautiful! Thank you!
Gran dominio..es una pieza maestra.interpretada por otra maestra....
Uma artista fenomenal para nos encantar com a sua benevolente maestria de operar esses órgãos musicais!🤝👏👏👏🇧🇷🙌
Beautifully played. My favourite Bach piece... interesting registration, brings out those Cavaille Coll reeds well! Slightly faster than I'm used to, but it works! Very clear articulation, eat your heart out, Diane Bish - she's looking for your crown!
Never mind Diane Bish, she's more in Cameron Carpenter's class!
una esecuzione PERFETTA. Di riferimento. Brava!
Your hands are dancing so smoothley at the keys like a surfer that found the perfect wave..😊🙏 You look so relaxed and ..conforteble..sorry for my bad english..😊 Thank you miss! I love Bach! And you play it exeptionelly good!
Thank you!🌷🙏
I keep coming back to your brilliant performance of this piece. How on earth you manage to co-ordinate both hands & feet is beyond my comprehension. I think you would make a very good helicopter pilot, should the need arise!
Божественная 🎶 музыка органная слава композитору нашей эпохи супер органист мира ❤ ❤ ❤ 😎 😍 🤩 😋
Ótima performance! Execução perfeita e com muita nitidez!Boa escolha de timbres de acordo com as partes e frases! Parabéns!
All without the music, what an achievement! Well done!
WONDERFUL, SIMPLY WONDERFUL !
Superba stupenda fenomenale grandiosa
Magnifique, et sans partition, chapeau bas !
🇮🇹🌹🌟 Volevo solo aggiungere, questa si chiama arte. Ecco che cos'è l'arte!!
Clear, concise and wonderful. Best playing of Bach's Toccata, Adagio and Fugues I've heard.
Para ella es como un simple juego ¡Qué facilidad y dominio del rey de los instrumentos!
Profunda y hermosa forma de tocar!!
Magnifique ! J'admire vraiment.
BWV 564
0:00 Toccata
5:38 Adagio
9:24 Fugue
Super.Genial.!Danke
The Fugue was excellent! Great tempo
Wonderfull interpretation, Clara! Hi from Zagreb, Croatia.