Bach - Concerto in D minor BWV 596 - Van Doeselaar | Netherlands Bach Society

In the first notes of the Concerto in D minor, performed by Leo van Doeselaar for All of Bach, it is immediately clear that this is not the usual Bach. This piece is an organ version of a concerto for two violins and orchestra from Antonio Vivaldi’s L’Estro Armonico. Vivaldi’s music was popular throughout Europe and Germany was no exception. During his years at the court in Weimar, Bach made a series of arrangements of Italian concerto music for organ and harpsichord, including six concertos by Vivaldi.
Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 21st 2014 at St Catherine's Church, Hamburg. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating bit.ly/2uZuMj5.
For the interview with organist Leo van Doeselaar on the Concerto in D minor go to • Van Doeselaar on Bach ...
For more information on BWV 596 and this production go to allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-596/
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Leo van Doeselaar, organist
Organ: various builders between the 15th and 19th century. Restoration: Flentrop 2013

[@bach]

Allegro - Grave - Fuga 0:07 Largo e spiccato 5:03 Allegro 7:54

[@nickkoob3087]

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[@harryjoseph1802]

Sublime! The Composer, both Architect and Mason, designer and builder. The performer re-erects the edifice for us to behold. No human activity, (that is governed by time), compares with a musical performance by a consummate artiste, that too on the King of Instruments. Bravo, Sir.

[@organgoesheavy]

Thanks for the times😃

[@ruudkraan7072]

Geweldig zoals deze man kan spelen. SUBLIEM.

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Cultural projects like this are what the internet has been promising us for decades. I am utterly astonished that an undertaking of this sheer magnitude is being gifted to the world free of charge, and I thank every single person involved in bringing it to fruition. What a blessing!

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[@ruivog]

Definitely Yes.

[@generalackbar245]

Your blessings are what fully justify projects like this. Not everything can be expressed in dollars. Sometimes, simple words like "thank you" are like golden cheques. Wikipedia and KZbin are what the Internet stands for. We should all fight to keep this alive as long as possible. Thank you @kacey and may the Force be with you always.

[@LancePhillip212]

Hear, hear

[@robertlayzer7832]

Organists are like acrobats. Four keyboards plus another for their feet. It’s so moving to watch them in action. And they are so lucky that such sublime music is there for them.

[@jeromek2125]

AND he’s singing along with it as well…bravo!

[@roycezaro1998]

Leo Van Doeselaar is quickly becoming my favorite (living) organist! Bach himself will always be my first, even though I've never heard him play. Maybe some day.

[@donaldsp965]

Now that’s a beautiful thought...

[@TheLamstyle]

What a motivation for virtue :D

[@MrThepresident2009]

My dream is watching and listening to Bach, Handel, Mozart, Franck, Saint-Saens and Karl Richter playing several organs together...

[@ruexcited2WholeHearted]

and fun to watch!

[@plumbusman]

That's the craziest thing about Bach's music. This was "pop" music, written as musicians should be able to play... and it's insanely complex!

[@Skydrag.V60]

The organ truly is the most beautiful instrument of all time

[@MrSpyfelis]

I agree.

[@johanna5688]

Personally I love the harpsichord. I can't understand how the piano overshadowed the harpsichord. Harpsichords are magnificent. Crystal clear sound. Beautiful music written for it are what dreams are made of.

[@sebastiaanm6]

And Bach is the genius of this music

[@carolrichardsonsmith]

😊😊😊

[@carolrichardsonsmith]

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@isaiahbaggett5014]

Head banging, shredding, pedalling...this guy is a rock star 🤘🏾

[@flyingdutchman4794]

The singing voice of that Principal at 05:29 is unreal... transports the listener through time.

[@marcussfebruary9104]

The more Bach I hear the more I fall inlove.

[@larikipe940]

Love is a many splendid thing.

[@billrakes1524]

Ja!!!

[@marcussfebruary9104]

@quality test yes it is not Bach, it is a version of Vivaldis concerto that was arranged by Bach

[@derpymcderpell]

You may know this, but just to make sure, I feel like I should say this is a transcription of one of Vivaldi’s concerti.

[@JamesCSLiu]

In case you would like to hear what the original sounded like, try kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXynq5ihaLuCrLs

[@enriquebonifacino9939]

It's beautiful. The organist is a great performer.

[@rafikbaladi6555]

Glorious rendition off this Vivaldi's invention with Bach's trillion pauses

[@jaydenfung1]

It’s always lovely to listen both to the original concerto and this interpretation of the transcription. Bach made good choices for what to copy down, and as they say, Vivaldi taught him to “think musically”. I wish they had met.

[@juliak8093]

I listened to both, and still like Bach's arrangement more than the original. Everything Bach touches, turns to gold.

[@nocturnallsnake4228]

This is one evidence I use when I say that Vivaldi, despise being or not one of my favourite composers, was a great one. If Sebastian Bach, who is considered by the musicologists the greatest composers of them all liked Vivaldi, which musicologist could disagree?

[@pianoguyswe]

Van Doeselaar's interpretation of this concerto is masterful. Absolutely flawless and with amazing energy. Thank you!

[@kscamm]

I don't know how many times I've listened, but I'm hooked on Van Doeslaar. Thank you, sir!

[@larstragl146]

man, just came home from work, had a tea with rum and a proper spliff and this was somehow in my recommended list... Very impressive

[@DavidJeffersonPotter]

I love this man's body language, he totally nails this piece!

[@manuelernst397]

I think its too much and unnecessary.

[@passacaillec1450]

I am absolutely ecstatic to find that Bach made an arrangement for my favorite Vivaldi concerto!

[@davebarclay4429]

Bach made organ arrangements of three concertos by Vivaldi. His cousin Johann Gottfried Walther was also a master arranger and transcribed another Vivaldi concerto for organ along with several concertos by other composers including Telemann and Albinoni. To confuse things further Walther was the teacher of a young aristocrat, Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar, who was a capable composer and Bach made organ arrangements of one of his concertos and a fragment of another.

[@flyingdutchman4794]

Wonderful! Mr. Van Dosselaar's playing has a rhythmic integrity and punch which are rare among organists to-day. Also, despite his marvelous technique, he doesn't play everything ABSOLUTELYFASTERTHANFAST as so many of his colleagues do.

[@steverodak2230]

The music and its performance is a treasure.

[@achimkurz7117]

Leo van Doeselaar wird Eins mit der Orgel und der Bach-Musik. Selten so gesehen und gehört. Bravo!

[@tsanchezts]

Bach und Vivaldi, die perfekte Kombination im wunderbaren musikalischen Universum. Vielen Dank.

[@bramshottchoir199]

The best performance of this, anywhere! registration, articulation, tempo, everything perfect. Sheer joy!

[@jvdb0001]

great ; Eternal Classics Brothers

[@jvdb0001]

@Eric Hiret great ; Eternal Classics Brothers

[@antiv]

Spectacular performance. The Largo in particular is out of this world... This is what being a musician is all about. He is inside the music.

[@sparrough]

That movement at 8:48! So precise!

[@gijsschubert7901]

And his hands flying between the two keyboards (whilst playing the pedals at the same time) - so skilled!

[@sammydavis8722]

What a magnificently played piece. Only in a big church can you find an organ with such acoustics. 😀🙏🏻

[@notaire2]

Beautiful performance of this perfectly arranged masterpiece in a lively tempo with transparent sound of the well-restored organ and with carefully controlled dynamics. Truly awesome organist!

[@karinalidakihle3535]

the organ and the performer-just perfect!

[@rykelkharg2903]

This magnificent work represents a tribute by Bach to Vivaldi. I am thrilled to hear this Bach transcription for organ of the Vivaldi Concerto Grosso for two violins and cello (L'estro Armonico number 11), because it is my favorite baroque concerto. It is clear that Bach (the unquestioned master of baroque music) greatly admired the Vivaldi concertos whose printed versions he was privileged to have access to, as evidenced by the fact that he studied them carefully and transcribed several of them for other instruments and instrumental ensembles, including this one.

[@alindmay]

Young Bach in Weimar. Vivaldi was so popular, kind of a rockstar of his time. Maybe this was a way to attract attention on his masterful organ playing

[@dutchdekkers4071]

Such an absolutely brilliant piece, on such an absolutely magnificent instrument, so very masterly played. This piece was one of my father's favorites. It would fill our home... This performance is so beautiful. Thank you, Mr. van Doeselaar, and the Netherlands Bach Society.

[@adforfun3675]

The man's so talented at playing the organ that he has grown a third hand to pull the stops

[@jessebruul2185]

I just keep coming back to this, one of the all time best performances on youtube imo

[@f.sarastre7491]

Sir: I do not give praise so easily. Still, your virtuosity is for the ages. It transcends time. You understand every aspect of the music to which you give new life. My heart thanks you. Only JS Bach himself could have more beautifully performed.

[@akumayoxiruma]

0:47 Haha, this register's name written on the right is called 'Vogelgeschrei' which translated to English means 'bird screams'.

[@generalackbar245]

Yes. These kind of stops are mainly from Renaissance era. - the "Vogelgeschrei" is also called "Rossignol" (nightingale) in french. It is generally constructed with 3 pipes partially dropped in a water tank. It produces a hissing sound that may resemble a bird song. You may hear it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5yxkoxrm7akqNE - the "Zimbelstern" is a small crown of bells. A rotating weight strikes them each in turn. - the "Storm" is an accessory imitating the thunder, by simultaneously making several low notes of the pedal speak. They have become very rare nowadays, I mean there are no more of these kind of stops in modern organs.

[@kfc575]

@@generalackbar245 funnily, there is an organ with a Zimbelstern in Christuskirche, Karlsruhe,Germany . Its a Klais organ from 1966, the pipes were kept, but most of the other parts were built new some years ago....

[@BaroquetoClassical]

Even as an arrangement, this is pure genius; Leo your organ work and stops are exceptional!

[@juliak8093]

Better than original in my opinion, Bach improves everything he touches.

[@enzopedretti2660]

Dieses Orgelstück ist wirklich außerordentlich! Toll Organisten, ein Genie. Wunderbar.

[@robertlayzer7832]

What a joy! What a privilege to see this thousands of miles away from where this was saved for posterity and music lovers everywhere.

[@edgardodelisi8634]

Nuevamente, felicitaciones al maestro Van Doeselaar ; interpretación melodiosa y técnicamente irreprochable.

[@C.D.Music.]

An elegant and rich performance with such immaculate registration.

[@redbrian3655]

masterful playing! These are the best registrations I have ever heard for this concerto. Leo's touch is soooooo light!

[@richiejohnson]

I agree. There is something very very special about the registrations he's chosen

[@steveneardley7541]

I didn't know the organ could be so expressive on a melodic level. It positively breathes.

[@austinafrench]

And there's a reason for that :). Go listen to the interview with Leo where he explains that this is one of the only pieces where Bach specifically prescribed registration. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3XGnJaLfrmdadk

[@thorthostenson9566]

Doeselaar is rocking out! I love that kind of passion for the organ.

[@galactus51]

How could that get even better? Bach and Vivaldi! Bravo maestro! Loved your execution.

[@albertocolzani897]

Perfettamente centrato lo spirito del Concerto Grosso, articolazione impeccabile, ottima scelta dei registri, magnifico organo. Complimenti, bravissimo!

[@susanadiasjohnson457]

An out-of-body experience. Some other dimension. AWESOME❤

[@a3thinker]

An oustanding performance, thanks to Maestro Leo van Doeselaar.

[@WigbertTraxler]

This Largo is evidence for Vivaldi's greatness!! Well played!

[@LifeforArt]

0:47 The stop 'Vogelgeschrei' made me smile. In English this literally means: the noise of birds.

[@sameash3153]

An English cognate would be "fowlshriek"

[@wilsanders3046]

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[@grahambint110]

Fantastic playing. So rhythmic and energetic.

[@benevincit8244]

Спасибо гениальному Баху ! Вечная музыка , вечная память великому композитору!

[@sanjosemike3137]

There is no historical indication that Bach and Vivaldi ever met. However, it is no secret that Bach adored Vivaldi's music and took it so seriously that Bach HAD to reconstitute it by making various arrangements of Vivaldi's works. Some musicologists assert that Bach actually LEARNED from Vivaldi's music and tried to make (his own music) more dramatic as a result of Vivaldi's ideas. What I am curious to know is HOW Bach was able to obtain the scores to so many of Vivaldi's works? I assume Bach had "musical connections" in various countries, and likely that included Italy. But publishing and dissemination of mail and music must have been MUCH more difficult than it is now...and not to mention expensive. But none of this stopped Bach from getting as much of Vivaldi's music as he could get. I assume Bach performed them too, but I don't know if there is any written record of these performances. I'm sure I'm not the only one interested in this issue. We know Bach adored Buxtehude's organ music. It's a pity that Buxtehude is not performed more. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)

[@bach]

A very interesting subject indeed. A lot of music from Italian composers (including Vivaldi) was published in Amsterdam. Via Prince Johann Ernst some of this music was brought to Weimar, where Bach transcribed it. Organist Reitze Smits explains this more in detail here: allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-593/#organist-reitze-smits

[@sanjosemike3137]

@@bach Thank you so much for this very interesting URL that helps EXPLAIN Bach's ability to obtain Vivaldi's music. Like any extremely accomplished musician of ANY time, Bach certainly would be expected to have a vast interest in what other composers were doing. Obviously the score was the only way to transmit this...or to actually GO to where it was being played. We can make a reasonable assumption that Bach looked as these scores as a Christmas gift and we can only imagine Bach's joy at opening up the scores and playing them in his mind...first and then on the organ and harpsichord. Yet, according to the discussion above, Bach tried to remain true to the scores. In THAT, we can see Bach's love of Vivaldi showing through. Bach could not "play" any recordings of those scores. His only way to share his love of Vivaldi was on the organ and making transcriptions, which he himself could play. One has a fantasy of what they would have said to each other had they actually met. I think that Bach would have loved to hear Vivaldi play the concertos himself on the violin. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)

[@CarlBowlby]

I do believe Bach met Buxtehude in that famous anecdote of him walking many miles north to meet the great Master. Don’t forget also that Bach’s cousin, Johann Gottfried Walther, was a very able-minded encyclopedist and not only wrote a history of organists and their music, but he also had a very large sheet music collection. Bach very likely might have gotten Vivaldi’s music from Walther. Bach also liked not just the Italian school of music but also the French, having copied Nicolas de Grigny’s “Livre d’orgue” (published in 1699,, but Bach got to it when it was republished in approx 1711) and this he also got from his cousin, Walther. I also agree that Buxtehude’s music should be performed by the Netherlands Bach Society, if for nothing else but for historical interest as Bach was very much taken in with Buxtehude’s “art”.

[@elizabethsohler1847]

Have you tried contacting the American Musicological Society? www.amsmusicology.org/ ? They are a professional organization for music historians in the US. They might be able to find someone who can answer your questions or tell you where to look for an answer . I apologize for my link I don't know how to create one in this forum . If you cut and paste the text into a browser it should work .

[@elizabethsohler1847]

Now I see . It creates it when the post posts! Sneaky!

[@semihcorbaci]

Merhaba. Thanks to the precious Netherlands Bach Society for this amazing piano recital. How lucky, I am listening to this recital in my house in Izmir. Despite all the hardship and lack of opportunities in my life, I feel refreshed when I see some high-class content. Thanks and thanks again.

[@dfaltin]

Bach‘s music is probably the closest we will ever get to divine perfection. Also, I love this channel.

[@dfaltin]

@@gianlucabersanetti6454 Vivaldi is great too

[@hindenburg1596]

This piece is actually a Vivaldi piece (RV 565) Bach transcribed for the organ

[@marthasusanaramirez1984]

Simply amazing, it takes my breath away!

[@mario4798]

The more I listen to Vivaldi, the more I fall in love with it!

[@adriaanvanoost4248]

Great composition! Great performance. Beautiful organ. I want more!

[@victoriaballard7354]

Bach, Mozart absolutely necessary to winter in Nova Scotia.Thank you for this beautiful soul, mind and hands.

[@AntonioRobertoFreitas]

The wonderful music. Excellent project.

[@berthar.shewman9921]

Wow! What remains to say? Thank you for this performance, Sir. It is so beautiful it brings the tears, you know? Bringing Joy and Consolation to me tube...

[@daveydoodle52]

The last movement sounds like something Bach would have improvised . LOVE THIS PIECE.

[@richiejohnson]

Great sound recording. This organ has a beautiful harmony of sound, brought to bear here on the perfect registration. Ably articulated rendition, at the tempo sweet spot. Very satisfying

[@jamesr1703]

N.B.S. is the best ! I have loved J.S.B. since I was a child. Greetings from the U.S.A.

[@michalgeppert5373]

To be honest, Mr. Van Doeselaar isn't my favourite organist, but he played this Concerto perfectly.🤩

[@thays3649]

Perfection. Such beautiful competent inspired playing, with every note perfectly articulated and the stunning sound of a glorious instrument.

[@michelsauzier1144]

Congratulations for this wonderful project !

[@AeCouperin]

Thank you, that was so good! I love the lightness of his touch!

[@scarlatti222]

Agreed , also i love your alucard profile pic & i beleive that castlevania symphony of the night is the best Video game OST ever composed

[@richiejohnson]

Yes, that Largo can get a little tedious. I liked the pace, and the little decorative swirls he added.

[@Angels-3xist]

“dark metamorphosis!”

[@gijsschubert7901]

Indeed, llisten to those lovely light ornaments in the minutes after 5:36, so nicely done!! He even the ornaments with his head at 5:55! Brilliant organ player

[@gmleitgeb]

Leo plays just great! He is my favorit organist

[@vrove8]

Bach masterpieces by masterful artists. So grateful. Would have loved to have had access to this throughout my long life. Thankyou!

[@halvey123]

Thank you for posting another great classical work. An oasis in the midst of chaos.

[@runner0075]

Elegant and expressive performance, and that organ fits perfectly with the german repertoire.

[@karinalidakihle3535]

I love This organ and the Performance!!!!!

[@TheEleventeen]

Thank you for this wonderful video ! The performance and the sound quality are both amazing ! I instantly subscribed.

[@humbertotrachuk8438]

Bach, un encanto escuchar tan bella música, un saludo de MZA.Argentina.

[@josverpoorten4213]

De versieringen in het langzame deel zijn prachtig!

[@sean8470]

every visitor and listener of bach who knows his pieces are among the enlightened you are not among the sheep. Take pride in that.

[@856397214]

Such a beautiful performance, thanks for NBC thanks for Maestro Van Doeselaar. I love this piece, and maybe never heard a great interpretation like that

[@reimaginingthepiano164]

What an incredible recording, organ and performer. Congratulations!

[@jiriborysek6211]

Very nice !!! Sehr schöne, grossartige interpretation von Leo Van Doeselaar's !! Vielen Dank !!

[@alvarito45]

NBS you are fabulous playing Bach. Thank you!!

[@newpath.newpath2010]

This is truly great music, performed by a super talent.

[@mario4798]

Più ascolto Vivaldi e più me ne innamoro!

[@hiobaname]

Netherlands Bach Society and youtube,God bless you for the project,a wonderful gift to anybody.Bach forever!From Milano,Italy

[@renaldtremblay8333]

Magnifique! Bravo!

[@homoaudiens7386]

Absolutely magical performance!

[@haydnenthusiast]

This is the most hauntingly beautiful thing I have ever heard

[@paulmartinez594]

fantastic performance!

[@user-gc4zi8vk7g]

I love this song and listen to it a lot with Trio Sonata and Clavier Ubung 3. Thank you for posting.

[@g4p5l6]

Thank you for sharing, this is majestic.

[@ernst-dietmarhorstmann4949]

Sir, I thank You ! Dank je ! During this pandemic situation this music makes me happy. Best wishes from your neighbour in Hamburg/Germany. May God bless You !

[@raulreyesortiz1732]

Das tolle Projekt über Bach auf KZbin ist da, und es zeigt, was wahrer Barock bedeutet. Glückwunsch!

[@lucasoattin9499]

Congrats!! Wonderful performance

[@tetracor]

Beautiful. Thank You mush for publishing Bach.

[@odettefrancois6566]

Bach es el padre de la música, sus obras sublimes llegan al alma, saludos desde Chile🎼🎶

[@curtkennedy6050]

That was absolutely beautiful. Thank you, thank you!

[@RobertOrgRobert]

Beautifully voiced pipe work

[@FingersKungfu]

His passion is going through the roof.

[@pietrosacconi4408]

Bach plus Vivaldi: what the best? GREAT!!

[@AB41142]

Just melted my heart ❤️

[@manoelfernandez3461]

Great to see that the channel is growing.

[@klytemnestra]

That’s awesome thank you 🇳🇱 Bach Society! ❤🍀🍀🍀

[@ikawinner960]

It’s amazing your playing, you are virtuoso Thank you very much

[@lcs-media]

It was an impressive performance. The video is also great. Thanks for the good play.