Bach - Prelude and fugue in E-flat major BWV 552 - Van Doeselaar | Netherlands Bach Society

[@bach]

0:10 Prelude 9:59 Fugue

[@keeledover4218]

nice ebony keys if you ever break a couple i have black ebony musician grade

[@slim531]

12:28 Fugue 2 14:23 Fugue 3

[@raffaelepellizzon1665]

😂W

[@maniak1768]

The suspension dissonances in the opening fugue exposition are just so absolutely out of this world.

[@Evvivaverdi]

What is the meaning of ''suspension dissonances''? Thanks in advance.

[@maniak1768]

@Evvivaverdi Well, in Baroque music, there are essentially three types of dissonances: Passing notes (transitus), anticipations and suspensions. There are of course a few exceptions and workarounds, some of them Bach's very speciality. But basically, in a suspension, a dissonance on a downbeat has to be prepared, where most voices were a consonance on the upbeat before. The dissonance then has to be resolved by the following upbeat. The third chord of the prelude is already a dissonance, a seventh over the f in the bass, resolving to a sixth, d. But there are much more intricate and spicy dissonances used in this prelude in the following fugato sections.

[@late8641]

I've never heard anything equally majestic. It brought me to tears immediately, and it was almost as if the entire history of humankind with all of its beauty and accomplishments had flashed in front of my eyes.

[@laputa6464]

How beautifully put! As with Bach, there's definitely this sense of history unfolding through the notes like being carved in sound...

[@robertmuller5807]

It not a prelude, it is a cathedral of music and divine power

[@erkthedestroyer]

I've been waiting for this recording since I saw the teaser. Leo is my absolute favorite player. I heard him play the fugue live in the exact same Church maybe a year or so ago. I was so thrilled to hear him live. It was one of my favorite concerts ever. Thank you NBS, thank you for your never ending work.

[@timbauer1618]

Im just waiting for the toccata, adagio and fugue in c major...

[@maximiliandiek]

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[@timbauer1618]

@@maximiliandiek thank you! Why didnt i find it? Anyways its also my favourite organist!

[@seelenlerche]

Bamberger Dom!

[@grafvonsylt]

Me too!

[@L1102]

One of the greatest pieces ever composed

[@starwarsjunkie7776]

Oh without a doubt!

[@starwarsjunkie7776]

Look up the Moonlight music from Richard Strauss’ opera Cappricio. Another secretly great excerpt I discovered recently!!!

[@ronwalker4849]

I LOVE THE MANNER OF ARTISTRY OF DR. DOESELAAR PLAYING BACH.. IT´S SO NATURAL AND PERFECTLY IN PLACE.

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

A masterpiece for the ages.

[@derkurator9940]

I heard this piece the first time in St. Catherine's Church, Frankfurt. To me this was a key step in realizing how great this man really was. People left the church with big smiles on their faces and a guy in front of me was quietly whistling the last fugue theme.

[@rbk2745]

In my opinion this is one of the most beautiful music composed by Bach. Very well played as ever.

[@user_user1337]

Bach wrote A LOT of "most beautiful music". For me: I celebrate the man's whole catalogue. I have all three "Gesamtwerk"-collection of records that are available. Bach never wrote anything weak, sure there are personal favourites, but what makes Bach the greatest composer of all time, among other things, is that he did not wreak any of his havoc. Every Cantata is beautiful and of sound technical quality. Some moments in Bach are better than other sure, but we have to consider his complete works in order to do justice to his credentials.

[@alexliu1770]

@@user_user1337 Can’t agree more. His solo instrument suites, sonatas and partitas also have some of the most beautiful moments in the history of western music. Indeed you can find everything in Bach.

[@ArthurAgamenon_]

Don't forget the fabricator of this organ, is such a beauty sound to hear

[@TheSoteriologist]

@@user_user1337 _" Bach never wrote anything weak"_ Glenn Gould emphatically disagreed explicitly, and so do I. But one has to consider that he had to produce music industrially. I would concur that he never wrote anything weak when his heart was fully in it.

[@whosaysitmatters]

@@TheSoteriologist Glenn Gould? Really?? Who gives a * what Glenn Gould thought

[@MegaFount]

How can one man be so full of such greatness? The amount of incomparable music he created is staggering. This piece is so grand and profound moving from grandiosity to solemn whispers. I am in awe. Thank you for another brilliant performance. AOB has me bewitched!

[@gregmeissner9960]

Two of them are, Van Doeselaar is basicallly "channeling" Bach!

[@paulcaswell2813]

I have to say that all JSB's greatness is summed up in 552's fugue: it really does have everything.

[@gregmeissner9960]

@richardharrold9736 You're a bit of a literalist, huh

[@annefrancoisepolonini6982]

when I hear Bach it's all one being that vibrates, how much hours in this paradise of organists, the end of masses, the concerts only memories ... I never get tired by Bach ... it was a monument of artistic construction in constructive creation, let's say ... I have no words to describe what you feel in front of the organ:Do we serve it where it serves us? Everything is there, these tributes to God

[@goscott444]

*_ALL, HONOR, PRAISE, PEACE, POWER, HOLY MIGHT, LOVE, BLESSING, GRACE AND GLORY TO OUR MOST PERFECT HOLY HIGH GOD JEHOVAH AND HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON YESHUA HA-MASHIACH, JN_**_3:16_**_-19 AMEN!_*

[@SR009s]

As I've continued to listen to music throughout the years, one thing has become more and more glaringly obvious; no-one has ever, nor will ever, be able to surpass Bach.

[@notzack]

except Messiaen

[@SR009s]

@@notzack no. Messiaen is cool, I guess, but to suggest he could ever surpass bach is akin to blasphemy

[@Mackattack1080]

Very true. The greatest musical mind of all time.

[@davebarclay4429]

@@notzack Messiaen himself would have been the last person to believe he could surpass Bach!

[@MarcelMangnus]

The opening footage is very impressive!

[@user-fu7zf4ck9z]

The greatest organ work of all time, followed by the great Prelude and Fugue Piece d'orgue D-Major BWV532, the Toccata F-Major BWV540 and the Passacaglia C-Minor BWV582!!! Bach's most holy keyboard piece is a triumph of music and one of the greatest human achievements to say the least

[@FancyNoises]

Man, I think I've been wanting for this exact list for a long time

[@FancyNoises]

Have you tried his incarnatus est, and his et crucifixus, from the b minor mass? Also the opening of the St John passion, and I think it's the ending of the St Matthew passion, as well as Erbarma dich mein gott Agnus dei from b minor Mass grew on me

[@glj1377]

I really love the 547 one . Tremendous prelude.❤

[@agnesgrey4799]

Leo van Doeselaar, Silbermann organ and another masterpiece by Johan Sebastian Bach and enjoyment is guaranteed 🎵👏🏻🎶😌

[@maniak1768]

My holy trinity.

[@cornepronk6819]

Nog nooit zo'n harmonieuze uitvoering van dit orgelwerk gehoord! Zo zangrijk, open, transparant. Hij speelt het bijna als een grote psalm.

[@musicarrangestudio9134]

As expected! He's my favorite grandpa! He plays a great performance that never betrays my expectations!

[@slim531]

0:10 Prelude 9:59 Fugue 12:28 Fugue 2 14:23 Fugue 3

[@WolfieNamira]

this is the most magnificent and beautiful piece in the entire world, and it forever will be.

[@iateurbreakfast]

Guido Tichelman is the sound guru! Recording quality is outstanding!

[@guidotichelman8597]

Thank you!

[@goldenstone7094]

It is a simplistic pleasure, but I love it when an organ piece ends on a mega chord such as presented here.

[@organy1450]

I heard the end of this fugue on 32' reed in pedal and the last chord was shaking whole church.

[@goldenstone7094]

@@organy1450 That's awesome! I don't live near one of these tremendous instruments, but I would love the chance to hear one in person someday.

[@samitobribiesca6320]

LA MUSIQUE DE BACH EST QUINTESSENCE DE L'HARMONIE ET DE LA BEAUTÉ . BACH C'EST LE GÉNIE DE LA LUMIÈRE ET DE LA MUSIQUE : MOZART

[@chriscarson2547]

My favorite work by Bach played wonderfully on a magnificent organ. Thank you to All of Bach for this gift.

[@chrischinnery7515]

Supendous! I am blown away. I don't think I have ever heard anything more mind-blowing.

[@herbertvanbeek1466]

BWV 552 ist eins der majestischsten Orgelwerke Bach's. Von allen Versionen, die bisher gehört habe, gefällt mir die von Leo van Doeselaar mit großem Abstand am besten. Vielen Dank Herr van Doeselaar, für dieses intensive Höhrerlebnis.

[@friedemannkleinert6441]

Okay, wow. Thankyou so much, dear Netherlands Bach Society. I've been waiting for this piece since I heard of your project. Now it is released, this genius piece of music. And I could listen to it all day. Thanks Keep going

[@GryphonWahle]

Does anyone ever dread when NBS releases your favorite Bach piece? I say dread because you know the video itself will be the best quality recording and cinematography of the piece that exists, but you are conflicted with how their interpretation will fare against your favorite recording? That was this piece for me. Thank goodness I had nothing to fear. Thankfully the organ is pitched a whole step higher than played to make it entirely different. But of course NBS comes through with another wonderfully done video! Bravo y'all!

[@MatthewChapmanSTL]

I'm not as fond of the tuning, but tis a minor point, no pun intended. I absolutely love E-flat in today's tuning.

[@deaganjones4666]

As always, Mr. van Doeselaar played this wonderfully. This is one of my favorites of Bach and I love the slightly more stately tempo in the Prelude that he uses. It allows you to feel the almost martial nature of it. Bravo NBS!

[@chriscarson2547]

If you'd like an even more 'stately' tempo, listen to Daniel Chorzempa. Some may find his interpretation agonizingly slow, but for me it enters a timeless celestial paradigm.

[@pamelafrancis4476]

Yes, also to hear each note (important when playing the organ to allow the sound to resonate in its own time perhaps).

[@christopherczajasager9030]

" marital " ??? Costly.....Perhaps you meant martial, which it is not either 🤔

[@Saturos02]

The final third part of the fugue, especially the climactic 16:01 is just... beyond words. Five voices, perfectly interwoven, all complementing and raising each other up to this euphorically triumphant conclusion. Very powerful stuff, even for Bach.

[@griottembf2405]

Il est vrai que nos mots semblent si souvent insuffisants pour exprimer tout ce qui déborde de nos âmes, LUI AVAIT -il été particulièrement béni dès sa Conception d'une qualité totalement mystérieuse de TALENTS, multiples, de facettes mystérieuses, dont nul au monde n'a pu l'égaler, et de loin‼️ la Parabole des Talents fut proclamée bien avant sa naissance spécialement POUR LUI, QUI NOUS A SI HUMBLEMENT TOUT REVERSÉ DANS LE COEUR.. Deo gratias🙏💞💟🌷

[@MatthewChapmanSTL]

Absolutely agreed!

[@sergiopinto9579]

BACH IS ALIVE

[@maj-lenaskagerlund3118]

Forever... The greatest composer of them all ❤️🎶❤️🎶❤️ Church organist in 🇸🇪

[@arssofiaeditionsetlibrairi7182]

❤

[@glj1377]

Bach died in 1750 you dikhead

[@gc7872]

I am afraid he died

[@crimeancomposer]

Like Viktor Tsoy 😊

[@pierrelambert4885]

Quelle merveilleuse interprétation de cette majestueuse oeuvre du Cantor de Leipzig. Quel beau phrasé, quelle belle registration ... Je pense que si Bach avait vécu, il aurait été enchanté de cette interprétation ... Bravo Monsieur Van Doeselaer

[@jonhayes6673]

I could not possibly adore this more... this is perfection!

[@marcusbetz8402]

What a stunning performance!

[@Юрийбрамс]

Действительно, одна из лучших версий которую довелось слышать!Воистину великий органист, браво!!

[@spiritussanctusband]

One of the most impressive instruments I've ever heard live. I want to listen to a concert of Leo one day.

[@georgenauman4511]

The articulation and phrasing make this great work come alive! One of my favorite pieces…

[@johnnythewaiter]

Best recording I've heard so far. Respect for everyone involved!

[@vincentcornejo3759]

This music sends me to a higher consciousness. Its energy so strong; I have to allow it to flow through me so i don't become anxious. Bach must have been inspired by God.

[@bobbyb9263]

Indeed he was. His music has many references to Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

[@AL84091]

God, I love this piece! So glad we finally have a recording of Van Doeselaar playing it!

[@stevenschrier4207]

Beautiful dynamic performance by Leo. The clarity of the soundtrack is appreciated. The recording captures the tonal quality of the historic Silbermann organ. Interesting to learn a fast tempo performance is possible on the instrument. Thank you for sharing the performance.

[@mk5244]

…every tune its value, every bar breathing the cosmic power far beyond our known reality. It has been one of my favorites since childhood when our father presented the great JSB to us on many occasions. My soul still rejoices! Mi piace moltissimo

[@julianhlloyd]

I see a number of comments on the Tempo. For those who don’t understand how organs worked in Bach’s day, this is a tracker action instrument. All the opening of the valves comes from the force of the performer’s fingers. It is a completely different animal from a modern or re-engineered organ where the valves open electrically. The technique switch is almost as tough as going from piano to organ. Most organists can’t make it (I was one).

[@PM_ME_MESSIAEN_PICS]

Oh boy I'm in for a ride when I switch from my toaster to a tracker instrument

[@tapioportimo2551]

Most high quality modern organs still have trakker actions on the attached console, and a separate electric console. Newest ones even have proportional electric actions like the new Rieger organ at Helsinki Musiikkitalo (124 speaking stops) where the pallet valves open at the speed the keys are pressed. Even the stop sliders can be opened only partly from the electric stage console, sliders moving proportionally with the stop tab. The worst are the 60 to 100 year old pneumatic ones which can have a one second delay between pressing the kay and the pipe speaking, with different time lags between manuals...

[@davidlorimer1235]

Quite magnificent - I have played the first part of the fugue myself and the subject entries and resolution of dissonances are sublime. While the last part - what can one say? Transported....and sending love and inspiration to all those who listen to this, a real blessing in sound

[@gjlander100]

i have loved this work lifelong. Thank you for this rendition. And I so recall my youth - playing it - 50 years back...... dancy, dancy, in the final fugue too. Stunning...

[@karlgrafvonmoy855]

Although it was Silbermanns very first complete work, I do think that this is still the greatest of all his organs and it is perfect for interpreting one of the absolute masterworks for this instrument

[@jamallabarge2665]

I love that fugue, especially when the last voice comes in on the pedal notes - big cherry on the sundae. His tempo is really nice, makes separating out the voices a little bit easier, which is most appreciated.

[@flavioserci6046]

Bach's masterpiece on Silbermann's masterpiece played by a brilliant organist. The best.

[@alfredoa.potthoff6709]

fantastic, super, G R E A T !! One of the best interpretation of BWV 552 ever heard. Thank you 🤩

[@ANormalMeme]

This was so good! Van Doeselaar deserves more views!

[@simonwilliams2470]

Bach’s most symphonic prelude and fugue? Utter masterpiece, and this is a great performance, and well filmed too. Thank you NBS once again. Hugely enjoyed. The companion piece on this Silberman organ is not to be missed either.

[@janjakobsen1253]

Thank you so much for recording . Nothing in the world gives me more happiness. Wonderful

[@gregmeissner9960]

So free, so majestic, so beautifully performed.

[@kjkiefcakes1847]

Amazing performance. Amazing organ, and space. Thank you so much for this experience!

[@misterphilgood1451]

Magnifique !!! Belle maîtrise et votre jeu met parfaitement en évidence tout le génie de Bach ! Bravo 👏👍👍👍

[@SilvioNobre]

Bach é o que me faz manter a serenidade! 😍❤️

[@bert-hassokemnitz8580]

Great van Doeselaar. . -This is for me the nearly authentic BWV 552 by J.S.Bach. - Respectful, defensive, calm, cautious , modest interpretation on a J.S.Bach contemporary Silbermann organ in Bach`s homeland..

[@g.k.failla9389]

Watched his video about this organ. What a sound it has, and he uses all of it to great effect. Another awesome Bach performance. From Chicago, U.S.A.

[@alexandrovanderwhite8518]

Always, after listening to this masterpiece for several minutes, I can't come to my senses from the shock of what I heard.

[@kempedkemp]

Very impressive performance. I can tell what Professor van Doeselaar does in his spare time. 💥 👏 💜

[@fritsboer4315]

Oh man ........there are no words for this, just tears............thanks Leo

[@glj1377]

My absolutely favourite piece of organ by master JSB. Stunning masterpiece the 552 !

[@mspg2]

Staggeringly beautiful

[@Maneliorn]

What a wonderful way to start my day. I absolutely imbued myself into this masterpiece, so wonderfully performed by Dr Leo Doeselaar. Inderdaad een goeie uitvoering! Dankie!

[@Leo-fh9rv]

Unbelievable. More or less just the crown of Bach‘s Masterpieces.

[@manubet100]

Que preciosa joya de música y de video. Nuevamente felicito a AOB por la entrega generosa de este testamento musical.

[@MrAristaeus]

This is life affirming. Thank you.

[@michaelmeyer7426]

Beautiful tempo and phrasing! So wonderful to at last have this on the NBS list!

[@thomaskent3712]

Thank you soooo much for all these beautiful videos!

[@lenanielsen5903]

Bach's music is amazing wonderful played very beautiful organ sound Thank's NBS🍃

[@festivalinternacionaldelor5962]

Absolutely great! Leo is a superb organ player, just great!!!

[@andreamundt]

Gorgeous registrations!! *

[@dustinlaferney3160]

A towering work of genius beautifully performed. The themes of God the father, God the son, and God the Holy Spirit (composed in E-flat major no less) so intricately and brilliantly interwoven so as to portray the Trinity.

[@goscott444]

*_ALL, HONOR, PRAISE, PEACE, POWER, HOLY MIGHT, LOVE, BLESSING, GRACE AND GLORY TO OUR MOST PERFECT HOLY HIGH GOD JEHOVAH AND HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON YESHUA HA-MASHIACH, JN_**_3:16_**_-19 AMEN!_*

[@oliverkentish9468]

Magnificent! We call this the "St. Anne" in the UK. Wonderful rendition. Thankyou Leo van Doeselaar and NBS

[@BertHassoKEMNITZ-ls1pr]

Pardon me: Why "St.Anne"?

[@oliverkentish9468]

@@BertHassoKEMNITZ-ls1prThe hymn tune "St. Anne" (common metre 86.86) to which the text is most often sung was composed by William Croft in 1708 whilst he was the organist of St Anne's Church, Soho: hence the name of the tune. It first appeared anonymously in the Supplement to the New Version of the Psalms, 6th edition in 1708. It was originally intended to be used with a version of Psalm 62. It was not until sometime later when set to Watts' text that the tune gained recognition. William Croft as a choirboy, circa 1690. National Portrait Gallery, London. Later composers subsequently incorporated the tune in their own works. For example, George Handel used the tune in an anthem entitled, "O Praise the Lord". J. S. Bach's Fugue in E-flat major BWV 552 is often called the "St. Anne" in the English-speaking world, because of the similarity of its subject to the first line of the hymn tune, though there is some debate as to whether Bach used the actual tune after hearing it, or coincidentally created himself the very similar tune used as the fugal theme. Young Bach's inspirator and mentor Dieterich Buxtehude, church administrator and organist of St Mary's in Lübeck in north Germany, used the same first line of the hymn tune as theme for the (first) fugue of his Praeludium-pedaliter in E major for organ.

[@BertHassoKEMNITZ-ls1pr]

@@oliverkentish9468 I am grateful for this broad description of the meaning St.Anne.

[@oliverkentish9468]

glad to be of help, but all I did was look it up on Wikipedia!@@BertHassoKEMNITZ-ls1pr

[@АртурНиколаев-е1е]

I am speechless, this piece is AMAZING!

[@BurkPrael]

Glorious! To be played on vol 10 ! One of my faves, for sure.

[@johnmilburn5715]

Absolutely beautifully played. Thank you so much.

[@pobinr]

Insane level of Bach's genius. I think he outshines every other human that's ever lived including Newton & Einstein

[@carolynclark1724]

Beautiful! My favorite Bach Prelude & Fugue

[@BoulderMamacita]

Beautiful delivery on a magnificent instrument in an exquisite church!!

[@АлексейШвецов-у7и]

it has a hypnotic and healing effect. Excellent performance, watched tirelessly, Thank you guys, the best 😍😍

[@janmannee4391]

Very inspiring performance of maybe the best of organ compositions ever..

[@samuelhelmlinger9588]

Magnifique oeuvre du grand maitre J.S. Bach, belle interprêtation, le plein jeu est un peu criard, bravo

[@davidbourne5781]

I've been waiting for this. Magnifique!

[@Booogieman]

We're so lucky to experience this!

[@kereldeman2989]

Magistraal werk. Magistrale uitvoering.

[@jacopocassese5477]

This is the best interpretation i never listened. GREAT! Thank you Magister Van Doeselaar

[@arthurnzh]

The organist and his assistant = grandpa rock'n rollin' under grandma's careful watch 🕺 ! Love that playing

[@leoperarm]

I’ve been waiting for this. Beautiful!

[@bobh5087]

Bravo. Beautifully played. 👍👏 It was always fun when I got to bring on the 32' Kontraposaune at the last pedal entrance. 💥 I think if an organist was only allowed to learn *one piece* of Bach's organ music, it would be this wonderful Prelude and Fugue.

[@kekom1758]

Ah Bach, Johann Sebastian. I grew up buying lots of music CDs, I wanted to discover new sounds and musical personalities. Thankfully, BMG music and others made it easier to discover and purchase new music such as JS Bach. ❤️🎼

[@valtergilenardi2639]

Magnifico Bach 🌌🌠

[@eclarakim]

Awesome😍😍😍 Thanks for playing Bach so well👍 👏👏👏👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@AloysiusEmanuel-.-]

Maravilhosa interpretação dessa obra prima de Johann Sebastian Bach!

[@Lupus.64]

Ja ja…. der Silbermann konnte Orgeln bauen. Großartiger Klang ,perfekt gespielt. Dankeschön.

[@vicenteortolamorell8007]

Estoy seguro que el gran Bach estaría más que satisfecho y emocionado si pudiera escuchar su interpretación gracias de todo corazón.

[@juanferreira5931]

Just Bach. Beyond words.

[@Haru-ct8ym]

あぁ… なんて美しいんだろぅ… このあまりに広大な大宇宙のなかで、ちっぽけな地球という星で、数えきれない生命が狂喜乱舞し、愛と哀が戯れて、叫びをあげているのに… この音楽の凄まじい慈しみの包容力といったら… この音楽を聴くためだけに、僕はこの地球に生まれてきたと思うと、少し気持ちが楽になる… 僕の魂が叫んでやまないよ… 中心よ、全ての中心よ！！ どうか、永遠に響きわたっていて… 全てを包む愛の歌よ…

[@MitchBoucherComposer]

Wow! I've been waiting for you to film on this great organ, but this is brilliant! Also, I really enjoy the new intro too. Thanks, Leo and the NBS!

[@xoknight8166]

The St. Anne Prelude and Fugue is one of my absolute favorites, wonderful performance

[@keescanalfp5143]

st. Anne?

[@davebarclay4429]

@@keescanalfp5143 A nickname sometimes applied in the UK (and maybe the USA) because the fugue subject is similar to the hymn tune "St Anne" most commonly sung to "O God our Help in Ages Past". The similarity is almost certainly a coincidence since it's very unlikely Bach knew the tune.