Bach - Sonata no. 1 in E-flat major BWV 525 - Zerer | Netherlands Bach Society

The Sonata in E-flat major, performed by Wolfgang Zerer for All of Bach, is part of a collection Bach put together for his son Wilhelm Friedemann. There was nobody for whom Bach composed and compiled more music - and music that was so personally tailored. He started before his son’s tenth birthday, when Wilhelm Friedemann was already showing great talent. When he was about twenty, his father compiled six organ trio sonatas for him.
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 or consider donating bit.ly/2uZuMj5.
For the interview with organist Wolfgang Zerer on Sonata no. 1 in E-flat major go to • Zerer on Bach Sonata n...
For more information on BWV 525 and this production go to allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-525/
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Wolfgang Zerer, organist
Organ: various builders between the 15th and 19th century. Restoration: Flentrop 2013

[@bach]

0:07 [...] 3:12 Adagio 11:15 Allegro

[@s.l5787]

Only thing ruining this is the awful intro to every video

[@diogenesofsinope1638]

@@s.l5787 if they took away the sound I wouldn't mind the visuals at all. But the anticipation of is always high and when it's not at all what your mind or body expects it makes the first 1-2 Min of the peace uncomfortable. Idk maybe just do the intro but instead of nothing at all you begin the peice and slowly from your logo fade to the performance? Remember boys women can not make serious decisions or be above man in any capacity. They are not equal in these we are and they may say they want respect what they really want is the honor that comes from being a good Christian woman and wife and mother. There is no equality in life except under Christ. Used to have the law in there but now our nations are not homogeneous.

[@tailleferrestan]

@@diogenesofsinope1638 Uh, I'm sorry, how does NBS intro music relate to theology?

[@danielcantera5682]

Oh man do I like adagio

[@evrimbayindir]

Is it possible if you remove those horrible intro's? Thanks :)

[@TellerMicha]

I had no (real) music education, but I am obsessed with Bach. And if I could name one ... the 6 triosonates are my favourite. Grew up listening to them. There's so much emotion/affect in it. A wonderful performance of Wolfgang Zerer. You should also listen to London Baroque who did an amazing job playing the sonatas on string instruments - a very interesting way to listen to the Triosonatas.

[@cromorno8749]

You have good taste!

[@francagavioli8815]

​@@cromorno8749I agree 😊❤

[@francagavioli8815]

❤❤😊

[@manuelaformoso4647]

Bach is the truly ambassador of God in Earth.

[@michaelwordlaw2605]

BACH IN THE MORNING....SUCH A GIFT..

[@organo3112]

And a gift last thing at night as well!

[@pedermklegaard1988]

I highly agree! I listen to Bach every morning

[@jans5331]

To me this is a clear example of the reason why I can not possibly switch off this music. Once started I HAVE to hear all. Spellbinding ! Thank you

[@wolkowy1]

Bach must have loved his son Wilhelm Friedemann very much, to create this beautiful Sonata with this almost children-song's motive and its educational development all through this musical work. I liked very much Zerer's mode of touching the keyboards in a way that one can hear clearly each melodic line and individual sound, and his special registration, which takes into account the acoustics advantages and disadvantages of the Church's space and the organ's resonance. Bravo!

[@zavilov]

An organist friend once opined that in view of the difficulties of these pieces Bach must have not liked his son very much.

[@rpgadventurer32]

@@zavilov :) I must admit he has a point...

[@herrickinman9303]

You have to take Forkel with a huge grain of salt. Biographers in his time had a tendency to embellish. Bach compiled the organ sonatas between 1727 and 1730, during which time, WF would have been 17 to 20 --no mere child. In 1729, WF enrolled in Leipzig University to study law. Bach probably compiled the organ sonatas for his recitals in Dresden or at the Leipzig University church.

[@altruisticphilanthropic4647]

A great performance by Wolfgang Zerer...zero surprise there. I know that organs were tuned to various pitch levels, even in the Baroque period....this organ is pitched a half step higher than A=440...quite different from the half step lower tuning of Bach's era...it sparkles like crazy. The 2nd half of the Adagio, when Bach inverts his original subject, and heads for darker realms, has always been one my favorites. Maestro Zerer's performance is wonderful, as well as his subtle use of ornamentation during repeated sections. Who wouldn't want to go back in time to hear Bach's ornamental choices? Please keep posting...forever.

[@topsecret1837]

Most organs were tuned A=460 or thereabouts where most other instruments, even harpsichords, were A=415-420. The organ was likely tuned that way in accordance with the German/French choral tunings which were increasing from 440 to 460 where it became nearly unbearable. Thus they went back to the old German 440.

[@georgegyulatyan3263]

@@topsecret1837 This makes sense. As when you look at Bach's manuscripts the organ parts are typically transposed down in orchestral pieces to account for this.

[@Highlander1432]

Very cool info Thanks guys Explains transposition of certain shared works!

[@liebigbeute]

I recently learned, although i'm not sure whether its the whole truth, that the higher organ pitch we often see was to save material when building expensive tin/lead pipes (as they get shorter in that case), i think its a funny thought..

[@erkthedestroyer]

@@topsecret1837 An Organ in my City is tuned to 476hz. I just once again realized how high that is.

[@user-si8nk2lk1z]

Музыка Баха - Дар Небес! Спасибо за совершенство!

[@NielsdeKlerk-organist]

What a performance! The amount of control over articulation and ornamentation Wolfgang Zerer demonstrates here is astounding.

[@lewisschultz1241]

Passacle and Fuge

[@traditionalgirl5585]

I have been a Bach fanatic since I was 17... He was amazing.

[@gerardbegni2806]

These six sonatas seem based on similar formulas - the so difficult perfection of the three-part writing in view of a perfect contrapunctal and harmonic achievement in line with the basic priciples of Westren classical music. Actaully, if we listen to these six sonatas better, we will realize that each of them has a mood of its own. Here, in my modest opinion, we have the triumph of firm architecture and greatness withoput emphasis, with some kind of dignified lyrism in the slow movement. This sonata is indeed a classical Western music masterpiece.

[@bpowell875]

Well, it's a baroque masterpiece.

[@gerardbegni2806]

@Son Europa you are perfectly right and I agree with you. I have played organ for some 50 years, including of course major organ works of JSB, preludes and fugues and chorales. . Clearly I never wrote that these works are among the major works of JSB (pleease red carefully my comment once more), and even of his organ works. this is a total misunderstanding. It is quite another story. I wrote about writing correctly pure three part works, which is quite different. I quoted some examples: 'Ma fin est mon commencemen' by Guillaume de Machat, the Puchberg trio by Mozart, the string trio by Schoenberg. These crafts of three part wro iting were written to serve as guidelines to his son. Te hey are abstract works, of coursde not in an organ idiom, just as the Inventions and Sinfonias are not written in a hapsichaord idiom, and just as the 'Art of the Fugue' is wirteen neither in an organ or harpsichord idiom (except a quitre interesting example adapted by JSB for harpsichord)). Even the so-called 'canonic variations', which he wrote for the Mistler

[@gerardbegni2806]

@Son Europa Dear friend I think that we fully agree

[@gerardbegni2806]

@Son Europa This question is quite touchy. Within the tonal Western musical system, certainly not. But iof we consider the evolution of this system towards innovative one like serialsm or others, we should acknowlecge the fact that for instance Webern (who was inspired by the Faco-flemish school and the late J.S. Bach) or more recently Brian Ferneyhough reached similar levels of perfetcion through a language of their own.

[@AbCd-kq3ky]

When the adagio theme returns in inversion just turns my stomach, it is so beautiful.

[@philipperigutto5029]

Excellent ! Registration au top, bon tempo ...ça sonne super bien c'est précis et musical ! Bravo!

[@billyfeels5393]

Soviel Liebe und Leben in Bach“ s Musik. Sie ist unsterblich !

[@peteacher52]

I recall from an LP sleeve in 1963 that WF was 17 when his father wrote the trio sonatas for him - quite an expectation and a mark of the lad's talent.

[@sanderdeschepper9650]

I'm hoping for a long time Wolfgang Zerer will once record Bachs 6 Triosonaten on cd. That would be great.

[@carolynclark1724]

Beautiful- one of my favorite organ sonatas.

[@FurryAnimator]

I Agree!

[@vishy8909]

I had always been particular ly impressed by the emotionaly deep adagio ,now i know Bach was an spiritual composer , Bravo!!

[@musicisitall]

Na een paar maten hoor je gewoon: hier is een meester aan de gang. Een discrete manier van registeren, geen opsmuk, gewoon de pure waarheid. Pure liefde. Als je dit zo kunt spelen, mag je jezelf een ware meester noemen. Perfecte articulatie, openingen, non legato spel is perfect, complementaire ritmiek is super, het vermoeit niet. ronduit prachtig.

[@daanbrouwer8690]

Helemaal mee eens. Jij hebt het begrepen. De wansmaak bij veel orgelmuziekliefhebbers komt ook door gebrekkige Luistervaardigheid en kennis.

[@raulreyesortiz1732]

Was für tolle Version, in der der Organist so leicht spielt! Wunderschön!

[@eduardohulett6042]

Bach's heavenly music shall live forever. It is the language of God. Perfect interpretation. Thank you very much.

[@Jaco1606]

Pero que maravillosa es la música, y más cuando el autor es tocado por Dios con un talento sin igual

[@MrCanigou]

As Wolfgang Zerer suggested in the above mentionned interview, these were wonderful pieces to listen to while meditating. Thank you so much for sharing this splendour.

[@notaire2]

Wunderschöne Aufführung dieser perfekt komponierten Sonate in verschiedenen Tempi mit durchsichtigen und gut vereinigten Tönen der perfekt restaurierten Orgel sowie mit sorgfältig kontrollierter Dynamik. Der letzte Satz klingt besonders schön und echt inspirierend. Einfach wunderbar!

[@lewisschultz1241]

What a beautiful rendition in that fabulous church. Great acoustics.

[@mariamagdalenak0380]

Cher Professeur, vous ecouter me fait toujours grandir le coeur! Mille mercis!

[@silvia57845]

nádherná interpretácia nádhernej hudby, J.S. Bacha...Ďakujem

[@FDLorgan]

Such a wonderful playing!

[@jean-marieboisbouvier6678]

Tout en justesse. La sensibilité de l écriture du Maître est ici sublimé. Merci infiniment. 🙏🏻

[@alejandrosalaya8072]

Magníficos conciertos, enhorabuena,demos gracias a Dios.

[@samshearman5251]

Bach is so great so soothing!

[@adscheurwater7987]

The music of Bach is a gift of God! Perfect!

[@bpowell875]

Such a beautiful church and organ

[@user-nv9xq5hk5l]

Herr Zerer, Bravo!

[@Pascal.Sabot.]

wonderful musical moment with great subtlety...

[@adriano8148]

amazing performance, so moving, Thank You!

[@denismeyer6470]

Très belle interprétations, articulations et "respirations ajoutent une forme de légèreté et de joies...Merci M.Ze rer.

[@therealzilch]

A very nice performance of yet another (how many are there?) immortal masterpiece by Bach.

[@michaelamey8779]

Ich kann mir vorstellen, daß Friedemann dies auch so gespielt hat. Fantastisch!

[@MrsHgLamp]

First part - this is my favorite trio sonata.

[@miltongerardotorresramirez837]

Solaris! bravo maestro Zerer

[@Prinzipal8]

Wonderful! More Videos from Zerer!

[@fedrofloris4527]

So beautiful! It would be lovely to hear some of the flute sonatas too!🌷💐

[@TheShredfest89]

This guy absolutely crushes bach organ songs

[@eduardohulett6042]

Bravo Herr Wolfgang Zerer!!

[@TheShredfest89]

Was thinking about this song. Literally was recommended

[@andreacalvi4955]

Beautiful!!!

[@robertbairdmusic]

Wonderful playing!

[@lenanielsen5903]

🎶Beautiful🎶Love it🎶

[@SuryanIsaac]

Last time I was this early Bach was still learning music

[@josecharles7923]

Bravíssimo!

[@dominiquemuskad768]

Bwv 525 est l'une de mes œuvres préférée de J.S. Bach

[@luismiguelsanchezsanchezca8830]

Fantástico ❤❤❤

[@alejandrosalaya8072]

Deberíamos en promover está cultura musical.

[@Aly_Son.2000]

Bravo!

[@patriciarodriguezmartinez3233]

Maravilloso

[@andreajoybelle]

thank you

[@thethikboy]

Sheer delight

[@organo3112]

Somewhere in my list of things to do is to relearn the first movement (now I know a little more about performing Bach's Trio Sonatas). I think it was a recording by Gillian Weir that got me hooked on this particular Sonata in Eb.

[@bro.park_cello]

Am Schönsten Orgel Stück . Vielen Dank!

[@valtergilenardi2639]

La Musica di Bach è Divina Semplice ✨🎇🌌🙏❤😊

[@albertsiltal2600]

Memories... 😊😊😊

[@user-gc4zi8vk7g]

I like Trio Sonatas and listen to them a lot, but BWV525 is a gentle song and I always listen to it. (By the way, my favorite song is BWV527) It may be suitable after taking a break in the morning.

[@topamaru]

Excelso!!!

[@sakura_im_syy]

Molto bello

[@sergeysimkin3263]

Замечательно .

[@crisduchatelle]

No me puede gustar mas.emocionante

[@andre26071955]

Wolfgang speelt (weer eens) de sterren van de hemel...M.b.t. het orgel kan mn beter spreken van een reconstructie door Flentrop, eigenlijk zijn alleen de oude pijpen hergebruikt, maar dat neemt niet weg dat het fantastisch klinkt, de Zaankanters hebben zichzelf overtroffen!

[@Basal89]

BIG ZERER!

[@JoseAntonio-fo2uo]

👍

[@felix-xo8oi]

is it possible to know the stops being used?

[@piotrnycz-wasilec6628]

🙂👍🎶🎹🌞

[@lukasfrans1532]

Welke registratie is dit?

[@CarlBowlby]

The performance is very clean and precise and well executed. I have my own personal issues with the registration, however. It’s not bad, of course, but much of the sound is a bit blurry. I don’t know if this is the intended effect, but I would prefer a crisper sound, so as to hear the articulation. Plus one has to account for the natural reverb with the acoustics in a high-vaulted ceiling of the church.

[@obeaudel]

Crisper sound version by Marie Claire Alain kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3qolauufKZrhM0

[@CarlBowlby]

@@obeaudel yes much crisper and cleaner sound. Lots of flute stops I’m guessing perhaps Hohlflote, Spitzflote and overall 4’ stops. I like it, thx for sharing!

[@flemmingranch8777]

En skøn og let flydende lille orgelkoncert . Smukt at lytte til......

[@erlanddiaz8505]

Bach flute please.....more.

[@seanc5314]

Why did I get an ad? These were always ad-free...

[@guzepppi]

❤ 🇲🇹❤☘ XIXXA

[@usefulandkindunlimited2678]

Is it true that each part was written on a separate page and Bach would read across all three at once?

[@bpowell875]

I've never heard that but it's very interesting, I wouldn't be too surprised if that was something he did haha

[@achenpigeon]

At least in the Rennaisance, playing counterpoint from partbooks was certainly done.

[@thinkermanmusic]

No, you can find Bachs original handwritten score for the trio sonata online, and its just on one page, with three staves (one for each hand and one for the pedal part).

[@usefulandkindunlimited2678]

@@thinkermanmusic Thank you - that's dispelled a school boy story!

[@joesalz9963]

If I could be born again during Bach's time, I'd do in a heartbeat, anesthesia and antibiotics be damned! Just want to meet the man and shake his hand,

[@bobh5087]

Very beautifully played with sensitivity and nuance. Merci bien. For the Allegro movements I prefer brighter stops: rh: 8, 4, 1; lh: 8, 2; pedal: 16, 4. And a more colorful registration in the slow movement: rh: Sesquialtera; lh: flutes 8, (4) or Hautbois; pedal: 16, 8. Mais c'est une question de préférence.... It's truly a shame that the videographer failed to take any footage of the organ façade, but nevertheless, a lovely performance. 👍 ❤️

[@davidkunst1812]

Mit zoviel Farbenauswahl könnte daß leicht einfach sein... Höre dazu auch Lorenzo Ghielmi in Milano an der Ahrend-Orgel

[@markbell9973]

Yes, all those overtones are standard fare on 95% of all the other recordings. But here you are in a magnificent old church that (how?) is still with us in 2021. You brought with you a friend. A visiting organist who listens down below and after you're done he says strictly nothing about the music...or Music. Or with the parter you are lucky enough to have found in this life. Or your mom who flew in to visit. You get the point. Well: this here is the registration and the approach for THAT level of 1:1 communion.