Van Doeselaar on Bach Toccata in D minor BWV 538 | Netherlands Bach Society

[@PeterLaman]

I love how passionately the musicians in this series comment on the music. Great work!

[@Jesus-kq4mp]

Leo's enthusiasm is the perfect ingredient in his explanation. I even don´t understand most of the concepts but I can feel the idea behind his words. Thank you very much NBS for the unvaluable gift of your legacy.

[@careerdetective]

I love the maestro's enthusiasm for the music and the organ.

[@juanbitacoradelmusico5888]

0:48 ok, that sounds epic

[@bartk07]

OMG this tril in right hand in 3:50 I never thought it was possible.

[@Sathrandur]

I don't think that I had heard this done before either. It makes me think of the finale of Vierne's first organ symphony where there are some notes to be played under the trills in the right hand but, yeah, this is another step further. Despite what some would suggest about historical fingerings, I think that Bach would approve of anyone who can do this; let's be honest, it works very well. Looks like it's time for me to upgrade my technique!

[@ru99414]

It's obviously challenging, in a sense that everything is challenging on a organ. I have never heard anyone not being able to play it though, but I always listen to Marie-Claire Alain, and organists like her as well as the ones from NBS are among the best and will undoubtedly execute things like this

[@hugoclarke3284]

@@ru99414 I recently found a great recording of the Wedge which does the trill in the pedals. Pretty sexy.

[@rebanelson607]

It is a joy to listen to this man play the organ and it is a joy to watch him play as well. His skill, knowledge and love for the music radiate like sunlight.

[@uprooy]

Ontzettend leuk verteld meneer Van Doeselaar! En wat is het toch heerlijk om een mede-Bach-liefhebber te horen spreken.

[@lenanielsen5903]

Thanks fore this very interesting video about Bach's Toccata🍃

[@CarlBowlby]

I think it must be said that the type of organ Bach played/composed/practiced on was not the calibre of this one in the video. I think Bach composed specifically for organs that he could not play in his time and also for organs of the future. In this sense I believe Bach was a futurist. He knew in time there would be organs with 4-5 manuals and 32 sub-bass pedal pipes. And it’s why today his music seems so “modern”. But then again, just a theory.

[@jaccovink3928]

The organ is the Müller organ in the Walloon Church in Amsterdam from 1734, so completed when Bach was alive. Müller was a pupil of Schnitger from Hamburg, whom Bach greatly admired, and on whose organs he played while visiting Hamburg.

[@CarlBowlby]

@@jaccovink3928 interesting facts. Thanks for sharing!

[@vos8390]

Dank Leo van Doeselaar🤴🙋‍♀️❤

[@luisbiassoni4877]

Que bueno sería tener una traducción al Español, porque también admiramos la buena música y su ejecución ...

[@prosto_vanek2011]

I have checked the specification of the instrument, and found out, that there's no Tertiaan on the Rugpositief division. What did Van Doeselaar used then in the second manual solo parts?

[@bach]

Van Doeselaar used the Rugpositif plenum including Tertiaan. Please find more information on the organ specification on the following website: www.orgbase.nl/scripts/ogb.exe?database=ob2&%250=1000689&LGE=EN&LIJST=lang

[@prosto_vanek2011]

@@bach I've checked the specification and understood everything. The Tertiaan isn't a mixture, it's an aliquote. Thank you!