Bach - Prelude and fugue in E minor BWV 548 - Smits | Netherlands Bach Society

[@hsevkiulvises]

This channel is one of the most precious treasures on the youtube ocean.

[@bobcinq]

On the continents also

[@Reuthacke]

A colossal, monumental work that opens the mind to realms above our ordinary consciousness

[@ianmorgan536]

I’ve just heard this piece for the FIRST time! I thought I knew the majority of Bach’s great works for the organ. Now I have discovered another 👏🏻👏🏻!Thank you for this terrific posting- what a marvellous setting.

[@jonathanwyble4227]

Smits and Van Doeselaar are both BRINGING IT in these Netherlands Bach Society videos!

[@nigelthomas7960]

Could not agree more!! 💥💥

[@altoncapps]

Your love for Bach is so compelling in this performance. Thank you so much.🥰

[@BjarneLinetsky]

Bach's music is like a road map. It is the driver that makes the journey so interesting!

[@timotheospetros]

Arguably the greatest, most majestic organ piece ever written by man. Played to perfection.

[@andrewashdown3541]

Or 552, or 582, 544, 566, 572, 543, 542 ?

[@lukasmiller486]

I guess you haven’t heard Ad nos Ad Salutarem Undam by Franz Liszt.

[@andrewashdown3541]

@@lukasmiller486 And have you heard Bach's Dritter Theil der Clavier Übung bestehend in verschiedenen Vorspielen über die Catechismus und andere Gesaenge, vor die Orgel; Denen Liebhabern, und besonders denen Kennern von dergleichen Arbeit, zur Gemüths Ergezung verfertiget von Johann Sebastian Bach …’?

[@00muinamir]

'Scuse me while I go fetch my jaw off the floor, that was an amazing performance!

[@notaire2]

Wunderschöne und tiefempfundene Aufführung dieses perfekt komponierten Tastenwerks im gut analysierten Tempo mit durchsichtigen doch warmherzigen Tönen der histosch wertvollen Orgel und mit sorgfältig kontrollierter Dynamik. Die Fuge klingt echt schön und auch detailiiert. Wahrlich intelligenter und genialer Organist!

[@mrlucasa223]

So glad it's public on the youtube channel so I can add it to my playlist! This is the best version available without a doubt and I think Mr. Smits did an excellent job performing it for us. It's also available for free here on KZbin which is very generous. Thank you, NBS!

[@yaroslav_kaiuk]

Prelude - 00:07 Fugue - 06:29

[@leonhardeuler1426]

Great rendition of possibly my favorite Bach piece

[@_Athanos]

​@@matteomagurno3068 Leonhard Euler I guess

[@rogernichols1124]

There's a relentless momentum in the prelude and an unremitting harmonic anchor-point in the minor key which gives the prelude a dramatic and almost tragic quality. The organo pieno registration is totally appropriate for sustaining this drama. As for the fugue, wow! What can one say other than if you want an insight into the mind of Bach, here it is: fugal writing of mind-boggling virtuosity and rising betond the conventional prelude-and-fugue pairing to heights of symphony majesty. I feel whsn listening to this that Bach is at the apex of his creative genius in a way not unlike Beethoven in his last string quartets. Thank you from the heart for this beautiful rendering of this masterpiece.

[@germanreyes1537]

From Chile, thank you very much. It is so beautifully played and filmed that we can experience almost the same emotion as hearing it live. This KZbin Channel is a World Heritage Site.

[@kavehrashidzadeh2413]

Very beautifully said, "world heritage site"! nbs people should know how much they have made life for us more beautiful. Thanks a million times dear nbs!

[@ernst-dietmarhorstmann4949]

Bravo ! Beautifully played, one of the most difficult pieces by J.S. Bach. Merry Christmas! Greetings from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

[@oliverkentish9468]

Smits' interpretation makes this work shine like crystal!

[@wilfriedlang2992]

Hervorragend gespielt und toll artikuliert! Herzlichen Dank für diese Interpretation.

[@marcelouz1]

Tremendous masterpiece, all works for organ of BACH, are sublime, they go directly to the heavens, it is noticed that is a mature work may be comparable with the passacaglia and fugue in C minor, what a wonderful subject and incredible development. BACH for ever. Extraordinary interpretation.

[@francismax2011]

His academic interpretation and understanding of registration give the performance spiritual depth and brilliant brilliance. Excellent.

[@zacharybond23]

Absolutely amazing!

[@hughwaldock6980]

The Hammerklavier of organ music I think, just heard it for the first time. Totally brilliant, need to listen to it many times over.

[@jamallabarge2665]

Very well balanced presentation!! Not too fast, not too slow, and really lively presentation! This is real head banging music!!!

[@doctorfoster1968]

I agree about the head banging! But it was just a little bit too fast for me :)

[@SunshineNikki]

I must say…that this is an amazing jaw dropping performance that left my eyes popping and ears ringing 😎 Thanks for sharing ❤️

[@ВладимирОкоренко]

Супер 👑 божественная музыка органная 😎 для души и сердца ❤❤❤😎 😍 🤩 😋 ❤❤❤

[@wouterattheorgan]

been to 2 concerts here recently and man this organ has such a dynamic range in terms of volume and sound timbre. from the 2 flutes on the rugwerk and hoofdwerk to the very filling prestant chorus which as sietze has shown can support a service no problems to the even greater mixture plenum with the reeds. cannot wait to play this sampleset when it comes out on Sweelinq :)

[@lenaN5k8Q9]

Such amazing music by Bach thank you for this wonderful performance 🍃

[@aigrigny]

This is wonderful! Thank you NBS for making such a great project!

[@НиколайЛепетухин]

Величественно, как наша жизнь. Спасибо!

[@lubertusbrons4173]

Zo fantastisch gecomponeerd en gespeeld!! Hemels!!

[@nigelthomas7960]

Wow - this is so FAB..... paced just right to capture the electricity in this piece, but not too fast to miss the grandeur and big gestures that make it interesting to listen to! Bravo Maestro! The bravado of the prelude and the downright "oddness" of the fugue with all its amazing twists and turns of texture, rhythm and harmony all so beautifully captured. It's a bit unhinged, but can work! For me - as a player and listener - sometimes the Wedge can seem a bit long...... not here! Exciting from start to finish.... thank you 🙏

[@buschiazzoantonino5917]

One of the best versions of this huge Prelude and fugue. Bravo maestro !!!

[@daviddovilla4486]

Wow! Words fail me. Never heard this until today. Awesome!

[@theMusicWellOrg]

Dank je wel. Excited to head back to Leeuwarden Grotekerk this Saturday to hear this precious instrument in person!

[@michaeltester5187]

Mind blowing music and performance. Just reflecting on the lifetime of mental, physical and creative effort, the dedication and most probably the sacrifice, that has gone into the preparation of this performance. It is utterly moving that someone would do this and share with us for our entertainment and enlightenment.

[@ITMan_JJ]

In my mind this is THE best rendition of BWV 548 ever. A perfect performance all around. I always come back to this video as the de facto standard for 548. 🎹🎶❤

[@zacharybond23]

Agreed!

[@Lewis.Alcindor]

My favorite is Anton Heiller's version on his album.

[@dustinlaferney3160]

Just beautiful. Thank you brother.

[@WolfieNamira]

What this exists??? I didn't even know until I checked the website. Why is this masterpiece unlisted??

[@bach]

Correct. On our website you will find more published works. That’s because we only started this channel in 2018, while All of Bach has existed since 2014. Eventually, all works will also be published on KZbin.

[@francoisvaillancourt7309]

Great organ and registration , outstanding interpretation. One of my favorites.

[@Jean-LucBilien]

Magnifique , beauté et grandeur !!!!

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

Fantastic clarity in this recording! It has been a while since I have enjoyed an organ work by Johann Sebastian Bach. This was like a relaxing bath! Many thanks!

[@GO-kg6by]

What a joy to listen to, and watch. Truly magnificent!

[@p07a]

Thank you for posting the Wedge

[@janosturan7575]

So betaufiul peaces and play.. Gudratulation Master! .

[@tahaouhabi3520]

THE WEDGE! I've been waiting for ages to listen to NBS's interpretation of it and it turned out to be one of the best. THANK YOU NBS !

[@wuillymay8815]

Very good performance 🎶

[@aprilparkhouse4245]

Wow! Awesome! Thank you very much!

[@jakubr4634]

My most favorite Bach’s prelude and fugue!

[@timmy9796]

Amazing. Wish I found thie earlier !

[@keescanalfp5143]

And you are already eleven months earlier than we all ..!

[@АлексейРадостев-р6ю]

Браво 👏👏👏👏

[@jesuisravi]

This is a great interpretation...it is easy to make a botch of this so all you get is a sound-mess. This man does it right.

[@Examantel]

Love the notes inégales in the fugue.

[@briscaba]

Unbelievably good! Very high quality, great performance!!! Thank you sooo much!!!

[@DunaevskiAnton]

Magnificent! Grateful to the NBS for their work❤

[@keesolthoff9217]

Dank voor deze prachtige uitvoering , gewoon genieten

[@alleluiamichel]

Que c'est beau! Merci!

[@ausalmadebetur5981]

Nuestro padre Bach siempre sublime...

[@Remi-B-Goode]

what a crazy theme/subject !

[@giampaorrigo]

Glorious!

[@ethyabrahamy-jf8dn]

Beautiful!

[@Artist_Aejoo]

Thank you for uploading the video ❤

[@orneant2015]

Merci Jean Sébastien Bach

[@annefrancoisepolonini6982]

Cela me rappelle tant de choses

[@annefrancoisepolonini6982]

Great ! I appreciate the beautiful bound if I may say so sincère l'y enjoyed

[@rbk2745]

Wonderful!👏👏👏

[@ChrisJustinian]

Controlled Germanic musical excellence. Marvellous!! One did expect a pedal trill at the recapitulation of the Fugal section A at the end of the Fugue; and much more articulation (being a mechanical action organ?). Nevertheless, brilliant performance. Thank you. 😃

[@gloriamanso6052]

Maravilloso, estremecedor

[@SilkeCharlotteJeglin]

So it is, thanks !!!

[@alvarengasoso]

Bach would be ridiculous, if it were not first terrifying in the depths of what he found in his meditations. I speak as a casual, but perplexed listener… Yes, because who does not realize that Bach prayed more than he composed, or rather, composed himself to God more than he composed musical pieces -- this residual superabundance of his most intimate devotion. If there is musical sanctity, here is the angel among the choir of men.

[@jtdm5049]

How much light is there in that small room when you hear this prelude

[@vedqiibyol]

Would rarely ask for that, but now I really need to know! What's the registration?!!

[@flavioserci6046]

His majesty the 548!

[@mathildelagnier2454]

Infiniment merci

[@unquietthoughts]

Finally!! Finfine!

[@Olga-wn4tf]

🌹🌺🌷🌹🌺🌷🌹🌺🌷

[@terryberry5771]

Ihr macht das super! Schade, dass es sowas zu Beethoven (anscheinend) nicht gibt.

[@HumbleNewMusic]

❣️❣️

[@albertsiltal2600]

😊😊😊

[@tonysouter8095]

He's good.

[@andylange4805]

👏👏👏❤❤❤

[@taziocoin]

11:30

[@MarshallArtz007]

Bach’s greatest organ Prelude & Fugue, beautifully played. I prefer to hear the piece played with contrasting manual changes in the secondary chromatic sections of the Prelude and the toccata sections of the Fugue. The all-full-organ-all-the-time approach can be a little tiresome for the ears.

[@evanbemiole]

6:48 инвенция ре минор?

[@bach]

The piece is played in Baroque pitch A = 415 Hertz. That sounds lower if you are used to modern pitch A = 440 Hertz.

[@lorenzley1324]

A very sound and wonderful interpretation of this wonderful piece of music by Bach. I'm concert organist too, and I have another view about the way of playing this masterpiece of Bach but I like the soundness of his interpretation. It's a real and convincing Bach.

[@prophetofwellbeing]

What was Bach thinking when he wrote that fugue?

[@arshyadean8274]

The Big Bad GOD!

[@markbell9973]

I'ma trynna: From Victorian-ish England, this fugue got the nickname "The Wedge." The sobriquet spread quickly to the rest of the anglophone world and has stuck ever since. The only explanation for this choice of words, "Wedge " I have ever read or heard is quite anecdotal, if not the stuff of legend: the name is supposed to refer to the structure of the fugue subject: its stepward ascent, and then at a definite turning point its more syntagmatic (stepwise+adjacent descent). So far a rather dull ("And so?") musicalogical observation. However the "Romantic" consciousness represented by, e.g., Byron, Goethe, Hugo et al. aimed to see more meaning in things and people than Enlightenment rationality (Hume, Kant, Descartes) allowed for. And so? Although it is an academic high heresy to map, especially, anything "Romantic" onto Bach retroactively, we who grew up in a more rural setting look back on the nicknames given to various townspeople with a smile. Someone pegged this certain someone with a nickname that totally applied--for life--to the town rascal or hero or clown, etc. This puzzling fugue, then, gets the endearing nickname of "The Wedge," which had to have started somewhere in within the inteligentsia. But the word spread, quickly, and sticks to this day. To the point: Stuff happens. Both parents die during a boy's early adolescence. Your back is to the wall. The extended family takes up the slack and a pretty decent family life ensues. They take up a little collection for Seb after one of the uncles assures that J.S. has good instruction and free room and board at the noble Court at Lüneborg. JSB hikes on pretty beaten paths hmm 200 miles up north to be a boy soprano in the Court Church choir. Johann gets robbed on the way. A 5 Thaler gold coin the uncles, aunts, cousins had scraped together for the journey and some pin money. Back against the wall, then the best protection and mentoring possible by Georg Böhm when the mid-adolescent Jonny arrives in Lüneburg. And their are at least two more such grave "wedge" situations to follow in Bach's life. And several more minor ones. You're minding your own business. Calamatous "back against the wall" short and hella sharp. A longish stretch of added wisdom, contentment, comfort but not riches. A kind of cycle.... And the older Bach set this otherwise "no words" cycle to music. And it takes a player immense talent, stamina, guts to instanciate the score Johann Sebastian Bach left us. Oh yes it does. But the reward is insanely BIG.

[@tamasszanto6521]

Weder Amfortassche Jammerei, noch zweiteilige Symphonie. Bach!

[@릭_C137]

The tempo is surprisingly fast

[@Heiandude-]

Song name?

[@arshyadean8274]

Lana Del Rey-Daddy's Wedge

[@catherinearroyo5359]

​@@arshyadean8274😢😢😂😂😂😂

[@BsktImp]

Does any of Bach's organ works include a trill in the pedal part?

[@evandejong355]

BWV 676, trio super Allein Gott... I'm sure there are several others as well. Some works of Bach's North German forerunners also feature pedal trills.

[@BsktImp]

@@evandejong355 Thanks!

[@eino145]

Bwv 538, at the end of the fugue

[@BsktImp]

@@eino145 Thanks!

[@andrezkamotu]

Famous "Wedge" Fugue 🙂

[@didierducret285]

Very very nice play ... its absolutly perfect ... BUT !!!! What is that new wave from Netherlands by Gosselard first to SHAKING ALWAYS AND ALWAYS YOUR HEAD !!!!!! Why ???? your play is wonderfull but when i see the video it s make me nervous like on a boat on a bad see. Please be yourself. And once again ... TO HEAR it's perfect but to see ... mmmm why all those mouvement for make like others (what is horrible)) thank you for this great moment to hear and hope more strict in you head mouvement for next time please. (I see you many Times playing and those mouvements are new for you and not natural and absolutly not nice for you .... ) Be différent ... be yourself .... ans don't see other like gosselard you play much much much better

[@tto0508]

Deleted Scenes Forgotten Dreams Part 2 Segment 4

[@sarafry5524]

I love it when Bach makes the organ growl!

[@organboi]

Ridiculous program notes above.

[@petershapiro4247]

what does this guy think he is doing? leading a military band? nothing to do with bach...nothing!

[@markbell9973]

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