BWV 582 - Passacaglia & Fugue (Scrolling)

[@CR33SIVE]

RIP Gerubach

[@svenlangstrom8927]

Did he pass away or does he just not upload any more?

[@CR33SIVE]

@@svenlangstrom8927 He passed away sadly

[@marcossidoruk8033]

​@@CR33SIVE How do you know?

[@CR33SIVE]

@@marcossidoruk8033 A close friend of his revealed on Reddit I believe, his name and age were revealed too

[@birdzzzondayflu2489]

@@marcossidoruk8033someone who claimed to know him said in a video comment that he died of a heart attack

[@franciscocarba]

this is, to my mind, the most stunning bach organ work

[@ericlopez6866]

Almost agreed. There's so many to choose from, like the whole Art of Fugue, the Chaconne, the WTC I and II. But there is a very special place in my heart for BWV 582. It is the music of creation. I can't fathom a mind coming up with this sort of music.

[@charlesdavis7087]

I agree but rarely do we ever get to hear it play up to speed. This version is "too correct." In short, plodding. I rather like it when the performer expresses the dance mode a little better. This in not a dance of death. After all, Bach smoked... but don't tell his mother. Joy... do you hear it?

[@thereyougoagain1280]

Eric Lopez he specified organ work. Not work in general.

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

@@JuanSantos-yq1jn Ooh, BWV 524 is close-- so close. I love that work.

[@brumels1570]

@@charlesdavis7087 A pipe organ is not a harpsichord with pedals. As Bach was a choir boy, his conception of organ music is closer to singing than instrumental dance music.

[@davidio1946]

I can't believe one man could possibly write all of this music. I just don't see how possible it is to write something you could only dream, and he did it so casually as if his thousand works are just another piece when in reality each one is better then the last. Just unfathomable.

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

His music is so deep and vast!

[@brumels1570]

He devoted his life to it practicing hours over hours since he was a choirboy. Of course he also had great teachers including the famous organist Böhm in Lüneberg.

[@a.n.9890]

There's a rumor that Shakespeare is just a label for a group of people. Who knows, perhaps, "Bach" is not a single man, but a label too.

[@slubert]

@@a.n.9890 Unlikely. But, Bach did copy/collect allot of music, as a busy musician would do back in the day, and later this music was mistaken as his own compositions, until we can prove otherwise. That famous fugue in D minor and menuet in G major are perfect examples.

[@svetsarkirurgen2]

Bach was a miracle for sure. People saying he only worked hard bla bla bla doesn't seem to understand the vastness of his genius. Sure he worked hard. But there is something greater at play here. He was a musical sage. No human has ever had such deep understanding of music as Bach had. Even as a teenager he was the greatest composer of his time. As you said unfathomable. The greatest musical mind of all time by a mile.

[@chrisshelley2388]

Violinists (and in transcription for viola) have the Bach Chaconne (from the solo partita #2); meanwhile organists have this magnificent Passacaglia and fugue. They are both incomparable. And worthy of mention in the same breath...

[@willhandrich3277]

Gerubach: You are one of the saints of KZbin. Keep up the truly amazing work! :-)

[@slim531]

St. Gerubach ?

[@nikosalexopoulos6542]

Humanity

[@nebbyscumbold]

He is now.✝

[@Tommybean7]

Agree!

[@robbyburns5822]

This is the most sublime piece I have heard from Bach yet

[@burraldo]

I definitely say: Bach is the Holiest Monster of Music! This piece is the "Non plus ultra" of the excelence! Holy J.S.Bach! Some people say: Elvis forever... ok, I also like Elvis and rock'n'roll... Though, I need to say: BACH FOREVER AND EVER!!!!!!

[@pelphro]

A lot of great comments. Another great fact is that Bach was only 18 yrs old when he wrote this piece. Between 20 children from 2 wives he wrote more than 5,000 pieces of music during his life. Looks as though he was driven by some immortal spirit from God above!!

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

I think Bach historians have found copies of organ tablature from Bach dating back to his teenage years, indicating that he was already studying the styles of Buxtehude, Böhm, Pachelbel, etc., meaning that he was already a virtuoso organist.

[@thomasdastillung4097]

Are you sure its not around 1080 pièces in the BWV ? 5000 ? Sure ?

[@orb3796]

​@@thomasdastillung4097 The BWV pieces are just the surviving pieces. About 2/3rds of Bach's music is unfortunately lost.

[@T4TheTidePod]

​@@orb3796 With all the gems in the surviving third, it really makes you wonder what we're missing out on in the other two thirds.

[@thomasdotson8978]

6:34 has to be the most gangster triplet flow in all instrumental music.

[@asukalangleysoryu6695]

LOL

[@asukalangleysoryu6695]

"nanana nanana NA, YAH"

[@incription]

@@asukalangleysoryu6695 asuka wilding

[@garrghhh]

Ya know, "gangster" isn't the first word that came to mind, for me. But, hell yeah! It is! 😄

[@raphaelebenstein2461]

Most underrated bach piece ever

[@Eliza-yd7fi]

I think it's rated quite well

[@putraswarga608]

Nah

[@sold4200]

​@@Eliza-yd7fiпо сравнению с Токкатой и фугой, пассакалия намного меньше известна

[@vickyk1861]

@@sold4200 better

[@gmnotyet]

The intelligence it must have taken to write this is *staggering*.

[@slubert]

And the fucking talent to tippy toe those pedal lines... while playing fingerrexercises on the upper keyboards.. must have been truly a master of improv

[@hyoseonl11]

Jeff Hall This is why Bach is known as the greatest master.

[@kenlogsdon7095]

Jeff Hall - Just listening to it makes you feel smarter!

[@qillerdaemon9331]

And in the days before tape recorders and cell phones, he had to keep all that in memory, to hold that in mind and where it was coming from and going to, then write all that down on hand-ruled paper and with a quill and inkwell. The single minded focus of doing that!

[@gmnotyet]

It really does.

[@KrisKeyes]

Amazing. This sublime piece makes the Toccata & Fugue in D minor look like child's play.

[@ManyManyPandas]

Yes it does, BWV 565 actually only has one part where you are holding one finger down and doing 16th notes with the other 4 on one hand. It happens ALL THE TIME on this piece.

[@sebastian-benedictflore]

I think they're equal in beauty but this is certainly far more virtuosic.

[@kingdededelicious]

Funny you should say that

[@chrispalo5122]

Bach was ONLY 20 when he composed the Toccata and Fugue in d. So, yeah.

[@svetsarkirurgen2]

@@chrispalo5122 no he was only 20 when he composed the passacaglia. He was younger when he composed 565 and it was a violin sonata from the beginning, not written for organ

[@Bibliomaniac15]

That Neapolitan always gives me the chills! 12:16

[@richrol58]

What exactly do you mean by Neapolitan?

[@samfranklin659]

@@richrol58 It's a musical mode I believe. Such as a major triad built on another note.

[@Rubbishbin-f5x]

Согласен, очень похоже на вивальди

[@themobiusfunction]

​@@richrol58A major chord built on the lowered second note of the scale

[@seba25297]

​@@Rubbishbin-f5xñ ilmvbh. .on lo. Lll.o PP Lookk.ñ.lpml la m Oo no.. No me. ...😅😊😅😅😊😅😊😊😊

[@martijnpieterman]

1. Passacaglia: 0:22 2. Fugue: 7:59

[@nsmc99]

I love that the passacaglia is the subject of the fugue.

[@shiningarmor2838]

Bach actually named it "Passacaglia *with* fugue, so it would make sense to build the fugue on the same theme.

[@charlesfrancis4433]

And traditionally the fuge would just be part of the natural progression of the work, just like the Buxtehude works, so really they shouldn't be considered different pieces or movements.

[@mazarinivmikeoxlong-dedica969]

Imagine being so egotistical that you feel the need to leave your name after a simple timestamp.

[@zdrowa666]

fugue ,which is inside the passacagila

[@PointyTailofSatan]

It's the structure of Bach's works that are so amazing. It's like musical versions of the Eiffel Tower. Amazing variety, yet also a symmetry that binds his pieces from beginning to end. It's a combination one rarely sees in later musical eras.

[@KKIcons]

Do you play this? Do you have it on a soundcloud link somewhere? I would like to hear it.

[@pianosbloxworld4460]

Summed up Bach in a nutshell. Building an architectural monument to God. Learning the pipe organ is a big, big dream of mine.

[@AliAslan-pp3gt]

Thank you Gerubach for making your content. You made this space a better place. You are and will be missed. Toprağın bol olsun.

[@Quim1441]

Transcendental.

[@juanbitacoradelmusico5888]

@@marensavino nope

[@hijodelpipita1980]

Plan dental

[@jlee29170]

Quite possibly the most perfect thing he ever penned.

[@sherylbegby]

8 years later, and this is still true.

[@dihydrogenmonoxide5994]

BWV 232, 244, 245, 1046-1051, and 1080 are more perfect than this in my personal opinion. However, this is a VERY close 2nd to all of the above.

[@JP-ku5hw]

Bach is a genius, who is with me ?

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

Agreed!

[@DerKlaviermeister1080]

everyone who has a soul

[@gaopinghu7332]

literally everyone

[@rasohatskiy_andriy.]

Bach is my favourite composer!!!!!

[@yoga.ma.genova8591]

Well, this is certainly a novel and non-conformist opinion.

[@giannicaccese7362]

Another great example of Bach's supernatural talent and effort. This song makes me think of a funeral march. Thank you lots!

[@brumels1570]

Gianni Caccese for me it is not a funeral march at all! It sounds like wrestling with the challenges of life.

[@gabrielgonsioroski9247]

One of Bach's most impressive works.

[@klauslayer6645]

Was für eine geniale musikalische Konstruktion von Bach! Vielen Dank, das anhand der Partitur nachvollziehen zu dürfen!

[@Jantsenpr777]

Oh! Now you're just showing off! One of my favorite Bach ever.

[@PhilJonesIII]

First heard this by accident in 1971. It was like seeing the light on the road to Damascus.

[@BruceXuHasADream]

Philip Jones amen

[@charlesdavis7087]

And so it shall stand... long after you and I have passed beyond the world of appearances. Yet, think not we parish. The tune is simple and yet alive. The dance. The great pasacalligia. And... did you dance... while on Earth?

[@richrol58]

I discovered it as the "B-side" to "Tocatta and Fugue in D-minor" on an album, E. Power Biggs Plays Bach In The Thomaskirche (Leipzig)...!

[@thomasdastillung4097]

​@@richrol58AT home. St thomas Kirche Leipzig. What a place !!!!

[@richrol58]

@@thomasdastillung4097 Are you from Leipzig??

[@dennismeaney6894]

Bach's only limitation is that he did not have four hands.

[@frenchimp]

As far as we know.

[@CaspianT]

No, his only limitation was death itself. Though, perhaps he was of the utmost piety and faithfulness within his Lutheran belief, and so will be found in the Resurrection and may compose even greater works in his freedom from death. One can hope, at least. I'd dearly like to see him there.

[@jimhill4725]

For a man continually walking around with a mind that can conceive this orgasmic standard of music, and daily go to bed with those exquisite rhythms & harmonies still in his head : I am very surprised that Bach didn't conceive very many more than his twenty children.

[@JuanPedroSouza]

Wonderful use of the instrument's different timbres!

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

Yeah guess this Romantic approach on a Baroque Organ really allows us to get a more interesting interpretation aside from the Full Organ sound (all Ranks and Couplers on) which is also interesting.

[@explodingmonad4535]

This is very, very, very good. The contrasts. The playing.

[@josephhayek5380]

this let me cry

[@facundolamas950]

This is my absolute favourite pice of music ever

[@pwjaiter6277]

that first modulation to g is so satisfying beacause its the first modulation in the whole piece

[@fritzw.5057]

6:14 And he dropped the bass :D

[@matcoddy6097]

LOL yep

[@johannsebastianbach3411]

True dat, I did.

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

They knew how to drop the bass back in the day.

[@pianosbloxworld4460]

@@johannsebastianbach3411 dude!!!! This is awesome! All your organ works!

[@dondokodokodon]

Visual illusion? After gazing at the score, everything looks like moving to the right.

[@nickkonis2041]

dondokodokodon you are right

[@kenlogsdon7095]

dondokodokodon - Yup, lots of optical illusions rely on the brain's ability to compensate or null out a persistent visual effect such that when suddenly removed, the opposite sensation or effect is experienced.

[@therealrealludwigvanbeethoven]

Motion After Effect.

[@javierdiazsantana]

I listen to this and i think, how could something like this exist in the history of mankind? It's amazing.

[@STVG71]

I can't even wrap my head around how someone can play this on a pipe organ. This never gets old. Thank you!

[@MusicSmith2]

This has got to be my favorite performance of this wonderful work! I really like the registrations and tempo in this recording.

[@LazlosPlane]

I'm not sure this isn't the greatest creation of the human race.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

3:47 Here come the mixtures, they're the smallest Flute Pipes that play the Highest Notes which give the Organ its signature shimmer.

[@kaosswwwiidqsa-ek7hv]

So incredibly beautiful and masterfully crafted😢. I wish more contemporary music took more inspiration from music like this.

[@Matthew-he3jw]

Reminds me of Lionel Rogg's recording at Geneva, varying the registration to suit the score. Excellent work, thanks.

[@thomasdastillung4097]

The part from 05:35 is feeric and magical. Always remind me my childhood

[@ЭльЯвор]

ты не один это почувствовал я прямо падаю в ощущение когда деревья были брльшие

[@Ren-zn7en]

@@ЭльЯвор Мы все с тобой.

[@thomasdastillung4097]

​@@ЭльЯвор prekracen slova. Spacibo bolshoe.

[@ЭльЯвор]

@@thomasdastillung4097 3:47 у меня играет в голове уже неделю это точно ангел человек не мог бы такое найти в себе Иоган Себастьянович и ещë Кто-то и мы...

[@thomasdastillung4097]

@@ЭльЯвор Ты прав

[@Ferb2011]

una de las páginas más impresionantes del coloso de Eisenach

[@lucaszavaluentie4855]

Fun fact: did you know that every single bar of every single of Bach’s work, that each song we know of today and the last century’s song were born? That’s how genius Bach was.

[@yossarian00]

what?

[@jfinxindid]

what?

[@verahawkins3889]

stunning Bach's Best!

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

As far as I am concerned, this is Bach's greatest piece for the organ.

[@marceldandre2144]

In addition to beautiful music, scrolling the partition is a great tool for beginners. Thank you for having developed this program.

[@marksmith3947]

I'm on day three of Simply Organ and on day four I will learn this piece. I'm so excited!

[@garrghhh]

As usual, I love these - thanks gerubach! I will say, the fugue really barrels along in this performance. I generally like the performances of Chapuis, and I tend to find performances in general to be more often too slow for my tastes vs. too fast, but, this is one of those rare exceptions probably. It's a hair faster than is comfortable, I think. Particularly, in several places where the various voices get a little lost (in the barrage of sound) and/or there's so much going on that my mind, at least, hasn't perhaps digested a given measure until halfway through the next. I think even a few bpm slower would have been better. Just my opinion, of course. And, again, always very much appreciate having the opportunity to listen and watch the sheet music scroll by. Thanks gerubach!

[@musicabarocca8706]

Passacaglia and fugue in C minor, BWV 582 ________________________________________ I. Passacaglia - 0:22. II. Fugue - 8:00.

[@aloysiuskurnia7643]

BWV 582 with soft stop choices always makes me feel soft inside

[@PointyTailofSatan]

FYI: Bach's Passacaglia is based on the theme from Andre Raison's "Trio en Passacaille".

[@cathedrale908]

PointyTailofSatan thank you

[@aimilios439]

He has to also based his manuals on Dietrich Buxtehude's Passacaglia in d minor; many motivs, pedal points, syncopations and triplets are similar.

[@aimilios439]

He clearly listened to and read them both. But as a great artist, he combined them to something far greater than the sum of these two. They seem amateurish before Bach's passacaglia. Throw some ideas and a climax and a Picardy third and it's okay. Bach took it a step further, that's why it's remembered as one of the greatest pieces in music literature.

[@bassoonist4884]

A very interesting thing is that the passacaglia intro is almost identical to "Prelude in the Dorian Mode" by Percy Grainger. Interestingly, Grainger does not credit Bach as the original composer, but instead a Spanish Renaissance composer by the name of Antonio dé Cabezon. Going back and listening to the original piece by Cabezon, you will find that the particular composition barely resembles "Prelude in the Dorian Mode", yet this passacaglia does. Strange.

[@aimilios439]

@@bassoonist4884 Gonna check it out, thanks!

[@jjrma1jjrma222]

This music is perfect and so is your scrolling, Thank you.

[@VolodiaLukianov]

Это восхитительно.

[@gerubach]

Yes I do but before you suggest, here is the order of the next Bach animations to follow the 7 Toccatas I'm currently working on: BWV 71, The 6 Brandenburg Concerti, an organ piece (undecided) and then the St. Matthew Passion (which will begin well into 2014).

[@_____c___482]

Is the Matthew Passion done yet?

[@marksmith3947]

I think the tempo is perfect. I wouldn't like it faster. Zhukov recorded a stupendous version of a transcription of this passacaglia and fugue. I highly recommend it

[@hartmannf4169]

5:33 - 6:14 I love this section

[@thomasdastillung4097]

Me too

[@장훈님하고싶은거다해]

One of my favourite pieces of music. :)

[@BOOOZB]

La meilleure interprétation de cette BW 582 que j' ai jamais entendu .! Je suis fan à genoux de cette Passacaille là .; . K Richter est LE grand maitre incontestable de l' orgue de Bach , mais M. Chapuis joue avec une grande pointure de plus en sensibilité de jeu . J'en reste là car il me faudrait dix pages juste pour dire le minimum .

[@agilroberdamas]

Je vous l'accorde volontiers , Celle de Ton Koopman n'est pas mal non plus !

[@BOOOZB]

@@agilroberdamas . Ah oui , Ton Koopman est aussi un grand.

[@АлександрЯрков-ш2з]

Bravo bravo bravo grandiose genial fantastic music

[@katarzynad6978]

His music is written for All people on the world and for each of us in person at the same time .

[@BOOOZB]

0000H , écoutes ça Marcel ! ....Ici , c'est le tempo qui colporte tout le message ! La singulière richesse transmise par l' infime modulation du tempo des différents chapitres de ce conte . Elle accompagnerait très parfaitement l' histoire de la vie humaine telle que souvent résumée par les petits personnages animés d'une de ces grandes horloges des moyen âges que nos mémoires ont figés . Bach savait bien raconter , avec l' Orgue et - par les commentaires de ce lieu - je vois que je ne suis pas le seul à percevoir le mouvement irrésistible qui nous emporte dans ses sagas .

[@lacrymosa_blue5076]

Es de otro mundo ❤❤❤

[@richardpl4426]

12:16 Tritone substitution! I thought it was only used in jazz.

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

Bach was far ahead of his time.

[@gregoryborton6598]

@@Musicienne-DAB1995 That's not a tritone substitution, at least not in the way Bach was thinking of it- that's an incredibly common bii6 chord, also known as a Neapolitan chord, which was a very common substitution for IV in in IV-V-I progression in Bach's time and far after. Bach was very ahead of his times in some ways, incredibly conservative in others- this however was just a very common harmonic device used by every composer at the time.

[@davideaccordini7688]

capolavoro assoluto di Bach

[@AvntXardE]

6:34 great

[@gerubach]

The info for that is at 12:58

[@normgustafson4525]

Mindblowing. Genius composition and playing.

[@charliebear9584]

"I live for Bach."

[@heavyvacation]

Bach had something down that took until Mozart and Beethoven for the world to get: REAL DRAMA on top of LIGHT. I don't think CPE, Clementi, or Haydn got that down. Most composers wouldn't put in codas or super varied showpiece endings before Bach's time. I like E. Power Biggs' recording from the 70's - great dramatic stops.

[@brumels1570]

Heavy Vacation Bach was a virtuoso and was not afraid to show it. The classical composers immediately after him wrote elevator music essentially. Mozart virtuoso writing came through when he wrote for the great singers of his time.

[@paqman67]

@Deborah Indeed!! The "Classical" style of classical music was very boring..it took towering geniuses such as Beethoven and Mozart to make it sublime!! Poor Papa Haydn, sorry most of your music is boring...yes, I'm wicked! :P

[@gerubach]

If you are referring to the beginning, it's quite simple. Slow scrolling at 30 fps creates a jiggling in the video. I would rather create pauses to avoid shaking in the animation.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

It says Harpsichord or Organ cause this was probally also a Harpsichord Piece. Pedal Harpsichord version please?

[@noahsegonds4728]

I especially like the little part from 7:33 to 7:57 ; I feel a very peasant atmosphere and a huge sadness with a profound despair...

[@OrbiliusMagister]

Michel Chapuis! some years ago I attended a concert where he easily delighted us with music by Titelouze, de Grigny, Bach, Cabezon and Bach, ending with a glorious improvisation... He really masters the art of (ancient) fingering and articulation.

[@ThePearsch]

To play in 4 dimensions is amazing. I played sax, so 1 dimension. Great work!

[@vewilli]

More than a genius, a geniussimus!

[@imminentoutbreak7172]

Ok, i enjoyed this, thank you so much. Long Live to J. S. Bach!!!!!

[@firuzavaliyeva5661]

genialnaya muzika. xvala Baxu.😢😢

[@TempodiPiano]

The bass is so soft… not this unbearable black triumph than can be heard sometimes. Thank you for this version.

[@thomasdastillung4097]

I like it when the bass IS strong. What you call "black Triumph ?"

[@lucasgarcia-lm4pr]

La polifonia es maravillosa

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

This work astonishes me time and time again.

[@TempodiPiano]

One of the work that lead me regret I am a pianist.

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

LOL. I know, this does inspire a desire to play the organ, and I have deep respect for those who have mastered Bach's astonishing organ works. I did hear a piano rendition of this piece once, though.

[@padraicfanning7055]

There are many arrangements of this for two pianos, piano four hands, or solo piano. I definitely recommend looking at Max Reger's transcription/arrangement for piano four hands.

[@jimhill4725]

I feel, hear, and share, your sorrow.

[@DavidArdittiComposer]

No need to regret anything. Just get an organ, or access to an organ, get a teacher or teach-yourself books, and start learning! Piano knowledge will give you a great start.

[@장훈님하고싶은거다해]

You can just learn organ!

[@PointyTailofSatan]

And to think I found the P&F boring when I first heard it. But once I reached that nirvana of being able to hear 3 or more lines of counterpoint, the P&F only stands second in my love of Bach, behind only the supernatural Ricercare a 6. And speaking of the Ricercare a 6: Enjoy an Orpheus like performance! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqjJpXV9Zrt_nJo

[@gregcrabling2686]

Me too!

[@tenney1119]

try his trio sonatas 525 thru 530 if you want counterpoint! Breathtaking!

[@ab20_]

How does one begin to understand this piece, or anything other piece of music that just for some reason one can't seem to get a grasp of? I'm not entirely new to classical, I've been listening for about 2-2.5 years (still relatively new compared to some I guess), and there are some pieces that I simply just can't "get". There are some pieces that do seem to click initially, or even after about 2-3 listens, like Bach's Chaconne, but there are some that take much, much longer, and some that I feel I'm destined never to be able to understand not matter how many times I listen. I know that repetition is probably the most cut and dry way, but I wonder if there are other methods I could use that I'm not aware of yet to pick up on what's going on quicker, or is that this seeming lack of a musical 'ear' is something that I'll just have to deal with my entire life? One thing I do know is that attention is important when it comes to listening to music. Truthfully that's definitely something I could improve on, because I find myself distracted by thoughts when I'm trying to listen to a piece, but it doesn't seem like a direct way to train one's musical ear. I feel I have one to a certain extent, but that it falls short in being able to listen to some relatively more complicated works. I feel like it might just be something you either have or you don't.

[@anwesabagchi]

I love the beginning pedal part the most

[@matejtaskov5793]

the begining is not in typical baroqe style...it sounds like it was written in 20th century

[@Ekvitarius]

BACH IS UNIVERSAL

[@alejandrom.4680]

Matej Taskov Is not typical 'cuz Bach had his own composition style. And it's really used in actual pieces.

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

Bach's harmonic progressions predicetd many later styles.

[@pianosbloxworld4460]

Bach is ahead of everyone’s time.

[@カミオカ音次朗]

Passacaglia 0:20~ Fugue7:59 個人的に好きな箇所　5:52 6:33 12:00

[@markne4854]

Agree with the parts you have highlighted, particularly @5:52: I always thought the score looks beautiful at that point as the musical line climbs from the bass to the upper stave. Bach an observer, setter and breaker of 'rules' with devastating effectiveness. I like the other parts you have highlighted too. But of course all of it is astoundingly brilliant.

[@chedalon8863]

the passaclagia is so spooky

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

I think it did feature in "The Godfather".

[@njc2107]

@@Musicienne-DAB1995 The introduction of the passacaglia was indeed featured in “The Godfather”, during the baptism scene. So was the ending of the prelude from the Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532.

[@alexhippie2]

Hendrix played excerpts of this at Woodstock, during the “Woodstock improv” song

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

Oh my God! I'm reading about Hendrix right now, and I remembered reading somewhere that he liked this piece. So that's why I decided to play it again (for the first time in an inexcusable while!). I HAVE to see Hendrix playing it. I'm at the part where Hendrix discusses his love of Bach and Beethoven.

[@alexhippie2]

@@Musicienne-DAB1995 oh yea, it’s sick

[@michelabboud2495]

It is a fantastic scrolling Thanks for the creature 👏👍😘🙏💝

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

gerubach It says Cembalo cause it can be played on Harpsichord too. Pedal Harpsichord version please?

[@OldDobroPicker]

This piece played by Chapius is very reminiscent of E Power Biggs recording on the Flentrop organ at Harvard University.The fugue is a bit faster and the organ is not quite a match for the Flentrop's wonderfully rich tonal quality but all in all a masterful performance.I have long considered Biggs recordings as the benchmark for Bach's music.To me it's almost as if Bach wrote his music with Biggs in mind...which is not to say that other organists are unworthy to play his music.There are many fine recordings by many wonderful musicians of the Passacaglia and Fugue and other Bach pieces.I am only stating a personal opinion nothing more.

[@PointyTailofSatan]

+OldDobroPicker Bigg's P&F on the Flentrop is the top of the pyramid. It's rare to say so and so musician's version of a piece is the ultimate rendition. But in the case of Biggs and his P&F, it's true. BTW, a organist friend of mine got to play the Flentrop. He was literally shaking afterward, he was so excited.

[@Physicks499]

check out anthony newmans rendition of this he does a true chromatique fantasy as well

[@tubamaxima187]

Thank you many times. After watching this video several times I got the courage to try this piece myself. Some other sheet music I tried looked much more confusing to my eyes. The sheet music you use seems so much easier to my eyes. What version do you use > I shall donate to your site. Your work is extremely important.

[@camaralzaman]

Beautiful

[@orneant2015]

Il y a Bach et il y a les autres.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

It says Organ or Harpsichord which means that Bach actually had a Pedal Harpsichord

[@leonardhall6674]

I believe this is his most complex organ work.

[@enricmasipfont1797]

The cadence leading to the Neapolitan sixth in 12:13 should be called supercadence

[@patrckhh20]

Bach wrote some pretty awesome castle themes for Super Mario.

[@johnappleseed8369]

Nah, his concertos are better

[@TempodiPiano]

What does happen to Super Mario while listening to Bach?... I don't have video games, I am curious...

[@BOOOZB]

Le tempo emporterait aussi super Mario ! No problemo !

[@田中しのぶ-e4q]

素晴らしい❗

[@Ysengrin00]

Quelle merveille !

[@1954mikel]

magnífica!!

[@orneant2015]

Jai joué cette oeuvre à l'orgue et ça m'a prit 4 mois et minimum 2h par jours pour l'avoir sous les doigts.

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

Très bien!

[@Gray51Wolf]

If there is a god of music, surely it's name is Johann Sebastian Bach.

[@thomasdastillung4097]

Magical