J.S. Bach - Concerto for 4 harpsichords in A minor - 4x Dušan Holý (piano)

This video was produced at zero cost. Because that is exactly what I am able to afford at the moment. So, I would like to double-thank to Gepke and Jaap from "Première Parterre" (Den Haag) for their hospitality. And for stealing couple days of his life, a huge thanks to SavaSound - Efcharistó fíle..! And Quadri-Thank-You all for listening!

[@janadivizna2399]

Jste skvělý, geniální klavírista. Dávno jsem již obdivovala, jak hrajete Klusáka, ragtimy. Přeji Vám mnoho tvůrčích inspirací a jejich realizací.

@@janadivizna2399 Děkuji..!

Looks like during the Corona crisis, we all got mad. Here is my little contribution to the "under-the-lockdown" club. If you like me, I hope you will enjoy this video 4 times more than usually. And in case you don't,.... well enjoy your "quadri-piano-nightmare"!

[@luisemiliobolsoni3831]

I and some musicians friends from brazil had discovered your artistic work some weeks ago and we must surely affirm every video from yours is always astonishing! Very innovative interpretations! Congratulations for your real artistic work!

Thank you and to your musicians friends too. :) Muito obrigado..!

[@benwallet7818]

Awesome! The most incredible thing though, is that you apparently have 4 pairs of Adidas.

Apparently, I will send you a picture of sole of 2 pairs. You DON'T wanna go out (especially in Holland) in these 2. One of them, I still use for racing. It slides nicely on the throttle pedal = I have a good sense of dosage. ;-) Buuuuuut, becomes handy to keep them for such an "extreme" occasions. Yesterday, I tagged "ADIDAS SKATEBOARDING" on Instagram. I am expecting a big sponsorship contract... you know. :)

[@eporze]

Eterna belleza!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.-

[@HYERthanyou]

Harpsichords have the happiest sound. This is a fantastic video.

But I hope you are aware of the fact that I play piano in this case... Thanks for your comment.

[@janadivizna2399]

Úžasné! Obdivuhodné! Vůbec ten nápad mít a ta realizace, jak to synchronizovaně muselo sednout. Prostě geniální.

Děkuji. Někde jsem tu už "proces výroby" popisoval. V češtině je to u komentáře kamarádky Jany Kaniakové.

[@GabrielLeni]

Found it on Spotify, wonderfully played, so crisp and expressive.

Thank you for earning me 0,000032915 Euro (or how much I get there per listen... something like this :) ) and for dropping by your comment.

[@GabrielLeni]

@ lol i know what you mean... i cant despise their awful paying system more. Of course you deserve tons more Dusan for your artistry.

[@seruvamnameno]

Great work 👌, all thumbs up 👍👍👍👍

[@kvkaskvkas3509]

Absolutně geniální, ani jsem nedýchal.

Pokud máte trénink v hloubkovém potápění tak OK. Ale jinak prosím "nádech x výdech"... ať nemám na svědomí jeden dobrý život. Díky.

[@kvkaskvkas3509]

@ naštěstí mám, nebojte.

@@kvkaskvkas3509 Tak zkusíme příště něco delšího.... tyhle barokní "deseti-minuťáky", to je prd testovačka. 😁

[@josefnesnera9960]

Díky za zážitek, vtipné pojetí se svěžím zvukem, hluboce smekám.

Děkuji.

[@pianoartklavier4998]

Great.... Dusan at its best. 😎👍

Danke sehr... 😁

[@viera649]

Styrikrat nadherné!

[@tastibasti]

INSANE!!! I LOVE IT!!! GREAT WORK!!! 🔥🔥🔥

Thank you, Seb.

Btw... only 3 🔥 out of 4? 🤔 😁

[@tomreijn7397]

Great and interesting well perforrmed piece. Thank you Dusan!

Thank you, sir. I don't know you but I have a sense that you like classical music very much. I could even imagine your living room filled with statues of composers. Maybe 2 pianos... Who knows? 😁😁

[@AdrenalineNerdStudios]

Came here from your comment on another video. I love this

Well... I did not want to spam too much. Glad you liked my video. Thanks for the comment.

[@stanelli]

Original! a pleasure to listen to. Thank you.

Happy to hear it! D.

[@emileheilbron9707]

Thank you Dusan for staying a great musician with wonderfull ideas. Always makes me happy to see and listen to you again. Keep up the good things :)

Is there still some freak, who would open the window at 10PM in the second floor of the yellow building and play Scriabin sonata for the entire Mariaplaats??? I wonder...

[@emileheilbron9707]

@ maybe you have to come back to do it yourself, because at the moment it is remarkably quiet 🚶👂

​@@emileheilbron9707 Well.... When I entered first time that building, there were 8... or 9... or 10 piano teachers?? (And actually, some "healthy" competition) Today... I heard there are 3? .... So some mathematical logic would tell me that probably in another 3 or 4 years, they may be 0 (zero) piano teachers...? (bad joke, I know) And I have to disappoint you. Coming back there seems to be a dimension far, far away from me. But you might pay the visit to Den Haag / Delft (where I still produce some music time to time). It's not thaat far away. Will let you know once there is something "worthy"... Have a contact still somewhere in my address book. Cheers!

[@GregHarradineComposer]

Nice job! And a fun video too, bravo Dušan!

Thanks, man. Much appreciated.

[@jcb3user]

Fantastic playing. Loved it!!!

[@MitchBoucherComposer]

Excellent arrangement and performance, Dusan! I admire your work very much.

Thanks! I appreciate it.

[@MitchBoucherComposer]

@ You're more than welcome! :D

[@janakaniakovaklavir7585]

To je skvělý, Dušane !

No, byla to sranda. Dělal to se mnou jeden místní kamarád zvukař, absolutně šikovnej. Jen nemá s "vážnou muzikou" nic společnýho - zvučí tady nějaký místní pop-punkový bandy. Ráno jsem mu dal na stůl partituru s tím, že on ani moc nečte noty (tak max. akordy na kytaru apod.). No a začali jsme - jen jsem diktoval kterou stopu točím a on to přímo rovnou, úsek po úseku, točil / lepil dohromady... Myslím, že pak večer by už mohl skoro přednášet sázení not na univerzitě... :) Myslel jsem původně, že to půjde "lehce"... třeba po stránkách nebo tak (a měl jsem v hlavě jakž takž strukturu jak to točit), ale nakonec to všechno bylo trošku komplikovanější. V 7 večer přilítla majitelka domu jak raketa "jak dlouho ještě chci točit, co jsem si myslel atd atd..." - tak jsem trochu sklopil uši, omluvil se, že toho je moc. Dala mi hodinu - do 8 večer ultimátum, tak konec 3. věty jsem dotáčel v takové polo-nasranosti... No, nakonec jsme to nějak dotočili. A Savas mi pak říkal, že to celkově dělalo asi 250 střihů.... ;-) - šikovnej chlapec. Nikde tam nejde střih poznat ve zvuku ani snad jednou. Na to, že to je lepený "za letu", tak klobouk dolů. Video pak už bylo s prstem v nose. Za kamerou jsou postavený repráky ze kterejch hrálo hotový audio a já jen "playbackuju" a předstírám, jak je to hrozně velká zábava.... :D Dal jsem si mezi audio a video točením asi týden pauzu, kdy jsem to omílal doma dokola, abych se to naučil.... tak to snad i vypadá "autenticky".

[@luispinon5902]

Magnifique!

[@tomreijn7397]

Fabulous!

[@vahidqamari3390]

fabulous!!🙌👏👏

@@vahidqamari3390 Thanks. 4x thanks.

[@tretretreit]

amazing

Thank you! :)

[@kevinsy6912]

Fantastic work!

Thanks from all 4 of us...!

[@jkabat]

Supr 👍👏😉

Díkec Jirko...! Byla to sranda to dát do kupy. Zkusím tě nějak vylapat, až se po dlouhé době vypravím do ČR... Snad už někdy brzo teď. Doufám, že všechno OK u tebe.

[@Juraberg]

Well done! 👍🏼

"We" thank you.

[@simonecoelho2706]

Incrível, eu adoro o seu trabalho.

Obrigada! Isso me deixa feliz. (google translate)

[@glenngulda]

very cool idea! how did you organize the recording? did you play with metronome? or did you play one of the parts and then the others?

Thanks. I will try to explain briefly. No metronome used. I did not want to sound like midi-machine. There are other versions of this piece here on KZbin (mostly 1st mov only) made by other people and it is obvious they recorded it with a click in their ears. Not here. I had a "plan" how I wanted to do it. Of course, finally it was way more complicated than I was thinking. The goal was to record the "leading voice" always first. Simple enough. My friend Savas who is super-pro sound engineer helped me with this. He is more in punk-pop scene and cant read music sheets... But I think he learned in "no time" and understood what's going on in the partiture. And I have quite an experience with DJing (techno, drum&bass etc.) - like 20 years ago, I used to DJ a lot. So.... day 1 - audio recording. I had headphones like a DJ only on 1 ear. And I started with leading voice... and then I was telling to Savas "I wanna this and this in the headphones and we record this and this place".... So - he was recording / editing the short cuts right on the fly.... Finally, it was (he told me) around 250 short cuts glued together.... Quite a job. But we managed in 1 day. We started in the morning, and around 6PM, the lady of the house came to the room quite angry, shouting at me "Dušan, what were you thinking? How long is this gonna take" ..... (Well... they were listening for the whole day fragments, round and round... no surprise they got angry. Anyway, she gave me "1 more hour to go"... so the end of 3rd movement, I felt quite bad. But we managed eventually, luckily. ... Day 2 - a week after. Audio was already mixed and we did video only. There are speakers in the room behind the camera, and complete-mixed audio was playing from speakers, and I just recorded "1 take" video shots.... "Playback" they call it. Which was just a FUN. :) And later in the evening, Savas learned how to "glue" 4 videos together and we edited the video. All my idea, but without his help, I would never manage. So... hopefully understandable. :) Cheers!

[@glenngulda]

@ thanks for your detailed anwer! its great how it worked out!!!

@@glenngulda Yes. I am also happy with that... For such a punk-conditions, the result is fun-tastic... :)