French-style Baroque Improvisation on a Genevan Psalm | Let Us Unite | Hymn of the Day 05.03.20

[@michaelnancyamsden7410]

I admire your artistry. In another life I should like to become an expert pipe organ player. You have won my heart and patron support. Sharing your music on FB.

[@jfp2816]

I really love this organ (the big one). The Chamade and 32´ Posaune in such an "small" German baroque organ are really great. Best wishes from North Germany

[@bkarosi]

Couldn't agree more!

[@gyorgyagh4378]

Számomra - korhű régi zenéket kedvelő számára - lenyűgöző ez a tiszta, francia barokk stílusú földolgozás és előadás! Különösen tetszik, hogy mentes a XX. századi "elmeháborodott" zenei stíluselemek mindegyikétől, így szépségén túl megnyugtató is, amire szükség van a mostani Covid19 veszélyes időszakban!

[@TheJohn1567]

I can't believe I missed this. It's your usual wonderful playing and imagination.

[@danburns79]

Wonderful! Love these Genevan psalm tunes (though I hadn’t realized that tune was one)!

[@JeffWindoloski]

Pure genius! I especially enjoyed the 'Basse de Bombarde, chant aux Chamades .' Quite the impressive 8' chamade on a German style organ =)

[@MrPeter3011]

wonderful tune on a very fine instrument.....

[@klaasspijker3751]

My compliments for this improvisation. The tune however is not of a Genevan Psalm, but of a easter hymn of the Bohemian brethren 'Mit Freuden zart'. This is a parody of the tune of Genevan Psalm 138, which is a parody of a french secular song 'une pastourelle gentille'. Via the Bohemian brethren, the tune became common in lutheran churches.

[@bkarosi]

Exactly. Thank you for the clarification

[@michaelheintz8853]

You are correct.

[@marklee7864]

👼 So Amazing ♥

[@norbertleichtle6595]

This is perfectly played und sung. The 32' reed stop is amazing, I never heard such a perfectly voiced organ. With the 32' stop drawn, you can hear perfectly all the other stops drawn. I enjoyed that with an open mouth!

[@OrganNLou]

This is unusual! The builder has garnered praise from around the world for their instruments and I can see why now!

[@JeffWindoloski]

@@OrganNLou Richards, Fowkes & Co. is truly a breed of their own...their instruments are exceptional!

[@KravchenkoAudioPerth]

My favourite organ by far. I get my camera shaking reeds!!! Pretty amazing. Well sung, and most impressively improvised Balint. I enjoyed your registration. Clean, delicate and powerful where it all mattered. I am both very pleased and privileged to have been able to watch and listen to this video. Thanks for making it and sharing it.

[@jofido]

A perfect organ for this French improvisation. Excellently done. Argyles a great compliment by the way. Lovely music.

[@bkarosi]

Glad you like it!

[@bodolittmann3214]

Lovely to hear this French inspiration with a mellow North German accent, Bálint!

[@cardinalflower6959]

Balint's suit appears to change color whenever the camera shifts. But no matter--those terrific Argyle socks tie it all together very nicely :-)

[@michaelheintz8853]

So very cool!

[@OrganNLou]

WOW What an instrument!! GREAT PLAYING!!

[@jozsefmakai9194]

Köszönöm Szépen!

[@jozsefmakai9194]

Öröm önt hallgatni!

[@lincolnmojon7280]

Thank you for these inspiring moments. I’m really impressed. I’ve come to your page in KZbin recently and everyday I’m convinced that your geniality is comparable to that of Bach.

[@Orionman8]

This melodie on Psalm 138 sounds different, when I compare it with original Genevan Psalm 138. Like Claude Goudimel. In the Reformed churches in the Netherlands we sing each sunday the Psalm melodies from the Genevan Psalter book.

[@Doeff8]

A 32' on such a small organ?! How extraordinary!

[@thekingsfighter]

All the variations, if that is the correct term, were very interesting (#1 seemed particularly complex) and the repetitive patterns in the left hand, then pedal, of #2 and 3 were increasingly intriguing. But your final movement was just beautiful!

[@jaapvogel1822]

Hi Balint, a very good improvisation on a nice sounding organ! I invite you to come and do this in the Netherlands!

[@bkarosi]

Thank you! I’m packing

[@fluteceleste]

wow that Big Posaune is like an earthquake! thank you for the splendid impro! the tune is well known in the german lutheran hymnal.

[@JeffWindoloski]

You thought it sounded great on the recording...imagine in person!

[@twillertorganprojects]

GENEVAN PSALM-TUNE 138

[@Reid-yy5nw]

Would love to hear why St Barnabas Episcopal installed a Baroque instrument to do Anglican church music? Love the organ but worried how it could ever work out there? Balint is such a joy!

[@JeffWindoloski]

"Would love to hear St Barnabas Episcopal's logic for buying a German Lutheran style instrument to do Anglican church music" :-)

[@karsheijboer7593]

Thank you very much for this beautiful music! Nice to hear this amazing improvisation on the 138th Genevan Psalm. In our Dutch reformed churches, we sing these Psalm melodies en texts every church service, so it's nice to recognise the tune. Would you like it to place more Psalm improvisations on KZbin? Who is the builder of the small organ (kistorgel)? Greetings from Holland

[@bkarosi]

Kars Heijboer thank you so much. I love the psalms. The builder of the small instrument is Klop from the Netherlands

[@HLD4V7]

8:18 - This variation reminded me of Pachelbel's famous canon in D [which is nothing bad if put in a new context].

[@jordanfriedman2739]

Really impressive improvisation and stunningly expressive playing, as usual. Thank you. Who is the tenor soloist? He’s great too.

[@bkarosi]

Jordan Friedman his name is Corey Shotwell.

[@cardinalflower6959]

Kudos to the tenor!

[@GeoHamie]

Which Genevan Psalm is this?

[@karlrovey]

The tune is MIT FREUDEN ZART which was used in the Genevan Psalter (texts and tunes aren't really paired, you match them based on the meter of the text and tune). The text used here isn't from the psalms. Instead, it is a Lutheran hymn for Easter. The original text is by Georg Vetter (1536-1599) and was translated by Martin Franzmann (1907-1976).

[@erikbogerd7864]

@@karlrovey Interesting! It reminds me of the melody of psalm 138 of the Genevan Psalter, so I think that must be the psalm that uses this melody. It is not entirely the same though

[@bkarosi]

Melody is composed by Guillaume Franc in 1543 for Psalm 138. It was adopted by the Bohemian Brethren and fitted with German text by Georg Vetter in 1566. Translated to English by Martin Franzmann (1907-1976).

[@GeoHamie]

@@bkarosi In our Dutch churches the melody of (the Genevan) psalm 138 is different. Also i recognise some elements in this version. Thanks for your answer!

[@HLD4V7]

@@karlrovey Thanks a lot; I was sure I knew the tune but I couldn't remember any words, let alone the title in the Evangelisches Gesangbuch [now I found out it's no. 108 there and I had played it years ago; regrettably, worship pop rock is played much more in my home church than old hymns are, and it's more popular than the old hymns, too, and WHEN hymns are sung, it's always the same ca. 5 numbers, like, for instance "Lobet den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren", which is not a bad hymn, but the narrow choice just makes my job unnecessarily boring...].

[@orgue2999]

More german than french style improvisation, you'll never find that kind of pedal part in french baroque music