J.S.Bach, D Minor Toccata & Fugue, Church Organ & Drums

Orlando Ribar (Drums) & Rudolf Lutz (Church Organ) are performing J.S. Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. Recorded in Summer 2012 for the Solo - Drum - Performance DVD "Rhythm is Music" from Orlando Ribar.
Video produced by Can Isik for www.abbild.ch and Orlando Ribar
Sound produced by Andi Jud for www.soniclab.ch and Orlando Ribar
For buying the DVD "Rhythm is Music" use www.orlandoribar.ch/produkte/

[@zedster911]

I often wonder what music J S Bach would do today especially with MOOG Synthesizers and all the technology we have ... I bet he would be in his element

[@JS45678]

zedster911 If Johann Sebastian Bach lived today, he’d probably be like us; Glued to his smartphone watching KZbin videos all day of other people doing something with their lives. 🎼🙃🎼

[@peterprosio4534]

Oh Yeah...

[@danieltfarr]

Check out Switched On Bach.

[@itsallspent]

Well tempered sinsizer album

[@gray3600ful]

Excellent performance, however I do think the drums should supplement the organ not over power it.

[@bradencutright-head6629]

The organ should OBLITERATE THE DRUMS! Just kidding! But, they need to be a lot more balance

[@usandthemx]

There should be NO drums

gray3600ful P

[@Markus-pv7cf]

hell on earth: mixing drums and organ inside a church

[@TheJakeman789]

I think there should be NO drums.

[@akathardos]

If you have a good sound system, all the complaints would disappear.

[@nokkien]

The drums are too loud, reduce drum sound level by 30% or so. Excellent play thou.

[@grete-norunndencker2527]

I agree.

[@mozgren]

The empty church has a lot of acoustic reverb. An audience would have dampened it down.

[@dalerider3124]

though

[@dalerider3124]

but, as an organist seated beneath the pipes - the sound going right out over him, in order to hear the drums and keep perfect synch with them, the drums were tried many ways (and distances) to get it JUST RIGHT for the organist to remain "spot on" the rhythm. It was a duo of instruments, not an accompaniment (drums) and a solo (organ) !!!!

[@usandthemx]

Many performers wear headphones THIS is but one reason for that

[@RocLobo358]

i love the drummer's choices here. He knows he's both awesome and hilarious

[@orlandoribar]

Thank you 🙏

[@LordQueezle]

I can't decide if I really love this or really hate this. xD

[@fluorosco]

You love it .

[@LordQueezle]

@@fluorosco yeah.... I keep coming back to it, and the more I study music the more interesting I find this performance

[@fluorosco]

@@LordQueezle i've banned it from playing it in the car. Im doing 120 before i know it ❤

[@antoniusgolly3417]

Great perfomance for teaching drumming philosophy. I love that video and keep hearing it. The drum sheets perfectly cover, reflect and supply Bachs brilliant piece of music here IMO. Although an excellent video has been shot here I guess some mistakes were made in mastering the record (drums too loud) and cutting of the video (video beautifully shot but the cuts ruin it for drumming enthusiasts).

[@MrSymphony9]

Two MASTERS on two instruments I admire.

[@cube4547]

I hate pretentiousness.

[@PianoRootsMusic]

I never thought I would be saying this, but I can't hear the organ well enough

[@MarkHarmer]

Why not add to the drum rhythms as the organ adds voices in the fugue? Seems a missed opportunity and for that reason, it’s a no from me!

[@mordwineroga]

Masterpiece. Architectonical meta metric beats ...how impressiv, how, would be this in live? Please, we wanna a concert in cologne Dom Kathedral ❤❤❤

[@akathardos]

Masterfully played on the organ. A big ego-trip for the drummer.

[@Названиеканала-ф9ж]

The drums are not loud enough, I still hear the organ🤷🏻‍♂️

[@stanelli]

This is great fun, organ, drummer and a magic carpet: what could one want more?

[@exosmusic]

Załóżcie po prostu zespół rockowy, grajcie covery Quinn, albo Madonny. I trzymajcie się z daleka od organów.

[@MerlynAStern]

I love organ, but this was.....different. Thanks for being brave and experimenting.

[@briscaba]

bach è tutto, ANCHE ritmo, e la vita è ritmo! complimenti!

[@acquaossigenata5367]

I love both organ and drum, Good performance 😉

[@chnacr2]

Should'nt have let the drummer be involved in the sound mixing of this recording

[@miguelalberghini467]

MORE CYMBALS!

[@michaelduron1203]

Marvelous collaboration between two fine artists! Danke Herr Lutz fur sein Kunst!

[@williamworden3597]

I wondered what his job was...gong😀

[@genez429]

Some of you need to hear this on a better system.... Its very interesting. The hall ambiance is captured well on the audio.. The drums are not too loud. They sound gigantic at times.

[@moonshade0227]

I feel the same because I listened to this by earphone. I don't feel the drum overpowering.

[@sonus289]

it like the certain drums don't have definition... .kinda unbalanced. Organ and room were great. Performace was great too. Just not a fan of the kits overal mix... still a good performace... woulda liked to hear(feel ) more of the pedal 8' or 16' ranks.

[@stko9164]

Now that's the point, where a good sound-engineer comes in: The drums ( here in the video, of course i don't know, if there's such thing like a finalized version ) are WAY TO LOUD and too aggressiv. Is many parts of this piece the melody ( the organ ) " disappeared ". I don't believe, the musicians wanted this to happen..... . .

[@PaulWesleyBowen]

I did the same thing, only I used A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, a 500 watt speaker and a drummer with a complete set of drums and synthesizer drums to a slamming disco beat. When we were done, all we got out of the audience was ... dead silence, then one little old lady said, "Oh, my goodness." And, actually, it was for her and her row of friends who, before the service, would natter, and natter, and natter, disturbing everyone around them. Yes, I got yelled at for it, and the front desk on the floor below said they could feel the vibrations of the electronic TPO ... but would I do it, again, if I thought I could get away with it? When the little old ladies think that their nattering is more important than the people around them trying to pray and get ready for the service, yes, I do "unusual things". But there was in the mid 1980s a full version of this done by a rock band. AWESOME!

[@niklasbuhler9987]

i'm here in 2024 and i do have something to say to all you conservative Organ People: As a long time Pianist and Organist and developing Drummer i think this is the coolest thing ever. I would bet a lot of Money that Bach would go just as Nuts over this as i went when i first saw this. After all, he was a Pioneer and experimentalist in his time and to use his Music in this kind of way just seems to make sense

[@mordwineroga]

That s true mister

[@simonkormendy849]

Actually sounds pretty cool with the drummer, considering that this piece of music was originally written during the Baroque period in the history of classical music, Baroque music generally didn't have any kind of drumming in it.

[@CarlosPT-hb6zb]

What a genius performance!! The very best version of this Bach masterpiece. What a masters of organ and percussion!! Perfect synchronization.

[@АлексейТорхунов-ъ2е]

Группа Скай исполняет эту версию лучше можно переслушивать непоразу найди в ютубе

[@rainersturmer3036]

man sieht: Bachs Toccata ist zeitlos

[@orlandoribar]

Absolut...👍🏽😀

[@GreenockBorn]

Really good, always loved Bach's organ music, there is no substitute. It put's you in a trance of warmth and the best music you can hear.

[@josedippolito113]

Trop de cinéma et trop de drums trop fort ! C’est nul c’est un concerto de batterie ! Très mauvais choix ! Dommage pour l’organiste !👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

[@davidhodgin8900]

drums definitely drown out that space. Not a drummer so i’m not sure if that involves the kit itself and the acoustics not fitting the acoustics of such a doom. Maybe could’ve gone for some smaller symbols. Personally this song would fit well with some repetitive tom playing

[@Engineer9736]

It could be because of the worse speakers in my laptop, but possibly also because of the recording, but i don't hear anything of the bassdrum. I only hear the drummer ticking on each note the organ plays. Seems like it's a good drummer. But in this case I miss actual playing, the x-factor, of the drums. I will relisten it sometime on headphones and see if i can adjust my opinion.

[@Engineer9736]

The filming and organ playing are awesome anyway!

[@Werede]

Richard van Pukkem I think it are your speakers

[@Engineer9736]

Werede You're right, on my proper stereo set it sounds a lot better. Only the ending chords are some little bit rushed & i thought i heard a major ending chord which should be minor, but overall a great recording :-)

[@andrewpearce2562]

I think the end chord was swapped with some sort of dirty jazz chord...

[@deppurple700]

It blows my mind to think " how did he even write thiis song excuse me masrerpiece along with alk the other great composer / writers / makers of these unbelievable works of genious if only us humans would stick to inventing yhings likr this instead ogmf useful crap thats killing us anfmd the planet

[@hanbill]

Even I haven't been visiting church for a while, I can still remember the smell of the air

[@mozgren]

So strange to watch Rudolf Lutz playing the organ in this excellent performance - I've only ever seen him conduct Bachstiftung. Shame the reverb isn't so good for Orlando Ribar's percussion.

[@b44nad]

Excelent piece of art. Could you, please, tell me what is the name of the church and where is located? Thank you.

[@thomashaag5935]

Die beste Version, die ich je gehört habe. Einfach großartig !

[@matthijswitteveen1395]

Mooie balans tussen orgel en slagwerk. En een goed tempo. Heerlijk om te luisteren. Jammer van de gong maar verder erg mooi.

[@harryvantveld5383]

too bad that the drummer sound is quite often too loud. When drummer volume would be less it would be much better.

[@גיאדרי]

Well its not like the drums are complementing the organ, the organ is complementing the drums. And it turned out wrong.

[@zdrhy]

no bass, drums are so loud, but it's still nice

[@drfill9210]

Sorry to say, but sky did it much better, and their drummer is about 10x worse!

[@LiamButler2006]

Bach and Roll?

[@gillesPADEBOL]

TIP TOP J'Adore. Même si le mixage batterie n'est pas trop bon Gilles

[@grevolt3390]

i was listening to the originals and i was thinking about how some drums would make it a lot funnier

[@andrewpearce2562]

What GOOFS! Nice creative drumming though, have to admit.

[@chrisholley4634]

ordinarily I would not suggest a drummer for this tune, but this guy has it totally together, Bravo

[@philippecate964]

Extraordinary sound quality ; Thank you ;-)

[@martinhubacek9469]

The drums disturb. Which donkey did this thing? This is the worst version, I heard.

[@Turte_Performance_Balancing]

Sad that the sound of the drums is like he plays a ToysRUs Kids-Kit...

[@irasound]

Барабаны перегружают орган, слишком много "выкрутасов"

[@ivanwashington3186]

they look and sound like they're having a big ol' time playin' together :)

[@TheBaritoneCrooner]

TOTALLY FREAKIN AWESOME!!! I’m a devoted organ fan. Just not really a traditionalist when it comes to Bach. I favor the French school of repertoire and improvisation, symphonic transcriptions and theatre organ but I am definitely in the camp where new innovations in arrangements and thinking outside the box when it comes to the organ is perfectly ideal any time of the day. The organ world needs to be saved from itself. Many of the comments in this thread will nitpick this video to death as not being proper, perfect or in keeping with tried and true tradition. Thank god for progressive advocates of the instrument for expanding the scope of the instruments possibilities in its future like Virgil Fox and Cameron Carpenter and others who have championed new uses for the instrument in the face of diehard square traditionalists who think the instrument should definitely remain in the 1700s!

[@orlandoribar]

Thank you so much for your amazing comment🙏🤓

[@andreslka]

I was going to bash this video till next year. Until I saw Rudolf Lutz.

[@김재민-m1o3x]

Good work all three of you Oh and hi🙂

[@karinakok-hansen6246]

Oh my God... that was f...... awesome 😍🎼🎼 I really needed it today and .. well... just wauw.... 👍👍🎼🎼

[@orlandoribar]

Karina Kok-Hansen Thanks you🙏😎

[@krischan67]

Bach might have given the organist a slap on the wrist and maybe even a punch into the face of the drummer, but it sounds interesting!

[@winfridpottkamper1090]

Compare and enjoy rhe Versions of Ekseption and Sky

[@donnakogan5847]

I think that Bach is smiling- the man had soul, a very cool cat.

[@marcseiler4242]

Toujours aussi inventif notre Rudolf Lutz. La batterie n'ajoute rien à l'œuvre en elle-même mais rappelle grâce à la finesse du batteur la pulsation fondamentale de toute œuvre de Bach. L'incroyable dextérité de Lutz au clavier fait merveille. La prochaine étape c'est sans doute l'ajout d'un instrument mélodique avec une nouvelle polyphonie sur cette œuvre monumentale, genre traverso ou flûte à bec, mais c'est un autre défi d'écriture tellement plus difficile à réaliser

[@frankieperussault9474]

Tout à fait de votre avis. Mais... si si la batterie ajoute du son, de l'ampleur... de la pulsation comme vous dites. C'est génial.

[@AmphiStuG]

The dude on the right just be vibing

[@karenroutledge5361]

Drums drown organ out .....

[@davehorne7207]

I could listen to that all day, ... but I'm not going to.

[@schienensto4576]

3:07

[@pedrozuquete5051]

Excelente orquestração, parabéns, adorei.

[@leopignol]

it would have been great, without the Drum

[@hooked4215]

These drums are a mess. Totally embarrasing.

[@volkerlorenz5650]

Der Trommler zerhackt das alles Schade um dieses tolle Lied 🫣🫣🫣

[@leventebihari88]

The drum is too hard, it spoils the organ.

[@charleswhinney3008]

Brilliant . Thank you.

[@papapoodo6685]

Listen on headphones...I thought the drum volume was appropriate...The recording sounded awesome actually! Brilliant job!!

[@csplinter]

I love headphones. Best listening device for serious listening, but come on. This mix is disgusting. Try on speakers and you will understand.

[@17drums]

Very nice, guys! The acoustics are great, also!

[@2008truckman]

More bass on the organ. Besides that, it was AWESOME.

[@christineweaver3090]

Hey isnt that ben from "lost"? 😆

[@denizci8991]

great

[@orlandoribar]

Thanks 🙏

[@noamrosen6550]

What's the name of the church

[@gian-br5887]

Adorei, nunca imaginei dois instrumentos tão diferentes em completa harmonia. Parabéns aos criadores e executores desta magnífica obra.

[@СергоЭвкалипт]

ГДЕ Ж ТУТ «гармония»??? БАРАБАН «забивает»ГВОЗДИ В НЕСЧАСТНОЕ ЗВУЧАНИЕ ОРГАНА ГДЕ ТО ТАМ ... НА ВТОРОМ ПЛАНЕ 👎💪🤕🙅🌚👎

[@donaldzimmermann1417]

This is one of the finest videos I have ever seen! BRAVO! Not only the musicians but the camera work and editing. I have known of Herr Lutz for years and have watched his masterful recordings of all the Bach cantatas, and here he is having such a great time! And Orlando: you are a spectacular percussionist! The nuances and variety you get out of your drums and cymbals are beyond belief. I am a "traditional" church choir director and organist but enjoy what world-class musicians do to stretch the limits! Thanks so much!

[@luckyb4284]

da wäre ich gerne live dabei gewesen!

[@MrRuplenas]

There is old saw that Bach's music can survive any conceivable performance medium. There are, of course, exceptions. This is one of them.

[@LaaszloKiss]

Maaaan! This performance could make Johann Sebastian resurrect !

[@letran5665]

Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww............

[@SuperSoznanie]

no bass...

[@Discrimination_is_not_a_right]

The Doors didn't need one.

[@pianist8963]

I personally do not disagree with the idea! I believe maybe a different rhythmic and acoustic approach of the drums towards the church organ!

[@fantasmaotaku6971]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!! they are geniuses

[@luigirovati4444]

Siete stati davvero grandi... Io adoro Bach in tutto e per tutto... Amò l'organo come il più Maestoso strumento musicale che esista, e vorrei dire che proprio lui se fosse al mondo porterebbe i ray-ban e vi direbbe Grazie... per cui concludo dicendo che grazie all'hard rock e al suo modo di essere arte, questo insieme è veramente musica contemporanea dei tempi che cambiano, Un abbraccio di vero cuore a tutti grazie

[@orlandoribar]

Grazie mille🙏🤩

[@LuizPereira58]

Muito bom. Ficou muito bonito.👍

[@UnatickOne]

4:54 omg that's fiiiiiiirreeeee

[@ghifordmizzard1897]

EPIC FOREVER ! :D

[@Soundinthehouse]

Mükemmel...

[@AngelaFurtuna]

Great arrangement! Fabulous! Regal!

[@DebbieDenkeMusic]

Who is the stop puller and gong guy? This video is clever - great playing and photography - with a sense of humor thrown in. Love it - almost makes me want to play the pipe organ (again)

[@EternalTina]

Well, why not..?

[@embvl1380]

2:25 fast sitting down 😅

[@Yhiith]

benjamin linus performs bach

[@aldorhythm3286]

Great version guys. For the ones who enjoy Bach with drums try to listen the Jacques Loussier version it is a MUST listen

[@gabrielafoltynova7689]

Bravo Mr. Orlando and Rudolf - thank you so much for such amazing and uncommon J. S. Bachs' Toccata & Fuga D minor performance. Amazing playing and interplaying

[@gimble8638]

sorry, its not for me, im an acomplished organ and keyboard player too and id of mixed your recording to bring the drums down a bit, but even then i dont think it would work, sorry

[@sanix127]

I really love drums but please NO just.... don't !

[@jessicazimmerman1314]

My sentiments exactly bro

[@renancosta8471]

que obra