J. S. Bach - Toccata in D minor (played by John Sherer on Chicago's largest pipe organ)

John Sherer plays one of the most famous organ pieces on Chicago's largest pipe organ at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago.
From a full video exploring this instrument, including touring inside all of the pipes: • Pipe Organ (An instrum...
John Sherer is the Organist and Director of Music at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago: fourthchurch.org
Thanks so much to them for allowing us to explore this incredible instrument!
Audio Recorded and Mixed by by Rob Ruccia of Uptown Recording: www.uptownrecording.com/
Camera operated by Kyle Guzman: / @kyle777
Video edit by Jake Jarvi: / pineappleboyfilms
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[@jsbmx2039]

Imagine writing a piece when you're 18 and it still being played 100s of years later. Some modern music is only relevant for 6 months lol.

[@boseifrit5480]

When music was good

[@keepyourshoesathedoor]

It's not fair. :/ I want to make classical music but nope, still at school being lame.

[@tankpenguin175]

@@boseifrit5480 Music is still good.

[@hayden6700]

@@boseifrit5480 wdym

[@boseifrit5480]

@@tankpenguin175 well this modern pop rap and hip hop shit makes me angry. Dont yet me started abt mumble rap. People listen to this shit music, with horrible lyrics may I say, then bash metal and rock for its lyrics which aren't nearly as bad.

[@BertiferousRex]

“We need to test all the pipes on our new organ.” Bach: “Hold my beer”

[@SoLost2000]

You want to test all the pipes? Go for Max Reger

[@darquinhaleite9709]

Hi Brother Demolay, I am from Brazil, Príncipe Serrano number 9

[@adam207321]

he was 17 so I guess orange juice it is

[@MusicBent]

There is little known about why Not his piece was written, but many authors speculate it was designed to test new organs. Wind volume and pressure, each voice individually with call and response, chromatic runs through each key...

[@spacemissing]

@@adam207321 Drinking ages in Europe tend to be lower than in the US, and laws pertaining thereto are more recent. In Bach's time, everything to do with the consumption of alcohol was somewhat discretionary.

[@Metal_89]

wish he would've played fugue as well, but this was stellar

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

Lmbo, I commented something similar just before I saw your comment; another man of culture I see ;p

[@BFG-hv2ml]

Interstellar 😇

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

@@BFG-hv2ml hydrostatic

[@dougoverhoff7568]

One of Classical music's masterpieces. And, to think that Bach was only 18 or 19 when he wrote it! Amazing. Talent is gifted from God.

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

@@dougoverhoff7568 wait, really? That's crazy

[@user199543999]

Now do "Pipe Organ in very inappropriate places"!

[@AshWont]

I wanna see him play that big one in the shower

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

@@AshWont time to set off the fire alarm 😂

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

Lol. That's hilarious. Very good sir.

[@richardharrold9736]

Macy's Philadelphia... or the old Union Station in Cincinnati...

[@PaigeUnderscore]

Please convince John to make his own channel and make more of these! I would LOVE to see more of this beautiful playing! :D

[@renealbrechtsen9743]

Same. Even if it's just on a regular piano. John is amazing :)

[@user-zv7yb4yp9g]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2aYdpVnZqelpZI here's one of his concerts

[@FrauWNiemand]

totally agreee.

[@scottbatson8721]

Absolutely! 😁

[@davisantana6183]

This is metal in its purest Before metal even exists

[@jsbmx2039]

Yes it is

[@thewierdlemon5956]

Metal has its roots in classic. I used to listen to "heavy classic music" if that's a thing. Like prokofiev dance of the knights

[@FockeWulfFW200]

These "metal" coments are the cringest thing I ever read

[@t-machine3427]

Jokes aside, this composition does have many techniques used in modern metal.

[@duckspy436]

@@FockeWulfFW200 sorry i just broke my neck from the recoil of cringe your spelling of "coments" gave me

[@mahaversa3269]

One of the most iconic music pieces in the world

[@goofyahh9667]

It’s literally blue lobster

[@adredy]

ABBA is the most iconic

[@DanTheCaptain]

This video doesn't do this justice! I've heard this piece being played in person a fee times and it never gets old. You quite literally feel the music! It's quite an experience!

[@Home_Rich]

Live musicals are felt both in spiritual and physical manner. No matter how good your speakers or headphones are worth, live music is irreplaceable. Once got invited into a tribal folkloric band. The drums, bagpipes, zithers and powerful voices... it was something.

[@DanTheCaptain]

@@Home_Rich I haven’t heard it a musical but at an organ concert. It is an amazing experience indeed.

[@sovietonion72]

Even as a kid I loved this piece, before I even knew who composed it, always referred to it as the Dracula music.

[@aileennapoles6145]

​@@sovietonion72I just posted about Dracula too. I wondered if anyone out here had similar memories 🙌

[@user-qg6he3jd5f]

Гениально​@@Home_Rich

[@GregJonson]

...and I'll be _BACH_ next week! *(crowd booing)*

[@tommytimmy8441]

I’m tired of LISZTening to these stupid puns

[@benjatubero]

dude

[@osoacevedo7107]

😂

[@LeonardoRozasVillegas]

😂😂😂

[@Bruce.-Wayne]

I like the way he Handel this piece.....

[@blendernoob64]

One of my first classical music loves. Ever since I was a boy I wanted to play the organ at my church.

[@pinkdispatcher]

Did he also play the Fugue? The whole piece is really "Toccata and Fugue in D minor". I personally think the Fugue, although not quite as loud, is even more impressive than the Toccata.

[@nigelft]

Indeed ... Although the Toccata is perhaps the most famous 'half', for me the real challenge is a smooth tranisition to the Fugue, and then the Fugue itself, which I consider the more challenging of the two 'parts' ... There is a video of Karl Richter playing the entire piece, and you can just about see he exerts that little bit more effort into the Fugue, even though Richter himself, quite aside from being an amazing conductor, could have easily made a career just from playing the organ alone, which goes to show just how incredible the Fugue actually is ...

[@LS-oh8kv]

The ending of the fugue when I play it is typically louder than the toccata

[@jr_freiberg]

Yep

[@Liquidmetal6661]

I'm in awe! His attitude and enthusiasm when playing only emphasizes the performance!

[@MadCat-75]

Goosebumps every single time i listen to that!

[@ahugs8843]

I'm so glad you put this clip out Rob. I was wishing for it when I watched the previous video

[@angelicoreXX]

its great to get to hear the piece in the proper instrument

[@Krt.Cbn99]

Its crazy how deep the bass reaches

[@jaggerwear921]

It sounds so incredible ! Thank you ! And thank to John Sherer ! The video on the Pipe organ was also great !

[@medicbabe2ID]

I actually clapped at the end! Wow...absolute mastery. If I had but one tenth of one percent of his musical knowledge, I could be my own star. Outstanding. 💙

[@JackMuskrat]

I love this piece. It's one of the few things I can play a bit of on keyboard/piano, but nowhere near as well as it is here. My favourite part is the section where the left hand is just playing the A between each note the right hand plays.

[@livinghooman8471]

This techique is used in so many modern songs... good to know where the inspiration comes from :p

[@hassanmohammed9961]

I think its called pedalling , im not entirely sure though

[@pyrefly7575]

Guys please please get it into your thick colonialist skull, it's Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si

[@A_Rotisserie_Chicken]

Loved the full video!!!! The pipe organ is such a marvelous instrument!!!!

[@tabithatachibana9607]

Thank you for uploading this, it is really something else to hear this peice performed live like this

[@mtrapman]

Imagine living in a time where this music does not exist yet; the space for new music is immense....

[@gothrers4552]

One of the most beautiful classical piece, played on a beautiful instrument...

[@JonatasMonte]

What a sound! Amazing recording and acoustics!

[@mayumigrasso]

Thank you so much for this! I show this to my elementary music students and having the little bio information at the beginning and all the camera angles - especially with the foot pedals - is wonderful! Please consider another video that has the Fugue.

[@ItsAustin18]

Imagine the people’s faces as they were walking by and heard this😂

[@zanderculter4487]

It sounds Like Halloween music

[@SirReginaldBlomfield1234]

Agreed, he played it in a shit like manner and not as written.

[@DavidScheidler-cr4il]

​@@SirReginaldBlomfield1234true but it was just a demonstration

[@xtop23]

So utterly metal it’s crazy. Bach was a titan.

[@johnm2012]

I too would like to have heard John play the fugue but I'm not going to rant about it. I enjoyed the performance for what it was and I'm thankful to Rob for uploading it. If you want to hear the full piece in all its glory there are other performances of it on KZbin.

[@Altroante]

Yeah, this performance is definitely not the best.

[@mattbeef1221]

@@Altroante yeah my personal favorite that I've listened to us Xaver Varnus at the Berliner dome

[@PhoenixLyon]

Perhaps he's, literally, playing for the lowest common denominator? This is you tube, not Carnegie Hall. ✌😸

[@TheMullerClan]

Thank you for putting this, I hated the early cut in the original video! :D

[@groeswenphil]

I've a story about this piece. Back in the seventies I was still living with my parents. My dad and I rented a parking spot in an old disused cinema near our home. One night, I was driving home. There was a power cut affecting the whole of the town. I stopped by the old cinema, got out of my car and walked around the front to open the huge sliding door. I drove my car inside, got out of the car and slid the huge door shut. I then drove to my regular parking spot, switched off the engine and headlights. I stepped out of the car, and started walking towards the exit. The inside of the cinema was silent and in total darkness. Suddenly I heard, DA DA DA.......dadadadaaadaaa. I nearly died. The guy who lived next door to the old cinema was so bored during the power cut, he'd gone into the old cinema to play the old cinema pedal organ.

[@Stephen_Lafferty]

Superb rendition of this famous piece!

[@MrPienaarza]

Absolutely magnificent

[@ronaldproctor1776]

Inspiring playing, and a great organ! Thank you!! ❤

[@esphilee]

Absolutely Amazing.

[@corbinlantzer3763]

Had the pleasure of playing this organ on a tour! Absolutely ground shaking.

[@scottbatson8721]

Absolutely love that. Thanks for sharing 👍♥️♥️♥️

[@izzieweitman2338]

One of my favorite pieces of music.

[@jeremytravis360]

I remember doing an "Interview" for being a child chorister in Beverly east Yorkshire and have loved the sound of the organ ever since. Grace cathedral also has lovely acoustics.

[@kalunga454]

Fantastic! Bravo! Top, top, top.

[@kevins.7939]

ive had the pleasure of playing an organ and its so fun yet so tricky. i recommend that if you get the chance to play this amazing instrument, take it.

[@dakotaleonard6939]

It would have been so amazing to be in that church while this is played, that bass would be amazing I'm sure.

[@ritishify]

Writing a masterpiece and doing it at 17 years of age is wild. Who knows the amount of things being accomplished in our times that we will never find about maybe during our whole lifetimes?

[@ActualKaktus]

This piece is SO DRAMATIC

[@espectaculardavidrcq]

Es increíble!!! Hay que tener mucha concentración para tocar esta obra maestra. Fue una grandiosa composición en su día y sigue siendo lo hoy.

[@evanrutherfordlazyahole9079]

One of my favorite pieces.

[@pinkmonte]

Such great music. And that organ pushes it up to 11!

[@Keykey70]

11? I think you mean like 36

[@javiav1979]

Incredible video!!!

[@corinakiss7935]

Sehr schön Bach gespielt Kollege!!!! Bravo 🎹 🎵 🎹 🎵 🎹 🎵 😊

[@paladro]

outstanding!

[@DGA2000]

Bravo!

[@adigunawan7022]

Amazing sound

[@celiaanderton2361]

Lovely organ music.

[@calaverx11]

I see you took my suggestion anyway :P Amazing performance and sound.

[@Nibiru_Truths]

I love Bach so much. One of my favorite composers, next to Chopin and Beethoven.

[@orgelfan1675]

Conlan McGuff Wtf ? Bach is much better than any other composer

[@Nibiru_Truths]

@@orgelfan1675 I am glad that you like his work as well, although I must remind you that I am entitled to my own opinion, too.

[@sirspongadoodle]

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[@KenCostlow]

Bravo!!! 🎹

[@TheJanooby]

1:15 that transition to Through the fire and flames was spot on

[@TheBeavadelic]

Beautiful.

[@12TribesUnite]

Wow soo cool!

[@ianlitchfield9273]

Awesome Stunning Amazing 👍👍👍

[@jemclenachan]

Quite the core workout. Awesome.

[@stankasamokovska4322]

It's brilliant!🎉

[@drmaheshchauhan]

Nothing is better than this

[@littlegirl-lc8lh]

Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Diamondusa7]

What a masterpiece!

[@danig9931]

Amazing!

[@davestelling]

Bravo...!

[@hamiltonlisboa]

Bravo! Bravoo!

[@ThanaraNZ]

Outstanding.

[@dyllanhill109]

THIS IS ALL I NEED

[@tonythefaith1610]

Magistral. 🙏

[@tinyman5532]

played this in our marching band and hearing it again makes me super happy lol

[@SirJohnKnight]

Honestly this song is so appealing to me its beautiful

[@lauradiniz6135]

Bravo!!!

[@2001cavador]

This piece of music is just as powerful today as it was then when J.S. Bach played it back when he was 17 years old!!!

[@2001cavador]

Also ,I remember this track from when I watched Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange.

[@gerritduplessis7122]

!! UNBELIEVABLY FANTASTIC!!!! AWESOME-- THANK YOU!! BLESSINGS!! GREAT SCOTT!!! AWESOME!!!

[@nelsons1129]

Very nice work.

[@gioiadelsapere]

I really enjoyed this.

[@elilsonmaiarodrigues2984]

Maravilhoso e complexo tocar um órgão. Bonito demais, parabéns.

[@Tre244]

Splendida interpretazione. Maestro tantissimi complimenti.

[@lukejohnston363]

I love this piece, we are going to play it in a brass quintet this year and it might be a really hard piece, it will be fun

[@TUBEamp121fred]

Well done...

[@DarkGuardianAngelXI]

Great quality content 👌🏻

[@user-wy9dt1mr3h]

У Баха навернулась бы слеза... Очень круто!!! Спасибо! 🌹 🌹 🌹

[@user-in5cf7yc2x]

Огромное спасибо приклоняюсь удачи вам и всех благ Москва Россия

[@rubenfelipechocobarjury9876]

sublime !!!

[@Kraken1000]

Wonderful.

[@JustinNathanielAdams]

That place is so awesome

[@gailhitson6722]

Thank you!

[@jpms6173]

I love this song

[@ninocarrico3597]

Fantastic

[@attilahorvath1834]

Csodás!❤

[@seanmurphy637]

Still a great piece of music. Now we just need you to make a metal cover of it and all will be well in the world. Thanks Rob. Looking forward to hearing it. 😀🤘

[@jsbmx2039]

That's as Metal as it gets. Literally playing a building.

[@danielkim5218]

멋진연주에요~👍

[@JCTBomb]

How inspiring! Guy was 18 when he wrote it?! That’s crazy! Gives me hope I can do something like that too; that I don’t have to be old to do amazing things is amazing to think about

[@leitergar6284]

Very good🎉

[@juliab.8200]

Danke 🌟

[@randall.3189]

Best piece of music ever

[@SaharaPowerLove]

Amazing. 👍👍👍

[@aswadsaswad1759]

Just when it's about to kick in and get fast he stops!! I love his cool dancing!! 😉

[@cuttingedgecustomsharpenin1217]

Nice voicing for the opening of the tocatta. Would've loved to hear a call and response in the first section. However, voicing the tocatta with principles and foundational stops vs fiery reeds and "loud organist syndrome" was awesome. Thise mixtures sound awesome too!

[@TheDeedeeFiles]

Dam thats amazing