Jean Sibelius - Finlandia - Martinikerk Doesburg

[@GertvanHoeforganist]

Aankomende concerten: -- Zaterdag 6 mei 2023 - Orgelconcert door Gert van Hoef in de Janskerk in Mijdrecht. Aanvang 20.00 uur. -- Vrijdag 12 mei 2023 - Orgelconcert door Gert van Hoef in l'eglise catholique Saint-Vaast in Laventie (F) Aanvang 20.00 uur. -- Vrijdag 26 mei 2023 - Orgelconcert door Gert van Hoef in de Katholischen Kirch St. Georg in Strücklingen (D). Aanvang 19.00 uur. -- Woensdag 31 mei 2023 - Psalmzangavond met niet-ritmische samenzang in de Bethelkerk te Lunteren. Inloop om 19.30 en we beginnen om 20.00 uur. Meer informatie: gertvanhoef.nl/nl/agenda

[@tuulakarsikas]

Proud to be Finnish 🇫🇮

[@spencersmith2798]

I’m 24.9% Finnish and it makes me proud, too! I’d love to see Helsinki someday. Great performance here of one of History’s greatest melodies.

[@michaelhowarth4302]

Masterful rendition of this wonderful Finnish classic! Thanks Gert & Leendert!

[@teropitkala]

Thank you for this gift. It's great to be Finnish.

[@gordontaylor3103]

What an absolutely fantastic sound. Thank you Gert and team. A really pleasant surprise to find you tonight. Hope you are well with Marjolein and the boys.

[@mariforever1863]

Oh Gert van Hoef you are so wonderful. This piece makes me so moved. 😅😅😅😅

[@pianoman4Jesus]

At @2:13 what an awkward place to hide / stick tops! 🤪 WONDERFUL echo at @3:40 of the notes played on the keyboard. Wow! At @5:35 begins the inner work, stand-alone hymn "Be Still My Soul". Jinny Ownes selected that piece to end her "Something More" project. I have selected it to be the last hymn at my funeral. At @9:24 interesting! The hymn melody returns in your left hand at this point. I had never noticed that hearing other recordings of Finlandia! 😮 Bravo! Joyful Christmas to you and your family! 🎄🎀✝

[@TerryP1922]

I love this piece!!! You really bring out the best on this beautiful organ. There is such joy on your face and it lifts my spirits watching you. Thank you, Gert and Leendert for a surprise on Gertsday!

[@mikaliimatainen4241]

Kiitos! Thank You! Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

[@markushautaniemi9465]

A fantastic interpretation of the Finns' beloved Finlandia

[@jonathanumstead4608]

Just finished listening to the symphonic version of this wonderful work a short time ago on our kitchen speaker, now I'm enjoying your masterful playing, as always, hearing it on my phone. Your version is, oh, so much more majestic and joyous to hear!! God bless you All in the week ahead!!🙏✝️🛐🎶🎹

[@johannessilver8653]

Sounds wonderful and well done...one of my favorite pieces and the organ version is so awesome too.

[@ravanderploeg4171]

Wat...een Prachtige Uitvoering op dit Schitterende Orgel , wat een Sound !! Ook Acoestiek in deze Kerk is Top . Gert en Evert , 😊 Dankjulliewel Helemaal Super ! .

[@richardblocher599]

Finlandia has always touched my heart, and is still my favorite. You just made my day, I never heard it done better than today. Thank you, and God Bless you for sharing. DB

[@pekko68b]

5:40 hats off! This hymn is almost as sacred as the national anthem in Finland (and it was the national anthem of Biafra).

[@daniel-zb4gt]

Tack!Hoppas vi en vacker dag får höra dig spela här i Finland! Du är hjärtligt välkommen!

[@johansoderberg9579]

Då ska jag i god tid komma över från Sverige för att få höra!

[@original_golden_egg]

Thanks Gert. This one hits extra hard now as Ukraine is fighting for independence like Finland had to in the wars Finlandia reminds us of.

[@tvanya]

No one should compare Finland's heroic war with the misguided US intervention in the Ukraine. It is an insult to do so. It is people like you who accept the US propaganda about fighting for freedom, while they will be abandoned as soon as the US interest turn to the next country, as it happened to Vietnam, Korea, Aphganistan and Iraq, after they destroyed those countries and abandon them.

[@original_golden_egg]

@@tvanya It's a tragedy, as innocent people are dying in masses. They don't care about the politics behind the war. Yes, this does hit extra hard, thinking of those people.

[@josephsavadge8645]

Beautiful music and excellent job by Gert and Lenndert. Thank you for sharing your gifts of music.

[@maijapaajanen704]

Thank You Gert . This masterpiece means so much to us in Finland. To me It is like a prayer under heavy storm and distress. God bless

[@KristofLazi-fm2qe]

Good! 👏Kristóf 12 years from Hungary 😊😊😊

[@sianrevs]

Oh this is so beautiful and rousing! I’m Welsh, and in our country, the middle melody (the cantabile bit) is the melody to a hymn: “Gweddi dros Gymru” (a Prayer over Wales). It’s very patriotic, but I didn’t realise until age 14 that the melody was “famous”, and it wasn’t even Welsh! 😆

[@martienaude6230]

BRAVO Gert and Leendert, beautiful performance on a beautiful organ 👏👏👏

[@sallywebb9270]

I finally found a moment to savour this treat - oh what a treat. I couldn't wish for a better one right now. Beautiful!Thank you Gert, Leendert and all of Team Gert! Lots of love to you, Marjolein and your lovely boys.

[@patcrusot]

FANTASTIQUE ! MAGNIFIQUE !! SUBLIME !! QUEL ARTISTE !

[@LarryButler-kp3se]

OK, boys, you can let the cops in, now! Gert's Crescendo mission accomplished! Bravo! BRAVO!

[@annemackellar6293]

Magical playing, Gert, and perfectly registered. I have heard you play this piece on several organs, and you always bring out the best in them in this piece. You "tour de force" was your playing of Finlandia at Hanley. Simply breathtaking. 💕 ❤🎉

[@carmenrupprecht4163]

This is the first piece on Gert's CD "Reprise." Wonderful sound and performance both on the CD and here.

[@sallywebb9270]

I agree - totally 😊

[@landsbergprison1925]

Greetings from Finland! we had to play that part with lyrics with recorder-flute in 3-4 grade :D

[@AloysiusEmanuel-.-]

Obra muito bem executada! Maravilhosa! 🇧🇷

[@tvanya]

Dear Mr van Hoef, thanks for posting this, brilliant performance.

[@jonathankoster547]

I have not heard this piece in a long time. Wonderful job, Gert!

[@albertwessels71]

indrukwekkend,dank Gert en Leendert.past wel op 4 mei.

[@suecook4322]

Love all your facial expressions Gert! Thank you for sharing.

[@isabellenowak9792]

Pareil pour moi 🎶

[@GabrieleH137]

Thank you, Gert and your team, for another gem! I love to hear you play this organ. Hopefully there will be live concert in Doesburg soon.

[@gerhardmischak7753]

Thank you Gert.

[@bernadettevanimpe4579]

Lovely Organpiece "Finlandia" from Jean Sibelius dear Gert, wonderful performance on this really first springtimeday! Thank you for playing and sharing dear friend! Many musical greetings from Bernadette xxx

[@robert3302]

I always love the long fermata on the closing note. It is your trademark.

[@alexstrahl4519]

Finnland ist ein Superland! 👍 Begrüße aus Sankt-Petersburg.

[@fransdriesen1311]

Unbelievable….so nice and fluidly..

[@markfortuin7111]

Brilliant Performance Gert.

[@isabellenowak9792]

Beau cadeau musical du jeudi 🎶 Merci 🎶

[@theogoudberg8826]

Heel mooi gespeeld de opbouw heel goed .

[@AnteroPaananen]

I love this, very happy to hear that

[@organforheartevarosemarier9773]

Wunderbar gespielt ❣❣❣

[@multiSamP23]

What a brilliant and accomplished performance. Great piece of music, beautifully transcribed and registered for this instrument. I hope to get up to see you at Stoke-on-Trent when you come over later in the year.

[@r.sassaman1434]

Only God could be guiding Your hands and heart, Gods speed!,,

[@amangogna68]

Great music and amazing player !

[@zappedguy]

You really looked like you were having fun!!! Love your channel.

[@jwtg8446]

Great organ brought to it's best by Gert's talent, Thank You! We have a hymn set to the quite section "Be Still my Soul" von Schlegal.

[@peternaryd_operasinger]

Absolutely fantastic Gert!😊👏👏👏👏

[@EricYoutube-gf6uy]

Fantastico e molto suggestivo!

[@kyrvhy]

Very nice work here. This organ has the sound needed for such and orchestral piece. It is verging on "Theatre Organ" sound. Great job.

[@carlbrenninkmeijer8925]

Top Fin Top Fine !!

[@claudiohepp7367]

GREAT Gert, danke.

[@lumiamakiranta2504]

Upea esitys. Kiitos!

[@mrugalaboga]

Danke aus Finnland!

[@timrozitis961]

What's the coloured stickers for? are they hints for locations of stops, or reminders which manuals to play......or something else?

[@GertvanHoeforganist]

The stickers indeed indicate such things. Which stops should be opened or closed, which manual should be played or, for example, a crescendo can be indicated with it.

[@janip5704]

🇫🇮

[@gofmarshal]

На 7:00 начинается глас господень

[@davidthompson3415]

👍

[@765bigben]

❤❤❤❤

[@howard1707]

👏👏👏

[@lassehonkala1526]

🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

[@jeandeblaize4175]

Œuvre difficile à exécuter à l'orgue, quand l'interprète doit être aux percussions, aux timbales, aux cuivres, aux bois, aux cordes et au pupitre de chef, tout ça pour les honoraires d'un organiste ! 😏 Ps : et encore j'ai pris la version sans les choristes. . . 😂

[@theogoudberg8826]

9:56

[@leodavis5874]

Herber Austin Fricker arrangement

[@johnshares444]

Mijn schoondochter is fins

[@jeandeblaize4175]

Finlandia est parfaite pour l'orgue, où l'on peut passer de quasi hymne patriotique à une hymne religieuse, ce qui d'ailleurs n'a pas manqué dans le monde entier, pour la seconde partie de l'œuvre. Cependant, tout organiste ne parvient pas à la perfection que la transcription exige par la difficulté d'y parvenir au niveau des divers registres. Personnellement, j'aime assez celui-ci sauf dans l'emploi de certains tempis (et la tenue de la dernière note trop longue).

[@bjrnsan3572]

MAybe some tremolo on the hymn part…

[@Apologia14]

Tremolo is there at 6:55

[@markfortuin7111]

Brilliant Performance Gert.

[@vexi63]

👏👏👏

[@lintukari]

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