Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Passacaglia, BWV 582

Victor Baena plays the Passacaglia, BWV 582, of Johann Sebastian Bach
at the 1646 Van Hagerbeer/1725 Schnitger organ of the Grote St. Laurenskerk in Alkmaar, The Netherlands. Alkmaar is a member city of ECHO. More information on www.echo-organs.org.

[@twiddle7125]

Fantastic sound!

[@shinitiueno1779]

素晴らしい！今まで様々このDWV582を聴いてきたが、Victor Baenaの表現は明確で自然な流れで進行、そして楽譜の表現もテーマが分かり易いと感じた。音色の使い方も明るく威圧感を感じない。演奏者は若いが新鮮で惹きつけられました。彼はこの曲をこよなく愛していることが演奏から伝わってきた。この曲の魅力を充分に表現していると思える。バッハもこの演奏を微笑ましく聴いてくださり、評価してくれるだろう。

[@lukeluke7082]

Bach would have been proud of this performance from a younger player in my opinion. I sometimes wonder how many alterations he made to this piece later in his life since the only extant sources are later copies. Non in his own hand. And all bach lovers know how he liked to re visit old versions of his work. What a perfectionist. He had to re visit already perfect pieces (mainly speaking of WTC’s) and update them. Best musician ever in my opinion. I love that people hate classic music, I love people hate Bach and love classical music and I love that people appreciate all music because our differences make us unique and every single human being including identical twins are unique - a subject too deep to go into further but I will end with this: the simply/actual reason we (humans) question or more so even consider or allow others to consider without calling them crazy that there is a creator, higher power means that surely there could be. If there wasn’t then we (humans) wouldn’t even be thinking about it. So there literally has to be a possibility that there is. Because if it wasn’t why do we as a species even think about it. We were all created, so we are not the creators. We were created: just like the planet we live on and just like the planet lives in. I am not religious. But before you reject religion consider this ❤not all forms of religion have to worship a god but to me the word god means creator and there most certainly must have been a creator

[@nikolaszkaracsony5406]

Very good performance, Im glad to hear younger musicians playing this piece of music and piece of art. Just a small thing from me. I play the organ as well and this is my all time favourite piece to play, when I start to practice almost every day I play it on the local church organ once atleast. In the video we can hear that this organ is tuned to a bit lower key or freqencie, so It was like performed by the sheet music telling C minor, in reality the organ was doing h minor, but still fantastic great job! :)

[@fernandosoares5812]

Excelente interpretação da BWV 582...

[@preussenberlin7461]

Das war die beste Version von BWV 582 die ich je im ganzen Leben je gehört habe. Ein wahrer Meister !!! Danke fürs einstellen !

[@denisedelaherran846]

¡Bravo Víctor! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Orgullosa de este antiguo alumno del Conservatorio Arturo Soria de Madrid donde tuve la suerte de ser su profesora de clavecín.

[@organo95]

Muchísimas gracias, Denise! El orgullo es mío! 😃😊😊

[@juanbitacoradelmusico5888]

Una mezcla entre un buen músico, un buen órgano.... y un buen Bach ;), espectacular!

[@Bach6032]

You are right: I did enjoy this. It is a beautiful 'gutsy' instrument, the registrations seem fitting and your performance is inspiring. Thank you!

[@jonsarasuapastor3085]

Glorioso, muy agradecido.

[@organo95]

Muchas gracias, Jon por tu mensaje! 😁

[@eremitaorgao]

WOOW! Excellent

[@peteacher52]

Clap! Whistle! Stamp!! Certainly one of the better performances of this work which is one of the very few I never tire of hearing no matter how often. This wonderful organ was made famous, as you know, by the recordings of Helmut Walcha, Fernando Germani in the '50s and later, by the titulaire Piet Kee from the '60s onwards.

[@kramantas]

bravo, amazing performance!

[@LaMantovanaChannel]

An outstanding interpretation and a wonderful video. Thank you all

[@elizavettab9741]

Bravo!!!

[@adolfopalaciosgonzalez9398]

Qué suerte poder tocar en un órgano como ese. Yo estoy ensayando ahora la Passacaglia, en plan aficionado, mi sueño sería tocarla alguna vez en un órgano alemán. Mi manera de enfocarla es más al estilo Karl Richter, creciente desde pianísimo, pero los comienzos con sonido potente también me gustan.

[@EGallmusica]

Bravissimo!!!

[@gaborkovacs]

perfect registration / tempo - brilliant performance - thx4sharing!

[@SaskiaRoures]

Bravo, Víctor, gran trabajo :-)

[@organo95]

Muchísimas gracias Saskia! un abrazo!

[@pabloghio6577]

"SIN MUSICA LA VIDA SERIA UNA ESTAFA" FN

[@oriraykai3610]

That doesn't sound like Bach. I think they got the wrong composer. I'd guess Albinoni over Bach.