Sweelinck: Ut re mi fa sol la

Sweelinck's hexachord fantasia played by Johannes Keller on his Ruckers double in original disposition. The instrument is a copy of the Edinburgh Ruckers 1638, made by Matthias Griewisch in 2016, artwork by Christian Scheuber. Registration: 12'+6'.

[@pd10642]

I literally just started crying. I’ve always loved Sweelinck, but this performance and the quality of this video with its graphics - this is a miracle. Thank you.

[@moogfooger]

Unreal how this transports you into Sweelinck's world. A magical journey!

[@robinlundqvist2565]

Wow! this music is so well played on a rolls-royce class harpsichord and played with such a sacred spirit to it. Hats off to Mr Keller

[@bifeldman]

Who listens to this gorgeous instrument with this perfect acoustic and this genius music delivered with such style and taste and scholarship...and indicates they don’t like it, much less love it? Anytime Keller plays, I come away smarter.

[@marinapegrisch1305]

YEEES!:)

[@paulcaswell2813]

Easily the finest Ruckers copy in existence. Tonally magnificent, and the appearance is 'bang on', including the appearnce of the keyboards - absolutely matching extant contemporary paintings. As for the music and performance, what can I say? I can add nothing except that this is nine minutes of sheer perfection. Thank you for making a few minutes of Lockdown bearable :-)

[@HarpsichordVinylGallery]

What an incredible Sweelinck recital you gave this afternoon in the Lutherse Kerk Utrecht! Thank you. I definitely hope that you will record all those fine Sweelinck-tunes on a cd someday. Magnificent tone and tuning in the hands of a maestro.

[@JohannesKellerCembalo]

Thank you! Actually I'm working on an album with Sweelinck on this instrument!

[@HarpsichordVinylGallery]

@@JohannesKellerCembalo I most definitely will buy this recording. Good luck with the performances and recording.

[@fuhkin575]

@@JohannesKellerCembalo I can't wait for that album to be released.

[@andrewsappel]

Beautiful, spacious playing...and the sound! It reminds me of walking through the streets of Bruges when the carillon is filling the air with sound. Thank you!

[@peterwatchorn5618]

I agree with Andy: magnificent, spacious and impressive playing and sound. I met MG at Brugge in 2010 and was amazed by the work. Significantly advances our understanding of the misunderstood Ruckers doubles of this time. I want one! The extra freedom imparted to the soundboard through the lower tension creates an extraordinary resonance - it sounds like 6 sets of strings are playing, but with total focus and clarity..

[@dst2627]

Hi Andrew! I'm from Ruckerstown - Antwerpen, my mother was from Brugge and I think you voiced it perfectly!

[@robhaskins]

I love the gamut illustration-this would be useful for teaching undergraduate students.

[@herrickinman9303]

I can't stop listening to this glorious piece.

[@fnersch3367]

The harpsichord at its grandest.

[@khaledhakim1]

I too love the gamut illustration...I don't know what one is, but if it's that fancy period-looking harmony aid at the side then I think it's great. I don't know why more videos aren't shown this way...not just for Baroque music

[@AndreasGilger]

I come back to this video every couple of months or so to bask in the glory of this instrument. I have my own Griewisch harpsichord at home, still I can't help but be jealous ;-)

[@capekurtz]

I did not think I would enjoy a playing of this work on the harpsichord but the power is such that it is an excellent interpretation.

[@philippefritsch1892]

Équilibre très réussi entre composition, instrument et interprétation : de la vraie et bonne musique. Il y a aussi le plaisir rare d'entendre des résultantes de 24' au grave. C'est une découverte de l'œuvre dans une nouvelle dimension sonore. Magnifique.

[@JohannesKellerCembalo]

Merci beaucoup pour votre commentaire positif!

[@forteterra]

@@JohannesKellerCembalo hallo lieber super musikalischen Cembalo ❤ hast du Instagram ? Lg aus Deutschland 🇩🇪

[@larikipe940]

That was quite fabulous.

[@TheJschwander]

Tolles Werk, fesselndes Spiel und fesselnder Klang, ich bin beim Video quasi "gegen meinen Willen" hängengeblieben. Bravo! Und tolle Idee mit der optischen Hörhilfe :)

[@nettahue]

My favourite thing on the internet right now

[@FirstActuality]

Magnificent playing! An amazingly expansive sound too.

[@jacquesdurivage709]

Remarquable sonorité ce clavecin.

[@marcobisceglie741]

Beautiful performance on a wonderful instrument, you touch the soul ...

[@SYLVESTRIVS]

Obrigado! Lembranças do Brasil 💛💚

[@JCToro-lt7vg]

Thank you Johannes! Amazing as always.

[@thegildedpagestudio6485]

This utterly MAGNIFICENT, Johannes - congratulations and thank you for such a fine interpretation, and kudos to Matthias for such a splendid instrument too! Could I please ask you to make a recording of Byrd's "The Battel" sequence on this harpsichord? That group of pieces, played by Christopher Hogwood on a Derek Adlam muselaar were the catalyst for my love affair with harpsichords when I was 13, some 31 years ago, and the passion has never diminished. Kindest greetings from Australia 🙂

[@cuajwl]

Terrific playing. Terrific clarity.

[@user-bc1qq7ux4s]

Wow... (speechless)

[@EarlyMusicinadifferentway]

Amazing! Thanks for sharing :)

[@jimbo2629]

What a wonderful tone. Then I looked at all the other comments on this.😀 It could have been the original.

[@miltongerardotorresramirez837]

exquisite sound and performance

[@VanVlearMusic]

2:31 this chord is so satisfyingly in tune

[@TheOrgan1st]

That quarter-coma meantone for you

[@tomlavelle8518]

Lovely sounds with the 6’ and 12’

[@kartoffelsalatxxx93]

Wundervoll gespielt!!

[@jonathangabrielortiz6541]

You are just an amazing player! Wow! Amazing ❤️

[@zacharybond23]

Absolutely wonderful! Please do release more videos of your playing!

[@maximilianomartinez4949]

Just beautiful

[@RenaissanceEarCandy]

Gorgeous. I know it doesn't need a coupler but I wish it had one.

[@Mikhakonko]

Such a big sound! Great performance

[@danielwaitzman2118]

Beautifully played!

[@gastonrobles2870]

perfect

[@MarkVeenman730314]

Wow. Fabulous

[@markustheising7143]

Herrliche Intetpretation auf einem ebensolchen Instrument.

[@chriscarson3137]

Fabulous instrument! The big rich sound reminds me of Landowska's Pleyel.

[@guitzanin]

Incrível! Obrigado!

[@63Anul]

Wow!

[@OfficialWorldChampion]

wow, amazing

[@randolphprimejr2974]

Very intellectually stimulating

[@Luciana-xd4cy]

I love this!

[@thedigitalharpsichordist1541]

Hervorragend!

[@jean-marcvivier7187]

MARVALLOUS

[@zhouxinghan6986]

6 people can’t sing “ut re mi fa sol la”

[@sbareg]

Excellent 😂

[@jacekj9943]

Because it is 110 cents down than nowdays pitch and not well tempered clavier ;)

[@Iceologer]

we still use those notes here. we preserve our history unlike other countries that use the "more" modern version (A minor, C minor etc.)

[@cosmeamenta3474]

@@Iceologer 👏👏👏

[@grocheo1]

Magnifico

[@VanVlearMusic]

6:17 triplets ACTIVATED

[@saruceolsa4597]

Great recording between strict tactus and freedom in the small notes. Interesting instrument. I only miss the graces a bit!

[@jordanbradford7729]

What tuning system was used for this performance? It’s definitely not equal temperament because some of the intervals sound very pure and some of the others sound worse than equal temperament. It’s a great performance regardless.

[@JohannesKellerCembalo]

I use some sort of meantone temperament, more or less based on fifths that are smaller than pure by a quarter of a syntonic comma. That leads to very consonant major and minor thirds compared to equal temperament. The fifths are more narrow than in equal temperament. Because the thirds are pure or very close to pure, the black keys can only be used as either sharps or flats, not both at the same time. I like this temperament a lot for this instrument and this music, it not only encourages a rich and dense feeling or resonance and harmony, but also supports the transparency of the polyphony.

[@gb9770]

Sehr schön gespielt auf einem besonderen Instrument! Und das alles in einer akustisch interessanten Umgebung: im Chorraum der Klosterkirche Beinwil SO / Schweiz www.beinwil.org

[@quetzalcoatl8060]

... ¡¡¡ TLAZOKAMATI !!! ...

[@dbadagna]

Wonderful! Can you please add which tuning it's in to the video description above?

[@JohannesKellerCembalo]

It's some kind of meantone, probably close to 1/4-comma, with mild adaptations. I don't remember exactly, but the sharp keys are probably a bit lower than regular 1/4-comma-meantone.

[@matthieuvaucamps8289]

Have you made an album where i can listen to this harpsichord yet ?

[@Williamsmith42]

Very beautiful and what's name of program that you used to show the side music notes of this instruments on the screen ^_^

[@caesarsneezer6992]

What is the side illustration? Every time I have one concept down, another shows up

[@yoavshati]

I think it's called "Gamut", but I'm not sure

[@oliversvensson1231]

It's called a gamut. It's the most commonly used musical notes represented on a table. When it came to reading notes/music, there was a series of 6 notes called a hexachord - since there are obviously more than just 6 notes, there were three hexachords (Starting on any F, C, and G (this piece only uses the ones that starts on F, and C) to cover the most common notes. This whole thing gives us the notes c d e f g a bb and h. If we want to have other pitches you use "musica ficta".

[@caesarsneezer6992]

​@@oliversvensson1231thank you for the information. Since I don't read music, you can probably guess that this information is confusing, so I 'sorta' understand what you said

[@caesarsneezer6992]

​@@oliversvensson1231thank you for the information. Since I don't read music, you can probably guess that this information is confusing, so I 'sorta' understand what you said

[@Cleekschrey]

Wonderful. Do you have a website?

[@gian-andricuonz6559]

Was wird für eine Stimmung verwendet? 1/4 komma mitteltönig?

[@JohannesKellerCembalo]

Ja, so ungefähr, aber nicht exakt. Ich lege bei diesem Instrument die Temperatur normalerweise innerhalb der kleinen Oktave des 12'-Registers, also sehr tief klingend. Ich stimme folgendermassen: c-e' rein. c-g-d' etwas eng, gleich gefärbt. a eingemittet zwischen d und e'. Dann stimme ich f, b, und es als Quinten von c aus abwärts, immer mit der Färbung der ersten Quinten. b-d und es-g werden quasi rein. fis, cis und gis werden in ihren Quinten eingemittet (d-a, a-e, e-h), sodass sowohl die grosse wie auch die kleine Terz im Dreiklang gleichermassen gestaucht sind. Das Prozedere orientiert sich an Pietro Aron (1523) und funktioniert nach meinem Empfinden ausserordentlich gut für dieses Instrument.

[@fredericolourenco1972]

@@JohannesKellerCembalo vielen Dank für die Erklärung. Ihre videos sind hinreißend. Frescobaldi von Ihnen gespielt wäre auch sicher ein ganz großer Wurf!

[@stevewallschlaeger1379]

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Danish composer circa 1630s?

[@andrzejdaniluk881]

Jan Pieterszoon, indeed, but a bit earlier: 1562-1621

[@AML2000]

He was Dutch (Netherlands), and spent his entire musical career Amsterdam.

[@Enolapomme]

J e ne comprend pas se que veux dire les mot clé a gauche

[@gt2x443]

Wo spielt er dorten?

[@matthiaswilhelm9813]

Bach muss in den Knast.Das hier klingt viel geiler 🙏😂😂😂🎹👍💖👲

[@paolonostini9491]

Amici della musica salve ,sebbene i compositori tra il cinque e i primi seicento non siano il mio forte nemmeno il bicarbonato basterebbe poi dipende da cosa ascolto ,questa fantasia UT re la mi , composizione orecchiabile , da ascoltare e suonare di tanto in tanto ,parere personale e gusti personali ,il resto lascia il tempo che trova .

[@caesarsneezer6992]

Baroque Rachmaninoff

[@dirkhoekstra727]

How did "do" became "ut"? Never heard of "ut".

[@Freawulf]

Actually "Ut" predates "Do"… ;-) Ut queant laxis Resonare fibris Mira gestorum Famuli tuorum Solve polluti Labii reatum, Sancte Iohannes More here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Doni#Do_Re_Mi_(Solf%C3%A8ge)

[@Iceologer]

Ut is french if i'm correct and do is italian

[@melzlink4100]

@@Iceologer It looks like latin actually.

[@jimmeridda]

Wowwwwee! 😃