J.S. Bach : Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565 / Liene Andreta Kalnciema live at Riga Cathedral

[@user-cr3fz8lz2i]

My wife and I had the pleasure of hearing that piece played at the Salisbury Cathedral in England. We were just visiting the grounds, walked in, and that happened. We couldn’t move! It just grabbed and held us there! Unbelievable!!!

[@john5271]

the very same for me to but in canterbury cathederal

[@john5271]

@dougaldouglas8842 it was absolutely amazing the sound went right through you

[@findahouse7459]

I was working in the UK and happened into the Winchester cathedral on a Sunday afternoon. A few moments later the organist was practicing this and I was alone listening to this wonderful piece.

[@justimagine2403]

I love Salisbury Steak !

[@judithwoodrow7217]

How luck you were.

[@syncrosimon]

Three geniuses at work here, Bach, the Organ Builder and the Organist🙏🙏🙏

[@davidkennedy4845]

All three in the category of "Elite".

[@vrove8]

All providing such beauty, meaning and goodness to our confused, tired old world. Thankyou.

[@williamsporing1500]

Don’t forget the page turner!

[@franzgil2961]

She is a master organist...working in a master piece

[@fattiger2000]

Someone invented the camera too...

[@guyschepens3718]

To play it, is one thing, but to write it down on paper, as you hear it in your head, thats something out of this world. Way to go Bach👍

[@diezelle57]

Affirmatif.

[@Relayer6a]

Actually they are two different things. Both being just as impressive. Most composers lack the technique to actually play what they write. Not saying Bach did. Who knows? It's not like we have any recordings. 🙂

[@TheBiggreenpig]

I don't know what he had in mind, how many people are required to play this piece simultaneously.

[@alantaylor7753]

The pipe organ and Bach are, to me, the most amazing confluence of divergent strains of the human mind.

[@Gitana1958]

You're right 🙂

[@GertrudAumann]

Das ist nicht von dieser Welt, so schoen ist es!!! Danke fuer diesen Beitrag, Sie sind eine wunderbare Künstlerin!!! 🙏❤️

[@maciejnowak5175]

To jest z tego świata ale ludzie byli inni.

[@DanielLedesma-p5i]

I don't understand a word you wrote, but if is about Bach , I'm fine😂

[@sombatnunthavichitra9431]

❤ love this beautiful Toccata &Fuge. Awoesome play.

[@AlanGledhill-ho9gt]

A billiant composition. Genius at work.

[@invista4134]

The organ is the most difficult instrument to master. Kudos to this lady, who is on another level. Had goosebumps listening all the way. God bless her.

[@samr.england613]

Is it? I mean, the guitar seems pretty daunting and challenging, doesn't it?

[@Idontknow-mf7tx]

@@samr.england613 with organ it matters how much you press the keys and the controls and everything is quite complicated, then there's also the foot pedals. I'd say organ is quite a lot harder to learn to even play decently compared to guitar.

[@samr.england613]

@@Idontknow-mf7tx Maybe man, but I'm not a musician so I don't really know, but I've been told I "have an ear" for good music. At any rate, I'm amazed by any prodigy on the keys or the strings, and it seems to me that both playing the organ or piano or the guitar are equally mathematically complex and really infinite in the combinations. I've heard (unknown) guitarists say things like: 'There are no more riffs to create. Every possible riff has already been composed." In my mind, these are uncreative losers just making excuses. Heck, after Zep, Page never came up with any memorable riff. 'Radioactive'? Well, it ain't 'Heartbreaker' riff, is it.

[@jakub8860]

»The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias; And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias; And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon: And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel; And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor; And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of The Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of The Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.« (The Gospel of Jesus Christ - Matthew - Chapter 1)

[@brendan7094]

@@samr.england613with the organ you’re essentially using 4 different limbs to play it. Each hand and each foot is doing something separately. Almost like patting your head and rubbing your belly at the same time. An organ is also wayyy harder to just practice on since you’re using an entire building to play. I would definitely say the organ is more difficult to play than a guitar.

[@НатальяР-э5у]

Помимо музыки и чудесной исполнительницы, шикарные съёмки! Большое спасибо за то, что можно было всё ее мастерство увидеть!!!

[@ОлегП-й2ж]

Один лишь раз,пока ещё,был на концерте органной музыки.Это особое впечатление и светлейший посыл.От композиторов.И конечно,от исполнителя.А сам инструмент,это грандиозное изобретение.Об этом можно написать много томов книг.И они будут, у каждого человека,по своему содержательны.

[@vasskolomiets41]

@@ОлегП-й2ж вспоминается как нас в той же Риге в юности в мореходке погнали в культпоход именно в этот собор. Концерт состоял из 4-х вещей- три местного гения Ермакса и четвертая Иоганна нашего Cяебостьяныча Баха. Поле трех какофоний, когда я надеялся отойти в мир гармоний Ручья, который должен быть Морем, я улышал опять какАфонию. Поле этого двухчасового издевательтва для ушей и зрения я на выходе присмотрелся к афише и только тогда заметил приписочку мелким почерком к 4-му Произведению: И.C.Бах в обработке А. Ермакса. Это был такой светлейший посыл... Я такой же потом встретил, когда наш пароход собирался переворачиваться, но наша советкая родина-мамачка не бросила нас на произвол без вести пропадания и вместо эвакуации экипажа шведскими вертолетами (ещё чего валюту тратить!) подогнало другое наше более крупное судно наблюдать как мы будем переворачиваться

[@johnsawyer4256]

I took a class on the organ works of Bach at Stanford. Stanford cathedral has a tracker organ ( manual) and an electronic organ. The organ master at the cathedral taught the class. He devoted one class to this piece, playing short passages and stopping to discuss what Bach was doing in that passage. The class begged him to play the whole piece, but he declined. The next class, he walked in and said he was too busy for class, but would play one piece. He told us to go down to the lower floor of the cathedral, and he cut loose on this piece. I thought he was going to shatter the stain glass windows. One of the most memorable moments of my life. I also saw Virgil Fox play this on his tour with the electroic organ.

[@PhilMatous]

What a blessing that had to be!

[@lisaowens7629]

Wow, what a fabulous memory to have❤❤❤

[@mikedo6]

Wow. What an experience that must have been!♥♥♥

[@Айя-д9с]

Разговор с Бог!!!

[@jamesraymond1158]

Who was the organ master?

[@mattsanchez4893]

The amount of human ingenuity that went into making the organ and writing this piece of music never ceases to astound me!

[@felixreali7101]

did Bach know that this piece, played on this type of organ, would require two people?

[@mattsanchez4893]

@@felixreali7101 that is an excellent question!

[@daviddavis1895]

Mankind is The Lord Of Creation. God is coming to try and fix things and make them better as fast as He can, but He is quite busy and the Universe is large. Meantime, humans can still do stuff like this.

[@alvinuli5174]

@@mattsanchez4893 The question is: would Liene be able to play it without help?

[@andreandre6280]

PEOPLE LIKE YOU, WHO DONT UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT, WILL BE EXTINCT. WHAT A RELIEVE!.

[@peterinbohol]

Was lucky enough to hear this played in an old Detroit church. The whole place vibrated with its power. The last note absorbed by the pews and 100 year old cherry wood. Then a moment of silence followed by an eruption of cheers. Was truly magical. I’m forever grateful that souls like Bach walked the earth.

[@ralfmulde7723]

es you are truly a lucky guy to get this unforgettable expaerience.

[@alexanderstopnazism9582]

Лучше бы эта музыка играла на русской земле в память невинно убитых детей Белгорода и Донецка. Мы, русские, очень ценим человеческие ценности и такую музыку тоже. Чайковский и Шостакович- наши композиторы.

[@Moloch-q8j]

​@@alexanderstopnazism9582а про детей убитых в Буче и Киеве?

[@alexanderstopnazism9582]

@@Moloch-q8j А где в Киеве убитые? Уже весь мир в курсе, что прилетело в детскую больницу с каким-то идиотским названием, и что там даже раненых никого не было, только немного посекло битым стеклом. И уже на всех каналах полно видео, как на спину врачу ментяра кетчуп лил, типа его ранило, и куча фоток после этого якобы раненого врача. А Буча? Что, это, кроме постановки? Уже одного чеха-наемника, мародера и убийцу, там же в Чехии сейчас судят. У вас все постановочное и лживое с самого начала. Как и прилеты рукожопого ПВО в гражданские дома. У меня в области этого ПВО вагон, но все оно размещено очень далеко от городов просто в лесополосах и в поле.

[@devakikaren]

@@alexanderstopnazism9582 And Stravinsky too.

[@Miguel-se1mf]

A beautiful woman who stands out as an incredible virtuose, playing a very known Bach composition of great complexity on the pipe organ, one of the most difficult musical instruments. She is a fantastic musician , without pair. Congratulations.

[@samr.england613]

What if she were ugly? It'd still be great! :)

[@samr.england613]

@@IntiOJ It can't hurt. But the music is what really matters, I think. But yeah, I doubt we'll ever see any super successful ugly or unattractive pop divas out there.

[@cagvvs]

The theme is not made by Bach was a popular theme as the Folia that then everybody in europe variated on his own way, after the main theme Bach compose his version, and not from the start. "Quotation" in music it become exactly stealing, because of the time, that erase knowledge of who was the creator, this for example is very common on popular music that become traditional but without a name of who wrote it. Handel quoted an entire phrase of Corelli in Alleluja, and Corelli of course had the thickness or same luck as Handel for stay recognized thru time, the others because of time they dont even exist and those big composers become the creators of those themes. Whether is wanted or not that is called stealing, thru time, thats why in music quoting others in your own work its a bad habit and is at the end exactly stealing.

[@SelfDestructionWorldwide]

Diese Orgel, diese Musik, diese Organistin... haben mir eine Träne entlockt. Wahrlich ein Instrument eines Gottes würdig...

[@harryway7942]

I don't know about your @ but still think basically you're right

[@BorisAleff]

Very nice music!❤❤

[@bobski8598]

My dad was an organist and I was so proud when I watched him play. My brother and I always loved it when he played this. It was just so exciting ❤

[@davidimhoff2118]

Bravo! My god. I've never seen anyone play this fast. She does it with ease and precision. The foot pedaling is so cool to watch. This is breathtaking. Bach would be smiling for sure

[@spikespa5208]

Fast, yes. But not ripping through it like she's got cab waiting outside with the meter running. And she holds that last chord just the right length of time.

[@doubledrats235]

And her shoes have heels!

[@davidimhoff2118]

@@doubledrats235 I know isn’t that insane?

[@pber1953]

❤She is a Celestial organist. I can't find any words for described my emotion to hear this song. Perfect.

[@michellet.2432]

Mind-blowing!!! How can a brain direct the precise and complicated movements of 10 digits, two hands and two feet while the eyes peer at a densely packed page of musical notes and produce this kind of beauty? I can't personally fathom it, but it is wondrous to behold. 🤘

[@R12-j8j]

Du talent c'est certain, l'amour de la musique et surtout énormément de travail.

[@MrBerryK]

It’s not hard. Just practice four hours a day for ten years and you’ll be ready.

[@AnnErwin-p2t]

No...takes a lot of practice but Bach is So much fun to play on a pipe organ! He is the Master of masters.

[@billdurham8477]

Even Jerry Lee Lewis played where ever he was for 8 hours a day, everyday.

[@lapin46]

the sheets are a mere orientation and mental note than for reading for here. She knows it essentially from memory. Playing it without any sheets is the next level.

[@laurentlouisducourretgravereau]

Chère Madame Liene Andreta. Cette interprétation de la célèbre toccata et fugue Bwv 565 est magnifique. Bravo à vous. Très belle performance. Nulle doute que là haut, notre Maestro Johann Sebastian Bach doit être heureux. 🙏

[@laurentlouisducourretgravereau]

@@ulfertjurgens6352 merci à vous, je viens de rectifier.

[@declang303]

If I only had one piece of music left to listen to for the rest of my life, this would be it. Stunning performance!

[@alexandrawynn7425]

Totally agreed 👍

[@morenofranco9235]

YESSS!!!

[@MXB2001]

The trick is to choose something longer. ; )

[@miriambickley4061]

Agree, too. My favorite!

[@ФилиппФилиппович-л5у]

Ооо даа! Я думаю также❤

[@randykinsley5721]

Never tire of this magnificent work. There is no modern music written today that can equal Bach’s genius.

[@englischdude]

oh Mr Glass is half empty, thats not true..... we got the Spice Girls 🤣🤣. Merry Xmas!

[@leotilson942]

@@englischdude Don't you mean Mr Philip Glass? His stuff is pretty good as well!

[@boataxe4605]

Well, Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa,and Pink Floyd came close. Though I don’t know if they can still be called modern.

[@MorrisLess]

"Compared to Bach, we all suck"--Rick Beato, music educator and youtube personality

[@randykinsley5721]

@@MorrisLess big fan of Rick’s. I think that comment was by Pat Metheny during one of Rick’s interviews.

[@senianns9522]

In the mid-70's I went into Salisbury Cathedral as I heard someone practicing on the organ. He was so good I applauded and we began speaking. I asked about liking Bach. This was the treat I received!! Never to be forgotten!

[@piolinochenta9028]

Afortunado en la vida

[@derpydeadpool7273]

OMG SALISBURY MENTIONED AWIUFHWAUOIHFYUIAWRYUQW£HYURGYQUWHBDYUPHQAWUYIPFGHQW&*UIYYR&*Q"£YR NO WAY RAHHHHHHH UP THE SALISBURY YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA

[@derpydeadpool7273]

have you heard of burgate school and sixth form near fordingbridge

[@MHOKOK]

Орган - самый совершенный музыкальный инструмент.

[@7Romic]

Петров и Баширов, и тот самый солсберийский шпиль?)

[@michaelkamradt4700]

If I were to ever meet this young lady all I would be able to do is stare and admire the beauty of her talent. Johnny Bach would be proud.

[@ИванИванов-к4д5ы]

Вечная музыка! Исполнитель и исполнение выше всяких похвал! Очень сильно! Браво! Браво! Браво!

[@АнтонЕрмаков-ж7э]

Тоже нравится. Но ещё, есть люди, которые виртуозы.

[@mmd195401]

Keep in mind that the action of the keys are much more pronounced than what you see on more "modern" organs. It takes extra concentration to push the keys down just a bit further to get the sound. If you notice on the close ups, there's even a bit of a bounce with the keys when they reset, which will feel different. Each nuance makes a difference. Every organ has it's own personality in aesthetics, action, and sound. Magnificent.

[@tapioportimo2551]

All manuals have Barker levers to lighten the touch. No need to push keys all that hard.

[@tonyv8925]

In my city there is a city auditorium that has one of only 4 Model Opus 904 organs in existence. Costs thousands of dollars (USD) to maintain that beautiful piece of musical art. I was in one of the pipe chambers. Some of those pipes were 3 stories tall. I love the old air driven organs. They have a unique character of sound. The organ is an Ernest M. Skinner Opus 904. Over 4,600 pipes and 54 stops. It was commissioned in 1933 by Doctor W.K. Kellogg.

[@Channel567-7]

I’ve no doubt that this organ is just part of a very complex mechanism, you can imagine the massive pipe work and associated mechanisms, truly fabulous sound.

[@dannylgriffin]

@@tonyv8925 Are you in or around Battle Creek? I would love to see (and hear) that organ!

[@Cláudio-t7t]

​@@tonyv8925 obrigado pela informação, tem algum link a respeito?

[@timp9968]

One of the best up close videos of the choreography of the organist’s body in playing this most magnificent of all organ pieces ever written. I hope we continue to have musicians of this talent keep this music, and these great instruments, alive for generations to come…

[@ianmorral870]

I don't know where you are but if you ever get the chance to go to the Kelvingrove art gallery and museum in Glasgow's west end where they have a pipe organ recital every day at 1pm (3pm Sundays). The organist is at first floor level and you can view from the balcony from about fifteen feet away, you can even watch the organists feet on a CCTV screen at the same time.

[@francoispicot9846]

Inadmissible de nous coller de la publicité au milieu d'un tel chef d'oeuvre.

[@billlodato8315]

The World needs more of this

[@TheKlokan44]

Bach in Bach...that's where it, I'm glad to be back

[@adelaides65]

yes amen

[@fiz38eg93]

Voila bien longtemps que je n'avais pas pleuré en écoutant de la belle musique . merci

[@Elfevonoldfuthark]

❤

[@howarddavies6685]

I cannot even begin to comprehend the dedication and practice required to attain such a degree of mastery.

[@fabiogiovanzana3255]

...indeed!!

[@robertmontgomery3943]

Genus

[@ptueff]

es gibt im baltischen Raum (Lit./Est./Lettl.) noch viele solcher begabter Menschen, die die Bach'sche Orgelkunst so beherrschen

[@BirgitOtto-k9k]

Ich habe das Stück schon als Teeny toll gefunden und höre es immer noch so gern mit 60 ..das geht nur mit was ganz besonderen..

[@kestrel09]

I believe that this period of music composition, extending from Bach through to Tchaikovsky is unparalleled. It speaks to something wonderful and united within us.

[@alsuth803]

It definitely paved the way for music...but then somewhere along the way, we took a detour. And now we have ...lyrics of the likes of "twenty one, could you do somethin for me, twenty one could you do somethin for me...21.....yep, we've definitely progressed and evolved for the better!

[@cam5806]

В це період творили Бортнянський, та сила силенна композиторів від Бога, імена яких намагались викреслити з всесвітньої історії музики

[@tz4601]

@@alsuth803 Survivorship bias. There has ALWAYS been folk music, popular music, and yes even bad music. There were so many composers working during the 1700-1800s making derivative, bland music; we simply don't know them because so much time has passed and we tend to only preserve the good ones. Of course the other thing to note is that very very few people were able to make music in the way Bach and others did, because even having access to organs/harpsichords/eventually pianos was the domain of the nobility and those whom they patroned.

[@Berta6742]

As is often said Bach was a gift of God and our performer here is one of the angels

[@johne6081]

@@tz4601 Yes, the test of time.

[@ЭльвираХалиуллина-ж7м]

Так может исполнять только профи, чудо, а не музыка, не каждому дано исполнить столь прекрасное произведение, БРАВО👍

[@ВадимАштема]

трохи спішить

[@peteoknetis4784]

@@ВадимАштема Трохи? Поїж картохи! Привіт, я орк!

[@Свой-ь7х]

Вы уверены,

[@peteoknetis4784]

@@Свой-ь7х он в сомнении!

[@СергейБожко-т6щ]

Старушка-органистка из Цесиса говорила,что современные исполнители не владеют техникой игры. Не нужно колотить пальцами по клавишам,это не пианино,нужно нажимать перебирая плавно по клавиатуре. А так всё хорошо.

[@BrunoBolliger-e4p]

most powerful piece of music ever written! Listening to it being played in a cathedral like this should be on everybody's bucket list!

[@raffaelecafiero3608]

I did

[@jayjay4602]

YES

[@stephenmoss2554]

Completely agree. Would have loved to see it live!

[@EveningSoother]

I did at the Strasbourg Cathedral, and yes, is just as magnificent as you may expect it to be.

[@justimagine2403]

My Cathedral church claimed this was a secular piece of music and should not be played in a church. ??? !!!!

[@KennySmith_AKA_JerseyKid]

I once knew a gentleman named Fred Hermes. He built many of these organs for churches and at one time the organs were constructed inside a movie theater. Especially around Milwaukee that had the old Paramount Theatre. When the theater was intended for demolition Fred salvaged the organ and all its extra equipment plus theater seats and he rebuilt it in his basement in Caledonia Wisconsin. Unfortunately he passed away a few years ago. Had he not had such passion for the organ as it was one he built. A local church also has one of those. I’m guessing he built many of them across the country. I miss my friend

[@Kate-f1n]

Amazing! Keep passing his passion on - in whatever form u can. Like u just did, in this form...❤️🕊️

[@johndaley9188]

I remember my mom playing this many years ago. I was probably around 10, now 75. I remember listening and in the first minute she opened up that 32'er and what followed, I will never forget. Thank you for bringing back that memory. Side note, My grandfather built organs for Aeolian in the 1930s. Traveled entire east coast. Notables- Dupont, Rockefeller, Ringling.

[@Superstupid1]

You are so lucky to be in the moment with Bach, mum and grandfather organ

[@arjanstam78]

In the 1940's, my father taught organ builder Jan van den Heuvel (from Wieldrecht, Island of Dordrecht, Netherlands) how to ride a bicycle. By the end of the century, Jan van den Heuvel built some of the most magnificent church organs ever (fi those of the St. Eustache, Paris and the Tonhalle, Zürich). Learning how to ride a bicycle, however, confronted him with almost insurmountable difficulties. My father was the only kid in the entire (be it very small) village who had the patience to get him to master the noble art of riding a bicycle. I guess even geniuses suck at something...

[@Kate-f1n]

​@@arjanstam78 lololol and yet, so cool!👍🏻❤️🕊️

[@thomashahn4009]

Ein Meisterwerk welches auf einer traumhaften Orgel einfach grandios gespielt wird.

[@АлександрПавлов-р6м]

Брависсимо ! Спасибо автору видео за прекрасное чувство от исполнения этой девушкой прекрасной музыки на самом сложном музыкальном инструменте !

[@ivanstojanovic5162]

Znam da mi je mnogo lepo.

[@СергейВалентинов-х9з]

​@@ivanstojanovic5162на тебя по. Должно быть приятно для всех.

[@maxmaximus7256]

Ten kto sądzi ,że nie można być -Pięknym,utalentowanym mistrzem kunsztu gry na organach -żyje w ogromnym błędzie.Ta prześliczna Pani jest tego żywym dowodem.Podziwiam Pani talent,któr w żaden sposób nie odbiega od Pani ślicznej urody .Pięknie dziękuję za to że Pani po prostu jest.

[@adienromarirez2309]

That organ doesn't only look good, it sounds just as grand and awesome as it looks. The organist is also very good.

[@lewashcliffe]

I have heard his great Bach organ work many times, but this is the first time I've gotten to see it performed up close. Liene is a magnificent artist and her performance was masterful! And on such an amazing instrument!

[@johnf.kennedy5454]

Beautiful. It brings tears to the eyes.

[@julianstorey2699]

That is a superb performance.

[@ddromantik8465]

Quite right❤

[@ptueff]

@@ddromantik8465 ..und es bringt die Seele zum Schwingen

[@hanshoning9529]

This is the most beautiful music ever composed

[@AnthonyBarry-q1i]

Got to be one of the best performances I have ever seen of an organist playing this Toccata and Fugue by J.S.Bach.

[@ruud195]

I like this one he is at young age in the video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnareKumh9SNh68

[@BelodarQ]

Благодарю за космическую музыку прошлой цивилизации. Гармоничная девушка.

[@rinadych]

Органичная.

[@吉原和雄]

ま😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@RickyMaveety]

Loved this piece since I first heard it almost 70 years ago.

[@fidgitator]

Dad took me to hear E. Power Biggs presenting an evening of J.S. Bach in Monterrey, in 1960. The performance finished with this magnificent piece. He made that organ thunder, til I thought the building would collapse. Wonderful.

[@annanardo2358]

What a blast from the past eh !!😃😃😍😍 Love this majestic piece !! Rich & Powerful piece, E.power Biggs played this at the Washington Cathedral and blew the cathedral door off the hinges !!!😃😃😃. Thanks Bach. Thank you very much !!!

[@jm973jm]

Le génie incroyable de notre civilisation : Bach - le facteur d'orgues et l'excellente organiste : un plaisir inégalé qui élève l'âme. Merci

[@РоманЕнин-т8з]

нет двух одинаковых исполнений этого божественного произведения. каждое - уникально

[@АлександрФедоров-р2к]

Гениальная Музыка !! Прекрасное исполнение ! 👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏

[@Михаил-х4у2н]

Это нечто!

[@Александр-т8н3л]

Ля первой октавы берëтся выше. 444 Гц.

[@Podvorie]

Технически безупречно, но! Это именно технически прекрасное исполнение. А вот души в этом исполнении, увы, нет совсем. Исполняет - робот. Как это не прикорбно.

[@carbybirett]

Absolutely magic, I can listen to this once a day all year round. And Bach wrote this at the age of 17. These days 17 year olds are throwing paint at masterpieces in museums .............. ????

[@osvaldosantinon9137]

Decadence

[@devakikaren]

Disgusting the violence against culture of all sorts. Horrific, really.

[@rainbowappleslice]

I should mention that as someone who aged out of that age group not too long ago that the majority of 17 year olds do not agree with destroying art like that in any way

[@denisdavidoff624]

Are you sure he was not 22? He wrote this being sad of his brother leaving him

[@ГеннадийМихайлович-ь2щ]

Музыка чистоты, жизни, вечности. Исполнительнице брависсимо!

[@JerryDougherty]

This is an absolute masterpiece of artistry and performance. Hearing things like this renew my hope for all that is good and majestic about the human race.

[@dasboot5903]

Perfectly written .... thank you so much !!

[@janzielinski6443]

You are right, absolutely! But why the same wonderful human race kills other people, makes war?

[@JerryDougherty]

@@janzielinski6443 the passions of Mankind are many. Fear, Greed, Lust and others are all part of the mix. Collectively we all get what we focus on. So the more beautiful, inspiring art like this we can share with the world the more we can grow what is beautiful. Bit by slow bit we continue the climb out of the wild dangerous forest and back to the shining city where we recognize that working together as a community for the common good of all is the path forward to our best future. So Support the Arts!! Share beautiful thoughts! Be kind :) Words I need to keep in the forefront of my mind daily! As it is so very easy to be distracted by all that is going on these days.

[@Iiiiiiiiiiiiililikikikikiil]

@@JerryDougherty 🕊️🙏❤️

[@cmillerg6306]

Yes, the great arts do show all the possibilities of humanity. Wish that the arts were more accessible (and, unfortunately, more popular) to many more people.

[@mawgraw4297]

This is the most beautiful rendition of this song that I have heard in a very long time. Bach himself would be proud, I imagine.

[@graememiller3798]

Song??

[@alexdelarge6279]

Cumbia?? 🤣🤣

[@tedehrhard3090]

Songs have lyrics. This is a "piece", or "work".

[@PP1969GR]

who sings?

[@jakub8860]

»The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias; And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias; And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon: And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel; And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor; And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of The Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of The Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.« (The Gospel of Jesus Christ - Matthew - Chapter 1)

[@nordinbelhadj2400]

C'est surréaliste ! Je suis en admiration devant une oeuvre aussi complexe et magnifique 🙏 De plus, interprétée à merveille par une très jolie musicienne. Bravo 👋👋♥️

[@shailendrasant2298]

Nothing but magic!!! Liene Andreta Kalnciema is just brilliant, I have never heard her before, but, I am now a instant fan!!!

[@antonskreilis9892]

Latvija

[@ptueff]

es gibt im baltischen Raum (Lit./Est./Lettl.) noch viele solcher begabter Menschen, die die Bach'sche Orgelkunst so beherrschen und viele herrliche Orgelinstrumente

[@sam04019491]

As a pilot, I often marvel at how man came to create such fantastic machines, especially when we see majestic giants take flight. I look at this machine, however, and cannot comprehend the mind that gifted this instrument to the world. This is architecture, meets art, meets acoustics, meets fluid mechanics, meets history. Put them all together in the hands of this wonderfully talented lady, and you get… music. Thank you for your time and effort in showing us your performance. It is marvellous.

[@aberjaylopdollar1074]

You wrote what I was thinking.

[@rondifrankel]

May I quote you?

[@annabecker777]

Vc troxe lágrimas aos meus olhos. Bonita descrição.

[@markwilliams9855]

And no wonder so many musicians have cited Bach as their biggest inspiration/mentor. Fabulous piece.

[@KitGerrits]

At its time, this was a high-tech as things got. To this day, internal settings on CPU's are called registers, named after the registers on an organ.

[@luukdeboer1974]

I was in awe the whole time! Never even seen a woman play an organ and then this magnificent performance! This was phenomenal! What a wonderful lady

[@TonyFisherPuzzles]

@luukdeboer1974 Virgin.

[@kenolson3064]

This piece was written in 1708. I can't imagine the amazement of the common farmer at the time listening to this music.

[@maciejnowak5175]

Może był mniej zdumiony niż ty teraz?

[@elsaarmstrong-zp6ng]

Whoever composed this piece is a genius! Imo

[@elsaarmstrong-zp6ng]

Well performed Liene !❤

[@rom_the_count]

Google interrupting this for an ad is the most peasant thing ever!

[@Crantock-l1v]

@@elsaarmstrong-zp6ng Go Bach to the title ;-)

[@glenbearh9109]

Brava! I am in awe of musicians . My wife plays piano and likes to play Chopin and some etude's and nocturne's bring me to tears. I was in a depression several years ago and as she played, it offered hope that it was not going to last forever and that beauty was still all around. Thank you all who make the world better.

[@gerhardarndmuske3313]

Eine wunderschöne Interpretation. Vielen Dank für diesen kulturellen Genuss.

[@rosaibe9997]

Слушая такую божественную музыку происходит катарсис души. БРАВО исполнительнице такого сложного произведения!

[@Mrfailstandstil]

вы недостойны слушать музыку людей, животные-террористы должны слушать вой на болотах.

[@Aktenzeichen_007]

er ist 1750 gestorben

[@vitale6633]

A Wonderful and Moving Composition dating back to the 1700's and played on a glorious instrument by such a talented musician. A symphony of sound. So Much human Creativity and History is captured in music.

[@МаксимСмірнов-в5и]

*I'm just shocked by her performance. I don't understand how you can learn to play this instrument so beautifully. Very cool!!!*

[@chipjohnsonkdust5863]

Practice, practice, practice!

[@ncard00]

She looks like Carrie Fisher in the thumbnail.

[@RobertoTrabalzi]

L'Organo a Canne è uno strumento difficilissimo...l'artista è bravissima! Toccata e Fuga di J.SD.Bach mi mette i brividi, mi commuove tanto è bella !!!

[@davidcrosby2750]

How is this even possible? The level of talent blows my mind...love this!

[@vairavike-freiberga1728]

A truly magical performance on one of the greatest organs in Europe. Thank you for making it available on youtube.

[@samr.england613]

It's "possible" because she is performing Bach's Tocatta on an organ. :) She is, however, very, very good on the keys! Bach composed his 'Tocatta' as a training piece to school students on the organ/keyboard.

[@samr.england613]

@@miraak8523 I didn't know that. Just curious, what do you mean by he, 'gave it away'?

[@samr.england613]

@@miraak8523 That's very interesting, but, I have to say that it's hard to believe that Bach thought his 'Tocatta' was of no real consequence. I mean, that'd be like Jimmy Page dismissing his Stairway to Heaven composition or Zep's 'Kashmir'.

[@francoissimmer5394]

tout est magie ... l orgue machine incroyable , l organiste est époustouflante ,et cette oeuvre qui te fait voyager et te prend aux tripes !! c est grandiose . ❤

[@jhernangiraldo2380]

Beautiful and perfect performing in the hands of an angel. She is outstanding and supreme, owner of the divine spark.

[@jayr526]

Are you sure? As best I can tell it is in the hands and the feet of an angel.

[@lohphat]

THANK YOU for paying attention to the acoustics of the venue. You let the phrase decay in the space instead of rushing through the piece and turning it into mush. The venue dictates the phrasing and the tempo ultimately and so many organists never understand and just dump too many notes into the venue faster than it can "absorb". This is the mark of a talented organist.

[@BenWeeks-ca]

very insightful comment I have never considered!

[@marchellabrahams]

I agree.

[@SkippyRo]

This whole thing is rushed. Try this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHmxfZd-mp2orrs

[@lohphat]

@@SkippyRo it depends on the organ, the venue, and the recording setup. There is no "right answer".

[@marchellabrahams]

@@SkippyRo Ah, yes. I see what you mean.

[@MilesPeters-k4m]

Always brings me to to tears hearing a good recital. Being able to see the extraordinary coordination playing four manuals and a pedal board just adds to the wonder.

[@jean-philippedluzak5978]

Votre musique est sublime, et je pourrais vous écouter chaque jour sans jamais me lasser. Vous êtes aussi merveilleuse que les mélodies que vous interprétez, qui me transportent. Continuez à jouer avec cette passion qui vous caractérise, car vous possédez un talent extraordinaire !

[@MrLiss22]

Моё восхищение,Девушка Браво,пожалуй самый сложный инструмент Орган по сложности затмевает всё.Тем похвальней ваше исполнение.Ещё раз Браво.👏

[@peakyblunder4613]

I remember our music teacher, Mr Devoti playing this on the church organ. Holy Family, Small Heath, Birmingham. Must have been around 70, 71. He was so talented, I appreciate music to this day because of his passion and influence

[@СергейЛунев-ъ6у]

Это одно из самых лучших исполнений гениального произведения Великого Баха! Очень высокий уровень! Огромное спасибо! ❤👏💐

[@ДваДебила-с3ъ]

а Вы с кем сравниваете?

[@arminvoneckerberg]

"This is one of the best performances of a brilliant work by the Great Bach! Very high level! Thank you very much! " translation by DeepL

[@bigmuzzy1376]

@@ДваДебила-с3ъ с мамашей твоей

[@stuartbisset6990]

LOVE it All. Never tired of listening. THANK YOU. GOD BLESS

[@Walter205]

Wow this i my favorite, I started playing the organ when i was 17 years. I already helped a organist Tjeu Zeijen( prix d'exellance) to play his concerts as a register help in concerts. I did this for 2,5 years and started to play the organ in Geleen. A wonderful instrument with a real natural caracter.... thank you for playing it with feeling how it should be... I am now 63 and play the piano and keyboard sometimes. Thank you for remember me the very nice times with church organs.❤❤❤

[@CecilAuret]

Please carry on for as long as you can. Playing with feeling is an expression of your soul and a revelation of yourself to whoever can appreciate the beauty that you are sharing.

[@jaybeckham]

Just wanted to let you know your playing of the D minor Fugue is likely the best I have ever heard. I spent about 40 years of my line as an organist and choral director so I have some idea of good and bad but your performance was the very best. Keep up the great playing and the presentation of organ music in a time when churches here in the US seem to have forgotten about their organs and organists. I don't play professionally anymore at 83 but have a 3 manual Midi organ in my house. Again great playing, J.S. would be pleased.

[@cassandrasciortino6255]

May I ask if you created your own midi set-up or purchased a midi console...

[@nicepersonwv361]

@@cassandrasciortino6255 I took an old Conn two manual and added the electronics to convert it to a midi. I also purchased a used manual and wired it up and mounted it above the first two manuals. Also I am using a touch computer screen to select stops and combinations until I figure a way to build a stop panel on each side of the organ. Also recently wire my pedal board (from the Conn) and I am in the process of testing that. I use the free organ software Grandt Organ, and a free organ for a 3M 1P organ based on a large organ in Europe.

[@cassandrasciortino6255]

@@nicepersonwv361 Thank you very much for your detailed reply! I am not experienced in electronics...but maybe I can find tutorials...otherwise I am looking at a costly console for Hauptwerk...

[@jaybeckham]

@@cassandrasciortino6255 Let me go a bit further in my reply. First electronics isn't the issue. You can buy circuit boards that will talk directly with a PC. All you have to is to hook wires from your manuals, pedal board, and maybe stops to these boards and they will work. So the main problem is hooking up the manuals and other to those boards. For example on my Conn the two manuals I had to figure out how to allow each key/note send a signal to the boards. Basically I had to tear the manuals apart and create contacts. The third manual was easier because it came out of a pipe organ and had switches on each note. The pedals also were not wired, just pedals and I had to create switches for them. I did find help to an extent on the web. My stops I have not done because the Conn had about 30 stops and I need close to 50 not even counting the generals or couplers. So I use a PC monitor that has touch on it so I can just touch the displayed stops from the real organ. I select them with my finger or a mouse. I do hope in the future to create a stop board(s) for the organ as a touch screen isn't the same as physically pulling on or pushing off a stop.

[@cassandrasciortino6255]

@@jaybeckham Thank you so much for your clarification. This helps me enormously. I can visualize what you had to do and it still sounds intimidating especially creating one's own contacts, but perhaps it is not more difficult than rewiring a lamp which I know how to do -- or replacing the motor on my sewing machine was I managed to do also. Above all I need desperately a 32 pedal board since even working on a basic keyboard prepares me enough to play or practice and refine on a wonderful pipe organ I have access to near my home. But the faltering feet and the mystery of the pedal board must be worked out at home...stop boards sound amazing and quite beautiful. Its strange to see laptops and touch screens beside a wood organ that is sure and if it is possible to get the same with stops and thus come closer to playing the pipe organ even better. I am combing ebay for a pedal board--since new they are quite expensive. Your work sounds amazing! Thank you again.

[@NightRain1205]

Until now, I had no idea how much I needed classical music in my life...honestly, I can't believe how beautiful these works of art are...

[@geronimodaloia6143]

the final chord progression sounds so deep, I love it

[@arklat]

It grabs you! What a grand conclusion!

[@gedhol5425]

I have heard this piece several times before but this is by far the greatest performance I have heard. Very clear and open sound . ❤

[@denysarcuri1213]

This level of talent, the amazing instrument and the composition itself are things I can appreciate, but not fully comprehend. Awesome, in the true sense of the word.

[@viktorhemmings2499]

To niesamowite takie dżwìęki..osiągnąć..muzyka jest czarem na nasze duszy..piękna i zmysłowa.Tylko prymitywny człowiek tego nie rozumie.

[@cliffordbuttle4529]

Great very good😊😊😊😊😊

[@iiiiii1374]

J.S. Bach non è solo Musica, ma trascendenza!

[@van-gabondramblinrose6398]

I remember my music teacher at Queen Elizabeth Hospital School in Bristol, used to play this regularly. Walking through the hall where the organ was, on the way to lessons, I'd have to stop and listen for a minute or two. Such a magical piece of music, which always gives me chills. Those incredible bass notes, shake ones very soul!

[@michelealba744]

Une page musicale mondialement connue et non sans raison ! Incontestablement de toute beauté . Bach dans toute sa splendeur . Un immense bravo à cette jeune organiste . Du talent certes, mais aussi énormément de travail pour arriver à une telle maîtrise de son instrument . Il en faut de la coordination entre le cerveau , les mains et les pieds pour créer une mélodie aussi harmonieuse . C'est presque incroyable ce que l' Homme parvient à faire avec de la passion et des efforts journellement répétés ...pendant de longues années !! Ces musiciens, grands ou petits, méritent vraiment toute notre admiration !

[@jean-pierrevenembre8458]

Bien analysé, Michèle ! Magistrale interprétation de cette magistrale composition !

[@klausvencovsky7466]

How can a person move the right and left hand AND the right and left foot, all at the same time, all doing different things, and produce this incredible piece of music? If Ms. Kalnciema and I belong to the same species, we are definitely at the very opposite ends of the spectrum... Bravo Liene!!

[@kurtbilinski1723]

Helicopter pilots probably come close.

[@jacquelinebishop8465]

​@@kurtbilinski1723don't be pathetic. There's no comparison

[@petenikolic5244]

Look at drummer both hands and both feet doing different thing watch John "Bonzo" Bonham play the drums

[@AnnErwin-p2t]

The Good Lord gives us all an array of talents and it is up to us to discover them and parents to nurture them. Perfect pitch helps...and a home with a grand piano!

[@PeteMOBie1]

I've all on to get one hand to press the numbers on a mobile phone, so I definitely belong at the other end of the spectrum with you.

[@anthonymontagna2757]

It's amazing that Bach wrote this for an organ. And she is playing it perfectly.

[@Nicholas_Buck]

God has indeed been glorified and honoured by J.S Bach and by Liene Andreta.

[@alshulga364]

Тут всё абсолютно превосходно. Произведение. Инструмент. Исполнитель. Просто волшебно.

[@yannickbelloir7334]

Magnifique

[@Mrfailstandstil]

вы недостойны слушать музыку людей, животные-террористы должны слушать вой на болотах.

[@taksobie7423]

How on Earth can you play with both hands and feet at the same time...AMAZING!

[@longshot7601]

Three hands and feet. Her assistant got on the pedals at least once, threw switches at the proper times...and flipped the sheet music.

[@AnnErwin-p2t]

Practice...practice...practice. AND excellent teachers. And most importantly...God's gift of talent.

[@CecilAuret]

Easily, if you love the music and identify with it.

[@ABrit-bt6ce]

It's just like riding a motorcycle. An awful lot nicer to listen too but it's another skill you learn. Just remember not to filter lanes with your pipe organ.

[@Mooseman327]

For fun, Bach used to write folk dance pieces that the organist was required to dance the actual steps of the dance on the pedals while playing. Just for fun.

[@narosser]

When the piece (AND the instrument) is so complex that not only does it take both your hands both your feet to deliver it, it takes an entire ADDITIONAL HUMAN to manipulate the instrument accordingly. Amazing.

[@DOLRED]

Bravo !!! Beautifully played; Beautiful sound recording; Beautiful church scenes and Beautiful Liene!

[@LaurenceQuested]

What an incredible performance of a great piece of music. Praise also to her assistant who did a brilliant job in the background.

[@hubertsteinberger5335]

Rarely has this piece been played so well, Bravo !!!!

[@spikespa5208]

I like her style. Great rhythm changes and not afraid to hold that last note. Plays to the building's acoustics.

[@ofginnny327]

One of the greatest pieces ever written, and she plays it wonderfully..

[@samr.england613]

Do you know why it was written? Bach's "Tocatta" was composed with the conscious purpose of training novices on the organ/keyboard. [edit. spelling.]

[@angel4everable]

A beautiful organist, a stunning tune, and thou, Bach!

[@ВадимШлычков]

Удивительное мастерство и глубина исполнительского погружения в сложное произведение! Браво композитору и исполнителю. Латвийская школа органной игры всегда меня восхищала, и можно сказать, что - со школьных лет. Лиене - очень талантлива! Спасибо! ❤

[@olmichol]

Особенно композитору. Хочется пожелать новых творческих успехов и новых таких же талантливых произведений! Буду ждать с нетерпением!!!

[@Artenosik]

@@olmichol не ёрничайте! :)

[@ИзяШнобельман]

@@Artenosik Да ладно, пошутил человек!

[@МурадянГоар]

Браво! Браво! Невероятной глубины музыка и столь же талантливое исполнение. Благодарю!💐💐👏👏❤️🙏

[@s3v12bill2]

So beautiful that it makes me cry. Thanks Liene, thanks J.S. Bach.

[@АнтонЗахаров-к6ж]

Талант композитора соединился с талантом исполнительцы! БРАВО! ❤💕 Мастерам, создавшим оргАн и поддерживающим его в исправном состоянии отдельное СПАСИБО!

[@БоряТимофеев-ю1н]

Если бы не помощник, ничего бы не было...

[@Lepus-bender]

@@БоряТимофеев-ю1н еще и ногами играть надо

[@Lepus-bender]

@@БоряТимофеев-ю1н этот помощник ходит там как смерть, сел бы уже и играли вместе

[@Михаил-х4у2н]

Все-таки нашёл, кому, это нравится

[@biblbrocs]

@@Михаил-х4у2н да много кому, стисняются написать)

[@RochonPiano]

Simply without words. I heard an organ concert on that same organ in june 2023 in Riga. Outstanding sound and acoustics. Bravo madame Kalnciema.

[@ВикторГригорьев-я3ч]

Очень качественное и прочувствованное исполнение на отличном органе- все звуки чисты и хорошо прослушиваются! Браво маэстро у явас великое будущее! Здоровья и долголетия на радость нам!

[@pavelhledik3339]

Thank you J.S.B., Liene, Riga. So so so nice. I love it. Pavel from Czech rep.

[@youwelirka1737]

Как же нужно чувствовать этот мир,чтобы создать такую музыку...невероятно, но это реальность

[@Mrfailstandstil]

вы недостойны слушать музыку людей, животные-террористы должны слушать вой на болотах.

[@Kesav63]

Насколько мы восхищаемся исполнением.. даже невозможно представить, как она была создана. Что должно происходить в человеке, чтобы он сотворил такую музыку..