Largo from Xerxes G.F. Händel - Hauptwerkconcert

[@joantubbs1393]

This is the most Beautiful piece of music!

[@noelh3161]

Gert is totally inspiring and his rendering of all these pieces of music sometimes moves me to tears. such amazing talent.

[@Tocsin-Bang]

I have to keep coming back to this wonderful recording. Each time I sit here with tears in my eyes, so wonderfully moving.

[@janeanakdripin5249]

Stephen Cook same here. I just discovered this now. So so beautiful.

[@markheesen]

As I have said all along, it's nice to know that at least one teenager appreciates good music. Thanks Gert.

[@josephbisimwa67]

good

[@capacityplus]

I believe Gert is making the organ cool again for 'young people today'.

[@halcasey3461]

AMEN!

[@mensabs]

Seeing these two young Dutch men collaborating on this sublime music makes me have hope.

[@bjf005]

Voor mij persoonlijk, 6 jaar na datum, nog steeds de beste uitvoering ooit gehoord.

[@josephbear6874]

Thank you God for these two beautiful young men.

[@Bouncybon]

Why am I so often in tears when Gert van Hoef plays? I think it is the way he loves the work intensely, then lives it completely, and presents it as a generous gift to his listeners around the world. Even a piece as familiar as this, becomes something new and enthralling again.

[@tampanativeson]

+Bouncybon I feel the same way.

[@thomfaircloth3642]

+tampanativeson As do I.

[@cliffordcummins3710]

+Bouncybon me too!

[@t.w.8169]

It’s probably because you find him intensely attractive, like I do. And his page turner. 🙂

[@isabellenowak9792]

Nous sommes en 2022 et je ressens la même chose quand j’écoute jouer Gert aujourd’hui….

[@johanneswilhelmgerhardt3807]

I have been watching this most talented man since his early posts. He never disappoints...so Gifted by The Lord.

[@laurenbrown2179]

Beautiful. Listening from New Zealand

[@KT-xl8bw]

I've never heard it more beautifully played.

[@howardbradley8805]

The world's Best Organist

[@petemcdougall7614]

Amen amen

[@Feathe3642]

I agree with all three comments- beautifully playing - world class organist gifted by God!

[@henrikthrane9388]

It touches the very core of my soul! Beyond words! Grateful!

[@Modeltnick]

This is Heavenly, to say least! You have to come to Atlantic City and play the Midmer-Losh organ in Boardwalk Hall. It’s the largest pipe organ in the world and it’s waiting for you to perform on it with your God given talent! Thanks for all you do!

[@christophernorton33]

So very beautifully played Thank you Gert .

[@dom.johannesbenedicto.s.b.3832]

As a simple Church Organist for 50 years, I am impressed how well he has progressed over the years. God bless you.

[@dalerider3124]

I am 69 now, have been playing since I was 12. I can listen to Gert all day long.

[@hudsonbailey674]

Dale Rider, how appropriate. Thank you. Eternity! I just turned 68.

[@wegotothezoowr]

@@dalerider3124 It's amazing. It's beautiful I want to learn from you.

[@kugelblitzify3]

Wunderschönen gespielt, welche positive Energie und Schwingung kann man dabei empfinden.

[@vakuutusmies]

The organist at the forefront of this planet, thank you! De organist in de voorhoede van deze planeet, bedankt! Tämän planeetan eturivin urkuri, kiitos!

[@DavidJBrown-vv7ol]

Organ is my favourite musical instrument and to be played by a brilliant young organist is truly a great achievement.

[@jellypooh3]

Great playing and use of registrations for this piece!! Makes it very melodic and heavenly sounding, which is the original intent of this piece!! Really am glad to see you growing so much in your understanding of organ literature and also sacred works!! Keep it up, as the Lord is definitely gifting you more and more!! Amen!!

[@gerardbedecarter]

A beautiful performance, Gert.

[@peterlanglois650]

Yes I fully agree Peter L

[@paulbavopb8193]

George was an exceptional composer. He would have loved this interpretation. No wonder it brings people to tears.

[@MMijdus]

Mooi ingehouden en plechtig gespeeld. Bravo. Zo mooi heb ik het nog nooit gehoord.

[@jwrtermorshuizen6239]

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[@euzoobi]

I can't stop listening to Largo. I have listened to different renditions and this is another beautifully delivered version .

[@freddiecarpenter5605]

The two.young people Playing this organ tell.me.that This is want the New people of to Day can bring in.to the churches To help it on it way.when the virus Has gone so good ,

[@jempulig]

Truly spellbinding to listen at all times and I'm just in pure awe. Can't help but well up hearing this every time. You are heaven sent....

[@JimBales]

Just lovely. Brings tears to my eyes.

[@BronzehorseN]

Ditto, friend...

[@JimBales]

Phillip Warren I have watched him progress for the last 7 years. He is amazing.

[@SternDrive]

@@JimBales That's what happens when you practice 5 hours a day. Sometimes 12 hours. The music just flows out of you.

[@francesco5663]

it's true

[@haydeecastells8105]

Wonderful, exquisite music, sensitive young man...Grateful, a Blessing on Christmas Eve.

[@dalerider3124]

or any time . . . a blessing from GOD

[@philipbuisseret8465]

Very well done indeed! Tempo and Registration perfect. Just the right balance between emotion and restraint. Gert you are brilliant. This is the best version I have EVER heard. Marie Allain was a bit cold, and Richter technically superb, Koopmans definitely good, but you have something different to all of them, and I cant quite put my finger on it. I think it maybe is your Faith in God.

[@GM8AVM]

This recording demonstrates the love Gert has for Baroque music at this time. Such grace and tempo control. Thank you for sharing your gift with the world. Each time I sit under a plane tree in the park I think of this wonderful video and the joy it gives so many. I still have a recoding of Kathleen Ferrier who sang this song in the 1940s.

[@annemackellar6293]

I am lost for words. Just heavenly playing.

[@jeanlescure2498]

Vous êtes comme un extra-terrestre virtuose ! Je ne suis pas musicien mais la musique me parle, j’aime écouter l’orgue et votre talent me fascine, m’hypnotise, me transporte. J’écoutais Marie Claire Alain, Pierre Bardon et d’autres, maintenant je vous écoute à vous avec un immense plaisir ! Merci à vous, à Jan et à Marjolein. Je souhaite vous voir jouer un jour en France ... You are like a virtuoso alien! I am not a musician but music speaks to me, I like to listen to the organ and your talent fascinates me, hypnotises me, transports me. I listened to Marie Claire Alain, Pierre Bardon and others, now I listen to you with immense pleasure! Thanks to you, Jan and Marjolein. I hope to see you play one day in France ...

[@michaelo2991]

I absolutely love this composition by Handel. I would never have thought that a instrument other then the human voice could have rendered its beauty and pathos so elegantly. Gert thanks so much. I am in awe of your interpretation.

[@barbaraobrien7621]

Gert is an absolute artist and his music is beautiful . This version of Largo is beautiful

[@alanmunns4163]

what a talented youn man, beautifully played, one of the best version's i have heard.

[@agodbee3847]

I simply cannot get enough of Gert's rendering of Handel's "Ombra mie fu"/Lardo on that pipe organ "counterfeit"/electronic Mixture Intrada organ whether 3:30 am or during lunch, it's that captivating. Never take it off the Net!

[@nowseeitall]

Neither do I!

[@agodbee3847]

Hans! Nice to "need" one with such good taste! Wonder how it would sound on a large orchestral organ such as the Wanamaker in Philly or the one at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall; maybe the Longwood Garden Music Conservatory--biggy? Who can do the job like Gert??

[@francois-xaviermalauzat3983]

Si jeune et pourtant une interprétation avec une profondeur d'âme incroyable, félicitations et mille mercis pour cet enregistrement où votre passion emprunte d'une facilité naturelle est un plaisir à partager….

[@agodbee3847]

This Xerxes/Largo Hauptwerkconcert always sounds so GOOD I repeat it many times over and over. the Pedal Base on that organ sounds the best I've heard in a LONG time.

[@jafajack]

Thank you, absolutely beautiful

[@MrMusiclover41]

Just beautiful, Gert!

[@Wil7707]

Prachtig gespeeld! Geniet hier erg van

[@Jace0036]

So magnificently done. What a talent. Großartig gespielt. Ein sehr talentierter Musiker.

[@javiercoronavazquez7908]

¡¡¡GOCEN DE ESTA INTERPRETACIÓN PLENA DE TERNURA!!! GRACIAS gertrw

[@laguna172]

One of my favorite Handel pieces. Beautifully executed as usual with style and grace unique to Gert.

[@ernestopanza]

Sono così commosso che mi sono venute le lacrime a sentire questo pezzo. Che DIO vi Benedica entrambi.

[@nowseeitall]

I seriously ask the owner(s) to never, never remove this, Gert's performance of Ombra mai fu from KZbin! Moreover it is worth to be released on dvd!

[@generalackbar245]

No doubt : Gert is one of the next great, great, GREAT names of the organ. May he dare, using the HW technology, and - why not - alongside another superstar named Cameron, may them both dare to pull the organ out of his stone straitjacket, bring it out, bring it to the streets, to auditoriums, to cafe terraces, I don't know whereelse, but closer to the audience that it is by now. May them bring the organ to the audience - rather than wait until its audience pushes the doors of a church to come to him. May them play all those great organ masterpieces, and also other stuff that commonly cannot be played in a church, for morality reasons. Why not jazz, rock n roll, why not national anthems, why not movie soundtracks... Something nowadays is possible with HauptWerk, that has never, never, never been possible since near 2,300 years the organ exists. God bless my wish. And God bless you, Gert.

[@uwemommens]

I don't know any more beautiful melody than this one by Händel. And to hear it so wonderfully played makes this rendition to one of the best I've ever heard.

[@yvesguillaumond]

infinitely thank you for your talent, for this magical moment. I particularly love this work of Handel that makes my soul vibrate ...

[@danieljones249]

A magnificent performance - from Daniel, Sutton, Surrey UK

[@smoothsilk47]

My Grandmother's favourite piece of music played so beautifully by Gert, he has so much talent & knows how to use it, many thanks!

[@robert5140]

Beautiful. The emotion is evident. Having the video, as well as the music makes for double enjoyment. Thanks to your camera crew. Waiting to hear you play Elgar's Nimrod.

[@jafajack]

absolutely beautiful and beautifully played

[@davidwalsh3832]

I bless the day I discovered this talented young man. S much expression tecnique and and delicatesse in every note. Truly he is the future standard for organists world wide. I must hear him live sometime soon.

[@petrapeschek8927]

Danke Gerd, ich kann nur sagen: traumhaft gespielt! Es kann keiner so gefühlvoll wie Du

[@renibert1]

herzergreifend, danke!

[@ulrichsteiger757]

Gerd ist zweifellos ein vielseitig begabter Organist, nur das Largo empfinde ich ein klein wenig etwas zu langsam vorgetragen; sonst sehr schön gespielt....

[@Skally999]

Amazing!

[@soniacarlson1951]

Really lovely.

[@janvisser934]

Beautifully performance Gert. Thank you from Canada.

[@sarahedwards1900]

I hear the angels singing, so beautiful. Thankyou Gert, and Handel, of course

[@georgeumesh5437]

Superb playing

[@harjoeising3525]

mijn vaders favoriete stuk prachtig gespeeld complimenten

[@MerlynAStern]

Very nice and relaxing. Listening again!

[@ledhec]

One more time appreciate, Gert put his wonderful touch. One of the most played masterpieces. Congrat.

[@davidbutler3357]

ledhec 1@

[@finleyedwards8362]

Just such an accomplished organist. Really enjoy listening to him play with such great enthusiasm!

[@johanneswilhelmgerhardtosb1800]

Outstanding performance of a wonderful relaxing piece of Music. It AMAZING how this Electronic system work.

[@heinrichwagner8179]

I never heard this adagio like you play it's "himmlisch"... Divine the right vibrato. You are a MUSICIEN first class. Long live to you.

[@catwoman3680]

Best I have ever heard it played. You did it so beautifully. Thank you.

[@heinzg.niemann4229]

Ich bin immer wieder tief beeindruckt von diesem Largo. Traumhaft.

[@lorenzoparedes2306]

Such beautiful, lofty music cleanses my soul. Great expression by the organist.

[@froggiechar]

Heavenly! Gert is a true blessing! Thank you, Gert!

[@karamail90]

Magnifique et quel talentueux organiste, quoi dire d'autre sinon que j'en ai la chair de poule accompagné de beaucoup d'émotion. Merci et bravo

[@lidiafernandesdepaula4675]

Me sinto tranquila com essa música tão linda parece estar em outro mundo

[@florencerobie6641]

If this beautiful music was inspired by a composer like Handel - he knew what heaven is - God smiled on him and gives us peace!

[@phil48price]

So sweet! Thank you.

[@margerykirner8978]

A beautiful different rendition..As a child I got so emotional at Largo, my father had to stop the recording..Over 60 yrs ago.

[@claeshellstrom8956]

Today I´ve been recording some Abba songs for a choir´s rehearsal and now before mixing, I had to "cool down" a bit and what could be better than this beautiful music played by my favorite organist Gert. Thanks Gert, and I wish you All the best for the future!

[@neuzeliasbahrmilke369]

Lindo!! Muito lindo este Largo de Handel. parabéns pela apresentação! Magnífico!!! Você tocou com a alma e ❤ 🇧🇷

[@katharinaingeborgmuck1815]

Wirklich herrlich gespielt!!!

[@jaapknegtmans8532]

Mooi met gevoel gespeeld Gert, bedankt.

[@berendt87]

Wat is dit een prachtig stuk.

[@arnieobrien1155]

Get your music is beautiful and the delivery of it is pure bliss.keep up the good work

[@canyoubelievethis220]

Love the way he expresses himself when he plays. Who's his little mate? They are always together. Proud for them both.

[@danieljones249]

B E A U T I F U L - what more can one say....... Daniel (Sutton, Surrey UK)

[@Alex54HAL]

Wundervoll, "Ombra mai fu" auch mal auf der Orgel zu hören

[@davidgiles6012]

What a wonderful gift you bring so much joy and happiness in to my life please keep using that gift that God has given you my GRATEFUL THANKS

[@ernestopanza5706]

Musica CELESTIALE da sogno. Eccellente Interpretazione mi fa venire i brividi, bravissimo. Grazie

[@carloslaraa.7338]

bellísimo

[@jiloml75]

Thank you once again Gert! Lovely. I wish more young people would like this sort of music!

[@oldbear52]

Beautiful!!!

[@DrewofDrew]

very wonderful .. lovely xx

[@danmarten330]

I have 2 sons, one is a stock broker the other a real estate broker, it would have been nice to have had another one like this kid around playing the kind of music I like. Alas he belongs to some other proud father.

[@zogzog1063]

You poor bastard. Could have been worse though: Life Insurance Salesman instead of a Stock Broker. And instead of a Real Estate Broker ... no maybe not.

[@joeboyle5864]

I have 2 sonsover40, with musical talent.Regrettably,they've been seduced by the damned electric guitar.

[@margotalsma-batelaan6708]

Prachtig en ontroerend Gert!

[@godwin3006]

Count me too. I search from my history and listen again. God bless Gert. (Blessings from India). Also thanks for the Hauptwerk software team for developing this wonderful software.

[@MrSuperJace]

Bert That was sublime and beautiful. Great work

[@mps4730]

Love your Version!! Thanks for posting

[@ProducedbyGuardian95]

Very inspiring, Gert! Way to bring it home ;-)

[@Railfan6675]

Very Beautiful. If you play this on good equipment, the pedal stops rumble through the house like thunder in the distance. Very Smooth. Well done Gert!

[@msas198512]

Es una bendición oírte amigo. Tu música llega lo más profundo del alma. Un abrazo desde España

[@fotogme11]

The beauty of this piece and Gert's interpretation put a smile on my face!

[@daveneff8756]

Wonderful - thanks so very much!

[@w.p.958]

Very nice! One of the best recordings I have heard.

[@OldPannonian]

Oh my God! This makes me tremble with overwhelming feelings.

[@Jimbowinch]

Beautifully played. A graceful speed and tempo.