Bach - Organ Concerto BWV 594 - Ton Koopman

[@lnkvermey2074]

I met Mr Koopman when he came for an organ recital at the Auckland Town Hall in New Zealand in the 80’s!! I was a teenager and my mother brought my sisters and I to listen to him play. We were sitting eating our lunch prior to the concert beginning near the Town Hall when my mother recognised him as he walked by, which was very fortunate as Mr Koopman thought the concert was the next day!! He than realised that tha lady who was supposed to pull out all the stops and turn the page’s wasn’t available - so he asked me to do it, as I could read music - an enjoyable memory!

[@twillertorganprojects]

Great story. And Koopman is still performing.

[@3pan1]

Wow just WOW !!!

[@lnkvermey2074]

@The plantation boys To be honest, it wasn't really luck 🙂As I soon discovered that Mr Koopman and my parents were well acquainted, looking back I think that he was suffering from a little jet lag. However, it was most fortunate that when my mother called out to him, he was honestly under the mistaken assumption that the concert was the following day!! It certainly turned out to be a very good thing that he saw us sitting in the park, because if he hadn't turned up for his own concert, I imagine there would have been a lot of disappointed people. It was rather nice that a few days later that he came for dinner at our home, especially since my sisters and I had been rather small the last time he'd seen us when we were still living in the Netherlands. Plus, us kids got to perform for him!! Which was a lot of fun, as my youngest sister played the cello, my middle sister played the flute, and I sang. It is one of my favourite memories as a young teenager for sure!!

[@8000Christopher]

Lovely story, thanks for sharing.

[@james.flores]

I was captivated as soon as I heard the pedal line drop.

[@thomramvoegeli5291]

Das nenne ich wahrlich MUSIZIEREN! Top lebendig! Danke, danke, Mr Koopman!!! Ach, und die Schnitger-Orgel...göttlich.

[@axst]

Bach totally fell for the expression of italian style. For an eminence like Bach to actually transcript another musician's work into his favourite instrument...you can tell he totally fell for Vivaldi's art. Thank God for these two gentlemen. Brillant interpretation. The leitmotif represents fireworks. Because it is inspired by the lifestyles of oriental rulers of the era.

[@николайшевченко-ы5у]

ARE YOU A MUSICIAN

[@николайшевченко-ы5у]

HOW TO LISTEN TO THIS WORK, IS THERE A STORY OF SUCH ABOUT WHAT IT OR SIMPLY EMOTIONS AND EVERYONE DEMANDS THAT IT IS LISTENED TO BE HEARD OR

[@antontwee]

he pipo laat god erbuiten, god zit in je hersens meer is het niet. Hallo we leven anno 2021 en daarbij niks Italiaanse style

[@hisaoibarazaki6833]

This is the best bach interpretation I've ever heard.

[@antontwee]

100 % correct

[@rawi707]

I've listened to several BWV-594s and no one plays it as perfect as this one.

[@pearlblues]

Wow I've been listening to Bach for 30 years and this is the first time I've heard this piece. Love it! Time to open the windows and turn my system up and let my street hear some good music!

[@rawi707]

It is a great piece transcribed by Bach from Vivaldi's RV 208

[@juanbejarano2318]

pearl blues

[@peteresser1568]

pearl blues

[@2605belgium]

I'm ok with you, sir.

[@thomasgaskin4649]

I'm with you, my brother in the gospel of Bach

[@antontwee]

Een van grotere orgel bespeler en heel voorzichtig durf ik te zeggen dat Ton Koopman de aller beste ter wereld is. Wie mij een beteren op kan noemen kom maar op durf te schrijven, te spreken. Ik krijg van Ton Koopman op welk orgel hij ook speelt altijd zonder uitzondering van ook maar een muziekstuk kippenvel. En dat doet niemand hem na, net als het foutloos spelen. hoe doet hij dat? Kan hij überhaupt wel fouten maken? dat heb ik mij wel eens afgevraagd. Daarom vind ik hem een wonderman, een perfecte orgel speler, een perfecte dirigent, een perfecte componist, eigenlijk een perfect mens want van hem is er maar 1.

[@jsb7975]

Powerful yet completely transparant. Timing is fantastic and uplifting. What a JOY ! Koopman is great !!

[@peteacher52]

This is one of the best recordings I have heard of the wonderful Groningen organ. Mr Koopman's imaginative registration brings out a magnificent pallet of tone colour..

[@twillertorganprojects]

I agree

[@wessel1956]

Bach a genius, Schnitger a genius organbuilder, Koopman a genius organplayer, an orgasm for the mind!!

[@sararisaliti1626]

Vivaldi a genius

[@64carlo]

@@sararisaliti1626 thanks from don Antonio....

[@wouterattheorgan]

i come back to this recording atleast 6 times a week maybe more, i just really like the articulation and the registration and my subwoofer likes it too

[@Metal94head]

not my favourite bach organ piece but i have been coming back to this recording because the pedal is insane

[@cliveso]

I think Koopman's choice to use a loud reedy solo voice in the Adagio is a stroke of genius. The score does say 'forte' anyway.

[@rawi707]

One of the best BWV 594s ...ever

[@tummiehond9432]

Please be aware that it is known that Bach has been writing menuets in the style of Couperin. If his publications (and possible alsi the roprts of Telemann coming back from Versailles aee being seen as very good by J.S.E.Bach just like Corelli's and Vivaldi's violin compositions than it cannot be acceptable that you use the name of the most famous organist of France AKA "Le Grand Couperin", when complimenting some incredible clutz who has lot of video's where you can hear the keys strike the board underneath the key. Anybody with a brain can understand that you should not be hearing rattles! Why so angry it are the Mattheus passions of a.o. this director who caused a lot of unecessary work for my boss

[@altareggo]

@@tummiehond9432 Whoa!!! Nitpicking and word salad much?? Just chill and enjoy the music without sweating the tiny details. I am LOVING this video: great organist, good sound quality, and a delightful but little-played work by Bach.... who could ask for more???

[@paulcaswell2813]

@@tummiehond9432 Agreed that Ton rather 'dive bombs' the keys; however, HOWEVER; there is no organist on the planet (Piet Kee was the only other) who can bring Bach and Buxtehude to life like this. I'm more than happy to hear keyboard noises when the sound from the pipes is such as this. As for FC, his 'L'art de toucher' was purely for the plucked keyboards, not the organ! PS As for unnecessary 'noises off', in Brüggen's 'b-minor', during tutti passages with full chorus, some sound engineer still managed to make the oboes' keywork audible. In my view that took some doing ;-)

[@ugogastaldi9448]

eccelso vivaldi, per aver ispirato il genio di bach, sono tra le opere piu' belle dell'intera storia della musica colta. ringrazio dio di avermi donato la fortuna di poter cogliere e gioire di tanta bellezza

[@LuizBHMG]

Ich liebe den Bass von dieser Orgel!! Ein guter Subwoofer Benchmark!

[@Orgelix]

LuizBHMG das denke ich auch 😜

[@martijnpieterman]

Ich glaube, das ist die 32 Fuss Principal (und andern starke Registern).

[@LuizBHMG]

Ja, das ist ganz wahrscheinlich schon mit einem 32 Fuss Register. Das heißt, dass der größte Rohr 9,75 Meter hoch ist. =o

[@Orgelix]

LuizBHMG der Principal 32' ist überhaupt der einzige seiner Art, der noch original von Schnitger erhalten ist!

[@Xeraph86]

Die Orgel hat nur einen 24-Fuß, also bis zum F - am Anfang hören wir also nur den 16-Fuß, trotzdem ziemlich amtlich 🙌

[@scottonandrew]

Love Bach's organ concerto transcriptions and this is one of the best interpretations I have heard.

[@knollozx]

Wunderschönes Stück und absolut genial gespielt....Klasse...

[@simon-holt]

The energy in this performance is blistering. The sheer clarity of the registration choices is a joy. Marvellous piece.

[@pastorsalvo5809]

TonKoopman es uno de los mejores intérpretes de Bach. Lo admiro.

[@diegoluisgiaccari]

Lo mismo digo. un genio! del pasado

[@altareggo]

This is EPIC!!!!! If not for KZbin and Mr. Riccardo, i probably wouldn't have heard this recording for my entire life. LOVING IT!!!

[@tashaschneider1419]

Glorious! Magnificent organ transcription! Bach and Vivaldi, both made heavenly music!!!!!

[@limitstoprogress]

Thank you for posting this! Yes, the Green Monster can really put out!

[@HAL-mg4wy]

Bach never ceases to amaze me.

[@MichelTretout]

Of course , with the signature of Tom Koopman! … he is also a brillant Director orchestra, a great artist when playing Bach Cantates. Thanks for sharing

[@jillgriffith5656]

Magnificent! I almost can hear a choir of angels singing in the background when I listen to the first movement.

[@parisalan1]

Absolutely perfect registration for the work, and for the acoustics of the building. Thanks from San Francisco!

[@myempathy1]

An honour for Vivaldi.

[@LuizBHMG]

What an honour!! ;-)

[@xcandomath897]

myempathy .. yess sir , slowly but steadily WE LEARN there is VIVALDI at the very base of BACH GLORY :D :D

[@tony1961chl]

Cómo éstos hombres pudieron ser tan maravillosos, e imaginaron cómo sonarían sus melodías y composiciones en éstos magistrales y preciosos instrumentos? ,gracias.

[@louisemattice-raab5513]

When I heard this the first time I thought what some one stuck something as good as Bach. NO I had never herad it before and I LOVE IT 11

[@donmbarbagrigia4233]

Ein Spitzentreffen der beiden Minister Gottes für abendländische Musik! Mehr geht nicht! Nicht auf dieser Welt und in keiner anderen!

[@eneto7785]

Powerful and amazing allegro finale!!! It makes the public to jump in their sits

[@CarmeloBonifacioMalandrino]

Ma noi possiamo dire a tutt'oggi di conoscere le capacità della nostra natura umana?Io che mi onoro di appartenere alla stessa razza di Bach sono spaventato dalla potenza di scoperta di suoni,che sono pensieri,arte delle meraviglie che riposano dentro l'anima.E chi è capace di scoprirle è solo fortunato?

[@hansroemerszoonvanderbrikk7626]

In effetti io mi dispiaccio per coloro che non sono capaci di ascoltare Bach fino in fondo perché a loro rimarrà per sempre ignota questa incredibile sensazione

[@mbk4700]

Bellissimo. x

[@worldatmyfingertips7764]

Beautiful music!! I'm in tears! Completely music-drunk...

[@mbk4700]

Yup.

[@chrisantoniou4366]

I know exactly how you feel!

[@jogomez1988a]

Años y años y así seguiré escuchando a este maestro y siempre le encuentro algo nuevo. Grandioso.

[@flemmingranch8777]

Rigtig dejlig orgelkoncert festlig farverig fuld af energi, så man bliver helt forpustet. Fint...........

[@antontwee]

Ton Koopman U blijft nummer 1 op de wereld wat muziek maken betreft voor mij zowieso - Al is J. S. Bach dood Ik vind dat je wel degelijk vergeleken kan worden met deze Perfecte Muziek Meester uit de oudheid. Ik denk dat ik al zoveel van uw werken gehoord heb op muziek gebied, dat ik durf te zeggen dat U tot de betere vertolkers der Kerkorgels behoor ter wereld, Maar ook als dirigent bent U eigenlijk niet te evenaren (ik zou niet weten wie dan wel). Ik word altijd vrolijk als ik U hoor spelen op een van de orgels waar ook ter wereld. Wat mij betreft wordt u gigantisch oud, zodat de volgende generatie eindelijk inziet dat er meer is dan Bach, Mozart, Haydn en Beethoven. Mensen die dit ook lezen wat dacht u van ,onze eigen TON KOOPMAN om maar even als voorbeeld te noemen. Ik luisterd vaak 30 uur aan een stuk werken van u orgel kunst en moet toegeven dat het mij tot nu toe nog nooit tot verveling heeft gebracht. En dat het mij ook nooit zal gaan doen.ook Nou mijn complimentjes zijn voor nu althans op, en een te lange reactie gaat uiteindelijk wel vervelend worden. Maar ik meen wel wat ik allemaal hier boven schreef, zojuist. Tot laterrrrr

[@tallerindumega2115]

Sorprendente el poder del bajo: claro, limpio, contundente y desbordante, resuena hasta en las entrañas del alma.

[@esteban957]

this is just MAGNIFICENT! out of this world!

[@donmbarbagrigia4233]

Is halt Koopman - ein Weltklasseorganist par excellence!

[@marieclairemormile1122]

Aucun mot ne serait assez représentatif de cette merveilleuse interprétation .la musique réunit les êtres car son langage est UNIVERSEL

[@rolandheintz8052]

Tolle Aufnahme! Geniale Musik.

[@didierribot2520]

Impossible de s'en lasser !

[@MegaCirse]

Une babylonienne architecture sonore érigée par un humble et immense interprète.

[@pierreboulenger7940]

un véritable virtuose et de plus je me régale de la registration qui nous permet de vivre ce majestueux instrument comme si nous étions en ces lieux prestigieux animépar un merveilleux artiste?quejeremercie chaleureusement

[@piouttoupi1641]

Une profondeur instrumentale comme j'en ai entendu rarement à l'orgue qui transcende l'âme indéniablement

[@korea_trip3603]

I'm so really really like it! So great and amazing!

[@Taoseno2007]

Amazing! Such beauty of Music!

[@raulreyes725]

Koopman = Just perfect¡

[@AlessioArcidiacono]

Vivaldi + Bach = Estasi divina.

[@twillertorganprojects]

Beautifully played by Ton Koopman with also a nice choice in the stops of this organ.

[@tomduggan51]

Thanks Riccardo, Very relaxing to listen to Ton's masterful playing!

[@johnstombres7343]

Totally AMAZING!!!

[@shouvquerx8895]

Es geht einfach so ab :D, perfekt interpretiert

[@manueldiaz1240]

¡Nunca me cansaría de oír a Bach en este maravilloso órgano!

[@bikerGL1800]

wath a great performance

[@philippegion370]

FABULEUX ! ! !

[@tom7601]

Beautiful!!!

[@jillgriffith5656]

WOW! Fabulous! Listening to this I feel like I am in the presence of God.

[@MaxMeloni]

no, you are in the presence of two human geniuses: Vivaldi & Bach.

[@davidgiles9802]

Bach was a christian and he did dedicate his pieces to the glory of God,you can absolutely tell there is something about his music that sings praises to the almighty and everlasting God

[@gjlander100]

Stunning galloping accelerando as the work progresses. Mr Koopman, you have "lift-off" in the last section. You're flying high. But most enjoyable.

[@mareknowak6421]

Bardzo ładne wykonanie, czysty dźwięk. Muzyka J.S. Bacha jest piękna. Made in Poland.

[@aborusscsilla]

Fantastisch!!!

[@rivermite1966]

Wow!

[@27Grenville]

Love it music 🎶❤❤❤❤

[@franciscoantonio4321]

El sonido es maravilloso, gracias.

[@ReginaMariaBdosSantos]

Estupendo!!!!!!

[@mvangest]

A marvellous interpretation

[@mvangest]

And on marvellous sounding organ.

[@furgwoldmagnoliamagnolia1926]

Joder este tio es de los mejores interoretes de organo q conozco...

[@robertgift]

Perfectempo! Wonderful energy.

[@thilopukall6181]

I looked long and hard for a similar recording of Bachs 594 and could not find any one that even came close to this one. This specific recording I could not find on Deezer or Spotify. If anyone knows a better (impossible) or similar recording of this piece please let me know.

[@oleajorn]

gran brio!

[@drbertus1]

I love it

[@raulreyes3480]

Die veste Version auf der ganzen Welt!

[@robertomarelli9640]

Bach ha inserito le note che a Vivaldi sono sfuggite !!!! Mi piace come la Toccata Adagio e Fuga BWV 564..

[@Dertraz]

15:40 headbang all the way

[@isaiahbaggett5014]

🤘🏾

[@thethikboy]

Such joy isn't possible unless you're on singing term with angels

[@michaelwisse9284]

Goed en in een oprecht tempo

[@НатальяЧеркасова-ь5е]

Действительно, у каждого органа свой характер. В этой записи орган мощный, с "мужским" звучанием. Запись интересна моно-звучанием.Один орган. И великий Бах. И этого вполне достаточно для меломанского удовольствия. Спасибо.

[@gabrielebecucci1190]

Inebriante ! Un'amplesso.

[@cotton-headedninnymuggins9797]

Those are some legit intimidating pipes! I know it's blasphemy but I'd love to tickle those keys for even just a minute! I'd lose myself in acoustics and history and die a happy man!

[@jimanianortonified7015]

Beautiful organ and beautiful organ case. What's the reason for the boring glass eyed piers? why not make the style of the piers agree with the rest of the building?

[@nicovanderlaan]

4 grootheden: Vivaldi,Bach, Koopman, Schnitger: indrukwekkend!!

[@antontwee]

Hij is goed hé ?

[@StevenKnieriem]

Grandioos!

[@cliveso]

Coming back to this recording again, and once again struck by how this compares with Enrico Onofri's approach.

[@eduardovarela479]

¡ Qué sublimidad de tonalidades armoniosas ! Me siento como si el mismo Dios me raptase hacia el séptimo cielo de la beatitud.

[@heliohidraulico1268]

Grandioso ;)

[@didierribot2520]

Un pur délice

[@prassitelexk4336]

non plus ultra, soli DEO Gloria!!!

[@lucasmiro8329]

NÃO EXISTE COMPOSITOR IGUAL JOHAN SEBASTIAN BACH !! ÚNICO !!

[@enzogatti8627]

Non dimenticare Vivaldi......

[@petikkozak6049]

Normally, the original music is the best, and other versions for different instruments are not that great. But here we have the opposite situation: the original piece RV 208 by Vivaldi for strings sucks, and this organ version by Bach is absolutely marvelous!

[@davidgriffiths7215]

+Petik Kozak I completely agree but on the other hand it's hard to imagine any piece of music not being improved by Bach's intervention!

[@Luboman411]

+Petik Kozak Like David Griffiths said, Bach improves an original piece. So the fact that RV 208 sounds much better under his able hands does not surprise me one bit. Now I'm curious to hear RV 208 once I'm done with yet another wonderful masterpiece by Bach I have not experienced (this keeps happening on a regular basis, by the by, and I couldn't be happier).

[@bb1111116]

Petik Kozak; it’s strange. “RV 208 ... sucks”? Bizarre. Take away what Vivaldi had written & there is no composition by Bach. And if RV 208 sucks, then why did Bach transcribe it (along with 10 other Vivaldi works)? Bach was a genius. He picked out good music to transcribe.

[@MartinRagula]

@bb1111116 I totaly agree... It has to be very very hard to say "It sucks" about something written by such master like Vivaldi admired by another master Bach. They definitelly were respectful of each other.

[@BorsosGabor2023]

Bach&Vivaldi+Organ ! Barock Feast...

[@jonhoward180]

Brilliant. This is my favourite Bach organ work. I still think the definitive recording is by Simon Preston though.

[@chrisantoniou4366]

Agree 100%!

[@tolick01]

+ Jhr. Humphrey; Amazing

[@PavaDK]

Баховские шедевры. Инструмент и его музыка говорят. Рассказывают. О жизни Судьбах Горестях. Бедах. Любви. Предательствах Обо всем. Каждая нотка говорит. Бах ---это подарок грешникам -нам от Властелина Галактик. Творца. Чтобы мы услышали музыку Неба. Аминь !!!!

[@y11971alex]

You could really hear the 32' principals at the beginning!

[@robertomarelli3683]

va ascoltata più spesso Ti rigenera ...

[@qlnjrsfrqw7323]

at 12:15 That's my favourite part ! ! !

[@MaxMeloni]

this concerto is a dream

[@KarolSzymański-m8r]

I nead verry goood so much organ church is olso taste good .

[@c-historia]

wow!!! :D

[@edmundnschrag]

He really is the Ton Loc of the Baroc

[@alexdesslin]

cool !

[@gerardscholte6591]

Wat ben ik blij dat ik dicht bij Groningen bij woon... ..

[@2605belgium]

Dan hebt U veel gelluk.

[@JanWapenveld]

Dan heb je zeker geluk. Ik ben laatst naar de Noord-Nederlandse orgeldag geweest. Ik heb de orgels bezocht in Uithuizermeeden, Uitbuizen, Farnsum en Krewerd. Wat een orgelrijkdom hebben jullie daar. Binnenkort naar de Schnitger in de Martini. Op orgelrijkdom gaat er niets boven Groningen.