Performed by Alexander Sevastian in Wheaton College in 2012 Classical accordion
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@beaufighter245 Жыл бұрын
As an organist, who appreciates the work and effort needed to play this piece, this is outstanding.
@yvesd_fr1810 Жыл бұрын
Agreed !
@organisten Жыл бұрын
Agree. Except, as an organist myself, who appreciate* the work and effort needed to play this piece, and who use* the language somewhat pedantically, knowing the subject for appreciating (and indeed using) is "I" and not "organist", I do not talk of an organist who appreciates (because that would be another organist, and third person).
@beaufighter245 Жыл бұрын
@@organisten what??🤯
@organisten Жыл бұрын
@@beaufighter245 You wrote, "as an organist, who appreciates the work....". The subject of the sentence is "I", even though the pronoun is omitted. You would not write, "I appreciates". You would write "I appreciate". In effect you are saying "(I) as an organist, who appreciate...". The subject of the sentence is NOT "organist". "Organist" is what you are, which in this sentence is the omitted first person "I" since you are speaking to us.
@beaufighter245 Жыл бұрын
@@organisten I think you need to get out more fella😏.
@VoiceOfReasonXXX9 ай бұрын
I clicked on this as a joke. You know, Bach and accordion? By the end, I was almost in tears.
@Global_Epicurean2 ай бұрын
It's not an accordion
@ChristyGrose-gp2mf2 ай бұрын
A very gifted guy, gone too soon, BUT he was gone because The Lord took him home, and that not so bad in the big picture. He gave him a gift to give others and he did it beautifully...... Thank you Alex..... You are missed. I do hope you are helping out with the heavenly choir and such groups up there. My very best to you! Thank you for leaving this video for us all to love!!!!
@marcelo90z17 күн бұрын
If you think about it, an accordion is a portable organ, on the way it functions. Which is why it is so fitting to the instrument
@anthonytaylor923213 күн бұрын
@@Global_Epicurean Ok, so it's not. So then why don't you chip in with some additional information and explain exactly what it is, or is that beneath you?
@Global_Epicurean13 күн бұрын
@@anthonytaylor9232 )))) they don't pay me for curing other people ignorance
@Drmelfrank9 ай бұрын
He was born in Minsk. He moved to Canada as a young man and became a Canadian citizen. Unfortunately he passed away from heart disease at age 41 in 2018....... Too young. I am grateful for video and recordings so that we can still enjoy his talent and skill.
@54mhooper3 ай бұрын
Poop
@drmullan3 ай бұрын
This makes me so sad.
@DelbertzOsborne3 ай бұрын
Knowing that beings to tears. Such a loss. ❤
@sergeyprimachenko25062 ай бұрын
It's very sad what Canada does to creative people. But he could have lived and created.
@massimocallegari48982 ай бұрын
😢
@timw43839 ай бұрын
There are some ridiculously talented people in this world.
@mljcab1 Жыл бұрын
If I had not been able to see the instrument he was playing, I would have visualized a pipe organ in a cathedral. What a full beautiful sound. The musicianship of this performance was outstanding. Amazing performance.
@lenaccarlsson Жыл бұрын
Same thought here.
@JordiH69 Жыл бұрын
Have you heard a pipe organ in a cathedral? This is amazing, but not the same.
@appaloosa42 Жыл бұрын
Yep. Its kinda hard to carry around a full array of pipes and keyboards! Kudos not only to Alexander… but to whoever designed that magnificent instrument!
@jimbrown9885 Жыл бұрын
I closed my eyes at one point to imagine hearing the difference. Cognitive dissonance for sure!
@sBaum Жыл бұрын
Well said
@TheDigitalWatcher8 жыл бұрын
I didn't realize how much an accordion could sound like a pipe organ until now. This is gorgeous. I am floored.
@akanhakan3 жыл бұрын
It is not an accordion. It is a bayan.
@zyonetv2 жыл бұрын
Accordion IS an Organ Instrument, just like harmonica and bagpipe
@antoniolukinidi5195 Жыл бұрын
@@akanhakan на Западе баян называют кнопочным аккордеоном - button akkordion.
@SmokeyTube Жыл бұрын
@@akanhakan no one west of st.petersburg calls it that.
@janscorpio2323 Жыл бұрын
@@SmokeyTube in Italia si chiama fisarmonica a tastiera cromatica.
@kyleyee59633 ай бұрын
Bach would have loved hearing this more than any of us now listening. Truly a maestro .
@tomalophicon2 ай бұрын
Prove it
@simoncardie9371Ай бұрын
@@tomalophiconAny reason for that comment? Boredom? Lonely? Or just got an inferiority complex?
@tomalophiconАй бұрын
@@simoncardie9371 I am simply an empiricist.
@simoncardie9371Ай бұрын
@@tomalophicon Read 'pretentious'. You know there's no proof. The man is saying what he imagines Bach would possibly think. There doesn't need to be facts. It's an opinion.
@tomalophiconАй бұрын
@@simoncardie9371 prove it
@AAK19547 күн бұрын
Let me have 20 fingers, instead of ten... and I'll challenge him . Young outstanding musicians to keep Bach alive. Thanks.
@jamesroseii Жыл бұрын
Wow. He really pulled out all the stops for this one, didn't he. This is probably one of the most outstanding versions of this I have ever heard. Sounds so organ like.... absolutely beautiful.
@stephanieellis5399 Жыл бұрын
@@stacer1962I was just going to say the same.
@Garrett754 Жыл бұрын
Hehe all the stops😂 like on an actual organ
@jamesroseii Жыл бұрын
@@Garrett754 lol I'm glad you got that!!
@johna.5953 Жыл бұрын
Pun intended?
@jamesroseii Жыл бұрын
@@johna.5953 Absolutely.
@RMR1 Жыл бұрын
Such an immense talent and an equally immense loss. RIP Alexander Savastian, 1976-2018.
@alitlweird Жыл бұрын
Well, that’s fu-cking sad news to learn. ☹️💔
@jimmyguitar2933 Жыл бұрын
Wow you just ruined my joy. 😢
@renatonehring7648 Жыл бұрын
Como uma flor esplendorosa, esse rapaz teve sua passagem lindamente registrada entre nós e se foi. Meu respeito imenso por sua digníssima competência como artista.
@artiefount Жыл бұрын
So saddened to hear this, but he lived with the satisfaction of having mastered this wonderful work of Bach
@privateaccount1278 Жыл бұрын
THE LORD CALLED BACK HIS MUSICIAN-IT WAS JUST AN INSTANT FOR US AND ETERNITY FOR CREATOR
@sandydimond3363 Жыл бұрын
I studied devotedly as a young accordionist. It's an amazing and completely underrated instrument. This brought tears to my 80 year old eyes. Thank you for bringing this amazing performance to life again ❤
@stevekake33593 ай бұрын
Can you explain how the instrument works, what are his left and right hand doing, and when he pushes one button more buttons go down.
@thorbjrnhellehaven57663 ай бұрын
@@stevekake3359I'm not an expert, but can give some answers. Left and right are independent. If more buttons go down, it can be either that two buttons are linked to allow playing the same note from different positions, or one button can be linked with multiple buttons to allow multiple notes with one button. There are many different types of accordeon, with different layouts that can be easier and more difficult to play, as well as specialized to be more suitable for specific types of music.
@stevekake33593 ай бұрын
@@thorbjrnhellehaven5766 Thanks for the response.
@29rbs8 ай бұрын
Rest in peace, Mr. Sasha Sevastian... you were appreciated and you are missed.
@WMHinsch Жыл бұрын
I'm amazed at how few compromises were necessary to adapt this amazingly complex piece to accordion. He truly mastered an often-hated instrument to show what it was capable of in the right hands.
@jameswyatt1304 Жыл бұрын
The experts make it look easier. Amazing talent developed into amazing skill and mixed with insight to a wonderful performance.
@Brynnthebookworm Жыл бұрын
I've never seen an accordion that looks like that before. I had no idea it was capable of this sort of performance.
@user-mh3pq6db8d Жыл бұрын
@@Brynnthebookworm it's not an accordion, it's a bayan (or gurmon'). a variety, popular in Russia. I hope the translator brought to you what I wanted to say:)
@Brynnthebookworm Жыл бұрын
@@user-mh3pq6db8d Interesting, thank you!
@slwankaedbey775 Жыл бұрын
Often-hated... I think that view is in the US only. With its various shapes of manufacturing, its sound is widely appreciated in a lot of countries
@samrodian919 Жыл бұрын
I've never heard a Bach organ piece played on an Accordion before and as an ex organ builder my thoughts are that, that was bloody fantastic ! This young man is a virtuoso of his chosen instrument. Excellent playing and the transcription is fantastic also.
@michaelcorrigan65779 ай бұрын
Truly a savant
@thatfeeble-mindedboy9 ай бұрын
Brilliant… casts a completely new and different light on this instrument. Sometimes hearing a piece of music in a slightly unorthodox context can bring forward delightful and previously unheard aspects, much like a richly-faceted jewel stone reveals a new face with the slightest change in viewing angle. A further indication of true artistic genius, regardless of what particular media communicates it.
@thatfeeble-mindedboy9 ай бұрын
Imagine a missionary in early times’ first cognizance of a means to import such a “fixed” aspect of European “high church” into the most remote and primitive corners of the earth; NOT from a 64 foot pipe, but an instrument the size and weight of a suitcase, in the right hands, can perform just such a miracle, and both savanna and jungle may now be graced with everything from Handel’s “Messiah” to appropriate accompaniment for “Adeste Fidelis”… A game-changer by any definition.
@andydunn56733 ай бұрын
@@michaelcorrigan6577yes I was feeling that also
@user-hv8vg2qf5z8 ай бұрын
Почитал комменты и узнал, что музыкант ушел в мир иной и мне хочется плакать от этой несправедливости.Почему те, кто дарит свет, добро, красоту уходят так рано...
@user-xm1co2yk8d6 ай бұрын
Потому,что им надо много где побывать ещё.
@srb30a4 ай бұрын
I am speechless. This man is insanely talented I am an organist. I can’t play even longer because of my Parkington but when I was younger, I played this page often and I have to say I’m not sure that he doesn’t play better than I did.
@user-yb8jx7ji5c3 ай бұрын
Потому что тональность этого мира не совпадает с тональностью тех, кто способен пронести в мир высокие вибрации. А всякая шваль, которая способна нести разрушение в музыке и не только, могут гробить свое тело различными веществами и жить до старости, неся смрад
@user-wj3vv1tw9o3 ай бұрын
Fratello perché invece non pensi che l'Onnipotente lo ha chiamato a Sé per ascoltare della Buona Musica? Comunque moriremo tutti ma la destinazione finale la scegliamo noi con le nostre azioni e preghiere non certo con le chiacchiere frivole e vuote che ci ripetono ogni giorno. Lui Adesso è nella Luce
@soniasaldarriaga51663 ай бұрын
Because He already accomplish what He came to do on Earth 🙏✨🦋💖
@oilman17589 ай бұрын
Beautifully played and you would believe Bach wrote it for the Accordion. I never heard anyone play the Accordion like Alexander. Sad that I read he passed away. Your music will live forever.
@tatianaauramenka10889 ай бұрын
Это не аккардион, это БАЯН.
@danabartholomew30819 ай бұрын
A bayan is a type of accordion, as is a concertina and a bandoneon. Just say squeezebox.@@tatianaauramenka1088
@hans-jrgenbjrnstad91809 ай бұрын
He was too good for this world.
@corretorabeatriz67236 ай бұрын
Com certeza, o que faria Bach se conhecesse tão belo instrumento...
@John-wg6xw3 ай бұрын
Beyond wonderful! No dumb "Polkas" for THIS guy!
@grahambunton377 Жыл бұрын
I have seen this played on massive church organs where the organist reads from sheet music, can see the keys and doesn't have to worry about keeping the air pressure up all the time. This performance is brilliant.
@tennisbum3686 Жыл бұрын
Off the charts!
@kenhoughton2594 Жыл бұрын
This probably would have topped my list of "things that musicians cannot do." Speechless with awe and admiration.
@narmale Жыл бұрын
pfft... as great as this was... its nothing... look up accordions through the fire and flames
@genericnameinc Жыл бұрын
@@narmalewhy disrespect on this amazing performance? Also, this piece is so much more complex than through the fire and flames, shows that you have very little clue. If you want to compare it to something, then maybe to the amazing Vivaldi renditions on the same instrument. Fire and flames may be fast, but it's infinitely easier to play than handling the delicacy, multiple voices and intricate harmonies of pieces like these.
@oculusangelicus89788 ай бұрын
To do this piece on an organ is challenging enough but to do it on an accordion is totally amazing! He passed away while on tour in Mexico, from a massive Heart attack, and he was still so young. He was 41yo when he passed, February 16, 2018. When young People have heart attacks, they more often than not, pass away, something that to this day puzzles medical science. Heart attacks for the young are deadly occurrences. This man was very gifted, and the musical world lost a very talented musician when he died. Rest in Peace Alexander, you are missed.
@brianlopez88559 ай бұрын
As a pianist I can appreciate that so much of his fingering is in an extraordinary muscle memory and physical reach needed. Once located on the keys, he never needs to see, he can literally "feel" the music... Incredible playing.
@user-ly3hd7zz4s7 ай бұрын
I am an accordionist who is in my last year at a music school. We are forbidden to look at the keyboard.
@brianlopez88557 ай бұрын
Fascinating. Pianists are allowed to do so, but it should never be essential or routine, just the odd reference check.@@user-ly3hd7zz4s
@supafrogg258 Жыл бұрын
This guy is excellent. Bach himself would have shook his hand! I was just able to sit back and enjoy the wonderful music! So glad I played this video!
@andrewspleasurepalace Жыл бұрын
Pretty sure he’d have a good idea what was going on just by listening and looking at it.
@hlcepeda Жыл бұрын
RIP, Sasha. (Passed away in 2018.) 😭
@PaulineFaithways Жыл бұрын
I bet he did!
@richardsimons3891 Жыл бұрын
@@user-or2sf7xl6m where can I get recordings of his performances? He's incredible!🥰🇱🇷💕⭐🌈
@davidelliott584310 ай бұрын
You Tube.
@ronscott87084 жыл бұрын
Heard him play this live several years ago. I play the piano accordion in a very beginner fashion, and dragged my poor wife to this accordion concert. He opened with Toccata and Fugue in D minor. When the first chord was struck, my wife sat up and was enthralled for the rest of the concert. She said, "I never knew the accordion could sound so good!"
@steriopticon2687 Жыл бұрын
Practice, man, practice.
@tano1747 Жыл бұрын
Harsh
@gloriagarrison8055 Жыл бұрын
Have played piano accordion since 1955 age 10 Stancato School of Accordion still play. A lot more than " Lady of Spain!" Amazed at the button keyboard. Enjoy your music.
@johncampbell3912 Жыл бұрын
That must have hurt.
@Bobbyo602 күн бұрын
A young master of his instrument!! It broke my heart when I read he died in 2018 at the age of 41.
@awh27106413 күн бұрын
Isn't it just amazing! Someone, somewhere, sometime ago, invented an instrument that eventually developed into what we see here, and that so many want to play, but only a handful have learnt to the skill of this guy. Blows me away this, it really does!
@robertshrewsbury5067 Жыл бұрын
What an excellent musician. We are lucky that recordings exist so he can still be known.
@cymbala6208 Жыл бұрын
Has he passed away? 😟
@robertshrewsbury5067 Жыл бұрын
@@cymbala6208 That was what was indicated.
@Mordecrox Жыл бұрын
"Lucky". _monkey's paw curls a finger_ We have recordings of a castratio. I would consider those extremely cursed.
@strangelee4400 Жыл бұрын
@@Mordecrox I saw a few at the pride parade.
@warrenmixon Жыл бұрын
He was handed this instrument and said to himself "I will learn this instrument to the best of it's ability, not mine"
@seikibrian86413 ай бұрын
* Its ability. ("It's" is a contraction of "it is.")
@djhatcher673 ай бұрын
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!
@JoelML410432 ай бұрын
@@seikibrian8641 doesn’t really matter because we all knew what they were saying.
@pvk19782 ай бұрын
Лучшее исполнение из всех возможных. Пусть душа твоя упокоится с миром, Саша.
@sport7137 күн бұрын
Unglaublich ich hätte nie gedacht das man solche Töne aus einem Arcordeon spielen kann 🤩
@patriciaolowney4910 Жыл бұрын
As a professional musician, this was NOT what I expected. I am FLABBERGASTED listening to this young man! His technique, his dynamics, his "interpretation" of this piece is above reproach. Someone his age--on an accordion, no less!! If he has, in fact, passed--He's not just with God, he's with Bach!! Unbelievable. 😢
@Cokercole8 ай бұрын
He was older than he looked. 42
@SharonCullenArt Жыл бұрын
Holy cow. I’ve never heard an accordion played so well. As a harpist I know I have to go by hand shape to find strings and rely on muscle memory to get my hands placed properly on the strings. His hands were utterly amazing. Wow! Excellent! ❤ I understand from comments that this young man has since passed away. How sad.
@alexanderz7728 Жыл бұрын
It is not an accordion, it is a bayan. Russian instrument.
@alexandrestocchetti-zn8nf Жыл бұрын
Oh, je lis vous lis et apprend sa mort alors que je le découvre à l'instant. Quel tristesse. Il joue divinement bien. C'est nul parfois la vie. Vraiment nul.
@cchavezjr7 Жыл бұрын
@@alexanderz7728 a bayan IS an accordion
@user-sm9yp7gb8z Жыл бұрын
Жги-Братан...
@alexanderz7728 Жыл бұрын
@@cchavezjr7 A bayan IS NOT an accordion. There are mostly three different instruments like this, they are: Russian Harmoinica, Russian Bayan and Accordion (Europian like German, French etc.). I mean the more famous instruments. Yes, it is exists a lot of kind of harmnonicas, but not so famous in orchestral and camera music. And all these instruments sound very different. Not the same, by the way.
@adladl4276Ай бұрын
Only 2 hands, 10 fingers for so many keys he can't even see ! That was absolutely amazing.
@janetritchie74999 ай бұрын
Incredibly beautiful! This ia a virtuoso performance. May this gifted musician RIP. It is a shame that we lost him so young.May he be playing for God and the angels.
@bob_btw6751 Жыл бұрын
I had no idea that this piece could be performed on an accordian with such skill. Absolutely wonderful!
@lennartswenson2690 Жыл бұрын
A special accordion with buttons on both sides!...
@andrewspleasurepalace Жыл бұрын
Bruh… lol
@west_park7993 Жыл бұрын
Yes, o! Yes. Gerald Durrell wrote in his books, that when they lived on Corfu, his brother, Lawrence Durrell, had visitors all the time. One of them brought accordion, and performed Bach on it.
@west_park7993 Жыл бұрын
@@lennartswenson2690 Not so special. this is popular in Russia and Germany too. It is called "Russian Garmonic". When Russians advanced in Germany they came across a factory for this instrument. guess what happened next...
@mbotsaris Жыл бұрын
It is great. I also hear this on a cello, fantastic
@gyp3xp486 жыл бұрын
Alexander, your music will live forever. I am so sorry to hear you left this world during a tour of Mexico in February 2018. The accordion world mourns. I just wish the general public would finally recognise the wonderful abilities of the truly amazing classical accordion. Paul
@RichardCook-yi2jk3 ай бұрын
My dad repaired organs so I heard them a lot. This is the best performance on the accordion I have ever heard. Brought back good memories. Thank you!
@jperickson77376 ай бұрын
Who dares deny the imago dei before such a sight... 2 wooden boxes, connected by a slinky like tube, made to sing polyphony. This is remarkable and wondrous. Made my Sunday.
@aljmann3 ай бұрын
👏😇
@counterflow5719 Жыл бұрын
I hear things in this rendition that i never heard when played on the organ. Masterful. Almost flawless, seemingly effortless.
@Twobarpsi Жыл бұрын
Almost?
@masterlangtau Жыл бұрын
@@Twobarpsi0:35
@counterflow5719 Жыл бұрын
@Twobarpsi is there any level above almost flawless? Is 100% flawless even possible? I guess there could be "virtually flawless", which means there are flaws but so few that we will ignore them.
@davemcddd Жыл бұрын
WOW! I never even thought about playing Tocatta on an accordion, and I'm absolutely blown away by this performance!
@nlwilson4892 Жыл бұрын
There's a good reason for not thinking of it, it would be bloody difficult, especially on a button accordion.
@nicolabullough8346 күн бұрын
Toccata and Fugue is permanent member of my top ten pieces of music. Okay an accordion cannot reach the deep bass notes of a pipe organ, but this is amazing, the phrasing, was superb and I’m no expert,this person is a master of their instrument, wow!
@courag17 ай бұрын
He is BRILLIANT, Genius! Never seen an accordion like this! He played this flawlessly and with emotion! What a way to spend ringing in the New Year!
@3870TheDad Жыл бұрын
This was the most fantastic rendition of this beloved piece of music ever. WOW, as a former music major I can say this with fervor.
@miraposajehano4309 Жыл бұрын
Never care for accordion music....but this is not polka, that is Bach and when you can play Bach on an accordion, you earn my respect. Congratulations to this young man.
@Cyannah117Күн бұрын
Wow! This hard enough to play on an organ, yet he is playing accordion??? Phenomenal! The sound was sublime.
@airbornerootsb74836 күн бұрын
One of the best pieces of music ever performed
@Michael-hm8cs Жыл бұрын
He does justice to one of the greatest pieces of music ever written
@fingling86 жыл бұрын
I am just flabbergasted that anyone could play this so well and seemingly effortlessly. I'd never heard of him, but CBC Radio Two just played him on Shift to announce that this fellow died suddenly last week at 41 years! Just, wow. What a genius player.
@davecorbin5088 Жыл бұрын
What a shame. 😢
@cymbala6208 Жыл бұрын
OMG... that's sad...
@DwightTrimble Жыл бұрын
Died. Suddenly... Sigh.... Nothing to see here
@Cyannah117Күн бұрын
Can we all just appreciate just how phenomenal this is? This young man is totally in the zone, playing by the heart and from the soul. This piece is difficult enough on an organ but on an accordion….the skill required to key both sides as well as squeeze in such a precise way to bring all those sounds out…% pure art!!! ❤
@user-ql7oo5mp4r Жыл бұрын
Звучание регистрового баяна в исполнении Александра насколько идентично со звучанием органа! Это талант от Бога!!! До чего же потрясающе сыграл!👍👍👍👍👏👏👏К большому сожалению, его уже нет.Земля ему пухом!
@Shaingmanght11 ай бұрын
Как нет? Что случилось?
@t.me_s_petizioni_22209 ай бұрын
@@ShaingmanghtUn altro commentatore ha scritto:
@lukelacroix7921 Жыл бұрын
This young mans prowess with this instrument is mesmerizing! It’s one of my most favorite organ pieces. To see it played on an accordion totally makes me smile and gives me goose bumps at the same time! Outstanding performance is such an understatement! Bravo Bravo Bravo!!!!!
@bellyjewel Жыл бұрын
I didn’t even know you could get sound like this out of an accordion. Incredible performance!
@user-rd5op1op1s Жыл бұрын
Это баян
@gbfraser921Күн бұрын
Most marvelous! Most fantastic! Most wonderful! Thanks for broadening my horizons of the instruments that can perform Bach's Taoccata and Fugue! Your brilliance will be sorely missed! RIP.
@patrick386417 сағат бұрын
He is not only a gifted accordion player but also an excellent specialist in petting 👍
@kirnpu Жыл бұрын
My mind is really having trouble accepting that this piece is being played on an accordion. All I can visualize is a pipe organ. This is just stupendous!!!
@n8-cre8s95 Жыл бұрын
The accordion is such a bizarre instrument and yet it sounded like this was played on a full church organ. This was very impressive! Well done!
@DanWebb_BoomerManDan3 күн бұрын
‘Twas brillig… I memorized Jabberwocky when I was younger, but to play that via memory was fantastic. Then, he did it with passion and heart. Never will I look at that instrument unkindly again!
@andreapfaff1517 Жыл бұрын
Wow, ich bin zutiefst beeindruckt wie unbeschreiblich schön sich diese Komposition von J.S. Bach anhört und es könnte, selbst auf einer Orgel gespielt, nicht schöner klingen. Die Musik lässt spüren dass der Künstler eins ist mit seinem Instrument🤩👏🏻🥰…vielen Dank 🙏🏼für diese große Kunst 💫👼🏻✨👏🏻
@rapVCK Жыл бұрын
It was 5:00 in the morning, and I happened to stumble upon this wonderful musician, listened to his priceless rendition, read through some of the comments and listened again to this captivating piece by this brilliant musician just for good measure, thank you KZbin, you've really out done yourself this time... спасибо Александр
@filipemellomattos40579 ай бұрын
Me too 5:00 a.m. 😐😐
@albinoslug6789 ай бұрын
Same here.
@MrReeferRod Жыл бұрын
RIP Maestro Sevastian. You were, still are and will always be the greatest legend to grace the stage with your personal charisma and virtuosic talent in the accordion world ❤
@emiljai834610 ай бұрын
'😢
@alastairboles443710 ай бұрын
Very sad. Astonishing talent
@dominiquesechet17169 ай бұрын
Extraordinaire
@davidelliott58439 ай бұрын
Alexander Sevastian, 1976 - 2018 - (cause of death: cardiac arrest) He was 43. So very sad.
@michaelcorrigan65779 ай бұрын
Oh my. Nooooo
@hans-jrgenbjrnstad91808 ай бұрын
Music at its highest level
@BabyHoolighan3 күн бұрын
This is among my favorite presentations of Bach's Toccata and Fugue. I don't think I ever understood the dynamics of the composition until Alexandr. I think of Landowska's famous quote, "You play Bach your way, I will play him his way." This must be Bach's way.
@Anthony_Marquis Жыл бұрын
I never thought I'd see anyone top 'Weird' Al's accordion rendition of "Classical Gas". Bravo! Masterfully performed! Rest in peace.
@Thomas-fg1ds Жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Never thought that it might even be possible to get the sound from the Toccata squeezed out of an accordion... I'm speechless.
Words fail to describe the majesty of this worship to the Triune God
@moorandrey5971 Жыл бұрын
Шедевр. аплодирую стоя. Мы катимся в войну, мрак, безвкусие...этот мальчик для слышащих.
@tatiananekrasova3156 Жыл бұрын
Он такая умничка, гениальный ребенок! Спасибо родителям!!!!
@user-lg7oe3rs5c Жыл бұрын
Не торопись все случится в свое время! И неиначе!!!!
@teresakrupczynska3098 Жыл бұрын
NIESAMOWITY TALENT ....UWIELBIAM UTWORY S Bacha. ..Brswo cudny chłopcze Pozdrawiam z Polski ♥️🇵🇱♥️TERESA
@georgirmer6220 Жыл бұрын
Wer hier diese wunderbare Darbietung auch nur im Ansatz mit diesem vernlödeten Krieg in Verbindung bringt, hat die Kunst der Musik und die Schweinerei des Tötens nicht verstanden.
@mathiasaltmann385811 ай бұрын
Ach wie schön wenn dieser sinnlose Krieg beendet wäre. Diese Menschheit ist zu dumm um zu verstehen das Krieg nicht positives bringt. Diese Musik zeigt wie dumm diese Menschheit ist gegen diese himmlischen Klänge. Bitte beendet diese Schmach des verdammten Krieges und verträgt euch. Egal was geschehen ist es ist so nicht wieder gut zu machen. Dafür bete ich.❤❤❤
@osbourneburnett1849 жыл бұрын
A response to Jim Robin. This is one of the reasons why so many people are turned off classical musical and their out of touch and outdated supporters. Let other musicians play Bach ,Brahms and Chopin on their chosen instruments. This accordion player did a masterful performance on a demanding piece off music on a difficult instrument to master. There is nothing wrong in playing Bach on so called folk instruments. I would rather hear this piece played expertly on the accordion than being played in a mediocre way on the organ or piano.
@yksnimus4 жыл бұрын
Whos Jim Robin
@juamachin4 жыл бұрын
probably an old comment
@5610winston3 жыл бұрын
Not an accordion. It's a BAYAN. And I have heard the prelude from the famous violin partita played on a banjo.
@shelleyoxenhorn8332 жыл бұрын
There isn't anything wrong with playing Bach on a folk instrument but we outdated folks could do without your insults.
@franoyehudakolonomosmartin1378 Жыл бұрын
Bravo
@unknownperson24229 ай бұрын
I am saddened that I could not see him befor he passed. He was a great tallent and the world is lessened with his loss.
@colleenverdon63159 ай бұрын
I never realized how much the accordion sounds like an organ. Wow
@E-Kat Жыл бұрын
I would bet, it's humanly impossible to preform such complicated movements with our fingers; each hand independent of the other! I watch this and I still don't believe it. Such was his genius!! I've heard of his passing and this is such a loss to us all. RIP Alexander Sevastian ❤❤❤
@mikeguthrie5432 Жыл бұрын
Astonishing, absolutely astonishing! This young man playing this Bach piece seemingly effortlessly! A miniature organ in his hands. Bravo, bravo!
@metallives529 Жыл бұрын
He died at 42. He was 36 during this clip.
@mikeguthrie5432 Жыл бұрын
@@metallives529 I don't know if you are a God Loving man or not, But I. myself like to think we'll meet again over There, and he can thrill us all again with his masterful playing of his instrument.
@metallives529 Жыл бұрын
@@mikeguthrie5432 I was just stating that 36 really isn't a young man. Unless you are like 70 or older. As for the god thing i'll take the 5th..
@mikeguthrie5432 Жыл бұрын
@@metallives529 Well Sir , age is a relative thing for some of us. I'm 81, and boy what I wouldn't give to feel like 36 again. But I understand your point
@GreenIn638 ай бұрын
Лучшего исполнения на баяне этого великого произведения я не слышал! Браво!!!
@user-fs9xy1sr4b Жыл бұрын
Словами не передать. Восторг и почтение к исполнителю🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@hhairball9 Жыл бұрын
I am choked with emotion! Tears in my eyes, nose running... That was as close to perfection as you can get! Thank you!
@Ronie7929 ай бұрын
Me too
@connieLo87365 Жыл бұрын
Magnificent performance, RIP Alexandre knowing your music lives on.
@Wppk765 Жыл бұрын
Oh man, he passed?
@plasmaxer8 ай бұрын
KZbin needs a multi like button or an OHMYGOD button.
@peanut719685 күн бұрын
This is a “perfectly controlled EXPLOSION” of an artistically technical exercise in brilliance!
@user-li2bo1qt1b Жыл бұрын
I ❤ his playing of this piece. He’s opened my eyes to the potential of the accordion. I’m blown away by this tbh. I gave me tingles down my spine and through my whole body. He’s a true musician, what a star ⭐️
@foretb1162 Жыл бұрын
Sometimes YT surprises me. This is one of them...the dexterity of the musician in this video is amazing! Hours of practice went into the preparation of this performance. It's already a feat of mind over fingers and feet on an organ! This is awesome! To be played on a button accordion even more so. Loved every moment of this! The expression of dynamics was masterful!
@Schoepferin3 күн бұрын
Toll! Hätte icht gedacht, dass das Stück auf einer Ziehharmonika umsetzbar ist. Hammer!
@annelise1856 Жыл бұрын
Eine fantastische Darbietung. Hätte ich nur den Klang gehört, hätte ich die Orgel vor mir. Gottessegen...er ist J. S. Bach würdig. 🙏 🕯
@hatersgonnalovethis10 ай бұрын
Wenn man überelgt dass Bach erst 22 Jahre alt war als er dieses Meisterwerk schrieb.
@user-oj5uw6rn9w10 ай бұрын
Ausgezeichnet gespielt. Bravo, Alexander! Vielen Dank fuer das Spiel!
@professornuke7562 Жыл бұрын
I think I just saw a person worthy of the name Musician. Also I never saw an accordion like that before, so to the designer(s) and maker(s), you built a whole pipe organ into a fire bellows, and this bloke learned to play it. You all must have minds like spiral staircases. I don't even have words for how stunned this video left me. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
@Laurentdu593 ай бұрын
Imagine there was no video or KZbin. We would have had to wait to get to Heaven to hear him.
@user-kw7ur7rw6b23 күн бұрын
Out of this world playing. RIP. Alexander.💤
@iambossco Жыл бұрын
This is absolutely my favorite all-time Classical piece. I've heard it played on spinets, synthesizers, Pianos, and pipe organs. This is the first time I have ever heard it played on an accordion. It was not what I expected honestly. I was expecting it to sound similar to a polka, but no, It had the clarity of a pipe organ. I am truly amazed at this man's talent and skill.
@gregzoller90037 күн бұрын
He was so good at this, God couldn’t wait for him-and called him home early. 🥲
@kermitefrog64 Жыл бұрын
His technique is genius and he plays with passion 👏.
@TimHollingworth Жыл бұрын
Amazingly brilliant musicianship! As an accordionist myself, as a 12 year old kid I got as far as grade 3 (on a 120 bass Horna) and I am in total awe watching this. I so appreciate the bellows control this guy has, not to mention the massive array of buttons that he is total master of! 😅 Just brilliant...
@SirGalaEd Жыл бұрын
Could not have said it better!
@samantua6 ай бұрын
Как можно это всё запомнить и исполнить! Не промазать ни по одной кнопке, которые расположены так близко, да на такой скорости! Нет слов! Браво!
@user-mt5bb4sl9m4 ай бұрын
всего лишь 20 лет отдать любимому инстументу по 8 часов в день и вуаля, не считая таланта
@user-zu2mi7je9d3 ай бұрын
Wow wow wow. How a human being can play with so much talent. Just notes, just rythm, just speed... Extreme beautiful lesson of life. You merit applause during one hour long. Wow !
@pattis847 Жыл бұрын
I am seriously impressed! Who would have thought anyone could render such a fine performance of Bach on an accordion? Magnificent!
@roberthigbee3260 Жыл бұрын
Accordion to music lovers, this is the most well played Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor ever!
@jayr526 Жыл бұрын
Nice word play!
@bpnsirdiealot10 сағат бұрын
Tons of respect young man.
@kenolson30649 ай бұрын
This performance on a forgotten instrument brought me to tears.
@andrewjones6693 Жыл бұрын
In my 62 years of existence, this was the first time that accordion music gave me chills! Well done, Alexander! 🪗👏
@brucemills6558 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely fabulous. Musical Complexity flawlessly executed by a true Maestro of his instrument. Bravo Alexander.
@notmyworld44 Жыл бұрын
A previous commenter said this wonderful young man died at age 41. Sad!
@jeancamoin86204 күн бұрын
MAGNIFIQUE !! Bravo l'Artiste....💙💛🧡
@zmarturnin4 күн бұрын
Tears and goosebumps at the same time
@KoRjIK-w2z Жыл бұрын
Я прекрасно осознаю что орган это монументальный инструмент и конкретно это произведение это мечта для прослушивания но то что исполнил Александр на баяне это не младший а действительно самобытный инструмент в руках истинного профессионала, великолепное исполнение, думаю и Бах бы оценил и инструмент и исполнение очень достойное, спасибо большое за прилив эндорфинов в кровь.
@user-rd5op1op1s Жыл бұрын
Так и орган и баян- духовые клавишные по сути извлечения звука. Бах на хорошем баяне и при хорошем исполнении для меня звучит не хуже органа.
@user-qk4yg5jb3o Жыл бұрын
,я31укк1ас все 4 вік піца від пива
@Ramulus2009 Жыл бұрын
Это аккордеон, кнопочный. А есть аккордеон клавишный. У баяна строй чуть другой, по данным википедий и прочих ресурсов.
@user-rd5op1op1s Жыл бұрын
@@Ramulus2009 огорчу вас, это баян и по грифу и по звучанию. Бах на аккордеоне так бы не звучал, хоть убейся. Заявляю вам, как человек с музыкальным образованием. Википедия- так себе ресурс. А впрочем, как хотите.
How was that even possible????? It takes enough effort with two hands and feet and even then I don't have to provide the wind, when playing!! Speechless with admiration!!
@mikenco Жыл бұрын
I love humans that can create these kind of eargasms with little more that simple tools and a SHIT-TON of practice.