Sietze de Vries, improvisation Herzlich tut mich verlangen

[@corzwart2710]

Onvoorstelbaar knap geïmproviseerd!

[@jantimmerman4099]

Fabulous way of improvising and also very impressive was the fugue!!

[@Luca-organist]

The variation at 9:58 is totally mind blowing...

[@nathanbanks2354]

I had a high school music teacher say that no one except maybe Bach could improvise a fugue. She had never heard Sietze de Vries play (21:30).

[@gambe96]

Or Michel Chapuis ! Many people have been known to improvise fugues and many have been recorded. I heard a 20 year old organist improvise a basic fugue on the spot ! Not impossible when you practice.

[@JoshuaSobel]

Honestly it's not that hard to improvise a basic fugue, once you've played enough, and once you have a good understanding of figured bass/continuo. Going from 3 to 4 voices is a bit harder, and making sure your countersubjects are consistent can also be a little bit of a challenge, depending on how complicated they are. I think that any keyboard can be trained to improvise fugue, and honestly at the college level, they probably should be.

[@rafalrzeszut8772]

​@@JoshuaSobel😮😮😮

[@MrGiorgioFederico]

The brother in law of my neighbour can also improvise fugues in the style of Bach, so it happens

[@lionelhill41]

It's sort of embarrassing for all concerned, but if Bach and de Vries had both gone for the same cantorship in 18th C Germany, it's pretty hard to say who'd have landed the job.

[@sietzedevries6159]

😅

[@ginadutschke7102]

I am a great fan of your improvisations Sietze. Is there any chance that they will be transcribed for purchase? Especially this one!