Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 on pipe organ

Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 on pipe organ by Johann Sebastian Bach (composer and organist) 1685 to 1750. This particular piece of Bach's will always remind me of a spooky movie I saw many years ago starring the famous actor, Vincent Price.
Enjoy

[@gruvingal]

My Mother used to play this on a huge pipe organ in a Catholic church in Portland, OR where I grew up. She was a gifted pianist and organist. Being right there you get the entire feel of this beautiful work of Bach. It gives me tears just hearing it!

[@ilikezappa3268]

I am learning this on the bagpipes. It is a lifetimes work

[@ndasfalcon]

Yeah same here, my guy plays in front of a fire place, in a Germanic castle that’s tucked away on a snowy isolated mountain top. The music resonates so deeply that you can even hear it, just barely, in the windswept alpine forest below.

[@MrRicher44]

thanks, my mom will die in 4-6 months of the brest cancer and i can't not just stoping to listen this song . men life is short just enjoy today please.

[@KruspeFTW]

This fills me with happiness, even though it sounds so foreboding. My favorite piece of all time.

[@MrLeobosco]

It seems that Bach created so many great endings that he added all of them :')

[@jimballard1895]

beautifully done - especially great on pipe organ...........so much fuller and emotional

[@Vishkanya1]

BRILLIANT, EXCELLENT, GRANDIOSE, MAGNIFICENT. BACH IS GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[@josephhein9497]

The end always gets me.

[@darkiee69]

If I want to hear the best i stay on my side of the pond and listen to some of the beautiful baroque organs over here.

[@alaskanactressp30]

pipe organs, rule. you got that right. they are my favorite instruments. nothing can take the place of the pipe organ in quality and sound. this organ here is WOW! BEAUTIFUL!

[@FunNotNuts]

High on the windswept moors of England, the ocean raging below, wind tearing at the hair and a major feeling of craziness mixed with manic joy.....that's where I am....playing this magnificant instrument (as if I could).

[@donaldmackenzie9205]

Excellent

[@NeoTrggrTheGammer]

Still one of my favorite classical pieces such amazing music

[@53karlo]

kedvencem ...valahol itt szerettem meg az orgonát .meg a klasszikusokat ...

[@53karlo]

a kezdet-és a vég...

[@theswan153]

Love it! well I love huge pipe organ sound but Mr Bach has nailed this as number one on the pipe organ list

[@AD5GB]

Broken! Entirely by the photo of the Wurlitzer theater organ. J.S. Bach never had such a thing... Else, great pix, great console work!

[@bunnykingIII]

I remember seing Muse in Royal Albert Hall back in 2008. their guitarist/pianist/singer played the organ during one of their songs. and it was massive.

[@tslee]

The new world I must step in from now on.

[@jimamia77]

That organ with the corinthian columns looks like it could of been it's own building!

[@hardballget]

The greatest most brilliant instruments ever invented, I believe we peaked as humans long before computers for no computer could ever match the brilliance of the fore mentioned and the composers that accommodated them.

[@rancias]

impresive!!!

[@ThermalUnitAlpha]

There are certain pieces of music throughout history that exemplify the power and grandness of an instrument. I believe BWV 565 is a classic example of how awe inspiring the pipe organ can be in the hand of a gifted artist. @H0LLYW00DY I thank you for the video, and too the artist, I thank you for a wonderful performance. TUA

[@Jeitoo]

I always imagine a lone person in a dark stone castle playing this. Blame TV

[@pulzarmicrochip]

excelente

[@mypatoJM]

Majestic ... ... !

[@BostonPA62]

Beautiful!!

[@Renshen1957]

The Fugue's theme is taken from an F maj episode in a Fantasia in D minor by J. Pachelbel (JSB older brother's teacher and God Father to his older sister). The episode is quoted also in F maj episode in the Fugue. Bach's habit of quoting a famous composer's theme includes Andre Raison G minor Passaglia as source for the Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor No Autograph exists for either work of Bach however, no question as to C minor's work authenticity.

[@haakon83]

Hans-Andre Stamm's version rules. Check it on youtube, it's pretty close to perfection, as much for the interpretation as for the organ and the place's resonance.

[@irinayugiohfan]

beautiful song... ♥

[@llyndalee]

WOW Simply divine tyvm 4 sharing ♥~~~Linda

[@morganabbotts]

Masterpiece.

[@poetsgirl]

beautiful. bach wrote for and was owned by the church. it was written to inspire to God. Ihad to back peddle through the movie genre to learn this.

[@ThumpingThromnambular]

I've never seen such a fantastic organ with my own eyes. God never care much for material things, I'm sure I'd be happy to take it off his hands.

[@joseluisaguilarrodriguez8764]

Inconfundible este Estilo y la Gran Calidad Musical de Bach, es una de sus Obras monumentales para Organo, se asocia inmediatamente a conventos, iglesias, seminarios y monasterios y retiros idoneos para hacer Grandes Cosas en las Ciencias y las Artes, fuera del bullicio y la falsa sociedad!!!.

[@MetalMark9]

This is metal as hell. A lot of people criticize metal as being "just noise" and music of the devil. I'm not arguing that that isn't the case for some bands, but a good amount of them really parallel classical music. The similarity between darker, minor key pieces of classical music and metal is really close. If you disagree, type classical metal in the search box and watch "classical metal" by the band Perganum.

[@cmotherofpirl]

Excellent performance, the notes seem effortless

[@manictiger]

Heh, it takes two people to make it sound this correct.

And remember. The pipes that you can see are just the front ranks! There are around 4 more rows of ranks behind them!

[@Gundrs]

ok santa, Screw that iphone, i want a pipe organ now!

[@F0NIX]

Is it only me or was the bass in this recording very weak? I have a recording on a CD with much more bass. But nothing compares to be in a room with a real pipe organ, like a church, and this piece being played. On a good organ you can both feel and hear the lowest bass notes as well as all the other notes. And I just love it :) I get goose bumps on my arms every time I hear this piece being played on a pipe organ. It is absolutly my favorite Bach piece.

[@TheycallmeboriS]

My favorite part 2:59, of course is a wonderful organist, composer and piece.

@ozgood1x Look up the Royal Albert Hall organ. Biggest theatre organ in the UK with over 9000 pipes. Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote the Phantom of the Opera on that specific organ.

[@ozgood1x]

I get Chills everytime I hear this..... Pipe Organ RULES ! Vassar College Chapel has one that sounds Very Similar. Thanks Hollywoody :o)

[@sheena_rinko]

Oh very amazing♥♥

[@jrgoswick]

AGREED!

[@Renshen1957]

Yes, Eric the, first half, the second half isn't much use without the first. Iv'e played both works. Bach also wrote a number of fugues on themes by other composers: Albinoni, Jan Adams Reinken, J.C. Erselius, which was my point Bach writing Fugues on Themes as homage was a practice commented on by family members, the allegation that its a either a fake or wrongly attributed from the only copy that originates Johannes Ringk as Peter Williams maintains is without merit.

[@whst400]

Who is the artist and which organ is this masterful rendition being played on?

[@sablegeos]

Maravilloso

[@1TUBAMAGNA]

second largest pipe organ in the UK largest is in the Anglican cathedral at liverpool :)

[@nadezhdagotfrid5156]

charmante Musik, toller Sound, schön zu hören, große Stücke, und wer spielt die Orgel?

[@MrObscurantist]

The Music of Celestial Spheres

[@ThermalUnitAlpha]

@LetsBuyForks That depends much the region you are from; however, as I have learned it there are 2 accepted pronunciations (in English speaking societies). Where I am from I am most familiar with this one: Toc with a short o as in note, cata with a schwa as in harmony, and fugue as in feud with a g instead of a d. Hope this helps. TUA

[@MetalMark9]

Why is that an insult? I credit metal to introducing me masterpieces like this. It taught me to appreciate virtuosity and composition more than any other current music would have.

[@massimopilatone4178]

Beh, é il numero 1!!!

[@suryapratapsingh8090]

I learnt of the name of this piece from Dan Brown's Origin. I don't really know much about music but I have heard this before.

[@Cathain78]

@GoodbyeEbay Surely that can't be right. Such music must belong to humanity as a whole, not some souless corporation.

[@monstermax]

Don't forget the thunderstorm at night outside.

[@prydonian460]

And to think that a church once refused to hire Bach as their organist because they thought he couldn't play well enough !!

[@thomasninan4813]

prydonian460 they were baching up the wrong tree

[@MegaZsolti]

@galanteria0047 Nope, you are wrong. The best part is from 0:00 to 10:00.

[@renascence239]

I'm not christian but I love this instrument.

[@ozgood1x]

@ThePhantomneko WOW WEE WOW O WOW ! It's a BEAUTY ! When I hear it, I feel like I'm slowly leaving the planet heading towards the nearest rainbow nebula ;o) Gravity slowly losing its grip. The Earth, a shrinking blue marble. The weightless acceleration as I head out, farther and farther....frolicking like a Dolphin in space ! AAHHHHHH ! ! ! ! !

[@Sebattle]

The movie was The Abominable Dr Phibes - Vincent Price

[@XenaZona]

einfach... ♥ !!!

[@dcgv8184]

I agree, this is my favourite toccata too, and indeed, the basses (pedal) sound weak, but it can be the recording or the organ that is not suited for this type of music. I still prefer it on the bach organ in my hometown Grimbergen (St Servaas Basiliek - Norbertin abbey)

[@eameece]

Quite untrue. The themes of the g minor fugue S.542 and b minor fugue S.544 are almost identical to the theme of S.565, which the toccata is totally based on. There's no way it could be anyone but Bach. Unless you have a manuscript listing another composer, there is no basis for saying otherwise. There are accounts of Bach playing it too.

[@dullblades]

someone who knows: are there any other Bach pieces that don't have the picardy third? I think I used to know, but I forgot

[@eameece]

It's quite likely that it was... and this is a good version!

[@dullblades]

in that case, are there any unquestionable Bach pieces that do not have the picardy third?

[@sku111ine]

coming back on that you probely mean slenderman in the castle of amnesia

[@TheTyranno11]

I know. I'm using this song in my movie that I'm in the middle of making of right now. Its called "The God Son- Guns of Revenge".

[@YouFailEpic]

NO NO NO! NOT ENOUGH TWANG!

[@timduyck3893]

I wouldn't dare to call it an insult, music is coherent and a lot of nowaday-bands, metal bands inclusive, use the same scales and rhythm paterns as JS Bach or Buxtehude would have used, only in a distorted alternate way. Not all metal music is just 'screaming' in the mike, some metal can be quite 'classical' or 'baroque' in it's own way.

[@jeffreydundas3736]

Does anyone know what the organist's name is?

[@thomasninan4813]

Jeffrey Dundas it is playing by itself

[@GhostPlanetFilms]

What movie was that?

[@tomovids6580]

Can I just point out that I dont think the organist in this recording is JS Bach ;D

[@mrgeorge7196]

Weird.....This song reminds me of that 1960s rock band ''Iron Butterfly''song "'Innagarden';or something.

[@eameece]

In A Gadda Da Vida, which means In a Garden of Eden

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

Reed Organ version:kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJmTq5ydg7Wim8U

[@AnOrganCornucopia]

Be very careful - it's quite unlikely that BMW565 (as many organists call it!) was actually written by Bach at all...

[@Gundrs]

hmmmm... never tought of that

[@RyouRan]

I'm 27 and I live IN THE NE- excuse me, in the Netherlands, Europe, and I can't, so what's your point?

[@Indigo8086]

Sad truth of it is you can probably get one cheap because churches are closing doors like crazy

[@georgeheastie6441]

Hi

[@hannahbrown2493]

Is any one else scard of organs

[@jediprice70]

I like to think this is not Bach's work at all, personally!

[@jediprice70]

Cas Bami Bami If you are a classical music buff, then you must be aware I am not the only one who doesn't think this is Bach's work. It doesn't sound like his work at all, as any classical scholars can tell. When it is attributed to him, it is often said if it is Bach's work, it must be a young Bach, who was more adventurous, and trying something out of the ordinary for his time. Furthermore, do you know there's no record of this composition by him...himself I mean, in his handwriting or signed by him? And the earliest known copy is written almost clearly by someone who is not Bach, with Italian styling in the music notations and directions. It's contested by a number of people, and there is no definitive proof at all that it was written by him, so no one can say for sure that, "Yes it is from Bach." old.post-gazette.com/pg/05303/597490.stm

+Cory Kent Yes, it is from Bach. Now that THAT is settled.

[@jediprice70]

Red Car LOL hardly at all settled. I'm not going to waste my time talking to close-minded people who think they know all there is to know. Doesn't even have the vibration of Bach. It'd be the literary equivalent of Stephen King writing a romance novel. Well worth questioning, and not shutting our minds to any outside information.

[@jediprice70]

Red Car LOL, says the egomaniac who thinks he speaks for the whole world. It's a free country, and an open forum where everyone gets to share their thoughts and opinions. But you decide whose opinion matters and whose doesn't, for everyone right? Not to mention, you're the guy who added absolutely nothing to the discussion. Now this wasn't a waste of time, to point out your conceit, and how wrong you are. But not blocking you would be the bigger mistake if I didn't go and do that right now.

[@eameece]

The evidence of Bach's life and the work itself shows pretty clearly that the Toccata S.565 is by J.S. Bach. Not only is Bach known to have played it to showcase new organs, but the theme of the Fugue itself is based on a short, isolated phrase from a Toccata in D Minor by the composer whom his uncle, his teacher, knew well, and on whose work Bach based others of his organ works on too: Johann Pachelbel. The famous Canon in D was composed for that uncle's wedding in fact. Bach then took a short phrase from his Toccata S.565, and used it himself as the fugue theme of another famous, great work of his, the Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor S. 542. A work whose Fantasia is also in the same style as the Bach Toccata in D Minor. So the style of this work is QUITE integral to Bach's work. In any case, no-one else could have written this magnificent, transcendent piece whose every note is itself integral to the whole work.

[@Deses]

Pipe por. D:

[@eameece]

well, half of it. lH1PVCkDdr8

[@jeremymetcalfe]

This is totally electronic!! I can make my finale 2012 sound exactly like this. There is no way this is a real organ sound! I grew up around organs, my dad repaired them and I got to play with all the old relics out there. So not a real sound.

[@AnOrganCornucopia]

If you actually examine the score and listen to it, there's no way it's Bach. Plus, the recognised Bach oeuvre all has surviving manuscripts. There is none for this.

[@sku111ine]

lolz to meanstream XD

[@Deses]

*Pipe porn. Damn it, autocorrect!

[@TheJakeman789]

This song sucks on digital organs. Only pipe organs can handle this piece and sound well with it

[@jaggass]

+TheJakeman789 It doesn't suck if you did it on a Roland D-50.

[@TheJakeman789]

True, or a Rodgers. But it seems like distortion is an issue in the sound of digital organs.

[@jaggass]

TheJakeman789 Digital organs are never going to sound as good as real ones as the sounds are sampled then processed which affects the quality. Its like comparing the worlds best camera to the naked eye. Its close but no cigar. Digital wise for organ sounds the Roland D-50 comes damn close.

[@danileleishu9911]

Wer spielt die Orgel überhaupt