J.S. Bach Toccata, Adagio and Fugue

Clara Gerdes plays Bach's Toccata, Adagio and Fugue at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church (Rieger Orgelbau III/59, 2005)
Recorded November 26, 2018
Many thanks to Edward Landin, Jeff Brillhart and Sharon Torello for their help with this project.

Пікірлер: 150

  • @mbettu1596
    @mbettu159621 күн бұрын

    A masterpiece magnificently performed, I particularly observed the way of moving hands, uncommon for organists, which makes the performance seem so easy and so fluid. Also the work on pedal is absolutely outstanding. You deserve three words only: bravo, bravo, bravo!!!

  • @gunnarbjorck929
    @gunnarbjorck9294 ай бұрын

    I am a big organlistener… and i dont think i have ever seen and heard such effordless and so well played piece of Bachs hard and difficult pieces…and without notes…brilliant miss!!!!!!🫵🤗🙏🙏🌷

  • @user-qo3zp1rp2p
    @user-qo3zp1rp2p2 ай бұрын

    I admire the mastery she has of the most marvellous of instruments. Thank you for sharing!

  • @mk5244
    @mk52445 ай бұрын

    …ohne jede Effekthascherei, ganz dem Werk verpflichtet. Dem großen JSB und seinem Schöpfer zur Ehre. Mi piace moltissimo

  • @michaelhewitt258
    @michaelhewitt2584 ай бұрын

    Beautiful pedal work Very enjoyable to watch

  • @FraserGartshore
    @FraserGartshore2 жыл бұрын

    This has just become my favourite version of this. The fugue is particularly magnificent. Clever registrations, perfect tempo!

  • @grandmoller
    @grandmoller5 жыл бұрын

    Crazy...absolutely CRAZY! What a gift to the world of classical music.

  • @grandmoller
    @grandmoller5 жыл бұрын

    Oh boy, here we go! Another prodigy of absolutely incredible talent. J S Bach would be proud!

  • @organboi

    @organboi

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep. They never cease.

  • @johnboettger864

    @johnboettger864

    Жыл бұрын

    ah...no good

  • @TurtleFL
    @TurtleFL2 жыл бұрын

    I don't think I've ever heard it played that fast, and so cleanly.

  • @lysliepope3967
    @lysliepope39672 жыл бұрын

    This is, in my opinion, a real recital. To slide onto the organ bench with just the clothes on your back and what you know in your heart and your fingers. The mind has very little to do with this recital. Hats off.

  • @pierricweibel
    @pierricweibel Жыл бұрын

    Une jeune organiste qui survole littéralement son instrument avec une fluidité exceptionnelle. Un vrai bonheur.

  • @yvescarof1458

    @yvescarof1458

    Жыл бұрын

    Oui vraiment

  • @peterworrall1644
    @peterworrall16445 ай бұрын

    Fabulous playing . A lovely piece and played with a nimble freshness. Very enjoyable, so thank you, Clara.

  • @richrich9278
    @richrich9278 Жыл бұрын

    Merveilleuse interprétation, quel talent, quelle douceur, quelle beauté ..

  • @steveinman6712
    @steveinman6712Ай бұрын

    Bach would have been proud. By memory, no musical score. Tempos and registrations perfect.

  • @JohnsOrganWorks
    @JohnsOrganWorks2 жыл бұрын

    I loved the style and clarity of this performance.

  • @SAMGREYCUP
    @SAMGREYCUP11 ай бұрын

    A huge talent with a pianistic background.

  • @MCRRjim
    @MCRRjim Жыл бұрын

    @MCRRjim All For Memory?? INCREDIBLE!!!! THANK YOU!!!!

  • @user-lq1sj3oi5w
    @user-lq1sj3oi5w3 ай бұрын

    It's amazing to see another young organist who has totally mastered this instrument! Super fine performance, thank you! This goes in to "Favorites"! (from Canada)

  • @benedictcowell6547

    @benedictcowell6547

    3 ай бұрын

    And such exciting performances, just splendid, and at the risk of being thought a male chauvinist I delight i seeing so many young women in a field where once men predominated, and the feminine brings something special to music, My father always said the women can do something men cannot, they can live in all four dimensions of cognition simultaneously.

  • @michaelberg9656
    @michaelberg9656 Жыл бұрын

    It's a shock at first to hear the Adagio played so fast, but it sounds just right very quickly. Lovely performance!

  • @luisalfonsomartinez1074

    @luisalfonsomartinez1074

    Жыл бұрын

    Sorry too much staccato, she is so ocupéid on show off than the fugue; Bach is muuuch more than that….

  • @gunnarbjorck929
    @gunnarbjorck9294 ай бұрын

    Fels like you have Done this forever! Totally effortless! Very calm an pleasent! 😊🤗

  • @altrocanto
    @altrocanto Жыл бұрын

    Savoir faire passer la musicalité avant la "facilité" de la virtuosité, c'est un talent rare. Ça chante, ça respire, c'est magnifique !

  • @bertiebassett2488
    @bertiebassett248810 ай бұрын

    A wonderful performance, and one I could (and no doubt will) listen to many times over. I note that some of these comments go back as far as 4 years or so? Nevertheless, listening today, to a recital played with such profound empathy for the work, together with outstanding organ craftsmanship, was a pure delight. Furthermore, every single note in the manuscript was played from memory, too! Bravo to a truly outstanding talent. And then bravo again!

  • @gunnarbjorck929
    @gunnarbjorck9294 ай бұрын

    Ouiii!!!! When i smell Bach…i always listen to the end! I love it!!!! And you my lady.. play really good!! Thank you!🤗🙏

  • @benedictcowell6547

    @benedictcowell6547

    3 ай бұрын

    Prodigious is the word for 'My lady'. My three favourite versions of this are all by young women, I think it must be in the Psyche, , These are exciting times with young women organists where and when it used to be almost male preserve . It is a golden age for music with performers and orchestras from all over the world which have such diverse membership.

  • @davidthompson3415
    @davidthompson3415 Жыл бұрын

    This is my favorite piece. She plays it with absolute precision. Excellent 👍❤️

  • @KravchenkoAudioPerth
    @KravchenkoAudioPerth Жыл бұрын

    40 years ago I first heard this piece by Bach. I have had over a dozen fulls sets of his organ music and a bout 30 versions of BWV 564. I loved your attention to the lines of thought within the music. Your registrations that were attentive to the pace of your performance and still full of vitality and life. Manual changes and presets were thoughtfully used. Not often I hear this with such a degree of thorough contemplation. Played from memory. The best way ! I'll be following you for sure. Thank you for making and sharing this video Clara! Mark

  • @roberthunt1540
    @roberthunt1540 Жыл бұрын

    Breathtaking! Love the pace of the Fugue.

  • @valeriobuso2591
    @valeriobuso25912 жыл бұрын

    F A N T A S T I C A, la musica salverà il mondo

  • @ericboero

    @ericboero

    Жыл бұрын

    Speriamo proprio!

  • @davidthompson3415
    @davidthompson3415 Жыл бұрын

    I keep coming back to this video because how impressed i am with how accurate it is played. Obviously this piece was practiced and perfected with much love ove😅r a long time ❤️👍

  • @clive1294
    @clive1294 Жыл бұрын

    The fugue is simply beautiful. What a pleasure to hear. Very well rendered. Bravo

  • @jean-marcmontoya3471
    @jean-marcmontoya34712 жыл бұрын

    Du grand art. Une grande artiste jouant avec délicatesse.Merci pour ces 13 minutes de bonheur

  • @dandenham6916
    @dandenham6916 Жыл бұрын

    Clear, concise and wonderful. Best playing of Bach's Toccata, Adagio and Fugues I've heard.

  • @Berta6742
    @Berta6742 Жыл бұрын

    Clara gives wonderful transitional balance throughout the fuge - those 32 ' bombast are awesomely awakening thank you Clara

  • @gunnarbjorck929
    @gunnarbjorck9293 ай бұрын

    ..yes..i am listening again…your hands are like angel-wings…so smooth and gentle..absolutley wonderful!!!🤗👍

  • @LassonDavid
    @LassonDavid Жыл бұрын

    This is a thrilling performance by Ms. Gerdes of one of my favorite Bach organ works. The piece was first brought to my attention by the director Ermanno Olmi, who used the adagio movement in his masterpiece "The Tree of Wooden Clogs" (1978).

  • @alnorman6846
    @alnorman6846 Жыл бұрын

    This organ is exceptional, clarity, reverb, Brightness, scale , installation are perfect , copy this. and may i say Clara is amongst the best

  • @alveolus2854
    @alveolus2854 Жыл бұрын

    Played with such grace and tenderness! Thank you for sharing and inspiring. Tears of joy....

  • @gerryfjellberg6030
    @gerryfjellberg60302 жыл бұрын

    No words, except fantastic, by Bach and by Ckara!

  • @robertk6ha
    @robertk6haАй бұрын

    Every good artist makes the music their own and she did wonderfully and made it look easy at the right tempo different yet wonderful. Bach was a musical genius and I think he would be proud.

  • @camilloflaim159
    @camilloflaim159Ай бұрын

    Clara, very great your Number of compositions for your Concerts. BRAVO!!!!! I have been on Rome city like organist for one Basilica near Colosseum, for 13 years.

  • @jerryj1411
    @jerryj1411 Жыл бұрын

    Tremendous. Clarity, precision and a wonderful sense of musical flow. I really enjoyed that. Many thanks.

  • @patricekieffer6926
    @patricekieffer69262 жыл бұрын

    La 564 est mon œuvre pour orgue préférée de Bach et je l'ai entendue maintes fois. Mais quel bonheur que l'interprétation de Clara Gerdes, quelle grâce, quelle justesse dans le jeu. Grandiose ! Clara, You have to come to Strasbourg in France for playing on the Silbermann organ in the cathedral or in the St Thomas church!

  • @linddaipauls3584
    @linddaipauls35843 жыл бұрын

    I like the "rubato" in the pedal cadenza. She plays Bach just slow enough for the listeners can enjoy and marvel a this man's genius.

  • @contrabombarde3210
    @contrabombarde32105 жыл бұрын

    Hi Clara, you are my favourite. Fantastic playing, I love Bach.

  • @patrickbeeson8038
    @patrickbeeson80382 жыл бұрын

    Brava! My favorite fugue and you played it wonderfully!

  • @richardmartin8443
    @richardmartin84432 жыл бұрын

    Magnificent! I love it!

  • @johnrborges2363
    @johnrborges23639 ай бұрын

    While studying late, early morning [2 am], I discovered Clara Gerdes. I subscribed to hear more. JB 🧑🏻

  • @Chesterbarnes1
    @Chesterbarnes1 Жыл бұрын

    No sheet music in front of her, her technigue is awesome, her peddaling is superb, her fingering indicates she knows this music well, who is this brilliant young lady. She plays this large pipe ORGAN< and she commands it.

  • @lloydzurn8763
    @lloydzurn87633 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful, fresh and clear registration ! Precise and nuanced. Love to watch you make music. Your appearance is simultaneously effortless and absolutely commanding. Hoping to hear you in Richmond, VA.

  • @jerrybutler8917
    @jerrybutler89173 жыл бұрын

    WONDERFUL, SIMPLY WONDERFUL !

  • @robertvarner9519
    @robertvarner9519 Жыл бұрын

    I like your rendition! You are a very talented musician. You will have a successful career no doubt.

  • @MitchBoucherComposer
    @MitchBoucherComposer Жыл бұрын

    I'm very impressed by your performance! Keep up the great work; you've got a bright future ahead of you!

  • @user-bj3hd8hr6j
    @user-bj3hd8hr6j9 ай бұрын

    Молодчина девочка,играеш с правильной скоростью и с паузами..!! Александр Одессит

  • @gunnarbjorck929
    @gunnarbjorck9294 ай бұрын

    Your hands are dancing so smoothley at the keys like a surfer that found the perfect wave..😊🙏 You look so relaxed and ..conforteble..sorry for my bad english..😊 Thank you miss! I love Bach! And you play it exeptionelly good! Thank you!🌷🙏

  • @jean-paulyvetot1783
    @jean-paulyvetot178312 күн бұрын

    Magnifique, et sans partition, chapeau bas !

  • @jsb0321
    @jsb03219 ай бұрын

    Beautiful! Thank you!

  • @moisesnunez7370
    @moisesnunez73702 жыл бұрын

    Gran dominio..es una pieza maestra.interpretada por otra maestra....

  • @MattGerhard
    @MattGerhard5 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful!

  • @tnsnamesoralong
    @tnsnamesoralong8 ай бұрын

    0:01 Toccata 5:39 Adagio 9:25 Fuga

  • @lerkkweed
    @lerkkweed Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely glorious. Thank you.

  • @user-qs3he1fd1t
    @user-qs3he1fd1t3 ай бұрын

    What a total delight. I first heard this piece 40 years ago performed by E Power Biggs. This performance clearly rivaled that one. Thank you!

  • @rwhb1
    @rwhb12 жыл бұрын

    All without the music, what an achievement! Well done!

  • @gunnarbjorck929
    @gunnarbjorck9294 ай бұрын

    Aaah soo Smooth and strait from mind!!🤗🤗👍

  • @organboi
    @organboi Жыл бұрын

    Superb playing. Bravo. Fantastic.

  • @marcinbrys2526
    @marcinbrys25262 жыл бұрын

    Very well played! Especially I liked the fugue, which in itself is magnificent, but your playing made it sound even more beautiful and majestically. Very good choice of registrations and this organ sounds wonderful - no wonder, this is simply Rieger! Here in Poland, particularly in Silesia, we have some well-sounding Rieger instruments too. My favourite instrument from this builder is the organ in the Holy Cross cathedral in Opole (German: Oppeln).

  • @attiliodalcavaliere999
    @attiliodalcavaliere99911 ай бұрын

    🇮🇹👏👍🌹🌟 Composizione per me eccelsa , potente, dove viene messo in luce le qualità ed il potenziale appunto dell'organo. Eccellente esecuzione, mi complimento con la organista, davvero di livello. Grazie!!

  • @gregoryrasputin6292
    @gregoryrasputin6292 Жыл бұрын

    una esecuzione PERFETTA. Di riferimento. Brava!

  • @adalbertogomesdossantos4545
    @adalbertogomesdossantos4545 Жыл бұрын

    Ótima performance! Execução perfeita e com muita nitidez!Boa escolha de timbres de acordo com as partes e frases! Parabéns!

  • @pillolo51
    @pillolo512 жыл бұрын

    Bravissima, ottima interpretazione, bellissimo l'adagio per il quale avrei usato un ancia dolce per il canto, comunque complimenti 👍👍👍

  • @GerardRatigan
    @GerardRatigan3 ай бұрын

    Magnifique ! J'admire vraiment.

  • @EndreBelaDrHuff
    @EndreBelaDrHuff Жыл бұрын

    Virtuóz előadás. Gyönyörű a regiszterek használata.

  • @mdt2688
    @mdt2688 Жыл бұрын

    Davvero complimenti per la magistrale esecuzione!🌹sarebbe una fortuna anche solo essere alle tue spalle..

  • @jmdujardin
    @jmdujardin Жыл бұрын

    bien agréable moment de musique passé avec et grâce à vous, Clara, à écouter le grand JS Bach. Registration bien choisie, prise de son impeccable pour transmettre les sonorités de cet orgue et de ce lieu, merci à vous, et bonne poursuite à vous !

  • @knollozx
    @knollozx Жыл бұрын

    WOW!!! So unglaublich flüssig gespielt. Wirklich Klasse...

  • @attiliodalcavaliere999
    @attiliodalcavaliere99911 ай бұрын

    🇮🇹🌹🌟 Volevo solo aggiungere, questa si chiama arte. Ecco che cos'è l'arte!!

  • @winfriedbanzhaf1067
    @winfriedbanzhaf10672 жыл бұрын

    Brava!

  • @claudiogomez2945
    @claudiogomez294526 күн бұрын

    Profunda y hermosa forma de tocar!!

  • @mccezar214
    @mccezar214 Жыл бұрын

    Parabéns você e um anjo tocando órgão você escolheu o instrumento que os querubins tocam parabéns

  • @photo3642u
    @photo3642u Жыл бұрын

    I keep coming back to your brilliant performance of this piece. How on earth you manage to co-ordinate both hands & feet is beyond my comprehension. I think you would make a very good helicopter pilot, should the need arise!

  • @manuelrys4614
    @manuelrys4614Ай бұрын

    Genial. Simplemente, genial

  • @angelgonzalo2885
    @angelgonzalo2885 Жыл бұрын

    Solo una palabra:Magnifico!.

  • @twood3270
    @twood32702 жыл бұрын

    The Fugue was excellent! Great tempo

  • @bernardcromarty485
    @bernardcromarty4853 жыл бұрын

    Beautifully played. My favourite Bach piece... interesting registration, brings out those Cavaille Coll reeds well! Slightly faster than I'm used to, but it works! Very clear articulation, eat your heart out, Diane Bish - she's looking for your crown!

  • @bernardcromarty485

    @bernardcromarty485

    3 жыл бұрын

    Never mind Diane Bish, she's more in Cameron Carpenter's class!

  • @prosperousmarc5518
    @prosperousmarc5518 Жыл бұрын

    Bravo 👏 very beautiful!

  • @danielschechter8130
    @danielschechter81307 ай бұрын

    Magnificent!

  • @jurisg.8302
    @jurisg.8302 Жыл бұрын

    phenomenal

  • @nakorganist
    @nakorganist3 жыл бұрын

    Wunderschön :-)

  • @romanbotero8734
    @romanbotero8734 Жыл бұрын

    Maravilloso...

  • @JESUSNavascues-ls8xz
    @JESUSNavascues-ls8xz11 ай бұрын

    Magnífica, perfecta interpretación de esta obra de Bach, de las difíciles junto con Fantasía y Fuga en do menor. Soltura y pericia totales de la organista en la manipulación de los registros, el teclado y la utilización magistral del pedalier y la expresión. Clara, soberbia y magistral organista.

  • @jorarmx9214
    @jorarmx9214 Жыл бұрын

    Para ella es como un simple juego ¡Qué facilidad y dominio del rey de los instrumentos!

  • @juracpms7960
    @juracpms79602 жыл бұрын

    Wonderfull interpretation, Clara! Hi from Zagreb, Croatia.

  • @davidreneau8212
    @davidreneau8212 Жыл бұрын

    played by ear..amazing organist

  • @engelbertoaguilarmacias1909
    @engelbertoaguilarmacias190910 ай бұрын

    Excelente

  • @reinerschmitt7516
    @reinerschmitt7516 Жыл бұрын

    Sehr schön, starke Leistung!

  • @biagiologaldo9940
    @biagiologaldo9940 Жыл бұрын

    stupenda!

  • @user-gv9nz6wi4g
    @user-gv9nz6wi4g Жыл бұрын

    Usually I don't care for magic......but I really love this somehow.

  • @AlexanderWeurding
    @AlexanderWeurding Жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @loujan2945
    @loujan29452 жыл бұрын

    La beauté faisant chanter la beauté!

  • @Mikky570
    @Mikky570 Жыл бұрын

    Užasná Hra....Nadherná žena...Není nic většího....*

  • @user-be8wr4jj1q
    @user-be8wr4jj1q2 жыл бұрын

    Супер органистка мира королева сердец ! ! !😎😀🙂😋

  • @saschaontour1989
    @saschaontour19892 жыл бұрын

    What a flow