Bach, Fugue in A Minor, organ (BWV 543)
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- The fugue from J. S. Bach's Prelude and Fugue in A Minor (BWV 543), performed by organist Christoph Bull, with a graphical score. This recording is of Bull's performance in Disney Hall.
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Q: Where can I get this recording (and others by Christoph Bull)?
A: Here's the best place to go:
www.cdbaby.com/...
You can also get it on Amazon ...
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... and on iTunes ...
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Q: Where can I hear more of Christoph Bull's work on UA-cam?
A: Here's his channel:
/ orgue99
There goes Bach, working those foot pedals like he's got 20 kids to feed.
actually he has around 20 kids
He had 20 children
Johann Sebastian Bach had 20 children. Only 10 of them survived to adulthood.
www.classicfm.com/composers/bach/guides/children/
@@Allen_P1 thats the whole joke
@@Iceologer I'm replying to the guy who said "actually he has around 20 kids." I get the joke.
You know, coming back and looking at these older, simpler animations, I think I might actually like them better. There's something very deeply satifying in seeing just a pure visual representation of the notes, with no "frills" in the animation to distract from the music. Regardless, bravo for so many years of (continuing!) excellent work!
All along, some viewers have told me that they prefer the simple bar-graph/piano-roll scores. It's occurred to me that I should publish a "plain" version (on my alternate channel, musanim) of everything, but it takes time, and it's more interesting to work on making the scores more expressive, so I tend to neglect that idea.
@@smalin Mr. "Smalin". Your graphics have gone through the exact evolution cycle as the music you follow. Example: you started out simple, straight forward ( Mediaeval), then a little embellishment, like another line, trills (Baroque), then more instruments and colors graphics with some mix of graphics with the original (Classical), finally, you went to a full visual display with numerous colors and shapes and all kinds of note webs, note marriages, splashy effects (Romantic, Modern). Seems life operates in similar patterns, and art follows life, and vice versa. Hope you follow my observation. Happens a lot. I would like to return to plain representation. Back to Medieval.
Your evolution as an artist continues and so you encourage your listeners and watchers to grow, too. Big props.
@@smalin I say make art for yourself, not for anyone else. Spend your time making what you like, and what you find creatively satisfying.
@@Connor-fj5rc What I've done in the past, others can imitate; what I do in the future, they can't imitate unless I do it. So it makes more sense for me to do new things, even if people like both. There's also the question of motivation: doing the same thing over and over isn't as interesting for me, so even if nobody else was interested, I'd still want to be developing new approaches.
This is my favorite Bach fugue.
Wow. I usually feel Glenn Gould is right on the money with his comment about Bach's music, but this ending completely caught me off guard!
“Bach's music, with all its eternally undulating flow of harmonic motion, with all its vast linear complication, seems to suggest somehow the suspended, perpetually transient unknowing condition of man. One doesn't come to expect great surprises in the music of Bach -- one comes across great moments, indescribable technical achievements -- but one is not led to expect in the course of a work any moment, any pronouncement, in which the whole work is not involved. In Bach's music it's the constancy of events, the continuous line of development, the certainty of motion which we come to expect and to love. Essentially for Bach, art was a means of expressing that state of belief in which experience could be natively guided -- in which only the obstructions and temptations of the world could thwart the immutable totality of existence.” -Glenn Gould
I see the ending as just a fancy cadenza (the kind of thing he would have improvised to extend the ending of a fugue that ended conventionally). For another example of this, consider the fugue in BWV 886 (it goes along very normally, but then breaks into a brief free passage, then returns to end more conventionally).
@@smalin Well said and a good reference! Your breadth of knowledge about Bach is inspiring :)
this is the greatest fugue written
Young Bach couldn’t restrain the impulse of writing that badass ending
When Mozart was 23, he was 2/3rds through his life. We don't refer to music from that period as being by "Young Mozart." Would Mozart's nature at 23 be a different factor than Bach's nature at 23?
@@smalin Smalin, please that was an unfortunate an unnecessary comparison... Mozart was still young when he unfortunately died. Bach childhood has nothing to do with Mozart childhood. Bach officially started his "musician" career at 18. Perhaps some prior works survive. But he had a long and fulfilling career until the day he died age 65. I call a 23 yo with such a career "young". I'd call Mozart "young" at age 23, had he survived until his 60s, but in fact his music matured after he moved to Vienna at age 25, with the cluster of great works that one can find from K427 to K626, so maybe I should call the Mozart of the Sinfonia Concertante "young" after all
@@ulisescervantes dang, you freaking destroyed him with facts and logic
I guess Im asking randomly but does someone know a tool to get back into an Instagram account??
I was stupid lost the login password. I would love any help you can give me.
@Will Duncan instablaster =)
mighty mighty fugue. Over the past 8 years or so I've come back to this video (and your passacaglia in C minor, little and great fugues) very frequently. Thanks Smalin!
In his organ works, the supreme genius of Bach is more obvious than ever.
I have listened to and compared this fugue many times, but I think this performance is the best.
I think that changing the tone and volume is very effective.
My favourit part: at 5:12 the fugue theme is played for the last time and with a nice harmonization in the bass
Ah, the incomparable genius of J.S. Bach!!
It fills me with so much nostalgia
4:28-5:10 My most favorite part in this fugue. The transition from playing at E-Minor back to A-Minor is what I enjoyed best.
Bach was a devout Christian. Every score he wrote had Glory to God on it.. To some, the "Baroque sound" may sound 'dark' and such.. but that is not what Bach intended.. When you've listened to many pieces from the Baroque period, you'll understand better 'what's what'.. Bach conveyed every emotion in his wide range of works. Sadly, over 100 pieces have been lost to history.. but we can enjoy and savor what we do have! I've been listening and studying Bach for over 60 years.. and I'm always finding new and amazing things in his compositions.. a joy!
Bless your heart. I'm only a young adult but Bach is my world and I hope to learn to play the organ one day. I already play piano and it has brought me immeasurable joy.
All the best to you
I love this fugue by Bach so much. Never though of having it visualized by you. Amazing.
Damn this shit is lit
The ending sounds really dramatic and powerful
This satisfies my mind and soul like no other.
I love Bach and formsome reason didnt listen to it... now im high and relaxing with this amazing music.. Bach is the greatest composer
Nice! This really helps one understand a fugue, which is one of my favourite genres.
The recording is from the premiere recording of the Glatter-Götz/Rosales organ at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, entitled First & Grand, by Christoph Bull. It's on CD Baby, Amazon and iTunes.
Thank you so much - this has long since become my favorite Bach fugue and being able to see the layers as well as hear them is really wonderful.
5:43 Everybody gangsta til the 32 foot stop is drawn
that sounds like a 16 stop rather
“Greatest musical architect ever lived” ~GG
I loved this! Thank you! I 'see' music like this normally, but the segments are transparent.. hard to describe. Seeing this Fugue in colorful segments gave me goosebumps.. and made me VERY happy!! This was a delightful surprise! Keep up the great work!
You might find this guide useful: www.musanim.com/UA-camHighlights/
Synesthesia my dude. I have it too. It's neat, if not terribly useful.
Fantastic! I remember being the one who suggested you to add this piece to your to-do list. It was a long time ago. And now, I see this! It is like a dream becoming true!!!
He's a really talented organist! And he's friendly as well. It'd be a great honor for me to see him playing in California. I can't wait!
Saw this live and it was so cool
Me too i was the guy you can see laying on the stage with the blinking pink LED sunglasses on 20 hits of pure blotter
I though Bach died a few centuries ago… He must be a creepy old dude. Is he on IG?
The prelude for this is good too
That's one of my favorite pieces & there used to be a visualization of it, but I can't find it anymore.
@@hanmeng2233 the closest thing j know to that is the scrolling vidoe from gerubach, if that was what you were looking for
Superb. This makes me feel better when I'm down.
Some say that the aspiring composer will be deterred upon hearing JSB's masterworks. I say they will serve only to inspire!
Jeezargo JSBach inspires all artists in any form.
I love the parts when all 4 voices converge in a magnificent harmony, like 3:45 onwards.
It is called a stretto
@@aniruddhadebnath261 I always like to be educated. Thank you
@@caesarsneezer6992 welcome ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️
Unbelievable , so strong, emotionally...I!m piano player, that's the reason I need to say this!!! I saved the most I coul'd!I just hope that we can find young people who ARE interesting in classic music...it's a real gift to understand that kind of art, I'm feeling very lucky about it..( by the way, I understand, people like different kind of music, I like jazz, blues, and rock also..but...)...When you feel like to cry while listening to it...that's it...I think...Sorry if some don't think like me...:)
Most people have distinctive tastes in music, as do you and I. But the perfect moment in music; when you awake to the genius you listen to, feel the proverbial shiver running down your spine, hesitate and wish to have the piece repeated a thousand times over while mulling about it inside your head - I at least have yet to experience this with anything but 'classical' music.
Viktoria Hegyi I am a young person who AM interested in classic music.
+Kenny 劉健聰 ...young person who *is interested...
Because "who" is a relative pronoun referring to a singular antecedent, and relative pronouns are always in the 3rd person
Fred C. Thank you :)
I'm a teenager who loves baroque music very much! Yeah it's a gift I think.
Que magico que es esto, Bach era sobrehumano, visualizarlo te hayuda a darte cuenta
Extraordinary and utterly compelling
Agreed
That's one way of looking at it. The blue line shows what's in the score; the organ (sometimes) plays the pedal part an octave lower than what's written.
I think the shapes of the notes fit the sound of the stops very well. Also, I like how the size of the notes correlate with the swelling of the sound. Thank you for making such wonderful videos :)
Gritter S it is another avenue to learning and humorously very 80s graphics wise. Remember Mozart's return via 80s Hollywood? Maybe we shall see a Bach meets Bollywood with mass dance sequences. Who knows?
I wish there were more recordings of this fugue with registers changed in a similar way as here in 3:09. This is the only one I found, and it always gives me chills
A minor. Organ. Fugue. Bach. You can't get any MORE baroque
Yes, the other baroques sounds like apprentices
I can not wish for more than this!!! Thank you brothers!! 🤗🥰 Exxelent!!!!!!
Thank you so much. Bach is my favourite classic composer. I know this thanks to you :)
I agree.
It's one of my favorites fugues. The 4:36 really makes me smile of joy!
5:30 - 6:10
Oh, Lord!
Bravely, a gentle breeze trudges on, slowly, to become a wind, then a gale, then a torrent, then a tornado, and finally, perhaps, a hurricane, festering on the earth as a plague does a wound but underlined in the same tone that was the breeze that flew a kite.
My interpretation of this fugue's bar size throughout the composition:
0:05-0:39 = 0.2
0:40-1:06 = 0.4
1:07-1:49 = 0.6
1:50-2:05 = 0.8
2:06-2:31 = Diamonds 1
2:32-3:09 = Diamonds 2
3:10-3:36 = Diamonds 3
3:37-4:01 = 0.8
4:02-4:28 = 1 (Normal size)
4:29-5:10 = 1.2
5:11-5:30 = 1.4
5:31-5:42 = 1.6
5:43-6:10 = 1.8
The diamonds change size at 2:31
@@johannsebastianbach2387 Wow, you're right! I never noticed that.
It is a tragedy that I cannot give this more than one thumbs up.
I'll survive.
Thanks
Masterpiece.
This is my favorite fugue by Bach. Thank you for uploading this.
oh yes that good vampire music i blast this at night while im driving in my car
Splendid.
THE ENDING!!
La genialità di Bach è sconvolgente.
Is that 110 VAC, or 220 VAC?
4:37 to the end is the part that's beyond sublime, esp. the leap at 5:15.
My favorite prelude and fugue, Enjoyed a lot playing the list version of the prelude on piano, looking forward to the day where i will be brave enough to sudy the fugue
Eizan Prime Well, its done I guess, I love this piece so much, proud of being able to sort of play it !
3:40 (3:47 is you skip) is wonderfully magnificent
This fugue, to some extend (although great music should not be interpreted with words ), expresses how a brook transform to a river flowing into sea.
Intersting take. I see a ship sloowly entering a storm.
I see it as a representation of the motions of planets. It's a little more apparent when it's played slower (see the E. Power Briggs version and Karl Richter version).
thanks again Stephen I really appreciate your vids
If this fugue ended in a Picardy third I would pass out
I love the effect A Minor has this piece.
Lynn Cervantes actually, it would've sounded like Ab minor when bach wrote it.
Refreshing approach and overall view of Bach....beautiful interpretation and articulation...Bach Alive!
Ha; I loved how the shapes grew with the sound! This piece is one of my favorite organ fuges; when the fourth part comes in around 1:06, my brain yells "OH YEAH!"
Fabulous as allways Mr. Malinowsky. In 1080p, I beleive you improved your own invention by slightly slanting the graphics making it seem allmost 3D. Or it's just my imagination.
Furthermore, Bach's fugues are my favorite.
Thank you, again.
6min13s Bach being the super genius that he was.
Great sound and animation.
Im here for the part that goes 'beep bada beep boop beep beep bada beep boop beep' My favorite!
I’m here for the 'boo badaaa buu badaaa bee badaaa boo badaaa' :D
I would agree with you, except you left out a very important boop third in
Utterly infernal in the finale... Man's descent into hell.
Nice touch making the thickness of the notes increase with the thickness of the timbre.
Love the part where Christoph adds (I think) some mixtures at 5:21. Makes you feels like _shit's gonna go_ *down*
The pedal bass was so deep, that sounds like LOW
Love these but... But it's really difficult to pick out notes and lines with this instrument... Prefer to hear an instrument with more definition to understand the music more... Sounds nice though
The animation helps.
All this, and little known fact, Bach put together a quiche loraine to die for
It is the best Fugue in the world!
Something about this piece is so nostalgic QnQ
+Fevimaster Same for me. My first real musical love were the preludes & fugues for organ by Bach. I can't tell you how many nights I'd listen to this particular fugue before bed.
mahler151 I don't mean nostalgic in "the past" way, but more "different dimension" way.
I should think that is decidedly not nostalgic, but to each their own.
I love this type of Fugue.
Wonderful!
This was nice, I needed this....
Outstanding!!!
That end sounds so great
Now that I accomplished my dream of becomming amateur organist, shall I try this piece ! looks so hard on pedals though
I'm nowhere near starting to learn this piece TT--TT.
@@bencole342 Now are you? It's been 4 years.
I really like the harmony from 4:44-4:54. Best 10 seconds ever!
That part always reminds me of the ending chords on the Toccata and Fugue in Dm
Wow
Porque não surgem mais composicoes magnicas como essa nos dias de hoje?
See the music of Stephane Delplace.
love this!
Having synesthesia I love seeing videos like this. It's close to what I see. Wish it made me a better musician though.
How do you know it doesn’t?
Sadly the only super power that makes people "better" at music is the ability to practice
@@smalin Good one. You're an experimentalist too, eh?
@@bargledargle7941 I think practice is an essential part of being "good" at music, but Bach, Beethoven, etc had something more. They had an intuitive understanding of music that I can't fathom. Probably has to do with the inherent variability of brain circuitry between individuals (although Bach came from a familial lineage of musicians as well) - but it has to be developed by practice and motivation. Like Labrador Retrievers have a genetic ability to understand aspects of retrieving, as well as a desire to do it, plus a satisfaction reward when they do.
@@jonahansen I don't see any reason why I should think they had something more. I don't find anything in anyone's music that makes me feel "A normal person with practice couldn't have done it".
why the bass (pedal) become very strong and loud at the final section
?
yes it is really amazing! I also heard the full version of Christoph Bull's interpretation (link in the description of the video) and in the final section, he choises the most powerful stops. Organ is really the king of all instruments.
5:21 till the end: starts to sounds really dark
Almost going into madness at the end, but finally finding a minor again.
0:05
indeed the best moment in time for this musical masterpiece
Please do the prelude. It goes so well with the fugue.
How do they get the organ to sound different mid song?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_organ#Stops
4:44 to 4:53 sounds like the ending part of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.
Which one? The toccata or the fugue?
Hi smalin, can you please create a playlist with all your fugue videos? It will be really useful to me as I'm studing the fugue as composer
That's what I want.
My only plan for Mahler is to steer clear of his music.
Is this still your plan?
It didn't end by a major chord !
That ending minor chord and that mighty pedal cadenza just shocked me. It's the creepiest fugue ever written
@@accipiterignitus5123 Dark as hell, isn't it?
Does this organ have like 20 manuals or was someone changing the stops for him?
+KWG He's probably changing the stops himself.
0:00 to 1:05 "This ain't so bad". 1:06 "Awh shit"
Another great video, although for a piece like this you kinda miss the acoustic of a big organ in a big church. But the clarity and the visuals are great. How about a strict canon, like the ones in Art of Fugue or Goldberg?
Does the blue line represent an octave lower than what it's showing?
lovely!!!
Y yo!!!!
In my opinion this is the greatest Bach organ piece...the performance here a bit stiff to my taste...yet, nice to see visually the counterpoint
.Here is an alternative... ua-cam.com/video/8pxQZVBlnbA/v-deo.html
You're quite welcome.
Brilliant
Awesome