Westerkerk Carillon - Johann Sebastian Bach - Toccata in D minor
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Boudewijn Zwart, carillonneur for the Westerkerk in Amsterdam, NL, plays Toccata in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Recorded and produced by the Peabody Essex Museum. Video created by Chip Van Dyke, Media Production Manager at the Peabody Essex Museum, with help from Holland Production Services. Edited by Jack Moffit and Chip Van Dyke. Carillon recordings by Forrest James forrestjames.b...
I can only imagine how epic it feels punching the keys that make music over an ENTIRE CITY.
It was a thrill to be up in that tower with Boudewijn and even moreso when he took our request to play Stairway to Heaven! ua-cam.com/video/fmKiIcCyvAo/v-deo.html
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It's epic.
As someone who has played a carillon over a City, it feels absolutely surreal.
that, and how scared I would be to make a mistake because everyone in teh city would hear it.
Wowww... well done!
Fantastique
fantastico!
AMAZING🙏🇵🇹☝️👏👏👏👏👏
Maravilloso!
Espetacular!!!
This would sound cool with the nutcracker pieces by Tchaikovsky or in the hall of the mountain king by edvard grieg
Rarely do you punch an instrument and it sounds right
The exact opposite of a Theremin... :-)
@@karllegrand ha tru lol
Carillon will NEVER sound right :D
It is always out of tune with a complete mess of unharmonic overtones fighting each other and with delayed bass line. But it is good to hear it - once a year or so :D
For example, the cello.
Unless you’re playing Liszt.
Me : *enjoying my short break*
School bell :
Epic
Time to go back.
@@JonatasAdoM More like "Time to go Bach!"
Imagine this as your school bell
@@fatitankeris6327
Take my like you filthy animal
I too, want to play the sausage piano keys
If it helps I have a sausage key you can practice on.
@@lightespeed oh my ;)
lightespeed I’m sorry but playing the mini version is nothing like playing the real thing
@@lightespeed lol rekt
lightespeed Smooth
Me: just chilling downtown
The sky: starts playing this music
When you know that if you make an error, thousands of people will judge you
I mean... Same with someone in a successful band or orchestra, or a pianist playing in an auditorium.
This way, at least they don't know who you are.
@@Lummerbummer115 The same also happens for getting live in a sunburn
And GOD
in actuality thousands of people will go:
"Who's that nutcase up in the tower going ape on the bells?"
I dunno. He's playing Beethoven, right?
"I think so? It's that one old song everybody knows."
What's it called again?
"I DON'T KNOW!"
but...BUT, no one will know it was you specificaly :D
This is amazing work, i hear Tocata in D Minor on many instruments, but this is really good and unique.
Try violin. But the fugue and not toccata, it works just perfectly on violin
that’s not very good
It's definitly unique and well played. But when played on a grand organ it has a many times deeper effect on me.
How do you practice the carillon to get good at it? I feel like trying to learn scales and such might be annoying to some (all) towns/cities. :P
Check out our interview with Boudewijn Zwart, Westerkerk Tower Carilloneur He has the answer
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He didn't mention anything about practising the carillon. :(
Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl Apologies. The section never ended up in the final video! Here is a link to the school where Boudewijn learned his craft www.beiaardcentrum.com/en/netherlands-carillon-school
I remember he said they had a real carillon in a real tower "in the middle of the forest." www.beiaardcentrum.com/en/amersfoort-carillon-town
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Thanks a bunch, that clears it up. :)
I know that at UC Berkeley that they have at least one practice keyboard in Sather Tower to practice on and for the classes that they give for (to?) students.
This guy must be amazing at wack- a -mole at arcades
He's not bad on a carilon!😳
These 2 ton instruments are incredible, and the people who play them are so gifted. There is a Renaissance fair in Colorado every summer, and there is a Carilloneur who brings his and plays it, sells CDs, and we love it. The vibrations go right through and vibrate your bones.
Creo que se llama cast in bronze, si más no me equivoco
I reckon this one weighs more than 2tonnes. It's an entire building.
When your foot is pressing the sustain pedal through out the entire piece:
That's exactly what I thought holy fuck. The instrument sounds amazing, but this is awful sf
Theres no nees to sustain cause bells are used there. A big hahah
Yap nose knees atal.
me at 3am: taking something to eat
fallen spoon:
He's the best Carilloneur I have ever heard!!!! His technique and articulation is also very nice :)
Well done
Do you often hear carillonneur ..? 😑😂
His technique isn’t great, look to Jan Verheyen or Geert d’Hollander from the bok tower gardens!
@@picante28 😂
When i saw the thumbnail i thought it was a bunch of hot dogs
Exactly! Me too
WA Mozart 😂😂😂
Someone is hungry
Ezequiel Stepanenko Yep😜😂
😂😂😂 Same
Can someone pleeaaassee turn that horrible audio compressor off.
I hate it.
You mean UA-cam?
@Egg MCMUFFIN This has nothing to do with UA-cam because there are plenty of videos on other channels where this doesn't happen.
Ok for the people in this reply section: there's a couple different types of compression when you talk about audio. One is like what you might find in an effect pedal, where high volumes are brought down and low volumes are brought up, giving punchier attack but less dynamic range.
The compression youtube does is not that. UA-cam compresses audio files, meaning sound will sound a little less life-like, but the dynamics are not really affected and it certainly doesn't just shave off overtones.
The effect that is actually used here sounds like just a simple gate, where if the volume is below a certain threshold, it cuts out. That bothered the heck out of me too. I'll bet the segment came in between or after a talking segment on some show, and the sound people forgot to adjust 😭😭
Vous n'avez pas la chaîne Hi-Fi pour ça. Le rapport db/w/m des cloches est trop important.
And once again
UA-cam recommendation brought us all here.....
I hate how the audio was edited. Just listen to the bells in the intro. They don't even finish ringing. They just get cut off. Sounds horrible to the ear. Guess I'll have to hear this awesomeness in person.
Impressive
But can you do the third movement of moonlight sonata on that?
Hahaha I was just thinking that
Probably not. You’d have to modify the piece a lot because it has a lot of chords that would be impossible on this instrument
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warm regards, Koen (carillonist of Antwerp, also owner of mobile carillon www.bronzenpiano.com)
Thanos if anyone wooshes you... they will burn in hell
Or Perpetual Moto by Paganini.
I didn’t know that tuned hotdogs could make such wonderful sounds.
I did not expect to see gudetama over here
I can't stop laughing and listening to this beautiful music.🤣
Kkkk
Imagine hearing this in your mid-day nap 😴
would be very happy to hear this in real life
when are we going to hear the fugue? it would be interesting to hear how you interpret the change in the timbre between the various parts in that section with this instrument.
Type in 'Boudewijn Zwart speelt Bach Boudewijn Zwart plays Bach'. There's also a vid, though split into two parts, where he plays the entire Passacaglia in c minor.
It is said of Bach that he "was able to accomplish passages on the pedals with his feet which would have given trouble to the fingers of many a clever player on the keyboard." Here, Boudewijn plays passages with his fists that would have given trouble to the fingers of many a clever player on the keyboard!
they look like Great fun only bad part is if you mess up like big time, every one with in the ringing distance will know...
At the same time you are anonymous, non body knows it’s you!
@@marnikvanhelden3427 .... unless the town got word of people playing certain songs...lol
Yup, at least a few miles away. No stress. XDDDDD
Nobody:
Annoying kids that can't play instruments but like to touch them whenever they see one: 2:38
Sometimes I feel bad for them because they probably want to but their parents won't let them.
I don't get it
LOL right
@@FroggyRibbits I don't feel bad for them. If it's not their instrument, and or they don't play it, they shouldn't touch it
Ahhhh, finally! A keyboard for the player who’s always mad..., no reason, just literally about to lose his sh** at any given time :-)
Can you imagine trying to practice with the entire city listening.
Exactly!
As far as I know I think they have a practice version in the bottom floor that’s not hooked up to any bells. Still, making a mistake on an instrument that echos for miles must be stressful.
a reason to not f--k up your carillon lesson
That would be fun to hear out hiking around, or on a special occasion.
That would be creepy as fuck
One of the greatest and least appreciated musicians
Interpréter au carillon la toccata et fugue de Bach écrite pour orgue doit présenter beaucoup de difficultés ! Bravo !
When I was little I always loved church bells :) thanks 🙏
_Beat the hell out of it........Take it for what it's worth!_ 😎
Scott Payne Are you sure you shouldn’t beat the “bell” out of it?? 😂😂
Okay, I’ll stop.
Just amazing. I really live this on an organ but to hear it played this way was a big treat! Thanks for sharing!
Pianists: the fingering is kind of hard, you have to jump a lot
Carillonneur: hold my bell
As someone who played it on several instruments, No matter the instrument, It is always fun to play it :D
Prachtig instrument den beiaard en dan nog zo een muziek stuk opspelen chapau.
literally heavy metal, tons of bronze 😅
Radio station 500 years ago :D
um be careful about names and lack of spacing...
Peabod Yes Sex Museum.... PMSL!!!!!
Karl Sheen because of that name And the thumbnail I thought it was some kinky museum that had instrument made out of dildos
Wow. Heavy metal music that has class.
lol
Just perfect in every sense: taste, musicality, technical virtuosity, interpretational originality, transcription fully organic for the carillon and utilizing its full potential... Bravo!
I don't think that there's ever been a more magnificent performance in a browner coat.
Gee, just googled carillon music looking for a recording. Didn't expect the PEM to have recorded one in Westerkerk of all places. Good job guys!
Thank you. The reason you don't see more videos like this is very explainable - Carrying heavy video equipment up hundreds of steep tower stairs is NOT EASY!
Очень замечательное исполнение и звучание инструмента!! Не думал, что такое возможно..
Тоже был удивлен......
The true purpose of Wing Chun
Could you imagine visiting a city, walking the streets and being surprised when this suddenly starts?
Prachtig gedaan, Boudewijn - wat een gevoel dat je daar inlegt, ongelooflijk.
not gonna lie if I'm just walking around a city and the clock tower starts playing this I'd be worried about a dracula or frankenstein attacking me
I’d be more scared if a blue lobster attacked me
Ganz hohen Respekt! Einfach nur "wow"!
Si consigues tocar a Bach con cualquier cosa, sonará bien, porque es Bach. Sorprendente
Really nice. I have never heard a caroleur, much less seen the player perform as I listened to the bells. More exciting than watching a bell choir perform. Thank you for this video and wonderful listening experience. Very much up to the PEM standard of excellence.
Stupendous! I had never seen or heard a carillon before! The internet is a wonderful thing. Boudewijn Zwart is a master whom I hope has students so that he may pass along this talent. Thanks also to Chip Van Dyke for bringing this into my life. I am richer for it.
Excellent and virtuous. What a pity, that so many cars disturb this phantastic sound.
Who else, when they heard the initial bell tolling, was expecting and mentally prepared for the riff For Whom The Bell Tolls to start playing?
I'm a latecomer, still stunned.
Can you play the office theme song on your bell please Peabody Memphis Tennessee’s fan
The ringing in my ears has a tune. . .
Well.
. First, there's a score edited to an instrument of fifty bells with all the complexities and, therefore, limitations from overtones that bells have.
. Second is the demands of full downstroke done evenly on each individual key in rapid melodic runs. Carillon keys have long travel from rest position to bell strike.
. Third is the sheer athleticism of the performer in sustaining the level of focus and energy to play this.
. Fourth is the sharpness of technique in accurately striking, in time, innumerable notes in complex runs.
. Fifth, again in technique, is in not allowing the pace of the piece as a whole to lapse while executing the physically complex moves throughout.
. Sixth is the accuracy of the right notes in those same runs.
. Seventh is the thorough memorization of the piece. The last time we saw him glance at the score was when he placed it on the instrument. Whenever we see him his eyes are fixed on the keyboard.
.Boudewijn Zwart goes in the same high class of performers of this piece with Vanessa-Mae and Amy Turk.
0:31 rip if you have headphones and weren’t expecting it to be that loud
Lol. It's in a church tower and sounds through the whole town. I hope your ears are ok and that your head did not explode!!!
Yes, but can he play Smoke on the water?
they look like sausages yum
Do you pound your sausage often?
Thank you.
Fuck it, yo don't say
I would never have thought of this piece of music for the carillon. What a rare treat for those of us who play instruments. I love the carillon and listen to them whenever I get the chance, but sadly, many churches and cities now use recorded music instead of having a real, live musician and that's just sad.
Wow. This guy puts organists to shame.
Medora that’s it... 😂
I've never seen this instrument before!
Bravo!
It was great!
Thanks for the video.
Fantastisk instrument det klokkeværk. Flot spillet og en god lyd.......
I have a couple of questions for you. Where nd how do you practice playing a carillon ??.. :)
Wonderful instrument and player.
Very Beautiful.
Now play Beethoven Moonlight Sonata 3rd movement.
I'm sorry but to me it sounds like the demented, heterogeneous, tintinnabulation of campanologists. There we are, I knew it would come in handy one day!
A brilliant kind of urban music.
Masyaallah. Very nice sound.
Inta Muslim?
@@backupkid2099if you are indeed Muslim, what does the 'Masyaallah mean?
*BUY THAT MAN A DRINK!*
This is the church mentioned in the Anny Frank's book.
Tolle Kunst ,Die Orgel wurde einst auch so geschlagen ......
When I was a kid many years ago, our church group visited a cathedral that had a carillon. We got up in the tower and watched it being played, very much like this. There was also a practice keyboard so that you won't embarrass yourself to the whole city. 60 years ago, still remember it clearly. We also got inside the wind chests of the organ.
That sounds very stupid on carillon tbh.
They cut the best part out - the fugue
Snapping one of those off would be the equivalent of breaking a guitar string. Play until your hands bleed good sir.
Ah yes. Blood on the keys; a common phenomenon among carillon students. 😅
Prelude in c sharp minor by Rachmaninoff
Complimenti!...😲👍👏👏👏
Here i am, minding my own business
UA-cam: *recommends this video*
Enorme! En plus c'est arrangé. Châpeau pour l'arrangement aussi. La performance est extra-ordinaire. Mais comment s'entrainer????...
On ne peut sèrieusement faire (*)ⁿ toute une ville pour apprendre.
Cordialement.
Does this really play out that loud to the public??? 😂
Thats so epic 😂🤣
Yes it does. A real blessing and gift to the town's people for sure!
Horrible.......false...Ok bell-imitation, but....
he is awesome
That is just EPICALLY played! It’d be cool to see the full BWV 565 on carillon!
He’s got some strong hands! The lower the note, the heavier the keys get because they’re attached to larger bells.
Thanks, I didn't know that!
No sabia q las campanas tenían tantas notas!! 😰
Ah! Fantastic but it ended right before the best part of the song!
Well, it's only the toccata as stated in the title and not the fugue. It don't see how the fugue could be played on this
Maestro!
Imagine walking near that building...
町にこれがながれるとはすばらしい
Its like playing with C64 sound in my handy.