As an organist, I find what you have done is remarkable. I learned the Toccata & Fugue when I was 14 [68 years ago] in an arrangement from the Widor -Schweitzer edition I made for piano. Our parish organist some time later gave me the keys to the 2 manual and Pedal Estey Reed organ, and about a year later I was playing it on the 3 manual Casavant in the upper Church. I have now watched all your current videos and I am impressed. God bless.
Thank you for your comment. And I am pleased with your words. The Toccata and F ugue was my first work that I transcribed for the accordion. I was 17 years old. Since then, I have been periodically putting my hand into your monumental repertoire of the king of all instruments. Performing this music is an incomparable pleasure
Is it possible to purchase this arrangement for accordion. I play a piano accordion with quint converter. I admire your possibility to play even 12' intervals ;-)
Acoustically speaking, how is this lofty, magestic sound even possible from such a humble musical instrument? The dynamics of this little squeeze box are fantastic! I now have a much deeper appreciation for the accordion than ever before. It is much more than a polka party instrument. One cannot feasibly take a pipe organ to play the Baroque Period by the campfire!!
Oh, accordion is much more that a polka party instrument. Playing Bach on accordion is a tiny part of what accordion is capable of. ua-cam.com/video/JwXONAGXlPY/v-deo.html
Missed seeing this video when you first posted it. Excellent performance and interpretation. I am a 76 year old that plays piano accordion free bass (B system). In addition I am a long time pipe and electronic organist although I promote the accordion more because so many don't know what it is capable in the hands of a fine performer like you. The dynamics and nuances the bellows provide the artist set it apart from many other instruments including the organ and piano. To me it is similar to the bow on a violin or breath control on a flute.
Brother I have no exact words with which to express my deepest admiration for your transcription and instrumental performance of one of Bach's most beautiful works for the organ. It is pure art.
Among the various comments of appreciation from this fantastic accordionist which I fully agree with, I would also like to underline the sound quality of this accordion which I would liken to a small portable Silbermann pipe organ whose timbre is astonishing. From this union I was able to listen to the divine Bach with goosebumps as I hadn't done for a long time. Thank you so much Savva Zihs
You make it look so easy and this is NOT easy. Well done! I practiced accordion for years but was never really good. You are excellent! Thank you for this music.
One of my favorite Bach piece, I can imagine how difficult was the process to get it, but you achieve it in the best way, so I can only say congratulations!. Beautiful perfomance and video.
I'm an organist and started my first music lessons on the accordion when I was 8 or 9. I think that any of the major Bach organ works which have been transribed for piano or button accordion are more than likely more difficult to play on a free bass accordion. Thank you for you performance!
Beautiful! Of all the interpretations with accordion I was able to find on UA-cam, this is my preferred one. Even better than one performed by your teacher Pitocco :-)
Wunderschön, dieses Orgelstück auf dem Accordeon zu hören. Die Harmonien bringen die Seele zum Klingen, besonders in dieser merkwürdig traurigen Zeit. HERZLICHEN DANK 😘
I had no idea that the accordion had such range, and your masterful performance would make JSB proud....Your interpretation is very much in the style of Virgil Fox.....I am now listening to your other pieces in awe!!!
Es zeigt das mann Bach auf jedes beliebige Instrument spielen kann und es klingt immer gut😀BWV 582 ist ein Orgelwerk und immer noch die Nummer eins im sachen Ostinato Werke. Es folgen bald danach von Buxtehude die Ciaconas Buxwv 159 und 160 und die Passacaglia Buxwv 161 auch nah an Bach aber Bachs Passacaglia 582 ist ganz einfach die Perfektion meine ich.Die erste Noten des Bas Thema's sollen van André Raison stammen sagen viele Musik Wissenschaftler.
It's amazing how Bach's music comes to life in almost any arrangement on all sorts of instruments. I'm currently practising a 4-part recorder arrangement, and I landed here looking for play-along recordings. This has been one of my favourite organ pieces for long, and I wouldn't have thought it sounds so beautiful on an accordion. This interpretation is not just technically superb but it has deep emotion. Thank you very much for this video!
Thank you for your kind words. I agree with you, it is difficult to find a musical instrument on which Bach's music would sound bad. And especially the accordion, with its principle of sound production similar to the organ, and even in church acoustics).
I just do not understand the utter prejudice of so-called "Musicians" against the Accordion. As much as I love classical music, I'd rather learn from Jazz or Rock musicians as they have none of the stuff shirt formality of their orchestral cousins.
Em uma obra de Guimarães Rosa, cavaleiro e cavalo formam uma magnífica unidade, andando avante em meio ao mistério da vida. Avança assim, semelhantemente, o acordeonista e seu acordeão. Isto é arte em seu sentido transcendente.
Thank-you for posting this beautiful and inspiring performance. I live in Canada where there is no tradition of baroque/classical accordion and almost no one plays the free bass accordion,nor teaches it. It is my dream to play Bach ion the accordion. Your playing is really wonderful to listen to. I have so much respect for incredible accordionists like yourself. Are you submitting a video for the accordion star competition? Hope to see more of your work and that one day you will come to Canada and play live for us.
Thank you Alan very much, I am very happy to read this. I am happy to play great Bach music, but now I am learning a new instrument, the bandoneon, so I hardly play the accordion. I do hope to get back to Bach again soon. I wish you many wonderful moments with your accordion and hope that the lack of a teacher will not stop you.
@@savvazihs Thank-you for writing. In one of your tango videos I wrote in the comments that there is an exceptional tango ensemble where I live called Payadora. They started out with an accordionist but their box player is a band one on player so you might enjoy their videos. I had no idea where your name is from so I looked it up and learned it is either Greek or from Crete. I studied on line with a wonderful teacher in Athens who started teaching me free bass. I currently study locally with an excellent teacher from Finland who will teach me free bass one day. Good luck with your work.
Utterly magnificent! Those German churches always have such marvelous acoustics. I read your from Latvia. My favorite organ in the world is there, which I played in 2008 at Riga Dom. I also played many of the historic organs in Germany as well and, though my focus tends to be German Romantic music, I cannot say that I don’t appreciate Bach. I just tend to prefer not to play it but rather listen to it being played extremely well. You’ve done that here - bravo!
@@savvazihs Doskonale wiem, ile Pan włożył w wyćwiczenie tego utworu siły, czasu i jak wielkie to było poświęcenie (to szacunek dla Bacha i chwała dla muzyki ). Sam kiedyś grałem na akordeonie. Później głównym instrumentem stały się organy i tak 40 lat. Dzisiaj mam problemy zdrowotne ze stawami i brak dostępu do instrumentu. Pozdrawiam serdecznie i wspieram Pana duchowo.
Hi Peter, no, lately I've only been performing on bandoneon with a quartet and gradually returning to accordion after a year's pause. Yes, I'm from Latvia, but I live in Germany. Thanks for expressing your interest in accordion, hopefully I will be releasing more videos of Bach's magical music in the near future
@@savvazihs There are many nice churches in Denmark also - where you can perform. I am sure many would like to hear you play. Just keep it in mind for the future. Good luck and thank you for your videos.
Hi, I think you've put a lot of effort into making these videos. It would help if you learned about the new video platform called Gan Jing World. This platform can help increase the credibility and views your videos produce. This lovely video platform has no violence, sexiness, or bad things.
As an organist, I find what you have done is remarkable. I learned the Toccata & Fugue when I was 14 [68 years ago] in an arrangement from the Widor -Schweitzer edition I made for piano. Our parish organist some time later gave me the keys to the 2 manual and Pedal Estey Reed organ, and about a year later I was playing it on the 3 manual Casavant in the upper Church. I have now watched all your current videos and I am impressed. God bless.
Thank you for your comment. And I am pleased with your words. The Toccata and F ugue was my first work that I transcribed for the accordion. I was 17 years old. Since then, I have been periodically putting my hand into your monumental repertoire of the king of all instruments. Performing this music is an incomparable pleasure
Is it possible to purchase this arrangement for accordion. I play a piano accordion with quint converter. I admire your possibility to play even 12' intervals ;-)
Acoustically speaking, how is this lofty, magestic sound even possible from such a humble musical instrument? The dynamics of this little squeeze box are fantastic! I now have a much deeper appreciation for the accordion than ever before. It is much more than a polka party instrument. One cannot feasibly take a pipe organ to play the Baroque Period by the campfire!!
😄Yes, you are right. Thanks for your comment
Oh, accordion is much more that a polka party instrument. Playing Bach on accordion is a tiny part of what accordion is capable of.
ua-cam.com/video/JwXONAGXlPY/v-deo.html
It's a portable pipe organ! Amazing interpretation. Greetings from São Paulo, Brazil.
You're an astonishing musician. Bravo! Johann Bach would be proud of you young sir.
I listened using headphones ... oh my God! Simply amazing! You're incredible! ❤
Halleluja 🙏............faszinierend was diese Hände auf dem Accordeon zaubern 🙏 ! Zum Weinen schön 🎶🎶🎶
Vielen Dank Elli, freut mich, das Video Ihnen gefallen hat. Danke für Ihren Kommentar❤️
Als Organist sage ich perfekt gespielt
@@Orgelfan62 vielen Dank!😌
Missed seeing this video when you first posted it. Excellent performance and interpretation. I am a 76 year old that plays piano accordion free bass (B system). In addition I am a long time pipe and electronic organist although I promote the accordion more because so many don't know what it is capable in the hands of a fine performer like you. The dynamics and nuances the bellows provide the artist set it apart from many other instruments including the organ and piano. To me it is similar to the bow on a violin or breath control on a flute.
Brother I have no exact words with which to express my deepest admiration for your transcription and instrumental performance of one of Bach's most beautiful works for the organ.
It is pure art.
Thank you very much👍
Magnifique ! Signé par un ancien organiste de 62 ans de près de 40 ans de carrière close le 15 août 2020
素晴らしすぎる演奏‼️美しい演奏にうっとりしました。
Among the various comments of appreciation from this fantastic accordionist which I fully agree with, I would also like to underline the sound quality of this accordion which I would liken to a small portable Silbermann pipe organ whose timbre is astonishing. From this union I was able to listen to the divine Bach with goosebumps as I hadn't done for a long time. Thank you so much Savva Zihs
Stunning performance! Wonderful legato.
That was simply awesome. You're an amazing accordionist! 👍
Thank you Maverick🙏
Вы замечательный музыкант! Аккордеон звучит великолепно, очень монументально. Браво!
Аккордеон, как мини- орган, где можно представить шедевр И.С.Баха в некоторой другой версии.. Браво!!!
Un arreglo impresionante
Спасибо! Чудесно!
You make it look so easy and this is NOT easy. Well done! I practiced accordion for years but was never really good. You are excellent! Thank you for this music.
One of my favorite Bach piece, I can imagine how difficult was the process to get it, but you achieve it in the best way, so I can only say congratulations!. Beautiful perfomance and video.
Thank you Alejandro!
Unbelievable transcription and performance! As an organist, i'm really impressed how good this famous organwork sounds on accordeon. Bravo!!
Thank you very much Marcel, your comments inspire me🙏
Bravo. In fact, much better than many organists!
Absolutely magnificent!
I'm an organist and started my first music lessons on the accordion when I was 8 or 9. I think that any of the major Bach organ works which have been transribed for piano or button accordion are more than likely more difficult to play on a free bass accordion. Thank you for you performance!
This is an incredible performance! So intriguing and interesting. Thanks for bringing this to life on the accordion.
You played wonderful!!! 🔥
Beautiful church!😍
I'm in tears Savva. It's a haunting piece on the organ. Brings me right back to my first heart for pursuing music since a child. Amen :)
❤️
Holy cow that thing sounds amazing!
I cannot believe this is only an accordion....it sounds huge! Bravo 🎉
Thank You Nick🙏
太令人著迷了
雖然鷗還學不來
手風琴
致敬
🎼🎵🎶🙌👍
有個行動管風琴真好，可以帶著Bach 曲目到處演奏。
Это замечательно исполнено, это не инструмент ,а божество, исполнитель просто просто одно целое с аккордеоном ,молодец,умница!!!
Ого, очень рад, что видео вас так впечатлило, спасибо за добрые слова Елена.🤗
Суперисполнение,супер совершенство!Брависсимо!!!
È una suonata fe
Suonata fenomenale da incanto!!!
Bravissimo!
Beautiful! Of all the interpretations with accordion I was able to find on UA-cam, this is my preferred one. Even better than one performed by your teacher Pitocco :-)
Cool, thank you Alessandro, I enjoy reading this❤️
Great choice of a Bach composition. Translates great to the accordion. Fine playing!
Thank you Bill❤️
Божественно!
Wunderschön, dieses Orgelstück auf dem Accordeon zu hören. Die Harmonien bringen die Seele zum Klingen, besonders in dieser merkwürdig traurigen Zeit. HERZLICHEN DANK 😘
So cool! Thank you for sharing
I had no idea that the accordion had such range, and your masterful performance would make JSB proud....Your interpretation is very much in the style of Virgil Fox.....I am now listening to your other pieces in awe!!!
Es zeigt das mann Bach auf jedes beliebige Instrument spielen kann und es klingt immer gut😀BWV 582 ist ein Orgelwerk und immer noch die Nummer eins im sachen Ostinato Werke. Es folgen bald danach von Buxtehude die Ciaconas Buxwv 159 und 160 und die Passacaglia Buxwv 161 auch nah an Bach aber Bachs Passacaglia 582 ist ganz einfach die Perfektion meine ich.Die erste Noten des Bas Thema's sollen van André Raison stammen sagen viele Musik Wissenschaftler.
Bestens beschrieben . Danke dafür !
Ein Musik- Kenner der ersten Güte .
@@preussenberlin8470 Besten Dank fur die netten Worte!
It's amazing how Bach's music comes to life in almost any arrangement on all sorts of instruments.
I'm currently practising a 4-part recorder arrangement, and I landed here looking for play-along recordings. This has been one of my favourite organ pieces for long, and I wouldn't have thought it sounds so beautiful on an accordion.
This interpretation is not just technically superb but it has deep emotion. Thank you very much for this video!
Thank you for your kind words. I agree with you, it is difficult to find a musical instrument on which Bach's music would sound bad. And especially the accordion, with its principle of sound production similar to the organ, and even in church acoustics).
I just do not understand the utter prejudice of so-called "Musicians" against the Accordion.
As much as I love classical music, I'd rather learn from Jazz or Rock musicians as they have none of the stuff shirt formality of their orchestral cousins.
Meisterhaft gespielt, ganz große Klasse! Vielen Dank für den Hörgenuss!
Amazing performance!
Świetna muzyka 👏
Em uma obra de Guimarães Rosa, cavaleiro e cavalo formam uma magnífica unidade, andando avante em meio ao mistério da vida. Avança assim, semelhantemente, o acordeonista e seu acordeão. Isto é arte em seu sentido transcendente.
Silvio obrigado pela bela comparação🙏
Encantou-me sua resposta em português, Savva!
Wow! Wonderful!
Absolutely amazing. Bravo 👏
Thank you Weeabruh🤗
Мне Ваш аккордеон нравится даже больше ,чем орган. Великолепное исполнение, прекрасное звучание - Вы волшебник!
Excellent interpretation!
Keep re listening to this… Just amazing and AWAITING new content. ⭐️
Amazing🍃love it
Просто нет слов, идеальное исполнение! Супер !! Мощь
Super👍🥰
This is a beautiful prayer. Don't stop, keep going!
Thank you gabeee77
Wow…so beautiful !! Bravo !!!
Thank you for wonderful playing😮
Thank you Claudia🙏
Phenomenal performance!!!
Thank you Theresa!
Пуно хвала!
Excellent!!!!!
Thank-you for posting this beautiful and inspiring performance. I live in Canada where there is no tradition of baroque/classical accordion and almost no one plays the free bass accordion,nor teaches it. It is my dream to play Bach ion the accordion. Your playing is really wonderful to listen to. I have so much respect for incredible accordionists like yourself. Are you submitting a video for the accordion star competition? Hope to see more of your work and that one day you will come to Canada and play live for us.
Thank you Alan very much, I am very happy to read this. I am happy to play great Bach music, but now I am learning a new instrument, the bandoneon, so I hardly play the accordion. I do hope to get back to Bach again soon. I wish you many wonderful moments with your accordion and hope that the lack of a teacher will not stop you.
@@savvazihs Thank-you for writing. In one of your tango videos I wrote in the comments that there is an exceptional tango ensemble where I live called Payadora. They started out with an accordionist but their box player is a band one on player so you might enjoy their videos. I had no idea where your name is from so I looked it up and learned it is either Greek or from Crete. I studied on line with a wonderful teacher in Athens who started teaching me free bass. I currently study locally with an excellent teacher from Finland who will teach me free bass one day. Good luck with your work.
Fascinating...absolutely fascinating.
Great accordionist, great musician.
this is the greatest piece of all
It is so beautiful❤ Thank you so much. You’re an amazing artist😊
Thank you very much Elena😊
awesome!
Magnífico "
Excellent. I also have played this on piano-accordion (but with C-system free bass) and love this piece. You played it perfectly.
Were you able to make the counterpoint of the Passacaglia cry, with a wonderful gasp ... and it's a wonderful feeling.
Thanks colleague🪗
Bravo pour l'interprétation de cette belle transcription d'une œuvre d'orgue considérable de Bach !
Merci Monsieur Jean🎵
Bravo
Utterly magnificent! Those German churches always have such marvelous acoustics. I read your from Latvia. My favorite organ in the world is there, which I played in 2008 at Riga Dom. I also played many of the historic organs in Germany as well and, though my focus tends to be German Romantic music, I cannot say that I don’t appreciate Bach. I just tend to prefer not to play it but rather listen to it being played extremely well. You’ve done that here - bravo!
Astounding. Incredible feeling❤
Thank you very much Emmanuel❤️
Captivating!
Beautiful...Bravo...............
Музыкой Баха можно лечить душу!
Man, Bach would be proud of You! Yes, You!
😄 thank you Slawomir
amazing!
Wooo ❤ viva l’accordeon bravissimo congratulation
Amazing! If I hadn't been watching you, I would have thought it was a pipe organ!
WHERE ARE YOU FROM ?
Grande,Grande,Meravigliosa!!!
Thank you for sharing and please do share more!
This is great congratulations Bach rules
Beuatiful!
Amazing
Toca o acordeão com a majestosa concentração com que Elisabeth II tocava o Reino Unido!
Increible
Brawo MISTRZU!!!!
Dziękuję🪗
@@savvazihs Doskonale wiem, ile Pan włożył w wyćwiczenie tego utworu siły, czasu i jak wielkie to było poświęcenie (to szacunek dla Bacha i chwała dla muzyki ).
Sam kiedyś grałem na akordeonie. Później głównym instrumentem stały się organy i tak 40 lat. Dzisiaj mam problemy zdrowotne ze stawami i brak dostępu do instrumentu.
Pozdrawiam serdecznie i wspieram Pana duchowo.
Are you playing on the accordion with free bass quint converter?
Hi Savva, do you play any concerts? I would like to hear you play Bach some day. I live in Denmark - and you are Latvian?
Hi Peter, no, lately I've only been performing on bandoneon with a quartet and gradually returning to accordion after a year's pause. Yes, I'm from Latvia, but I live in Germany. Thanks for expressing your interest in accordion, hopefully I will be releasing more videos of Bach's magical music in the near future
@@savvazihs There are many nice churches in Denmark also - where you can perform. I am sure many would like to hear you play. Just keep it in mind for the future. Good luck and thank you for your videos.
👍👍
This is a remarkable performance!
Which model by Scandalli are you using?
And did you got the sheet music?
Than you Paulin, this is one of the Conservatorio ....versions, I don't remember which one😬 No no i just made a transcription
Beautiful. I wish I didnt stop playing after school^^
Универсальный инструмент. Может конкурировать и с органом. Из какого Вы города и где Вас можно послушать?
CAN YOU PLAY , " BIST DU BEI MIR " ?
Dette er noe av det vakreste jeg har hørt på lenge.
Takk !
That's impossible! No way!
😄🪗
@@savvazihs I can't believe my eyes. How could you do that? And also so beautiful!
@@vincentwu2663
I was helped by a wonderful teacher Massimiliano Pitocco
I'd defy any concert pianist or organist to try to play accordion. It is a very hard instrument initially as you cannot see the bass keys.
@@Belfreyite This explains why I find it incredible.
😉 l'amplificazione della parte dei bassi era esagerata....peccato
Grazie per la tua critica, la qualità della registrazione del suono è qualcosa che deve essere migliorata nei miei video.
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Okey, thanks for the information👍
Sehr gut gemacht!!!