Prelude & Fugue E minor BWV 548 - Bach | Iddo van der Giessen

Iddo van der Giessen plays the Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). The Fugue is sometimes called “The Wedge” because of the chromatic outward motion of the fugue theme.
Organ | Duyschot/Vater/Flentrop, 1686/1727/1992, 41 stops
Location | Westerkerk, Amsterdam
Stop assistant | Geurt van Lagen
Audio & video | Samuël Strijbis, Concertstreamz
Iddo van der Giessen (1995) is a concert organist and church musician. A native of The Netherlands, he is presently Cantor and Organist at the Protestant congregation of the Goede Herderkerk in Rotterdam. He graduated with a 9 out of 10 for his Master of Music degree at the Royal Conservatory, having been student of Jos van der Kooy. Iddo completed his education in Liturgical Music at the Codarts University of the Arts in Rotterdam. He participated in lessons and masterclasses with Ronald de Jong, Bert Mooiman, Geert Bierling, Hayo Boerema, Anton Pauw, Leo van Doeselaar and Ludger Lohmann. He recorded CDs in Rotterdam and Haarlem (St. Bavo) and regularly publishes articles about (church) music, liturgy and history.
www.iddovandergiessen.nl

[@albertwessels71]

prachtige uitvoering,dank.

[@sarolta41]

Awesome performance of this magnificent piece! Congrats! The great “ Wedge” is one of my favourite fugues…

[@IddovdGiessen]

Thank you very much. It is one of my favourite fugues too!

[@thomante]

The middle voices are heroic on this instrument. Excellent performance.

[@IddovdGiessen]

Thank you!

[@NielsvanderGiessen]

Eén van mijn favoriete Bachwerken op een verbluffende wijze uitgevoerd, waarvoor complimenten!

[@IddovdGiessen]

Bedankt Niels, en ja, ook een van mijn favorieten!

[@ramonestana7338]

Fantastisch! Brilliant dargeboten! Hier trifft Bachs Genie auf einen außergewöhnlichen Organisten👍👍👍

[@IddovdGiessen]

Danke schön!

[@cejhoekman1668]

Zeer van genoten, wat een heerlijke drive gooide je erin en dat blijft maar duren... En nee, ik heb geen commentaar op je registratie, gewoon goed, je rubato etc maakt het juist zo sprekend en spannend! Bravo!

[@jesuisravi]

Splendid! This is why they call this device "the king of instruments".

[@SamuelKieviet]

Iddo, wat een meesterlijke uitvoering! Een van Hollands mooiste orgels komt op deze manier wel echt helemaal tot z'n recht... Dank!

[@IddovdGiessen]

Bedankt Samuel!

[@johnhooper3468]

Amazing! Thank you, and may you spend many more evenings with such glorious music, for the benefit of organ lovers.

[@Thitadhammo]

Wat een schitterende uitvoering. Dit is precies zoals je het zou willen horen. Heerlijk ook dat Bach hier niet zo strak wordt uitgevoerd maar met de muziek die er zo duidelijk in zit.

[@IddovdGiessen]

Bedankt!

[@FB1960]

Prachtig orgelspel, genoten 🎶🎵👍🎶🎵

[@javipuente7079]

Bravo! Great performance!

[@himmerod9117]

Stunning performance of this organ "symphony" in 2 movements

[@IddovdGiessen]

Thank you very much!

[@himmerod9117]

@@IddovdGiessen and always remember Karl Richter's words: "Bach has to be played always cantabile". A paraphrase of Bachs own words in his introduction to his inventions 😉

[@robertdelvin8314]

Stunning performance in every way!

[@doctorfoster1968]

Super! Well done. Almost 1000 subscribers....

[@emanueleracco]

Amazing performance! This organ is incredibile! ❤ Many congratulatons! 👏🏻🤗

[@IddovdGiessen]

Thanks a lot!

[@lubertusbrons4173]

Fantastisch!! Hartelijk dank!!

[@danieltunnicliffe4692]

An excellent performance. The playing, the instrument the registration all outstanding. Thanks.

[@IddovdGiessen]

Thank you very much!

[@janquintuszwart316]

Zeer fraai Waarvoor dank

[@WilbertBerendsen]

Een heerlijke uitvoering, soepel en sprankelend!

[@IddovdGiessen]

Hartelijk dank!

[@giuseppebianchini9160]

Complimenti. Le auguro un futuro colmo di gioie e soddisfazioni.

[@IddovdGiessen]

Grazie

[@tucu2]

Nevertheless the interpretation shown is quite lively and very well phrased and articulated as well. The historic organs sounds marvellous per se.

[@IddovdGiessen]

Thank you!

[@bert-hassokemnitz8580]

Geniales Orgelwerk BWV 548. Herrliche Orgeln in Amsterdam ,in Westerkerk Klangfülle beachtlich

[@IddovdGiessen]

Danke schön!

[@angelocarini1119]

overwhelming

[@LoveandCreativity-pc8ny]

This is grandest video

[@qwerftseattle]

Where is, this organ?

[@IddovdGiessen]

Westerkerk in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

[@tucu2]

To play such a large piece without any changes of manuals seems to me a little bit anachronistic and unexciting: It is a style of interpretation developped by the 1960-80s based on around J.S. Bach but not by Bach himself. In the meantime there are new results in musicology that say that this type of interpretation has not too much to do with Bach's practice. He is like to have changed regularly manuals and also colours!

[@IddovdGiessen]

It can work on fine organs with a fine plenum, but I share your appreciation of some changes in colours and registration. Sometimes I apply those to quite a large extent, for example in the B minor fugue. In this performance, there are changes between different plena and manuals in the fugue.