Bach - Chromatic Fantasia and fugue in D minor BWV 903 - Van Delft

Bach - Chromatic Fantasia and fugue in D minor BWV 903 - Van Delft | Netherlands Bach Society

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The ‘Chromatic’ Fantasia and fugue in D minor, performed by Menno van Delft for All of Bach, was already legendary in its day. It almost certainly started out as an improvisation. “When Bach improvised, he had power over all 24 keys; he could do whatever he wanted with them”. Biographer Forkel repeats it time and time again: Bach was a real wizard on the keyboard.
Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 17th 2015 at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel bit.ly/2vhCeFB or consider donating bit.ly/2uZuMj5.
For the interview with clavichordist Menno van Delft on Fantasia and fugue in D minor go to • Van Delft on Bach Fant...
For the interview with clavichordist Menno van Delft on the clavichord go to • Van Delft on the clavi...
For more information on BWV 903 and this production go to allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-903/
In memory of Mary R. Flora, who had a lifelong love of music, promoted education, and believed in the equality of all people.
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Menno van Delft, clavichordist
Clavichord: Johann Paul Kraemer and sons, Göttingen, 1803
0:00 Fantasia
6:13 Fugue

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@bach 5 жыл бұрын

0:07 Fantasia 6:13 Fugue

@rasohatskiy_andriy. 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!!!

@jsb7975 2 жыл бұрын

Mijn God wat een geweldig mooie uitvoering. Deze zal ge-etst blijven in de herinnering. 🏞🏛

@natetabormusic 2 жыл бұрын

The tone on that Clavichord is outstanding.....!!!

@herrickinman9303 2 жыл бұрын

It sounds like my clavichord. It's weak in the upper register. The high notes decay too rapidly. One could say they sound tinny.

@francoisplaniol1489 7 ай бұрын

Its indeed a masterpiece of clavichord!

@Egill2011 27 күн бұрын

@@herrickinman9303 To be honest, I prefer harpsichord, this instrument sounds almost like piano, which I do not like very much.

@randomoneforstuff3696 14 күн бұрын

@@Egill2011 I find it to be the best of both worlds- the dynamics from piano with the sharper timbre of harpsichord!

@jaikee9477 Жыл бұрын

Eminent musicologist and Bach biographer Johann Nikolaus Forkel wrote in 1802 that BWV903 was his first work to achieve great popularity across Germany and Europe. It finally established Bach as one of the greatest composer of his time.

@udayshankar10 2 жыл бұрын

I am thankful for many things in life... right at the top is J S Bach and not far behind, Netherlands Bach Society. Thanks is monstrously inadequate, but thanks nevertheless.

@matthias4522 2 жыл бұрын

I'm totally with you on this

@frankspekhorst3115 2 жыл бұрын

First time that I have the feeling that I have understood the piece.

@johanschneiders6293 2 жыл бұрын

I agree! Before this video, I never quite understood why this piece was so well known: it sure did sound nice, but it did not 'speak' as much as some of Bach his other works.(to me at least) This musician threw out the 'showpiece' idea and it really made all the difference, in a good way.

@purpurina5663 2 жыл бұрын

Happens often with good performances, especially those by NBS. The more "cerebral" pieces become clear. For me it was on the last five (Goldberg) variations, which I'd always had trouble grasping.

@dsfgnk4 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this delicate but powerful, absolutely inspiring performance of Bach.

@catherineden.374 2 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful instrument.

@carolinareguerofullier6595 Жыл бұрын

Asombroso el talento que muestra tocando con tanta maestría y pasión tan delicada música regalándonos todos los matices que el maestro supo crear. GRACIAS infinitas por compartir estos preciados minutos. ¡FELICITACIONES!❤💜💚💛💙🌝⚘

@joecunningham6939 2 ай бұрын

This is the somehow the most eerily emotional music ive ever hears

@oryx3 2 жыл бұрын

That fugue is breathtaking.

@henrifischer1119 Жыл бұрын

hoe kan ik deze een jaar geleden gemist hebben?????? overweldigend mooi.

@jack-danielbalantine156 2 жыл бұрын

Another national treasure of the Netherlands!👍👍👍

@sacalius_papalagius 2 жыл бұрын

First time that I notice interlace artifacts on your videos, but, I do not mind since I - as everyone else - am here for the musicality that this community of musicians offers in abundance.

@fernnevjinsky8399 2 жыл бұрын

Just one word : BEAUTIFUL ! Beautiful interpretation, beautiful clavichord.

@ezequielstepanenko3229 2 жыл бұрын

I will never get enough of this piece

@kseniyamorein5481 3 ай бұрын

My 6yo son was fascinated:) Thanks a lot!

@rufescens 2 жыл бұрын

The visual aesthetic of this performance is quite something: six young people sitting around the performer on cushions--on stage. I love it.

@WolfieNamira 2 жыл бұрын

I believe the reason is that the clavichord is a VERY quiet instrument. By quiet I mean EXTREMELY quiet. They can barely be heard across the room!

@leo32190 2 жыл бұрын

Focus on the music please. That is the only thing that matters. I agree with your sentiments, however we should not let even a little bit of visual output by the performer, or the setting or anything of the sorts, influence our view of the music and the performance. Close your eyes.

@rufescens 2 жыл бұрын

@@leo32190 Don't tell me what to do.

@leo32190 2 жыл бұрын

It is just a suggestion

@pookz3067 2 жыл бұрын

@@rufescens your loss

@emilalbazi8691 2 жыл бұрын

Clavichord... Bach's beat friend Spent time with it more than anyone else

@DavidDuVivier 2 жыл бұрын

A brilliant, an excellent, an OUTSTANDING performance. And yet even with that said, it demonstrates clearly - if you listen closely - the fact that of all the keyboard instruments the clavichord is the most demanding, the most mercilessly unforgiving. Unlike the spinett, the virginal, the harpsichord or the organ (not to mention the piano), the clavichord lays bare EVERY imperfection in technique, be it ever so slight or minuscule or minute or seemingly insignificant. Perhaps that - and the soft, unobtrusive volume level produced by the clavichord - made it the preferred instrument for home keyboard practice up to around 1800.

@handavid6421 2 жыл бұрын

Ooh chromatic fantasia on a clavichord!!!

@ruperttmls7985 2 жыл бұрын

Try this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z65pfqZoyLecc2w.html LOL

@OldPannonian 2 ай бұрын

A spellbinding performance!

@lauraderr8017 2 жыл бұрын

This is amazing, so experimental and expressive, yet still within Bach's perfect handling of melody and harmony. Such beautiful playing, I love it! Thank you!

@jamallabarge2665 2 жыл бұрын

He has a deft touch with this piece. Well timed and very well played!

@jamallabarge2665 2 жыл бұрын

How can they sit so still!!!

@hugoclarke3284 2 жыл бұрын

Is this a pun on Delft

@hebamadi265 2 жыл бұрын

What an amazing performance, phrases clarity emotions wow truly master piece

@edgardodelisi8634 2 жыл бұрын

Clavicordio. El instrumento que quizás Bach usara en la intimidad de su hogar. Y en el que compusiera sus obras....

@ritanicosia 2 жыл бұрын

This rendition made me discover sounds I had never noticed before. Gorgeous instrument and sensitive player ❤️👍

@ma859 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect instrument. Perfect expression. Interpretation just as you want it. A miraculous performance. Thank you.

@musikinspace 2 жыл бұрын

This man is seriously a genius of interpreting Bach

@WoutDC 2 жыл бұрын

What a recording, great!

@donnaterkildsen7211 2 жыл бұрын

I love the sound of this clavichord and his talent is amazing!

@carlcurtis Жыл бұрын

Intelligent, passionate, sublime. It is, after all, Bach--and beautifully played.

@musicarrangestudio9134 2 жыл бұрын

The sound of harpsichord always resonates with me.

@theharry801 2 жыл бұрын

its not a harpsichord.

@musicarrangestudio9134 2 жыл бұрын

@@theharry801 Ah! sorry~! Clavichord

@federicoyanezf.y.8359 2 жыл бұрын

2:48 I love that little scale phrases... They are so elegant, so powerful with such a heavy meaning and mistery. And they lead to a very special note to continue the arpeggio section. Very dramatic music. Johann Sebastian was really crazy.

@counterpointtv4088 2 жыл бұрын

Bach - all passion, that man.

@danielpincus221 Жыл бұрын

This artist does not force the music forward. He allows it, and himself, to discover and savor what’s coming now.

@henrygibbons2354 2 жыл бұрын

I love this piece of music, no matter if it’s played on harpsichord, clavichord, 9’ concert grand, or death metal band. Thanks be to Bach.

@axhed 10 ай бұрын

i'm gonna have to track down the death metal version!

@henrygibbons2354 10 ай бұрын

@@axhed Not sure there is one. But if there isn’t, there should be!

@grafvonsylt 2 жыл бұрын

Wunderbare Musik auf einen wunderbaren Instrument!

@PfadiHH 2 жыл бұрын

One rare good sounding Clavichord

@mr.9931 9 ай бұрын

Wait, this is all IMPROVISED? Bach improvising a fantasia? I can see that. Much of his baroque style is here, and the chord progressions are great with a somewhat free structure (which is the definition of fantasia). But a fugue? That's a complicated beast of writing and counterpoint. I knew Bach was a genius, but creating a fugue that's entirely improvised still has me fascinated to a pondering degree. P.S.: Big thanks to Van Delft for playing this masterpiece, and quite perfectly I might add!

@alessioparone5722 2 жыл бұрын

Iper super hyper upper amazing wonderful performance and music

@Highlander1432 2 жыл бұрын

This really is a great performance of this piece

@RSW1950 3 жыл бұрын

Bravo Menno... wonderful performance and a wonderful instrument.

@JMcdon1627 2 жыл бұрын

The most outstanding articulation. If I had only half of Menno van Delft's manual dexterity.

@krismarks8785 2 жыл бұрын

If I had 1% of his dexterity, I’d be the world’s best neurosurgeon.

@herrickinman9303 2 жыл бұрын

@@krismarks8785 No doubt, Menno missed his true calling.

@HenryJonesVictor Жыл бұрын

dude should rename himself to van Deft

@rgcamborg 3 жыл бұрын

What a performance!

@tahaouhabi3520 Жыл бұрын

The Quality of sound is top tier 👌

@brandongoecks1269 2 жыл бұрын

I dont think you could get anymore people in the audience! Its packed 🙃

@juancarlossaavedra6757 Жыл бұрын

J S Bach with his music, try to make the world a better place

@MARTIN201199 11 ай бұрын

Superb! Unbelievable audio quality and interpretation by Van Delft

@albertnori2934 Жыл бұрын

That's really a great sound i thank you

@turpialito 2 жыл бұрын

I had never heard BWV 903 on the clavichord. Amazing articulation. The fingering seems to suggest he studied the finger-tapping technique. Sublime. Thanks again, NBS!

@athanhellene3642 2 жыл бұрын

Superlative performance!!!

@lenanielsen5903 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing performance🍃

@jacekjendrych5584 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful baroque music

@erick-gd7wo 2 жыл бұрын

*BRAVOOOOOO* this is the only word i can say. Now i understand why Herr Bach prefered Claviechord.... This performance is *the answer*

@notaire2 2 жыл бұрын

Wunderschöne Aufführung dieser perfekt komponierten Fantasie und Fuge im veränderlichen Tempo mit klar artikuliertem Klang des technisch perfekten Tasteninstruments und mit sorgfältig kontrollierter Dynamik. Wahrlich intelligenter und genialer Künstler!

@gonzatamame 2 жыл бұрын

Love this productions, greetings from Argentina

@Johnwilkinsonofficial 2 жыл бұрын

really excellent and intelligent interpretation as well, beautiful.

@franciscoe.novalessalinas4981 2 жыл бұрын

MARAVILLOSO Instrumento Ejecutante Extremadamente VIRTUOSO. GRACIAS MAESTRO VAN DELFT. GRACIAS DESDE MÉXICO

@Iperdorico 2 жыл бұрын

Esecuzione magistrale. Complimenti

2 жыл бұрын

One of the best interpretations I've heard.

@jerzysmol14 Жыл бұрын

How far ahead of those polite baroque pieces of the time! Bach WAS and IS still a genious!

@MatthieuStepec 11 ай бұрын

You mean polite like Rebel's "les éléments" or like Biber's sonata representativa?

@aimilios439 2 жыл бұрын

Nice seeing the clavichord here. Such a wonderful and expressive instrument, suitable for one of the few pieces of Bach that needs expressiveness to make sense. And expressed it feels! Great rendition, thank you.

@herrickinman9303 2 жыл бұрын

The piece still makes sense on the instrument it's usually played on: the harpsichord.

@aimilios439 2 жыл бұрын

@@herrickinman9303 Indeed, but harpsichord can be expressive too. Most pieces by Bach can be played by a robot with prefect time and as flat dynamics as he indicates and still make sense (it won't be a great performance though). This one will just sound horrible without rubato and fluidity; the dynamics of clavichord really help too.

@andrewhicks8340 2 жыл бұрын

I have played this on the piano, which has some expressive possibilities lacking on the harpsichord (though harpsichord is also good), and I am mostly an organist. After hearing this, I think clavichord is best of all, at least for this very important work.

@herrickinman9303 2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewhicks8340 I have a piano, a 2-manual harpsichord, and a clavichord that sounds as good the one in this recording. I've played this work on all 3 instruments and like it best on harpsichord or piano. The clavichord's dynamic range is too small and the high notes decay too rapidly. (I also play organ, cello, viola, violin, and all sizes of viola da gamba.)

@voraciousreader3341 2 жыл бұрын

“....one of the few pieces of Bach that needs expressiveness to make sense,” ?!? I think your thinker broke...there is no more expressive music in the musical canon more expressive, more beautiful, more full of exquisite moments than Bach’s. If you’re one of those people who don’t understand his music, all I can say is, I feel very sorry for you. Unless, of course, you’re posing as an intellectual. If that’s the case, you’re doing a mighty poor job of it.

@josephgeary5798 2 жыл бұрын

An outstanding rendition of a quite astonishing piece of Bach, all topped by the tone of this beautiful Clavichord. Thanks again NBS 💗

@andreamundt 2 жыл бұрын

Wunderbares Clavichord und eine Interpretation höchster Güteklasse. Super! So schön und immens zufriedenstellend! = )

@wilbergarcia6625 2 жыл бұрын

Magistral interpretación, felicitaciones.

@paulbombardier8722 2 жыл бұрын

This is the first time I’ve ever heard this piece, though I”ve hears of it many Tim’s before. Fascinating.....just fascinating to listen to and to be able to catch a few glimpses of the score. And on such an atypical instrument for the works of Bach. Thank you o much for this.

@OmnipotentPotato Жыл бұрын

Well if you want the score while listening to the music, there's always Gerubach. It's a KZfaq channel with a vast amount of Bach music running along with the score.

@katyb2793 9 ай бұрын

Bravo!! 👏👏👏

@MrDubbioso 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating interpretation !!!

@macadaymo9226 3 жыл бұрын

Outstanding! Great job!

@franceskinskij 2 жыл бұрын

the recitativo impressed me

@cedrickducasse7950 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful ! Perfect, as always !

@josepalomogomez9865 Ай бұрын

Una maravilla. Gracias

@johannesg7997 Жыл бұрын

Bravo

@starlittle8504 2 жыл бұрын

Wow 😍

@hebersolis3460 Жыл бұрын

¡Maravilloso!

@BewegtBildYT 2 жыл бұрын

Wundervoll!

@Thetruepianoman 2 жыл бұрын

Cracking tone and very well played. Bravo!

@PieterJelledeBoer 2 жыл бұрын

Prachtig gespeeld, Menno!

@fortepianowalter 3 жыл бұрын

Super!

@francescm8537 2 жыл бұрын

ÉS fantàstic !!

@SoundAroundRSA 2 жыл бұрын

Спасибо, великолепная игра 😊

@misterphilgood1451 2 жыл бұрын

Emouvant de beauté !!! 👍👍👍

@asmodevsluxuria 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful instrument and outstanding playing

@axhed 10 ай бұрын

somehow, this piece was on one of the first classical cd's i ever bought, 30+ years ago.

@SilverKnobsHMDT 8 ай бұрын

To me Chromatic Fantasia is the pinacle of Bachs genius.

@dariuszz2495 2 жыл бұрын

wow!

@nicodriver91 2 жыл бұрын

Bach's shredding! some rock & metal artist sure would love to make an arrangement out of this work

@herrickinman9303 2 жыл бұрын

I sincerely hope that never happens. It would be better that rock & metal "artists" remain ignorant of Bach's music.

@matteomagurno3068 2 жыл бұрын

@@herrickinman9303 Low class? That's very elitist. And I do want to make it very clear to other people: this kind of haughty mannerism is not typical of classical music people, in fact the overwhelming majority tend to discourage this behavior. P.S. For those of you confused, they modified their comment! A gentleman and a scholar! They initially gave their very own absolute definition of shredding and referred to it as “low class”. And after that, they replied having as reference the altered comment. With peace and love.

@herrickinman9303 2 жыл бұрын

@heyguysinternet 2 жыл бұрын

You can find arrangements of this piece in the unlikeliest of places. It popped up (albeit in severely abbreviated form) in a Game Boy title, Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge.

@herrickinman9303 2 жыл бұрын

@@matteomagurno3068 According to a dictionary, _shredding_ is "a very fast, intricate style of rock lead guitar" playing. Based on that definition, you could say that _shredding_ is a style of rock lead guitar improvisation. Of course, rock guitar is a low class instrument, and rock music is a low class musical genre. What does that say about _shredding_ ?

@xinzeng-iq7zv 17 күн бұрын

nice instrument, mine arrive in two weeks

@litoboy5 2 жыл бұрын

cool

@pinosoprano 2 жыл бұрын

Eccellente.

@josuemelonacuna2110 2 жыл бұрын

epicardo toma mi like

@elibamberger5104 2 жыл бұрын

Wow he has some really delft fingers

@fatitankeris6327 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like Bach jamming. PS. In _honor_ of those nice gentlemen arguing about my term use in the replies, I'll correct it for them as *"Sounds like Bach having fun at the Klavier." (new after Herrick Inman's most precious recommendations: "Sounds like Bach"* . Why this long PS? For a hint at an entertaining read below.

@herrickinman9303 2 жыл бұрын

_Jamming_ is low class jargon for _improvising_ with _other_ musicians, esp. jazz or blues.

@andrewhicks8340 2 жыл бұрын

Bach's improvising may have been in this manner.

@matteomagurno3068 2 жыл бұрын

@@herrickinman9303 Jamming is perfectly fine, a very popular term with all kinds of musicians, including classical. There's nothing remotely wrong or ''low class'' about this expression, It's also much more practical than saying ''improvising with other musicians''. Also, don't treat your ideology as absolute truth.

@herrickinman9303 2 жыл бұрын

@@matteomagurno3068 Wrong. You're misusing the term. By definition, _jamming_ refers to improvisation between 2 or more musicians. This is a statement of fact, not "ideology." Your insistence on applying the term _jamming_ to improvisation by one musician or improvisation in classical music reflects 1) your ignorance of the meaning of the term and 2) possibly your low class.

@synchro505 2 жыл бұрын

Something tells me Bach would be amused with this thread. 🎹

@dr.alvarosilva9268 Жыл бұрын

Parabéns pela interpretação! Você é genial!

@yousafe007 2 жыл бұрын

An exceptional performance! I’m eager to know how this was recorded? Was the sound amplified during the performance too? I know how quiet the sound of a clavichord is. I remember doing a clavichord course 2 years ago and you can barely hear it from a distance of 10+ meters

@moltzer Жыл бұрын

2:56 I like when the low E happens in pieces.

@user-xk6kh2yv8k 2 жыл бұрын

That stripes on the video image are called 'interlacing'. You could fix this just applying 'deinterlacing' filter in your favorite video editor software.

@donaldcatton4028 Жыл бұрын

Very addictive…

@espressonoob 3 жыл бұрын

will this ever get uploaded to the channel instead of being unlisted?

@incription 2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@bachaddict 2 жыл бұрын

Hello

@Relatively_Irrelevant 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@catherineden.374 2 жыл бұрын

How did you write a comment 11 months ago on a video published today? Witchery?

@bachaddict 2 жыл бұрын

@@catherineden.374 it was unlisted, access given to some exclusive supporter club i think. KZfaq is going to publicise or completely privatise all unlisted videos soon.

@graeme011 2 жыл бұрын

This is brilliant! However, surely someone could have turned the pages for him??

@dzuschin 2 жыл бұрын

Nice reminder that his first biographer, Forkel, reported that "[Bach] liked best to play upon the clavichord," which he thought was "the most convenient for the expression of his most refined thoughts, and did not believe it possible to produce from any harpsichord or pianoforte such a variety in the gradations of tone as on this instrument..."