All I can say is "amazing". I am so happy to see that there are still young people willing to do what is required to keep music like this alive and to keep the "king of instruments" alive.

Today, March 21, I am celebrating the birth of J. S. Bach by listening to your brilliant interpretation of his Passacaglia in C minor

How does this prodigious organist not have at least ten times the subscribers he currently has?? I’m such a fan. Thank you Sebastian!

You don't necessarily "Get" Bach after years in a Conservatory or, for that matter, in service to a church, but all of that can be a priceless experience. It comes when you hear a young man perform BWV 582 as we have heard with Sebastian. Can't you just imagine Bach looking down from Heaven and saying, "Now that's what I'm talking about". Watching this young kid playing the organ literally puts me in a trance. Is it possible he is not from Earth?

I've heard many, many performances of this famous, venerable work by JSB. But never, until I heard this version, have I ever felt that the performer truly understood not just what Bach intended with this piece, but truly understood the full potential of which this piece is capable! WOW !!! 😮 ❤

Music never ages. Thanks Dad...

My father was an organist, and even I dabbled a bit with organ playing when I was in high-school. But I grew up in the 50s and 60s listening mostly to Virgil Fox and E. Power Biggs, and since they are long gone, I feared that the art of organ playing might disappear entirely. Very few churches can afford to maintain a pipe organ, and many have either abandoned the organ altogether, or have opted for an electronic instrument. So, thank you, Mr. Heindl, for restoring my faith in a younger generation's willingness to preserve the great musical traditions of the king of instruments. The Passacaglia and Fugue is my favorite of Bach's organ works, and you knocked it out of the park. Your voicings were magnificent, and from the foreboding introduction of the theme by the pedals, to the glorious conclusion of the fugue, you never allow the listener to forget that principal theme. Which is as it should be. What good is fugal composition if the principal subject is buried in an avalanche of other notes, never to be heard from again? You kept reminding us, with a variety of uniquely wonderful registrations. I'm sure you made JSB proud.

Bravo, bravo, bravo!!! 👏👏👏

The focus, skill and concentration is AMAZING 🙂

7:21 can you feel the passion? strong emotions? bury me with this piece, kill me with this piece. I was a teenage when I first heard it. now i'm 40 and still impressive

Brillant and amazing interpretation. The different themes were clearly expressed. For a moment, I was just sitting in this church. Thank you. Bravo!

Simply incredible

that was wonderfully done.. just wonderful to see this piece being done by a younger person with such precision and touch. exceptional job!

La plus belle interprétation de la Passacaille en ut Mineur que j'ai écouté et vue. Une précision et de nouvelles impulsions qui suscitent l'admiration.. Ce Sébastien qui porte le même prénom que son Maître compositeur qui a débuté dans les choeurs des Thomaners est vraiment Génial !!! Je suis fan. Un bel élan de jeunesse redonné à cette belle oeuvre majeure du répertoire de l'orgue.

A truly magnificent performance, Sebastian, of the Passacaglia in C minor by J S Bach. I think your interpretation of this wonderful piece was memorable, made so by your playing, choice of stops and the use of the swell to uniquely demonstrate how you feel the C minor Passacaglia should sound. Congratulations! Vielen Dank und die herzlichsten Wünsche für Ihre musikalische Zukunft

Magnificent Sebastian

This is extraordinary! There is always something new to find in Bach's music, I believe that was always his intention with everything he wrote, but this is something else! The consummate musicianship combined with a superb instrument is precisely what Bach hoped would become of his music. Wowzers!!

A truly passionate performance.

Brilliante Registrierung und eine traumhafte Interpretation dieses "Mega-Orgelwerkes" vom alten Bach. Ich bin sehr beeindruckt!

A master at work!

this is awesome!

Just came back to listen again to this masterpiece of interpretation and playing skills by Sebastian again after having watched the interpretation of Jonathan Scott from his recent concert on the brand new Great Rieger Organ of Sy Marys Basilica in Krakow Poland. Both are romantic interpretations on a huge organ with a great acoustic and using the full resources of the organ and when listening to them together the similarities and differences are striking but both are fantastic interpretations and both make you cry with joy at the musicality. Hope one day Sebastian & Jonathan can meet and Jonathan's >100K subscriber base find Sebastian's channel.

A new interpretation of Bach. Have never heard this before. Many masters can disagree but it has a right to be

Your genius is showing! Thanks for sharing your love of this music with all of us.

You captured the pathos of this masterpiece wonderfully. Congrats

Bravo!....I enjoyed it .... Very refreshing!

Can you feel the power of Bach? One of Bach's greatest. And your interpretation has uncovered the knob of the deepest essences. Great job.

Brilliant. Beautiful voicing and superb performance. Really appreciate that you share your artistry.

Organ transcription of the orchestral transcription of an organ piece. It’s brilliant!!! I can nearly feel the breath of Respighi. And I feel the breath you’ve given to the pipes, each stops group like an orchestral section. Amazing and innovative interpretation, Bravissimo!!!

What a rendition. Splendid! Superb! Well done Sebastian!

Absolutely stunning! Brilliant! Feels heavenly. 🥰

Glorious

Meisterhafter Umgang mit dem Nachhall von 5 Sekunden, besonders 5:30 bis 6:22 und ab 8:21

Great job!

It is a good, inventive performance.

Goddamn BRILLIANT!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏

Toute mon admiration pour cette vigueur, cette nervosité et cette sensibilité qui me rappelle un certain Pierre Pincemaille que j'ai suivi durant trente ans, à Saint-Denis, et surtout ailleurs, et que je retrouve dans les rythmes, la registration, tirant parti des possibilités de l'instrument. Architecte en Chef de Notre-Dame de Paris, je rêve de vous écouter un jour sous les voûtes de "ma" cathédrale ! PhV.

Your ending was as dramatic as your hair, socks, and white pants. Gorgeous rendition with ample emotion!

Excelente, bravo

Wunderbar!! St. Mathias, Berlin. Seifert Orgel. Amazing!!

this is real good Sebastian

Speechless in NC.

🥰I must admit to my music 🎶 addiction to the Pipe Organs! Especially just listening 👂 to that Out Of The Ball Park Performance 😮😮🤩🤩😎I know Please No Pictures Lol. I have herd that same piece played by the best and interesting 🤔 On How Incredibly different each Organist Plays The Same Piece but The Contrast in Styles of Playing, Self Interpretation, Your Very own choice of Picking Out the Registration For Colorization to this magnificent Organ Piece. I have been a huge fan of you and you’re music 🎼 performances. Bravo 👏 my dear friend!

I especially love how you added such passion to the last few measures of the Fugue, and especially your interpretation of the final chords.. It gave me an adrenaline rush!!

Always the best interpretation.

Il finale è da brividi!❤

Absolument fabuleux. Magnifique interprétation, très orchestrée et soulignant toute les ressources de la partition. Un grand merci pour ce partage, Maestro..

The most beautiful interpretation of Passacaglia I have listened, and played by heart!! Amazing!

Very nice!

Een buitengewoon knappe registratie!

The creative registrations are amazing! Really brings new colors to this magical piece!

Increíble

Very cool

& Jhr. Humphrey, It is amazing of Brilliant. Merci.

Yet beautiful

wow, das war wirklich einfach nur grandios!! phantastisch gespielt und die registrierung war wirklich toll. ich bin bei "exotischen" registrierungen zugegebenerweise häufiger mal skeptisch eingestellt, aber diese hier war echt super - sicher weil es nicht total übertrieben war (einfach weil man es auf biegen und brechen mal komplett anders machen will), sondern maßvoll, durchdacht und geschmackvoll; es bringt wunderbar neue farben in dieses zeitlos geniale werk ohne dass man als zuhörer überfordert wird. bravo!!

Amazing!

I love the variation of the different stops and the amount of control over that instrument. The best version I heard! Btw, notice the fly at 3:27 landing on a stop, right before getting kicked off again :D

Ich freue mich jedesmal über Dein gigantisches Spielen. Danke!

bravo

Geweldig!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's eerily atmospheric

Wonderful. I have always thought the quiet opening and terraced registration the perfect setup, once I heard it played that way by Power Biggs on the Harvard Flentrop. MInd you, I only had 25 stops on my Casavant, so I didn't have much choice. lol

GRANDIOS

well done brother

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I know about finger substitution but hadn't the slightest idea that organists also do foot substitution!

I prefer his performance more than many others

Nicely structured and very creative. The organ sounds like a caricature of the ‘real’ thing though, with the playing to match. BTW The manuscript bears the marking: pro organo pleno, without any further indications.

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏браво

Wow i ma really impressed by your playing and registration...we hear this piece most of the time in one registration from start till end...but where is the point to build the organ with numerous register and few manuals if we used only one combination. passacaglia is a perfect music to show the capabilities of an organ...from one register to all out. And i really like your playing for me it is a mix of Chapuis and Richter 😮😮😮 . Just cuntinue like that.

❤️💕💕

Am besten Spielen von diesem Bach werke, Prima!

W A U W

Where is this beautiful church?

0:06 what registers did he used for pedal?

There's some staccato where there shouldn't be, but otherwise a lot better than I can play it. Very good indeed

The notes lack clarity. It's the organ, (not tracker) not the player. He's amazing!

Es gibt auf KZfaq einige wirklich gute Einspielungen dieses großartigen Werkes von Bach. Diese zählt m.E. nicht dazu. Warum? Bach wird romantisiert. Was sollen der Einsatz des Schwellwerks, die sehr häufigen Manualwechsel und die permanenten Änderungen in der Registrierung sowie die nicht gerade seltenen Änderungen der Tempi? Es ist verbürgt, dass Bach selbst nie so spielte. Anstatt eine Steigerung mit wesentlich weniger Mitteln zu erreichen, wird hier ein fantastisches Orgelwerk nach Belieben des Künstlers zu einem zirzensischen Schaulauf. Wohlgemerkt: Heindl hat eine großartige Begabung, aber er spielt hier Heindl, nicht Bach. Wer eine wirklich adäquate Interpretation der Passacaglia hören und sehen möchte, sei z.B. auf die Liveaufnahme von Jean Paul Imbert hier auf KZfaq verwiesen.