J.S. BACH "Great" Fugue in G minor, BWV 542

J.S. BACH "Great" Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 - Paul Jacobs, Organ

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11 ай бұрын

Grammy Award-winning organist Paul Jacobs performs Johann Sebastian Bach's blazing "Great" Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 on the Hazel Wright Organ at Christ Cathedral, Garden Grove, CA. "Hazel" is the fifth largest organ in the world, with more than 17,000 pipes and nearly 300 ranks. It combines the 1962 Aeolian-Skinner instrument from Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City with the 1977 Ruffatti organ originally built for the Garden Grove Community Church (later the Crystal Cathedral).
Paul Jacobs is the first organist to receive a Grammy Award (for Olivier Messiaen's towering Livre du Saint-Sacrement) and is considered "America's leading organ performer." At age 23 he performed the complete organ works of J.S. Bach in an 18-hour non-stop marathon concert, and at age 26 was appointed chair of the Organ Department at The Juilliard School. Jacobs, known for a prodigious musical memory, has performed on five continents and in each of the 50 United States, and as a concerto soloist with many major orchestras. www.pauljacobsorgan.com/
Recorded by Christian Amonson. www.seeingsound.com/
Thumbnail: Priscilla C. Scott.

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@Hailstormand 2 ай бұрын

When seeing his feet dancing at the pedals I keep thinking of the possibly apocryphal story about how a contemporary of Bach was so incensed at the fact that some rich man wanted to give Bach a gold ring for each of Bach's fingers after a particularly grand performance, the fellow said: "DON'T FORGET HIS FEET!"

@carinatiotuico6453 11 ай бұрын

The most remarkable organist in the world the only one who received a Grammy. His name is Another Bach! I can not believe it so perfect. Paul you are touching souls and hearts, I really love your concerts and I miss them!❤❤❤❤❤

@serf17 11 ай бұрын

Love the sound! Bach is smiling down on you! Thank you!

@johnrobinson1132 11 ай бұрын

Bravo. What a tour de force!

@friedrichkertoja 17 күн бұрын

This is one of the best performances , well perhaps the best😊

@Barpoint212 6 ай бұрын

A phenomenal reading! The vitality, the registration, and the overwhelming handling of the big pedal point at 2:55 and its resolution - which I note with no surprise is the most replayed section of the video.

@james.flores 11 ай бұрын

Excellently executed. Memory work is amazing!

@Vince_uk 11 ай бұрын

This skips along brilliantly excellently played.

@TRUE_FAITH93007 10 ай бұрын

The Incomparable Mr. Jacobs is at it again! Stunning piece ! Can't wait for more!!!

@edheffron 11 ай бұрын

Brilliantly musical--your playing always is. Thank you so much.

@radiogirl85 10 ай бұрын

Sir, I am speechless. This is one of my favorite pieces by Bach whom I consider to be the greatest composure in history. What an incredible performance! Bravo! 👏

@organmusic2562 10 ай бұрын

Yes--Bach is the top of the mountain! Thanks for your comment.

@stefanocorti1970 11 ай бұрын

Dear Mr. Jacobs, thank yoy for these outstanding videos. Wonderful performance and beautiful footage in 4K...I hope to find more music from this Ruffatti organ !!!!❤

@organmusic2562 11 ай бұрын

Thank you, Stefano!

@stefanodeluca-jl2si 6 ай бұрын

Grazie per averci regalato questa bellissima e perfetta esecuzione. S.D.G. Stupendo e grandioso Organo Ruffatti

@organmusic2562 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment! S.D.G.

@phwbooth 5 ай бұрын

Bach at his very, very best. Good performance, again in late nineteenth-century style.

@charlesdavis7087 8 ай бұрын

You're the most perfect, clear-cut, fifty karat diamond I've ever seen. I think you are making History right now... related to being one the 21st Century's finest. And ignorant me... just discovered you about three weeks ago. I'd like to hear some of your compositions and/or improvs. Congratulations on a long and prosperous career. Best wishes. CVD

@TomasiAndre 11 ай бұрын

Mr Jacobs, first of all, thank you very very much for this beautiful interpretation of yours. Everything is really impressive and you've added many layers of color through your registration and perfect tempo. I have a strong emotional connection with this piece and, from the many videoclips I have watched from various organists playing this wonderful fugue, yours is my choice as the best record ever. I am an organist myself in São Paulo, Brazil, and I wish i could play as majestic and technically accurate as you do, truly inspiring. Bach is my favorite composer and the complexity and elegance of his work just emanate from your fingers giving us the impression that everything is effortless, pure sprezzatura. By the way, consider your pose at the end of the video stolen, it is just the perfect ending for any keyboard piece being recorded on camera. Thanks once more, from a huge fan of yours all the way from South America.

@organmusic2562 11 ай бұрын

Thank you, Mr. Tomasi.

@jeffjensen27 11 ай бұрын

I Could Not Of Better Said What You Did Of Mr Paul Jacobs! 2 Years Ago I Had The Privilaged Of Attending A Concert Here In Utica NY Where I JUST SO Happen To Live & After His SMASHING FLAWLESS Performance I Was SO Honored To Be Is SUCH HIGH TOP Of The World Of In His Distinguished Talent & Position & Have My Picture Taken Next To Him! WOW! I WILL ALWAYS! ALWAYS! TREASURE THAT MOUMMENT IN Time. To Be In Such A PURE ENVIROMENT Of NOTHING BUT Augmented, Mutated Various Metal & Wood Pipe The Actual INTERIOR Of THESE AMAZING Instruments IS Quite Spectacular But To Be There Listening To The Father Of MUSIC Mr. BACH Himself & To Have Mr Paul Jacobs Be Born With Such Talent Is A Mind Blowing Experience To Be Able To Hear Mr Paul Jacobs Organ Experience Is Complete JOY! Lucky For Me Being The Son Of A Methodist Minister Out In My Home State Of Montana Paul Jacobs During A Interview On KZfaq Did Just So Happen To Mention This Quaint Historic City Called Helena Where I Did A Concert At A Absolutely Lovely Cathedral There In Helena Where They Have A Very Nice 3 Manual Pipe Organ. Although My Dad Was The Methodist Minister It Happened In My Own Home State & City. HOW COOL & IRRONIC IS THAT? So Cool Meeting Such Organ Enthusiastic Such As Your Self. What A Wonderful & Exciting World Mr Jacobs Leads. If ANY MEDIA VIDEO Companies Would Be Cool To Put Out A Video Of The World OF Paul Jacobs. A Documentary Of ONES SUCH MUSICAL GREATNESS TRULY SHOULD BE ARCHIVED. Loved Your Post.

@lawrencetaylor4101 11 ай бұрын

Wow. As a beginning keyboard player trying to play Bach, Bravo.

@murraymcdonnel6845 7 ай бұрын

Bravo.

@carinatiotuico6453 11 ай бұрын

My best friend and a Grammy Artist Orgamist who touches souls and hearts called Another Bach

@twood3270 10 ай бұрын

Just an excellent performance of this might Fugue! I could listen to Mr. Jacobs playing on this organ all day!!! Especially if his playing was BACH ! Thanks for taking the time to enhance our lives through your magnificient playing of BACH. I do sincerely appreciate it.

@organmusic2562 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment!

@michaelmiller1215 6 ай бұрын

Bravo 👏

@williampowell6656 3 ай бұрын

Just Amazing.

@jmeredith4437 6 ай бұрын

Phenomenal!!

@organmusic2562 6 ай бұрын

Much appreciated!

@Tribsaboy 2 ай бұрын

Wonderful! Come and play on one of Europes Cavaillé Coll organs to get the full experience.

@albertsiltal2600 11 ай бұрын

😊😊😊 ¡How beautiful! 😊😊😊

@jeffjensen27 11 ай бұрын

FLAWLESS As Usual. Best EVER VERSION. Love Your Registration Choice! I Am Curious If The AO Skinner Organ Also Was Refurbished As Well. I Know The Rufatti Organ Was Completely Redone. Well Let Me KNOW AWSOME PLAYING As Always. NEVER Tired Of Getting My Organ Fix Each And Every Day Listening To Paul Jacobs & Other WELL KNOWN Concert Organist.

@drbobdrake 11 ай бұрын

Ruffatti refurbished the entire organ including the Aeolian-Skinner pipes. The organ also has some digital stops.

@rob0576a 11 ай бұрын

What a talent you are Paul! Merci beaucoup!😊

@bil1937 6 ай бұрын

This organ and Paul Jacobs have produced the "Great" Fuge in G Minor as close to the way I think Bach intended it from any other renditions I have heard. The timing, the chiff, are authentic!

@organmusic2562 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your compliments!

@mattrhodes5932 Ай бұрын

Brilliant performance. A slight clarification: Mr. Jacobs, I believe you’re the first solo organist to win a Grammy. E. Power Biggs won a Grammy in 1969 in the chamber music category for his “Glory of Gabrieli: Vol. II” album, together with the Edward Tarr Brass Ensemble.

@AntonioLacerda-ws9vj 11 ай бұрын

Essa mensagem foo pramim

@marksmith3947 6 ай бұрын

Do you have a recording of the St Anne fugue on KZfaq? This is great!

@organmusic2562 6 ай бұрын

Not yet, but thank you for the idea!

@user-fn1kl8lv6o 7 ай бұрын

While watching this wonderful performance, I noticed that at the 02:43 mark, the organ stops seemed to configure automatically. How is this achieved? Is it through some kind of mechanical setup, or are there electronic aids involved? I am very curious and would love to learn more about this technology and its application in performance. Thank you very much!

@OrganFugues 6 ай бұрын

Watch one of his fingers quickly push a piston (button) under one of the keyboards that adjusts the organ stops.

@stefanodeluca-jl2si 6 ай бұрын

M° Paul gentilmente un'informazione: non è che avrebbe registrato l'opera Omnia per Organo di J.S. Bach, e se si, dove potrei trovarla? Grazie e cordiali saluti.