¿Por qué el hombre subió el Everest? porque el Everest estaba ahí. ¿Por qué un hombre de color interpreta a Bach con tal excelsitud? Simplemente porque es un hombre.
Such a wonderful play on the organ !!! I really love your way of playing this song, for me a great expressiv performance. Thanks for sharing the video with us =)
Bach composed this when he was seventeen years old and publicly performed it at the age of twenty-three when he arrived at Weimar to serve his duties as court organist. While many people today align the piece with “horror movie soundtrack”, it is actually sacred music. Additionally, Bach was more than a composer of music. He was also an engineer of instruments, particularly the pipe organ which, at the time, was ever expanding. The piece was written specifically to “road test” organs to the most possible limits as they were becoming larger all throughout Northern Europe. The result of Bach’s “engineering” compositions for the organ is that they became the greatest pieces of keyboard music the world has known.
personally in my opinion Beethoven is the best composer of all time!!! I just think his stuff is way more impressive and unique! 3rd tempest movement and moonlight sonata part 3 blow my mind everytime i hear them
A shame that these pipe organs can only be found in Catholicist churches guess it’s the only place big enough install it, or afford it, that organ is an entire orchestra.
Compare this to the African drums and the Australian didgeridoo. Then don’t come tell me that European culture isn’t the finest the world has ever known.
Is it just me or does this organ lack some serious punch? Flawless interpretation don’t get me wrong, but this organ doesn’t uplift your soul like some others do, listen from 1:20 to 1:28, the last note… I don’t know maybe it’s just me.
Yes. he is from Barbados too! I remember his performance of Widor Toccata at The St. Leonard’s Church in Barbados about fifteen years ago. The organ was electric and they had to turn off half the lights in the church. I don’t have to tell you that all heaven was in awe!
One of the best performances I have heard of this piece. Too many versions are like clockwork and precision, whereas this performer knows just when to hold a chord just a little longer and add extra volume.
1975 and the movie Rollerball was the first place EVER I was exposed to Bach. Had no idea what it was at the time and took me years to figure it out,,,,To this day love the composition and you sir kick ass….
Sean that was an outstanding performance! One of the best I’ve heard yet and performed from memory. Excellent!. The instrument, a compliment to your skill
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They associate it with Halloween because in the mid-1930s, a Hollywood film was made with Dracula and Frankenstien called “The Black Cat” and in the film, Dracula played this song. From there on, since he’s Dracula, one of the crucial points to Halloween, they associate this with Halloween. I hope this cleared some stuff up for you. 😉
Indeed + what you said, except i disgarded the Beatles as trite pretty much, apart from the odd songs, and I preferred Mc Cartney to Lennon. I’m guessing you might also listen to New Order 🙂 JS Bach was a christian with 7 kids – this piece has no relationship to evil – If you want evil try Morbid Angel 😀
..is there any good performances of this masterpeice on organ.. because organ players on youtube suck… this is very very bad performance.. why do you play, this is terribe… listen to Stephn Hough how he plays on piano this – thats the real way to play it. Your playing is just pain for ears.
My point is Mr. Jackson’s musical talent can be applauded without making reference to his physical characteristics. What you said is comparable to someone saying so-and-so is pretty smart…for a girl.
i think there is only 1 person who can play this track a little bit better than you (of the versions i found in youtube), and that is Hans-Andre Stamm from Germany
Your interpritaion of the peice is more like it should sound. Like I played it at the Concert hall and St Marys Catheral. Its hard to find a good performance of it, so many seem to give it this old fuddy duddy different timing and sound. Ive put your recording in my book marks and on my facebook Dean One-earth 🙂
Eigentlich gebührt diese Aufgabe dem Bachkenner Rolf. Doch vielleicht möchte er nicht mit diesem “Gassenhauer” daherkommen :-)Darum stellvertretend und sowieso Euch allen ein schönes Wochenende! Mit dieser schönen Interpretation von Bach’s Toccata.
Well in my country we don’t have such talented black individuals. I didn’t call for a racist remark and it seems as though my comment has fallen upon a weak mind. My comment was not pointing out his colour but my astonishment I feel about this.
Lamentably the thumbs-down is up to 54. Guess Taylor Swift fans stopped by and were disappointed to learn that Old Man Bach didn’t write break-up tunes.
Bach is divine, I love his music ever since my parents played the first disc to me. (I hope this is correct, English isn”t my mother tongue).Mr. Jackson’s play is great, it’s making me melt into Bach’s music, I’m floating away.. great, couldn’t be any better!
I know its perfect music JS Bach is my favourite composer, I can only guess they didn’t like the performance nothing to do with the piece. You cannot get better music than JS Bach!I loved it 🙂
This is my favourite piece of all time. Your interpretation is excellent, I like it very much. One of the best I have ever heard, expecially the fugue.
I was looking for a wolf howl sound effect for a project in my production studio, and this Toccata and Fugue video was in the related video section… which is so annoying, because I grew up listening to this music as well as the Beatles or Pink Floyd, but some retarded people still relate organ music to their stupid scary Halloween bullshit, monsters and some other nonsense. Listen up, this is so beautiful, what does it have to do with horror??? Think out of the fucking box!!
dude, this is amazing, i have been a big fan of all the classical creators and i must say this is one of the greatset performances by anyone other than the master himself; i myself am beginning to study the piano, but i bow to your skills my friend
Relax…Bach himself was criticized for the complexity of his playing in church.They had no song books with music notation back then and the overture was to give the congregation the tune. Bach’s overtures so buried the tune that no one could sing it.Overture is the wrong word since it was probably just the first verse. This little factoid left over from my music appreciation course in 12th grade. 🙂
Your views are spot on, despite referring to yourself as an “bumbling amateur”.One person’s opinion of rigid tempo-compliance is simply their opinion only. There are Millions of other opinions besides theirs.I usually get standing ovations, because I play from my heart… with powerful emotions, which usually ignores the confines of the tempo.I always prefer such renditions that are played similarly.
Fantastic! Just the way I like it. Lots of variation in tempo and volume. I play it in a similar (maybe less precise) way. Was once told I was “too theatrical” and should play in a more regular tempo.So you take an instrument where tempo is the only means of instantaneous expression (i.e. apart from varying the stops) and then say that you should stick rigidly to one speed.Seems an illogical orthodoxy to me. But what does a bumbling amateur like myself know!
Eu quero saber a menos aconteça outra estóriaA Senhora que Faz A Hora. Sana. Em Verdade, por Verdade, na Verdade, é! Verdade. É! Todos queremos paz. O que esperam. Melhor é velho do que morrer aos trinta. Aparta (12) Sana; a arrogância tem sua idiotice também.Sana;A sua, A tua é A outra, mas sem 1déias -ipse crê…
Thxs! This is my musical present to the 21st century 300 Spartans as the FOIA operating officers.I do remember my Teacher Mr.Dmitry Plukhin and Mr.Brian Greene too by the way! Good luck! God bless you!!
A quite, wonderful rendition of one of my favourite organ pieces. And, very much enjoyed your interpretation of J S Bach’s sublime Toccata and Fugue in d minor. Thank you sir.
I would have said that this guy is a God amount men, but he did some parts too fast and in my opinion, going to fast just ruined those parts. Still an amazing performance though
This is my second favorite fugue(the first one is 533) and the second best performing of this one(the first one was made by super professionals who carefully analysed every single thing)
Haha, no, not at all!Be aware that J.S. Bach was able to and regularly did improvise 4-voice fugues. He could do that for as long as two hours.So, I think it’s fair to say that Bach’s organ practice didn’t look anything like the humorous vision you presented :)He wasn’t just your average musician…
The most great work of Johann Sebastian Bach It was supposed to have been written when he was only19 years of age, after his famous 50 mile treck to hear an organ recital of Buxtahude..was 73 years of age.
How funny! It takes a lot to make me laugh, but your comment on Bach tormenting the towns people with sour notes is funny to imagine.Though I think he probably had it all figured out quietly on a small organ before he decided to wake up the sleepy towns folks with his music.
Couldn’t agree with you more. At first glance you might expect a Jimmy Smith sermon but then he blows you away with an awesome rendition of a memorised Bach fugue – which is a feat in itself….not to mention the fancy bloody footwork! Hats off to you, Mr Jackson.
The next time I hear someone rattle on about black musicians and the blues, and white players with classical, I’m gonna point them to this vid. The guy doesn’t even have sheet music for fucks sake.That was an amazing performance mate.
organ- one of this instruments, when you make a mistake, everybody knows ! yet if i could play like that, id just brake into churches and scare the shit out of some priests
Of course. No need. If you practice a piece for years, you need no sheets, they’re useless and distract you. It’s only you and music. You deal with divine perfection here. Bach was pure genius.
Nice to see a fellow organist brother! The performance was clean and imaginative and and passionate befitting of the composition. It was featured in my own senior college recital in 1983.
If we could bring people back from the dead, Back would be my first choice. Just think of the skill he would show to the musicians (and rappers) of our music today.
No lo puedo creer.. Toca con un angel en su manos. Cada nota, cada sonido que sale de ese órgano, es perfecto. Es J;S: Bach. Tal cual como él lo creó. Sublime¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
Great job! The tempo takes into account the acoustics of the space. Too many players rush through the piece slurring the phrases because they’re pushing the room faster than the sound decay.
I’m 13 years I have been the school for organists and played it well, and I have a few comments. Namely: if you play too much spacing and all the chords you need to zmieni?.Ale graniu.Niestety it anyway without my attention that came out very nice you can say ALMOST PERFECT
Mam 13 lat jestem po szkole dla organistów i gra?em to te? i mam par? uwag .A mianowicie : gdy grasz robisz za du?e odst?py w akordach i w ogóle w graniu.Niestety musisz to zmieni?.Ale to i tak bez tej mojej uwagi wysz?o bardzo ?adne , mo?na powiedzie? PRAWIE PERFEKCYJNIE
Beautiful….but, have you wondered what it must have been like in the 1700’s when J.S. Bach was practicing? Blaring out wrong notes from the the Cathedral every few minutes. I bet the town ‘loved’ that.
Virgil Fox would be pleased with your rendition and I am sincerely impressed by it sir! Bach is the great organ visual and we are his music rewards! Thank You for your accomplishments! Very, Very good indeed!
there’s a german comedian (Dieter Nuhr) who ones said, if you don’t have a clue, just shut your mouth! (really a wise man) ;)Btw, it’s said, that JSB wrote that “song” when he was really, really angry about sth …
Nobody is saying that Asians in Asia will ever be a minority.Because they won’tSo why are people saying White Britons will be a minority in Britain in 2066?And saying White Swedes will be a minority in Sweden in 2025?That’s because there’s massive non-White immigration in all White countries and only White countries.That’s because there’s a programme of White genocide.They say it’s anti-racist but it’s simply anti-White.Anti-racism is a code word for anti-White
Oh I don’t know. Seems like a lot. Granted, classical pieces are a lot longer than that. One guy I know has Beethoven, Brahms, and Chopin manuscripts, and they’re like small magazines.
Well, if there was no need for sheet music, then it wouldn’t exist. At some point, ya gotta write it down and refer to it. Some musicians do read the music, but I myself don’t know why. They’re not sight reading, which is what you were alluding to, because that’s too slow. Sight reading is essentially to learn the piece. Once you’ve got it, then doing it by ear is the preferred way. I’m learning the piano and am much faster playing by ear and counting intervals.
There’s nothing hard about that. I’ve never understood musicians that need to sit there and stare at sheet music while they play. I don’t even read sheet music, I play by ear.
So by that line of logic, was it also have been inappropriate for Hector Berlioz to use the theme from the Dies Irae in Symphonie Fantastique? Or what about Mozart?
Have you heard of the controversy over the Victoria’s Secret model dressed like a kitschy stereotype of a Native American? It’s kind of like that when your culture’s things are used in commercials, or when your culture is highly stereotyped.
In what way is the culture being marginalized? Surely you should be happy that other people are coming to love the works of Art created by that culture?
It is a regrettable phenomenon when religious music gains a widespread association for being something unrelated to the Mass. The “Dies Irae” from the Catholic Requiem Mass is another example of religious music which has been degraded from what it is supposed to be to music which is tacked onto commercials and video game trailers.
Are you kidding? This music was composed to be clerical music! It was always meant to be played in masses. It’s a very recent phenomenon (compared to the time for which it has existed) that music like this is being played on “mundane” concerts.
I can see what you mean but it’s not accurate to say this is not classical music. This is not from the classical *period* of classical music, but it is still classical music. Western classical music periods are classified like this:1) Early = medieval + renaissance + baroque2) Common Practice: (also) baroque + classical + romantic3) Modern & Contemporary: modern + 20th century + Contemporary + 21st centuryThis is all classical music nonetheless. 🙂
You play this like no other person I have ever heard. All of the others made it sound so rush and they seemed like it was so difficult to play. You “run” through this like it was your first year Bach lesson. Awesome. Love the speed you played it. Thanks for sharing. Can’t wait to see and hear your other videos. Godspeed!
Such inappropriate artwork after a religious celebration? … seems to know no music, unlike that honor in his church have this wonderful and great work as Tocatta and Fugue in D minor.
Such inappropriate artwork after a religious celebration? … seems to know no music, unlike that honor in his church have this wonderful and great work as Tocatta and Fugue in D minor.
But, like I said, it was brought to what it is known as today, a creepy, scary song. I wish this song could be appreciated for it’s original purpose by EVERYONE.
I hate how this brilliant song has been modernized. It is used as a creepy, scary song to add a more ominous feeling to a Halloween theme. Bach made this piece for the purpose of basically saying this:”You are in the presence of Jesus Christ. The one who came down from Heaven to save us from sin. He is one with His Father who is God, the one who created everything. Pay attention to Him and pay Him the respect He deserves.”
He is free to choose his own tempo, as long as it is within the range of the given tempo ( example:prestissimo, adagio, etc..). also, he is free to sustain as long as he wants because there are coronas there.
I have some organ experience play on my church organ and i am leaning the Suzuki method I’m 11 but what this guy can play is amazing if this guy is payed to do this he should get a 500% salary increase props to him
Men…are you serious… I only know how to play Oh clair de la Lune on a piano…Orguan is so far from the others instrument… 5 keyboards and I’m not able to count how many setting it can provides…And today we have Kitty Minaj… Thanks to these people who can still show us what used to be music a few centuries ago…
To finish the post above re Beethoven and Napoleon, at one point, Beethoven wrote to a friend, “I wish I had never written the Eroica!” But I’m glad he did! The 3rd is my favourite Beethoven Symphony!
He was a violin virtuoso as well as a composer who lived from 1782 to 1840. That makes him a romantic. Basically, the Baroque Era was from 1600-1750, the short Classical Era (Haydn and Mozart) from then until the French Revolution (1789), and then came the Romantic Era. Beethoven started off as a Classicist, and he wrote his 3rd Symphony, the “Eroica” (hero) in praise of Napoleon whom he thought would bring the ideals of the Revolution to Europe. Nope. Just another tyrant. 🙁
True. But being a ****, I call overall classical music “Great Music”! :)To be precise, Baroque was from 1600 to 1750. Bach was #1 in the last 50 years known as High Baroque. “Fugue” is a musical form, and was perfected by Bach.I would direct everyone to a fabulous series of lectures on Great Music by an American Professor at the U of San Fransisco (I think). Go to PirateBay, and search for “TTC”.The torrents are very popular so will be in a day or 2.
You confuse classical music, and classical era – this in fact IS classical music, because classical music is as old as 10 centuries – so even medieval music is considered classical. But you are right about the era: this is baroque era of classical music.
j’ai mis la vidéo en lien sur mon blog pour y accéder directement et je ne m’en lasse pas! La meilleure interprétation que jj’aie entendue jusqu’à ce jour!
Easily one of the best interpretations of the final two-and-a-half minutes of the piece I have ever heard– unmatched in its seemlessness and sense of flow. I find myself wishing for a little more articulation in the first several minutes of the Fugue portion, but those final minutes more than make up for it. Beautifully-done!
Awh Man I enjoyed that !!!! Done masterfully too. And I love yer flow over the keys,not to mention You don’t look like you are ready to take over the Universewhile you are perfoming it like Karl Richter does….
This kind of music lives on in our movies. Watch a John Williams or Alan Menken movie sometimes. I recommend googling them up and seeing what you get and paying attention to their scores and seeing if they are classical.
Small point, but this is not Classical music. It’s Baroque. Bach and Vivaldi were the main composers of the Baroque Era. Then came the Classical Era starring Haydn and Mozart and a young Beethoven. Following that, the Romantic Era came along, with an older Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert,etc.
There is, John Williams by example, listen to his violin concerto, to his cello concerto, to the shark cage fugue… There has always been great composers, including in the XXth century, Shostakovich, Prokoviev, Stravinsky, Bernstein and many many others, including today, but they are unknown by most of people.
It’s not. But this is the plateau of virtousos, where you can’t say one is better than the other. They’re all genious, my friend. These are levels, where there is nothing for us to judge but to admire.
It didn’t die out even though noone listens to this music on a regular basis this music is recognized by all. Everyone has heard this song at some point, And the fact that people like you or I have heard it just goes to show how widely recognized this type of music still is.
Why is there nothing comparable to this today? What happened, why did this kind of music die out, it seems so unreal that something that was mastered almost to perfection so many years ago just died out and everyone moved on, how could an art like this that defined entire periods in human history simply stop, I just don’t understand.
But Bach in his earlier years tended to be a little more adventurous. He was quite strict with himself once he arrived in Leipzig. Nobody knows for sure, but there’s certainly no definite reason why it couldn’t have been Bach.
It is quite obvious that Mr. Jackson has played this selection on that organ once or twice before. That organ alone is very intimidating in its appearance to say the least. Good Job!
This is absolutely amazing, and I could listen to this every day, but those of “my generation” probably still want to look behind them for the Phantom of the Opera.
Yes, a great piece of music, but it should be remembered it may not have been composed by J.S.Bach. It was attributed to him after his death as no one knew for sure who was the real composer. It certainly is not in the style of the J.S.Bach music we are accustomed to listening to.
Wow. Dr. Jackson is an amazing player. i have heard this piece many times in different arrangements (including brass quintet and classical guitar) and i have to say tis is definitely the best. Keep up the awesome work!
While (as a novice) I am in awe of the talent involved in playing this at this level, please take a look at this link “Bach Toccata and Fugue (my best version on my home organ)” played by a young man of about 12 years old I guess. Exceptional!
Congratulation Dr. Jackson. Incredibly well played. Considering the limitations of the instrument you are working with. Easily on par with the greats, such as Karl Richter etc. I would love to hear your interpretation played on one of the large Baroque organs of europe. That would be “magic” i’m sure!
I’m absolutely amazed at the way you’re able to find your way through these manuals. I hardly know how to read notes, but I admire those who are able to and can turn those resting masterpieces into flaming music that will turn anyone into a Bach-fan. I especially love your footwork; it does seem to be a hard work to keep your feet going through all of these brilliant false-stops.
Either a good memory or is it that his mind is in tune with the composers or the tune is in tune with hmanity and spiritual things at the same time. I suspect te third.
Nothing is flawless that would be very boring indeed.But the Toccata and one good organist always makes my day.Even the incredible machine suffers from a slightly tilting -6-.
He plays it like he’s trying to knock you over with a fire hose. There’s little that’s subtle in the piece as written or in the performance. Perfect IMHO.
Not necessarily… if you’ve worked with a piece long enough to achieve this level of polish and proficiency, the memorization pretty much happens on its own. That’s been my (limited) experience anyway.
Slight mistake on tempo on the bass pedals at 4:12.I prefer Hans-Andre Stamm’s version. Look for him under the channel name counterpoint85.You’ll understand what I mean.
look at your generation, now look back to me, you are now feeling the onset feelings of depression, see that knife in your hand, good, now the most honorable thing to do here is to commit Seppuku.now realize you’re dieing to the sound of extraordinary music and enjoy, as this is the last thing you’ll here before you die.
The best recording and superb performance. Excellent footwork and wonderful memory! I already own the album and listen to it all the time! Dr. Jackson, you are an amazing organist!!!
it’s not the looseness or it being ‘sloppy’ it’s the freedom of expression and love that you hear.. compared to the computer generated soloists that you may have heard
I remember taking pipe organ lessons when I was about 16yo and getting the feeling that the organ itself was almost an organic entity .. on some days, especially cold ones, some of the pipes had to ‘warm up’.. it had it’s moods and sometimes needed to be motivated.. no finer artistic collaboration between man and machine has been invented.. imho
Well Sean, I doubt I will be humming this piece. Maybe in another life? I read the other comments which helped give me an appreciation of your talent and the music. Mostly I think about how dear you and Sally are to us, and how cute you are, while I enjoy your podcast. And your inspiring faith. Hugs
Sean, I am sure old Johann Sebastian would have been shouting encore, encore, after your playing of what I think is his masterpieces of organ music. I viewed it and then replayed with my eyes shut seeing your hands and feet working their magic was awe inspiring, just listening made me appreciate what a great musical talent you are. Thankyou
Very good. Could be crisper. May be the recording. A little more dynamics? Remember, I heard this for four years straight. Will you play it at my funeral? Why would anyone want to listen to anything other than Bach? Must be my Lutheran based mother.
Sean, This set is one of my all time favorites. Wow—Your performance was excellent, powerful and truly inspirational. Thank you for continuing to share your God given talents.
youre technically ok but you abuse the rythme
Majestuoso!!!!!!!!!
beautifull-pieknie 🙂
I love this performance !!!!
DARK CASTLE!!!!!
Es lo mas increible que el ser humano a hecho jamas.
te extraño Carmen déjame volver
Awesome performance.
Brilliant
Scott Joplin is back !!
WOW!! FanTASTIC performance!!!
More buttons than a 747…
Dracula song?
Una de las interpretaciones que más me han gustado después de la de Karl Richter
1:30 :3
Standing ovation for you sir. Absolute perfect execution of one of my favorites.
Great this is fucking good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW! great perform! very musical! thanks! 🙂
this the best version ever because he played it with the right velocity,
¿Por qué el hombre subió el Everest? porque el Everest estaba ahí. ¿Por qué un hombre de color interpreta a Bach con tal excelsitud? Simplemente porque es un hombre.
In order for him to learn this he would have had to play it over 100 times, by then you would have memorized the song
E VIVA O DRACULA!
Muito bom, excelente =D
3:14 <3
Maravilhoso! Wonderful!
Such a wonderful play on the organ !!! I really love your way of playing this song, for me a great expressiv performance. Thanks for sharing the video with us =)
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dis nigga crazy!Seriously,that’s amazing
Probably the best organ-version on YouTube
superb! bravo maestro!!!
Bach composed this when he was seventeen years old and publicly performed it at the age of twenty-three when he arrived at Weimar to serve his duties as court organist. While many people today align the piece with “horror movie soundtrack”, it is actually sacred music. Additionally, Bach was more than a composer of music. He was also an engineer of instruments, particularly the pipe organ which, at the time, was ever expanding. The piece was written specifically to “road test” organs to the most possible limits as they were becoming larger all throughout Northern Europe. The result of Bach’s “engineering” compositions for the organ is that they became the greatest pieces of keyboard music the world has known.
Masterful performance of J.S.Bach’s…….Tocc. & Fugue in D minor.
Congratulations Sean, for this balanced and bright interpretation of this very famous JS Bach organ ‘s work, Bach must be proud of you !! 🙂
Fantástico !!!
giving me goosebumps…
i love to play this songpeople call me a prodigy because i know every classical music piece and am only 14-maggie(dex’s older sister)
Excellent!
That’s a nice watch.
AWESOME SIMPLY AWESOME
AWESOME SIMPLY AWESOME
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Excellent MR. Jackson
very nice work
personally in my opinion Beethoven is the best composer of all time!!! I just think his stuff is way more impressive and unique! 3rd tempest movement and moonlight sonata part 3 blow my mind everytime i hear them
just curious as to how you can get good at a pipe organ? You cant exactly have one in your house
Wonder who or what Bach was thinking of when he composed this?
A shame that these pipe organs can only be found in Catholicist churches guess it’s the only place big enough install it, or afford it, that organ is an entire orchestra.
That is one complex organ
MMhmm, get ready to write music.
That’s more violent than 100 corpses.
This guy has a great touch and rhythm! It’s a well-modulaed performance.
9:18 well spent
This song never get old.
This make you believe god is real. (Even if he s not?!)
Wow! Great job!
I Love how the Hands go up and down and up again 🙂
Oh my god!! Pure brilliance! Love this piece of music.
Lost for words, unbelievable
forget about mozart and bethoven thers no one like bach
Compare this to the African drums and the Australian didgeridoo. Then don’t come tell me that European culture isn’t the finest the world has ever known.
he is skilled
Is it just me or does this organ lack some serious punch? Flawless interpretation don’t get me wrong, but this organ doesn’t uplift your soul like some others do, listen from 1:20 to 1:28, the last note… I don’t know maybe it’s just me.
Great piece, but especially enjoyed the end. Very powerful deep base on the pedals.
Man, you’re awesome.
BEAUTIFUL!
fantastic! i am amazed at how complex this piece is and this guy is doing it all from memory. Simply WOW
excellent ! ! !
This is the original heavy metal.
Fugue part makes me…feel very interesting. I can’t describe it.
well…i think we can all die happy now
Awesome, sooo great!
fuck yeah
Yes. he is from Barbados too! I remember his performance of Widor Toccata at The St. Leonard’s Church in Barbados about fifteen years ago. The organ was electric and they had to turn off half the lights in the church. I don’t have to tell you that all heaven was in awe!
YES, MY FRIEND, BACH HATED THE SILENCE.
WOW! He doesn’t even have a note sheet!
brilliantwhoever said men cant multi-task
Gyönyörú
Holy shit. Awesome!!!
This piece is the Bach’s biggest legend…
Bravo ! Bravo ! Very uplifting performance thank you so much .
Wow! So impressive. I like the slower pacing: some are so rushed.
One of the best performances I have heard of this piece. Too many versions are like clockwork and precision, whereas this performer knows just when to hold a chord just a little longer and add extra volume.
wow, such genius, this interpretation is very magnificent, you are truly a talented organist.
1975 and the movie Rollerball was the first place EVER I was exposed to Bach. Had no idea what it was at the time and took me years to figure it out,,,,To this day love the composition and you sir kick ass….
Where in the name of f..k is the sheet music, GENIUS, wow love it !
this is the best ever !
*Giving a standing ovation* Wow!
Sean that was an outstanding performance! One of the best I’ve heard yet and performed from memory. Excellent!. The instrument, a compliment to your skill
The best performance ever – played on the best ORGAN with 10 meter pipes! Show me a single organ with 10 meter pipes otherthan that! Magnificent!
WOW!.. listen to the reverb.ty, for sharing. 😀
60 people obviously didn’t watch his feet……
Sounds so complex.
sound of ‘da EVIL!!!
Wonderful! J.S. Bach’s compositions are magnific!
Excellent! I love it so much!
hold my beer…
Johann Sebastian Bach Toccata And Fugue In D Minor
this genius plays it to fast,wonderfull though i think johann would disaprove.and pay attention to detail more i would say.nice work all toghether
Owww, my skin!
can you play passacaglia and fugue in c minor?
Used in countless films but never tired or unwelcomed. MY theme song!!!!
They showed this at school.
I could do that: alsdkfja;sldkjf ;askdjf ;asdk j;askdjaskdhgaherterjsh;im aajdf a;sf jalsdfjajjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjsadlkfj kalsdj fsadjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjkSee? easy 🙂
Our own Sean Jackson. Barbados I come from.
this guy is kinda bach’s brother. shit, he’s awesome
His playing still beats your ponytail.
They associate it with Halloween because in the mid-1930s, a Hollywood film was made with Dracula and Frankenstien called “The Black Cat” and in the film, Dracula played this song. From there on, since he’s Dracula, one of the crucial points to Halloween, they associate this with Halloween. I hope this cleared some stuff up for you. 😉
good audio recording
…dafuq? m’kay – I”ll try
Indeed + what you said, except i disgarded the Beatles as trite pretty much, apart from the odd songs, and I preferred Mc Cartney to Lennon. I’m guessing you might also listen to New Order 🙂 JS Bach was a christian with 7 kids – this piece has no relationship to evil – If you want evil try Morbid Angel 😀
Brilliant!
Now we know what the priests do on their freetime…
good
A little too heavy on the bass and some minor mistakes (which are acceptable in this complicated piece). But otherwise great!
..is there any good performances of this masterpeice on organ.. because organ players on youtube suck… this is very very bad performance.. why do you play, this is terribe… listen to Stephn Hough how he plays on piano this – thats the real way to play it. Your playing is just pain for ears.
It’s up to 56. Must’ve been some lost Justin Bieber fans who wouldn’t know good music if it hit them in the forehead.
My point is Mr. Jackson’s musical talent can be applauded without making reference to his physical characteristics. What you said is comparable to someone saying so-and-so is pretty smart…for a girl.
Lovin’ this on a full church organ!
its S.J. Bach
Erksike olen.
i think there is only 1 person who can play this track a little bit better than you (of the versions i found in youtube), and that is Hans-Andre Stamm from Germany
Your interpritaion of the peice is more like it should sound. Like I played it at the Concert hall and St Marys Catheral. Its hard to find a good performance of it, so many seem to give it this old fuddy duddy different timing and sound. Ive put your recording in my book marks and on my facebook Dean One-earth 🙂
Eigentlich gebührt diese Aufgabe dem Bachkenner Rolf. Doch vielleicht möchte er nicht mit diesem “Gassenhauer” daherkommen :-)Darum stellvertretend und sowieso Euch allen ein schönes Wochenende! Mit dieser schönen Interpretation von Bach’s Toccata.
8:25 is my favorite part
Very nice Interpretation
This brought me to Megadeth Last Rites/Loved to Death. m/
Well in my country we don’t have such talented black individuals. I didn’t call for a racist remark and it seems as though my comment has fallen upon a weak mind. My comment was not pointing out his colour but my astonishment I feel about this.
BRAVOOOOOOOOOO
You didn’t leave any space for interpretation, the performance was flawless.
Not to be critical or anything, your comment is uncalled for. The man’s color has nothing to do with his musical talent.
Lamentably the thumbs-down is up to 54. Guess Taylor Swift fans stopped by and were disappointed to learn that Old Man Bach didn’t write break-up tunes.
sky did it far better
Megadeth Last Rites/Loved to Death brought me here.Lol
The only thing I can think of right now listening to this is Dracula playing an organ
I play it ON PIANO watch?v=GKeSeVjoyWI
This is amazing!!!!!
i think bachs’ T&F in D minor is the most beautiful organ music ever composed. you played it well.
amazing! Great interpretation!
de donde es?? perdón
Not to be a racist or anything but for a black guy you play remarkably well. Thx for the video.
La música divina perfectamente interpretada.
Bach is divine, I love his music ever since my parents played the first disc to me. (I hope this is correct, English isn”t my mother tongue).Mr. Jackson’s play is great, it’s making me melt into Bach’s music, I’m floating away.. great, couldn’t be any better!
You sir, are awesome !
You’re fantastic!
Por favor que alguien me informe de qué época es ese instrumento!!!
Powerful! Majesty! Bach set the standard by which all music pales in comparison! Superb performance!
I know its perfect music JS Bach is my favourite composer, I can only guess they didn’t like the performance nothing to do with the piece. You cannot get better music than JS Bach!I loved it 🙂
The best organ Masterpiece ever!., great playing!., my small tribute to J. S. Bach (02:31):Uros Stanojlovic – Piano medley (for France & Greece)
This is my favourite piece of all time. Your interpretation is excellent, I like it very much. One of the best I have ever heard, expecially the fugue.
Bewundernswert und phänomenal wie Sie dieses Werk darbieten! Thousand likes!
One of the best executions of this piece I’ve ever heard. You’re amazing, Mr. Jackson =)
That humbleness *__*
I was looking for a wolf howl sound effect for a project in my production studio, and this Toccata and Fugue video was in the related video section… which is so annoying, because I grew up listening to this music as well as the Beatles or Pink Floyd, but some retarded people still relate organ music to their stupid scary Halloween bullshit, monsters and some other nonsense. Listen up, this is so beautiful, what does it have to do with horror??? Think out of the fucking box!!
It’s not a “song” actually 🙂
Well, a definite “like” from me! I always envision the Phantom of the Opera whenever I hear this piece…
Very fine rendering, my sincere congratulations, and my gratittude for sharing it.
dude, this is amazing, i have been a big fan of all the classical creators and i must say this is one of the greatset performances by anyone other than the master himself; i myself am beginning to study the piano, but i bow to your skills my friend
Trolls everywhere 🙁 haha
This is the absolute best version of the song. I’m in love with it!
It doesn’t matter how good a video is, it will always have dislikes 🙂 VERY good job, epic.
Well said Dennoire.
tocas nuy bien en ese organo gigante tienes mas videos subelos para verlos podrias poner uno tocando remember sadneess por fa me gustaria verlo
No, I’m from London, and I love it 🙂
Where can I get an Organ like that?
THIS IS ROCK ‘N’ ROLL
Great performance, Sir. an amazing instrument you get to perform with there.
To many fakes on Youtube. This is the best
Awesome!!! 🙂
Just The Song If Waited For!
Love it! Nice foot work!
Amazing !!!!!!!!
awesome performance. nice to see this is still alive it’s my favorite organ works.
Relax…Bach himself was criticized for the complexity of his playing in church.They had no song books with music notation back then and the overture was to give the congregation the tune. Bach’s overtures so buried the tune that no one could sing it.Overture is the wrong word since it was probably just the first verse. This little factoid left over from my music appreciation course in 12th grade. 🙂
Playing from the heart is the way ahead…!!
Yeah it boggles the mind. Amazing music.
Your views are spot on, despite referring to yourself as an “bumbling amateur”.One person’s opinion of rigid tempo-compliance is simply their opinion only. There are Millions of other opinions besides theirs.I usually get standing ovations, because I play from my heart… with powerful emotions, which usually ignores the confines of the tempo.I always prefer such renditions that are played similarly.
46 dislikes , beethoven’s family ….
Fantastic! Just the way I like it. Lots of variation in tempo and volume. I play it in a similar (maybe less precise) way. Was once told I was “too theatrical” and should play in a more regular tempo.So you take an instrument where tempo is the only means of instantaneous expression (i.e. apart from varying the stops) and then say that you should stick rigidly to one speed.Seems an illogical orthodoxy to me. But what does a bumbling amateur like myself know!
Sean Jackson is fantastic
46 dislikes now….
non amo musica classica,ma questa per me é la migliore composizione da me ascoltata,bravo l’organista ma grandissimo BACH
Brilliant performance, right tempi – simply perfect! You own my proper respect,with greetings, Daniel from Sweden
Thank you —it was wonderful 🙂
Very beautiful. This is one of my favorite organ piece from Bach.
Eu quero saber a menos aconteça outra estóriaA Senhora que Faz A Hora. Sana. Em Verdade, por Verdade, na Verdade, é! Verdade. É! Todos queremos paz. O que esperam. Melhor é velho do que morrer aos trinta. Aparta (12) Sana; a arrogância tem sua idiotice também.Sana;A sua, A tua é A outra, mas sem 1déias -ipse crê…
One of the best interpretations I found on youtube.
Thxs! This is my musical present to the 21st century 300 Spartans as the FOIA operating officers.I do remember my Teacher Mr.Dmitry Plukhin and Mr.Brian Greene too by the way! Good luck! God bless you!!
A quite, wonderful rendition of one of my favourite organ pieces. And, very much enjoyed your interpretation of J S Bach’s sublime Toccata and Fugue in d minor. Thank you sir.
A very solid and fine interpretation of this perhaps most famous organ piece of all times.
I think Bach´s spirit possesed this guy.
LOL! In all fairness London, I believe the dislikes are more to do with my interpretation of the piece as opposed to the genius of J. S. Bach:)
45 dislikes! Really? What the frack, who can’t love this song?
and the whites said we never amounted ro nothing
The sheet for the organ, it is quite interesting to follow.
Any idea who made that organ?
That’s the BEST Interpretation of Toccata.I Love this.Thanks!
Back then it was frankenstein’s theme….now its Orachimaru’s theme…. 😀 I love classical music….
I would have said that this guy is a God amount men, but he did some parts too fast and in my opinion, going to fast just ruined those parts. Still an amazing performance though
This is an amazing performance of this piece of timeless music.
This is my second favorite fugue(the first one is 533) and the second best performing of this one(the first one was made by super professionals who carefully analysed every single thing)
I’d pay good money to witness this piece in that church. 🙂
Wonderful God gives you a gift .
Brilliant
Amazing performance!
I really want to learn how to play the organ. Definitely the best way to convey music.
Excellent !
Great playing sir, congratulations
Haha, no, not at all!Be aware that J.S. Bach was able to and regularly did improvise 4-voice fugues. He could do that for as long as two hours.So, I think it’s fair to say that Bach’s organ practice didn’t look anything like the humorous vision you presented :)He wasn’t just your average musician…
Sometimes Art requires sacrifices. :))
it is realy incredibile
Fair enough, organ.
too fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But that isn’t a piano.
Playing piano with hands and feet at the same time.. People are incredible.
wonderful
Thanks
excelente ejecución!!!
First time I have listen to him, Top Draw, put on my first list, Thank U Sir.
They Had That In Club Penguin On October
The choice of voices is awful. The sound is way too thick.
Hans Zimmer. Thank you for showing me this piece.
One of my favorites. I don’t know where “Moe” came from in my first comment. Lol.
Love this piece. U r so very good. Such talent and passion. Thank u for sharing this lovely work. Moe
there weren’t too many bummers by all accounts… this version is bummer absent. And pretty cool, too
that is really sore and he has played well with his feet playing really lovely self
Even if I prefer the fugue at 3:00 it’s still a great job!
The most great work of Johann Sebastian Bach It was supposed to have been written when he was only19 years of age, after his famous 50 mile treck to hear an organ recital of Buxtahude..was 73 years of age.
I actually prefer his playing of this piece than that of E. Power Biggs, and that’s a huge compliment in of itself.
How funny! It takes a lot to make me laugh, but your comment on Bach tormenting the towns people with sour notes is funny to imagine.Though I think he probably had it all figured out quietly on a small organ before he decided to wake up the sleepy towns folks with his music.
I suppose he mostly composed at home using whatever instruments he had there.
and his feet;)
Couldn’t agree with you more. At first glance you might expect a Jimmy Smith sermon but then he blows you away with an awesome rendition of a memorised Bach fugue – which is a feat in itself….not to mention the fancy bloody footwork! Hats off to you, Mr Jackson.
The next time I hear someone rattle on about black musicians and the blues, and white players with classical, I’m gonna point them to this vid. The guy doesn’t even have sheet music for fucks sake.That was an amazing performance mate.
wow
organ- one of this instruments, when you make a mistake, everybody knows ! yet if i could play like that, id just brake into churches and scare the shit out of some priests
I grant you my Like!
you sir, have my like…
Thank you for the uploads Mr. Jackson.
i dont really think that a master like bach would make many mistakes. he would have most music ready in his head 🙂
I just had to play it again
Lovely!
Momentos de poética e saudável harmonia !
“Epic” comes to mind. Beautiful and powerful. Thank you.
That was fantastic~! Great performance and sound~!!
You bet your medailon on it! 😀
What we have here? Another Geralt? xD
…….praise Heaven…….
Best version of Toccata and Fugue in D minor on youtbue, fantastic sound!!
Phantastisch Sean!!!
Of course. No need. If you practice a piece for years, you need no sheets, they’re useless and distract you. It’s only you and music. You deal with divine perfection here. Bach was pure genius.
Nice to see a fellow organist brother! The performance was clean and imaginative and and passionate befitting of the composition. It was featured in my own senior college recital in 1983.
This music will endure centuries. It is fine and majestic
Sean, that Fugue is a gift from the gods! Thank you so much!!!
No sheet? Damn
Love it xoo
Not to mention the new songs he could release from his brain to the world.
If we could bring people back from the dead, Back would be my first choice. Just think of the skill he would show to the musicians (and rappers) of our music today.
This is a truly masterful performance. This is my favorite piece of music and this may be the best rendition I’ve heard.
Great classical Sean… Thanks for emotions.
A delicadeza deste organista e musico e muito linda. O toque é realmente muito bonito. “DEUS” deu para nós duas filhas as duas são organistas..
best version everand i love this music
impecable
What do you mean? what’s the relation with racism and this piece?
I’ am not a racist anymore – masterpiece played by true virtuoso
Muy buena ejecución pero no me gusta los registros que usa en su versión.
Great!!!!
Wow!!!
No lo puedo creer.. Toca con un angel en su manos. Cada nota, cada sonido que sale de ese órgano, es perfecto. Es J;S: Bach. Tal cual como él lo creó. Sublime¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
it’s called “organasm”
bach its the best
Great job! The tempo takes into account the acoustics of the space. Too many players rush through the piece slurring the phrases because they’re pushing the room faster than the sound decay.
where is dracula?
All hail San Jackson!
32 idiotas que não sabem o que é um bom som.
I’d love to be this good.
I’m 13 years I have been the school for organists and played it well, and I have a few comments. Namely: if you play too much spacing and all the chords you need to zmieni?.Ale graniu.Niestety it anyway without my attention that came out very nice you can say ALMOST PERFECT
Mam 13 lat jestem po szkole dla organistów i gra?em to te? i mam par? uwag .A mianowicie : gdy grasz robisz za du?e odst?py w akordach i w ogóle w graniu.Niestety musisz to zmieni?.Ale to i tak bez tej mojej uwagi wysz?o bardzo ?adne , mo?na powiedzie? PRAWIE PERFEKCYJNIE
i can applause you till my hands bleed, BRAVISSIMO!!!!
UN CAPO!!!!!!
Pure. Excellence. 🙂
Beautiful….but, have you wondered what it must have been like in the 1700’s when J.S. Bach was practicing? Blaring out wrong notes from the the Cathedral every few minutes. I bet the town ‘loved’ that.
because
Super
Maistro Jackson, you bring tears to my eyes listening to your performance. God Bless
Better than chocolate, orgasm and a 10 hour sleep. Insure your fingers. All 10.
nice
PERFEITO.
i love how he emphasized the low notes. i can only imagine how much bass those pipes will put out. awesome best song ever composed btw
Damn, only if I could play the organ.. I would love to play this o.o
Well played. I’m trying to learn this piece so I have some appreciation of your skill.
in portuguese, belíssimo. ainda por cima de memoria, extraordinário.
thank you .. 😀
its an organ..
what do they call this machine in english ?? … really great
You know how many black guys on this planet know how to play the organ? One. His name is Sean mothafuckin’ Jackson.
hey gorete rocha are you still on?
wonderful
Brilliant.
You must be an octopus, to play like him. Bravo.
A-MAZING
The fugue in this is a gift for the gods!
excellent…
i must have more organs. -zombee
Excellent! encore! 🙂 oh yeah hit REPLAY. lol 🙂
belo essa fuga
Nice
Bravissimo!!!
Very nicely done
hermoso¡!
Grande!
SHIT
Bravo, sir…bravo*clap clap
Virgil Fox would be pleased with your rendition and I am sincerely impressed by it sir! Bach is the great organ visual and we are his music rewards! Thank You for your accomplishments! Very, Very good indeed!
To jest po prostu ………….. niesamowite. Muzyka która jest ponadczasowa. Zawsze pi?kna i czysta.
TÁ SOBRANDO TALENTO NISSO.!!!!
Very Very formidable! Le souffle coupé! Enfin un authentique, un artiste !
3:02
2:54
maravilha deive ser o som na entrada no paraiso BRAVO !!!!!!very nice is super nice
Magnifique
J.S.BACH explaining the creation of our Universe.
WONDERFUL. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
Exellent…….
Anyone who can play organ is very skilled an to play this song on the organ is amazing 🙂
lol…it’s J.S.Bach…it takes skill to memorize and recite any piece, especially one of THIS magnitude.
clavicemballisticum
Une des meilleures interprétations de la Toccata que j’ai entendu!
Spotless. I am amazed.
its not that hard :/
there’s a german comedian (Dieter Nuhr) who ones said, if you don’t have a clue, just shut your mouth! (really a wise man) ;)Btw, it’s said, that JSB wrote that “song” when he was really, really angry about sth …
this. is. so. AMAZING.
La meilleure interprétation que j’ai entendue de ce morceau très connu! Le magistral combiné à une légèreté sans égal….
opalony
fantastico brutal una belleza.
Standing ovation!
Bravo sir, bravo
La toccata et fugue libérée, elle explose. Extraordinaire!
Bravisssimo!!!!!
yar, pull all the stops out… open the gates of hell and LET ME OUT!!!!!
🙂
You’re very talented man, God bless you! Also, can you upload more concerts?
You’re very talented man, Hod bless you. Upload more videos!
JEAN-SEBASTIEN BACH TOCCATA ET FUGUE EN DO MINEUR
Four hours worth.
That’s a lot of music.
Nobody is saying that Asians in Asia will ever be a minority.Because they won’tSo why are people saying White Britons will be a minority in Britain in 2066?And saying White Swedes will be a minority in Sweden in 2025?That’s because there’s massive non-White immigration in all White countries and only White countries.That’s because there’s a programme of White genocide.They say it’s anti-racist but it’s simply anti-White.Anti-racism is a code word for anti-White
The Opus Clavicembalisticum by Sorabji is, if memory serves right, about 248 pages of sheet music.
Oh I don’t know. Seems like a lot. Granted, classical pieces are a lot longer than that. One guy I know has Beethoven, Brahms, and Chopin manuscripts, and they’re like small magazines.
This is the most talented man I’ve ever seen.
18 pages is kinda small, isn’t it?
I am view 288 288 🙂
<3
It is positively massive. But really, I’m not acting like I’m the only one. A metric shit ton of people play from memory.
Well yeah, once you practice something enough, it becomes memorized. Every song I know on piano I have memorized.
your epeen is huge
It’s 18 pages long…”holy crap” indeed, and his more mature pieces are probably longer than that.
Well, if there was no need for sheet music, then it wouldn’t exist. At some point, ya gotta write it down and refer to it. Some musicians do read the music, but I myself don’t know why. They’re not sight reading, which is what you were alluding to, because that’s too slow. Sight reading is essentially to learn the piece. Once you’ve got it, then doing it by ear is the preferred way. I’m learning the piano and am much faster playing by ear and counting intervals.
thousand…
PORN!!! 😀
Lovely technique !
Bach was a genius. in billion of years, when manhood and earth are gone, his music will live forever.
There’s nothing hard about that. I’ve never understood musicians that need to sit there and stare at sheet music while they play. I don’t even read sheet music, I play by ear.
I agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know right? my music teacher showed this to me in class and doesn’t this just give you the “holy crap?!” in your head?
How many pipes does that organ have?
Wow blown away my all time favorite for organ
Marvelous technique.
No one gives a shit about what you have to say, dickface
Most people do
Magnificent! … What skill! I Liked.
In amerikanischen Filmen dieses Lied wird oft mit wahnsinnigen Mörder verbunden.
warum soll bach ein axt mörder sein? wie kann man auf so eine dumme idee kommen?
hahahahahahahhhahaa sehr lustig!
What?
Schweinhund. Ich hoffe, dass jemand in Ihrer Familie bekommt Krebs.
you mean bad comments to good players. it’s a matter of opinion, *I* would play it a little slower, that’s just me
every organist is playing for money every sunday!
what the fuck did you write? you are stupide american peopel.
do you can play it better?
hey man it is a toccata this is a very free peace and not a praeludium!
no it is not to fast. why does all peopel critisies normal organ play? and give good comments to bad players? he is one of the worlds best organists.
he is very good.
8:40 He felt it too.
Yank out Vox Dei and type it in.
I love your style. Magnificent. Thank you for posting this.
i think he plays it too fast at the beginning, but afterward its good
not that hard. just practice.
it’s nice the way he plays organ even with her feet.
I don’t know if you play piano or organ, but its really easy to remember things, muscle memory
Haha !!! Too funny!!!
Just amazing how you play <3
Un seul mot “Magnifique”
grandios, ein begnadeter virotose. ich beneide ihn um diese gabe.
I always wanted to be able to play this piece
Perfect version
I’m pretty sure this song proves that J.S. Bach was an insane ax murderer.
Sorry, would it also have been.
So by that line of logic, was it also have been inappropriate for Hector Berlioz to use the theme from the Dies Irae in Symphonie Fantastique? Or what about Mozart?
Sean Jackson is a vampire
real musik
Wow…he’s playing from memory….
This song is great
For me, it is such a shame that the orgel doesn’t pack enough punch for the last harmony…
insanity…
Have you heard of the controversy over the Victoria’s Secret model dressed like a kitschy stereotype of a Native American? It’s kind of like that when your culture’s things are used in commercials, or when your culture is highly stereotyped.
In what way is the culture being marginalized? Surely you should be happy that other people are coming to love the works of Art created by that culture?
I’m sorry, but you don’t make any sense at all. However, I think we probably have the same opinion.
You probably would complain too if your culture was being marginalized.
Yeah, sure. Then why the fuck are you complaining about it being inappropriate for a mass?
It is a regrettable phenomenon when religious music gains a widespread association for being something unrelated to the Mass. The “Dies Irae” from the Catholic Requiem Mass is another example of religious music which has been degraded from what it is supposed to be to music which is tacked onto commercials and video game trailers.
Get your nose out of the clouds!
very very disappointing and full of mistakes 🙁 terrible
Are you kidding? This music was composed to be clerical music! It was always meant to be played in masses. It’s a very recent phenomenon (compared to the time for which it has existed) that music like this is being played on “mundane” concerts.
I thought you said it was played after the mass
I can’t think of a single appropriate point in the Tridentine Mass where this is appropriate. It’s not supposed to be a concert anyway.
an association that can be corrected by playing the Tocatta in other contexts, it’s a beatiful work that deserves an image clean up
Because Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor has come to be associated with horror movies and the popular notion of Halloween.
why would it be inappropiate?
I can see what you mean but it’s not accurate to say this is not classical music. This is not from the classical *period* of classical music, but it is still classical music. Western classical music periods are classified like this:1) Early = medieval + renaissance + baroque2) Common Practice: (also) baroque + classical + romantic3) Modern & Contemporary: modern + 20th century + Contemporary + 21st centuryThis is all classical music nonetheless. 🙂
You play this like no other person I have ever heard. All of the others made it sound so rush and they seemed like it was so difficult to play. You “run” through this like it was your first year Bach lesson. Awesome. Love the speed you played it. Thanks for sharing. Can’t wait to see and hear your other videos. Godspeed!
…and by memory!!!!
Such inappropriate artwork after a religious celebration? … seems to know no music, unlike that honor in his church have this wonderful and great work as Tocatta and Fugue in D minor.
Such inappropriate artwork after a religious celebration? … seems to know no music, unlike that honor in his church have this wonderful and great work as Tocatta and Fugue in D minor.
Duh!!!!
Great song and great performance
This was played at my diocese’s cathedral after Mass for All Saints. It was kind of inappropriate.
But, like I said, it was brought to what it is known as today, a creepy, scary song. I wish this song could be appreciated for it’s original purpose by EVERYONE.
I hate how this brilliant song has been modernized. It is used as a creepy, scary song to add a more ominous feeling to a Halloween theme. Bach made this piece for the purpose of basically saying this:”You are in the presence of Jesus Christ. The one who came down from Heaven to save us from sin. He is one with His Father who is God, the one who created everything. Pay attention to Him and pay Him the respect He deserves.”
Ahah, Indeed sir!
That´s a joke right? hope so… for your sake…
hows the 7th grade goin?
THIS IS THE BEST DEATH METAL EVER!!!
He is free to choose his own tempo, as long as it is within the range of the given tempo ( example:prestissimo, adagio, etc..). also, he is free to sustain as long as he wants because there are coronas there.
Same to you! 🙂
Its okay we all know that – just listen – best wishes to you………
He goes too fast. And sustains too long in the beginning.
I have some organ experience play on my church organ and i am leaning the Suzuki method I’m 11 but what this guy can play is amazing if this guy is payed to do this he should get a 500% salary increase props to him
Men…are you serious… I only know how to play Oh clair de la Lune on a piano…Orguan is so far from the others instrument… 5 keyboards and I’m not able to count how many setting it can provides…And today we have Kitty Minaj… Thanks to these people who can still show us what used to be music a few centuries ago…
so incredible!
Thank you so much, I shall be contacting you soon for more help and info 🙂
Glad to be of service. :)My email address: piano_concerto95@yahoo.com
Wow, this is fantastic, thank you very much, I needed it condensed like this, I plan to look into Classical music a lot, and this has REALLY helped! 😀
To finish the post above re Beethoven and Napoleon, at one point, Beethoven wrote to a friend, “I wish I had never written the Eroica!” But I’m glad he did! The 3rd is my favourite Beethoven Symphony!
He was a violin virtuoso as well as a composer who lived from 1782 to 1840. That makes him a romantic. Basically, the Baroque Era was from 1600-1750, the short Classical Era (Haydn and Mozart) from then until the French Revolution (1789), and then came the Romantic Era. Beethoven started off as a Classicist, and he wrote his 3rd Symphony, the “Eroica” (hero) in praise of Napoleon whom he thought would bring the ideals of the Revolution to Europe. Nope. Just another tyrant. 🙁
Question: I’m new to classical music, I use the term as a blanket here, my apologies, I understand Baroque, but tell me, where does Paganini fit in?
Oh yeah. There were so many, which is why I put the “etc”! 🙂
dont forget in the romantic area Johannes Brahms
Bravo! Beutiful!!!!!
Point well taken. :)My favourite is Mozart, especially his Piano Concertos.
True. But being a ****, I call overall classical music “Great Music”! :)To be precise, Baroque was from 1600 to 1750. Bach was #1 in the last 50 years known as High Baroque. “Fugue” is a musical form, and was perfected by Bach.I would direct everyone to a fabulous series of lectures on Great Music by an American Professor at the U of San Fransisco (I think). Go to PirateBay, and search for “TTC”.The torrents are very popular so will be in a day or 2.
You confuse classical music, and classical era – this in fact IS classical music, because classical music is as old as 10 centuries – so even medieval music is considered classical. But you are right about the era: this is baroque era of classical music.
enorme (:
j’ai mis la vidéo en lien sur mon blog pour y accéder directement et je ne m’en lasse pas! La meilleure interprétation que jj’aie entendue jusqu’à ce jour!
Bravo,Bravo!
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Well said.
He plays by heart!
STRAORDINARIOOOO!!
Easily one of the best interpretations of the final two-and-a-half minutes of the piece I have ever heard– unmatched in its seemlessness and sense of flow. I find myself wishing for a little more articulation in the first several minutes of the Fugue portion, but those final minutes more than make up for it. Beautifully-done!
Perfect!!!! <3 <3
Awh Man I enjoyed that !!!! Done masterfully too. And I love yer flow over the keys,not to mention You don’t look like you are ready to take over the Universewhile you are perfoming it like Karl Richter does….
Evil vampire music in the films 🙂
beautiful sound..
Classical has 2 defenitions – the genre and the period.
years of practice my friend.
This kind of music lives on in our movies. Watch a John Williams or Alan Menken movie sometimes. I recommend googling them up and seeing what you get and paying attention to their scores and seeing if they are classical.
how the hell does one play the organ… lol i can’t even comprehend how you can do that
No other piece of music can arouse such a profound emotional response in me compared to this masterpiece.
Small point, but this is not Classical music. It’s Baroque. Bach and Vivaldi were the main composers of the Baroque Era. Then came the Classical Era starring Haydn and Mozart and a young Beethoven. Following that, the Romantic Era came along, with an older Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert,etc.
Very well said.
that bold assertion may be debatable, but here’s a fact that is not debatable: I didn’t know monkeys have the same learning capacities as humans.
Wait, mendelsshon was your great great uncle? realy?
Tremendous!
É MARAVILHOSA ESSA MÚSICA,É UMA VIAGEM NA ALMA, NO ESPAÇO !!ANDRÉ MINCHETTI- BRAZÓPOLIS-MG
Or Paganini. Or my great great Uncle, Felix Mendelssohn. We need another Symphony no. 1 Reformation.
There is, John Williams by example, listen to his violin concerto, to his cello concerto, to the shark cage fugue… There has always been great composers, including in the XXth century, Shostakovich, Prokoviev, Stravinsky, Bernstein and many many others, including today, but they are unknown by most of people.
It’s not. But this is the plateau of virtousos, where you can’t say one is better than the other. They’re all genious, my friend. These are levels, where there is nothing for us to judge but to admire.
right :D…i wanted to write Bach. i don´t know why i wrote Mozart….but Mozart was too one of the best, right behind Bach…
it would be better if a new bach will rise
yes, it´s very very sad, i can´t understand it either..but i hope that soon a new “mozart” will rise and restore this wonderfull music…
It didn’t die out even though noone listens to this music on a regular basis this music is recognized by all. Everyone has heard this song at some point, And the fact that people like you or I have heard it just goes to show how widely recognized this type of music still is.
hear*
cuz fuck u thats why
Eyes on stalks, mouth hanging open, silent. Thanks!
Why is there nothing comparable to this today? What happened, why did this kind of music die out, it seems so unreal that something that was mastered almost to perfection so many years ago just died out and everyone moved on, how could an art like this that defined entire periods in human history simply stop, I just don’t understand.
I don’t get why people say that this is “Hell music”. This is pure beauty!!!
someone died?play this song
But Bach in his earlier years tended to be a little more adventurous. He was quite strict with himself once he arrived in Leipzig. Nobody knows for sure, but there’s certainly no definite reason why it couldn’t have been Bach.
Great job. Can’t understand how anyone can dislike this.
unglaublich!!!
A shame many Americans only hear this during Halloween.
It is quite obvious that Mr. Jackson has played this selection on that organ once or twice before. That organ alone is very intimidating in its appearance to say the least. Good Job!
Dracula would experience orgasm listening to this rendition! Great performance.
Young man, God has richly blessed you with such talent. Thank you for sharing with us.
This is absolutely amazing, and I could listen to this every day, but those of “my generation” probably still want to look behind them for the Phantom of the Opera.
holy fucking shit the begining is sooooo amazing
Yes, a great piece of music, but it should be remembered it may not have been composed by J.S.Bach. It was attributed to him after his death as no one knew for sure who was the real composer. It certainly is not in the style of the J.S.Bach music we are accustomed to listening to.
Bello!
never disrespect a person who can sit at the organ and Actualy play this whole piece’
¡¡¡¡increible!!!!
Beautiful.
Wow. Dr. Jackson is an amazing player. i have heard this piece many times in different arrangements (including brass quintet and classical guitar) and i have to say tis is definitely the best. Keep up the awesome work!
The difference between like and dislike is just… 00
Spectacular.
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While (as a novice) I am in awe of the talent involved in playing this at this level, please take a look at this link “Bach Toccata and Fugue (my best version on my home organ)” played by a young man of about 12 years old I guess. Exceptional!
Dr. Jackson is the best!!! Amazing, musical, and effortless playing!
Wonderful job my man! Very well played. Love this classical masterpiece, actually is the best ever, Bach FTW =)
Magistrale interprétation de cette pièce archi connue! C’est la meilleure que j’aie jamais entendue! Bravo à Sean jackson!!!
it just blows my mind when I see someone play this song. Its just so fucking difficult looking haha
Congratulation Dr. Jackson. Incredibly well played. Considering the limitations of the instrument you are working with. Easily on par with the greats, such as Karl Richter etc. I would love to hear your interpretation played on one of the large Baroque organs of europe. That would be “magic” i’m sure!
I’m absolutely amazed at the way you’re able to find your way through these manuals. I hardly know how to read notes, but I admire those who are able to and can turn those resting masterpieces into flaming music that will turn anyone into a Bach-fan. I especially love your footwork; it does seem to be a hard work to keep your feet going through all of these brilliant false-stops.
simply outstanding!!
Either a good memory or is it that his mind is in tune with the composers or the tune is in tune with hmanity and spiritual things at the same time. I suspect te third.
This is BRILLANT !!!!!!!!
That legwork is really amazing! He’s having like 4 hands!! 😉
I have never heard this played better. What a talented man he is.
It flows through your soul,great piece!!!
Nothing is flawless that would be very boring indeed.But the Toccata and one good organist always makes my day.Even the incredible machine suffers from a slightly tilting -6-.
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Perfection! Love listening to this. Pity I can’t hear it live.
Simply wonderful….. Thank you so much!!!!
My laptop is vibrating O.O!
He plays it like he’s trying to knock you over with a fire hose. There’s little that’s subtle in the piece as written or in the performance. Perfect IMHO.
Not necessarily… if you’ve worked with a piece long enough to achieve this level of polish and proficiency, the memorization pretty much happens on its own. That’s been my (limited) experience anyway.
Wonderfull music , masterpiece
You know you have an astonishing memory when you do not need sheet music to play a 9 minute piece!
Muito Bom!!!!!!!
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This may be the single greatest piece of classical music ever composed.
A wine as fine as this song should be sipped and savored, yet he plays like he’s gulping it down. Otherwise a technically sound version.
epic
Bravo Sir Bravo!
Slight mistake on tempo on the bass pedals at 4:12.I prefer Hans-Andre Stamm’s version. Look for him under the channel name counterpoint85.You’ll understand what I mean.
dary!
eu gostei por causa do filme a mansão mal assombrada
Toccata und Fuge BWV 565 by Hans-Andre Stamm is much better .
maravilloso
this player is legen… wait for it… 😀
Marvelous!!
look at your generation, now look back to me, you are now feeling the onset feelings of depression, see that knife in your hand, good, now the most honorable thing to do here is to commit Seppuku.now realize you’re dieing to the sound of extraordinary music and enjoy, as this is the last thing you’ll here before you die.
Amazing!
What a professional ‘artist’ and a professiononal organ!
Like a sir!
brilliant sir
speechless through out the whole video thank you for this wonderful video
Absolutely wonderful. Great work buddy.
The best recording and superb performance. Excellent footwork and wonderful memory! I already own the album and listen to it all the time! Dr. Jackson, you are an amazing organist!!!
Very well played. I really liked it!
this is incredible! I love it
it’s not the looseness or it being ‘sloppy’ it’s the freedom of expression and love that you hear.. compared to the computer generated soloists that you may have heard
I remember taking pipe organ lessons when I was about 16yo and getting the feeling that the organ itself was almost an organic entity .. on some days, especially cold ones, some of the pipes had to ‘warm up’.. it had it’s moods and sometimes needed to be motivated.. no finer artistic collaboration between man and machine has been invented.. imho
AMAZING performance, thank you for uploading this, wonderful sound and picture quality as well! Good job! 😀 I LOVE it!
wonderful job. My favorite organ piece.
great job man! chapeu
WITH LOVE TO ALL 🙂
Well Sean, I doubt I will be humming this piece. Maybe in another life? I read the other comments which helped give me an appreciation of your talent and the music. Mostly I think about how dear you and Sally are to us, and how cute you are, while I enjoy your podcast. And your inspiring faith. Hugs
Sean, I am sure old Johann Sebastian would have been shouting encore, encore, after your playing of what I think is his masterpieces of organ music. I viewed it and then replayed with my eyes shut seeing your hands and feet working their magic was awe inspiring, just listening made me appreciate what a great musical talent you are. Thankyou
P.S. Wayne Marshall, eat your heart out!!!!!
Glorious! Majestic! Beautiful instrument! Enjoyed seeing your hands and feet at work. Keep on keeping on. God’s continued blessings.
Aunt Joy
Bravo! We loved it. Can’t wait for Sept. 28.
Very good. Could be crisper. May be the recording. A little more dynamics? Remember, I heard this for four years straight. Will you play it at my funeral? Why would anyone want to listen to anything other than Bach? Must be my Lutheran based mother.
Thank you so much for sharing! God bless you and your work!
Sean,
This set is one of my all time favorites. Wow—Your performance was excellent, powerful and truly inspirational.
Thank you for continuing to share your God given talents.
Kelly
Good morning, Sean. A beautiful way to start my Sunday. Thank you. It was lovely. Another great job! See you Tuesday. Love, Sandie