An organ master plays an organ master's piece...my favorite of all the Bach's fuges. I've heard about Virgil Fox a lot, but now thanks to youtube this is my first video to see of him playing. Thanks for posting.
@wilfredhosteland9362
10 жыл бұрын
The very best classical organist ever!
@bbbbmer
17 жыл бұрын
Who gives a damn about friggin mistakes!!! His performances were like FIREWORKS full of passion and gusto and light!!! No one since Bach himself played so formidably, as if God was listening... These performances are PRICELESS!!!!
@trevjr
15 жыл бұрын
People are hung up on mistakes, so what we are human. Virgil played with feeling, which I love. I will miss you Virgil!
@mel_tillis2
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely splendid! R.I.P Virgil!!
@tonytiger75
16 жыл бұрын
He does play it like a magnificent eloquent prayer/praise to God. I love his expression at the end when he replays the last couple of measures and stands up! If you want to hear it "played" with zero mistakes; then turn on your MIDI sequencer and play with yourself, that's not called music its masturbation.
@StarTrekLivz
14 жыл бұрын
and one should remember, JS Bach, Louis Vierne, Gigout, Durufle, Alain, etc. normally had "Drawers" -- people who would stand on either side of the console and pull & push the stops & couplers for the performer
@fossosejore
14 жыл бұрын
Quando Bach può essere anche spettacolo....
@SuperOldandSlow
13 жыл бұрын
I was paging through some of the comments posted by others criticizing a few mistakes that crept into the performance. My first thought was, "Picky, picky." Then I became a bit angry. The date when this performance was recorded isn't noted, but I can tell from Fox's appearance that it was while he was losing ground to prostate cancer. Given that, his performance was all the more remarkable. Lesser organists would have called it a day. Fox chose to keep going despite his situation.
@rasalas2x
12 жыл бұрын
@SuperOldandSlow Everything you said and more...his entire repertoire was committed to memory. The connection to his music may have only been superseded by the composers themselves.
@snakefl
17 жыл бұрын
This is an extremely hard fugue. I'm sight reading the Franz Liszt transcpription of it for the piano. Trust me...this fugue is really difficult.
@advisorC101
15 жыл бұрын
I don't know much about it but he was fighting cancer at the time as well.
@BudFields1955
17 жыл бұрын
I once said I wish I could play on purpose as well as this man plays mistakes. I still wish I could.
@advisorC101
15 жыл бұрын
Wait, I just realised that that was a glitch with the video. Its not a mistake.
@bbbbmer
17 жыл бұрын
oh lord, who the hell cares about petty mistakes!!! the man played as if he was speaking directly to God almighty!!!! there are far too few musicians who play with such genuine aplomb and spirit... virgil fox was a MASTER!!!!
@robotech3
17 жыл бұрын
gercekten super
@TheBaskerwille
12 жыл бұрын
I have heard he got an extra hidden arm in his jacket !
@bbbbmer
16 жыл бұрын
Absolutely magnificent!!! ... the passion is the idea - leave perfect technique to amateurs... it's as if he's singing to God Almighty....
@ViolaDamore
15 жыл бұрын
What's going on at 3:55? He seems to freeze up and miss and crunch notes...
@cromorne
17 жыл бұрын
Does anyone have information on the organ? And Fox did at least recover well you know.
@paulbinko
13 жыл бұрын
@2video Does this organ still exist, do you know?
@paladin313
12 жыл бұрын
Wait...this piece sounds like "the Wedge."
@OPHYCLIDE
16 жыл бұрын
What a daft comment. I dont have cancer but I know its not a good thing. Noone is beyond critique. The tempo is just right IMO, however, it's baroque music. There shouldnt be fussy registration changes. Constantly fiddling does go some way to detract from the over all performance and the swell pedal aught never to be used. Articulation is just right IMHO despite a couple of small slips. 8/10.
@am4d3u
15 жыл бұрын
It looks easy for him playing like that... If he wished, he could play without any mistakes...
@straypixel
17 жыл бұрын
I agree, and am sure JS would. To play the thing wrong is devilish!
@edders05
17 жыл бұрын
If he didnt play it so fast, he wouldn't make so many mistakes, and the contrapuntal lines wouldnt get so mushy...
@ViniciusLoncanis
17 жыл бұрын
Anche Fox sbagliava! 4.13 !!! Comunque, 5 stelle. Fox made a mistake! 4.13 min. 5 stars anyway.
@Modernmanx
16 жыл бұрын
He has no sense of good taste I am afraid.
@terrymayew9259
11 жыл бұрын
"All you have to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the music plays itself."
@giordciab
15 жыл бұрын
THE BEST....my master said that "on the organ you have to play Music, not the keys"....
@paulbinko
17 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I agree. He seemed distracted just before he made that mistake at 4:13. Looked like he was concentrating too much on the stop change which caused him to slip a bit. :-(
@ViniciusLoncanis
17 жыл бұрын
Infatti, secondo me ha sbagliato perchè ha esagerato con la sceneggiata. Quell'organo avrà infinite combinazioni aggiustabili, che poteva inserire con un pistone al pedale o un pulsante sotto una tastiera. Ha voluto "far scena" cercando acrobaticamente un comando a placchetta, e ha perso l'equilibrio...
@mjm9352
11 жыл бұрын
Thank you for that additional information.
@dramamajor1985
14 жыл бұрын
Ughhh made a mistake at 4:13
@Modernmanx
16 жыл бұрын
This guy is totaly outdated today. He knows absolutely nothing about real baroque interpretation....
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