played by Markéta Prokopovičová recorded in concert on April 21, 2015 Michael Engler / Rieger-Kloss organ St. Maurice church, Olomouc, Moravia (CZ) registration assistant - Martin Kordas: / @martinkordas7130
Can't think of any activity rivalling this...a pinnacle of human achievement. Bach is so relevant today thanks to consummate artists such as yourself. A truly edifying performance indeed.
Some comments below show very little knowledge of how hard it is to add the recording job to a live performance especially when most of what we see on you tube is only possible because it is done by enthusiastic amateurs. For my part I am delighted to be able to share so many musicians interpretations and listen to a huge number of different instruments in different buildings, Far more than could ever be commercially recorded so lets rejoice that technology allows us to share so much that would other wise be private and lost to posterity. If you do not like it just move on to the thousands of alternative videos available. I enjoyed the performance of what is one of Bach's monster organ works and I am sure Marketa played her heart out!
Viscount Organs, I am sorry for my inadequate English. Viscount, quote: "If you do not like it just move on to the thousands of alternative videoes available." In other words - at the moment her teacher tell her to play some measures in another way, she leave that teacher to find another one who never pointing out anything against her way of playing? Of course we shall criticize! But you are also right, quote: "...it is done by enthusiastic amateurs." And that's the reason why I decided to remove my first comment, I was almost rude to her, and I regret that. There is no doubt, she got the technical skills, that's for sure! But are there really "thousands of alternative videoes available"? There are "thousands" of performances who play the music far from the original style, yes! For me who search for players who want to restore this old music, bring the music closer to the original style, there are almost none.
I agree, dear Simon - the intensity, psychic strength, contrast of tempi, colour, and feeling of Miss Marketa's performance is, hands down, the best performance, currently on RU-vid - and that includes Weinberger, Biggs, Richter, Hurford, and Koopman! Miss Marketa became one with this piece, and, together, they found a new way - it is clear to see and hear!
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This is masterful. Everything about your performance is top-notch. Absolutely brilliant. Your performance is exquisite art, and I appreciate the 17 minutes of happiness, inspiration, and joy that you provided. I am a good church organist, but certainly not of your caliber. I can appreciate just how challenging this piece is. Your technique is so fluid and supple. Europe has a lot of brilliant organists, and you certainly are a member of the pantheon of greats. God has blessed you with great talent, and you certainly have developed that talent , and we and the world are better for it.
So ist es. Habe vor über 10 Jahren aufgehöt Rockmusik zu hören. Der Grund war der okkulte Hintergrund dieser Bands. Wie ich gelesen und gehört habe zerstört Rock die Fähigkeit Klassik tu hören. Das kann ich bestätigen. Habe es Gott sei Dank hinter mir. Übrigens war Bach ein gläubiger Christ...und ich denke ich auch...
What a feast for the ears this performance is! Ms Prokopovicova's mastery of the score and the five manual Engler/Kloss organ is a wonderful sound to behold!
Marketa, I very much like your dynamic an passionate and musical performance of this difficult and majestic organ-work. And thks also for your nice explanations....greetings from the Netherlands.
I love the passion with which you perform. This acoustic, plus the organ itself, they seem quite challenging to play this particular piece. But your articulation, registration, tempi, they were all fantastic! So happy to see someone young pursuing the organ and mastering it. Looking forward to hearing more performances ftom you.
Absolutely wonderful! A small young lady with total command of this huge Rieger Kloss Pipe Organ. She has total control and mastery of this ORGAN. She knows the music and you can see and hear it in her technique, and playing. Bach would be pleased!
A wonderful performance, on an organ that is truly worth listening to. And watching Ms. Prokopovičová fairly dance through this forest of notes was possibly the greatest delight of all. Such spirit in evidence. Thank you!
Very well done! No, pure doing something is mechanics. Doing it well means - feeling it to start with! And that's what I can hear when listening to this performance. Thank you very much for posting, for playing and for feeling at first!
I have listened to many recordings of this grand piece by famous organists, including most recently at the Proms 2021...but this recording is by far the best. Fantastic & exciting all the way through, & the 3 themes of the Prelude amazingly well laid out and then brought together. Also, what a great organ!
Greetings and thank you for sharing a most inspiring performance of a glorious piece of music. This recording has blessed me for the past 6 years and it’s just as impactful as I listen now. Please continue to play! Your gift is a blessing. Be encouraged!
So good to hear such a passionate performance, exciting and emotional rather than dry. But also the individual voices are clear, particularly in the fugue, letting us appreciate its full splendour; many powerful organs tend to have a muddy reverberant acoustic which loses this. So bravo all round - even for the physical challenge of reaching the furthest corners of the multi-stacked keyboard! I first heard this piece played by Marie-Claire Alain over 50 years ago and fell in love with it; this is one of very few performances that stands comparison with hers.
That playing on top manual at 4:00 would make Bach smile, it takes amazing finger work to play this complicated piece! It is such a treasure to be able to see this performance! Many thanks from Canada!
Splended performance! What a console! I imagine she must have worked very diligently at setting the manuals before the recording. I can barely play the piano, so I am in awe of someone who can master such a complicated and majestic instrument.
I love watching pipe organists at work, with all the intricacies of moving between manuals, working the stops, and playing the pedals, to make wonderful music!
I’ve heard and seen this played many times, but rarely better than this. A wonderful romantic interpretation of a Bach masterpiece. The world is whole again, and to quote the new president ‘always better angels will prevail’
Better than being taken to the woodshed, no doubt, which is precisely what Miss Marketa Prokopovičová has done to other organists in her playing of this piece!
Markéta - what a magnificent performance. Your artistic integrity, along with the incredible drive and commitment behind your playing is so impressive. Many congratulations.
Dear Lady, playing Bach's music is more than a performance...it's an Expedition through a polyphonic maze, nay, forest! Bravo! for a well-executed BWV552!
A great performance from a gifted and talented organist. Perfect registration and tempo,especially at the beginning of the first fugue.Your assistant was obviously as engrossed as you....how lovely to witness youthful enthusiasm!! THANK YOU BOTH.
Vaše cesta ještě není u konce, jak bezpochyby vaše duše vyžaduje od vás víc. Velmi pěkně udělal. Doufám, že vaše cesta vám přináší ještě více radosti, než jsem dostal od poslechu budete hrát. Bůh žehnej. Your journey is not yet come to an end as no doubt your soul demands more from you. Very nicely done. I hope your journey brings you even more joy than I get from listening to you play. God Bless. (google translate) Deine Reise ist noch nicht zu Ende, denn zweifellos verlangt deine Seele mehr von dir. Sehr schön gemacht. Ich hoffe, deine Reise bringt dir noch mehr Freude, als ich von dir zuhören hörst. Gott segne.
Eine wunderschöne Orgel für diese Komposition. Vernünftig registriert und gut artikulierend gespielt. So klar hab ich es selten miterlebt. Herzlichen Dank und auf Wiederhören. Kees Wisse, Niederlande
Jedna z mých oblíbených Bachových skladeb - vychutnal jsem si vynikající hru organistky, která si zvolila této krásné skladbě odpovídající tempo, registraci a výraz.Gratuluji! Je to už 19-20 let, kdy jsem měl možnost zahrát si na téchto mistrovských, a krásně znějících varhanách díky mé dceři, která tehdy studovala na olomoucké univerzitě a vzala mě do chrámu Sv.Mořice, za co jsem jí dnes nesmírně vděčný. Tenhle koncert mi připoměl tehdejší nádherné časy. Děkuji Markétě Prokopičové za hluboký citový zážitek! One of my favorite Bach compositions - I enjoyed the excellent playing of the organist who chose the appropriate tempo, register and expression for this beautiful composition. Congratulations! It's been 19-20 years since I had the opportunity to play this masterful and beautiful-sounding organ thanks to my daughter, who was studying at Olomouc University at the time and took me to St. Mořic Church, for which I am extremely grateful to her today. This concert reminded me of those wonderful times. Thank you Markéta Prokopičová for a deep emotional experience!
Bach es el padre de la música, sus obras sublimes llegan al alma, excelente dominio del órgano de cinco niveles, gracias por enviarlo, solo de Dios viene tanta armonia celestial 🎼🎶🙏
Просто невероятное исполнение! Для меня это произведение всегда было символом пасхальной радости, в которой сочетаются вера в Христа, надежда на воскресение и неописуемое счастье от того, что отныне человек спасён. Именно такую мелодию я бы представлял себе, находясь у врат Рая. Здесь в каждую ноту вложили душу, именно таким должен быть настоящий музыкант! Спасибо большое за то, что Вы делаете, от этого мир действительно становится светлее)
A beautiful and exultant performance. Bravura, passion and wonderful musicianship. Bach at his best can elevate the soul to the highest peaks. Here, this is done. I think the critical comments by eskeland miss the point entirely. This is music is of high value played by a gifted, and talented organist. I only hope that one day I will get to hear her play live so that I may thanks her in person for doing this video. Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou. Im going to listen to it again now. R
I don't know if you'll see this, but this is exactly what I need during these times, thank you and stay safe ❤️❤️you're an amazing organist. I think bach would be very proud.
It's good to see so many comments appreciating the vigour and emotion of this performance. Baroque era music need not be played in a dry, stuffy and academic way, so-called "authentic" but not always so. Bach was a passionate man with a devout faith. His Fantasia and Fugue BWV542 is virtually headbanging stuff; see Leo van Doeselaar's fine RU-vid video for the Netherlands Bach Society that almost takes this literally! In his final years Bach took great pains to select and compile his finest lifetime compositions into single works for posterity, such as the magnificent Mass in B Minor. What would Bach and Handel have made of a modern orchestra given the chance? Handel used a vast wind-band in the Music for the Royal Fireworks and the Messiah sounds thrilling with a huge choir like the Huddersfield Choral Society singing their hearts out under a conductor like Sir Malcolm Sargent. His organ concertos can sound fine with a large organ and orchestra - almost never done nowadays. Musical fashions and culture change; human nature does not.
Pulchritudinous in every way. Of the many recordings ive heard of this masterpiece, this interpretation most successfully (for me that is) 'fulfills' the original glory, and purpose - and seems to masterfully exude the creator's true origin when he wrote it - you deserve honorable mention amongst any "other; as equally or greater talented organist" who's ever learned, and performed this piece. Bravo!!
You know, Dear Mr. Robinson, I am going to have to report you to the RU-vid authorities, because anyone who uses the word, 'pulchritudinous' is a danger to the community, as a whole!
Great - the height of absorption and musicality we associate with the mighty Gillian Weir. Close your eyes and listen, and make the effort to hear through the RU-vid audio fog!
I’ve never hear this glorious piece played quite this way...with such a passionate and exuberant approach and with sensible tempi and dynamics...Five keyboards allows for some dramatic registration changes, but, wow! What a reach!!! This organ, too, is so rich-sounding and has such apparent power as well as delicacy in its stop catalog. Just a terrific performance in every way. Such a pleasure to her this unique and individual interpretation.
