J.S. Bach Toccata, Adagio and Fugue 

…ohne jede Effekthascherei, ganz dem Werk verpflichtet. Dem großen JSB und seinem Schöpfer zur Ehre. Mi piace moltissimo

Une jeune organiste qui survole littéralement son instrument avec une fluidité exceptionnelle. Un vrai bonheur.

Merveilleuse interprétation, quel talent, quelle douceur, quelle beauté ..

This is, in my opinion, a real recital. To slide onto the organ bench with just the clothes on your back and what you know in your heart and your fingers. The mind has very little to do with this recital. Hats off.

Ouiii!!!! When i smell Bach…i always listen to the end! I love it!!!! And you my lady.. play really good!! Thank you!🤗🙏

Bach would have been proud. By memory, no musical score. Tempos and registrations perfect.

Oh boy, here we go! Another prodigy of absolutely incredible talent. J S Bach would be proud!

I am a big organlistener… and i dont think i have ever seen and heard such effordless and so well played piece of Bachs hard and difficult pieces…and without notes…brilliant miss!!!!!!🫵🤗🙏🙏🌷

Молодчина девочка,играеш с правильной скоростью и с паузами..!! Александр Одессит

This has just become my favourite version of this. The fugue is particularly magnificent. Clever registrations, perfect tempo!

It's amazing to see another young organist who has totally mastered this instrument! Super fine performance, thank you! This goes in to "Favorites"! (from Canada)

No sheet music in front of her, her technigue is awesome, her peddaling is superb, her fingering indicates she knows this music well, who is this brilliant young lady. She plays this large pipe ORGAN< and she commands it.

Crazy...absolutely CRAZY! What a gift to the world of classical music.

I loved the style and clarity of this performance.

A huge talent with a pianistic background.

F A N T A S T I C A, la musica salverà il mondo

Savoir faire passer la musicalité avant la "facilité" de la virtuosité, c'est un talent rare. Ça chante, ça respire, c'est magnifique !

I don't think I've ever heard it played that fast, and so cleanly.

I admire the mastery she has of the most marvellous of instruments. Thank you for sharing!

Clara, very great your Number of compositions for your Concerts. BRAVO!!!!! I have been on Rome city like organist for one Basilica near Colosseum, for 13 years.

This is my favorite piece. She plays it with absolute precision. Excellent 👍❤️

40 years ago I first heard this piece by Bach. I have had over a dozen fulls sets of his organ music and a bout 30 versions of BWV 564. I loved your attention to the lines of thought within the music. Your registrations that were attentive to the pace of your performance and still full of vitality and life. Manual changes and presets were thoughtfully used. Not often I hear this with such a degree of thorough contemplation. Played from memory. The best way ! I'll be following you for sure. Thank you for making and sharing this video Clara! Mark

Fabulous playing . A lovely piece and played with a nimble freshness. Very enjoyable, so thank you, Clara.

A wonderful performance, and one I could (and no doubt will) listen to many times over. I note that some of these comments go back as far as 4 years or so? Nevertheless, listening today, to a recital played with such profound empathy for the work, together with outstanding organ craftsmanship, was a pure delight. Furthermore, every single note in the manuscript was played from memory, too! Bravo to a truly outstanding talent. And then bravo again!

Breathtaking! Love the pace of the Fugue.

Beautiful pedal work Very enjoyable to watch

It's a shock at first to hear the Adagio played so fast, but it sounds just right very quickly. Lovely performance!

@MCRRjim All For Memory?? INCREDIBLE!!!! THANK YOU!!!!

Du grand art. Une grande artiste jouant avec délicatesse.Merci pour ces 13 minutes de bonheur

0:01 Toccata 5:39 Adagio 9:25 Fuga

Every good artist makes the music their own and she did wonderfully and made it look easy at the right tempo different yet wonderful. Bach was a musical genius and I think he would be proud.

Clara gives wonderful transitional balance throughout the fuge - those 32 ' bombast are awesomely awakening thank you Clara

I keep coming back to this video because how impressed i am with how accurate it is played. Obviously this piece was practiced and perfected with much love ove😅r a long time ❤️👍

The fugue is simply beautiful. What a pleasure to hear. Very well rendered. Bravo

Clear, concise and wonderful. Best playing of Bach's Toccata, Adagio and Fugues I've heard.

This organ is exceptional, clarity, reverb, Brightness, scale , installation are perfect , copy this. and may i say Clara is amongst the best

While studying late, early morning [2 am], I discovered Clara Gerdes. I subscribed to hear more. JB 🧑🏻

Tremendous. Clarity, precision and a wonderful sense of musical flow. I really enjoyed that. Many thanks.

This is a thrilling performance by Ms. Gerdes of one of my favorite Bach organ works. The piece was first brought to my attention by the director Ermanno Olmi, who used the adagio movement in his masterpiece "The Tree of Wooden Clogs" (1978).

Fels like you have Done this forever! Totally effortless! Very calm an pleasent! 😊🤗

..yes..i am listening again…your hands are like angel-wings…so smooth and gentle..absolutley wonderful!!!🤗👍

Profunda y hermosa forma de tocar!!

No words, except fantastic, by Bach and by Ckara!

I like the "rubato" in the pedal cadenza. She plays Bach just slow enough for the listeners can enjoy and marvel a this man's genius.

Супер органистка мира королева сердец ! ! !😎😀🙂😋

Virtuóz előadás. Gyönyörű a regiszterek használata.

Played with such grace and tenderness! Thank you for sharing and inspiring. Tears of joy....

Your hands are dancing so smoothley at the keys like a surfer that found the perfect wave..😊🙏 You look so relaxed and ..conforteble..sorry for my bad english..😊 Thank you miss! I love Bach! And you play it exeptionelly good! Thank you!🌷🙏

Brava! My favorite fugue and you played it wonderfully!

Magnificent! I love it!

What a total delight. I first heard this piece 40 years ago performed by E Power Biggs. This performance clearly rivaled that one. Thank you!

Hi Clara, you are my favourite. Fantastic playing, I love Bach.

Gran dominio..es una pieza maestra.interpretada por otra maestra....

Brava!

La 564 est mon œuvre pour orgue préférée de Bach et je l'ai entendue maintes fois. Mais quel bonheur que l'interprétation de Clara Gerdes, quelle grâce, quelle justesse dans le jeu. Grandiose ! Clara, You have to come to Strasbourg in France for playing on the Silbermann organ in the cathedral or in the St Thomas church!

Aaah soo Smooth and strait from mind!!🤗🤗👍

Beautiful! Thank you!

🇮🇹👏👍🌹🌟 Composizione per me eccelsa , potente, dove viene messo in luce le qualità ed il potenziale appunto dell'organo. Eccellente esecuzione, mi complimento con la organista, davvero di livello. Grazie!!

Excelente

Magnifique ! J'admire vraiment.

Genial. Simplemente, genial

Wonderful, fresh and clear registration ! Precise and nuanced. Love to watch you make music. Your appearance is simultaneously effortless and absolutely commanding. Hoping to hear you in Richmond, VA.

🇮🇹🌹🌟 Volevo solo aggiungere, questa si chiama arte. Ecco che cos'è l'arte!!

All without the music, what an achievement! Well done!

Bravissima, ottima interpretazione, bellissimo l'adagio per il quale avrei usato un ancia dolce per il canto, comunque complimenti 👍👍👍

I like your rendition! You are a very talented musician. You will have a successful career no doubt.

WOW!!! So unglaublich flüssig gespielt. Wirklich Klasse...

WONDERFUL, SIMPLY WONDERFUL !

Magnífica, perfecta interpretación de esta obra de Bach, de las difíciles junto con Fantasía y Fuga en do menor. Soltura y pericia totales de la organista en la manipulación de los registros, el teclado y la utilización magistral del pedalier y la expresión. Clara, soberbia y magistral organista.

Užasná Hra....Nadherná žena...Není nic většího....*

Parabéns você e um anjo tocando órgão você escolheu o instrumento que os querubins tocam parabéns

Very well played! Especially I liked the fugue, which in itself is magnificent, but your playing made it sound even more beautiful and majestically. Very good choice of registrations and this organ sounds wonderful - no wonder, this is simply Rieger! Here in Poland, particularly in Silesia, we have some well-sounding Rieger instruments too. My favourite instrument from this builder is the organ in the Holy Cross cathedral in Opole (German: Oppeln).

I'm very impressed by your performance! Keep up the great work; you've got a bright future ahead of you!

Davvero complimenti per la magistrale esecuzione!🌹sarebbe una fortuna anche solo essere alle tue spalle..

The Fugue was excellent! Great tempo

bien agréable moment de musique passé avec et grâce à vous, Clara, à écouter le grand JS Bach. Registration bien choisie, prise de son impeccable pour transmettre les sonorités de cet orgue et de ce lieu, merci à vous, et bonne poursuite à vous !

Wow her feet dance over the pedals. Wonderful performance

La beauté faisant chanter la beauté!

Magnificent!

Wonderful!

Absolutely glorious. Thank you.

phenomenal

Usually I don't care for magic......but I really love this somehow.

Bravo 👏 very beautiful!

Maravilloso...

Ótima performance! Execução perfeita e com muita nitidez!Boa escolha de timbres de acordo com as partes e frases! Parabéns!

stupenda!

Solo una palabra:Magnifico!.

Divina

Superb playing. Bravo. Fantastic.

Wow!

Wunderschön :-)

Wonderfull interpretation, Clara! Hi from Zagreb, Croatia.

una esecuzione PERFETTA. Di riferimento. Brava!

What a flow

Thanks

played by ear..amazing organist

I keep coming back to your brilliant performance of this piece. How on earth you manage to co-ordinate both hands & feet is beyond my comprehension. I think you would make a very good helicopter pilot, should the need arise!

Sehr schön, starke Leistung!

Брависсимо !