Léon Boëllmann - Suite Gothique - Gert van Hoef - Bovenkerk Kampen 

You can see the music moving through his entire body! What a blessed young man to have such talent and depth to absorb that energy then translate it through the organ. God speed Gert and Family!

Merci pour cette vidéo. Magnifique interprétation. BRAVO !

The Bovenkerk has a very unique "silvery" sound. Brought out in this marvelous performance. Not to mention, superb acoustics!

Immer wieder gern gehört, diese Suite, die nicht ganz leicht zu spielen ist! Klasse, Gert van Hoef!!!!

What a prodigious musician and accomplished Organist. His passion and energy is palpable, gives one goosebumps! Thank you Gert!

Quelle merveilleuse interprétation !!! Bravo Gert !!!!

Je ne dais pas parler l'anglais certe mais je sais reconnaître un virtuose, le talent vous êtes formidable, je ne cesse de vous écouter bravz bravo et vive la musique Benoit un alsacien qui voys ecoute tous pratiquement tous les jours 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Bravo Gert!

Clearly this young man has earned the title of greatest organist in Nederland. Unlike his hurried contemporaries he understands tempo is the key.

Grazie per la bellissima condivisione

Great rendition. Excellent!

One of my favorite organ pieces and sooo well played, dear Mr. van Hoef 👏👏👏goosebumps ... 👌 Stay blessed 🤗

Amazing music and fantastic organist !

HARTELIJK DANK PRACHTIG MOOI, OP MIJN LIEVELINGS ORGEL IN DIE PRACHTIGE KATHEDRAAL AAN DE RIVIER.

The tempo for Prière à Notre-Dame was perfect!

The music of God! Bravo!

Eccellente! Straordinario!!!🎩🎼🎵🎶🎵🙏❤

Gert, this is one of my favorite organ pieces and you have made it sound even more magnificent! Thank you for your wonderful interpretation and playing ....

Bovenkerk Kampen awesome I attended with my now deceased father in 1978 with my Aunt Willie and Uncle Henk . Thank You for the memory connection and tremendous play

This is the piece via which I found Gert on RU-vid several years ago, so it is special to me...thank you Gert 🙂🎹🎶

Have always loved this beautiful organ work - Suite Gothique, Absolute brilliant organ playing Gert. I really have to hear this live ;)

Ganz herzlichen Dank für dieses Pfingst-Geschenk Ihnen allen.

You are so talented making it such a pleasure to listen to your playing! Thank you!

Over 2000 views so far. There should be nearly as many "likes". Our beloved maestro deserves that, don't you agree?

0:00 Introduction 3:01 Menuet Gothique 5:40 Prière à Notre-Dame 11:04 Toccata

Gert, thank you for this video today. You just made Saturday a whole lot brighter. This is another one of my favorites in your repertoire of music. Such a powerful ending.💙Thank you Bovenkerk Kampen.

Outstanding piece of music and expertly played. Played this as a brass band arrangement in the 90s and one of my favourites ever since!

Great! Best I ever heard this played. Exquisite registration.

Fantastic. Amazingly Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Richard B

By far, the best registration and interpretation, among many, of this piece I've ever heard. BRAVOS!!!

Gewaltiges Werk - und hervorragend gespielt 😌 😍

He never disappoints!!!

Marvelous

I just love this. It gets better and better!!

The Best of the Best from MagicalPipes :)

Dank voor weer zo’n weergaloze uitvoering Gert👍👍😀😀

A wonderful concert as always! You’re the man! Thanks!!!

One of my absolute favourites and it's a good thing it's on CD and not vinyl - I'd have worn it out by now! Thank you, Gert, Marjolein and team. This is special.

Thanks Gert.

This would be a great piece to include for a silent movie. Thanks for sharing with the rest of the world. Best Wishes from Washington, DC.

Parabéns, Gert e toda a equipe. Maravilhoso! (Congratulations, Gert and the whole team. Amazing!) 🙂❤🙌

New composer for me i loved this piece of music miss the biweekly livestream concerts in heb hunger voor your concerts Heidi hohman

Truly superb, Gert. Thank you to you and your team. So much work and practice, but an amazing performance. The music and your playing really takes listeners to another place. Absolutely wonderful. What amazing depth of sound. Thank you.

My goodness, you're SO talented!

Bellísimo, muchas gracias.

You know I absolutely love this piece of music! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

My beloved Boëllmann performed by my favorite Master - what more could you want? Thank you :)*

Marvellous ! Thank you. That tracker action looked heavy :O

Viewed 6-4-22 from USA Well played !!!!

Schitterend Orgelspel Gert en het hele team, Gefeliciteerd met deze mooie Suite Gothique van Léon Boëllmann! Prachtwerk! Fijn Pinksteren voor jou! Z. Bernadette xxx

Well done…very nice organ!!! Thanks!

Perfect! Thank you, Gert, again!

Great performance! I love your interpretation of the piece!

Prachtige vertolking Gr.jaco

Bravo!

Great sound of the organ. I love it when a player plays with passion.

schitterende uitvoering van dit prachtige muziek stuk op dit geweldig mooie orgel! Er had, wat mij betreft, iets meer dynamiek in 'Prière à Notre-Dame' gemogen. maar verder werkelijk schitterend uitgevoerd.

I have never heard the last chord played like that, but brilliant!!!

Thank you, Gert!! Enjoyed it very much!!

Wauw, wat een krachtige en prachtige uitvoering. Hans Fagius vibes all over hier. Kippenvel moment.

C'est tout simplement superbe 🌹Merci !! Beau week-end de Pentecôte béni à vous Gert et votre famille ainsi qu'à tous 🙏🕊️

Beautiful music 👏👏👏

Just “WOW”!

If ever in the states, come to Rochester, Minnesota.

Maravillosa y bella interpretación al órgano por parte de Gert. Música de ángeles celestiales para deleitar el oído de los humanos en este adolorido planeta. 😊😊

The best,!!!!!!!!!!! Amazing!!!!!!

strict, high music. Thanks.

Perfect play! One of my favorites.

Magnifique !👏

Amazing!!!!

Absolutely Magnificent ! (Very majestic, Beautifully Played) ❤

Beautiful playing.

His talent is undoubtable. My favorite organ I've heard for this music is the Cavalle at Rouen.

The great Virgil Fox is proud of you from heaven. :)

Boellmann sound good on Bovenkerk under Gert’s hands and feet

Always appreciate the proper tempo, maybe even a touch slower here, on a beautiful old organ and registered to perfection.

Amazing.

Ondanks dat het orgel niet geschikt is voor het latere Romantische Genre, weet je het goed te beheersen en te bespelen en zo geschikt te maken dat het toch mooi in balans is. Knap hoor.

It's possible he might be the best in the world playing any organ, small to cathedral sized organs with keyboard pedals and all. I could be wrong. Nevertheless, he's a rarity

P.S.: If by all means, you prefer to play this on an instrument from the late baroque period, please do so on the Christian-Müller organ of the protestant St. Bavo church in Haarlem: one less manual but no less than two 32-foot pedal stops, rendering to this piece the sonorous quality that it deserves and requires!

Very good playing. You Press the Sound out from the organ. With the Register, and help with your assistents.

Very worthy interpretation for such a fine instrument!

BRAVO!!!

Well done Gert, as always 😄

Awesome! 🎹🎶

Bravissimo

🙂🙃🙂 Bravo!!!

nice, very nice. the organ has some wind issues, right? 🙂

Is this a new stream or older? I see Gert is not wearing his regular shoes?

I’d like to go to kampen to see a fair young lady about a certain cambo b.v.

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Hoi Gert, top ! Zou je de Vivaldi-Bach concerten kunnen spelen? Hartelijk bedankt!

Can you please share the stop / registration for each movement ?

wat een rommelige uitvoering, vooral binnen het Priere klopt het voor geen meter. Afblijven van dat soort stukken

Sauber!

jammer dat dit orgel geen 32 vt bazuin heeft! verder prima vertolking van de toccata

Je zou nog wel wat registratieles op/over dit orgel kunnen gebruiken..... Vreselijk schel bij tijden.

Definitely the music belongs to this church with its majestic acoustics but certainly not to this organ in its current condition: it sounds way too thin to even remotely suit the music, no wonder as this is post-romantic music played on a late-baroque instrument, meaning an anachronism of over one hundred years! Try again after adding several 32-foot foundation stops and at least one 32-foot reed. I keep wondering why this was never done, however I suppose it will take another 100 years for organ puritans to understand that such is an enhancement and not a detriment to the instrument, just look to the much older Schnitger-organ of St. Jacob´s in Hamburg, featuring both 32-foot foundation AND reed stops, unspeakably adding to the instrument´s sonorous majesty ... Otherwise, look to the Garrels-organ in Maassluis, since many years featuring a 32-foot reed and listen to the difference it makes ... After all, it was none less than J.S. Bach who requested a proper deal of "Gravitas" from the many organs he was asked to approve of in his lifetime: Soli Deo Gratia!

I’ve never heard it played so S L O W before. Boring!