Thomas Dunford plays Bach in Concertgebouw Bruges 

He moves his fingers the way every lute student on the planet wishes they could move theirs. It is like a year’s worth of lessons by watching 5 minutes. The tone, the tone, the clarity, the tone, the clarity, the tone, the tone, the tone, that TONE.

A blissful 60 minutes

le luth de redevient l'instrument divin qu'il fut à l'époque de Bach et de Weiss sous les doigts de ce jeune luthiste :quelle sublime sonorité... et ce phrasé si naturel sans maniérisme ni affectation qui nous touche et génère en nous des sentiments profonds et complexes.... louons aussi le gout exquis dans le choix du répertoire le public ne peut que s'agrandir dans les temps futurs autour d'un talent aussi singulier et nous devons nous en réjouir pour la musique et pour cet instrument avec lui si magique...

Merci Thomas. J'entend une musique qui par vos mains ouvre Le Coeur humaine . Une manifestation musicale sans ego. Une joie sans limites qui nous enriche tous. Merci du Danemark et de moi 74 ans.

I never realized how much better this instrument sounds than a guitar. The tone has a clarity more like a harp.

C'est tout à coup un tableau de la Renaissance qui s'anime. La gravité du beau visage, l'élégante et surprenante mobilité des doigts...et je ne parle pas du génie musical de cet artiste hors pair

What a golden boy.

I love this instrument and artist so much

"Bach is forever" Glen Gould.

Thank you for this exquisite musical experience, Mr. Dunford! Your dedication to keeping this wonderful music fresh and new is noted and appreciated! Much love...

Chanceux sommes nous d'avoir vu depuis 50ans une telle résurrection des instruments anciens , de leurs répertoires et de leurs si grds interprètes , sans oublier les luthiers et autres facteurs , les vinyles aux magnifiques pochettes et les cds si pratiques .

This is really high-class playing!

Ce splendide musicien, avec sa technique hors norme, rend hommage avec le luth au génie que fut Bach, comme d'autres le font avec un violon, un piano ou un clavecin. Ses contributions aux merveilles baroques sont encore plus belles quand les voix de Sabine Devieilhe ou de Léa Desandre se superposent à son instrument et font revivre une époque où l'art avait un sens

Just Perfect.

Quelle élégance

un balsamo, meraviglia

Incredible; the meeting between Bach and Thomas Dunford. Marvellous.

Никогда не слышала столь глубокого и тонкого исполнения Баха на лютне. Браво!

Congratulations for this exquisite performace , sheer pleasure

Rich, delicate, strong, compelling. Thx much! Cannot be an easy instrument to learn.

Always wonderful to see and hear our favorite plucker.

merci beaucoup... bravo

Amazing, unbelievable, great, thanks

Mr Dunford is an excellent artist with an excellent technic and nuance and a best Bach performer. Thanks for uploading.

Each instrument has its own sound and each instrument 'forces' (up to a point) the player to interpret the same piece of music in another way. But this magnificent performance is high above the 'limitation' of the instrument (I put the word "limitation" in brackets because I don't hear any limitations in any instrument - just uniqueness). It has the spirit of the musician. Bravissimo! Thanks for uploading.

Magnifique interprétation, sur un instrument qui sonne bien. Bravo !

The Best--Exquisite...without flaw...dts/usa

I'm hitting like before I hear a note because I know M. Dunford will play beautifully. I love hearing Bach performed on lute (and harpsichord, shhhh! don't tell Thomas) and who better to perform it than M. Dunford. I'd give almost anything to be in the audience right in front of him not only to hear him play, but to watch him play. His fingers are like a spider's legs and spinnerets weaving a beautiful, perfect web. Lute, theorbo, archlute produce such deep, rich sounds. Delicious sounds! P.S. If you don't like Bach, especially the Lute and Cello Suites, well, you're just a knob! ;-)

A reference for my. Thank´s for this play, Thomas.

Beautiful!

Замечательное исполнение. Браво, Томас!

Refreshing and interesting approach, to treat this material as true lute music, as opposed to disembodied counterpoint. Both approaches are valid and yield their own flavours, but one feels transported in time and atmosphere when listening to your performance.

Magnífico. Una interpretación de J. S. Bach para cuerdas pulsada!! Bellísima.

Watching his right hand reminds me of how I play Travis style on my six string, except for the comparison that I sound like I am playing a two string cigar box compared to Mr. Dunford.Bravo sir!

Thank you. You Bach is delicate and great at the same time.

Bravissimo! Complimenti per tutto: interpretazione, padronanza tecnica, controllo, suono, atteggiamento!!

Bravo… astounding…. Transporting… 💐💐🐬🐬

So fine , thanks.

Sempre meraviglioso ascoltarti caro Thomas

This was so beautiful... hearing some of my favorite of Bach's pieces on lute was so much more beautiful than I could have ever imagined. The interpretations were amazing!! And the technicality and concentration that Chaconne required!!! Excellent performance!!

Lovely

Beautiful concert Thomas!

Maravilhoso! Que sorte é a minha de escutar essa maravilha

MARAVILLOSA OBRA, EXTRAORDINARIO INTERPRETE. TODA MI ADMIRACION, SR DUNFORD!

Superb!

Thank you, such beautiful sounds!

Magnifique. Bravo !

I love that cello suite and attempt to play it on my viola very badly! Your version gives me such pleasure!

Magnifique !

Sublime

Exquisite skill, soulful beauty. Thank you.

las son profesionales.bellas dignas de un maestro tomas dunford

What an incredible endeavor !!! Loved this playing

Great work! Phantastic performed.

¿Extraordinario! He visto muchas veces este video (es de enero de 2017) y no me canso de verlo. Thomas Dunford es uno de los mejores laudistas. Por favor, vean el recital en Wigmore Hall (está también en RU-vid), otra maravilla.

Sublime interpretazione!! Redeamus ad liutos igitur!!

I bow to the vibration of each chord in sacred connections to each of the chakras... Merci de mon âme...

Magnifique, bravoX1000👍🏼🎶👍🏼🎶👍🏼🎶👍🏼🎵Québec.

An emerging Master

Congratulations!! From Argentina.

superbe

‌I think the undiscovered music of j.s bach beyond any supervision, is in fact in search of every single player and listener and I think one of best of these discoverer was late gellen gould, that I am glad to hear this balance recital ...

beautiful...

True Baroque Genius! GOD bless Mr. Dunford in the name of Jesus! 😍

Impossible to turn off !

Genial, Thomas!

Delicate, beautiful, peaceful, healing. Graceful music and musician.

¡Grandioso!

Buen trabajo

Félicitations et merci pour ce magnifique récital.

Bellissimo. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Тембр лютни так завораживает слух своей глубиной и мягкостью, что невозможно отключить запись. Музыка великого Баха в исполнении этого парня творит чудеса: она заряжает сердце добротой и счастьем жизни. Браво Бах и браво Томас!❤🎉👌

Danke schön!!! Bamberg

Absolutely magnificent.

0:46:13 Bach Chaconne - Partita in D minor

La musicalité de cette pièce de Bach que vous jouez divinement avec cet archiluth fut appréciée. Merci pour tant de talent !

So beautiful, thanks😃!

Merveilleux, splendide!

meraviglia assoluta!

Bravo, congrats!

Bravo! un'ora di preziosa bellezza

Great performance. Thank you.

Delightful

Very good!

Et en plus il est beau !

Muy linda interpretación, felicitaciones

Was für ein Talent .. Bravo

Cette musique incroyable eternelle de Bach transposee du Cello au luth j avoue cet instrument est assez fascinant...

Lindo demais! Parabéns

Exquisite performance.

bwv 995 1:02 to 26:46 bwv 1007 27:19 to 45:37 bwv 1004 46:14 to 1:00:25 (Chaconne only)

Thanks a lot!

Magical fingers

Magnífico...Genial..amaising..wunderlich...congratulations...Jung Dunford.,..

The lute and the oud are my two favorite musical instruments. Dunford is great with the lute!

Super!

Excelente…..👏👏👏👏👏

Hey Thomas- I'm curious to know the story behind your instrument? With it's broken rose, insane amount of extra frets, it looks well loved over the years!

Meravigliosa

Great performance, thank you so much. Who is the luthier of your instrument? What happened to the rose?