Víkingur Ólafsson - Bach: Organ Sonata No. 4, BWV 528: II. Andante [Adagio] (Transcr. Stradal)
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Watch pianist Víkingur Ólafsson (“Artist of the Year” at the Gramophone Awards 2019) perform the Andante from Bach's Organ Sonata No. 4, as transcribed for the piano by August Stradal, from his album 'J. S. Bach - Works & Reworks'. The video was directed by Magnús Leifsson.
Víkingur Ólafsson - Bach: Organ Sonata No. 4, BWV 528: II. Andante [Adagio] (Transcr. Stradal)
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Deutsche Grammophon this work is the future of classical music. Everything is so fresh! Amazing video, amazing music, great pianist 🎹❤️! Keep walking guys and change the way we know classical music ❤️👏👏
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON does not need you to promote him. In a few years you will need him to promote you. A truly great pianist and musician. He does credit to DG after being contaminated by an ex-nazi conductor
Vikingur Olafsson doesn't need this cinegraphic shit to accompany his piano playing. In this performance there are wonder after wonder of piano playing and musicianship. Just pay attention to the pedaling. And the trills going downward in an inner line just before the end (all done with the 3rd and 4th finger I presume). Electrifying. A couple of years ago, I heard the first ten minutes of this on a BBC recordings program. I still fall off my chair when I listen to it. PS Dear Magnús Leifsson, my advice is keep your day job. Foret the cine stuff..
Magnificent play!
THE sound is wonderful. the approach, timing, dynamics, articulation. To me ideal
JS Bach wrote the most beautiful music in the history of humanity.
This guy is superior. I didn't need the people walking around. I want to watch him play.
Go watch him play then. This is a music video.
Johann Sebastian Bach ist Anfang und Ende aller Musik. Ich war 10 Jahre, mein Lehrer sagte, wenn du Bach spielen kannst, dann kann dich nichts überraschen. Jetzt spiele ich Bachs Musik weil es eine ganze Welt ist.
Danke ✌️
Warning: The more you listen to Bach, the less satisfying popular music is going to be.
100% true.
100% untrue. This interpretation of Bach is very close to mainstream pop music to me. Which is just perfect.
absolutely. 100% true
Absolutely agree!!
How true.
This is like a prayer that I need to hear daily.
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A sage said, "The angels pray with Bach, laugh with Mozart, and cry with Beethoven."
Inarguably one of the greatest pieces of music ever written.
A world without Bach would not be worth it
Totalmente de acuerdo
Gebannt und ergriffen lausche ich der x-ten Wiederholung und werde innerlich ganz still. Dankedankedanke. ♥️
Once you have listened to Bach, nothing else matters (in terms of music).
Unglaublich schöne Musik, gespielt von einem grandiosen und einfühlsamen Künstler. Man nur staunend hören und sich still verneigen.
UND EIN GROSSARTIGES INSTRUMENT ! STEINWAY¬SONS !
Christ, what a world Bach is. There is nothing else like him.
I have an acquaintance who is a music scholar and he likes to say (tongue in cheek, of course) that there are 5 tiers of composers in the Western world: Bach sits (alone) in tier no.1; there is no one on tier no. 2; Beethoven and Mozart sit on tier no. 3; and most others sit on tier no. 4. Tier no. 5 is for transcribers. Quite over the top, really, but I do agree that Bach is the most important Western composer ever in terms of the influence he's had on those who followed and in terms of the sheer scope and size of his musical production. It is, in itself, an entire universe.
@@Nickauboutte I think your music scholar is on the money!
Check out Jan Dismas Zelenka. I recommend The Trio Sonatas, Missa Omnium Sanctorum and Missa Divi Xaverii.
@@Nickauboutte , though I agree with you in thinking that your music scholar is a bit over the top on this one, what he or she gets right is that no one will ever dislodge him from the summit of Western music. John Eliot Gardiner has rightly said that Bach, through incredible industry, had achieved "the habit of excellence". I mean, he wrote BWV 4 at age 22, and never looked back. Dear God...
Eric Hodge You are so right - there is nothing like the music of JS Bach!
I was listening to Olaffsons "Bach Variationen" last night 10/17/2023 live at the Berlin Philharmonie. Amazing. I feel blessed. It was a magical joyful athmoshere. Addicted to Bach 🎼 🫠🎹 ♥️
Bach shows us that there is another world somewhere.
Heaven, and this is a foretaste.
Bach, Lizst, Alkan, Prokofiev, Beethoven - greatest composer's ever
@@chezbe who is Alkan?
@@alexandercoates8317 check his works, Concerto for solo piano for example
I could watch this a million times and it would still make me cry like a baby every time. Bach's incomparable genius matched with Vikingur's amazing skill and intelligence. That there is such beauty in the world....
I agree at totum with you ":Bach's incomparable genius matched with Vikingur's amazing skill and intelligence." This is brilliant and definitive! I want to make a special colaboration with this timeless masterpiece : Hi sirs from venerable and indispensable DG Give me the necessary and indispensable; permission to transform your excelent video from this masterpiece the: Organ Sonata No. 4, BWV 528: II. Andante from Bach yn a true movie format 21 9 ratio. I did it for Cliburn org preservering the historical final were Yum cham Lim was the with justice the great winner.of the demanding competion Just watch : "ENHANCED Video&Audio by Yan AYRTON Yunchan Lim’s Rach 3rd Concerto Winner Competition final June2022" Just compare it with the original video provided in 16 9 ratio by the Cliburn org and you easely will understand what I am capable of through technological skill devoted to the Art of Music. Awairing your ansewer I will post this your video today on my channel and you import it here. Sincerely, the young Komponist Yan Ayrton
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I had the privilege of seeing and listening to this piece played by Vikingur Wednesday evening, here in Los Angeles at the WDCH, as his encore. Tears flowed. Transcendence. Beauty. Joy. This man with the music of Bach flowing through him to the world is to experience the ineffable made manifest.
If they don't play this at my funeral I'm not going.
I don't think one can live a truly full life without hearing and enjoying Bach's music. Bravo Olafsson
Be grateful for your hearing abilities then.
Some people don't hear anything when they hear Bach...like elevator music. But others hear much more. Amazing how there are such differences between people and what they are capable of appreciating.
Great...
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@@liveyourbestlife1513 For me, there are quite a few good composers, a handful are really good, a few are amazing. And then there is Bach.
Bach - totally timeless. It will forever remain a mystery how he got there 300 years ago.
You are right. Like I said above, I wonder if Bach has not said everything in music, in a way...
The answer to your question is in Luther’s theology, especially his theology of beauty.
No, the mystery is that, 300 years after a cultural apex, we postmodern know-it-alls have any appreciation at all for music created by a master, who understood its true nature and purpose.
Exacto!!! Bach es EL MAESTRO. 👏👏👏Saludos desde México
Mystery is why people ignored him for 150 years before recognizing his genius.
Bach's music is about continuation. There are no ends but new beginnings. Beautiful!
beatifully said 😉
It all about the flow, the change of the tide, never ending spiral of rhythm.
Your comment throws me back on the section of the story I've been writing. Hope you don't mind my writing it all out here. The narrator is a hoopoe (bird). I couldn't format the three quotations as I wanted to, so have just put them in quotations. What you say is exactly it: everyone's trying to get to the endings, but "There are no ends but new beginnings." Ah ! And just now, us, we hearing Glenn Gould-this time him not just performing but explaining some point about Bach, nay, illustrating it by alternating between speaking and playing the keys of the instrument before which he is sitting-just now are we brought to startle: "By the way, this little gadget upon which I just played that fugue is, in case you are wondering, not exactly a piano and not exactly a harpsicord: it’s a neurotic piano that thinks it’s a harpsicord, and I’m going to close it now because it’s also too noisy." Whereupon he retakes his seat at the odd piano he is at and continues on in explanation of the music he is in the process of discussing: going into how Bach’s contemporaries, including his very sons, were in great disagreement with Bach as to what constituted harmonic thinking. "That same theme, by the way, of the Brandenburg shows, clearly, I think, the great differences in harmonic thinking that existed between Bach and his more progressive colleagues, theme wanders constantly back and forth across the key center axis of D major, which is the key, as it were, and each time we feel a conclusion coming on, something else happens to delay it." (And, us, we absolutely must draw attention to the manner in which Gould composes the above single sentence of his: its musicality, its compositional metrics and estrangement from all common speech-the sustainment of-in the passage we just quoted, the sustained holding-onto the word theme, Gould never losing track of one phoneme of the theme[’s] sound, he catching the word up again twenty-six words later-we have counted them !-his language, his speech so akin-to, so like his playing of Bach; the import of each note, each sound.) "This is the sort of harmonic plan that Bach’s sons wouldn’t have been caught dead adopting. For them the satisfaction of the musical structure was in getting through to the end, in termination and achieving finality. For Bach, it wasn’t finality that mattered to music, not really. It was simply the joyous essence of being." (Ah, yes: always the pressured idea of reaching, of getting to the end that critics criticize one for not getting to. It, nay, enough to drive one mad ! We be most glad that we may be considered as company with him, Bach, the father-not the sons-in what we do, in how we carry out our own work: giving ourself patience in allowing ourself to patiently wend our way through our tale, unregardful of the need to get-on with it, to arrive-at, to conclude.)
Beautiful piece of music and wonderfully interpreted.
Profound
I will never understand those who dislike the music of JS Bach.
Maybe the ones who don't like his music be used for climate propaganda. Otherwise, I would not understand either.
What you call climate propaganda is real. Get real, dude!
It's impossible to dislike Bach. Those who say they dislike Bach are either utterly stupid and ignorant or they are just trying to be special in the most stupid and ignorant way possible.
Rafael Pérez Rubio Climate change is real
@Janna Maglinao You are right, Bach pieces were considered like exercices, and still are too often. I think that the beauty inside Bach is better feeled when you age. I am lucky, I understood Bach when I was young yet. Fortunately, we can listen to Richter, or Schiff, or to some organists, to see many performers completely in love with Bach.
Mr. Víkingur a genius of XXI Century.
Oh God! I listen to Bach all my life but with this one I came to tears. Beautiful!
I cry all my life listening to Bach! I feel like his music is purifying for one’s soul!
So true! Bach brings us to the very essence of the human soul.
❤
Im a bachaholic.... luckily there are no harmful side effects or withdrawal pains. Not even illegal, immoral or fattening.
Die Idee der Komposition, von Meister Bach war wohl.... Alle Stimmen wollen zu Gott..Also aufsteigend... Dann manchmal ruhend im Hier....Dann aufsteigend zu Gott und laut....Und überhaupt 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪
The build-up, the rising tension, the dragging heartbeat with every measure, with the predictable but unresolved ending, leaving us where we started, mesmerised but haunted. What drama, what glory!
一昨日偶然見つけました。長年バッハを愛し、聴いてきましたがまだこんな美しい演奏が残されていたなんて！何度観たでしょうか、涙が止まりません。美しすぎます！
Thank you so much !Kisses from Azerbaijan!
Here is the Beloved God of Music : Johann Sebastian Bach....Thank you God for this wonderful gift
J. S. Bach always delivers.
So does UPS
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Yes!
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Люди! Те, которые не вникают, или не понимают эту музыку! Неужели вы не слышите, как капли, потоки и струи воды благословенного РУЧЬЯ, льются и звенят, колокольчиками по камушкам, перетекая всё дальше и дальше, падая с высоты, и затихая среди глыб?! Вслушайтесь! Это вечная музыка, родившаяся благодаря гению великого Иоганна! Как прекрасно звучит это совершенство, написанное для органа, как оно звучит на фортепиано! А ведь некоторые слушатели даже и не подозревают, что великий композитор, даже если и попробовал сыграть тогда на первых, ещё несовершенных инструментах под названием фортепиано, даже, если и осознал замечательное их звучащее будущее, но ведь к тому времени, большая часть его произведений уже создана для других инструментов! А как звучит! Величие музыкального гения....
The steps to heaven, forever climbing.
There are many composers but Bach is out of reach,it´s like he´s been on earth since the very beginning and captured the essence of life and transcibed it into music.
I always like to think that some superior alien race somewhere is confused because on the radio waves from earth, they are getting all the madness, hatred, tyranny, inhumanity and stupidity pouring forth endlessly, but at the same time, they are hearing the music of Bach and wondering how the same species can produce both.
As once said Wynton Marsalis: " Bach is more than music. Is the voice of God ". From Argentina
Bach is God.
@@josecanale7055Bach is God.
@@Londonfogey😂
Bach: the daddy of music
He played this as an Encore last night - October 12, 2022 - in Montréal after the Ravel concerto with the MSO. I must admit i cried. Something at the tip of his fingers...it's music. Thank you M. Olafsson.
I am in awe with Olafsson's control of individual notes in a chord, such that he can express the melody out of he overall score. Absolutely amazing!
It's the same for me.
One of the most difficult things to get right which most people who know how to play the piano even don't know about basically.
I've been listening to it for years now, but I can't forget the shock I felt when I first heard it. I was reminded of the greatness of Bach along with his wonderful performance.
Spent all day listening to this piece over and over again. So clear, imaginative and delicate. Thank you so much.
バッハ聴いて初めて泣きそうになった。 MVの雰囲気もあるとは思うけど、この方の演奏は深く心に刺さってくるものがあります。
What incredible music! Thank you God for giving us Bach.🙏🙂🙏
Perfect tempo and cantabile. Andante walk. Procession to the lamp of Bach' s incandescent Beauty.
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A spirit more than a song. Shadows of sound, where the divine abounds. Breathtaking.
Víkingur Ólafsson has total control of his instrument and of the spirit with which Bach wrote this piece. It is an absolutely amazing performance. Ég er sannarlega hrifinn af hæfileikum þínum, Víkingur. Ísland, svo lítið land með svo mikla hæfileika! Kveðja af Ástralíu.
Очень Люблю Баха, и очень давно... Вашу композицию слушаю довольно часто,и не по разу за день, и не могу наслушаться... Как то так. 10 00 Благодарностей от всей Души!!! 🤩🤩🤩❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍🌹🌹🌹😇😇😇👋👋👋
In this Vikingur's interpretation this composition really bursts into life. Indeed there's somethin prayer-like in the composition. I have listened to this numerous times yet not a single time without tears. This really penetrates through all defences. Thank you for this.
I'm tearing up as I read your comment!
Your comments over dramatic but this song definitely fills the church and it shows the level of power Bach possessed
Not "over dramatic" comment whatsoever. Lovely 🌹 comment actually.
Your comment💯🌞 bursts my heart 💔💛💙 Thank you for this👍♥️, you found the words what I was thinking when listening to this super interpretation of an Iceland 🇮🇸pianist
...penetrating through all defences... it couldn't be expressed better.
Absolutely mesmerising. I bless the day I stumbled across Víkingur Ólafsson and his version of the J S Bach Goldberg Variations, which encouraged me to explore his other albums. So much wonderful music! Bravissimo! 🎉❤
The piano version transfers this masterpiece on an other level.
The climax section in this version is different from the original score. A faster part in the right hand. But I like it: I think it adds to the climax, and it also sound "Bachian" to me.
Bach can do anything.
Музыка Баха- это вселенная! Она объединяет людей,она жизнеутверждающа и дает надежду на добро и свет ! Очень понравилось исполнение своей глубиной и мощью звучания! Очень интересное видео, оно завораживает своей необычностью! Благодарю за это наслаждение!
people who are driven by the soul-ringing sound The melody of the organ sonata is so beautiful
I just lost my spouse a few days ago This video helps me everyday Bach is so beautiful here The video gives me a sense of all of us journeying toward a far better and profound place Thank you Gary
Hope you're managing ok my man. I'm so sorry.
@@Eleutherarch Hello Thank you, I still miss him very much, but trying to make myself carry on. I've gone back to work at my home improvement store which is helping a lot. Thanks for your very kind reply. I still listen to this beautiful piece most days and it still helps as well. Gary
@@garyhinks9635 I'm very glad to read that you're getting back to your feet. I don't think it will ever become easy. Work can be good and if it's helping you, that's great. Do you play piano or an instrument? If not, it'd be an excellent hobby to pursue. Occupies time, distracts, sharpens the mind, etc. You're never too old and perhaps with every Bach piece you tackle, you could dedicate it privately to his memory. Just a thought. Best wishes - pulling for ya.
One of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard. I had never heard it before, and I am truly touched by it. The highest praise goes to Vikingur for his musicality. This piece makes me feel like people in the video, incredibly moved.. Thank you to everyone involved in creating this gem.
You haven't heard of it because it was originally written for Organ and the organ repertoire is the most unrecognised in the world of music, now that you have heard this one you may check the other trio sonatas and Bach's complete organ works, he's the greatest to ever exist
@@tahaouhabi3520 More of Bach's great organ pieces should be performed on the piano, or even by an orchestra. Organ music is an acquired taste, and many people don't care for it.
@@davehshs651 I completely agree, years ago when I started listening to classical/baroque music I obviously liked the piano the violin and then I stumbled upon a Video of Wolfgang Stockmeier's recording of Bach's organ work, the title was bach complete organ works by Wolfgang Stockmeier, couple of minutes into the video I was like "why did nobody tell me about this before" it was like I found my treasure, without exaggeration I think the day I discovered that recording is the best day of my life
Wow You are quite right! Brilliant wise and amazing analisys yours.Bravo for this..Go to my channel in the section } latest videos | posted and see what I done with this Bach short and dense eloquent masterpiece.Pure transcendental. This gem will shinne as never before.All the best for you . Yan Ayrton a young composer from Germany. expressing his technological unique skills to the love to Art.
This is one of my favourite videos on You Tube. The music has so much emotion and is exceptional. The videography is so beautifully done on so many levels, close ups, blurres scenes, the models and actors. Everything about this is so beautiful. I get lost in this everytime I see and hear it. ❤
Les œuvres de Bach sont une expression de l'âme, une représentation de ce que l'espèce humaine peut créer de plus absolu, une résonance dans l'éternité.
WOW coincido con usted!!!👏👏👏
I would listen to the piece at the end of the world.
this music transcends time. Bach is alive in his music.
This video shows that everybody looks better with JS Bach's music in the background.
I’m sure am the angels are in awe of his unearthly performances which enhances our lot the Almighty thank you u tube
One word. astonishing
I have seen this before: sentences of the music symbolized by humans in motion. VERY emotional! Strong stuff! Bach speaking to mankind!
When Universe was Created there was a big Bach !
the beginning and the end of all music, that is what bach is ...
Vikingur Òlafsson interpretation of this wonderful organ sonata is probably the best one I ever heard
thanks for beautiful music and video. I see me and you walking in a barren world, drawn into the music, standing in awe
When the universe whispers in your ear and you just take notes
exactly
Dude, that's, with words, the feeling I got -and I get- the first time I heard this piece, thank you!
Магическое воздействие музыки Великих композиторов на умы людей.
아이슬란드의 자연도 아름답고, 바흐의 음악도 아름답고, Vikingur의 연주도 아름답다.. All is perfact!!!👍👍👍
companied by this piece on this lonely Christmas. Thanks.
Christmas does not have to be lonely, especially if you have Jesus Christ in your heart and you have a sincere, profound relationship with Him. There is never a need to be lonely if you have Him for a friend and a Savior. He goes wherever you go and whenever you go. He lives with you here on earth and into eternity with you if you accept Him as you Lord and Savior. God's free gift or salvation, eternal life, and forgiveness of sin is rejected by so many people who just do not know the joy of accepting Jesus as the best friend that they will ever have. So sad, so unnecessary.
Несомненно - Бах велик! Это гений на все времена! Это мысли, эмоции и чувства, достигающие каждого, самого затаенного уголка сознания! Это и ветер, и восход солнца, и звёздное небо, и поле и море, и РУЧЕЙ, но ... но только на другой планете, в другой Вселенной....
I am a devoted Wagnerian. I attend the Bayreuth festival almost every year, and cannot get enough of his music. Still, I always say that Bach was the greatest composer who has ever lived. No one compares, not even close.
Ich stimme zu. Bach, Beethoven und Wagner waren die größten Komponisten.
Bach rend la vie supportable, même dans un égout.
Max Olivier Ça vient de Cioran. Je ne pourrais mieux dire.
La grandezza di un musicista si vede da come suona Bach... Bravo ragazzo! Non fermarti mai!! Ascoltarti é essere un attimo in Paradiso..💜
Saw it yesterday as an encore in Brussels. Stunning. The entire concert hall was in awe.
lucky you!
I heard him in Manchester in September. Everyone just seemed to hold their breath. Wonderful
Ich liebe diesen Vikingur 😍 Als Oma kann ich das mal unverdächtig schreiben ! Er ist ein begnadeter Interpret meines Lieblingskomponisten !
Simply sit and listen and you can witness the entire energy of the universe moving gracefully and relentlessly forward.
I keep listening to this over and over. I just can't get enough. I speaks to me on some very deep level.
Cet arrangement est un pure merveille, un instant de grâce, un moment d'une profondeur, d'une intensité, sans égal. Seul Bach et tous ceux qui par leurs transcriptions l'ont comprit, est capable de générer autant d'émotions. Merci et bravos.
Addicted to Bach. His music says everything I want to say but can't put into words 💛
Like moths to a flame, the profound beauty of the music of J S Bach mesmerizes all
I had long lasting goose bumps, walking streets those days, seeing just covered faces, 1/100 people on streets, invisible fear in the air... and my headphones were articulating this pristine music with a lot of hope inside...
This is the power of music. Unites people.
True. However, they already share everything at the beginning of the video: appearances, cloths, houses. In my opinion, this obfuscates a little bit the concept of the video. Don't you think so?
Yes, "unification" is the word. Mission accomplished: kzhead.info/sun/n6mGdtGpoHmbhZE/bejne.html
"The aim and final purpose of all music shall be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul" -- Johann Sebastian Bach
I consider Bach to be a major refreshment of my pitiful soul! And that it should be..
Mission accomplished.
I can't remember where this quote comes from but here it is anyway : '' God should be grateful to Bach because the music of Bach proves the existence of God '' .
@@sizzlinglizzi1345 Nice quote, but it´s not true.
@@thomasakerberg6765 Well it should be !
How it’s possible a music which have 300 years seems still modern ? Bach is a wizard which travel the times
Let's also admire the beautiful work Magnús Leifsson did. What a captivating video!
One of the most powerful, beautiful things I've heard in a long time. It reminds me what great music does: it brings us together. And the question isn't why do we love music, but why does it love us? Who can fail to feel this emotion here, be overwhelmed by it even, as i feel so privileged to be.
What a great composition, only Bach can compose a piece that sounds so simple yet complex, so minimalist yet full of life. Not forget to mention Vikingur's interpretation really brings out every Bach's characteristics.
I think if much more people would here bach, we would not have war on this planet. Great moment of peace for me.
Lovely playing by Vikingur! His hands are so soft on the keys, like the morning sun kissing the flowers.
Víkingur Ólafsson is for me new reborn of Bach from Ísland :-) Love Glenn style but this is also magical
Бах - это на все времена. Благодарю Вас !
Un grandissimo capolavoro di Bach....Adoro Bach. Fantastica interpretazione, questa splendida musica di Bach tocca il mio cuore! Grazie, Grazie e ancoră Grazie!
AN WORLD WITHOUT BACH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE!!!
I can not thank u as much as u deserved: This brought me back to the piano, after 10 years of absence, after playing and studying piano since I was 6 years old. Now I am 41 and have rediscovered it and it's bringing a lot of joy for my wife and me (and hopefully for the neighbours, though practising isnt always a joy to hear😅) Thank you, Mr. Ólafsson!!
Sigue estudiando y siempre disfrutando con cada nota.
What a lovely story... from one pianist to another
Bach's music is an endless reflection and an infinite tribute to the beauty of God.
Absolutely beautifully put.
I concede that it is difficult to accept that Bach's music has been conceived by a mere mortal, but it isn't conclusive proof for the existence of a god. Perhaps humanity is underrated?
@@pjmvdbroek Humanity is underrated without God. Humanism actually lowered the status of humanity by depriving him of the quasi "divine" status religion gave him. The fact we now only revel in the worst aspects of humanity is probably a consequence of that, because once you cut off man from that which is above him everything about him becomes "hypocrisy" after which you can only be "honest" and "real" by focusing on what is below him.
Wonderful!
@@sophiaperennis2360 Spot on.
Every time I hear him play this movement, I can't turn it off. The accompanying "music video" is a bit odd but extremely apropos for the strange world we find ourselves living in today, living in New Jersey, USA we have been on lockdown for over a week with no end in the near future. It is almost as if these people in the video have been shuttered inside for days, months even. And now they are free to walk outside and actually SEE the new world around them... I probably am making too much out of it BUT this is most certainly worth 5 1/2 minutes of your day. Listen, reflect, relax, and let Bach do what he does best; connect us to some higher being.
Ian Hoblitzell I am completely agree with you, Bach had linked us with our soul.
I’m addicted to this movement also. It just blows me away. Greetings from Saskatchewan Canada, stay safe!
would be better with the Bach-Marcello adagio for harpsichord concerto (but just the piano solo version)
@@displaychicken Vive le Seskatchewan libre! (Omg. Vivent mes USA libres! I hope against hope I/we can walk out our door some fine Monday morning, free as Iceland to renew ourselves and rebuild what already has been destroyed. Bach is my witness!!
I keep listening to this recording and others he has done. Deutsche Grammaphone is making interesting recordings of him.
I’ve listened to a number of performances of Víkingur Ólafsson playing the wonderful piano transcription by Stradal of the Andante from Bach’s Organ Sonata No 4, BWV 528. This one I find intensely moving at many levels. Víkingur’s playing is perfect and he brings out the various voices so very well. I cannot identify the piano, not Steinway, but it is so well suited for this piece, the base register has a wonderful quality. This is definitely one of those times when I love the transcription better than the organ original! This small piece, in addition to the outstanding quality of the playing, is so filled with beauty and emotion that set against the video can reduce me to tears. Truly a deeply moving experience. Many thanks Víkingur
I'm tearing up! Watching these strange people with similar clothing in the beautiful vast Icelandic landscape, then to watch them watch and experience Vikingur... we are no longer watching them, we are with them, thanks to this incredible music and artist... Chills!!! Thank you so much for this, please do more music videos!!!
I found myself become one of them... watching you. I listened this music for the first time today... and keep watching this... more than 10 times. I fall in love with Bach’s music💕
This is like listening to the universe speak to itself.
The eternal aspect of music is on display here!
This, just for the perfection of it, brings tears to my eyes.
Touched by God....there is nothing more than Bach before you reach the divine. This interpretation by Vikingur is magisterial and marvellous...building and building, lifting higher and higher…
Olafsson is a genius, he truly captures the mood of the music while building on the beautiful melody of Bach's music. Each repetition is different, such a beautiful performance. ❤️💙❤️