Some Thoughts on Playing the Organ by Willem Tanke: The right words for performing Bach's trio sonata BWV 525b

12/10/2017

The right words for performing Bach's trio sonata BWV 525b

In 1802 Forkel, Bach's first biographer, wrote about the organ sonatas: "One cannot say enough of their beauty". I imagine Bach playing such a sonata and listeners associating this with paradise. Recorded with the digitalized sound of the Van Dam-organ in Tholen (1832) on 11.10.2017. See my research "Dancing Bach on the organ": https://sites.google.com/site/willemtankeofficialwebsite/projects/resea

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As a classical organist I have been a prominent Messiaen and Reger interpreter since the '90s. Nowadays Bach interpretation is my main classical project. This is represented by my research "Dancing Bach on the organ". At the same time, as an improviser and a performing composer, I have been creating a new musical language which brings together musicians with avant-jazz, avant-pop, Western classical and traditional African and Asian backgrounds. I now relate this to my Bach interpretation.