XAVER VARNUS PLAYS BACH'S TWO GREAT PRELUDES IN CONCERT ON THE ORGAN OF ST. LADISLAUS IN BUDAPEST

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Xaver Varnus plays two great preludes (BWV 548 & 544), based on the 1907 late romantic Karl Straube edition, on the great Rieger Organ (1899) of the Church of St. Ladislaus in Budapest. Filmed in concert on the 31st of October, 2021, during Mr. Varnus' 2021 European concert tour.

00:25 Prelude in E minor BWV 548
09:40 Prelude in B minor BWV 544

Xaver Varnus' first piano teacher was Emma Németh, one of the last pupils of Debussy. He has played virtually every important organ in the world, including those in Bach's Thomaskirche in Leipzig (2014), Berliner Dom (2013), Notre-Dame (1981), Saint-Sulpice (2006) and Saint-Eustache (1996) in Paris, National Shrine in Washington, D.C. (1985), and Canterbury Cathedral (2004), as well as the largest existing instrument in the world, the Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia (1985). His Quadruple Platinum Disc winning album "From Ravel to Vangelis" (SONY, 2007), is the best-selling organ CD ever. As a Canadian citizen, Xaver Varnus resides in Berlin, and in Brooklyn, Nova Scotia Peninsula, where he opened Varnus Hall in a 19th century church. "Put simply, Varnus is a monster talent, every bit as stimulating and individual as the late Glenn Gould" (The Globe & Mail, Canada's National Newspaper). "He is one of the most influential figure in organ music in the early twenty-first century." (Mark Wigmore, The New Classical FM, Canada).

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