#gertvanhoef

Brilliant organist Gert van Hoef plays Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor, and Eens als de bazuinen klinken. The lady beside him is Marjolein van Hoef, his wife. 

Gert van Hoef is a virtuoso organist! The Dutch have turned out some fantastic organists and composers. I wonder whether van Hoef has played Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, an astonishing organist-composer from the early Baroque.  

In the above video, he introduces himself. I love his grandfather’s advice on how to become good at the organ: “Lots of practice, son.” Well worth watching for organ fans. Needless to say, now is a great time to support brilliant artists such as Van Hoef, who bring and preserve so much fine European cultural heritage through these performances!