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I was completely drawn in by the first few seconds.

 
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Fantastic. This guy really nails it.

Although no one is 100% sure that this is really a Bach composition, the legend is that this was the piece that Bach used to test out church organs and diagnose issues with the installation of the “instrument.”


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Thanks for sharing! I love the piece and I loved the performance – that guy has talent! I think JSB would’ve liked it too.

I’ve never seen an accordion with a right hand keyboard like that one. But, sadly…

February 19, 2018
“We have been saddened to learn that the Toronto accordion virtuoso Alexander Sevastian, died on Friday in Ajijic, Mexico, a few hours before he was due to give a concert with the Quartetto Gelato. He apparently died in his sleep from a massive heart attack. …”

https://slippedisc.com/2018/02...nal-accordionist-41/



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An accordion captures the wind sound of a pipe organ, of course. But without the bone-rattling power of bass pipes 12 or 14 feet long.

I am also unfamiliar with that kind of accordion, but I don't know much about accordions to start with.

An impressive performance.




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HO.
LEE.
CRAP!!!!

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JEEZUS!!

Has passed away at age 41?!?!? Massive heart attack while on tour... Frown Frown

From Wikipedia:
Alexander Sevastian, "Sasha", (October 2, 1976 – February 16, 2018) was a well-known virtuoso Russian-Canadian accordionist.
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Sevastian died suddenly of a massive heart attack at age 41 on Friday, February 16, 2018, while on tour with Quartetto Gelato in Mexico. Major Canadian news organizations reported on his death, including CBC Radio One and The Globe and Mail.[4]



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Has passed away at age 41?!?!? Massive heart attack while on tour...
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As noted in my post, above.



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Oh. DUH!!! Sorry, PS. Hate when I do that...



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^^^^^^
No problem. Smile

That is one new fangled accordion, for sure.



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Wow, that was awesome. Cool




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I’ve never seen an accordion with a right hand keyboard like that one.
It is a Button Accordion (as opposed to a Piano Accordion). They've been around for almost two hundred years.



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Thanks. Maybe a Russian bayan or chromatic button accordion?

“Right-hand manual: The Russian bayan and chromatic button accordions have a much greater right-hand range in scientific pitch notation than an accordion with a piano keyboard: five octaves plus a minor third (written range = E2-G7, actual range = E1-D9, some have a 32 ft Register on the Treble to go even lower down to E0. …”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...tic_button_accordion

A google search for “button accordion” turns up images for some that look quite different than the instrument Mr. Sevastian played.



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I love that piece.

This was his audition for our our Lord's choir. He passed and was promoted. As usual, the good ones get taken.
 
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Jonathan E! Jonathan E! Cool

Thanks for sharing.

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