Bach’s Toccata and Fugue sounds astonishingly beautiful on solo harp

2 May 2018, 14:48 | Updated: 2 May 2018, 14:56

It’s one of the hardest pieces to play on the organ – and on solo harp, it’s an extraordinary workout for the hands.

Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor is one of the most famous pieces of Baroque organ music ever written, with a particularly iconic opening.

Its rhapsodic texture should make it particularly hellish to play on harp, but harpist Amy Turk plays a stunning version.

Here’s what YouTube had to say:

Amy also did a pretty spectacular harp arrangement of ‘Africa’ by Toto earlier this year:

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