CANON in D major (Organ Solo) - Johann Pachelbel

Roberto Bertero at the organ of Turin’s Santuario della Consolata (Church of the Virgin of the Consolation).

In this video I am playing the world famous Johann Pachelbel’s Canon in D major.
I am here presenting a solo organ version. The original work belongs to Pachelbel’s chamber music, scored for 3 violins and a basso continuo, and paired with a gigue in the same key. The canon shares an important quality with the chaconne and passacaglia: it consists of a ground bass over which the other parts play a three-voice counterpoint.

Welcome to this new YouTube channel aimed at providing some quality online documentation concerning the "Camillo Guglielmo Bianchi" organ located in the Consolata Sanctuary, Turin (Italy).
Audio or audio-video file will be regularly uploaded, all recorded LIVE.
The sound will be captured with Zoom H5 audio recorder (96kHz / 24bit), while footage will be filmed with Canon EOS 5D Mark IV.

The intent is to create a database of the musical literature performed by me, titular organist in this prestigious sanctuary, right during the religious services along the Liturgical Year or during the organ auditions, between one Mass and another.

#pachelbelcanon #pachelbel #organmusic #organist
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Organ built by Camillo Guglielmo Bianchi (year 1864), Restructured by Carlo Vegezzi Bossi (year 1889).

Mechanical transmission
2 manuals 61 notes
Pedalboard with 27 parallel keys (12 real, then repeated from C 13)
Interlocking handcuff register control
7 bellows
 
Stoplist
   
- GREAT:
Terza mano
Voce Umana S                   
Bombardino 16' B            
Tromba 16' S                    
Trombone 8' B                  
Trombe 8' S                       
Clarone 4' B                     
Corno Ing. 16' S                
Cornamusa 8' S              
Voci Corali 16' S                
Oboe 8' S                            
Viola 4' B                         
Violone 8' B                      
Violino 8' S                         
Corno Dolce 16' S              
Flauto Trav 8' S                 
Flauto 4' B                     
Flauto 4' S                        
Ottavino S                 
Cornetto I                         
Cornetto II
Principale 16' B
Principale 16' S
Principale 8' I B
Principale 8' I S
Principale 8' II B
Principale 8' II S
Ottava I B
Ottava I S
Ottava II B
Ottava II S
XII B
XII S
XV I
XV II
XIX
XXII-XXII
XXVI-XXIX
XXXIII-XXXVI
XL-XLIII
 
 
- PEDAL:                  
Bombarde 16'                    
Trombone 8'                     
Unione Tastiere       
Contrabbasso 16'
Bassi 8'
Ripieno 9 file Ped
Tasto Pedale II
Timpani                                          
                                               
                       
- SWELL:
Principale 8' B                
Principale 8' S                   
Ottava 4'  B                        
Ottava 4' S                       
XV                                    
XIX                                 
XXII                                  
XXVI- XXIX              
Arpa XII B                      
Arpa XII S                   
Fagotto B
Trombe S
Clarone 8 B
Violoncello 8' S
Corno Ing.8' S
Viola 8' B
Violino 2 canne S
V.Flebile S
Cornetto II S
Flauto Trav 8' B
Ottavino S

[JonathanHabashy]

Pachelbel meets the heavens. This is not just music—it’s time standing still on organ pipes.

[JonathanHabashy]

The grandeur of the organ gives this timeless piece a whole new soul. Just beautiful.

[JonathanHabashy]

✨ A wedding hymn, a sacred lullaby, a divine memory—all in one.

[JonathanHabashy]

🌌 A starry sky turned into sound—Pachelbel would’ve smiled hearing this.

[JonathanHabashy]

🌬 Like wind through stained glass, this rendition flows gently but reverently through the soul.

[JonathanHabashy]

Thank you, Roberto for uploading videos on your YouTube channel; they mean so much to me. Keep up the good work.

[JonathanHabashy]

Johann Pachelbel would be proud of you.

[JonathanHabashy]

From Disney's Tangled Ever After 2012 - it's that short film from Disney's Tangled where Rapunzel and Eugene Fitzherbert gets married and that song gets played in this short.

[JonathanHabashy]

May the Lord bless you with this song.

[JonathanHabashy]

This Canon isn't just in D Major—it's in divine major.

[JonathanHabashy]

🎬 Fun fact: Pachelbel’s “Canon in D” isn’t just for weddings—this version has popped up in several well-known films & TV!

Featured in Ordinary People (1980) during pivotal emotional scenes 

Played in Werner Herzog’s The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) 

Used as the closing piece in the documentary Gizmo (1977) 

Included in the soundtrack for Father of the Bride (1991) 

Also featured in Carl Sagan’s classic TV series Cosmos (1980)

[JonathanHabashy]

😂 POV: You just entered the gates of heaven, and God’s organist is flexing a little.

[JonathanHabashy]

If peace had a sound, it would echo like this through cathedral walls.

[KryzysX]

My lord, my lord... this is euphoniously heavenly, I am overwhelmed with rushed flood of emotions unto me...

[AntonTrinkler]

This touch the Soul, all Angels in Heaven are singing Hosiana.

[jeopardy]

I'm a piano player, and I admire anyone who can play this beautiful piece on an organ, because it's too much multitasking for me to do the hand and foot parts at the same time.

[parideulisse]

Salve sig Roberto lo spartito musicale di questo canone di pachelbel dove lo trovo . Mi piace questa versione . Grazie e complimenti Antonio .

[shin-i-chikozima]

This Canon is full of sorrows of the life

[mariocecchetti]

1680 Canone Johann Pachelbel PATRIMONIO CULTURALE DELL’UMANITÀ.

[DemoboyOot]

this is a tutorial for how to play canon on a chalkboard