You are not a dork. You are very talented and musically educated. It takes skill to sing Bach cantatas. As for crying, I teared up too when I saw this wonderful peace move for the first time (especially the Ciaccona!). You have every right to cry when such a treasure like this cantata is inherited for all the world. You are a Bach lover like me and thousands (maybe millions!) of others.
@phpn995 жыл бұрын
Absolute masterpiece, apparently composed when Bach was in his early 20s, when he visited Buxtehude. Vox Luminis recently made an absolute gem of a recording of it, paired with Actus Tragicus.
@AML200012 жыл бұрын
You're seeing Bach wrestling with the fact that woodwinds were tuned to chamber pitch, about half a note lower than today, while the strings, choir, and organ are tuned to choir pitch which as you can see is a minor third higher than chamber pitch. Bach transposes the bassoon part to match. Later, in Leipzig, where the organ was well tempered rather the mean tone tempered, he simply transposed the organ and wrote everything else in chamber pitch.
@TiaPamina11 жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness. I'm so happy after singing along with this, I'm crying. Wonderful memories of singing in my high school and college days. Yes, I know: I'm a dork. But I'm a happy dork, so thank you for posting this! ^_^
@Bastro30008 жыл бұрын
3:40 Here lies the infamous Bassoon obligato that almost got Bach killed by a furious bassoonist :S
@leorenier15 жыл бұрын
The name of the now "famous" bassoon player is Johann Heinrich Geyersbach. The story is told in Gardiner's book BACH p.172-178
@MichaelCWBell4 жыл бұрын
It’s not what I would have thought a difficult bass line at 3’40”... too many accidentals? Enough to draw swords for some (of course there was history between them). I happen to know a ridiculously argumentative bassoonist, I’m like, “what’s your problem?”.
@synesthetically4 жыл бұрын
@@MichaelCWBell To be honest, I thought it was the part in the Soprano aria :)
@gerubach12 жыл бұрын
@AML2000: Your knowledge of Bach is very impressive! Your input and observations are valued and I thank you taking the time to share them.
@dm_994 жыл бұрын
12:46 Brahms
@PaPa-kr5yt2 жыл бұрын
Just realized this is the 4th movement of Symphony no.4
@gerubach11 жыл бұрын
A very wise "AML2000" posted 9 months ago: "You're seeing Bach wrestling with the fact that woodwinds were tuned to chamber pitch, about half a note lower than today, while the strings, choir, and organ are tuned to choir pitch which as you can see is a minor third higher than chamber pitch. Bach transposes the bassoon part to match. Later, in Leipzig, where the organ was well tempered rather the mean tone tempered, he simply transposed the organ and wrote everything else in chamber pitch."
@gerubach12 жыл бұрын
That is a great observation. I saw the facsimile of the original "copied" score and came to the conclusion that the bassoon is using a "movable clef". In BWV 106, the recorders have movable treble clefs as well. I won't venture to guess but I sure hope Christoph Wolff sees this to satisfy our curiosity.
@shadowjuan2 Жыл бұрын
I read psalm 25 on the bible and I thought it was so beautiful that I looked it up on the internet to know more about it. What a wonderful surprise when I found Bach had used some of its verses for the Cantata. Beautiful.
@TheAntco4 жыл бұрын
So stylistic and helpful for those who are following and learning. Thank you for sharing!
@Nooticus2 ай бұрын
Bach's early cantatas are often overlooked but are so much more emotionally deep than the later ones, at least to my ears. This work is more similar to the cantatas of Buxtehude and Pachelbel than later Bach, which also have that same emotional deepness. I highly recommend them to everyone I know who wants to try and understand Bach.
@Nooticus2 ай бұрын
The moments of dissonance in the Ciaccona between the hovering voice parts and the rising ground bass are so moving.
@radkiel6 жыл бұрын
I've heard many of Bach's cantatas, and I have yet to hear one with as much emotional depth as this one. It's not as blatantly sad as bwv 131, yet it impacts me just as much. Especially "meine augen sehen stets zu dem herrn".
@Nooticus2 ай бұрын
Bach's early cantatas are often overlooked but are so much more emotionally deep than the later ones, at least to my ears. This work is more similar to the cantatas of Buxtehude and Pachelbel than later Bach, which also have that same emotional deepness. I highly recommend them.
@sii88857 жыл бұрын
Чудесная музыка, очень люблю И.С.Баха. Непревзойденный гений своего и нынешнего времени.
@ApplestreamRuben3 жыл бұрын
Lovely, I'm see happy to see you still upload new Bach pieces even today
@jazzstandardman5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the effort you put into these videos. Truly one of the better corners of KZfaq!
@johnberg18111 жыл бұрын
This music is absolutely a blessing. Thank you so much for downloading. It is just what I need to keep me going.
@JapanPop2 жыл бұрын
This piece is a absolutely gorgeous. The homage to Buxtehude’s kantagen in the lower strings of the trio Aria is to me evident, as in the violins of the next movement.
@NooticusАй бұрын
absolutely
@jamh20008 жыл бұрын
This is such a profound and moving piece, Bach is the master of using chromaticism tastefully to express yearning.
@Klausvans4 жыл бұрын
12:47 Ciaccona. I marked this time for myself.
@gerubach12 жыл бұрын
(Translated by iGoogle from English to German): Sie sind herzlich eingeladen. Die Ciaconna ist in der Tat wunderbar. Welche Rolle werden Sie singen?
@vermelho1411 жыл бұрын
Thx, gerubach. Impressive Bach (as usual....). Love the chromatic line and unusual bassoon with strings
@kiasams7 жыл бұрын
But thank you very much for your discussion of actual pitches played by Baroque organs. Fascinating stuff.
@roxanneroxanadanna29010 жыл бұрын
This is simply amazing. Everything you put on is perfect.
@pietervanderros43597 жыл бұрын
a good help for rehearsal in every tone-sort.
@MichaelCWBell4 жыл бұрын
Around 13’30” we hear the music of Bach’s own past and learning assimilated.
@Nooticus2 ай бұрын
perfect way to describe it
@gamertooth1711 жыл бұрын
I believe Bach is the biggest musical genius.
@samuell.79902 жыл бұрын
Rossini was probably bigger!
@TheOneAndOnlyZeno Жыл бұрын
@@samuell.7990 Fatter maybe, bot not bigger musically speaking.
@Nooticus2 ай бұрын
@@TheOneAndOnlyZeno lmaooo so true
@gerubach11 жыл бұрын
Either the "Knabenchor Hannover", Dir. Heinz Hennig or "Collegium Vocale", Dir. Philippe Herreweghe
@joshhughes3508Ай бұрын
Every Baroque playlist should contain J.S. Bach. This work contains both homophonic and polyphonic textures spread throughout. The soprano solo in the 3rd movement is actually a duet with the violin. The tempo changes are found both inside of movements and in-between movements. All of the movements end with a strong cadence.
@300musicmaster12 жыл бұрын
Danke für das Video! Ich singe diese in zwei Wochen! Die Ende ist wunderbar ja?!
@AML200010 жыл бұрын
Thanks to G+, I can't reply below. It's both the Hanover Boy's Choir singing soprano and alto, and the Collegium Vocale singing alto (countertenor), tenor and bass in the choruses. It seems that the Hanover choir didn't have a strong men's section when they started recording these cantatas with Leonhardt, although recent videos show they do now.
@__bachaolic__64054 жыл бұрын
Brahms brought me here.
@Slkeeyoo8 ай бұрын
Britannica brought me here; it says this was an inspiration of Brahms’s symphony #4, finale
@donaldcatton40286 ай бұрын
Unbelievable,this marriage of text and sound…not really human…
@joaomarcelopirani62034 жыл бұрын
Estou apreciando a bwv 20, ano que vem é 2.020!
@gigogrom2162 жыл бұрын
8:55 canon in D again
@123cityperson2 жыл бұрын
i thought i was the only one who noticed it
@xafinus12 жыл бұрын
Supongo que esa será la razón porque en realidad el Fagot está doblando el Bajo Contínuo. Preciosas las series de 7ª del final del Chor. Saludos desde España. I guess that is the reason, the bassoon is actually doubling the continuo. Beautiful 7th series at the end of Chor. Greetings from Spain.
@MichaelCWBell4 жыл бұрын
How wonderful is gerubach? Even the translation is displayed. How many staff I wonder or is it a solo work of love?
@Nooticus2 ай бұрын
a solo work of love!
@moreydumo59254 жыл бұрын
It's the BWV 150!
@kiasams7 жыл бұрын
It is actually performed at A=440. Kia
@leonhardeuler8457 Жыл бұрын
11:45 for me Bach is showing Lord's power to save us by writing such a complicated fugue
@lordchameleon2650 Жыл бұрын
I agree it may be true. I also want to add, in sieghaft streiten part 15:17, Bach is maybe feeling the same to the world, that his task is very hard and god helps to create music everyday which is a very task actually. What do you think?
@leonhardeuler8457 Жыл бұрын
@@lordchameleon2650 I absolutely agree, i think Bach composed this purposefully (you can feel hardship of life in this part and that Jesus is here helping you daily to overcome this hardship)
@buboy168511 жыл бұрын
Definitely boys
@FleetingDolphins4 жыл бұрын
The Ciaccona is just beautiful. I'm not a believer either
@OltScript3134 жыл бұрын
It is the first cantata by J.S Bach !
@michaelbell41084 жыл бұрын
Not so sure. I have it as his fourth after BWV 4, 106 and 131.
@pillravi8 жыл бұрын
5:35
@xlarve12 жыл бұрын
очень похоже на Blute nur, du liebes Herz!
@300musicmaster12 жыл бұрын
Tenore :D
@j9rq560Ай бұрын
Quick question, does anyone know why the Bassoon/Fagotte in this score is written in A?
@mauriceethier88048 жыл бұрын
C
@olavolennon63995 жыл бұрын
O primeiro violino não toca não?🤔
@gharibhamza17736 жыл бұрын
Dieu
@SpecialUniverse6 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who thinks that this cantata doesn't really sound like Bach wrote it? I mean there are some greate fugal and contrapunctal parts in there but overall it doesn't really sound like Bach to be honest... the harmony is fairly simple and the individual parts are not as sophisticated as in most other cantatas...
@johnkiunke56176 жыл бұрын
This is his earliest known cantata, so it is naturally more simple than the later ones as he learned more and more as his life went on. He was only 21 when he wrote it. Even so, it is remarkably complex (especially the first chorus) even if it falls short of his later cantatas.
@ezequielstepanenko32294 жыл бұрын
The guy who played the bassoon hit him with a stick after this cantata