J.S. Bach Third Suite BWV 1009

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A Canadian School of Double Bass production
J.S. Bach Third Suite for solo cello performed on double bass
Performer/Arranger Joel Quarrington
Former Principal Bass London Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Ottawa Canada. Professor Conservatoire de musique de Montréal.
Filmed, recorded, and produced by Travis Harrison
Recorded August 20 2022 at La Belle Chapelle in Sherbrooke, Québec
Prelude 0:07
Allemande 4:27
Courante 8:31
Sarabande 11:44
Bourrées 16:16
Gigue 20:12
www.joelquarrington.com

Пікірлер: 91

@talondavis2469 9 ай бұрын

Just casually some of the best double bass playing in the history of mankind. No big deal 😅

@SteveAbrahall 11 ай бұрын

Who needs a cello! Not Joel! :-) Amazing work thank you - your an inspiration!

@davekanemusic Ай бұрын

What a phenomenal sound!!! Absolutely incredible playing. This is the best version I've ever heard of this suite played on the double bass. So incredibly beautiful !

@PabloBrie 3 ай бұрын

Gracias Joel! Se siente el amor por la música en cada nota!

@asimo15 11 ай бұрын

... fantastic Joel !, thanks !. so much to learn ! You show what the real capabilities of the instrument are in the hands of somebody that knows how to play it !

@JackTadoussac 18 күн бұрын

I know that there is only a one octave difference between a cello and a double bass that is tuned in fifths -- but wow, this instrument and this talented player is up there with YoYo Ma. It is not really about which is better, except that here there a strength and physicality to playing the double bass at this level. Coming back down to earth, I retuned my own double bass yesterday to fifths, and I must say, what a difference a day makes.

@braizahnjones745 8 ай бұрын

I didn't know how much I needed to hear this in 5ths on the bass. It sounds so natural!!!

@jandenie5272 11 ай бұрын

Very nice! Unbelievable virtuosity, to play this in such a marvelous way on the contrabass !

@Opus766 11 ай бұрын

Allemande and Gigue were very moving. Can't wait to re listen to the whole thing. Thank you!

@MarkHoemmen 3 ай бұрын

amazing -- thank you for sharing this with us!

@nicolasperez4443 9 ай бұрын

thank you so much please do every suite it would make my life complete. Your 2 suite recordings are without doubt my favorite ever

@deafpick9707 4 ай бұрын

Deeply brilliant.. Thank you !

@ryanmurnane7793 9 ай бұрын

I love the ending of the Courante. So epic.

@user-qr4op3mu3n 5 ай бұрын

Before I die, I will say that I was lucky to have lived in the same era as Joel!

@antoniovisioli4460 9 ай бұрын

Maestro, sono sbalordito ed emozionato da questa sua esibizione: puntuale, fantastica, emozionante!!!

@jaikee9477 11 ай бұрын

I fell in love with Bach's cello suites on double bass! Fantastic performance, thank you, Sir!👏👏👏

@brandensteele4486 11 ай бұрын

Simply amazing Joel. It's always amazing to see a lifetime of thoughtful hard work coalesce into a musical performance.

@danielvillarreal5534 11 ай бұрын

Oh yeah

@Fernandoalmeidacbx 9 ай бұрын

Bravissimo Professor !!

@jasonshortt7 11 ай бұрын

Always amazing

@andreabrissa4541 11 ай бұрын

Amazing 🎵🎵

@nicolassetnarsky8555 6 ай бұрын

What a gift for us to have such a brilliant performance of this masterpiece on the double bass. Thank you Maestro!

@MehmetSurmeli 11 ай бұрын

Pleasure ❤ 👏

@wormpie4932 11 ай бұрын

Beautiful.

@RadekNiec 11 ай бұрын

amazing! bravo!

@northspokaneorthodoxchurch653 11 ай бұрын

Marvelous!

@ThaaaFunk 11 ай бұрын

fantastic, outstanding

@adolforosado 11 ай бұрын

Love your interpretation!

@ralf-peter.schwarz 11 ай бұрын

Wow simply amazing!!!

@Atomic_pavarotti 11 ай бұрын

Insane

@juangregoriobaquerojimenez4517 11 ай бұрын

Absolute Fantastic,!!!! Bravo !!

@shawnmarko7131 11 ай бұрын

Thank you sir, your performances continue to inspire!

@nicolasnantes8703 11 ай бұрын

Bravo!

@ThaaaFunk 11 ай бұрын

you are the great marvel of this bass playing world

@milarepa3154 11 ай бұрын

As always beautiful performance and great player! Thank you!

@cplbass 11 ай бұрын

Bravo 🎉🎉🎉

@Bassman4581 11 ай бұрын

Magnificent. Beautiful. Bravo.

@thivyasubbukutty4396 11 ай бұрын

This is marvelous

@volnogorets 4 ай бұрын

It's just flawless!

@kotruf 6 ай бұрын

Bravo!!!!!!

@Atomic_pavarotti 11 ай бұрын

You keep getting better

@thedoublebasschannel7630 11 ай бұрын

Great maestro Joel!!! Wonderful Bach.

@anthonyaveray1324 2 ай бұрын

Wonderful and so intense

@patrickmcphail8126 11 ай бұрын

Simply… Awesome!! You’re a rockstar JQ

@matssundman9360 11 ай бұрын

GREAT! Innovative interpretation and chose of tonality. Thanks! PAX!

@andrewchristianbrundidge 3 ай бұрын

Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@iaf4454 9 ай бұрын

Great ❤❤❤ thanks for sharing.. so inspiring ❤❤ powerful lower sounds❤❤

@slwright555 8 ай бұрын

Wow so beautiful and fun to listen! Inspiring❤

@richardbishop1916 11 ай бұрын

(and thanks Again kindly)

@ChamberForMusic 5 ай бұрын

Superbly beautiful! Lots of congrats!

@antoniosommese5793 7 ай бұрын

Straordinario,un grande

@garybarwin 2 ай бұрын

oh this is so gorgeous.

@zevyzions 6 ай бұрын

Very, very good 👍🏿

@philippeyared2050 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful phrasing!

@hergestthered5314 11 ай бұрын

Amazing! I swear I prefer the cello suites on the contrabass.

@larlarson 11 ай бұрын

NO WORDS, dear Joel! Father Bach's Cello Suites have long been my #1 "Desert Island Music" choice, and this performance of #3 has now joined that collection! Thank you, my friend, and I hope you keep more of them coming!

@elsonarcos7068 11 ай бұрын

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

@LukeAverillMusic 11 ай бұрын

Tearjerking and supremely generous performance, thank you so much Joel!! Had the privilege of playing your Upton copy at their shop a few years ago, had that new bass feel but man they sure got the tone right. Nearly shook the whole barn, all that sound coming back from the ceiling & walls. I was a lucky guy that day!

@shawnmarko7131 11 ай бұрын

Yes tears!

@christopherherrmann921 Ай бұрын

The first bassplayer I ever heard, that would be able to make me overthinking my own phrasing and usage of tone when I as a cellist play the suites...

@isabellanakahara 4 ай бұрын

I am becoming a double bass junkie.

@WtfYoutube_YouSuck 11 ай бұрын

I go to Catalin for flare. I go to Joel for truth.

@chasmonaghan521 11 ай бұрын

Flare is fleeting. Truth is eternal.

@aaronwhite448 11 ай бұрын

I need not a freshly shorn head in bass.

@doublepick 7 ай бұрын

If you ever want a jam jar opened in your house - call Joel. Those hands are immense. A joy to watch!

@RodolfoLimacbx 11 ай бұрын

BRAVO Joel! This is the cello tunning and adapted to G Major, right? An amazing job!

@ugurbasar9201 8 ай бұрын

He tuned the double bass to C, G, D, A like the cello. ❤

@zevyzions 6 ай бұрын

@@ugurbasar9201It’s in G major and the lowest note is G. So there is a scordatura here, but I don’t play the instrument therefore I can’t tell what the exact tuning is.

@stk4847 5 ай бұрын

@@zevyzionsIt is not a scordatura, the piece is transposed to G Major rather than the original C Major, and Joel tunes C G D A

@CC-Pi 8 ай бұрын

Hey Joel, I am just wondering how many years of practice did it take to get that amazing? I am in awe of your playing, I only recently started learning the cello about 4 months ago and have been learning some of the pieces you played, they are really hard on the cello, let alone on a double bass, so I am curious as to what it has taken for you to get to where you are, thanks 😀

@richardbishop1916 11 ай бұрын

On "Gigue" at 21:14- ..16 ,...and at 22:11- , ..15 . Harmonic pitch sang wonderfully, and the "Power" of the drones !, thank you Joel, ..I was wondering about the Placement of the Mic Behind you as well?

@JoelQuarrington 11 ай бұрын

I don’t know that Travis ended up using that one; we thought it got more of the profoundo range at some point.

@canadabassbass 11 ай бұрын

The fart detector? It's in the mix!

@santiagobenitez1388 10 ай бұрын

the height on those strings o.o

@aartedoverso 8 ай бұрын

And I don't think I would ever see anything as wonderful performed as the sixth. Mr. Joel, do you still teach at any institution?

@CCMorgan 6 ай бұрын

I will always refer bass students to JQ first when talking about Bach on the bass.

@abrahamflannigan8427 11 ай бұрын

when will the fourth suite recording come out?

@JoelQuarrington 11 ай бұрын

One and two are done, four and five in 2024.

@themusiccovenant 4 ай бұрын

Excellent. Where can I download the sheet music sir?

@thebadcellist Ай бұрын

Using his trademark fifths tuning, but transposed up to G. I suppose playing it in the original C would be too muddy. One way he manages fifths tuning is by spending very little time in first and second position where unavoidably you're shifting for almost every note. Up in fourth position, you're at cello string length and can play one finger per half step like cellists do. I could add that he sounds great but with him that goes with out saying!

@loiseaunoir1021 4 ай бұрын

Is that bass tuned in fifths? What is the tunig Joel pl? Thx

@glenng725 3 күн бұрын

Wow, bravo! Thanks for this! You’d most likely not pass a round though, your playing is too good😂

@kevwang0712 11 ай бұрын

A (possibly stupid) question: if the instrument is tuned in fifths an octave lower than the cello, is there a reason for transposing to G major as opposed to simply playing in the original key?

@canadabassbass 11 ай бұрын

Not that this opinion is shared by all, but the sonority of the bass is much more pleasant in this range. Playing it "at pitch" is certainly possible, but it simply doesn't resonate as beautifully on the bass compared to the cello. In other words, we care more about the affect than the key, as this fits resonance of the instrument better; many bassists play the cello suites in transposed keys because of this.

@alfieharries 10 ай бұрын

It would sound an octave lower than the cello version as bass is a transposing instrument, which just wouldnt sound great - that low octave just gets very muddy harmonically

@canadabassbass 10 ай бұрын

That's also possible... But most who keep the key the same also keep the octave the same (lots of high fingerboard playing).

@user-no8lq4uk8i 2 ай бұрын

Не понимаю, какой строй у контрабаса?

@JoelQuarrington 2 ай бұрын

Он настроен на квинты, на октаву ниже, чем у виолончели, CGDA. Надеюсь, вам понравится мой русский.

@ericoschmitt 8 ай бұрын

Why transpose a fifth up to G and make fingerings harder? At least, why not ditch the C string, add a high E and use 4 strings to play instead of 3? I'm confused. I play the suites on my electric bass in fifths, including this one, and although my 5 strings bass has a high E, I just play it in C major and it sounds alright for my taste.