BACH

This is obviously just part of our showreel for a Music History Travel Show for the BBC. HAHA x

Adam seems such a fun travel companion. "These bells aren't in polyrhythms... This organ shouldn't be in equal temperament... "

Seeing this video is incredibly odd. The two KZfaqrs who inspired me to start my channel, walking through my city. Literally recording a video within 50 meters of my house. What a missed opportunity to meet you guys and show you around. It just blows my mind. I went to the music boarding school belonging to Thomas Kirche that used to be run by Bach and never thought that you guys knew about it let alone come all the way to see it. I am just amazed by that. I hope you had a fantastic time in my city. If you ever come to Leipzig again, hit me up.

Day Date with Adam... You living our dreams MayMay

That "repeat as you hear" game cracked me up haha !!

Are those bronze statues the first examples of heavy metal musicians?

Man, I miss the world.

It's a bit unfortunate that you didn't visit the Thomaskirche during a dedicated Bach performance, because they have a second organ there with a more 18th century sound. Bach's original organ was unfortunately removed in the late 19th century and replaced by the one you heard there, the one in equal temperament tuning.

Bach is in my opinion one of the greatest composers in human history! He touches your feelings and your intellect. Most composers can do only one thing: your intellect or your feelings. He could do both! Greetings from Dresden.

I appreciate your classical music content so very much. As a classically trained musician who also has very eclectic and modern tastes, channels that keep in touch with both musical realms really resonate with me. Thanks for being awesome.

On the organ(s) of the Thomaskirche- The one featured in this video was built by Sauer in the 1880s in the German-Romantic Style. Bach's organ was built in the North German/Dutch Baroque style, which means that the sound it produced was a lot brighter and well-suited for polyphonic works, whereas the Sauer organ there today has a more mellow tone (You can hear this during the performance of the Fantasia and Fugue in G minor). In 2000, the church bought a new organ from Woehl, which you can see briefly in the top-left hand corner at 4:23. This organ is much better suited to the music of Bach (it's known as the Bach-orgel), as it was influenced mainly by instruments by Schnitger and Silbermann, who were builders in Bach's day.

Beeing born into a family purely consisting of musicians living in Saxony and now Thuringia, I sometimes forget how special it is to live in or near so many places where such great composers used to live.

"I ... need a coffee" I felt that in my soul.

I never thought I would see my hometown here. Greetings.

If you are in Leipzig again there is also a really great collection of instruments in the Museum of musical instruments at the Universität Leipzig.

As an American expat having the great fortune of experiencing 23 years of quality living in this truly extraordinary city, a video such as this brings tears of complete joy and deeply felt appreciation for my city....I love Leipzig.

My home

Wow, so appreciate this...It was my music teacher at the all boys grammar school I went to that first introduced me to JSB's music and thus began a lifelong love of it... At lunchtime, when the other boys were fighting, playing ball, or just hanging out I'd go with my music teacher to the church across the street, where he was also the organist... I'd sit next to him on the bench while he played Bach Tocattas and Fugues, and explained how the instrument worked - the pedals, the stops etc...just the 2 of us in an empty church for an hour, surrounded by the most magnificent sounding music... To this day, many years hence, those informal organ recitals remain the most breathtaking musical moments of my life...I attend a church nowadays in NYC at least partially for the extraordinary pipe organ it has Thank you for this, it was most unexpected and triggered a very visceral response... I'm officially putting a trip to Leipzig on the ol' bucket list!...(Here's hoping I don't kick the damn thing before this COVID plague has subsided!!!)

"What a wonderful city." Oh yes, it is. My wonderful home. But you have seen more than I have, because I have never been to the Bach Museum... LOL ...Hope you'll visit it again and have a concert or something, once it's possible again.

In Germany at the time, people were largely known by their middle names. The Johann was largely a patrilineal name passed onto sons but they would've been called by their middle names. J.S would've been called "Sebastian" or by a hypochorism like "Seba".

This is so funny to see that you were in the city I live and study music as well. What a surprise and too bad I didn't see you walking around as I pass by the city centre almost every day. Btw the organ players are students at the music academy. The women who just sat down to starr playing is a friend of mine. This is so fun....

Mary and Adam together is ultimate wholesome musical content

Thank you so much for sharing this, Mary! As a cellist, Bach is something of a god to me, and I don't mind telling you that this video brought a tear to my eye. If this plague ever ends, I hope to experience Leipzig first hand.

Wow, you read my mind! I was craving some Adam/Mary interactions and went back and watched the videos of you guys busking yesterday, and then this pops up today :D

"Nicht Bach, Meer sollte er heißen!" (Ludwig van Beethoven)

The Organ is *way* different than what Bach would have played. It is a historic instrument from Max Regers time. They actually also have a neobarock organ in the same church.

Leipzig is so peaceful and calm, yet exciting!

Wow the production is really really really amazing.

5:42 for a moment I thought Adam was giving the concert and You are up there with him.

You and Adam trying to ADR that stop in front of the organ was classic. Great job!

Fantastic tour for an amazing composer. Much Enjoyed all the information too Thanks for sharing

Love seeing this - been there twice, Leipzig is such a beautiful city and for Music lovers it's fabulous, there's so much interesting music history there and it has been a center for Music printing for hundred of years.

Let us all hope beautiful trips like this one will one day soon be again possible. Great video.

The choir and organ in the cathedral really take me back, thank you!

Thanks for sharing this with is, Mary. Glad to see you two having some fun whilst also sharing a bit of history!

Awesome!! Thank you for the tour !

Heyo, Mary! Quite fond of this video. J.S. Bach is my (several times over) Great-Grandfather and I love learning new things and seeing where he lived and created. Thank you for this and thank you for sharing!

Hometown 😍 Thank you for uploading!

Thank you so much for this! My musical journey began playing the organ and Bach has always fascinated me. As you mentioned, he was not really well known or honored until fairly recently. Wonderful video and great information.

I love it when you collab with Adam!

Great video tour.

So this is what being a Patreon of the Day gets you... Bach has been the most influential in my musical development. When I got serious with piano, I started playing his 2 and 3 Part Inventions and nothing will change the brain quite like them. Fantastic video!!

This was a lovely vicarious holiday trip for me. Really cool stuff

I don’t have the musical knowledge to understand even half of what you were talking about, but your obvious joy made this a pleasure to watch. You shouldn’t be so quick to dismiss your idea of a music travel show. Both you and Adam would make wonderful and accessible hosts.

Oooow! Now I want to visit. Great video, thank you.

I visited this city when I was 15! Bringing back memories! Thanks Mary :)

Thank you Mary and Adam!

Thanx for sharing!!

Really enjoyed that!

Loved this video! Thank you!

It's so weird seeing you walk around the city I live in :D hope you enjoyed your stay!

Thank you, Mary, from Phoenix AZ. J S Bach is the best. I love your channel You are the best.

Lovely video...made my day!

9:35 and 9:59 might be what ends Adams yt-career. Really questions his ability to speak. 🤣🤣

I think this video's just Mary's way of apologizing to Adam for kicking him out of her Patreon the other day!... Haha! Nice video!... Cheers!!

This was a great vlog especially for me growing up playing in orchestra (Double Bassist) seeing a glimpse of the instruments during Bach's time

The cello suites were actually written for violoncello da spalla, which is held like a viola.

Just in case you are thinking of revisiting Leipzig i would suggest to see the following: 1. Every Eastern at "Bachs" Thomas-Church the Gewandhaus Orchestra is performing together with the Thomaner choir St. Matthews and St.Johns passion. It is not easy to get the tickets and literaly hard to sit 4h on church benches, but it was definetly one of the greatest concerts of my life.....and i am not a church member or religious ;-) 2. The Gewandhaus is also a place to visit and listen to a concert. I never had the chance to visit New York Philharmonics. But the fact that they chose ex Gewandhaus Maestro Kurt Masur as a Musical Director from 1991-2002 makes clear that Gewandhaus is on a top notch level worldwide. 3. Beside the music i would suggest to visit the "Stasi Museum / Runde Ecke (Round Corner). It shows a horrible part of splitted germanys history when east vs. west was real and not a Hollywood story. A part of our history that never should be forgotten. Keep up your great work and love for music!

Thanks for doin this great video, I spent some time in Germany 🇩🇪 as an Army Brat... I truly love their culture and history

Oh my, Leipzig is so beautiful, I loved going to the churches when I visited years ago. This makes me want to go back, so many talented musicians are working there

I love it! I grew up for a time in Germany and was very fortunate to visit Beethoven's home in Hamburg. Best memories from Europe.

Cool to see you in my hometown, where I grew up. :D I could have been your guide, but there is way to much to see, for one day. Also other famous classical musicians lived in Leipzig, for example Mendelssohn.

Thank you so much from a harpsichordist and Bach admirer for life, and probably beyond. 😅

Loved it👍

Good morning! The Nagoya got some use today, since I just got the Lekato loop pedal... I have a lot to learn... Thanks for the tour of Leipzig. That was marvelous.

Awesome! I've always wanted to learn to play the cello! I used to listen to the Bachb Suites all the time... I'll be listening today! What a wonderful trip! 😎❤️🎻🎹🎼🐦

Thanks for your visit and your charming compliment to the home town of my choice. And yes, Leipzig does also have a long standing tradition in coffee culture, so perfect choice of your beverage :)

Thanks for explaining Mary in the key of Bach to. The church singers remind me of our vacation to Europe - Vienna's cathedral ,when I was about 4., in terms of creating success from the perspective of scarcity I can see there are two form of success, one from the prolific nature of Bach writing his music freely and getting it out to the people. Intellectually his genuineness is still to this day a reason we all love him and his music. I sort of think of U2 when I think of prolific writers and performers I'm unsure why.

Organs changed tuning after 1851 to even temprement - I didn't Wiki that, I read a book 30 years ago!

I love me some Bach. This was a nice step away from contemporary music to show some of the history to be seen and heard in Europe!

I really enjoyed this video.

Amazing video !

Mary, hello. What a good friend you have 🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Argan music in the church is very beautiful. I listened in Kalinengada, it was very pleasant ”. Thanks for the good video👍🙏❤️

It‘s great to see you exploring classical musical roots in Germany....

Amazing vlog. Hi Adam. Happy Monday

Thanks, good on you!

Holy Pipe Organ, Batman! Mary and Adam in the same video! In Leipzig! Talking about Bach! I think my heart just exploded.

AAAAAAH! I was here in October 2019!!! I saw all this stuff I love it. Didn't get to hear the organ though.

The Cello Suites are sublime.

Very interesting, thank you 🙂

Ah, the Bach cello suites! I play them on my classical guitar. 😀🎶 (my instrument of choice). Wonderful video, thanks!

Mary you are such an awesome person.

I‘m from Leipzig and this was very entertaining!

I literally live like 90 kilometers away from leipzig and I didnt even know thats the city bach lived in. I also never really visited except for the train station so maybe I should change that. Its really weird though since its such a big and beautiful city. Hope you had a nice trip in Germany/Saxony!

Please, more videos like this. I'm trying to teach my (wind) band students about music right now since the pandemic has severely hampered our ability to play instruments and practice together, and I recently assigned a Bach fact-finding challenge. We usually have to limit our curriculum to what will fair well at extracurricular competitions, and I am floundering trying to hold students' interest in music history and theory and what we can actually learn during this difficult time. Bach is like the godfather of modern music theory. I can tell my kids this everyday for the last three weeks, but they connect with KZfaq. (Most don't watch regular broadcast televsion.) Help a fellow musician, guitarist, French hornist, music educator out

Beautiful 👍

Thank you.

I loved Leipzig. What a great city. The Clara Schumann museum is really epic

Man, I would love to history like this

About 5 minutes in: I do love a diminished triad on a church organ. Even more so when the bass note of that diminished triad is a minor second and that chord is full and pulsing around the church or cathedral that it is being played in.

Ah... Bach. His two part inventions were as far as I got studying piano before I realized that was about as good as I could get, so being a piano major was out. But there's a math to his music that I've always found easy to understand and enjoy. Most of his music that was written as practice pieces are now considered masterpieces. As well they should be.

I got to spend half a day in Leipzig a month before all the lockdowns began. Can’t wait to go back.

Very nice sight-seeing. Like this city. Gothic meeting every year at Pentecost. J.S.Bach and Thomas Kirche, where the peaceful revolution began in end 80's. Cheers from Munich. Take care!

I LOVE Bach.

Another great video. I think Bach is the best.

For fans of organ music, St Sulpice in Paris is a must. Widor was organist there. It has unique acoustics which means the low end is super clean which explains the bass-heavy content of his most famous piece. Somewhere I have a recording of him playing the piece on that instrument and although the fidelity is very low and the tempo is on the slow side due to his age at that time, it's clear that "loadsa welly!" is his intention! 👍

I agree with Mary, “especially coming from you.”

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I love Sebastian Bach!!! Youth Gone Wild is still one of my favourites.