And so, you found Elenore at 5:18!! Tis a gem I have listened to 100+ times. And yet, this incredibly versatile vocalist can sing without vibrato in choral performances with the VOCES8. She is a gem.
@StrateleStudios8 ай бұрын
Yes!!!
@palm20046 ай бұрын
Only when you hear Voces8 singing Bach can you fully understand how magnificent that group is. Absolutely incredible and a triumph to their talent and all their training to sing at this exhilarating level. The instrumental ensemble too were fantastic. Powerful stuff
@saira7cores7 ай бұрын
The Theorbo belongs to the lute family. The “top” strings are open bass strings. The instrument is often used along side the harpsichord and cello, in playing the “continuo”, the continuous accompaniment of those instruments to the voices above them.
@sbrgm8 ай бұрын
I think I've never listened to such a good Bach performance. Wow! Normally I'm definitely more the Valeriy Stepanov type of music fan, but this piece intrigued me as well, as I'm not only a Christian but also German, and the text (sung with beautiful elf like voices) says: "for you, Lord, I long", which really comes deep from the heart of every believer, of which Bach was one. Thank you, Jeff!
@StrateleStudios8 ай бұрын
Love your comment! 👏👏👏🫶
@arnoldrivas459028 күн бұрын
I'm happy Baroque music is getting more attention when performed by period ensembles. The Academy of Ancient Music is a wonderful group. They compliment Voces8 beautifully. The cello bit is always a treat. In this period of time, singing was instrumental and well, musicians had chances to shine. Being ornamental in their performing. Johann Sebastian Bach opens the door to all of the Baroque. Cheers 😊
@MrYuryZ8 ай бұрын
Bach wrote more than 200 Cantatas, plus St.Matthew, St. Johan's Passions, Christmas and Easter Oratorios, Magnificat and other vocal works that just blows my mind! His music is a pure Heaven! Thank you for this video and may God bless you and your loved ones!
@StrateleStudios8 ай бұрын
🫶🫶🫶
@jr24708 ай бұрын
Wow thanks for looking at this, voces8 is just a master at their interpretation. The chasing of the themes is why I think this piece really captures the attention. And you caught that lovely ascending line.
@StrateleStudios8 ай бұрын
“Sublime” is the only word I can think of to describe this.
@daviddavenport935010 күн бұрын
They are excellent musicians......would love to hear them in person....or even accompany them in an orchestra.
@DougHanson27693 ай бұрын
The Master of the Invention (literally) Counterpoint - Fugue etc. This is gorgeous. Thank you sir, for sharing this piece. 🥲😀
@DougHanson27693 ай бұрын
They don’t just bring in just any musician. They’re in another level or another realm. Thank you
@johnpegg67718 ай бұрын
Hey Jeff. I am the other Dirty Loops t shirt owner. Going to see them in concert at The Electric in Brixton, London. Nice Bach by the way. Go well.
@gliebzeit8 ай бұрын
Sublime! Thank you for reacting to VOCES8 and J.S.Bach today. A beautiful piece and a gorgeous performance. Yeah, theorbo is the multi-stringed instrument that is sometimes part of the continuo in baroque music. More, please.
@StrateleStudios8 ай бұрын
So welcome! Now,I want a theorbo!
@michaelgwfrogwelge8 ай бұрын
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theorbo
@jerrera452 ай бұрын
When I was a music major in college there was one class that I had a hard time with and that was counterpoint. It was not until I immersed myself into the music of J.S. Bach. Then all the counterpoint made sense, and why Bach's music always seemed so natural.
@isaiahbaggett5014Ай бұрын
These are among THE BEST chamber vocalist in the world. Their leader used to sing with the famed "The King's Singers". Eleonore Cockerham for example, sopranist at 5:15, beat out around 500...FIVE HUNDRED.. soloists when she attained her spot with Voces 8. These talented musicians are choral/vocal royalty. 👑
@owlley8 ай бұрын
ive seen them live. they are the best of the best.
@ianthompson57468 ай бұрын
Totally agree Jeff, really enjoy your reaction to VOCE8 & Bach ! Just thinking of all the time & effort that was put into this production !! Speaking of which....have you ever listened to Netherlands Bach Society ? I really would like to recommend them, even for your own private viewing, both their symphonic & choral performances are 2nd to none.....!!
@ditrower81048 ай бұрын
I am a huge Voces8 fan and I've so much enjoyed watching Jeff's reaction to their sublime musicality. It's exactly how I feel when I listen to them.
@PointyTailofSatan2 ай бұрын
This is the perfect combining of the pre-Baroque modal form (used by Palestrina for example), and Bach's use of his absolute mastery of counterpoint. Also note that this is generally considered Bach's earliest known cantata!
@Me-uv6kcАй бұрын
Actually tragicus is pretty early too
@russiangrammar3 ай бұрын
Leite mich at 6:51 - goosebumps...
@rbmelk70838 ай бұрын
Hi Jeff, the stringed instrument with the long neck is a theorbo. It’s used much like and often in addition to an organ or harpsichord In Baroque music, that is, as part of the continuo.
@StrateleStudios8 ай бұрын
Now I want one! 😄
@aidenpeleg2789Ай бұрын
One of the earliest cantatas by bach - written when he was only 22 or 23 years old!
@pputnam1002 ай бұрын
When the voices came in my freakin eyes rolled back in my head for a moment, a full on swoon at what Bach hath wrought.
@richardtodd72958 ай бұрын
I have copied these paragraphs from the Voce 8 site as they convey more than I ever could. It is fascinating to me to see the rehearsal process that leads to such excellence! It premiered April 14, 2020. I believe this recording predates the premier. It is part of a recording entitled "After Silence". Some personnel notes: Eleonore Cockerham, (2017-2021), is the second soprano who caught your attention. She is prominent in many earlier recordings; Jonathan Pacey - Bass (2015-2022) is the bass on the far left, and supplied the wonderful low sounds in Carrisfurgus Blake Morgan - First tenor (2016-present is the wonderful arranger for so many Voces 8 songs and a fantastic tenor as well Barnaby Smith - Second alto/countertenor & Artistic Director (2005-present). Barnaby Smith is the musical director of Voces 8 and not heard often singing solo To hear more of Barnaby's beautiful voice check out his videos, with Katie Jefferies-Harris about Bach. From 1708 when Bach was just 23 years old. An astounding composition for that age and maturity. His early cantatas were very different than the later more formulaic ones (not a criticism of the mature cantatas) But his earlier cantatas have more variety and are less predictable from a musical and structural standpoint. Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150, known only from secondary sources, is probably Bach’s earliest surviving cantata, written while he was organist at the Neue Kirche in Arnstadt (1703-7). The work’s modest scoring reflects the limited musical resources at his disposal; it is also an old- style Protestant cantata, untouched by the reforms of Erdmann Neumeister, who advocated the introduction of madrigalesque poetry, operatic recitatives and da capo arias. BWV 150 takes a more restrained Lutheran approach, setting texts from Scripture (verses from Psalm 25 in movements 2, 4 and 6) alongside interpretative stanzas by an unknown poet (in movements 3, 5 and 7). To understand the Psalms, Luther said, we must consider that David was a prophet, and unless he instructs otherwise, we must take the sacred poetry to refer to Christ. Accordingly, in BWV 150, the Psalmist’s entreaties to the God of the Old Testament find Christian meanings in the exegetical modern verse. Similarly, commenting on Psalm 25:15 (set in movement 6), Luther explains the image of the ‘foot’ being released from the ‘net’ as the redemptive power of God’s grace, delivering the faithful from worldly snares. Valuing sacred music as a divine gift, Luther also compared the harmonious singing of many voices to a ‘heavenly dance’, a point surely recalled by Bach in the final movement of Nach dir, Herr, which takes the form of a chaconne. Nearly two centuries later, Bach’s inviting little dance was famously reborn in the final movement of Brahms’ Fourth Symphony, premiered in October 1885.
@StrateleStudios8 ай бұрын
This is AWESOME! 👏👏👏
@hinkovanderboom92565 ай бұрын
Awesome! And their german is so good! I know they are professional singers, aber doch 🙂
@gervaischouinard98097 ай бұрын
That lute with a long neck is a theorbo.
@sesfx34 ай бұрын
Love Voces8 and Bach! Highly recommend Voces8 performance of Lully Lulla Lullay by Philip Stopford
@peterrhodes-dimmer55633 ай бұрын
It's an archlute. Developed for larger public performances where the 'ordinary' lute did not have enough power or range to be heard.
@michaelgwfrogwelge8 ай бұрын
Yeah man, Bach rocks...
@daviddavenport935010 күн бұрын
That is called a Theorbo a kind of Lute.....used as a continuo instrument.....
@johnwalters13416 ай бұрын
Bach was expected, among his other duties as musical director at Leipzig, to produce a new cantata like this every week for TWO AND A HALF YEARS! (This particular cantata dates from before his Leipzig years). Only about half of them have been preserved; the rest were used to light fires or line greenhouse glass--they were strictly throwaway items.
@monikaschwenke4532Ай бұрын
Welch unendlicher Verlust!😢😰
@richardtodd72958 ай бұрын
If you are interested in the history of Voces 8 I can recommend a Wikipedia article found here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voces8.
@brumels1570Ай бұрын
If you are going to review Bach look for "BWV 75 Netherlands Bach Society". The acoustical environment has less reverb.
@StrateleStudiosАй бұрын
@@brumels1570 I review whatever link the requester gives me.
@kavindra19776 ай бұрын
Very nice film! The string instrument is a Theorbe, very common at that baroque era. And sorry to disappoint you but this is most probably a work from JS Bach who used to agrement/ornment his scores and composd differently even in his early years; most probably it's his students or family's work and he might have of course directed ti and corrected; but it's a good indication of the level of mastering at the time that even a less known composer is able to make a huge impression on our present public... see Gilles Cantagrel comments on the work
@StrateleStudios6 ай бұрын
I’m confused are you saying this is a Bach piece or not a Bach piece?
@pickabrАй бұрын
Thanks to you I'm adding to my vocabulary with "theorbo", close up playing : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fNSglLCexJi1iZc.html; and, then I found another version : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/badkqbVis6y3j30.html, couldn't find the name of that one