bach saves me from suicide in many nights. his music about death conforts me because i can listen to what i feel in the way i could never express alone.
You are not alone, I found this composition in a book of Herman Hesse, Demian. That book change my entire life, reading it with this beautiful cantatas. Sometimes I cry when I listen this and I remember my lonely childhood.
Extraordinarily beautiful. SCREAMED when TH-cam ad came on halfway through, can see another dreadful yellow marker towards the end. Shameful. Sacrilegious. This corrupted format (TH-cam) needs to be replaced by another, soon I hope. Note to TH-cam and broadcasters, forcing ads down our throats, does not remotely endear us to the product being promoted in such a manner.
Bach is the greatest composer that ever lived - no contest. this is not some hysterical hyperbole - it is a fact of history proved over and over again in the hearts of all peoples who have ears to hear.
When the altos come in with "Mit Fried und Freud" as the bass sings "Heute wirst du mit mir in Paradies sein" - that is one of the greatest moments I know of in music.
My favourite Bach moment ever. The bass and the altos overlap, and then the bass stops and it's just the altos, the "sa" of the last "sein" overlaps the "sa" in "sanft und still", and then Tod ist mein Schlaf worden, death has become my sleep. I can't avoid crying when I tell other people about this moment
Even if I practiced until the end of time, I would fall lamentably short of the professionalism employed here in the execution of this intricate and beautifully crafted work. The recorders and the viols combined with the chamber organ project a ravishing loveliness that swoons the heart.
-- J'écoute cet enregistrement depuis plusieurs années déjà, et à chaque fois cette musique de Bach me touche et m'émeut profondément. Il y a une force dans cette musique qui dépasse l'entendement, c'est toute la maitrise de l'Art que J.S.Bach maniait divinement et à la perfection --
beautifully said, i love the wrapper in french on top of high old school church german, fills my heart with joy, as does actus bwv 106, thank you for your well phrased statement
This cantata was written when Bach was still rather young. The form is not that of the Leipzig cantats, but the qualty of expression is as good. J.S.Bach was an early genius.
Funny how we atheists are so often attracted to sacred music. Even the militant Christopher Hitchens had a passion for it. While we may not believe that the messages of religion are true, we nevertheless moved by the strong emotions they convey.
As an atheist myself I think one of the biggest questions I ask myself is what is it like to be religious and experience a connection with the perceived divine? Whether true or not the idea of experiencing a connection with God(s) becomes an unattainable goal due to the way my brain works as a non-believer. But there is always a part of me that is envious when I hear religious people talk about how they commune with God and how much peace it brings them; for me it seems like a much more beautiful world to live in, even if it is a false world. However when I listen to Bach's Mass, or Mozart's Requiem, or indeed Allegri's Miserere Mei Deus I get a very profound "Aha!" moment where for a brief time I get it, I understand what it feels like to feel connected to something divine, to feel the exhilaration of being in the presence of an transcendent force and the sensation is electrifying(Listened to the Bach B Minor Mass before this). It may be the case that some atheists are drawn to sacred music because it offers them a taste of something that in everyday life is out-of-reach for to them due to nature of not being a believing in a God. It certainly seems to be the case that humans always desire what they can't have, and if this is the case what better choice could be made than listening to the sacred music written by some of the greatest artistic geniuses in western culture! Sorry for going on but I just thought I would share my thoughts.
Strong agnosticist here. I can totally relate to you. While listening to this music I feel almost as if my instincts pushed me to believe. They say "yes". But my reason keeps saying "no". I think this conflict might be what makes listening to sacred music such an intense experience for non believers. Also, death is far easier to acccept for religious people: they just assume they will still exist forever in the afterlife, whereas we must come to terms with the idea of dissolving in something greater and different from ourselves, which is still comforting and spiritual in a sense, but scarier and not nearly as easy to accept. For us, sacred music is not just moving or reassuring, but something that puts us in contact with a difficult and disturbing reality. This gives it an extra intensity, sense of sorrow and, quite paradoxically, an even deeper meaning that trascends the sacred scriptures.
That's the difference between "sacred music" and just "religious music" as sung in most churches nowadays, with battery, lots of noise and "edifying" lyrics. Bach, Palestrina, Allegri and so were composers of Sacred music. On the ohter hand, believing in God doesn't depend on you (I cannot decide that from now on I wil believe whateve.) According the Bible, taken by many as God's word, it is God himself who gives, or not, faith in Him...
One of the sweetest pieces of music ever written. The introduction alone is so tender it literally brings me to tears. Why Bach isn't a saint is beyond me.
Thanks for arranging the cantatas in chronological order. It makes it much easier to follow Bach's development as a composer. And I've always preferred the early ones: for me they are more formally inventive and deeply personal.
La magia della bellezza della musica che fa capire l'importanza della recita anche senza far capire,come nel caso mio,le parole.Giovanni Sebastiano possedeva lo spirito della preghiera con la potenza dei suoni,che sono un linguaggio universale..
El pasaje mas profundo y contemplativo para mi es cuando el coro recita "das ist die alte bund, du musst sterben" (es la antigua ley, debes morir) y la soprano canta "ja ja kommt Herr Jesu" (si, ven sr. jesus), Bach nos recuerda en aproximadamente 4 dorados minutos la promesa de la resurreccion es... sencillamente tan conmovedor que no puedo evitar que mi rostro se llene de lagrimas, le llamo el efecto Bach, algo que pocos compositores logran en mi.
Beethoven proclamó “ Nicht Bach ! Sondern Meer sollte er heißen! No debería llamarse arroyo sino mar ! En un juego de palabras en alemán ! La profundidad de su música toca la fibra sensible de todo ser viviente, como muchos lo han llamado es el Compositor De Dios!
I was led here by the book, "Evening in the Palace of Reason" by Gaines. Can't believe this richly expressive, deeply touching cantata was the first major work, nay, masterwork of Bach. SDG! Thanks be to Koopman and all for this beautiful rendering. I just wish my Deutsch were good enough to follow the singing. An optional subscription in either German or English would be even nicer.
Only Bach can give the most honorable, justified, and dignity to the human voice(music only in name only but expresses the longing of the soul to be with its creator or connection with the All-mighty) at least that is my instinctive deep down profound reaction to Bach which no other composer has such an effects but not downgrading Beethoven, Mozart, Wagner in any ways but Bach's music hits to the crux of the human condition as others have vainly tried as aforementioned.
According to James Gaines, in his book "Evening in the palace of reason", this is one of the earliest pieces to have survived (see his comments on page 92, hard cover). What amazes is that Bach was only 22 years old when it was created. He was imbued with such creative depth and posterity, history, all of us are the beneficiaries.
Mozart was a true child prodigy whereas Beethoven, Bach, Handel, Scarlatti showed normal growth at the expected age. I don't know about Einstein's age but his contributions to advancing our understanding of physics and the laws of nature came when he was young.
With respect, I don't think that Beethoven was ever fully cooked. He continued to expand his musical thought horizons until his dying days. As for Woolfy, I think he probably did his best work after his mother passed and he tossed his dad out the door. His precocious musical genius, especially in his last works for solo piano, show that he was beginning to pick up on the direction that Haydn was exploring and into which Beethoven would eventually lead. Alas, he died before he could produce even more of his enormous output. What I am learning about Bach from this book is that he was much more of an innovator within the strict parameters of Baroque styles, than I had previously thought. It is said that even his sons, who pioneered the Rococo styles....effected the older Bach's music writing.
The music of Bach is refined, it is music ment to reach the soul, for that was to whom it was written. Bach wrote more than I-IV-I-V sequences; he wrote more than just four chords in a row repeated with new text, instead he text with power, utalizing litterary techniques (annaphora, juxtaposition)(look at the German) and then creates a work for the soul, which which he taps. "The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of G-d and the refreshment of the soul." - Bach
These are alto recorders. The original flute parts are f3 to f5, but the copy of the organ part is one tone lower than the other parts. Probably for an organ tuned one tone higher than the recorders. I suspect that the score was transcribed by an organist who could not imagine that the organ part was the one to transpose. Of course there might have been eb recorders, but Bach did not use such instruments elsewhere as far as I know.
I adore this piece and this interp. is beautiful. Just the right tempo, not too slow, and lovely voices. I've listened many times and will listen many times more!
esta obra es una de las primeras cantatas de bach un priviegio de magnitud poder escuchar el principio de un gran precedente para la historia musical ...
Does anyone know who the Baritone is please? He reminds me of Max van Egmond a most favourite of mine for decades In Fact having googled this I believe it may be Bass -baritone Klaus Mertens ?? Indeed it is Beautiful and unfussy in the way he lets the music speak
Prezados Amigos, os primeiros 2minutos e 33 segundos dessa cantata 106 de Bach é denominado; "O Melhor Caminho é O Caminho de Deus "! e eu a descrevo no meu 4º livro da seguinte forma: As violas da gamba, e o contrabaixo são a voz de Jesus falando mansamente à população, as duas flautas doces são os dois anjos que o acompanham e abrem o caminho enquanto ele fala, e o orgão é ele caminhando: Então observem e ouçam; Ele caminha pelo melhor caminho que é o caminho de Deus, anda mansamente e fala mansamente enquanto os anjos o acompanham, de cima! Abraços dyezzi::. yezzi.co, 1/10/20
Beautiful performance, wonderfully done! Bravo! I particularly like the choir making a silent entrance; ditto for the fading lights and everyone walking off at the end. Thanks for posting this. We know the ensemble's name, the conductor and the soloists, but, who recorded and mixed this? Who shot the video? Is there a production company or team responsible? (Was it produced for Television?) It's so wonderfully done; clearly a lot of time and technical effort when into making this; I just don't understand where there's no listing in the credits whatsoever; nothing embedded in the clip, and nothing in the TH-cam text. It didn't record itself! ;-)
I feel the same way, except I'm not religious. Beethoven and Mozart are without a doubt masters of the craft (no-one in his right mind would dispute that) but to me Beethoven is a tad too romantic and Mozart a tad too superficial. At least when compared to J.S Bach. The only work I think comes close to Bach's best pieces is Beethoven's Missa Solemnis. Wagner 's operas are way over the top to me (sometimes it feels like he's trying to pummel you to death with the orchestra) but to each his own.
Yeah, I, and many others, understand the words. A person who was truly rational and aware would realize immediately the wisdom of putting one's house in order given that our time on this planet is so short. We must die and it is important and sensible that we prepare for that inevitability and not leave a mess behind us for others to clean up. How anyone could find this music miserable defies the imagination.
Ayant vécu des années avec l'intégrale des cantates sur vinyle par Harnoncourt et Leonhardt, j'ai pensé qu'il était impossible de faire aussi bien. Or c'est le cas ici. Aussi bien et différent, dans la douceur, le dépouillement, l'intimité, nécessaires pour parler à l'âme, l'apaiser, l'illuminer.
I first watched it in 2001, in 5th grade, at age 11. (Can you believe it?) I first saw it on Ovation TV (when it was REALLY worth watching for me, with wonderful documentaries, Howard Goodall’s notwithstanding). I believe that it was the same time my recorder unit in my elementary school music class was learning “Hot Cross Buns.” (As someone who survived playing it in previous ones before moving to FL from my native NJ at the time, it was nice to revisit that for me.)
Besides seeing Michala Petri on Classic Arts Showcase on my public access channel around the same time, it was Koopman’s and the ABO’s performance of that cantata on Ovation TV that not only made me see the vastness of the recorder’s repertoire. It also REALLY got me at a YOUNG AGE into early music and period practice appreciation.
To be fair, the words are not Bach's, he wrote the music. In some cases, he chose the text from the Bible or worked with a librettist. Much of his living was derived from the church.
Que música arretada como dizemos aqui no sertão do Pernambuco, região Nordeste do Brasil, bela música classica, bela voz, melodia e harmonia que nos trazem paz a alma. Parabéns ao amigo e sucesso para esse canal.
As one great poet once stated, " We can all learn something from every man" As I said, there is something to learn from J S Bach even as we can all learn from Mozart and Beethoven. Suffice it to say that I can appreciate either one without diminishing the other. It is good that you have stated that you are not religious as sometime being holier than thou is a hindrance to communication. Nonetheless, there are certain truths communicated through music that some people have mistaken for religion.
Elevating Elvis Presley above J.S. Bach is like unto one preferring to eat a trough of offal instead of a perfectly aged and prepared steak. I think when it comes to musical rubbish, it is the other way around.
Un des meilleurs enregistrements de cette cantate. Car ici précision et clarté "servent" une musicalité très pure, et de fait la parfaite exécution permet au texte de déployer toute son édifiante signification. Können wir in diesen unruhigen Zeiten unser Zuhause (unsere Seelen) auf das Kommen des Herrn vorbereiten
@Corinne Vous pouvez vous encourager, s'il vous reste encore du temps reprenez-les l'une après l'autre, il y en a plus de 250...vous n'en reviendrez pas!
I understand what you feel but to me they're ALL God's voice, the early ones no less, even if somewhat less advanced, though the most primitive Bach is vastly advanced beyond others. Soli Deo gloria!
Came to this thanks to John Eliot Gardiner's brilliant discussion of it in his new study of Bach. It is everything he says- a profound and beautiful piece of music and played beautifully and memorably here. Thank you
00:00:00 Sonatina
00:02:35 Chorus
00:04:30 Arias Tenor & Bass
00:07:40 Chorus & Soprano
00:11:20 Arias Alto & Bass / Chorus
00:17:15 Chorus
Thank you
@@codonauta You are most welcome!
Demian from Hermann Hesse brought me here.
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Me 2 :)
Também. Me Too in portuguese.
cheguei nessa parte agora tbm, tive que pesquisar a referência rsrs
@@marcoshenrique3373 Não dá pra não pesquisar né.. Abs.
bach saves me from suicide in many nights. his music about death conforts me because i can listen to what i feel in the way i could never express alone.
Totally know what you mean. As the French say, "au-dessus de Bach il n'y a que Dieu" which I would translate as "above Bach there is only God"
I know what you mean, and I feel the same way. Thank you for expressing this. I hope you are well.
Thank you for saying this. I feel the same way, but I would add that the idea of listening to Bach's music makes me want to live.
You are not alone, I found this composition in a book of Herman Hesse, Demian. That book change my entire life, reading it with this beautiful cantatas. Sometimes I cry when I listen this and I remember my lonely childhood.
When you listen to his music, you often believe that someone is taking you in his arms...
"Even today I find in this music and in the 'Actus tragicus' the epitome of all poetry and artistic expression" - Emil Sinclair
I know Im kinda randomly asking but does anybody know of a good site to watch new tv shows online?
@Enzo Cristiano flixportal
@Case Leonard Thanks, signed up and it seems to work :) I appreciate it!
@Enzo Cristiano Glad I could help =)
Hesse brought me here
Extraordinarily beautiful.
SCREAMED when TH-cam ad came on halfway through, can see another dreadful yellow marker towards the end. Shameful. Sacrilegious.
This corrupted format (TH-cam) needs to be replaced by another, soon I hope.
Note to TH-cam and broadcasters, forcing ads down our throats, does not remotely endear us to the product being promoted in such a manner.
Bach is the greatest composer that ever lived - no contest. this is not some hysterical hyperbole - it is a fact of history proved over and over again in the hearts of all peoples who have ears to hear.
Mozart’s a very close second
@@galahadthreepwood9394 Mozart is closer to Berthoven than to Bach. Both were geniuses, but Bach is on another level. His output is overwhelming.
^^LOL NOT HISTORICAL HYPERBOLE
@@galahadthreepwood9394 NO KEN GRIFFEY JUNIOR OR LOU GEHRIC WAS A VERY CLOSE SECOND
I could not agree more. He IS "a Colossus of Rhodes under whom all musicians travel...."
When the altos come in with "Mit Fried und Freud" as the bass sings "Heute wirst du mit mir in Paradies sein" - that is one of the greatest moments I know of in music.
Translation please
@@theyeking7023 "With peace and joy" and "Today you shall be with me in Paradise", respectively. :-)
My favourite Bach moment ever. The bass and the altos overlap, and then the bass stops and it's just the altos, the "sa" of the last "sein" overlaps the "sa" in "sanft und still", and then Tod ist mein Schlaf worden, death has become my sleep. I can't avoid crying when I tell other people about this moment
God's time is the best time. Time spent listening to J.S.Bach is heavenly.
Bach is God
+pruch Blessed for sure, Bach's work would take two lifetimes to just copy.
Bach was the antenna to God.
Bach would never accept your premise. He was a very religious man with a great ability to convey his belief to others.
William is my middle name!
Dieses wundervolle Meisterwerk dringt tief in meine Seele und die schönen Klänge rühren mich zu Tränen.
How beautiful…eternal beauty
Even if I practiced until the end of time, I would fall lamentably short of the professionalism employed here in the execution of this intricate and beautifully crafted work. The recorders and the viols combined with the chamber organ project a ravishing loveliness that swoons the heart.
around 1:40 I can almost see the face of God.
-- J'écoute cet enregistrement depuis plusieurs années déjà, et à chaque fois cette musique de Bach me touche et m'émeut profondément. Il y a une force dans cette musique qui dépasse l'entendement, c'est toute la maitrise de l'Art que J.S.Bach maniait divinement et à la perfection --
beautifully said, i love the wrapper in french on top of high old school church german, fills my heart with joy, as does actus bwv 106, thank you for your well phrased statement
Total recht !!!
This cantata was written when Bach was still rather young. The form is not that of the Leipzig cantats, but the qualty of expression is as good. J.S.Bach was an early genius.
He was in Mühlhausen/ Thüringen
This is simply one of the best pieces ever. I'm an atheist, but it doesn't matter: beauty is beauty.
This atheist agrees. Ave Maria brings tears to my eyes as well.
Funny how we atheists are so often attracted to sacred music. Even the militant Christopher Hitchens had a passion for it.
While we may not believe that the messages of religion are true, we nevertheless moved by the strong emotions they convey.
As an atheist myself I think one of the biggest questions I ask myself is what is it like to be religious and experience a connection with the perceived divine? Whether true or not the idea of experiencing a connection with God(s) becomes an unattainable goal due to the way my brain works as a non-believer. But there is always a part of me that is envious when I hear religious people talk about how they commune with God and how much peace it brings them; for me it seems like a much more beautiful world to live in, even if it is a false world. However when I listen to Bach's Mass, or Mozart's Requiem, or indeed Allegri's Miserere Mei Deus I get a very profound "Aha!" moment where for a brief time I get it, I understand what it feels like to feel connected to something divine, to feel the exhilaration of being in the presence of an transcendent force and the sensation is electrifying(Listened to the Bach B Minor Mass before this). It may be the case that some atheists are drawn to sacred music because it offers them a taste of something that in everyday life is out-of-reach for to them due to nature of not being a believing in a God. It certainly seems to be the case that humans always desire what they can't have, and if this is the case what better choice could be made than listening to the sacred music written by some of the greatest artistic geniuses in western culture! Sorry for going on but I just thought I would share my thoughts.
Strong agnosticist here. I can totally relate to you. While listening to this music I feel almost as if my instincts pushed me to believe. They say "yes". But my reason keeps saying "no". I think this conflict might be what makes listening to sacred music such an intense experience for non believers. Also, death is far easier to acccept for religious people: they just assume they will still exist forever in the afterlife, whereas we must come to terms with the idea of dissolving in something greater and different from ourselves, which is still comforting and spiritual in a sense, but scarier and not nearly as easy to accept. For us, sacred music is not just moving or reassuring, but something that puts us in contact with a difficult and disturbing reality. This gives it an extra intensity, sense of sorrow and, quite paradoxically, an even deeper meaning that trascends the sacred scriptures.
That's the difference between "sacred music" and just "religious music" as sung in most churches nowadays, with battery, lots of noise and "edifying" lyrics. Bach, Palestrina, Allegri and so were composers of Sacred music. On the ohter hand, believing in God doesn't depend on you (I cannot decide that from now on I wil believe whateve.) According the Bible, taken by many as God's word, it is God himself who gives, or not, faith in Him...
종교가 없어도 신을 믿지 않아도 듣고 있으면 저절로 불멸의 존재가 나를 감싸안는 느낌이 들게 만드는 바흐의 위대함!
Koopman NEVER misses. So sad he’s getting really old now 😭
Achingly beautiful performance, in my opinion the best I have heard
Temos aqui o que seria o mais próximo possível do Divino. Simplesmente mágico!
beauté totale.le jour de Dieu c'est le meilleur et écouter Bach nous rend heureux.merci pour cette grâce !!! rené ROUZIER
Gran Gótico es Bach , un momento divino entre todas las Almas !
Music for the soul.Thank you Ton Koopman et al
What an incredible masterpiece!
너무나 아름다운 연주!
감성충만한 지휘자님, 사랑스럽다!
God himself created JS Bach and He saw that was pretty good!!
Demian. Hermann Hesse me trouxe aqui..
,, I danas još smatram da ova muzika i,, Actus tragikus'', sadrži suštinu sve poezije i svekolikog umetničkog izraza''. Herman Hese
One of the sweetest pieces of music ever written. The introduction alone is so tender it literally brings me to tears. Why Bach isn't a saint is beyond me.
Einfach ergreifend, unbeschreiblich schön
Beautiful performance and with sound engineering of the highest standards
Danke Gott. Danke Bach. Danke Koopman und die tollen Musiker. Meine Seele pocht❤
Vocal is beautiful.
It' is beyond discription.
che vuoi dire con prassi esecutiva? l'esecuzione è impeccabile da ogni punto di vista!
Belíssimas canções. Harmonia perfeita capaz de acalmar a alma. ❤
Thanks for arranging the cantatas in chronological order. It makes it much easier to follow Bach's development as a composer. And I've always preferred the early ones: for me they are more formally inventive and deeply personal.
La magia della bellezza della musica che fa capire l'importanza della recita anche senza far capire,come nel caso mio,le parole.Giovanni Sebastiano possedeva lo spirito della preghiera con la potenza dei suoni,che sono un linguaggio universale..
Great to see Reine-Marie and Marion playing together - two of the best in the world!! And they both look so young!
This is how I knew them as a student. So great to see and hear them again like this!
Vraiment magnifique
El pasaje mas profundo y contemplativo para mi es cuando el coro recita "das ist die alte bund, du musst sterben" (es la antigua ley, debes morir) y la soprano canta "ja ja kommt Herr Jesu" (si, ven sr. jesus), Bach nos recuerda en aproximadamente 4 dorados minutos la promesa de la resurreccion es... sencillamente tan conmovedor que no puedo evitar que mi rostro se llene de lagrimas, le llamo el efecto Bach, algo que pocos compositores logran en mi.
Beethoven proclamó “ Nicht Bach ! Sondern Meer sollte er heißen! No debería llamarse arroyo sino mar ! En un juego de palabras en alemán ! La profundidad de su música toca la fibra sensible de todo ser viviente, como muchos lo han llamado es el Compositor De Dios!
Those few seconds spent in entreaty.Priceless. Dank U Ton Koopman .
Sublimity from just two recorders - but then birds soar to heaven on just two wings.
Beautiful performance and wonderfully done. Thank you for posting
I was led here by the book, "Evening in the Palace of Reason" by Gaines. Can't believe this richly expressive, deeply touching cantata was the first major work, nay, masterwork of Bach. SDG! Thanks be to Koopman and all for this beautiful rendering. I just wish my Deutsch were good enough to follow the singing. An optional subscription in either German or English would be even nicer.
Youcan download the score and read along.
Me 2
Great book!
Absolument magnifique
Only Bach can give the most honorable, justified, and dignity to the human voice(music only in name only but expresses the longing of the soul to be with its creator or connection with the All-mighty) at least that is my instinctive deep down profound reaction to Bach which no other composer has such an effects but not downgrading Beethoven, Mozart, Wagner in any ways but Bach's music hits to the crux of the human condition as others have vainly tried as aforementioned.
According to James Gaines, in his book "Evening in the palace of reason", this is one of the earliest pieces to have survived (see his comments on page 92, hard cover). What amazes is that Bach was only 22 years old when it was created. He was imbued with such creative depth and posterity, history, all of us are the beneficiaries.
At age 22 Newton and Einstein had done their best stuff. Then there is Mozart
Mozart was a true child prodigy whereas Beethoven, Bach, Handel, Scarlatti showed normal growth at the expected age. I don't know about Einstein's age but his contributions to advancing our understanding of physics and the laws of nature came when he was young.
Beethoven,Handel and Bach were fully cooked by the age of 22.Wolfgang would have not been Mozart without constant nurturing from Leopold and Nannerl
With respect, I don't think that Beethoven was ever fully cooked. He continued to expand his musical thought horizons until his dying days. As for Woolfy, I think he probably did his best work after his mother passed and he tossed his dad out the door. His precocious musical genius, especially in his last works for solo piano, show that he was beginning to pick up on the direction that Haydn was exploring and into which Beethoven would eventually lead. Alas, he died before he could produce even more of his enormous output. What I am learning about Bach from this book is that he was much more of an innovator within the strict parameters of Baroque styles, than I had previously thought. It is said that even his sons, who pioneered the Rococo styles....effected the older Bach's music writing.
I LOVE the toll of that magnificent bell at the beginning!!!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottes_Zeit_ist_die_allerbeste_Zeit,_BWV_106
1) 0:00 2) A-2:35 B-4:34 C-6:35 D-7:41 3) A-11:24 B-13:24 4) 17:09
The music of Bach is refined, it is music ment to reach the soul, for that was to whom it was written. Bach wrote more than I-IV-I-V sequences; he wrote more than just four chords in a row repeated with new text, instead he text with power, utalizing litterary techniques (annaphora, juxtaposition)(look at the German) and then creates a work for the soul, which which he taps. "The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of G-d and the refreshment of the soul." - Bach
We have the audio CDs (the entire cycle) as well the DVDs, but find ourselves drawn here as well. Many thanks!
Where did you get the DVDs? I did not know that this was also on DVD. Thanks for your help.
Is that Marion Verbruggen on recorder? She rocks.
comme d'habitude avec Ton Koopman, concert admirable de perfection pour la plus géniale cantate de Bach. Corinne
These are alto recorders. The original flute parts are f3 to f5, but the copy of the organ part is one tone lower than the other parts. Probably for an organ tuned one tone higher than the recorders.
I suspect that the score was transcribed by an organist who could not imagine that the organ part was the one to transpose.
Of course there might have been eb recorders, but Bach did not use such instruments elsewhere as far as I know.
I adore this piece and this interp. is beautiful. Just the right tempo, not too slow, and lovely voices. I've listened many times and will listen many times more!
Just look at the man's face when the piece is finished!!!
esta obra es una de las primeras cantatas de bach un priviegio de magnitud poder escuchar el principio de un gran precedente para la historia musical ...
Bach was 22 and it deals w/ finiteness and dying...viola de gamba is one of the main instruments....
BRAVISSIMO !!
The height of sublimity!
Does anyone know who the Baritone is please? He reminds me of Max van Egmond a most favourite of mine for decades In Fact having googled this I believe it may be Bass -baritone Klaus Mertens ?? Indeed it is Beautiful and unfussy in the way he lets the music speak
Prezados Amigos, os primeiros 2minutos e 33 segundos dessa cantata 106 de Bach é denominado; "O Melhor Caminho é O Caminho de Deus "! e eu a descrevo no meu 4º livro da seguinte forma: As violas da gamba, e o contrabaixo são a voz de Jesus falando mansamente à população, as duas flautas doces são os dois anjos que o acompanham e abrem o caminho enquanto ele fala, e o orgão é ele caminhando: Então observem e ouçam; Ele caminha pelo melhor caminho que é o caminho de Deus, anda mansamente e fala mansamente enquanto os anjos o acompanham, de cima! Abraços dyezzi::. yezzi.co, 1/10/20
Beautiful performance, wonderfully done! Bravo! I particularly like the choir making a silent entrance; ditto for the fading lights and everyone walking off at the end. Thanks for posting this.
We know the ensemble's name, the conductor and the soloists, but, who recorded and mixed this? Who shot the video? Is there a production company or team responsible? (Was it produced for Television?) It's so wonderfully done; clearly a lot of time and technical effort when into making this; I just don't understand where there's no listing in the credits whatsoever; nothing embedded in the clip, and nothing in the TH-cam text. It didn't record itself! ;-)
Just imagine writing this at 18 years old lol. Wtf.
was 22
i'm here from the kurtag transcription
New favorite cantata.
I feel the same way, except I'm not religious. Beethoven and Mozart are without a doubt masters of the craft (no-one in his right mind would dispute that) but to me Beethoven is a tad too romantic and Mozart a tad too superficial. At least when compared to J.S Bach. The only work I think comes close to Bach's best pieces is Beethoven's Missa Solemnis. Wagner 's operas are way over the top to me (sometimes it feels like he's trying to pummel you to death with the orchestra) but to each his own.
Wonderful and profound music
Yeah, I, and many others, understand the words. A person who was truly rational and aware would realize immediately the wisdom of putting one's house in order given that our time on this planet is so short. We must die and it is important and sensible that we prepare for that inevitability and not leave a mess behind us for others to clean up. How anyone could find this music miserable defies the imagination.
Are those "Ja ja" moments the soprano intones perhaps the most magical thing in all of Western music?
Ayant vécu des années avec l'intégrale des cantates sur vinyle par Harnoncourt et Leonhardt, j'ai pensé qu'il était impossible de faire aussi bien. Or c'est le cas ici. Aussi bien et différent, dans la douceur, le dépouillement, l'intimité, nécessaires pour parler à l'âme, l'apaiser, l'illuminer.
Intonation not good in the intro. And why does everyone play the intro so slow? The choir is magnificent though.
Ihr mögt über den deutschen Geist denken, wie ihr wollt: Dies ist Schönheit!
bravissimo ton koopman!
schöner geht's nicht!
muy bonita música!
I first watched it in 2001, in 5th grade, at age 11. (Can you believe it?) I first saw it on Ovation TV (when it was REALLY worth watching for me, with wonderful documentaries, Howard Goodall’s notwithstanding). I believe that it was the same time my recorder unit in my elementary school music class was learning “Hot Cross Buns.” (As someone who survived playing it in previous ones before moving to FL from my native NJ at the time, it was nice to revisit that for me.)
Besides seeing Michala Petri on Classic Arts Showcase on my public access channel around the same time, it was Koopman’s and the ABO’s performance of that cantata on Ovation TV that not only made me see the vastness of the recorder’s repertoire. It also REALLY got me at a YOUNG AGE into early music and period practice appreciation.
I know this from the book Demian. Good stuff.
Oe dit is wel heel erg mooi uitgevoerd !
Chicas, esas flautas están desafinadas 🤦
who are the recorder players
David reeves Marion Verbruggen and Reine Marie Verhagen. Two of the best in the world.
@@rapace45 Amazing. players. Tear my heart from my chest
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@friulano Fatti una cultura prima...
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This is the bees knees!
Yeah! Best thing since sliced bread.
magia assoluta.....
Incredibilmente bello
To be fair, the words are not Bach's, he wrote the music. In some cases, he chose the text from the Bible or worked with a librettist. Much of his living was derived from the church.
Where is this church?
Amsterdam
13:25 MAGIC 📣📣📣📣
Que música arretada como dizemos aqui no sertão do Pernambuco, região Nordeste do Brasil, bela música classica, bela voz, melodia e harmonia que nos trazem paz a alma. Parabéns ao amigo e sucesso para esse canal.
IS GOD!
Actus Tragicus
As one great poet once stated, " We can all learn something from every man" As I said, there is something to learn from J S Bach even as we can all learn from Mozart and Beethoven. Suffice it to say that I can appreciate either one without diminishing the other. It is good that you have stated that you are not religious as sometime being holier than thou is a hindrance to communication. Nonetheless, there are certain truths communicated through music that some people have mistaken for religion.
Elevating Elvis Presley above J.S. Bach is like unto one preferring to eat a trough of offal
instead of a perfectly aged and prepared steak.
I think when it comes to musical rubbish, it is the other way around.
Un des meilleurs enregistrements de cette cantate. Car ici précision et clarté "servent" une musicalité très pure, et de fait la parfaite exécution permet au texte de déployer toute son édifiante signification.
Können wir in diesen unruhigen Zeiten unser Zuhause (unsere Seelen) auf das Kommen des Herrn vorbereiten
Status anxiety by alain de batton brought me here
@Corinne
Vous pouvez vous encourager, s'il vous reste encore du temps reprenez-les l'une après l'autre, il y en a plus de 250...vous n'en reviendrez pas!
I like to the the key that this is played
Kurtag brought me here
Bach's early cantatas are humble offerings to God; his later cantatas, His voice.
I understand what you feel but to me they're ALL God's voice, the early ones no less, even if somewhat less advanced, though the most primitive Bach is vastly advanced beyond others. Soli Deo gloria!
Good music
Came to this thanks to John Eliot Gardiner's brilliant discussion of it in his new study of Bach. It is everything he says- a profound and beautiful piece of music and played beautifully and memorably here. Thank you
The same, Gardiner has shown me this piece of heaven.
Me too!