Bach, Cantata 54, Widerstehe doch der Sünde (complete)
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- Bach's Cantata 54, Widerstehe doch der Sünde, performed by Drew Minter and the American Bach Soloists, with a graphical score.
FAQ
Q: Where can I get the album this is from?
A: Here:
www.amazon.com/Bach-Cantata-Series-Volume-Cantatas/dp/B000PD3L76/
Q: What are the words?
A: Here are the lyrics and an English translation:
www.emmanuelmusic.org/notes_tr...
Q: Where can I get the score?
A: Here:
tinyurl.com/bachbwv54score
Also, I made a transcription of the first movement for piano (and singer) so that I could perform it all myself:
www.musanim.com/pdf/BWV54mvt1r...
www.musanim.com/pdf/BWV54mvt1r...
Q: Where can I learn more about the singer and the group?
A: Here:
music.vassar.edu/bios/drminter...
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07:33 It sounds so simple in the beginning, but the moment you have a closer look under the bonnet ... they way he puts it all together is just mind boggling.
Bach truly plays in a league above and beyond the rest!
and to think this person wrote this in 16-whatever; with a tiny fraction of the inspiration/backlog of composers before that we have today. He made this up on his own, a true creator!
@@Bronco541 Well, in the early 1700s. But, yes, he came up with these things whole-cloth. I feel if Bach hadn't been isolated in the German boondocks way out there in the middle of nowhere (musically-speaking), he would've fallen to afoul of the latest gallant trends coming out of the major taste-making centers of Italy and Paris. And he would've been far less creative with his incredible musical powers. He would've turned into another Handel--music popular to the masses instead of to himself. LOL...
@@Luboman411 I don't know about that. Many of his compositions reveal such a deep, intuitive understanding of how music evokes emotion and feelings and he knew he was good because he went to the trouble of writing and saving so much. In addition, he was so dedicated to God that I think he strove to offer his music to him as the real arbiter of its worth.
The chord in the beginning is amazing.
That opening chord reminds me of the opening to The Beatles "A Hard Day's Night".
...or perhaps it's the other way 'round?
Just goes to show there's very little that's new under the sun. As one wag put it: "In the Beginning, there was Bach."
How would you denote it in modern musical notation?
@@jonahansen it'd be a V7 with a tonic pedal.
If it were in C major, for example, that could would be made of (from top to bottom) DBFC (as in G7/C)
Yes, I love this one! I became familiar with it via the Gould performance with Russell Oberlin on TH-cam.
wait,what? Dafuq you doin here?
@@kneza96BG xd
Heh, it's always weird spotting a big youtuber in some random comments section, it's almost as if you forget they're actual people
Oh that's where the name came from lol
CoolPigeon - TH-camrs can be multi-faceted too lol
I have never heard this cantata before...wow, the first movement is just insanely gorgeous. I can't stop listening to it. So beautifully played, too.
Yes it is a remarkable cantata ..
First time hearing this. Oddly it really reminds me of the great aria in Julio Cesare
The wonderful thing about JS Bach is that he always surprises you with something wonderful when just when you think you've heard it all
Yes. I'm so glad to find this one again. I put it up there with BWV's 4,8,12,50,101,103 (from some others' Cantata trawling).
So indescribably beautiful yet so incredibly complex,. There is no question Bach is the absolute zenith of western music
Mozart better
@@adig2414err, no. Bach is the founder of modern music, none even close 😊
@mariusfx9916 what exactly did Bach found? This is a worthless bombastic statement thats circulated on the internet by the musically uneducated.
Bach was objectively a backward looking figure. Mozart was more innovative. Even of his own generation, its a fact that Handel influenced the course of music more than Bach.
@@mariusfx9916 Bach didnt found anything. That's a bombastic statement parroted by those who aren't educated in music history. He was objectively a conservative figure whose music was extremely lacking in rhythmic variation, which is one of the most important aspects of modern music.
Mozart was more revered by most composers. Chopin, Rossini, Wagner, Brahms, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Strauss, Mahler, Ravel, Hindemith, Schoenberg... I could go on. All of the above stated Mozart was the greatest composed that ever lived.
@@adig2414 lol rythmic variation the most important aspect of modern music... what a ridiculous thing to write.
This was a hidden gem to me. Hypnotic. Gorgeous.
It's really incredible when you consider that the same composer who wrote such monumental technical works like the two WTC, the Art of Fugue, and the Musical Offering, could write such equally amazing vocal works, like these cantata, the B minor Mass, and the Passions.
Absolutely sublime. There isn't much that compares to the transcendent beauty of Bach's music!
Thank you Stephen Malinowski, your work is so beautiful !
Thank you!
This visualization helps so much. I always get chills at 0:44 and now I can see that the music 'pinches' right there.
Beautiful piece. The part I love most is the tritone downwards from B to F (albeit surrounded by G's) during the first "Ehre schänden", right after he speaks about the devil.
My God. Think about it. Bach had all this stuff in his mind. Brilliant, as always !!!!! What a video, many tks
This is transcendental. A beautiful piece and beautiful performance. Thanks for uploading it.
I love this so much that I've played it nearly every day since you uploaded it.
Contrapuntal splendor, when two distinct melodies are mixed in harmony without losing there identity-genius.
I had only heard this cantata in Oberlin's version, which was wonderful. The present seems excelent to me, with the added advantage of Malinowski graphic aid. Thank you very much.
I've always found a musical score to be a more than adequate graphic aid when listening to music. You should try it.
The opening is so beautiful😊😊
Increíble!, precioso!. Bach era un gran genio!
I keep coming back to this video. I love how the graphics bring the music to life for the listener. Wonderful idea, but more importantly, wonderful music!
Andreas Scholl does a wonderful version of of BWV54 as well.
Indeed. And so does Yoshikazu Mera with Suzuki conducting.
One of the weirdest Bach Cantata openings ever - you've done it proud!
thats just amazing, so clear, so logical. Like a speech.
When Bach died he left behind several books on rhetoric.. This influence does seem evident in his music which displays such a logical progression - like a perfectly formed argument - one not diminished by restricting itself to literal meaning. Try the cello suites for more of JSB's greatest speeches!
The beauty is the harmony of 2 that combines in 1. Not the first chords, those just lead you into greatness….
I haven't heard this for years (except for the excerpt you'd recorded using synthesized voices -- I think!) and it was like hearing it for the first time. A real treat!
The first recording I heard of this was the one done by Andreas Scholl, whose tempo is pretty close to this. When I play it myself (in the piano+voice transcription I made), I play it this tempo. It wasn't until fairly recently that I heard Gould's performance, and it struck me as way too slow (and the change of tempo in the first movement seemed contrived). I know it'd be too slow for me to sing (those long notes are plenty long at a brisk tempo). But it's a matter of taste.
This is great. More cantatas, please!!!!!!!
You did see, I hope, that I just (yesterday) completed all the Bach motets?
th-cam.com/play/PLtj_HurkS7ZxAPkIXbzmC9FC2Q3-inzXf.html
Beautifully done.
Man, you do develop a fantastic work / art ! Thank you!
For the Cantatas, the cantata number is the same as the BWV number.
Excellent work again! I really look forward to your new vids.
You sir, have blown my mind-with joy...
Chromatic Aria at 7:35 is fantastic !
beautiful
It's the abbreviation of the numbering system for Bach's works.
DEAR SMALIN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING THIS CANTATA. BACH IS MY FAVOURITE IN THIRD PLACE. BEAUTIFUL COMPOSITION AND EXTRAORDINARY ANIMATED SCORE AS ALWAYS. I REALLY LOVE YOYUR JOB DEAR. CHEERS
THIS RECORIDING ESPECIALLY FINE AND RICH. IT´S PURE GOLD.
That would be nice, I agree. I have experimented with it.
The visual is inspired thank you
Drew refers to himself as a countertenor, but Bach indicated that the part was to be sung by an "alto." Should we say that Minter is an alto, or that he performed as an alto, or that he sang the alto part as a countertenor, or ... ? I put "alto" in the credits, because that's what it says in the score; maybe that was a mistake? I don't really know.
Awesome!!!
That was balls deep in awesome. Thanks for the vid!
Thank you.
muito lindo
Der tückische Bach schildert die Sünde als unwiderstehlich anziehend ;)
Or, as google translate suggests:
The treacherous brook describes sin as irresistibly attractive :)
Well, what's the fun of sin if you can't enjoy it?
Why would anybody sin if it wasn’t enjoyable?
@@smalin Also, you get the most fun out of it this way: The fun of sinning AND the great enjoyment of being lectured about it by way of a Bach cantata.
Don't you dare to translate Bach to Brook! :)
Lovely.
I have to say, I think you make a very wise disicions for the effects for each instrument! :)
Extraordinary first movement. So now I've recovered another one of what I'd call the 'Great Bach Cantata Gems' - based on some heavy trawling work of a couple of people - alongside BWVs 4,8,12,50,101,103 and one or two others I also forgot the no. of - or I haven't heard yet myself.
Dont forget 21
Bach really was the greatest.
Wow! First musanim video of a complete cantata! Gorgeous! And BTW this is not just any cantata, it is Bach's first cantata following the pattern recommended by Neumeister, with 1 aria + 1 recitativ + 1 aria! (Coudn't have made it shorter.) One of Bach's most marvellous works. What interpretation is this?
Thank God the St Matthew Passion survived. It really saddens me to think of Bach being stuck in that church job, which he didn't really want, for all those years and not being appreciated for what he was. I wonder how different musical history would have been if his application to the Margrave of Brandenburg had been successful.
Der Alte Bach ist hier.
The Brandenburg Concertos are merely late versions of concertos composed for, or at least performed by, the virtuoso musicians in the cappella of the court of the Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Coethen, who employed Bach from 1717-1723 as his Capellmeister (music director). By the time Bach arrived. Leopold had acquired most of his musicians from the Prussian court after the Prussian king cut the music budget and disbanded the cappella. That budget cut impacted the Margrave of Brandenburg, the king's nephew. Unknown to Bach, the Margrave lacked the musical resources to perform the Brandenburgs.
Even after Bach left the prince to work in Leipzig, he continued to hold the title Capellmeister to His Most Serene Highness the Prince of Anhalt-Coethen until the prince's untimely demise in 1728 from smallpox. Bach was hired to provide the prince's funeral music.
Furthermore, there are copies of earlier versions of the so-called Brandenburg Concertos. Bach revised them from time to time to suit changing performance requirements. There are 13 sources of versions of Brandenburg Concert #5.
So banish the notion that poor little Bach composed the Brandenburgs just for the margrave. Bach even reused the Coethen wrapper when he sent the Brandenburgs to the margrave.
Surely we wouldn't have the many beautiful cantatas of Leipzig
I was rather referring to the fact that my knowledge of/education in classical music is horrible. Maybe that's because I don't have that much time while studying computer science and being a passionated climber (especially climbing consumes a lot of time).
But I really appreciate that through people like you I'm able to enjoy classical music now and then. It's really refreshing to listen to that instead of all those electro/techno remixes played on the radio.
Oh very nice 👏👏
well it 's a good illustration of the intervals,
Ohhhhhh Wowwww ❤️ this has to see the most beautiful audio visual experience I’ve ever had. And I’ve had a lot. This should be the one and best music video to represent the very best of humanity. To send in the next space probe we send out of the Milky Way. And to represent the worst of humanity well send some rap video.... really 🙏🏼 thank for this !
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Skøn musik og skønsang og en herlig musikalsk animation .....
Wow, this was beautiful.
I'm glad that I'm german and that I am able to understand the text.
How come I have never heard of that before?
Ich bin zwar Amerikaner aber hatte vor 3 Jahren Deutsch gelernt. Obwohl ich noch nicht fliessend bin, diese cantata war sehr deutlich gesang. Es freut mich, dass ich verstehen könnte. Ich fand diese Cantata wirklich wunderschön.
nice harmony
No plans for BWV 30 at the moment ...
Whoever animates these must be a musical genius
If you like this, you might want to see some of my more recent work ... www.musanim.com/TH-camHighlights/
With a portable mp3 player, you could listen to music while you climbed.
Hurrah for Bach! :-)
He wrote over 300 but only two hundred survived. Many were used as scrap paper or thrown away!
banginghats2 honest to God, if Bach were alive today-composing work that a future generation would cherish-people would throwing his work in the rubbish bin, they wouldn’t bother to even give it a listen. Same would be true if her were a painter or writer. They would call him obscene and impossible and worthless.
ALSO, THE TEMPLE TO ATHENA WAS BLOWN UP DRING THE VENETIAN AND TURKISH WAR. THE GREATEST ARCHITECTURAL WORK TO EVER HAVE BEEN CREATED. HUMAN KIND HAS BOTH POSATIVE AND NEGATIVE ELEMENTS. NATURAL EARTH QUAKES MADE SHORT WORK OF ROMA AND LISBOA. THANK GOD THAT THE SCARLATTI BOOKS SURVIVED AS IT IS OUR ONLY COMPLETTE COPY NOW IN THE MARCIANA, VENEZIA.
Smalin, do you have plans on doing the BWV30?
And congratulations on this video, I really enjoy when your films have vocals :)
Geile Animationen und schöne Musik;)
Love the video and the singing also. The vocal part is nicely lyrical, and it's so rare to hear Alto solos. Question (perhaps a silly one, sorry): what does "BWV" in the title refer to/translate as?
Bach Werk Verzeichnis, or the catalogue of Bach's works.
Yes, indeed. And your comment is 10 years old - and a testament to the beauty of Bach’s music. I think in 110 years time people will still marvel at this man’s brilliance.
It's never to late to correct an error. _BWV_ stands for _Bach Werke-Verzeichnis_ (not "Bach Werk Verzeichnis" as posted by RegisVasa). A literal translation is "Bach Works Index." BWV numbers have been assigned by musicologists to catalog Bach's works by genre. They are not opus numbers, and there's no relation between the date a work was composed and its BWV number.
The state of the art in automated pitch-recognition isn't up to the task; progress is being made, but current systems still make enough mistakes that it's still easier to hand-record and hand-edit a click-track than to correct the errors made by an automated system. And, even if that were automated, there are still lots of other parts of the process that aren't (entering the score, proofreading, adjusting the score so that it matches the performance, etc.), so it wouldn't make a huge difference.
I was only half kidding, your work is of outstanding quality. I have a question, don't know if this is the right place: I gather from your writings that the process of creating such a video is only partly automated. Given a score in midi format and a recording of the piece, is it not possible to analyse the sound, identify the musical events (onset of notes, say) and automatically synchronize the midi file with the recording? Or rather, what is the nature of the difficulties?
7:33 Perfection
smalin great animation score and i got an idea to suggest you about the singer line in the animation :
it would be great if you can make the singer line (pink colour) to vibrate at the same time when the singer make little vibrato , dont you agree ?
I love Jeff Thomas's conducting and I adore Drew Minter's work. This was beautiful, accomplished, expressive and stylish but... too fast! Minter really sounds rushed at times in the first movement. But he is wonderful. Listen to his deep notes in the second and last movements.
+Adam Martinek It's generally better at a faster tempo - I used to like slower tempi as well, until I found out that the romantic era performance style became the norm for ALL styles until historically informed performances came along.
So, this rendition is far more likely to be historically accurate. As such, I learned that tempo is a largely conditioned thing - however, faster tempi generally reveal a different, more subtle character in a piece.
Honestly, I feel that the overly slow playing seems to be representative of an attitude that every moment in a piece is supposed to be poignant, when really there's a whole story with a range of emotions.
+Opus 32 Leonhardt has (twice) conducted the first movement much slower than this, and you can't get any more H.I.P. than him! You wrote that you "used to like slower tempi as well" but now have learned from the historically informed performance (H.I.P.) movement (of which I am a fan) that "this rendition is far more likely to be historically accurate". I fear you are wrongly implying that everything should now always just be played faster than it used to be in the "romantic" days! But no. The performers must make judgments about these matters, based on the music and the text, and not just apply general rules dogmatically. I was lucky once to be in a college choir in the '80s in Bach cantata 125 that Leonhardt was coming to conduct; our local conductor prepped us to sing the first movement at quite a clip -- but then Leonhardt came to town and slowed us down a lot for the actual full rehearsals and performance.
Oh yeah that makes sence because the cantatas and chorals come first in his numbered works
Fantastic! Love the music, love the visuals. I only think that there must be some instrument that you haven´t animated, something like harp or lute.
There are harp parts in some orchestral pieces I’ve done, and sometimes a lute in the continuo group in Baroque concertos, but you’re right: no unaccompanied music for either of those instruments. I’ve wanted to, but I’ve never found recordings that were the best option available to me. So there is lute music on guitar, harpsichord, and even piano, but no solos. I expect to do the Mozart flute/harp concerto some day, but I don’t know of any compositions for harp solo that would be improved with an animated graphical score. Maybe I’ll find some good Scarlatti on harp.
@@smalin I mean I can hear some instrument like harp or lute in this cantata. For example in the first opening chord, and on some other places too.
@@jankicko5655 Oh. Yes, I usually don't visualize the notes that aren't in the score (such as the realization by the continuo players).
LOL. That's definitely NOT a harp. It's a _theorbo,_ which is a large lute sometimes used in the Baroque as a continuo instrument to fill in chords. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theorbo
who do you think should sing?
I am wondering if you prefer the quicker tempo for the first movement, or was this just an easy version to use in terms of copyright? Personally I prefer the Glenn Gould tempo.
Wasn't the counter tenor Bach's favorite type of singer?
One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written; why it's often performed at such a jaunty pace , I truly don't understand. This is reverential music, not church "rock".
I don't like the notes' symbols (the little circles) moving from a pitch to another. For me, this misrepresents the sound.
Right, that's true. I meant that there were 200 that xXtoastiXx might have heard. People who want a reality check on how much Bach's music was appreciated at the time need to recall how his manuscripts were used.
Bach wrote two hundred cantatas; did you think you'd heard them all?
Bach wrote far more cantatas than the ca. 220 that survived. Think of the many lost gems that we will never be able to listen to.
This music is very beautiful!
Who is this amazing singer?
+Aníbal Concha Ok, Drew Minter...VERY GOOD!
+Aníbal Concha "See the FAQ"
The part of basso ostinato in this piece it's techno music
THE MOVING DOTS ARE INTERESTING, BUT AS I READ MUSUIC I WOULD FIND THAT THE MUSICAL SCORE MOVING ALONG WITH THE MUSIC IN SYNCHRONICITY WOULD MEAN EVEN MORE TO ME. BUT WE MUST TAKE SMALL STEPS TO ARRIVE AT PARNASSUS.
Other people are making synchronized scores using conventional symbolic notation (e.g. th-cam.com/video/HetQjfeTd-4/w-d-xo.html ). The "small steps" I'm taking are taking me in a different direction than your Parnassus, RON WALKER.
I assume the descending chromatic notes in the theme of the third movement represent the devil? It sounds very creepy among the otherwise happy music.
what is this wonderful cantata called? whats its English translation?
A good translation is " Stand firm against sin " Bach was a man of deep Christian faith. A Lutheran. Indeed Luther was talented musically and Bach employed some of Luther's hymns n his cantatas
Thank you, I was just curious. To me, the Glenn comes close to infallible, he was the first person I ever heard play Bach, so I may be permanently skewed.
Aria at 7:34 (chromatic theme)
Is this in Ionian? Like most of John Williams' works?
Do you mean "in a major key"? Like the majority of music written in the last few hundred years?
What is the BWV number? Twelve?
neat
Interesting. It doesn’t feel like this visualization inside your body while singing, but maybe the listener feels like this.
What do you think the feeling would look like?
Perhaps more like this th-cam.com/video/O_XKi_DaPsc/w-d-xo.html but with broader lines. Long lines for legato but still well articulated with points. And finally some expanding long notes 🙂
llegue a esto Gracias a logica matematicas! es formidable
7:35
i am interested in contacting you. I am a visual artist and want to transpose a visual score into music. it is hard to explain but if you contact me back i can explain.
A walking bass, 250 years before jazz!
The "walking bass" is called Basso Continuo and is the fundamental structure of the baroque harmony. It was much later adopted by the Jazz.
If you liked this, you should listen to Bach's Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3., the walking base to end all walking bases.
for people who like a 'modern' version of this piece ... link beneath
That's very cool!
PetStuBa I can live with both versions, the modern fast version one is undoubtedly the freshest.
Where is this link?
For me listening to Bach is a religious experience, and I'm a devout smells and bells, Latin Mass attending Catholic. This is exquisite, I'm bemused as to "Cornish Pixys" comment, what part of this Cantata does she/he/it find reprehensible???????
From my atheist point of view I regard this cantata as one of the greatest statements of the human condition. The words are metaphorical; the music is what speaks: those crushing dissonances in the first aria; the triumphant yet light as a feather second aria with the mischievous melismas on 'Teufel'. Sublime, yet I do prefer it a bit slower as in Leonhardt's version.
I think that's a very succinct explanation of what sin is.
If you accept that sin exists, Stephen, then surely there's nothing metaphorical about the libretto here, which is simply a warning against sin. Besides, while you or I may not believe literally in the words that Bach's religious works serve, Bach most definitely did not mean them metaphorically.
Kyle J. Whitehead - Music
Very well put!
I heard Glen Gould play this with orchestra much slower around 65bpm. It sounds much better slower.
The work is great, but once you hear it played by Glenn Gould and 'sang' by Russel Oberlin, all other versions sound inferior
Miguel Mascarenhas That is certainly a matter of taste, or lack thereof :-)
Lyrics
German text and English translation
Cantata for Oculi
1. Arie A
Widerstehe doch der Sünde,
Sonst ergreifet dich ihr Gift.
Laß dich nicht den Satan blenden;
Denn die Gottes Ehre schänden,
Trifft ein Fluch, der tödlich ist.
1. Aria A
Just resist sin,
lest its poison seize you.
Don't let Satan blind you;
for those who defile God's honor
will incur a curse that is deadly.
2. Rezitativ A
Die Art verruchter Sünden
Ist zwar von außen wunderschön;
Allein man muß
Hernach mit Kummer und Verdruß
Viel Ungemach empfinden.
Von außen ist sie Gold;
Doch, will man weiter gehn,
So zeigt sich nur ein leerer Schatten
Und übertünchtes Grab.
Sie ist den Sodomsäpfeln gleich,
Und die sich mit derselben gatten,
Gelangen nicht in Gottes Reich.
Sie ist als wie ein scharfes Schwert,
Das uns durch Leib und Seele fährt.
2. Recitative A
The appearance of vile sin
is indeed outwardly very beautiful;
however one must
afterwards with trouble and frustration
experience much hardship.
On the outside it is gold;
yet, going further in,
it shows itself as only an empty shadow
and a whitewashed grave.
It is like the apples of Sodom,
and those who engage themselves with it
will not achieve God's Kingdom.
It is like a sharp sword,
that pierces through body and soul.
3. Arie A
Wer Sünde tut, der ist vom Teufel,
Denn dieser hat sie aufgebracht.
Doch wenn man ihren schnöden Banden
Mit rechter Andacht widerstanden,
Hat sie sich gleich davongemacht.
3. Aria A
Whoever sins is of the devil,
since he has brought it forth.
Yet if one is able, with virtuous devotion,
to withstand its contemptible bonds,
it is already done away with.
Georg Christian Lehm, 1711
©Pamela Dellal
The tempo's too fast.
On the contrary that is what makes this performance special