Bach - Motet Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV 225 - MacLeod | Netherlands Bach Society

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  • “A complete orchestra should be added to this”, wrote Mozart on his copy of Bach’s motet 'Singet dem Herrn', performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. He was very enthusiastic about the piece, which was performed as a surprise when he visited the Thomasschule in Leipzig, in 1789. At his request, Mozart was given a copy of it. In his account of the event ten years later, Johann Friedrich Rochlitz says that Mozart even shouted “Now there’s something you can learn from!
    Recorded for the project All of Bach on May 14th 2016 at the Grote Kerk, Naarden. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating bit.ly/2uZuMj5.
    For the interview with conductor Stephan MacLeod and bass Sebastian Myrus on 'Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied' go to • MacLeod and Myrus on B...
    For more information on BWV 225 and this production go to allofbach.com/e...
    All of Bach is a project of the Netherlands Bach Society / Nederlandse Bachvereniging, offering high-quality film recordings of the works by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society and its guest musicians. Visit our free online treasury for more videos and background material allofbach.com/en/. For concert dates and further information go to www.bachvereni....
    Netherlands Bach Society
    Stephan MacLeod, conductor

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  • @leoboivin3224
    @leoboivin3224 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    1- Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied [0:09]
    2- Wie sich ein Vater erbarmet [4:30]
    3- Lobet dem Herrn in seinen Taten [12:07]
    4- Alles, was Odem hat, lobe den Herren, Halleluja! [13:28]

  • @joshsussman9432
    @joshsussman9432 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    At this point in my life, all it takes is a few seconds of a cantata, all my faculties break and the tears begin to flow.

    • @davidbourne5781
      @davidbourne5781 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The same things happens to me. Especially with this motet.

    • @melaneroseboyce2672
      @melaneroseboyce2672 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That happens here too.

    • @LukeShalz
      @LukeShalz ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My Bach scholar piano teacher is the EXACT SAME WAY. My playing has only ever brought him to tears like three times over the years, and those have been the proudest moments of my life

    • @BoulderMamacita
      @BoulderMamacita ปีที่แล้ว

      I hear you....

    • @BoulderMamacita
      @BoulderMamacita ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I hear you.....who needs therapy or drugs when there's Bach?

  • @HerrMichaelKohlhaas
    @HerrMichaelKohlhaas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Respect for actually taking the repeat in the 2nd mvt!

  • @PointyTailofSatan
    @PointyTailofSatan ปีที่แล้ว +15

    In 1789, 39 years after Bach's death, Mozart happened to be in Leipzig, and visited the Thomasschule. The boys choir was practicing at the time, so the cantor had them perform this piece for Mozart. Mozart went almost manic with joy, and after poring over the varied instrument and singer scores, Mozart made his famous exclamation "Now this is music from which a man can learn something!", and made Mozart a lifelong devotee of Bach's music.

    • @musika672
      @musika672 ปีที่แล้ว

      But he died already in 1791...

    • @PointyTailofSatan
      @PointyTailofSatan ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@musika672 Huh? This was 2 years before Mozart died.

  • @maryjoburnette7589
    @maryjoburnette7589 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    He gave the best of what he had to give. He was the best and continues to be

  • @PMS1950
    @PMS1950 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    What an absolutely marvellous performance.
    Perfect intonation and blend of voices and superb tone. I absolutely love the Dutch as a people (one exception being the matron at my boarding school who confiscated my hot water bottle) and this standard of singing, full of such joy and musical perfection, fills me with such a warm sense of identity and oneness with the singers.
    The motets have been recorded by some eminent British Ensembles and the Trinity Cambridge version under Marlow is very fine, but cannot compare with the Netherlands 🇳🇱.

  • @L1102
    @L1102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The absolute peak of ingenuity. It doesn't get any better. No human being has ever achieved greater brilliance than Johann Sebastian Bach with his works, and this piece is one of his finest.

  • @pjkhunold
    @pjkhunold 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Oh mein Gott, ist das schön!
    Ich habe das Stück in vierzig Jahren bestimmt an die hundertmal gesungen, ich kann es auswendig.
    Hätte nie gedacht, dass man es so gut in diesem Tempo singen kann!
    Und das Tempo ist genau richtig so!
    Besonders begeistert bin ich von der Textverständlichkeit!
    Unglaublich!

  • @joan4269
    @joan4269 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Last movement only for virtuosos vocal, that was magnificent.

  • @tonyathreet3567
    @tonyathreet3567 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I sing with the Bach Collegium in United States and hope we sing this piece in the future. Purely delightful.

  • @camillobenso468
    @camillobenso468 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Sometimes I wonder if Bach was a man or belonged to a different category of living being…How could he coinceive such music?

  • @rocinmiguelezrivera1558
    @rocinmiguelezrivera1558 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    No hay nadie mas grande que Bach!!❤❤

  • @TomCloyd
    @TomCloyd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Such remarkable focus, articulation, lightness, and sheer presence comes through in this ethereal performance. Such a performance makes this fine music utterly compelling. And the videography matches all this. Gorgeous glowing light, and perfect focus on individual performers. I can't imagine how this could be better. What an achievement! Thank you, yet again.

  • @drtmuir
    @drtmuir 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    MacLeod is also an absolutely superb singer.

  • @HoenischCOB
    @HoenischCOB 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That’s how we will be welcomed in heaven!! It’s so incredibly wonderful and brilliant. Thanks so much

  • @xenolalia
    @xenolalia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The first movement of _Singet_ is probably the most demanding piece of choral music ever written.

    • @theallofist5461
      @theallofist5461 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It is metal as f* ^^.

    • @echegaraysofia
      @echegaraysofia หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@theallofist5461 roflmao it is very challenging!

  • @SerafinDrake
    @SerafinDrake ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is one of the best interpretations I've yet heard.

  • @maryland_ball6001
    @maryland_ball6001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Robert Franenberg is getting a workout in the Halleluja movement at the end! Big fan of his playing. 👍

    • @violonebob
      @violonebob 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank you for watching. Greetings, Robert

  • @marcseiler4242
    @marcseiler4242 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Difficile de faire mieux . Tempo digne de la pulsation de l'oeuvre du début à la fin. Equilibre des différents registres, toutes les vagues émotionnelles sont ressenties et la simplicité comme la technicité des chanteurs sont exemplaires . Un immense bravo !!

  • @antoinegaillard9440
    @antoinegaillard9440 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    5:08 --> Grace-filled moment. These alto and tenor mix fantastically well.

  • @marshallartz395
    @marshallartz395 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Is this Bach’s greatest work? Maybe. 😎🎹

  • @samshearman5251
    @samshearman5251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    How beautiful is this?

  • @josephbartolo8350
    @josephbartolo8350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    What a treat to my ears ! A definite addition to my playlist.

    • @sabinedalincourt2735
      @sabinedalincourt2735 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed, Joseph! By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. Greetings from France! th-cam.com/users/WFerdinand

  • @dirksmits4421
    @dirksmits4421 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Stunning performance!!

    • @sabinedalincourt2735
      @sabinedalincourt2735 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely agree, Dirk! By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. Greetings from France! th-cam.com/users/WFerdinand

  • @user-zg8je6bx7p
    @user-zg8je6bx7p 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Can this channel transfer all of their music on their youtube channel to Spotify because I think we all agree that this institution has the best content of bach music, so I would say that it is in your best interest to do so.
    Sincerely,
    A fan with a spotify membership

    • @bach
      @bach  5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      We are currently exploring this possibility, but we can't tell yet if this option will become available.

    • @LuigiRBG
      @LuigiRBG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@bachHola , good morning, my name is Luis, i was just going to ask, it has been a year since you replay to Malhaar Nair, is there a different answer now? muchas gracias

  • @tilmanklett2304
    @tilmanklett2304 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Alles perfekt 😍

  • @ron88303
    @ron88303 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Outstanding performance!

  • @paulsoderholm783
    @paulsoderholm783 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks to all of you,,,,from composer to performers. A spectacular piece of music.

  • @PointyTailofSatan
    @PointyTailofSatan ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bach's greatest motet.

  • @eddiemperor
    @eddiemperor 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The absolute Master. Great performance!

  • @smuecke
    @smuecke 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Amazing, as always. I’ve been looking forward to this motet. Everything about this project is perfect, the setting, the cinematography and of course the musical performance!

  • @navrozelalkaka8457
    @navrozelalkaka8457 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The singers & musicians all emanate a light which travels straight through to the listener's soul. Thanks NBS,you are a constant source of joy.

  • @c3piano
    @c3piano 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Many thanks to all the performers spending so many hours with each other to delight us with this beautiful music. The more you perform together the better and easier it is to meet your directors expectations. Try to remain civil to each other when things get tedious and demanding. You are all doing an exceptional job.

  • @user-sb4sf5cu6n
    @user-sb4sf5cu6n ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Like a angels' chorus from heaven. Thank you! from Japan.

  • @maryjoburnette7589
    @maryjoburnette7589 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He gave us the most beautiful music ever written. What more is there to say? Everything l try to say seems inadequate, but nevertheless must be said. Matchless? That goes without saying!

  • @fernandosoares5812
    @fernandosoares5812 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Esta Netherlands Bach Society dá.me cá uma inveja, que faz favor! Uma verdadeira pérola o Bach que é aqui produzido... pela frugalidade, simplicidade, espiritualidade. Um Bach groumet, com sal e pimenta qb, um Bach que oiço com tanto agrado que, de esdrúxulo, nem um som. Tenho pena que, por onde vivo, não exista nada de semelhante. Numa palavra: um Bach comovedor. Agradecidíssimo a Netherlands Bach Society!

  • @JohnWilmot1179
    @JohnWilmot1179 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Magnificent.

    • @sabinedalincourt2735
      @sabinedalincourt2735 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Indeed, Vanni. By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. Greetings from France! th-cam.com/users/WFerdinand

  • @MrUseur
    @MrUseur 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Lobe den Herrn !!!

  • @BoAurehl
    @BoAurehl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wonderful, beautiful! Greetings from Stockholm Singers.

  • @ludwigvanbeethoven61
    @ludwigvanbeethoven61 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    he really wrote the best chorals

  • @pedrolopez-torrestubbs7569
    @pedrolopez-torrestubbs7569 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    INSUPERABLE tanto como composición así como interpretación!!!! AMAZING!

  • @alisonsmartfisher733
    @alisonsmartfisher733 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    wonderfully crafted singing and playing - so clear and beautiful. thank you!

  • @arkerstudio8510
    @arkerstudio8510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Meraviglia💖

  • @Jalapablo
    @Jalapablo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    No wonder Mozart got annihilated after hearing this. Encounters with Johann Sebastian Bach's music tend to that.

    • @oldhortus
      @oldhortus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      'Ah - I can learn from this'.... (or something similar) What a glorious performance - the voices NEVER sound tired in this group. Is it something in the air?

  • @emiliomini4024
    @emiliomini4024 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    ¡Que maravilloso trabajo realizan! Bellísimas interpretaciones de la obra de Bach, muchas gracias por compartir esto con el mundo.

    • @sabinedalincourt2735
      @sabinedalincourt2735 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      De acuerdo, Emilio! By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. Greetings from France! th-cam.com/users/WFerdinand

  • @EASYTIGER10
    @EASYTIGER10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It would have been fascinating to be there when Mozart heard this in Leipzig. Ask him what he thought about it.

  • @rolandtruc
    @rolandtruc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Une joie immarcescible s'empare de moi à cet instant...

  • @joecooke4131
    @joecooke4131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Was it Kant who said eternity is inconceivable, because it would be too boring? But Bach's cantatas lead us to believe in a realm of light, joy and endless creativity. [excerpt from "When Sebastian Met Immanuel"]

  • @mariavanhoof7961
    @mariavanhoof7961 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Prachtig ,prachtig, met een enorm enthousiasme gezongen!!

  • @tdekeyser
    @tdekeyser 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dit motet heeft mijn aandacht getrokken en tevens kunnen behouden, vooral door het mooie muzikale spel van vraag en antwoord tussen solisten en koor! Opnieuw een puike prestatie, bravo!
    De titel van Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied doet me trouwens denken aan mijn jeugd, toen een ik een koraal van Handel met die titel zong, helaas nauwelijks te vergelijken met dit sterk uitgewerkte motet.

  • @robertmuller5807
    @robertmuller5807 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Mankind my end in a nuclear war desaster but it has at least created this divine music

  • @classicfan4683
    @classicfan4683 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Virtuose doppelchörige Koloratur-Kunst...

  • @eronidesortizfogaca5797
    @eronidesortizfogaca5797 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Como faz bem ouvir Bach. Ele fez música como nenhum outro. Tentar estudar a suas obras não é possível. Temos que escutar e apreciar suas composições. Uma mais brilhante que a outra. Viverá para sempre.

  • @marshallartz395
    @marshallartz395 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
    “Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied” *(1727)* *BWV 225*
    *“Sing to the Lord a new song”*
    _Motet for 8-Part Double Chorus_
    00:09 I. *Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied*
    02:13 *Die Kinder Zion [Fugue]*
    04:30 II. *Wie sich ein Vater erbarmet*
    12:08 III. *Lobet den Herrn in seinen Taten*
    13:29 *Alles, was Odem hat,*
    *lobe den Herrn. Hallelujah!*
    *[Fugue]*
    15:18 _The End_

  • @ettoregarioni8335
    @ettoregarioni8335 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Ut semper, praestantes, egregii! Quid aliud dicam?

  • @peterhansen6749
    @peterhansen6749 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great, thanks!

  • @hughwaldock6980
    @hughwaldock6980 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Supremely beautiful. I notice a couple of faces in there too both male and female! I'm just waiting for the results of my first singing teaching diploma. I've decided to qualify anyway if I can despite dropping out of college in Wuppertal. It's level 4 100 CATS points the old format DipABRSM in Vocal Teaching up to Grade 6 ABRSM. If I get that I'm going for the performance one as well in the new year. The ARSM. I'm really confident with it now. I did a piano masterclass at RAM recently but I got totally too nervous and my hands turned to jelly and I couldn't play at all. I used to be like that when I sang but I'm not now. I sang regularly with Daniela Bechly in her family choir and she's a former opera signer at your level. Singing with her and her mates and old Ben Vonberg Clark finally gave me the confidence at 46. I could win competitions on my day in my youth but I was so inconsistent like when I play at the moment. I think it's just a lack of experience playing 4 hands and in ensemble. I don't care if I make a mistake when I sing now but I'm terrified still as a player. I think if I'm given more masterclasses I could play better I played it perfectly when I warmed up. I couldn't play it for the life of me when he asked me and that is just psychological not musical. I was playing Minuet II from BWV 813 in C Minor. I wanna get back into Aldeburgh Voices if I get my diplomas. the result should be out next week. If I get it it's official professional status as a singer at last. I played it now not a single mistake! I played an Eb not an E and he corrected me. soundcloud.com/hugh-gregory-waldock/bwv-813-minuet-ii-with-mistake-correction?si=e272efb034a342aa83bb96fbfa4ba174&

  • @davidradabaugh2016
    @davidradabaugh2016 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    cool

  • @flemmingranch8777
    @flemmingranch8777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Meget smuk korsang og skøn musik i en højere enhed.......

  • @angelamalek
    @angelamalek ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely fantastic!

  • @lordenoch0
    @lordenoch0 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Simply breathtaking.

  • @ethestel
    @ethestel ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bach would be proud

  • @williamireton9385
    @williamireton9385 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just imagine the applause this must have received

  • @jeffreyl.caruso7967
    @jeffreyl.caruso7967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very nice job! Beautiful tone and exceptional clarity!

  • @pedrolopez-torrestubbs7569
    @pedrolopez-torrestubbs7569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Qué maravilla!!!

  • @markpapin1045
    @markpapin1045 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome

  • @paolobottero297
    @paolobottero297 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Splendido! Che altro dire?

  • @tatianaselasco3274
    @tatianaselasco3274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Belíssimo!

  • @Xs02
    @Xs02 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A música 🎶 de Bach contém "chaves para desbloqueios mentais " 🌎🌻⚘️👍🦋

  • @linoramos6909
    @linoramos6909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Maravilha!!!

  • @unaginobori
    @unaginobori 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Stephan MacLeod が指揮しているのは初めて見ました😊。BCJの松蔭でのソロの印象が強くて。それにしても、合唱もオケも上手ですね。マタイもヨハネもロ短調もCD持っていますよ。でもショルがアルトソロしていたマタイの時代より、進化されていますね。日本の貴団のファンより。

  • @mrbisse1
    @mrbisse1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Absolutely wonderful! Thank you so much! It might be of interest to you that I am writing a novel and the end of part one is the performance of this cantata in English by a group of only 8 singers acapella. The effect that it has upon an audience member in the front row ends part one.

  • @franciscoamos
    @franciscoamos หลายเดือนก่อน

    “A esto hay que añadir una orquesta completa”, escribió Mozart en su copia del motete de Bach 'Singet dem Herrn', interpretado aquí por la Sociedad "All of Bach" de los Países Bajos. Se mostró muy entusiasmado con la pieza, que fue interpretada como sorpresa cuando visitó la Thomasschule de Leipzig, en 1789. A petición suya, Mozart recibió una copia de la misma. En su relato del acontecimiento diez años después, Johann Friedrich Rochlitz dice que Mozart incluso gritó: “¡Ahora hay algo de lo que puedes aprender!

  • @ernestomatalsol6807
    @ernestomatalsol6807 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sociedades educadas!

  • @flemmingranch8777
    @flemmingranch8777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Let og luftig sang lige fra bladet, så smukt kan det gøres. Herlig musik lige i øret......

  • @mathieuguillet4036
    @mathieuguillet4036 ปีที่แล้ว

    Magnifique! 🙏🏼

  • @Danilo.Cruz.
    @Danilo.Cruz. 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lindo demaissssss

  • @porpozontokonto9161
    @porpozontokonto9161 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ulan şu Hollandalılar olmasa Bach falan dinleyemezdik böyle güzel. Helal olsun lan adamlara köy kadar ufacık yerde ne güzel şeyler yapıyorlar.

  • @nicolasgrunt3401
    @nicolasgrunt3401 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Vraiment très impressionnant. Superbe performance. Je me demande combien de temps il faut pour maîtriser les différentes parties de cette composition, ce n'est certainement pas 15 minutes et 15 secondes.

  • @philippeboisson2048
    @philippeboisson2048 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Un feu d artifice à couper le souffle .
    Dieu nous a donné Bach, ou le contraire
    Mais si Dieu n'existait pas Bach l'aurait inventé.

  • @av201
    @av201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What is the name of the instrument the man is playing at 1:08?

    • @stebels
      @stebels 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A Vern a theorbo

  • @mcPoPh
    @mcPoPh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can someone please explain why composers use the male counter-tenor voice? Is it just there are (rather subtle) tonal differences? Or was it a hang-over from medieval times? Thanks

    • @Samplesurfer
      @Samplesurfer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      All male singers were very common in the Baroque era. In most performances during that age, the soprano voices were sung by young boys.
      18th century baroque had some weird tastes. The castrato singers were probably the most extreme phenomenon of that era.

    • @mcPoPh
      @mcPoPh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Samplesurfer Yes, I guess that's true. Although with boys there is that crystalline quality. I'm not enjoying see the grown-up dudes singing alto and soprano lines, would much rather see a boy or a woman, no question.

  • @shawnhampton8503
    @shawnhampton8503 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sublime. Just marvelous. Recording is a bit Soprano dominant. Hard to really hear the other voice parts come in clearly. But Wow, so fine.

    • @sabinedalincourt2735
      @sabinedalincourt2735 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Indeed sublime, Shawn! By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. Greetings from France! th-cam.com/users/WFerdinand

  • @bobh5087
    @bobh5087 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    My favorite of Bach's six splendid Motets.
    However, I feel the tempos in the opening and concluding movements are uncomfortably *too fast.* The profuse and highly complex *contrapuntal figuration* becomes a frantic-sounding *blur* at these inappropriate and ill-considered speeds... and we are left feeling not only vaguely *unnerved,* but somehow *cheated* -- We are not allowed to savor and really appreciate all the intricate "goings-on" that the composer labored at. (In Bach's time, "Allegro" simply meant "lightness/cheerfulness," *not* "Presto Furioso.")
    Nevertheless, a beautiful rendition by a superb ensemble.
    The wondrous final Fugue is always a great thrill - both to sing and hear. 💥👍

    • @herrickinman9303
      @herrickinman9303 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I suppose old people on walkers might find this "uncomfortably *too fast* " and feel vaguely *unnerved.* "Help, I've fallen and can't get up!"

    • @josephanthony8585
      @josephanthony8585 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was really enjoying this until you told me how horrible it is.

    • @MG-fh4ed
      @MG-fh4ed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@herrickinman9303 In Bach's time allegro was not Presto furioso.

    • @joshsussman9432
      @joshsussman9432 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@josephanthony8585 You are only a click away from another performance to see if Bob has a point, which he does, and you can get right back to enjoying yourself.

  • @michaelkaubrugge1039
    @michaelkaubrugge1039 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That's some high speed Bach, the first part...

  • @maryjoburnette7589
    @maryjoburnette7589 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This composer never gave anything but his

  • @12eyseandahalf
    @12eyseandahalf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They all look so ridiculous I can't help laugh! No wonder, considering what they're preforming. Bless their mastery for this wonderful performance! Thanks NBS

  • @ThepianistinUSA
    @ThepianistinUSA 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    😭🙌🏼❣️

  • @yacine_scherzo
    @yacine_scherzo ปีที่แล้ว

    Mozart visited Leipzig in 1789 and was striked when he heard Bach's " Singet dem Herrn " and asked to see more. He then copied some of the music sheets and even quoted one of Bach's composition ("Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein" BWV2) inside his famous " The magic flute ".
    If Mozart had been born 6 years earlier, he would have met the person from whom he took these notes

  • @ICFWien
    @ICFWien 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Utmost quality in every aspect

  • @user-su7ij6ow8f
    @user-su7ij6ow8f 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sehr schön, ich kann die Instrumente aber kaum durchhören. Dadurch, dass die Singstimmen so zahlreich belegt sind, sind sogar die Oboen ( auch Oboe d'more) ziemlich unhörbar. Es würde meiner Meinung nach reichen, wenn jede Stimme mit einem oder zwei Sängern besetzt ist.

  • @stephenkunst7550
    @stephenkunst7550 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice......esp no vibrato.

  • @CamargoRain
    @CamargoRain 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    El no va más.

  • @cosimoepicoco7022
    @cosimoepicoco7022 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Serafini incarnati....

  • @piltschze
    @piltschze ปีที่แล้ว

    2:12

  • @eduardomejia6977
    @eduardomejia6977 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    First comment, bwv 228 please !!

  • @user-pw5oo9ch6g
    @user-pw5oo9ch6g 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The music is outstanding but one thing I've never understood is why vocals were written like this back in Bach's time. What's the point of listening to singer's sing words you can't understand? I think it would be just as effective to rearrange these pieces just for instruments. Again, the music is top notch, perfect ,etc...but it's weird to listen to vocals you have no idea of what the words are...

  • @maryjoburnette7589
    @maryjoburnette7589 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I find it difficult to say anything except that he never gave anything

  • @amerpichigamer
    @amerpichigamer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Too fast for me....

  • @lucaogliari2912
    @lucaogliari2912 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I've never understood why the modern baroque performers acting like clown, moving and waving hands like crazy people. Look at Karl Richter, von Karajan or other conductor of the past, they were stoic on the podium.

    • @c3piano
      @c3piano 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I totally agree with you and think about this a lot because I find it distracting to the music. Often I feel it is the person's ego that sneaks through. As a performer I feel it is distracting and annoying.

    • @Finger112
      @Finger112 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The Baroque period was about the "Dance" to the text of the music or the Dance style of the movement (Bourree, Courante, Gigue for example), of what kind of dance it was, which is why they use as a expression device for expressing the music in a performance atmosphere, to show where the beat was for example. Truthfully, there was very little information about how the performances during the 1600s-1700s of how music was performed, so this is probably a modern interpretation of playing music in a more period manner (even vibrato in the strings was minimally used for example for important expressive moments, however instruments like woodwinds, did not use any kind of vibrato, that was a modern invention in the 1930-40s actually). The more stoic approach is a more modern approach to playing classical music nowadays. If your barely moving to the music, your not emulating the dance of the period.

    • @eddiemperor
      @eddiemperor 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Shut up, you aren't listening you are watching. You know nothing about Music let alone conducting a seal doing tricks.