Having studied this masterpiece for 50 years, I'm stunned by the fresh beauty of the vocal and dance elements. The violist's breakneck tempo terrified me, but he certainly knew what he was doing. Bravi to all who produced this stunner.
Amazing! While practicing this piece, I realized how “singable” the major part is. I am delighted to find that you actually realized it beautifully. Reading the description, I thought that it might also be notable that while the period of this piece was indeed marked by the sorrow of losing Maria Barbara, it also coincides with the time that J. S. Bach met Anna Magdalena Wilcke, who shortly after became his second wife. To me, it is the testament of the complexity, resilience, multifaceted, and dynamic nature of human emotions-not just an expression of grief.
Very nice project, it brings a new light on this piece. An excellent violist who gives back the whole spirit of that master piece and this voice with simple harmonies, bring together a other dimension to it. Written for the violin this piece is also very nice on the viola, it has another spirit. Thanks for doing and sharing it!
@Lawrence Power I"m sure you've already thought of this, but it would be lovely to see you do something like this for the Bach Cello Suites 1-6!!!! if you make it, i will buy it hot off the presses.
listening to this piece played with a different instrument and in a different tonality was really useful, it's a lot like listening to it for a second first time
Wondeful stuff. Thank you to all involved. I think it deserves a "how this was made" video to itself. I'm not sure of the economics but if the next episode was released as a subscription service, as "21st Century Bach" (-insert catchy title here-) with one release a month over twelve months I would gladly buy it. In any event, thank you.
As always powers raw and original musical approach is giving this piece a fresh feeling. Together with the dancer and the amazing Héloïse Werner it is just a pleasure to the ears and eyes. Bravi tutti!! Keep moving all of us forward!
Wow, what a beautiful interpretation of this masterpiece!!! Bach was so divine ans so "human" at the same time and this interpretation does touch that closest soul of a being!!!
this is veryvery first time for me to listen the ancient original chaconne rhythm, amazing, I didn't know, it is so beautiful passacaglia I have ever listened on the whole net, Sir.
This remembers me an amazing record back in the 90s with Hilliard ensemble and an outstanding barock violinist..i wonder if this video is inspired on that recording or it just came as own idea..anyways, well done for this project!!
A noble effort, fascinating concept. As a former viola player I applaud Power's courage to risk the derision of violinists. This is far from my favorite version (Gidon Kremer) but the greatest piece of music ever written holds up to many interpretations. The end disappointed me, though. Those last few bars are shattering and climactic, not fainting away. The cinematic approach is visually stimulating but distracting, especially for the dancer. A single set with all the performers present would have worked better for me. I'd have begun with the instrument alone ("sei solo", after all), brought in the dancer, then the singer. I wanted to be able to see them all simultaneously, to observe and try to understand their interactions. It may sound like I'm being quite critical, but I did thoroughly enjoy this fresh approach to presenting great classical music. Please keep going.
Congratulations for this amazing video. It is an important contribution for the classical world. A masterpiece made within a different context, becoming another kind of masterpiece. Thank You! Magnificent playing by Lawerence (that’s how I got here - I’m a fan of his musical activity).
what did i just watch!?? I never thought I would see this piece in such new light! thank you. i can't stop watching. I agree with @John Beverley. Show us how you made this!!! This was extraordinary
Beautiful. I wish, however, that the video was shot with the dancer always visible - including her in the background when the shots focused on the violinist.
Yeah, while I was watching I thought "What a waste of a dancer. Half the shots don't show her." We don't really need to see violist Lawrence because we can hear him but we do need to see the dancing to appreciate it.
Is it just me or does it sound like he's playing a viola? I've never heard such a deep sound from a violin... also watching his strings, it never sounds like he's playing an e string when he should be.
@@ameproductions4002 good to know I'm not going insane. It said in the description that he was playing a violin, so I thought maybe the audio was lower than the video.
@@ellee888 Lots of mind bending for the eyes and ears! In the description we mention the piece being written for violin originally, but this version has been re-imagined for viola, dance and voice.
Now, I don’t doubt that everyone involved is very skilled and knows what they are doing. But... Like many modern interpretations of old things, I find this way too hectic, too random, and too confusing... To me the single passages of the music don’t fit together like in a more classically played version of the piece. The dance just looks like random movement and not really like anything. The camerawork is too mobile and makes the whole thing feel unnecessarily hectic. I don’t understand it and I don’t like it. It was made so abstract that it has been reduced to almost nothing. And it lacks the subtlety, the elegance, and the overall beauty of a „classically played“ version. Beauty, in my opinion, is the most important part of any art, and while it might involve dissonance or even a bit of ugliness, too much of these just make the whole thing ugly or dissonant. Now, I am not saying, this is bad or anything. Just that I don’t like it!!
Yeah this version is quite random.... I don't even know what it's trying to say. Is it making a statement? If it is... it's not clear. One of the greatest things about music is that everyone's interpretation is different, but with this one it definitely doesn't feel like this is Power's idea of how the Chaconne should be played. There was definitely a team behind this, and a large one at that. All wanting to add something unnecessary to the piece. I have no problems with the added singer *as an individual* ideally doing something else, the same as the vocalist who has been added into the piece - I think they are both very good at their own art..... The Chaconne though as written by Bach [for *one* instrument] speaks for itself. We don't see a dancer when reading the score, we see notes and then hear music in our head. If you told Bach that this event was going to happen I think he would be very confused...... If you play the piece well you do summon up the visual idea of a dancer or singer into the listener's head. I know what you mean about the camerawork. It's like the person operating the camera (and the editor) is saying "now look at this, and now *this* and HEY *now look at THIS new thing here!!!* " I would happily pay a handsome $50 to hear and see Lawrence Power play this piece (truer to the score than he played here though) on stage in a nice hall, solo. This video annoyed me to be honest. I can't speak ill of Power's technical ability and of course the Baroque era is all about embellishment. I have no problems with what he played, and I love the sound of his antique Brescian viola [I'm currently making a copy of it]. The overall production annoyed me though. Like.... what's next? - a sheep's head being cut off with a chainsaw during a live concert of a well know heavy metal rock band??
Having studied this masterpiece for 50 years, I'm stunned by the fresh beauty of the vocal and dance elements. The violist's breakneck tempo terrified me, but he certainly knew what he was doing. Bravi to all who produced this stunner.
Amazing! While practicing this piece, I realized how “singable” the major part is. I am delighted to find that you actually realized it beautifully. Reading the description, I thought that it might also be notable that while the period of this piece was indeed marked by the sorrow of losing Maria Barbara, it also coincides with the time that J. S. Bach met Anna Magdalena Wilcke, who shortly after became his second wife. To me, it is the testament of the complexity, resilience, multifaceted, and dynamic nature of human emotions-not just an expression of grief.
Congrats on being selected by the algorithm. It's really cool. I look forward to next video.
Very nice project, it brings a new light on this piece. An excellent violist who gives back the whole spirit of that master piece and this voice with simple harmonies, bring together a other dimension to it. Written for the violin this piece is also very nice on the viola, it has another spirit. Thanks for doing and sharing it!
Thank you Pascale! Â
Thank you for adding yet another dimension to what is arguably the greatest piece of music ever written...
"After all chaconne is a dance. Once u start moving u have to keep moving"
Jascha Heifetz
words of wisdom!!!
I came to scoff and remained to pray. Oh what a lesson! I confess it…
@Lawrence Power I"m sure you've already thought of this, but it would be lovely to see you do something like this for the Bach Cello Suites 1-6!!!! if you make it, i will buy it hot off the presses.
listening to this piece played with a different instrument and in a different tonality was really useful, it's a lot like listening to it for a second first time
Wow. Surprise. Fabulous!
Wow, this violist sound really good !
Beautiful!!!!!منوم بقوة!!! في كل مكان جميل على العديد من مستويات الثقافة والتنوع!!!!!!
good stuff, very imaginative, well done.
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멋진 영상 잘 보았습니다 👍👍👍
I always wonder how to dance along with this piece of music. Which in turns makes the music flow as how it should be.
Wondeful stuff. Thank you to all involved. I think it deserves a "how this was made" video to itself. I'm not sure of the economics but if the next episode was released as a subscription service, as "21st Century Bach" (-insert catchy title here-) with one release a month over twelve months I would gladly buy it. In any event, thank you.
Masterful playing on highest level, every bass note and melody plus it sounds so good on a viola when played like this🎶👍
As always powers raw and original musical approach is giving this piece a fresh feeling. Together with the dancer and the amazing Héloïse Werner it is just a pleasure to the ears and eyes.
Bravi tutti!! Keep moving all of us forward!
Thank you Simon!
incredible
Che bello
..complimenti! 👏👏😊
Very inspiring interpretation!
So beautiful 😊
wonderfull !!!
Stunning work on every level. Bravi tutti!
Thanks for sharing it with The World 🤍
I found you thanks to Sheku! Wonderful! Thank you so much
Fantastic!
Refreshing and creative. Thanks for uploading this beautiful performance!
Wow, what a beautiful interpretation of this masterpiece!!! Bach was so divine ans so "human" at the same time and this interpretation does touch that closest soul of a being!!!
Amazing and refreshing! Bravo all involved 👏🏼
Where do you get the Nots from?
Pls, I want to play it also on my Viola.
I never saw a viola version of the Chacomme before now.
this is veryvery first time for me to listen the ancient original chaconne rhythm, amazing, I didn't know, it is so beautiful passacaglia I have ever listened on the whole net, Sir.
This Is simple awesome, wonderful, powerful un all ways. Is thera anyone who knows what Is the text about?
Bellissimo
This remembers me an amazing record back in the 90s with Hilliard ensemble and an outstanding barock violinist..i wonder if this video is inspired on that recording or it just came as own idea..anyways, well done for this project!!
hauntingly beautiful. loved it.
What a beautiful production. Loved everything about it!
I don't know anything about music jsjs, but this sounds really interesting, compared to what I use to hear
Learned something new today. Thank you n.n
A noble effort, fascinating concept. As a former viola player I applaud Power's courage to risk the derision of violinists. This is far from my favorite version (Gidon Kremer) but the greatest piece of music ever written holds up to many interpretations. The end disappointed me, though. Those last few bars are shattering and climactic, not fainting away. The cinematic approach is visually stimulating but distracting, especially for the dancer. A single set with all the performers present would have worked better for me. I'd have begun with the instrument alone ("sei solo", after all), brought in the dancer, then the singer. I wanted to be able to see them all simultaneously, to observe and try to understand their interactions. It may sound like I'm being quite critical, but I did thoroughly enjoy this fresh approach to presenting great classical music. Please keep going.
Which rendition of Kremer's do you like best?
Actually, for me, the ending was very passionate and brought me to tears!
Congratulations for this amazing video. It is an important contribution for the classical world. A masterpiece made within a different context, becoming another kind of masterpiece. Thank You! Magnificent playing by Lawerence (that’s how I got here - I’m a fan of his musical activity).
Absolutely beautiful
It reminds me of lorcas house of bernarda alba,,,
What is the German text she is singing? I caught the reference to Christ lag in Todesbanden.
Congratulations! ❤
what did i just watch!?? I never thought I would see this piece in such new light! thank you. i can't stop watching. I agree with @John Beverley. Show us how you made this!!!
This was extraordinary
Thank you Eric! We're so happy you enjoyed it.
incroyable! une vraie oeuvre d'art...
Beautiful. I wish, however, that the video was shot with the dancer always visible - including her in the background when the shots focused on the violinist.
Violist, even.
Yeah, while I was watching I thought "What a waste of a dancer. Half the shots don't show her." We don't really need to see violist Lawrence because we can hear him but we do need to see the dancing to appreciate it.
Marvellous ！
I know at the first time his Bach's performance fits her modern dance
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Muy bonito
this is absolutely beautiful❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
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Master piece of multi media, Each part in itself a break through of fresh creative expression. Thank you to all involved no praise is high enough.
Thank you John, we're very happy you enjoyed it. Â
striking resemblance to Shunske Sato’s performance with the NBS!
The combination of artists, the conversations between them... And the beautiful space... Its electrifying.
Beautiful!
Take off the classical critic caps and just enjoy it. Bravo Lawrence.
Interprétation sophistiquée mais entièrement originale de La Chaconne de Bach s'associant à la dance et au chant de façon magistrale Bravo !
Is it just me or does it sound like he's playing a viola? I've never heard such a deep sound from a violin... also watching his strings, it never sounds like he's playing an e string when he should be.
Hi Ellee, thanks for your comment. Your instinct is right here, Lawrence's performance is indeed on a viola in this interpretation!
@@ameproductions4002 good to know I'm not going insane. It said in the description that he was playing a violin, so I thought maybe the audio was lower than the video.
@@ellee888 Lots of mind bending for the eyes and ears! In the description we mention the piece being written for violin originally, but this version has been re-imagined for viola, dance and voice.
wonderful work
Ein „Gesamtkunstwerk“ .... Bravo!!!!!
Wonderful 🙏
Merci !
Dear Heloise, this shows off your beautiful voice so much better than your earlier recordings - pity Mr. Power can't share the stage better!!
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素晴らしい。Chaconne の持つイメージがビオラと声楽とダンス、背景で見事に表現されています。
A good reminder that the Chaconne was written by Bach, not Tchaikovsky. Would that more performers would remember that.
Now, I don’t doubt that everyone involved is very skilled and knows what they are doing.
But...
Like many modern interpretations of old things, I find this way too hectic, too random, and too confusing...
To me the single passages of the music don’t fit together like in a more classically played version of the piece.
The dance just looks like random movement and not really like anything.
The camerawork is too mobile and makes the whole thing feel unnecessarily hectic.
I don’t understand it and I don’t like it. It was made so abstract that it has been reduced to almost nothing. And it lacks the subtlety, the elegance, and the overall beauty of a „classically played“ version.
Beauty, in my opinion, is the most important part of any art, and while it might involve dissonance or even a bit of ugliness, too much of these just make the whole thing ugly or dissonant.
Now, I am not saying, this is bad or anything. Just that I don’t like it!!
Yeah this version is quite random.... I don't even know what it's trying to say. Is it making a statement? If it is... it's not clear. One of the greatest things about music is that everyone's interpretation is different, but with this one it definitely doesn't feel like this is Power's idea of how the Chaconne should be played. There was definitely a team behind this, and a large one at that. All wanting to add something unnecessary to the piece.
I have no problems with the added singer *as an individual* ideally doing something else, the same as the vocalist who has been added into the piece - I think they are both very good at their own art..... The Chaconne though as written by Bach [for *one* instrument] speaks for itself. We don't see a dancer when reading the score, we see notes and then hear music in our head.
If you told Bach that this event was going to happen I think he would be very confused......
If you play the piece well you do summon up the visual idea of a dancer or singer into the listener's head.
I know what you mean about the camerawork. It's like the person operating the camera (and the editor) is saying "now look at this, and now *this* and HEY *now look at THIS new thing here!!!* "
I would happily pay a handsome $50 to hear and see Lawrence Power play this piece (truer to the score than he played here though) on stage in a nice hall, solo.
This video annoyed me to be honest. I can't speak ill of Power's technical ability and of course the Baroque era is all about embellishment. I have no problems with what he played, and I love the sound of his antique Brescian viola [I'm currently making a copy of it].
The overall production annoyed me though. Like.... what's next? - a sheep's head being cut off with a chainsaw during a live concert of a well know heavy metal rock band??
Belle interprétation mais la danse…. Il faudrait être plus créative là-dessus…
a dançarina cantora era totalmente desnecessária..
who turned on addplay on this piece? that‘s a complete disgrace! smh
Wonderful playing by Mr Power. But I’m sorry, but singing adds nothing to this masterpiece. John GIBSON
wtf is this
Xdxdxdxd
Love it! Creativity at its finest