Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - J.S. Bach (arr. John Philip Dimick)
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- Masterworks for the Classical Guitar - Steven Saulls, Classical Guitarist
About the music and the composer...
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life), BWV 147 in 1723 during his first year as Thomaskantor, the director of church music in Leipzig. His cantata is part of his first cantata cycle there and was written for the Marian feast of the Visitation on 2 July, which commemorates Mary's visit to Elizabeth as narrated in the Gospel of Luke in the prescribed reading for the feast day. Bach based the music on his earlier cantata BWV 147a, written originally in Weimar in 1716 for Advent. He expanded the Advent cantata in six movements to ten movements in two parts in the new work. While the text of the Advent cantata was written by the Weimar court poet Salomo Franck, the librettist of the adapted version who added several recitatives is anonymous.
Bach began the cantata with a chorus for the full orchestra, followed by alternating recitatives and arias with often obbligato instrument. He scored it for four vocal soloists, a four-part choir, and a Baroque instrumental ensemble of trumpet, two oboes, strings, and continuo. The closing chorale of the earlier work was replaced by the hymn "Jesu, meiner Seelen Wonne" (1661) by Martin Janus, while using the melody of "Werde munter, mein Gemüte" by Johann Schop. Two of its stanzas close the two parts of the cantata in an identical setting. While Bach often composed four-part chorales to end a cantata, he embedded such a setting here in a pastoral instrumental concerto. This music became famous in a piano transcription by Dame Myra Hess as Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. (Wikipedia)
About the performer...
Steven began studying the guitar at age nine and has attended some of the finest music schools in the world including the Berklee College of Music (Boston), and the Mozarteum (Salzburg, Austria). He holds both a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Washington University (1980) and a Master of Music degree from the University of Arizona (1982).
Over the past 40 years, Steven has performed hundreds of concerts throughout the United States, Central & South America and Europe. His debut recordings ‘Espressivo’ and ‘Steven Saulls Plays Works by Ponce, Torroba & Bach’ have received wide acclaim both nationally and internationally. In addition to solo concerts, he has performed over 200 chamber works including guitar concerti (with orchestra) by Vivaldi, Ponce and Rodrigo.
About the recording...
Recorded at The Steven Saulls Guitar Studio, Sahuarita, Arizona 2023/Guitar handcrafted by Martin Blackwell.
Copyright© 2023 Steven Saulls, Sahuarita, Arizona
For additional information please contact Steven Saulls at sdsaulls@gmail.com
Fantastic!!
Thank you so much for your enthusiastic comment and your recent visit to my TH-cam channel!
OMG! this is great !!!
Thanks so much for your recent visit to my TH-cam channel and, I'm glad to know that you've enjoyed this arrangement!
Cool.. 😊❤
Hi John, thanks for your visit to my TH-cam channel. For many years I have enjoyed playing your arrangement of "Jesu". Thank you for creating such a beautiful version of this timeless classic! Incidentally, we actually met and spent time together in the summer of 1974. You may remember me as the fellow who lived in the back of the Village Guitar Shop owned by John Whitted. You were my mentor for a short while and, during that time, I learned a great deal from you in regard to practicing, performing and really 'polishing' a piece to perfection.
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Hi Steven!
I do remember, and fondly. I particularly remember a nice interlude of guitar, sunshine, and girl-watching we enjoyed on the steps of the little outdoor amphitheater behind Old Town in Los Gatos. The 50th anniversary of that fine summer's day is coming up pretty soon. Can you believe it?!
Thank you for crediting the arrangement, Steven. So good to see and hear you play again!
All the best,
John
Wow! 50 years past... many happy memories of those days... Thanks again for everything and best wishes to you and all your musical endeavors!
Muchas dear friend and Maestro Steve Saulls, is great to see your wonderful heart and soul true your music and guitar playing, The Creator is happy when you play🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for your kind and inspiring words my old friend and brother! I took great pleasure in preparing this classic piece and presenting it as a divine musical offering!
Perfectly wonderful!
Thank you so much for your recent visit to my TH-cam channel and your encouraging comments!
Well played Steven, bravo! Happy new year!
Happy New Year to you my friend! Thank you for your visit to my latest video...