The Genius Behind Bach's Goldberg Variations: CANONS
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- Recently I learned some incredible insights about the science behind the canons in J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations with help from my mentor and teacher, David Louie.
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The Genius Behind Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture: CANNONS
Iain Emslie this comment should have more likes
Tchaikovsky be like: "Dammit, editor! You wrote one extra 'N' on the score, and now look what you've done! It was suppoed to be a canon, but now they're playing it with cannons!"
I once saw National Symphony do the 1812 at Wolf Trap conducted by Rostropovich. They used both recorded and live cannons. It was a blast.
InventorZahran. Yes, had me laughing. "Stupid typographer, look what you've done!" Lol.
I came here looking for this comment and I was not disappointed xD
Great video, love the Goldbergs! Always amazes me how Bach is able to stay in one key for such a long piece without it getting boring.Enjoyed your piece too (again!)
Thank you David!! 😊
True. Bach has a flexible concept of key that allows for surprises in melody and harmony.
@@NahreSol Nice video have you eard Steve Reich's Piano Phase? It's a wonderful thing and a type of cannon
You might enjoy Jeremy Denk's attempt at loving criticism of the Goldbergs.
"It would perhaps be fine that the Goldbergs are so joyful, if only-and this is the big third flaw-they weren't also so annoyingly unimpeachable. Just the theme, for instance: a favorite inflection of mine, the way Bach gently moves into E minor at the beginning of the second half. It's so ideal and satisfying, the way he uses E minor as a melancholy foil to the prevailing G major, and having led us into it, subtly and affectingly leads us up out of it."
www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2012/03/16/148769794/why-i-hate-the-goldberg-variations
Not only not boring, but MORE and MORE interesting and varied as it continues on, in virtually every aspect.
Beautiful Nahre! Love your composition both melodically and conceptually. David is great. Thank you!!
Thank you Rick
While I was watching this I remembered that Rick had done a video about Bach and I thought right away “I wonder if Rick saw this.” My hope is that you two will do a video together.
@@iainthomas5249 Stay away from Beato. It's all clickbait to push a crap PDF file of his notes.
The Tree Seems like you and I have a vast difference of opinion.
Nahre's composition at 10:55
Very nice, love it! Bach with a gentle jazz kiss 😀👌
Thank you!!
@@NahreSol Very welcome!
Nahre Sol will the sheets be for sale?
At 11:41, the measure after the G has a wonderful F# Augmented passing chord.
I want a link to download it
Nahre puts her creativity in a box, and then it jump kicks right through the lid!
Thank you!! 😂🙏
Could literally listen to David Louie about Bach for hours!!!!! He needs to put up content online i would follow him 1000%
I studied It for my final exam at the Conservatory. When I played the repetition of theme at the end I felt as if I was floating among the planets... It Is an astonishing stunning masterpiece... I am honored to have studied and played It...❤️
your canon is absolutely gorgeous! Reminds me of poulenc
Thank you!!
I was thinking this when I heard it!! Absolute love
yeah it's very late romantic French style
I was thinking the same thing, this piece is absolutely amazing!!
Excellent video as always, Nahre! My favorite canon of his is the canon at the octave from the Art of Fugue! It is absolutely incredible! I suggest you give it a listen when you have the time.
Thanks!! Also for the suggestion :))
Isn't that your compositions?🤔
@@fredericbeaudoin6850Uhm... yes! I must have misspoken ;)
@@fredericbeaudoin6850 When you're as much of a legend as Bach you can speak about yourself in the third person ;)
BWV?
I can remember my Bach addiction started at the age of 4. He is the perfect composer that demonstrated that a simple melody can become the universe. Thank you again for your amazing videos. :-)
Thank you Thomas!!
"That's the genius..." That is why I watch this video. I dont have a musical background but I love music: as far as I understand what you are explaining you show me a part of the genius of Bach. Thank you very much!
I used to listen to these every day and I remember when I learned these a few years ago, I had no idea of how complicated they really were. Bach is a true genius.
Thank you!! 😊
@@NahreSol Thank you! I was wondering if you could consider making a video on Mendelssohn Concerto No.1 Op.25 as well. I'm playing it right now and your insight/videos are always unique and interesting. Thanks
@@NahreSol Hey congrats on the WIRED video by the way.
I used to work in customer service and I used to put the Goldberg's on harpsichord by Pierre Hanati on constant replay on my 8 hr shift on very low volume..for nearly 5 years, every day!! I almost wore out the CD!
"Nicht Bach, sondern Meer sollte er heißen" -- Beethoven
It's a play on words as Bach means creek in German and Meer is the sea, also it sounds like the German word for more.
Wery funny choke!
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I don't know if every school in the world does this, but I remember when I was like 8 my music teacher (basically my geography teacher on overtime) used to try to make us sing "canons", except he'd just improvise one with a random song. It sounds good when Bach does it, it doesn't when you just make a bunch of kids sing "Can you feel the love tonight" but a random group starts one bar later.
I'm also obsessed with the Goldbergs! One interesting thing to mention is that Mahler features the canon from 3:45 in the third movement of his first symphony. Great video👍
Didn't know that, awesome! And thanks!
He transposed this Canon in minor key though, and it sounds so good !
@ the whole symphony is so awesome! Easily my favorite along with the 5th and Lied von der Erde.
@@pianoplaynight This one and the 2nd symphony are my favorite by Mahler.
Unfortunately, Mahler was then sued by Bach and died poor.
Your brilliance is in simplifying the brilliance of the masters, and playing the masters so brilliantly, and taking their style and applying to Happy Birthday, and writing your own music that is inspired by boundariless genres and... I think you get my point!
Thank you so much!! 🙏
Your teacher is awesome!!
Yes I agree, he's remarkable!!!
@@NahreSol so are you Nahre!! please do continue these things its just full of artistry, history, information and of course awsome music...
Nahre’s composition has an impressionistic feel to it, lovely!
I this canon is my favorite composition of yours! Maybe you should do a whole set of variations based on Bach’s bass line!
Thank you!!! 🙏
Maybe you should call it the Nahreberg Variations!
Or Solberg Variations?
I agree, Nahre's beautiful canon is my favourite composition of hers too. It's giving me the urge to have a go at writing one...
Congrats on making through and composing your canon Nahre! Sounded great!
Great work spreading this marvelous piece of art. And lovely composition too!
If you have never listened to them....... Glenn goulds versions for piano are held as one of the best...... And wanda landowskas version for harpsichord is a huge must...... Both of these recordings are another level
Amazing video as always, Nahre !! So nice composition !!!
I really enjoyed watching you process as you tried to play through it shows it takes work! It gives me hope
Great video Nahre Sol! Always a delight to watch. You always show us your process, and the amount of work you put into these videos!!
Nahre, your videos are GREAT. Keep the good job. Thanks!
Always great content. I’m learning so much. Always love hearing your music.
Great job! Very informative and engaging. Keep up the good work!
Absolutely beautiful job!
Very fun video! Thanks for the upload!
What a great channel. So glad to find it. Beautiful composition.
Always infinitely grateful for this sharing.
Wonderfully clear and informative. :) loved it! And your piece was gorgeous!! :D nicely done.
I absolutely love the composition you came up with!
It's like an interesting mix of classical and jazz, exactly in the way that I like it.
Subscribed and smashed that bell button. You're renewing my interest for music with your pedagogy and talent for videos. And you always have the most passionate guests.
Nahre your piece is so beautiful. I love the harmonic sensibility you have. Thanks for the great video.
Again, you have come up with a wonderful piece of original music at the end of your journey. CONGRATULATIONS! Glad to hear there will be more of David Louie as well.
Bach. Amazing. Out of rules comes release, out of structure comes ecstasy. Nahre is always amazing, too.
ahhhhh i love the second canon. the analysis with harpsichord playing was so nice to watch!!
Fantastic video! I think it's wonderful you had a mentor who was in your video.
I absolutely loved your collaboration with wired and now am on a binge of your videos. Hope you keep making great content and look forward to your future work.
Enjoyed your video, your analysis and your amazing piece!
Nahre, I'm so glad I found you. You have added levels of complexity to my enjoyment of music. Thank you for this gift.
Brillant. Your piece is stunning
Absolutely wonderful analysis of one of my favourite Bach pieces. Thank you very much indeed.
Loooooooved the original composition! I am absolutely gripped by the way you construct your videos. Very happy to be a new subscriber.
This is utterly brilliant content. There really isn't enough in-depth musical analysis out there for public consumption so this was a total treat to watch. I'm also ecstatic to see the harpsichord on your channel, that instrument is my passion.
Lovely video Nahre! I first heard of the Goldberg Variations (in particular, variation 3) on a CD when I was 8 years old, and I still love the Goldberg Variations to this day. I also love hearing your analysis of this piece
David is awesome - thanks for making this!
I've only just found your content and I absolutely love the Goldbergs but I have to say, I'm so in awe of the clarity that you explain concepts (both linguistically and visually) for those that may not be as fluent in music theory as well as not being patronising for those that may be more fluent.
I can imagine you being a fantastic pedagogue (as well as evidently an exceptionally accomplished pianist, composer and general musician) and look forward to seeing more of your content!
I can't thank you enough! Thanks for all your lessons, it broadens my understanding of music and teaches me new ways to think about composing. Lots of love from your number 1 Kenyan fan! Thanks again! And your composition sounds beautiful!
What an exceptional composition.Thank you for your cannon creation Nahre.
I remember when you had only a few hundred subscribers. Since you obviously had the intellect, talent and a non-egotistical personality (refreshing and rare when you see those qualities together), it’s been great watching you get more of the recognition you deserved. Especially now that music education is being cut back, I suspect you are educating and inspiring lots of aspiring young musicians.
Amazing thing about music composition is how much theory and understanding is needed AND then the actual skill and talent to play the piece. Really informative video. I learned a lot!
I have always been fascinated by these variations. Thanks for making such a great video about them!
Thank you!! 😊
I love the way you document your process - how much work it was, nearly quitting - and then you persist and succeed! I like the sound of your finished product!
Thank you for making this video! I love the Goldbergs, now I love them more by realizing how challenging they were to write!
This is by far my favorite of your videos because it is long enough to get a little bit deeper into the analysis - vs. weeks that can be devoted to the Goldbergs in a music conservatory (not to mention years studying and playing it, e.g., Gould). More like this please.
Amazing. A beautiful composition. Thank you.
You have inspired me. After a 7 year hiatus I'm taking up piano lessons again. And loving it. Thank you!
Wow this made my day :-) So interesting, great humor in there as well and what a beautiful canon you wrote. Thank you so much.
Love this and what a wonderful canon you wrote! It combines a more homophonic texture with the polyphonic one. Very cool!
I'm one of those guys who appreciates one era of music more than most, and that's romantic. Therefore I don't understand baroque at all, so when my piano teacher makes me learn a Bach piece, I play it with rubato and stuff as if it's romantic. I could never appreciate or interpret baroque like others, but after watching this, I've changed my ways.
Davis Robinson I’m in the same boat! Romantic pieces were always the most accessible to me (and I imagine, to most listeners, due to their lyrically melodic and virtuosic qualities). But I’m coming to a new respect and appreciation for Bach - hearing how he challenged himself to create more and more complex canons gives me a deeper appreciation of his musical puzzle-solving. No wonder all other composers after Bach respect him so much.
The baroque period is pretty romantic
The Harmony and Counterpoint of the Goldberg Variations wraps around and upward like a double helix. If you loop some of them, they can sound like a rising Shepard's Tone. Divine 🙏
So excited to have seen you on Wired!!! Super cool!
Your compositions are so unique and modern. I hope you can compose more works like preludes, sonatas, etudes etc. I think your works would outlast us all haha!
Love this! Beautiful! And your canon was a wonderful composition! Très moderne. Glad to have found your channel!
This is so beautifully done and with some tasty jazz feeling there!
Thank you!! 😊
I think I am addicted to these Variations. Listened to them so many times for so many years. Beginning with Gould’s early recording, then the later one and finally appreciating the personal touch of the interpreter. Thx for unveiling some of the funny maths behind.
I just love how you explain your passion Music. I actually understand and learn so much. I lost music completely because of TBI injuries 14 years ago. Thank you so much
That was really fun to watch❤️👌
Growing up the Goldberg variations were played frequently at home. So they always feel very nostalgic for me. Your canon is lovely in that it kept that nostalgia factor but added some new harmonic life.
Wow. You're SO genuinely good.
As somebody with no musical talent whatsoever, I would love to see any original works or full-length covers you've done. Is there somewhere I can go for an easy list of that kind of stuff, without the musical theory (which, while sometimes fun, is well and truly over my head)?
Such an a amazing video, incredible work, it makes me happy.
Loved your piece! I could barely notice there was a Canon going on.. For me Bach is the ultimate inspiration to recover from a Composer's Block, and this book of variations keeps prooving me that there's so much you can do and extract from a simple material.
Thanks Nahre your composition was just beautiful.....you really made my day .....always more excited to play after watching you.
Thank you!! 😊
Your composition is brilliant and beautiful. Thank you for giving this to us.
That was very inspirational, thank you!
You are such a generous educator too Nahre:) I appreciate your videos very much, thank you :)
This is great. I've been thinking about analysing some Bach and this is such a great teaser! I didn't know about the canons moving through 2nd. 3rd, 4ths etc.....so interesting. I took up piano 5 years ago at the age of 45 and am teaching myself by slowly learning my favourite Bach pieces and watching your channel (!!!) so thank you. It's so incredibly rewarding to learn Bach and your channel is gold.
My goodness, I really LOVE Goldberg variations ! Thank you !!
Thank you!!
It's really helpful. Thank you.
I think what amazes me about your work is that you let us peek into the minds of other contemporary academics too: how cool the work they're doing is. Thanks for being so open and sharing what you learned. We need more of this interaction between the "lay person" (like me), the keenly interested novice (like many of the other commenters), and the academic.
Beautiful and stimulating, thank you.
Wow i love your Canon ! It's awesome ❤️ I'm getting better at composing with your videos. Thank you so much ! Nahre, someday your name will be among the greatest composers of the 21st century 😉 i'm sure of it 😊
🙏🙏🙏 ahh thank you don't know if I deserve that comment!
Thank you Nahre and David Louie. Seemed like the left side of my brain didn't want to cooperate in fully understanding the complexity of writing a canon. Always loved Bach but now I have a deeper understanding of his genius. As always love seeing you, hearing you and sitting here admiring your creativity. That was some Canon you wrote btw. Felt a bit whole toneish to me at times, and the dissonance reminded me of when I first played my first Dominant chord with the flat 9th. haha mind blowing...
WOW, I just watched your "PianoCon" session where you said you were working on Bach's goldberg's variations because you wanted to analyze it, and then this shows up.
Oh sweet!! 😊
Okay. So, every time you do one of these, I fall in love with a different piece of music. Now I'm going to have to dig for (or go and purchase) a copy of the sheet music for Bach's Goldberg Variations. (Love your compositions, too) 😃
Thank you!! 🙏
This was amazing! Thank you so much
I thought this was super interesting. I adore Bach over all the other composers whose music I have performed. David Louie was so right about rediscovering a piece by Bach each time you come back to it. It's like you find things that you missed the last time you looked at it.
Thanks for putting up the visual for your Canon, it helps digest what's going on so much
The first 8 bars (+4 subsequent bars) of your composition sound like a more colorful Les Barricades Mysterieuses. Beautiful.
Another terrific video, thank you for sharing. I'm sure I'm not the first to predict that you are going to have an amazing career as a film composer. As said in the video one could mathematically create a lot of music using Bach's variations. You always come up with something that paints a picture.
This is a great video, thanks! Super informative and fun. :)
Fascinating Nahre
Nahre! you're awesome and an inspiration to us life long learners! Thanks for the video
I LOVE THE GOLDBURG VARIATIONS!
Thank you so much for covering this Nahre! :)
Thank you !! 😊🙏
Fantastic job on the canon. I’ve always loved listening to the Goldberg variations, and this helped me understand why more clearly.
Thank you !! 😊🙏
This is really great. I could listen to David Louie talk about Bach all day. He could probably just talk about the Goldbergs all day and that would be great too! Thank you for sharing his insights and yours with us. This is the kind of thing that justifies YT's existence.
So great 🙌🏼 informative, fun and inspiring.