Bach - St Matthew Passion BWV 244 - Van Veldhoven | Netherlands Bach Society

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  • The St Matthew Passion performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. Whether or not they are an enthusiast of classical music, practically everyone in the Netherlands knows the St Matthew Passion. Since 1870 the Netherlands has had a rich tradition of annual St Matthew Passion performances. The Netherlands Bach Society was formed in 1921, in reaction to the popular performances by Willem Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra. The founders believed that the St Matthew should be performed where it belonged - in a church. The annual performance by the Bach Society in Naarden grew to become 'the' Dutch St Matthew Passion.
    Recorded for the project All of Bach on April 16th and 19th 2014 at the Grote Kerk, Naarden. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel bit.ly/2vhCeFB or consider donating bit.ly/2uZuMj5.
    For the documentary about our performance of St Matthew Passion go to • Musicians on Bach St M...
    For the interview with violinist Shunske Sato on BWV 244 go to • Sato on Bach St Matthe...
    For the interview with conductor Jos van Veldhoven on BWV 244 (St Matthew tradition) go to • Van Veldhoven on Bach ...
    For the interview with conductor Jos van Veldhoven on BWV 244 (manuscript) go to • Van Veldhoven on Bach ...
    For the interview with conductor Jos van Veldhoven on BWV 244 (rhetoric) go to • Van Veldhoven on Bach ...
    For the interview with tenor Charles Daniels on BWV 244 go to • Daniels on Bach St Mat...
    For more information on BWV 244 and this production go to allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-244/
    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 her 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.bachvereniging.nl/nederla....
    Netherlands Bach Society
    Kampen Boys Choir
    Jos van Veldhoven, conductor
    Soloists Coro 1
    Benjamin Hulett, evangelist
    Griet De Geyter (First Maid, Pilate’s Wife), soprano
    Tim Mead, alto
    Robert Murray, tenor
    Andreas Wolf (Jesus), bass
    Soloists Coro 2
    Lore Binon, soprano
    Alex Potter (First Witness), alto
    Charles Daniels (Second Witness), tenor
    Sebastian Noack (Judas, Pilate), bass
    0:00 Kommt, ihr Töchter (Chor)
    8:46 Herzliebster Jesu (Choral)
    10:02 Ja nicht auf das Fest (Chor)
    10:49 Wozu dienet dieser Unrat? (Chor)
    12:50 Du lieber Heiland (Arioso)
    13:46 Buss und Reu (Arie)
    18:08 Blute nur (Arie)
    23:03 Wo willst du (Chor)
    24:50 Herr, bin ich's? (Chor)
    25:03 Ich bin's (Chor)
    28:53 Wiewohl mein Herz (Arioso)
    30:07 Ich will dir mein Herze schenken (Arie)
    34:24 Erkenne mich, mein Hüter (Choral)
    36:40 Ich will hier bei dir stehen (Choral)
    39:35 O Schmerz (Arioso)
    41:10 Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen (Arie)
    46:58 Der Heiland fällt (Arioso)
    47:50 Gerne will ich mich bequemen (Arie)
    53:28 Was mein Gott will (Choral)
    57:00 So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen (Arie)
    1:00:07 Sind Blitze, sind Donner (Chor)
    1:03:38 O Mensch, bewein (Choral)
    1:09:16 Ach! Nun ist mein Jesus hin (Arie)
    1:13:34 Mir hat die Welt (Choral)
    1:15:31 Mein Jesus schweigt (Arioso)
    1:16:58 Geduld! (Aria)
    1:22:01 Er is des Totes schuldig (Chor)
    1:22:27 Weissage uns (Chor)
    1:22:48 Wer hat dich so geschlagen (Choral)
    1:24:42 Wahrlich, du bist (Chor)
    1:26:19 Erbarme dich (Arie)
    1:32:34 Bin ich gleich (Choral)
    1:34:33 Was gehet uns das an? (Chor)
    1:35:22 Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder! (Arie)
    1:40:14 Befiehl du deine Wege (Choral)
    1:43:27 Lass ihn kreuzigen (Chor)
    1:43:46 Wie wunderbarlich ist doch diese Strafe! (Choral)
    1:44:55 Er hat uns allen wohlgetan (Arioso)
    1:46:01 Aus Liebe (Arie)
    1:50:52 Lass ihn kreuzigen (Chor)
    1:51:35 Sein Blut komme über uns (Chor)
    1:52:29 Erbarm es Gott! (Arioso)
    1:53:23 Können Tränen meiner Wangen (Arie)
    2:01:22 Gegrüsset seist du (Chor)
    2:01:49 O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (Choral)
    2:05:03 Ja freilich (Arioso)
    2:05:41 Komm, süsses Kreuz (Arie)
    2:13:26 Der du den Tempel (Chor)
    2:14:01 Andern hat er (Chor)
    2:15:06 Ach Golgatha (Arioso)
    2:16:27 Sehet, Jesus hat die Hand (Arie)
    2:21:30 Der rufet dem Elias (Chor)
    2:21:46 Halt! Lass sehen (Chor)
    2:22:23 Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden (Choral)
    2:24:56 Wahrlich, dieser ist Gottes Sohn gewesen (Chor)
    2:26:33 Am Abend (Arioso)
    2:28:27 Mache dich, mein Herze, rein (Arie)
    2:35:13 Herr, wir haben gedacht (Chor)
    2:38:45 Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder (Chor)
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  • @bach
    @bach  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1426

    0:07 Kommt, ihr Töchter (Chor)
    8:02 Da Jesu diese Rede (Rezitativ)
    8:46 Herzliebster Jesu (Choral)
    9:38 Da versammleten (Rezitativ)
    10:02 Ja nicht auf das Fest (Chor)
    10:17 Da nun Jesus war zu Bethanien (Rezitativ)
    10:49 Wozu dienet dieser Unrat? (Chor)
    11:16 Da das Jesus merkete (Rezitativ)
    12:50 Du lieber Heiland (Arioso)
    13:46 Buss und Reu (Arie)
    17:30 Da ging hin der Zwölfen einer (Rezitativ)
    18:08 Blute nur (Arie)
    22:49 Aber am erste Tage (Rezitativ)
    23:03 Wo willst du (Chor)
    23:25 Er sprach (Rezitativ)
    24:38 Und sie wurden sehr Betrübt
    24:50 Herr, bin ich's? (Chor)
    25:03 Ich bin's (Chor)
    25:54 Er antwortete (Rezitativ)
    28:53 Wiewohl mein Herz (Arioso)
    30:07 Ich will dir mein Herze schenken (Arie)
    33:19 Und da sie (Rezitativ)
    34:24 Erkenne mich, mein Hüter (Choral)
    35:33 Petrus aber (Rezitativ)
    36:40 Ich will hier bei dir stehen (Choral)
    37:48 Da kamm Jesus (Rezitativ)
    39:35 O Schmerz (Arioso)
    41:10 Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen (Arie)
    46:15 Und ging hin (Rezitativ)
    46:58 Der Heiland fällt (Arioso)
    47:50 Gerne will ich mich bequemen (Arie)
    52:08 Und er kam (Rezitativ)
    53:28 Was mein Gott will (Choral)
    54:32 Und er kam (Rezitativ)
    57:00 So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen (Arie)
    1:00:07 Sind Blitze, sind Donner (Chor)
    1:01:16 Und siehe (Rezitativ)
    1:03:38 O Mensch, bewein (Choral)
    1:09:16 Ach! Nun ist mein Jesus hin (Arie)
    1:12:30 Die aberJesum (Rezitativ)
    1:13:34 Mir hat die Welt (Choral)
    1:14:17 Und wiewohl (Rezitativ)
    1:15:31 Mein Jesus schweigt (Arioso)
    1:16:58 Geduld! (Aria)
    1:20:39 Und der Hohepriester (Rezitativ)
    1:22:01 Er is des Totes schuldig (Chor)
    1:22:12 Da speieten (Rezitativ)
    1:22:27 Weissage uns (Chor)
    1:22:48 Wer hat dich so geschlagen (Choral)
    1:23:42 Petrus aber (Rezitativ)
    1:24:42 Wahrlich, du bist (Chor)
    1:24:52 Da hub er an (Rezitativ)
    1:26:19 Erbarme dich (Arie)
    1:32:34 Bin ich gleich (Choral)
    1:33:39 Des Morgens (Rezitativ)
    1:34:33 Was gehet uns das an? (Chor)
    1:34:42 Und er warf (Rezitativ)
    1:35:22 Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder! (Arie)
    1:38:00 Sie hielten aber (Rezitativ)
    1:40:14 Befiehl du deine Wege (Choral)
    1:41:24 Auf das Fest (Rezitativ)
    1:43:27 Lass ihn kreuzigen (Chor)
    1:43:46 Wie wunderbarlich ist doch diese Strafe! (Choral)
    1:44:37 Der Landpfleger (Rezitativ)
    1:44:55 Er hat uns allen wohlgetan (Arioso)
    1:46:01 Aus Liebe (Arie)
    1:50:47 Sie schrieen aber (Rezitativ)
    1:50:52 Lass ihn kreuzigen (Chor)
    1:51:09 Da aber Pilatus (Rezitativ)
    1:51:35 Sein Blut komme über uns (Chor)
    1:52:11 Da gab er (Rezitativ)
    1:52:29 Erbarm es Gott! (Arioso)
    1:53:23 Können Tränen meiner Wangen (Arie)
    2:00:40 Da nahmen (Rezitativ)
    2:01:22 Gegrüsset seist du (Chor)
    2:01:49 O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (Choral)
    2:04:11 Und da sie (Rezitativ)
    2:05:03 Ja freilich (Arioso)
    2:05:41 Komm, süsses Kreuz (Arie)
    2:11:42 Und da sie (Rezitativ)
    2:13:26 Der du den Tempel (Chor)
    2:13:51 Desgleichen auch (Rezitativ)
    2:14:01 Andern hat er (Chor)
    2:14:50 Desgleichen schmäheten (Rezitativ)
    2:15:06 Ach Golgatha (Arioso)
    2:16:27 Sehet, Jesus hat die Hand (Arie)
    2:19:46 Und von der sechsten (Rezitativ)
    2:21:30 Der rufet dem Elias (Chor)
    2:21:33 Und baldlief (Evangelist)
    2:21:46 Halt! Lass sehen (Chor)
    2:21:54 Aber Jesus schriee (Rezitativ)
    2:22:23 Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden (Choral)
    2:23:52 Und siehe da (Rezitativ)
    2:24:56 Wahrlich, dieser ist Gottes Sohn (Chor)
    2:25:16 Und es waren viel Weiber (Rezitativ)
    2:26:33 Am Abend (Arioso)
    2:28:27 Mache dich, mein Herze, rein (Arie)
    2:34:02 Und Joseph (Rezitativ)
    2:35:13 Herr, wir haben gedacht (Chor)
    2:36:04 Pilatus sprach (Rezitativ)
    2:36:49 Nun ist der Herr (Rezitativ)
    2:38:45 Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder (Chor)

    • @W0lfman0
      @W0lfman0 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I really missed the cello solo for 1:35:22 Gebt mir meinem Jesum wieder! I really dislike it on violin. Couldn't you find a cellist? That's my favorite part!

    • @carlostejada1479
      @carlostejada1479 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Netherlands Bach Society
      34:24

    • @nicolasguillen6028
      @nicolasguillen6028 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Sublime, espiritual, maravilloso. ¡Gracias! Si tuviera la letra en subtítulos sería genial.

    • @caricariconbetin
      @caricariconbetin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      www.bach-cantatas.com/Texts/BWV244-Spa7.htm

    • @nicolasvaldes151
      @nicolasvaldes151 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sublime, sublime... ¡sublime!

  • @catolicismoparaprotestantes
    @catolicismoparaprotestantes 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

    Me and my 15 months baby listen this masterpiece every morning in our TV. Nice work. Tim Mead is the best! Cheers from Brazil 🇧🇷

  • @Kralasaurusx
    @Kralasaurusx 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +137

    I generally get tired of hearing songs more than a few times, but I've watched/listened to this at least a hundred times now, and it gets even richer with each time listening, and there are parts that still send shivers down my spine. The talent, artistry, and production are beyond words, showcasing not only the incredible performers, but also Bach, and love for the higher power - all at the same time. Bravo

    • @needtoknowbasis3499
      @needtoknowbasis3499 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      This is one of the beauties of great Western music. There's a richness and mystery that drives the compulsion to revisit it. You talk of getting chills. There's a term for that - frisson. It makes your body shiver up your spine, amd raise the hairs on your skin, an emotional, electrical feeling. I know not all have experienced this, but those who do always return for more. And that in the music which causes this feeling is part of the allure, a mystery and human need to revisit and know more intimately. Most people are not even aware the great works offer this.

    • @caio757
      @caio757 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Bach was truly a being enlightened by God

    • @davidmunoz5903
      @davidmunoz5903 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      But also Bach.... 😂 hahahahaha hahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahaha

    • @dukestravels1861
      @dukestravels1861 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      True. The best music improves with each listen.

    • @michaelstadler349
      @michaelstadler349 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Never gets old. Never. I typically listen to this at least once each week. Sometimes 2 or 3 or 4.

  • @alejandromosquerasouto6614
    @alejandromosquerasouto6614 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Quizá la mas bella versión posible de esta inadjetivable maravilla bachiana, cumbre del espíritu artistico humano.

  • @suyay1
    @suyay1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    Bach's best work ever.
    Brings back memories from my youth.
    Every Easter to see the Bach association.
    Now I am the only one left.
    My brother past away the 20th of april.
    He used to sing the Matheos Passion in Koor Bergen.
    It will never be the same❤

    • @sadasyoucanbe
      @sadasyoucanbe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I'm sorry for your loss. I hope you will meet him again. 🙏❤️

    • @sonshine5038
      @sonshine5038 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sad for you but happy for him!
      To go back to God...
      Such great memories you have.
      Lucky you! Cheers🌞

    • @RubenGonzalez15
      @RubenGonzalez15 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I want to believe that you, as your brother, have left many good memories in the life of other people.

    • @arsoyaltinpinar2667
      @arsoyaltinpinar2667 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      May he rest in peace 🙏

    • @nickhansen144
      @nickhansen144 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I can relate... I am the only one in my entire family that enjoys BACH, have not met anyone here in Oregon either that likes or listens to Bach.

  • @gordonsparkes4831
    @gordonsparkes4831 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1486

    What a beautiful, FREE gift the Dutch have given to the world! I find most versions of this work rather dense and heavy, but this is light, almost delicate. When I was in the ripieno choir at the Royal Festival Hall there must have been 40 - 50 of us. Here there are just SIX!! It's a much smaller, more authentic rendition, in a beautiful space with a beautiful sound. The quality of the audio - and the video - is supreme. These people have absolutely NAiLED it. Thanks and praise!!

    • @austinafrench
      @austinafrench 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Gordon Sparkes consider donating though! :)

    • @gordonsparkes4831
      @gordonsparkes4831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      .... er, OK!! Point taken!

    • @johnmalin4933
      @johnmalin4933 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Pun intended? Haha. Agree 100% though

    • @hermh6913
      @hermh6913 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Thrue! 20% of the annual budget of NBS (ca. €650,000.-) comes from the Performing Arts Fund. It is the cultural fund for music, musical theater, dance, theater and festivals in the Netherlands. The Fund supports all forms of professional performing arts on behalf of the national government.

    • @prjw73
      @prjw73 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yet none of the soloists are Dutch nationals.

  • @gottfriedheld9891
    @gottfriedheld9891 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Eine geniale Aufführung mit einem absoluten Spitzenteam. Besser geht es nicht mehr.

  • @staffanolofsson8201
    @staffanolofsson8201 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    This is the fourth Easter I listen to this uptaking. I am very grateful about this music, and about Netherlands Bach Society for bringing this music fully alive. My wish for coming years is that I still will be here in 2025, 2026, 2027 and so on, just for the joy to again beeing able to listen to this wonderful music. Thank you!

  • @PeterLaman
    @PeterLaman ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Calling this a 'masterpiece' is an understatement. Also, an awesome performance.

    • @matthewbrown560
      @matthewbrown560 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      when Carl Sagan was told that he should put the music of Bach on the gold plated Voyager I and II discs he replied "That would be showing off"

    • @legofilmsfin7177
      @legofilmsfin7177 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Absolutely! And also how they have been able to record it. Immaculate.

  • @alanmorrison9732
    @alanmorrison9732 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    It really doesn't get any better than this for a Bach Passion; and on period instruments too. Lovely little 6-part ripieno for boy choristers. Everything here is superlative: The professionalism and virtuosity (by which I mean that the high technical standard means the band is free to play with the heart); the orchestral ensemble and choral diction; the necessary solemnity and gravitas; the clear voices of the soloists; the intimacy of the whole company of small-forces, yet powerful when needed; the tasteful playing of the continuo harpsichord and portative organ; and that gorgeous Theorbo centre-stage! I loved it all. The high spot for me emotionally and spiritually is the "Erbarme Dich" - truly, the fiddle player and countertenor put tears in my eyes. I believe that this performance of what was intended to be an evangelistic work (if one obtained the lyrics in one's own language) could bring the listener to explore the truth about Christ, something which is borne out in one of the comments below. Altogether a great achievement. The Early Music Movement has reached a zenith with this. Thank you!

  • @rachs57
    @rachs57 3 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    This music is so moving for me, I'm in tears through most of it, just cannot understand how either the musicians or singers manage not to cry as they play and sing; it is the most sublime and beautiful music.

    • @donnrutkoff922
      @donnrutkoff922 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      When I was in chorus July 1988 in Berlin Waldbuhne the conductor Fritz Weise cried through our.

    • @dorotheaprall6396
      @dorotheaprall6396 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Well, we do cry actually. Sometimes right in the middle, but in the end for sure...

    • @rachs57
      @rachs57 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@dorotheaprall6396 Thank you for sharing this and for all the beauty you and the choir bring to the world with Bach's masterpiece.

    • @dorotheaprall6396
      @dorotheaprall6396 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@rachs57 just to make sure : I am not singing in THAT particular and very special choir, but in another one. And we perform this work every other year in Strasburg.

    • @jackluedtke6432
      @jackluedtke6432 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you're mentally ill

  • @jaikee9477
    @jaikee9477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +495

    They calculated that it would take some 30 years for one person just to copy Bach's BWV manually.
    The sheer amount of information this man created is absolutely staggering.
    It's a miracle.

    • @jamallabarge2665
      @jamallabarge2665 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      "Anyone can go as far as I have gone if they work as hard as I have worked".
      I wonder how much of "Bach's" works were from JS Bach and how much from his wife, his sons and his senior students?

    • @ethaneros8390
      @ethaneros8390 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      "I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music." - Johann Sebastian Bach.

    • @russedav5
      @russedav5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@jamallabarge2665 Those moving the pens were self-effacing lovers of God and him, but he directed their output. How tragic today's rather egotistical and thus small-minded and arrogant thereby showing no understanding of the message of the Passion Bach had.

    • @gamers7800
      @gamers7800 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@jamallabarge2665 None, they were used as copyist, they knew that old Bach was genius!

    • @dadadadoog
      @dadadadoog 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      And so much of his work has not survived.

  • @user-sm9ik8yh7g
    @user-sm9ik8yh7g 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    Самое лучшее и красивое произведение Баха. Без слез и мурашек по коже слушать сложно. Это лучшее переложение Евангелия от Матфея. Это моя любимая музыка. Три часа пролетают, как на одном дыхании. В современном мире сложно найти что-то подобное. Даже религиозная современная музыка обычно звучит легкомысленно и неглубоко. Бах писал музыку не для людей, а для Бога, поэтому она касается человеческих сердец до сих пор. Спасибо данному замечательному коллективу, что потрудились и исполнили это чудесное творение! Да пребудет с вами Господь!🙏🏛️🎻⛪✝️

    • @pionier5362
      @pionier5362 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Love and Peace from Germany 🙏

    • @rockghost1704
      @rockghost1704 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      May the Lord be with you too. ✝️
      Best wishes from The Rock of Gibraltar.

  • @juanpablodavalos7533
    @juanpablodavalos7533 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    I'm wondering why this video doesn't have hundreds of millions of views. This is simply magnificent, both the piece and the interpretation. Thank you very much for sharing real pure art with the world. Greetings from Colombia!

    • @guillermogonzalezislas1499
      @guillermogonzalezislas1499 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Karl Richter's version have the million of views 😁

    • @stevehuggett2098
      @stevehuggett2098 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We live in cynical times, a non-secular population questions the truth of everything, blinded to the fact that there are indisputable facts in nature...they're not a political ploy...regardless of which path you tread, blue or red!
      As only those whose freedom has been threatened, truly understand the value of freedom, only those whose life has been touched by God, truly understand His unconditional love.
      This life is boot camp for the soldiers of God, we can't all be the Blacksmith, or his Bellowsman, and we 'grunts' are tested to destruction in this life!
      Trust in God, it will all work out.
      The persistent truth....none of us are getting out of this life alive!

  • @johannsebastianbach7104
    @johannsebastianbach7104 4 ปีที่แล้ว +488

    Exactly what I wanted!

  • @genevieverosochacki3950
    @genevieverosochacki3950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    What a supreme gift from Netherlands. It's like a huge blanket of soul comfort to humanity, all over the world. For anyone blessed to have internet and interest this free gift is immeasurably life-giving. Greetings from Cape Town. People can be fickle, as described in this very Passion, but the music remains ever constant and dependable. Thank you NBS and TH-cam..

  • @mwewering
    @mwewering 3 ปีที่แล้ว +293

    Ich weiß nicht wir ich Ihnen danken kann, das Geschenk ist so groß! Ich sende Ihnen und allen Mitwirkenden meine Hochachtung und ergebensten Dank. Vielen vielen Dank!

    • @luukdeboer1974
      @luukdeboer1974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Die Welt hat ein großartiges Musikstück von einem Deutschen geerbt

    • @clarinetchamber7158
      @clarinetchamber7158 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@luukdeboer1974 doch liegt dabei der Schwerpunkt nicht auf der Nationalität!

    • @susannabonke8552
      @susannabonke8552 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Die Niederländer sind hier wirklich beseelt.

    • @susannabonke8552
      @susannabonke8552 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@luukdeboer1974 lange vor der Zeit heutiger Nationen. Italiener, Franken, Slaven, Tschechen, Sachsen... Alles vermischt in dem Kulturraum..

    • @polonat1
      @polonat1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      P

  • @sgmrmp
    @sgmrmp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    It's hard to know where to begin in praising the NBS and this superb performance. I have been singing Bach professionally for 40 years, specializing in Evangelist roles, and nothing I have seen or done surpasses this SMP. Bravo. Though quarantined I am freed and worshipping through this performance.

    • @janetbaker5962
      @janetbaker5962 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So happy to read what you have written! Amen.

    • @michelitfr9783
      @michelitfr9783 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly what it is!

    • @ruthhopeful1405
      @ruthhopeful1405 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I am a Muslim but Bach music fills me up to ears with the joy and the ecstasy of Christian wine and NBS ferments the finest for thirsty souls.

    • @martinepeters9891
      @martinepeters9891 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​​@@ruthhopeful1405 a Muslim called Ruth? I suppose that you are a convert? Today I was in church listening to this, I can't even remotely imagine that a Muslim would be interested in listening the story of Crucifixion of Christ. To a Muslim, even the most liberal one, this crucifixtion story is pure blasphemy. Islam is based on the Christians and Jews being wrong in their belief for the most part, so your comment is kinda 'strange'.

    • @ruthhopeful1405
      @ruthhopeful1405 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@martinepeters9891 Muslims , or rather, those who call themselves Muslim come from diverse backgrounds and , like Christians, they are not entirely without prejudice, I am afraid that some fanatic Muslim has misrepresented Islam to you. The holy Quran totally endorses Christianity and Judaism. This is why Islam is better for you. You dont have to deny Jesus to become a Muslim. Think of it as an upgrade :) But Christianity is also the path to salvation and the holy book says so. Nobody is trying to steal your faith from you. Just trying to strengthen it. I do read your Holy Bible and enjoy it. Book of Proverbs my favorite. You may also wanna consider reading the Quran, Just one time from the beginning to the end. See with you own eyes and dont buy anecdotes.

  • @andreysavelev9004
    @andreysavelev9004 3 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    If Bach saw this, he would probably go crazy. Great performance. Special thanks to the video director for editing. dad Bach gave us music for all the rest of the time

    • @jamallabarge2665
      @jamallabarge2665 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      He'd be politely requesting to play along.. He'd be the tubby guy with the Viola.
      He would be arranging for Royalties. He definitely would have a huge amount of business teaching Master's classes. I can imagine a lot of people who would part with a considerable amount of money.
      I think that we would discover how much Bach did and how much his musical descendants did.... I think we would be surprised.
      I think a lot of what we see here is or was the doing of Bach's musical descendants.

    • @andreysavelev9004
      @andreysavelev9004 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jamallabarge2665 Who knows.

    • @belladorata
      @belladorata ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Bach is crying from joy watching and listening to this perfect performance of his work.

    • @saula.fantauzzi
      @saula.fantauzzi 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Wow! I finally see another person who uses “dad Bach”. I use it too!

  • @staffanolofsson8201
    @staffanolofsson8201 3 ปีที่แล้ว +375

    Listening to St Matthew Passion this Easter 2021 is like a homecoming. Best wishes from Sweden.

    • @stephenpettett3472
      @stephenpettett3472 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Same here in Chile. Saludos!

    • @flavianepomuceno7465
      @flavianepomuceno7465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Same in Brazil. Happy Easter!

    • @staffanolofsson8201
      @staffanolofsson8201 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I think we are a whole lot of people that this pandemic year wants to celebrate Bach, the one that holds this world together with his strong belief and his music. Sweden, Chile, Brazil. And... and...

    • @barbaravandooijeweert6145
      @barbaravandooijeweert6145 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      He is risen. God bless you. Best wishes from the netherlands

    • @staffanolofsson8201
      @staffanolofsson8201 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@barbaravandooijeweert6145 ...and Netherlands. God bless you too, Barbara.

  • @oyvindm1954
    @oyvindm1954 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I have listened to and sung this music hundreds of times for 45 years and it becomes more and more Divine for each time I heard it. Thanks so much to Netherlands Bach Society and all others that perform it.

  • @mark-j-adderley
    @mark-j-adderley 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    ... to think that as a 59 year old, this is one of the most beautiful memories of my childhood ...
    ... and the recitatives still stand out as the most precise musical statements of all time.

    • @mavisemberson8737
      @mavisemberson8737 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      We sang as as a school senior choir in a public performance in the 1950s and all the school had lessons about it in our Music O level classes!

  • @jamjam9253
    @jamjam9253 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    In my opinion this is the greatest work of music ever.

    • @tubekulose
      @tubekulose 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I love it, but don't forget about Mozart's last work - his Requiem!

    • @remomazzetti8757
      @remomazzetti8757 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There are many great and sublime works for all to enjoy. (And Mozart's Requiem is great, but Sussmayr wrote the Sanctus, Benedictus, and Angus Dei, and the Lacrimosa from measure 9 until the end of the movement.)

  • @GregorySM2010
    @GregorySM2010 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I’m listening to the GREATEST of the GREATEST MASTERPIECE every year during the Passion Week. God bless you all, performers & Maestro!❤️🎶
    Sincerely,
    Gregory A Smirnov, choir director. California.

  • @user-wc9uf3wp9l
    @user-wc9uf3wp9l 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    A sensational recording that I keep returning to. Thank you so much Jos van Veldhoven and everyone from the Netherlands Bach Society for this sublime performance.

  • @matd808
    @matd808 5 ปีที่แล้ว +732

    Honestly, the best camera work and sound recording of this piece I've ever seen in my life.

    • @mozgren
      @mozgren 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Not to forget the sound technicians

    • @luuktorn
      @luuktorn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And the best you will see in your life

    • @kencaruso6443
      @kencaruso6443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The best. What a gift to find this on Good Friday.

    • @barbarasullivan1862
      @barbarasullivan1862 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes!!

    • @albertomuller212
      @albertomuller212 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@barbarasullivan1862 l

  • @dorotheaprall6396
    @dorotheaprall6396 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I think this THE best version ever !

  • @flavianepomuceno7465
    @flavianepomuceno7465 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    Thank you, Netherlands Bach Society, for making this treasure available. This masterpiece can fill hearts and souls thanks to your generosity. Happy Easter!

  • @princeandrey
    @princeandrey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    The violinist does an extraordinarily beautiful job, especially on "Erbarme Dich"!

  • @jlaaper
    @jlaaper 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    While I was looking up something at TH-cam I accidentally saw the listing for this passion. This reminded me of the time I served in the Dutch military in Naarden in 1961 when I went to see it in the Grote Kerk in that town. Problem was the church was totally sold out except for the last seat that was right behind a very thick sixteenth century pillar. I could see nothing else. no singers, no musicians. But I could hear everything and the music was wonderful, as is this performance.

  • @durhamgrigg1881
    @durhamgrigg1881 4 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    I have just stumbled on this totally inspiring performance of Bach's St Matthew's Passion, while staying in to save the NHS and save lives in UK. Thank you Netherlands Bach Society and all the wonderful musicians and soloists. This is truly a definitive performance!! It has inspired, consoled, encouraged and uplifted me when I, and so many around the world this Easter weekend, are seeking assurance that all this Corona Virus Pandemic upheaval and pain will pass, and God does truly love His creation and each one of us (made in his image) so much, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life!! Thank you.

    • @martas9283
      @martas9283 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I have my doubts about a Creator loving any of us, but Bach will always inspire and console and this performance is superb for sure, so precise and light

    • @linus0804
      @linus0804 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Durham Grigg thank you, beautifully said!

    • @jaikee9477
      @jaikee9477 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@martas9283 Intellectually it's quite easy to conclude that there is a God and that he revealed himself.
      The notion that anything would pop into existence out of nothing is rather laughable. Look at your DNA, the most complex structure in this universe. It is information and information must have an intelligent cause. This OS software has an intelligent cause, so why would the DNA accidentally come into being and have an unguided natural cause?

    • @martas9283
      @martas9283 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@jaikee9477 between war, poverty, disaster and disease, some of us don't feel that divine love..that's why we need Bach, because he clearly did

    • @talastra
      @talastra 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jaikee9477 That the entire universe "popped into existence out of nothing" is, in fact, the scientifically based current most likely explanation. Don't confuse the psychological fact of your faith with the facts of universe outside of your understanding.

  • @krisjustin3884
    @krisjustin3884 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Bach’s music was Christ centered and heaven inspired! Sublime masterpiece!

  • @joelle030944
    @joelle030944 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Magnifique, Bach Netherland Socity est ce que je connais de plus beau et de plus réussi dans l'exécution des œuvres de BACH: inégalable, vivant, habité de spiritualité, c'est rarissime.
    Qui dit mieux ? Non, il n'y a pas mieux!

  • @ru99414
    @ru99414 5 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    Just like Bach, this performance is immortal. First work I heard from Netherlands Bach Society, and it's absolutely stunning. The interpretation of this work is so different than what people did many years ago, and this performance is a great example of how far we have come in interpreting Bach

    • @kikivolauvent1
      @kikivolauvent1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      7 angels: Oh you blessed person!!!! You have hours and hours of joy in front of you - All their performances are stupendous and the filming is 2nd to none too - such a gift to all of us.

    • @ru99414
      @ru99414 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@kikivolauvent1 yes indeed, but this recording have luckily already been on TH-cam for a few years, so I found it two years ago or so hehe

  • @mauritsdolmans746
    @mauritsdolmans746 4 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    I sang in the boys' choir for years, half a century ago, for the annual performance at Musis Sacrum in Arnhem, and this music has become part of my soul. It is heart-wrenchingly beautiful. Each time I hear this, I am profoundly moved, especially by arias like "Erbarme Dich". It is astounding how Bach was able to stuff so much emotion in the rigours of baroque music. So much sadness in beauty, and so much beauty in sadness... Especially in these Corona days, when we have lived in a culturally and social desert, and have seen our loved ones die and suffer, this music gives comfort: we will resurrect!

    • @ingridjcrozier
      @ingridjcrozier 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I sang in the St. Matthews Passion in Seattle years ago. I am a music major but had never heard it. I was astounded at the heart wrenching moments of some of the sections. I was so surprised at the emotion in Bach's music, having always seen it more as mathematical "clockwork" kind of music.

    • @popeurbanviii3748
      @popeurbanviii3748 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ronwalker4849 yes

    • @janesmith9024
      @janesmith9024 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I sang this in my teens and still know every note almost. We need to ensure children continue to have good much etched into their souls (and lift the covid 19 ban in the UK on singing) and stop the muzzling of young and old.

    • @jamallabarge2665
      @jamallabarge2665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ingridjcrozier When a person can turn "clock work" into human meaning you know that you are graced by something rare and wonderful.

    • @jdelombaerde
      @jdelombaerde 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I played it a few years ago on a tour in France, there is definitely a "before" and an "after"' !

  • @VivCollis
    @VivCollis 9 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    St Matthew Passion is an all-time favourite. I had a privilege to sing this music and I never get tired of it. Bach is indeed music for the Soul. (from New Zealand)

  • @liamcroatt171
    @liamcroatt171 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I love Bach. Thank you for this-the fact that this is just out there for free for anyone to listen to is amazing to me. It's a miracle, what we've created for ourselves. A symphony playing one of the greatest pieces ever written by one of the greatest composers ever to exist can be found in only a few seconds right in your bedroom. It's astounding to me.

    • @annexton3795
      @annexton3795 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      "Soli Deo gloria"

  • @carolynclark1724
    @carolynclark1724 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Beautiful performance! I cannot get enough of Bach’s Passion. Tim Mead’s voice is beautiful!

    • @Cantorisalto1
      @Cantorisalto1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It is truly magnificent - the whole range, rich and resonant throughout - there are other leading countertenors who'll have to watch their backs. He's truly remarkable!!!

  • @dlefil1364
    @dlefil1364 5 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    The most beautiful interpretation !!
    The prominent pieces ("Kommt, Ihr Töchter,...", "Erbarme dich", "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden", "Wir setzen uns..." are divine ! All the singers are exceptionnally good !

    • @countalma9800
      @countalma9800 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You're entitled to your opinion of course, but objectively speaking, these singers are not "exceptionally good". None of them seems to know how to use chest resonance; as a result, the sound produced is weak and thin. Also, the choir can barely be heard, which means that it's either too small (which it is!), or they should've tried to sing with more power.
      Overall, these "authentic" performances have little "authenticity" about them. Yes, the choirs and orchestras of the period were small, but this doesn't mean that Bach (or any other composer of the era, for that matter) didn't dream of being able to involve more musicians and singers in the performance of their music, and it certainly doesn't mean that those small choirs and orchestras, that were available, performed with this highlighted sense of restraint and delicacy, afraid to ever produce a full, dark, chesty, powerful sound. And, of course, "vibrato-less" singing of the era is a pure myth. Vocal treatises of the time advise against singing with a trembling voice (which is a sign of serious vocal problems), and perhaps they advise against excessive vibrato, which, indeed, is ugly, but they never advocate straight tone!

    • @benoistveillerette1221
      @benoistveillerette1221 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@countalma9800 I am sorry Countalma but I totally disagree. I think that the singers are exceptionally good, as well as the choir (which I personally hear very well), the orchestra and the maestro. I do not really understand what you mean by chest resonance and I do not receive their voices as weak and thin. What I also hugely appreciate in this interpretation is that the soloists participate in all choirs. This makes the choirs stronger and is actually very democratic: they are not above the choir signers / the crowd, but instead part of them...

    • @MrPatropolis55
      @MrPatropolis55 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@countalma9800 are we listening to the same recording? I agree that say, the evangelist has quite a bright tone as tenors are wont to have nowadays, however I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing. Perhaps you are hoping to hear dramatic robust singing akin to the Melocchi school, but a modern recording of Matthew Passion is probably not the best place to look for that. Maybe perhaps because it might be musically inappropriate for the more delicate ensemble singing. It's all a matter of taste tbh

    • @SocialBurrito3
      @SocialBurrito3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@countalma9800 Surely you cannot include the older Gentleman in your sad opinion. He has a very robust chest voice. The other singers are very good too. Maybe you need a better sound system?

    • @schaulinmarkus6002
      @schaulinmarkus6002 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@countalma9800 How often have you heard baroque music in your life so far? I don`'t think that has been the case with you that often, because otherwise you would know that ensemble performed very well! Bach's music requires a different way of interpreting it, for example an opera by Wagner.

  • @dickvanwestrienen3144
    @dickvanwestrienen3144 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    While these feelings are rare to me, this time I can honestly say that I am extremely proud to be Dutch. Allthough there are many nationalities on stage, its called the Netherlands Bach Society. What an intrepretation of this Masterpiece. Moving from the first second to the very last. And what an expertise by all performers. I bow to you Netherlands Bach Society for sharing this wonderful piece with the world. May every living soul may get the oppertunity to listen to this. Thank you!

    • @jamallabarge2665
      @jamallabarge2665 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm a big fan of Phillips and Mammoet. These folks are doing a great job.

    • @appleslover
      @appleslover 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is the Netherlands trying yet once again to claim something/one German as its own?

    • @Johannludwigamadeus
      @Johannludwigamadeus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@appleslover Funny - Bach was German - and a German saying he's proud to be German is supposed to be a Nazi. Really funny.

    • @alisalegato
      @alisalegato 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Johannludwigamadeus Бах - Гений Человечества и Немец ... и не надо этого стесняться .... ( Изверги были и сейчас есть )

  • @stevenfairless4931
    @stevenfairless4931 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The dynamics of a total presentation ... and yet a picture of "We do this every day, we live to sing" .. not possible without every aspect so visual or behind a curtain. Thank You All.

  • @veralanger8947
    @veralanger8947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I didn’t think I would ever come across someone interpreting Erbarme Dich as divinely as Julia Hamari did. After I heard Tim Mead I had to change my mind. We still have exceptional talents with exceptional feel for Bach. Thank you, Mr Mead. So important to have your talent in this difficult, weird time.

    • @polishsilverstacker3246
      @polishsilverstacker3246 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I also recommend Tolzer Knabenchor performance of this Opus Magnum of Bach. I used to sing in a choir with Prof. Stefan Stuligrosz and we have performed this masterpiece in 1987 couple of times!

  • @annabratton5323
    @annabratton5323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I performed the St. Matthew Passion last February with my university chorale and I am so grateful that I got to be a part of such an amazingly beautiful work of art. Listening to this has me feeling so nostalgic and emotional; I never thought I would miss it as much as I do!

    • @user-hq7us4lz6g
      @user-hq7us4lz6g 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Winter evening. Restrained hum of voices. Those who were looking forward to this moment with impatience and trepidation, and those who, through ignorance or curiosity, found themselves under the shadow of his greatest creation. Sounds and emotions, gestures, frozen like lava, and the roads traversed, reflected in the heavenly mirror. Hope and a merciless curtain, ready to fly upward with a movement of the hand for each of us!

  • @walterkent5574
    @walterkent5574 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Van Veldhoven has brought out the best in this great assemblage of musicians. His genius has added to Bach's.

  • @tinekedijk7385
    @tinekedijk7385 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Wonderful as a Dutch woman in Oz ( Australia ) to thoroughly enjoy this moving rendition of The Matthew passion .
    As a young child I would sit ,with my 5 sisters and my parents, around the dining room table to listen to this wonderful performance .
    A deep thank you to my parents Mien and Wouter !

    • @gretchenbruner5571
      @gretchenbruner5571 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good Friday is not Good Friday without this concert but it is very difficult to find performances of the St Matthew Passion. It is my favorite. I’m played flute in it several times

    • @henkbruinsma
      @henkbruinsma 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Also, in my family it was a tradition to listen to St Matthew's Passion on Good Friday. Unfortunately, I couldn't 't fully enjoy the music because I felt ashamed to be human and part of humanity that crucified Jesus. Strange in retrospect. I have to admit, I have an aptitude to feel guilty.

  • @davidriggenbach6672
    @davidriggenbach6672 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    The size of the orchestra shows just how musically ambitious Bach was! I am sure he had to battle an establishment unwilling to fulfill his petition of performing such a complex and monumental work for a church festivity. But at the end both Bach and the world won! One of the masterpieces of humanity.

  • @marias.587
    @marias.587 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    We need Music by Johann Sebastian Bach. And we need wonderful concerts like this. Bachs music is my soothing resting place since I was a little child. And it is a special gift today for me to hear this music with these great artists. Thank you for this concert.

  • @mountaine9088
    @mountaine9088 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    This is absolutelyt superb. And I won't forget Andreas Wolf singing his heart out as Jesus - what a beautiful voice. A singer to keep track of.

  • @TheClassicalSauce
    @TheClassicalSauce 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I'm in tears. Beautiful. This is one of my favorite works of all time. So gorgeous! The light is spectacular! Well done!

  • @javageek123
    @javageek123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    The pandemic is still raging. It is Lent 2021. Today is the 2nd Friday of Lent. Listening to this passion narrative today fills me with much spiritual thoughts of the Passion and Crucifixion of Our Lord. Thank you for this beautiful rendition. For people like me, born and raised in the EAST, these treasures of the WEST are shockingly unbelievable surprises. Thank you again for posting this for free.

    • @annehathaway2107
      @annehathaway2107 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Something is raging alright , all our churches here unjustifiably closed for public worship, did slip in to light a candle though some allow that ours only recently opened to do that, listening to this spiritually uplifting. Thank you .

    • @sonshine5038
      @sonshine5038 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@annehathaway2107
      As wrong as closing churches are, remember that YOUR body is a temple. God's spirit fills your soul. You are always in church, right? Best of God's Blessings to you! Cheers~🌞

    • @liammurphy2725
      @liammurphy2725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@sonshine5038 Thank you for that. It's so easy to slip into despondency when we feel deprived of our spiritual food. He set the table before us, let us feast on our blessings.

    • @sonshine5038
      @sonshine5038 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@liammurphy2725
      Bless you Liam.
      You're a lovely fellow and I wish you the best of God's Blessings 🌞💞

    • @liammurphy2725
      @liammurphy2725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sonshine5038 And to you and yours.

  • @michaellipareli7146
    @michaellipareli7146 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    A prayerful and moving start to my Holy week

  • @ludmilavokrinkova6358
    @ludmilavokrinkova6358 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Matoušovy pašije poslouchám pravidelně o Velikonocích. Uchvacuje mě tento silný biblický příběh, úžasná Bachova hudba a překrásné provedení tímto báječným souborem. Díky ❤😢😊 L. V. z Prahy

  • @andrewdias2690
    @andrewdias2690 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    That countertenor... WOW. I got chills. Also, during Sind Blitze sind Donner, I was on the edge of my seat. Bravo all around.

  • @wreckageofmyflesh6325
    @wreckageofmyflesh6325 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Andreas Wolf: wonderful performance, what a voice! May that voice never be damaged and bring joy to mankind for many years to come!

    • @evetei
      @evetei 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ..and to humankind!

    • @user-nl4xp7hh9d
      @user-nl4xp7hh9d หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agreed!

  • @athanasiusphilopatorismaxi389
    @athanasiusphilopatorismaxi389 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    thank you Europa , for Bach and Netherlands orchestra. and many other gems .
    much love from Alexandria Egypt

    • @Bobbel888
      @Bobbel888 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bach was German

    • @Vetrarbreytin
      @Vetrarbreytin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Bobbel888 Bach was German so from Europe and in this video, his music is performed by an orchestra from the Netherlands, hence his comment. Sometimes it's good to think twice before speaking, mate.

    • @777rogerf
      @777rogerf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Bobbel888 So am I (German-American), but what touches people of different ethnicities is how really HUMAN Bach was.

    • @Bobbel888
      @Bobbel888 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Vetrarbreytin You certainly may sort Bach as European, and think he would do so, too.

    • @user-ep7lm3mg7r
      @user-ep7lm3mg7r 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Nope

  • @4061earthabcdesong
    @4061earthabcdesong ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thanks thanks thanks 👍👍👍 I am eternally grateful for Bach and The Netherlands Bach Society 🥰🥰🥰

  • @wolframzimpfer3467
    @wolframzimpfer3467 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Bravo Benjamin Hulett, selten einen so guten Evangelisten gehört.
    Bach ist für mich das größte Genie aller Zeiten.

  • @zsuzsannamindszenty956
    @zsuzsannamindszenty956 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I am thankful from my heart- I am listening this recording on Goodfriday from Hungary. We are in quarantine because of the COVID-19. It gives me hope to this crasy Eastern....

  • @antiv
    @antiv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    What a transcendent and moving performance, how can this be topped? And what an incredibly worthwhile and generous gift to the world to give us all this for free. Thanks Netherlands Bach Society! 🙏🏼❤️

  • @shin-i-chikozima
    @shin-i-chikozima 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Bach is a magnificent and great and irreplaceble elixir of the soul

  • @michaelkingsbury4305
    @michaelkingsbury4305 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    The best version I have ever heard! This organization is a good enough reason to make a third trip to the Netherlands!

  • @shin-i-chikozima
    @shin-i-chikozima 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    It's like my grumpy soul is being sucked away in this wonderful performance and the solemn chorus

  • @philipclark2653
    @philipclark2653 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    This was the most deeply moving, and extraordinary performances of this work that I have ever heard (and that is with tribute to the many great performances of Bach's great work). But this performance has such pure depth of understanding of the music -- the genius of the music -- and each performer makes it their own. I have never been so moved by such commitment and attention to providing us with the glory of what this music and composer has given us. I will follow NBS from now on, and hope one day to actually be there in person. I have few other words I can say, except thank you. This is music and art, at its apex. The interviews and the documentary were also so informative and inspiring to watch. Van Veldoven's conducting made me hear the music in ways I never had before. It's a revelation for me.

  • @philippeviala5600
    @philippeviala5600 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Une révélation ! Magnifique de puissance et d’émotion , de limpidité et légèreté , d’humilité.
    Quel régal merci

  • @edwardhart5466
    @edwardhart5466 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    A most wonderful interpretation of Bach's great work, thank you Netherlands Bach Society for all your wonderful uploads of the great Bach master pieces, you really do understand Bach.

  • @RUOKH
    @RUOKH 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Like so many other people who have commented, this is one of the most beautiful interpretations of the St. Matthew Passion I have ever had the pleasure of listening to. Clarity and Presentation is stunning; pure joy and so uplifting, even though it is the representation of Our Lord's Passion. Thank you.

    • @patelpelat4658
      @patelpelat4658 ปีที่แล้ว

      One of...indeed, hard to forget Herreweghe, Harnoncourt, Christie, Goebel,....Leonhardt (another Dutch), and I personally prefer it sung by children's choir.

  • @jaikee9477
    @jaikee9477 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    To me "Kommt, ihr Töchter, helfet mir klagen" is the most stunning piece of music in existence.
    It's truth put to music. "Look, LOOK at our guilt!" it says, see what we're doing to ourselves, others and the world.
    It ends, as always in Bach, with hope. It takes us through the darkest valley, but at the end of the valley, it points towards a glorious light: "Da steht ein Lamm!"
    Thank you so much , NBS! This channel is precious!

  • @javiernavas4001
    @javiernavas4001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Your versions are the best on TH-cam. It would be amazing to have subtitles in English for the ones who don’t understand German, it would be so pedagogic and interesting to understand the text and rhetoric meanings.

  • @tinekedijk7385
    @tinekedijk7385 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just love the respectful attitude of all the participants . It adds so much to my enjoyment.

  • @mrroneill99
    @mrroneill99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Thank you all for, in the footsteps of Bach, raising our humanity above the beastly level so prevalent these days. ❤️👍🏻👌👏

    • @Vextrove
      @Vextrove 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What beastly level? Humanity is as beastly as it ever was

    • @slowlearner984
      @slowlearner984 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Vextrove Which is the whole point of Bach's passion... hence the need for Jesus.

  • @user-th5ux5ez6z
    @user-th5ux5ez6z 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    素晴らしいです❣️
    優しく語りかけるような演奏に心暖まります。
    日本で聴けます事を祈っています。
    ありがとうございます😊

  • @smikejasper4461
    @smikejasper4461 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love how this ensemble are so tuned into each other as well as the conductor - beautiful, beautiful music.

  • @christrose1292
    @christrose1292 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Welch eine wunderbare Musik. Danke für die exzellente Aufnahme. Eine Augen- und Ohrenweide!! Bach der 5. Evangelist! Gottes Segen Ihnen allen ! 😇♥️🙏

    • @stefanrieger7730
      @stefanrieger7730 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bach der 5. Evangelist? Alles in allem genommen, übertrifft Bach alle Evangelisten (es gibt mehr als vier) an Ausdruck, Wahrhaftigkeit und Tiefe. Bach war ein tiefgläubiger evangelischer Christ, der seiner tiefen Gottgläubigkeit durch seine unsterbliche Musik unnachahmlichen Ausdruck verliehen hat.

  • @cesarabrahamcastanedavalen3788
    @cesarabrahamcastanedavalen3788 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Countenor Tim Mead is in the pick of his potential with this incredibly moving and virtuoso performance, a racing star and I'm greatly expecting to listen so much more about him.

  • @pierre-xavierchassot3183
    @pierre-xavierchassot3183 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    une de mes version favorite , juste apres celle de karl richter de 1958 , quelle force cette musique nous communique ! elle peux nous aider dans les moments dures et nous remetre dans la bonne voie ! merci a bach et a tous ces interpretes :pierre xavier de chassot .

  • @pasapaya
    @pasapaya ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Simplemente increíble. Si la perfección en la música existe, para mi es esto. Gracias por este hermoso regalo.

  • @BsLbth
    @BsLbth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Whent as a Child with my dad. Hé Told i have to go once in my life. Dit not want to go... but this Made me love classic music and leave a great impression!and certainly the end.

  • @mdechi
    @mdechi 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    This is a must-watch for me on Good Friday - absolute great rendition of Bach’s St Matthew Passion! Thanks to the Netherlands Bach Society

  • @andreaskonig451
    @andreaskonig451 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Thank you, Netherlands Bach Society, for this stunningly beautiful recording. A rare combination of pristine, impeccable clarity and musical freedom.

  • @jeanlecomte5131
    @jeanlecomte5131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Avec tous les compliments annoncés par les autres auditeurs, quoi dire de plus ? Le seul petit français qui viens dire que c'est magnifique ! A croire que mes concitoyens n'écoutent pas ce chef d’œuvre de JS. Bach ?
    J'ai bien vu aussi, les belles images (caméras) la prise de son qui nous fait penser que nous y sommes vraiment ! Et les différents artistes autant qu'ils sont : Merci à tous et bravo - bravo c'est une régal de vous écouter et de vous voir !
    Félicitations à tous et au réalisateur !

  • @guym-
    @guym- 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Such wonderful balanced singing, nothing forced, it just flows.

  • @johnmackey8307
    @johnmackey8307 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I have this playing in the background almost everyday at work - thank you for a wonderful performance!

  • @DeeYanKeymusic
    @DeeYanKeymusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The NBS's merit for the music of this world is simply infinite.

  • @carlosbitencourt6511
    @carlosbitencourt6511 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The opening is unbelievably... sublime! 😍

  • @jedireach
    @jedireach 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you, Bach and the Netherlands Bach Society.

  • @sjennica
    @sjennica 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    What an extraordinary performance. My heart might explode.

  • @lovrokljun3664
    @lovrokljun3664 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This is for me the best version of St. Matthew passion there ever was and will be. The video is high quality not to speak about music witch is brilliantly executed. I as an amateur early musician use this recording verry often for “play-along” with my violin and baroque bow or as a continuo player on a harpsichord or organ. Thank you Netherlands Bach Society for this gem in music world.

  • @damorar
    @damorar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Adding captions to NBS performances would be the sweetest thing in the world.. Maybe one day my dream will come true.
    Thank you, my favorite dutchmans.

    • @staffanolofsson8201
      @staffanolofsson8201 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kära sjuksköterska! (also a swede) Cant you read these captions down below the frame? Like me, looking on this on a PC.

  • @MrDsmalls
    @MrDsmalls 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This performance is stunning and a gift to all humanity. Its beauty of phrasing and expression goes straight to the heart. Thank you Bach, for this towering masterwork.

  • @f.javiersarasua9715
    @f.javiersarasua9715 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Espléndida versión. El coro, los solistas (Tim Mead), la orquesta, el director, los niños. Una maravilla. Qué gusto oir esta gran música con estos maravillosos intérpretes.

  • @adrianjagu353
    @adrianjagu353 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is i think one of the greatest achievements of human art....unbelievable....i was completely into this music. nothing but music...i dont know what to say.. whatever i say, its unworthy...pure , pure, pure music.

  • @mauriciodeoliveira4648
    @mauriciodeoliveira4648 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    A MASTERS PIECE, INTERPRETED BY A MASTERS SINGERS, MY CONGRATULATIONS.

  • @user-gw4sg9kv8m
    @user-gw4sg9kv8m 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Andreas Wolf is honestly such an underrated singer, the tone of his voice gives me chills, glad to see him in this performance and I'd love to see him in more

  • @Perpetualsify
    @Perpetualsify 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I can't say I've seen enough St. Matthew Passion before this, the piece being 3 hours long... but this is the most unusual placement of orchestras and choirs I've seen with this piece. And I'm loving it.

  • @odunhops7727
    @odunhops7727 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    this piece is out of this world!

  • @ElsCoppens
    @ElsCoppens 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nog nooit heb ik zo'n mooie uitvoering gezien en gehoord van de Mattheuspassion als deze o.l.v. dirigent Van Veldhoven. Met zulke vocale en instrumentale solisten als deze en zo'n fantastisch koor is dit regelrecht een geschenk uit de hemel.

  • @luisdecolmenares2009
    @luisdecolmenares2009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Listening to this sublime rendition of one of Bach's most important works on Good Friday, in the midst of the worst pandemic in a century, is a poignant reminder of Humanity's immense suffering over the last twelve months. It provides the right setting for today's reflective mood. Kudos to the Netherlands Bach Society for such a gift, one that has kept me going during lockdown, providing much needed solace. Also, a big shout-out to Tim Berners-Lee for inventing the Internet! How might I have coped without it is beyond me.

  • @staffanolofsson8201
    @staffanolofsson8201 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    The greatest performance of St Matthew Passion i ever heard. This easter it sounds even better than last easter! Thank you, NBS.

    • @susannabonke8552
      @susannabonke8552 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      True.

    • @staffanolofsson8201
      @staffanolofsson8201 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@susannabonke8552 This music gets just better and better all the time. It is sort of a wonder, I believe.

  • @Wolfgang1782
    @Wolfgang1782 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    First time I heard the opening of Bach’s choral harmonic changes was a moment in my musical heritage I’ll never forget. Age 10 in my piano teacher’s lounge; piano and vocal quartet. They probably didn’t get far but the effects on my mind and heart were incredible. An education in music for the Spirit I’m trying to give my children.

  • @JessSmith884
    @JessSmith884 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My young sons and I watched this during the season of Lent. Thank you so much for the work you do. It is blessing even future generations of music lovers.