Compare the interpretations of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra to the ones of Orchestra Mozart under the direction of Claudio Abbado. Which do you like better? th-cam.com/play/PLBjoEdEVMABJhjc66cvtxhvEaTjEC3hkz.html
EuroArtsChannel It's not close. This group's interpretation of the Brandenburg Concertos are by far better than all the other interpretations I have heard.
+EuroArtsChannel Both ensembles are more than accomplished professionals and deserve high praise. But here is my comparison : The Freiburg Orchestra is playing in a better acoustics room. The floor they play on extends all around them that carries the sound and it diffuses and mellows the sound in a pleasing way. The strings have a beautiful sound. The interpretation is more orchestral than chamber for the Mozart Orchestra with the right amount of excitement that it does not tenses this heavenly music too much. That is about all the good I have to say about this Freiburg performance. You might have guessed but i prefer the Orchestra Mozart interpretation. They have soul and move the music with moving and amazing accuracy. The Mozart Orchestras flutist performance is sublime absolutely. The first violinist is very refined virtuoso that is entirely in the music. The harspischordist is also of the highest caliber as a musician and delivers a transparent Bach to us without the bad rubato seen in the Freiburg harpsichordist and delivers all the note distinctly whereas i can tell you the Freiburg one does not, his fingers dont lift fast enough and he mars a lot of fast passages to the point that the musical intention is blunted. But mostly he is not even keeping a steady tempo when he should. It's beyond what is acceptable and irritated me slightly. As far as the overall interpreation the freiburg orchestra does a good job with nuances and conducting maybe better than the Mozart orchestra that has too many individual talents.
+EuroArtsChannel Orchestra of Mozart is better overall and the tempo is better. The solo violinist at least tries to assert himself more. Although I like Dantone, Freiburg harpsichordist's cadenza is WAY more stylish. I don't understand people who play that cadenza with a stiff tempo which reminds me of the dinosaur era of Bach harpsichord playing (1900-1970s).
+EuroArtsChannel Although there is no definitive way to compare this with performance practices of Bach's time (and this was locked away and forgotten in a mayonnaise jar on Funk and Wagnall's porch and never performed for how long was it after Bach presented it to the Margrave of Brandenburg and all involved had died?) I would have to give Freiberg the nod. There is an enthusiasm here that is lacking in other performances.
This piece of music changed my life, when I first heard it over 20 years ago. Definitely scored me no social points as a 12-year-old boy, but I did not care, and I still don't, at 35. My musical horizons have broadened considerably since then, but for me, Bach will always be the OG. And this performance is fire!
Here we are after 1750, Bach's Passing. I am assuming 270 years after his Death. And we still love this Man. I hope Bach can see my post in Heaven. Bring a smile to him
Yes, it is some of the most complex harpsichord music ever. Bach bought a big harpsichord and composed that cadenza for it, and also for his own performance
Estevão Z Right now I am learning Invention 8, which is the first really hard Bach piece i have learned. My teacher says that no matter how much experience you get with him, Bach is never easy.
dasd282 Very true. He's a finger twister, and he loves accidentals and modulations. Don't believe it if some folks on TH-cam comment and say "Ah, he's easy if ya just know what you're doin". If they say that, chances are, they can't play!
For those who don't know about the story behind Bach's Brandenburg concertos. In 1721, Bach composed six “concertos for various instruments”. He dedicated them to a German nobleman and sent the manuscript as a gift, hoping to land a job as the court composer in Brandenburg. The nobleman never replied. Bach eventually took another job in Leipzig, where he lived for the rest of his life. The 6 concertos were lost for 130 years. They were never performed. The manuscript was eventually sold for about $20 and shelved in a library. The Brandenburg Concertos sat there until 1849, when they were discovered and published for the first time. Thank god.
Love how the violin and the flute intertwine into fluid cloud, and how harpsichord bounces along with rest of the instruments and tells a compelling visual from inner psyches.
That guy is the star of this small concert. While everyone is just playing their instruments, he's living his! While everyone is just standing there when it's not their turn, he's eagerly waiting till he can start playing again!
@@MARTIN201199 God: The Creator of everything, including the human soul, and the source of all good, including all human goodness. Human Soul: The thing that gives life to the human person. You are your soul and body. Without your soul, you are not human. It is literally what makes you human. Good music such as this serves to lift the human soul to contemplate God's goodness, whereas disordered music drags the human soul downwards to more base considerations.
I wonder if any of those folks ever thought that their music might be listened to by an Iowa farmer while operating his combine in his back 40 acres harvesting his corn crop?
You can definitely tell that the director and maybe even the crew involved in making this video have to love baroque music to pick those perfect angles that transmit the musicians feelings straight to your soul
Incredible harpsichord playing in the 1st movement! His registration brought out all the parts, and the sound engineer miked the harpsichord perfectly! Very clean sound made the bass and upper parts intelligible to the ear. Bravissimo!
It's amazing how that harpsichord solo can be interpreted so many different ways and always sound miraculous. -Behringer here plays it lightly and gracefully. -Perahia takes a similar approach to Behringer, but has the benefit of a piano's clarity. -Karl Richter played it like heavy metal music. -Gould played it with a trance-like intensity.
0:16 Ritornello, f 0:34 Solo; faster; new themes & motives from ritornello 0:57 Ritornello 1, f 1:02 Solo, gleiches Material 1:21 Ritornello 2, f, Moll 1:27 Solo, gleiches Material 1:46 Ritornello 2, f, Moll 1:51 Solo, gleiches Material, dann erste Cembalo-Läufe 2:29 Ritornello 2, f 2:35 Solo > Ü 2:58 Flöte & Geige, vorwiegend Moll, langsamere Harmoniewechsel 3:22 Cello, Flöte, Geige: Sequenzen 3:52 Lange hohe Noten > Ü 4:06 Ritornello 1, f 4:10 Solo 4:51 Ritornello 1 & 2, f, T 5:03 Solo 5:27 Ritornello 2, f 5:45 Solo; Cembalo-Läufe bis Kadenz Kadenz Cembalo - Motive aus Solo-Material 7:51 schnell Ü 8:48 Ritornello, f II 9:10
The section beginning at 3:20 is just a miracle of pure orchestral texture: he spins out the most glorious harmonic sequence that takes you to a distant place and you return, deposited lightly at the recapitulation with the lightest touch. I never see JS Bach credited as being a great orchestrator but he was one of the greatest within the limits of the ensembles of his day.
How can this be so good??? Ok Bach is the greatest musician of all time, but i wish people could realise just how divine the playing of this ensemble is. You forget all about technique, human error, earth.. You just go to heaven for a little less than 20 minutes
I think you're underestimating us. We just so get every single thing about this. It's completely overwhelming. It's tears and gratitude and ecstasy. No...we get it brother. As far as "Bach is the greatest musician of all time", Yes - WE know that but I've lived with fantastic. musicians who dub Beethoven and/or Mozart for that honor. It's subjective and I'm kind but once you've peaked on acid with the gushing colorful mandala of Bach's No 5 in D rolling in tears and hallelujahs,- well - you are just forever tainted because you realize - this is God.
Oh My Gosh, I can't believe I found it. I first heard this Musical Number about 22 years ago on my first boombox given to me for Christmas when I was 12 years old. It was being played on USC Classical Music radio station, unfortunately I was never able to get the title of the Cencerto. Then I saw this piece on PBS Classics but it was incomplete and they didn't display the title. Then I heard this Concerto 2 years ago driving to pickup my sister from work, but I couldn't remember the concerto title. Today I told my sister that after doing a week long search for this concerto and she said. Oh i know which concerto your talking about. I am relieved, oh so thankful that you uploaded this thank you!
@@JohannRosario1 It is me, brother I am nine and I play this concerto like a pro. No joke. I am level ARCT on RCM and this piece is really enhancing. I wish to learn more on Bach.
@@paules3437 It is me, brother I am nine and I play this concerto like a pro. No joke. I am level ARCT on RCM and this piece is really enhancing. I wish to learn more on Bach. I play it.
Bach's music is always happy, elegant and a joy to listen to. Don't you wish you can play an instrument and join a group to play Bach? Now think of this, you must be 100% in attendance. What a drag.
The depth and complexity of classical music are unparalleled. From the intricate harmonies to the sweeping orchestral movements, it's a genre that demands not just listening but experiencing.
Examples of Baroque Concerto Techniques as found in Bach's Brandenburg Concert No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 Movement 1/Allegro: 0:14 9 measure ritornello stated by the tutti 4:51 Return of the ritornello 7:50 Virtuosic treatment of harpsichord in 65 measure unaccompanied cadenza Movement 2/Affettuoso: 10:18 Typical trio treatment of theme by passing between flute and violin with harpsichord accompaniment 12:00 Harpsichord takes the lead with presenting the melody Movement 3/Allegro 17:25 Harpsichord as soloist with orchestra as accompaniment 19:23 Ending
No comments on the flutist. I used to study harpischord, so I understand the love given to that instrument, but that's a baroque flute the guy's playing, all wood, no metal keys to cover the holes, no metal lip plate. He's just blowing across a hole and using his fingers to cover the holes. And doing a fine job of it, at that speed.
It was the second mvt in the 5th Concerto that made me a lifelong music lover so many years ago. At first, I couldn't decide whether I appreciated the 1st movt more, with its near rock n roll frenzy harpsichord playing, but it was this, with its subsequent soft and gentle textures, which reminds one of rain showers after a thunderstorm...
I would like to travel to Köthen some day, just to breathe the air that was surrounding our great Bach as he composed some of his greatest works. By the way, this concert is my most beloved one.
This interplay of richly melodic notes weaving through a still greater tapestry of musical instruments arranged for unitary harmony is known as polyphonic music, enlarged upon (not invented, as is erroneously believed; for there were pre-17th century antecedents), but perfected by first Bach, then about a century later by Mozart. POLYPHONICS IS THE MOTHER OF ROCK N ROLL...THANK YOU, BACH!
how amazing! Best baroque music ever! I am so sad when the piece finish cause i wanna here more! I feel so joyful and happy when i am listening this concerto! And u can easily tell how much the players are enjoying the music! such a delightful and wonderful treasure of human history. I can only say that music is so amazing!
@@lelouchlamperouge600 Did Bach come to this world by himself ? Are the laws of physic that allowed his brain to operate run by Bach ? Was Bach's inspirational driving force to write predominantly sacred music a self egotistic achievement ? Was the first thing you would hear in Bach's mouth : "Me , me me, me. It's me, I am the greatest" ? Are jacobin haters, murderers and genociders from the french revolution still around in France today ? Do they profess egotistic, self pride ,vain, hatred values and think they can order others to banish spiritual elevation ? Bach was inspired by God and the creation. The purity and constancy in his work is a direct reflection of his religious faith.
Bach was definitely a genius of the highest order!One cannot understand how a mere mortal can compose such divine and sublime music which stood the test of time! t's just mind boggling!🎼🎻🎶🎵
The harpsichord solo is as good and intense as anything to be found in the best of rock concerts...the brilliant rhythms and driving forward momentum...but, after all, as the originator and perfecter of the "polyphonic sound," Bach is the father of modern music, the most boisterous offspring of which is rock n ROLL. I LOVE CONCERTO NO. 5, 1ST MVT.
if this does not fill your heart with joy, nothing will. Awesome and very historically appropriate setting. IMHO, the best execution of the first keyboard concert ever written.
wysiwyg248 This piece is absolutely perfect for the harpsichord. That sparkling glitteriness is just beyond compare, and cannot be imitated by a piano.
It's good, in the classical sense; But most classical pieces, including this one, just don't convey much emotion to me, if at all. And yes, there are several songs that do fill me with joy.
not sure where you live, Eric S. but if the first movement starting at 3:45 does not remind you of Winter and snow like Pieter Bruegel's the hunters in the snow ans such, I'm not sure what will as I've stated previously
As a lover and purveyor of all genres of music, I aver that one cannot deny these two incontrovertible facts: 1) Bach is the originator and authenticator of the polyphonic sound, his great achievement later being recognized and further refined by Mozart and 2) this piece is as fiery and/or ardent as any good rock n roll composition, for truly (going back to point no.1), Bach is the father of all modern Western music and, of course, by logical extension, of rock and roll.
Agree with everything except this small thing: I'd replace your Mozart with Beethoven. Mozart was a purveyor of the pinnacle form of the era during his time (the Classical period specifically), similar to how Bach was also considered someone who was 'stuck' in the old style during his time, even though he perfected and revolutionized that era of music. Bach's contemporaries didn't know/understand all of what he did at the time (hell we're still figuring it out), until figures like Mendelssohn helped bring back Bach's music post mortem. Mozart didn't particularly revolutionize anything in terms of polyphony in the grand sense, not to say that he wasn't extremely prolific and revolutionary in certain other aspects of music (such as scope, certain counterpoint, structure, his operas, etc.) and that he didn't use/expand in a polyphonic sense -- of course he did. However it is Beethoven who essentially ushered in the beginning of the Romantic period, revolutionizing polyphony in terms of expanding the palette and helping contribute to the eventual rise of programmatic music. Whatever you think of his music in particular, Beethoven would be a better analogy. Nothing again Mozart. But your comment is otherwise pretty spot on.
That whole section from 6:08 to 8:47 has intrigued me since I first heard it as a teenager on some Musical Heritage Society cassettes that came in the mail. I would play and re-play this movement in part because I loved that passage so much. It's easy to think of Bach as some dour Seventeenth Century Lutheran organist who focused only on the mechanics of composition and not on the musicians who would play his works, but this passage is a part of his canon where you see him elevating one instrumentalist to the center of all the audience's attention. It's somewhat akin to when a jazz band lets one of the saxes go at it with a solo in the midst of a song. All we need here is for the conductor to encourage the audience to give a round of applause to the harpsichordist mid-piece as the rest of the "band" plays on.
This concerto is supposed to have been written for a musical contest between Bach and another famous musician of the Baroque era. That is why the harpsichord part is so difficult.
I love what Douglas Adams wrote about this in The Salmon of Doubt: Whatever new extremities of discovery or understanding we reach, we always seem to find the footsteps of Bach there already. When we see images of the strange mathematical beasts lurking at the heart of the natural world-fractal landscapes, the infinitely unfolding paisley whorls of the Mandelbrot Set, the Fibonacci series, which describes the pattern of leaves growing on the stem of a plant, the Strange Attractors that beat at the heart of chaos- it is always the dizzying, complex spirals of Bach that come to mind. Some people say that the mathematical complexity of Bach renders it unemotional. I think the opposite is true. As I listen to the interplay of parts in a piece of Bach polyphony, each individual strand of music gathers hold of a different feeling in my mind, and takes them on simultaneous interweaving rollercoasters of emotion. One part may be quietly singing to itself, another on an exhilarating rampage, another is sobbing in the corner, another dancing. Arguments break out, laughter, rage. Peace is restored. The parts can be utterly different, yet all belong indivisibly together. It’s as emotionally complex as a family. And now, as we discover that each individual mind is a family of different parts, all working separately but together to create the fleeting shimmers we call consciousness, it seems that once again, Bach was there before us. When you listen to the Fifth Brandenburg Concerto, you don’t need a musicologist to tell you that something new and different is happening. Even two and three quarter centuries after it actually was new, you can hear the unmistakable thrumming energy of a master at the height of his powers doing something wild and daring with absolute self-confidence. When Bach wrote it, he put himself at the harpsichord instead of the viola he more usually played in ensembles. It was a happy, productive time of his life when he was at last surrounded by some good musicians. The harpsichord traditionally played a supporting role in this kind of group, but not this time. Bach let rip. As you listen to the first movement, you hear something strange, new, and terrifying giving birth to itself. Or maybe it’s a giant engine, or even a great horse being prepared for a Herculean task, surrounded by (you can’t help jumbling metaphors when language tries to keep up with music) a flotilla of helpers fussing around it. You hear it ticking over, trotting having a little canter here and there, getting a bit frisky, and then taking a trial run as its helpers encourage it onward, keening with bated breath. It hauls itself back in again, does another quick circuit. . . and then the other instruments fall silent. It stands free and alone, pawing at the ground, breathing deeply, gathering its strength, trotting forward . . . And then it makes its move-running . . . hurtling. . .flying . . .climbing. . . clambering. . . pushing. . . panting. . . twisting. . . trashing . . .pounding at the ground . . . pounding . . . pounding . . . suddenly breaking away, running onward desperately, and then, with one last little unexpected step up in the bass, it’s home and free-the main tune charges in triumphantly and it’s all over bar the weeping and dancing (i.e., the second and third movements). The familiarity of the Brandenburgs should not blind us to their magnitude. I’m convinced that Bach is the greater genius who ever walked among us, and the Brandenburgs are what he wrote when he was happy.
The harpsichord solo in the First movement is pure bliss...of a celestial nature, of heaven reaching down and enwrapping the listener in its caressing wings...As much as I enjoy the opening musical arrangements-primarily wind and strings, I am enraptured by the harpsichord....almost as if Bach had foreseen the best of rock operas and just how rock n roll, heir to Bach's polyphonic sound by the way, would electrify and thrill audiences centuries later...Bach was a true musical prophet...
This put me in the perfect mood to wash my truck. I gots my rhythm back! ;) Wonderful concert, Freiburger Barockorchester. Thank you for your finesse and talent.
My favorite piece!! I swear this piece is so beautiful, and how they played this piece was absolutely great!! We had a badass on the harpsichord, even though the others were standing still like statues during his solo, but I swear to God you are in heaven while listening to this piece. Beautiful and majestic. Thank you Lord for Johann Sebastian Bach!
There is a lot of joy in both authentic performance techniques, along with real gut strings, and Baroque tempos and so-forth. BUT, when played on more powerful "modern" instruments, there is a greater depth to the sound. Baroque: sweet, like cats meowing in perfect pitch. Modern, gutsier, more of a growl, like large Cats. Matter of taste. I have played in both( as a Violinist), and both are very rewarding. In the Baroque, one hears all the inner voices with such crystalline clarity.
I left a comment long ago..... This interpretation of the 5th Brandenburg concerto can compete with that of Ton koopman's Amsterdamer Barock Orch. the most exceptional I have heard ...unbeatable!
1:02, 2:10, 2:37 and 2:50 ascendingly prepare the heart to handle the sublime 2:58, thanks Freiburger Barockorchester for such magnificent performance of the best composer and musician ever
this is a giant and rich sound for not that many musicians in the ensemble. if you closed your eyes and listened, would you have guessed only ten performers?
Many experts feel that this 64 bar (I think it's 64) harpsichord solo marks the transistion of the instrument from a rhythmic continuo instrument to a melodic one. This piece is the great grandfather of every piano piece you ever knew, from Beethoven to Billy Joel to Little Richard!
Compare the interpretations of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra to the ones of Orchestra Mozart under the direction of Claudio Abbado. Which do you like better?
th-cam.com/play/PLBjoEdEVMABJhjc66cvtxhvEaTjEC3hkz.html
EuroArtsChannel It's not close. This group's interpretation of the Brandenburg Concertos are by far better than all the other interpretations I have heard.
I really think all Baroque orchestras should play at A415hz like Freiburg.
+EuroArtsChannel Both ensembles are more than accomplished professionals and deserve high praise. But here is my comparison : The Freiburg Orchestra is playing in a better acoustics room. The floor they play on extends all around them that carries the sound and it diffuses and mellows the sound in a pleasing way. The strings have a beautiful sound. The interpretation is more orchestral than chamber for the Mozart Orchestra with the right amount of excitement that it does not tenses this heavenly music too much. That is about all the good I have to say about this Freiburg performance. You might have guessed but i prefer the Orchestra Mozart interpretation. They have soul and move the music with moving and amazing accuracy. The Mozart Orchestras flutist performance is sublime absolutely. The first violinist is very refined virtuoso that is entirely in the music. The harspischordist is also of the highest caliber as a musician and delivers a transparent Bach to us without the bad rubato seen in the Freiburg harpsichordist and delivers all the note distinctly whereas i can tell you the Freiburg one does not, his fingers dont lift fast enough and he mars a lot of fast passages to the point that the musical intention is blunted. But mostly he is not even keeping a steady tempo when he should. It's beyond what is acceptable and irritated me slightly. As far as the overall interpreation the freiburg orchestra does a good job with nuances and conducting maybe better than the Mozart orchestra that has too many individual talents.
+EuroArtsChannel Orchestra of Mozart is better overall and the tempo is better. The solo violinist at least tries to assert himself more. Although I like Dantone, Freiburg harpsichordist's cadenza is WAY more stylish. I don't understand people who play that cadenza with a stiff tempo which reminds me of the dinosaur era of Bach harpsichord playing (1900-1970s).
+EuroArtsChannel Although there is no definitive way to compare this with performance practices of Bach's time (and this was locked away and forgotten in a mayonnaise jar on Funk and Wagnall's porch and never performed for how long was it after Bach presented it to the Margrave of Brandenburg and all involved had died?) I would have to give Freiberg the nod. There is an enthusiasm here that is lacking in other performances.
This piece of music changed my life, when I first heard it over 20 years ago. Definitely scored me no social points as a 12-year-old boy, but I did not care, and I still don't, at 35. My musical horizons have broadened considerably since then, but for me, Bach will always be the OG. And this performance is fire!
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@@epicfortnitedabber And, that is really ok.
Good for you. Few are chosen.
That sure sounds like a 12 year old boy.
@@epicfortnitedabber ur also here
Here we are after 1750, Bach's Passing. I am assuming 270 years after his Death. And we still love this Man. I hope Bach can see my post in Heaven. Bring a smile to him
That harpsichordist is freaking awesome
Yes it so is! That Cadenza looks very hard to play!
Yes, it is some of the most complex harpsichord music ever.
Bach bought a big harpsichord and composed that cadenza for it, and also for his own performance
Estevão Z Right now I am learning Invention 8, which is the first really hard Bach piece i have learned. My teacher says that no matter how much experience you get with him, Bach is never easy.
dasd282 Very true. He's a finger twister, and he loves accidentals and modulations. Don't believe it if some folks on TH-cam comment and say "Ah, he's easy if ya just know what you're doin". If they say that, chances are, they can't play!
dasd282 Gods yes! Fantastic!! I bet his fingers was sore the day after!
For those who don't know about the story behind Bach's Brandenburg concertos. In 1721, Bach composed six “concertos for various instruments”. He dedicated them to a German nobleman and sent the manuscript as a gift, hoping to land a job as the court composer in Brandenburg. The nobleman never replied. Bach eventually took another job in Leipzig, where he lived for the rest of his life. The 6 concertos were lost for 130 years. They were never performed. The manuscript was eventually sold for about $20 and shelved in a library. The Brandenburg Concertos sat there until 1849, when they were discovered and published for the first time. Thank god.
yuh i will now use this is my powerpoint presentation on bach
@@marianna3188 great! The more people know, the better :)
God. Not god.
@@stupid28273 faute de frappe? :)
Gracias
Love how the violin and the flute intertwine into fluid cloud, and how harpsichord bounces along with rest of the instruments and tells a compelling visual from inner psyches.
I love how I immediately knew which part you were talking about
@@luke-be8yw How do you know you were thinking of the same part?
18:27 - His look of feigned surprise at the recapitulation gets me every time.
Yessssss
Thanks! I just spit coffee all over my laptop! LOL
PLS LMAO
That guy is the star of this small concert. While everyone is just playing their instruments, he's living his! While everyone is just standing there when it's not their turn, he's eagerly waiting till he can start playing again!
@@CrossoverGameReviews he is certainly the most enjoyable person to watch in all six pieces imo
"The aim and final end of all music should be for none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul." J. S. Bach
The serious questions (I mean it):
1. Who is God?
2. What’s the human soul?
Could you answer your them?
I can agree with the latter... baroque music definitely does that.
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God: The Creator of everything, including the human soul, and the source of all good, including all human goodness.
Human Soul: The thing that gives life to the human person. You are your soul and body. Without your soul, you are not human. It is literally what makes you human. Good music such as this serves to lift the human soul to contemplate God's goodness, whereas disordered music drags the human soul downwards to more base considerations.
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I wonder if any of those folks ever thought that their music might be listened to by an Iowa farmer while operating his combine in his back 40 acres harvesting his corn crop?
Has it?
Deborah really
Good application. The Brandenburgs were reportedly written for Christian Ludwig to help w/ his insomnia.
I've never been to an airport that plays it, although I think it's a good idea.
@Deborah this doesn't really seem like it would calm me down... Maybe it's just me but it's pretty fast and jumpy
You can definitely tell that the director and maybe even the crew involved in making this video have to love baroque music to pick those perfect angles that transmit the musicians feelings straight to your soul
Incredible harpsichord playing in the 1st movement! His registration brought out all the parts, and the sound engineer miked the harpsichord perfectly! Very clean sound made the bass and upper parts intelligible to the ear. Bravissimo!
He sounds like he has played this part thousands of times.
there will never be a time when this music is not achingly beautiful. it literally transcends time.
It's amazing how that harpsichord solo can be interpreted so many different ways and always sound miraculous.
-Behringer here plays it lightly and gracefully.
-Perahia takes a similar approach to Behringer, but has the benefit of a piano's clarity.
-Karl Richter played it like heavy metal music.
-Gould played it with a trance-like intensity.
Thank you for this comment! Now I can’t wait to go listen to all those other performances!!
Check out Robert Hill's interpretation as well. Probably my personal favourite.
Dear Michael Behringer, that is such a high level of musicianship and harpsichord playing. You are a gift to the world. Bravo, master!
he did a private harpsichord lesson with me, absolutely great
0:16 Ritornello, f
0:34 Solo; faster; new themes & motives from ritornello
0:57 Ritornello 1, f
1:02 Solo, gleiches Material
1:21 Ritornello 2, f, Moll
1:27 Solo, gleiches Material
1:46 Ritornello 2, f, Moll
1:51 Solo, gleiches Material, dann erste Cembalo-Läufe
2:29 Ritornello 2, f
2:35 Solo > Ü
2:58 Flöte & Geige, vorwiegend Moll, langsamere Harmoniewechsel
3:22 Cello, Flöte, Geige: Sequenzen
3:52 Lange hohe Noten > Ü
4:06 Ritornello 1, f
4:10 Solo
4:51 Ritornello 1 & 2, f, T
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Kadenz Cembalo - Motive aus Solo-Material
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danke!
Hallo, wie geht's dir? Ich liebe Deutch!! XD
(English: Don't think im crazy, ok, I'm just kidding *;)*)
seems like i wont fail this gcse after all
The section beginning at 3:20 is just a miracle of pure orchestral texture: he spins out the most glorious harmonic sequence that takes you to a distant place and you return, deposited lightly at the recapitulation with the lightest touch. I never see JS Bach credited as being a great orchestrator but he was one of the greatest within the limits of the ensembles of his day.
It's amazing
Eine der besten Interpretationen. Die Begeisterung über dieses wunderschöne Meisterwerk ist den Musikern anzumerken. Perfekt!
How can this be so good??? Ok Bach is the greatest musician of all time, but i wish people could realise just how divine the playing of this ensemble is. You forget all about technique, human error, earth.. You just go to heaven for a little less than 20 minutes
Amen to that, brother!
And you can bet these ancient music players deeply love what they do. Which is not necessarily the case of musicians in symphony orchestras.
Philip Gregory Sougles You do indeed go to heaven. Bach is God!
hemiolaguy Amen amen!
I think you're underestimating us. We just so get every single thing about this. It's completely overwhelming. It's tears and gratitude and ecstasy. No...we get it brother. As far as "Bach is the greatest musician of all time", Yes - WE know that but I've lived with fantastic. musicians who dub Beethoven and/or Mozart for that honor. It's subjective and I'm kind but once you've peaked on acid with the gushing colorful mandala of Bach's No 5 in D rolling in tears and hallelujahs,- well - you are just forever tainted because you realize - this is God.
Truly one of the greatest pieces ever written. It never fails to bring tears to my eyes.
I saw all six performed together in Baltimore today. It was breathtaking.
There's not a single moment within the whole 20 minutes that is not pure and perfect joy
This 5th concerto sounds lively, vibrant and fresh even after nearly 300 years!
Amazing how such few players (in comparison with a full orchestra) can fill the whole ambient with music. A perfect piece to showcase ritornello
Oh My Gosh, I can't believe I found it. I first heard this Musical Number about 22 years ago on my first boombox given to me for Christmas when I was 12 years old. It was being played on USC Classical Music radio station, unfortunately I was never able to get the title of the Cencerto. Then I saw this piece on PBS Classics but it was incomplete and they didn't display the title. Then I heard this Concerto 2 years ago driving to pickup my sister from work, but I couldn't remember the concerto title. Today I told my sister that after doing a week long search for this concerto and she said. Oh i know which concerto your talking about. I am relieved, oh so thankful that you uploaded this thank you!
"Who are you! Who loves Classical Music at 12?" Someone who's life was changed by BACH.
Johann Rosario Me! I loved classical music from a very early age!
@@JohannRosario1 It is me, brother I am nine and I play this concerto like a pro. No joke. I am level ARCT on RCM and this piece is really enhancing. I wish to learn more on Bach.
@@paules3437 It is me, brother I am nine and I play this concerto like a pro. No joke. I am level ARCT on RCM and this piece is really enhancing. I wish to learn more on Bach.
I play it.
God, the harpsichordist makes that first movement look and sound so easy... Having played it, I can confirm that it is indeed far from easy.
El solo de clavicémbalo más maravilloso que he oído. Magnífico genio J.S.Bach. Bravo Michael Behringer; Bravo Freiburger Barockorchester !!
Bach's music is always happy, elegant and a joy to listen to. Don't you wish you can play an instrument and join a group to play Bach? Now think of this, you must be 100% in attendance. What a drag.
+Wing Low His secular music maybe is always happy - not his sacred - see Matthew's' Passion.
these are the right ones to listen to...over and over and over and over and over....
The depth and complexity of classical music are unparalleled. From the intricate harmonies to the sweeping orchestral movements, it's a genre that demands not just listening but experiencing.
Examples of Baroque Concerto Techniques as found in Bach's Brandenburg Concert No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050
Movement 1/Allegro:
0:14 9 measure ritornello stated by the tutti
4:51 Return of the ritornello
7:50 Virtuosic treatment of harpsichord in 65 measure unaccompanied cadenza
Movement 2/Affettuoso:
10:18 Typical trio treatment of theme by passing between flute and violin with harpsichord accompaniment
12:00 Harpsichord takes the lead with presenting the melody
Movement 3/Allegro
17:25 Harpsichord as soloist with orchestra as accompaniment
19:23 Ending
Bach’s music is timeless, pure, and for the benefit of all humanity, in all ages.
No comments on the flutist. I used to study harpischord, so I understand the love given to that instrument, but that's a baroque flute the guy's playing, all wood, no metal keys to cover the holes, no metal lip plate. He's just blowing across a hole and using his fingers to cover the holes. And doing a fine job of it, at that speed.
Ako ikada netko poznaje Bach-a, za sad ste to vi i svaka cast svima, a solistu necu niti spominjati.Svima sam vam ispod nogu, M.Kahlina
Not having ever cared too much for Master Bach...until this. Thank You! Well done with his soul in it.
Fabulous just fabulous. Compliments to everyone who participated. It just because brings wonder to my ears.
17:36 it just feels like the instruments are talking to each other, magnificent
It was the second mvt in the 5th Concerto that made me a lifelong music lover so many years ago. At first, I couldn't decide whether I appreciated the 1st movt more, with its near rock n roll frenzy harpsichord playing, but it was this, with its subsequent soft and gentle textures, which reminds one of rain showers after a thunderstorm...
I would like to travel to Köthen some day, just to breathe the air that was surrounding our great Bach as he composed some of his greatest works. By the way, this concert is my most beloved one.
My favorite part of the 1st movement. 3:00-4:08 although he didn't hold the trill during the build before the tutti comes back in.
I'm playing an arrangement of this in a month. For flute, violin, and cello. It's a stupendous piece.
This interplay of richly melodic notes weaving through a still greater tapestry of musical instruments arranged for unitary harmony is known as polyphonic music, enlarged upon (not invented, as is erroneously believed; for there were pre-17th century antecedents), but perfected by first Bach, then about a century later by Mozart.
POLYPHONICS IS THE MOTHER OF ROCK N ROLL...THANK YOU, BACH!
how amazing! Best baroque music ever! I am so sad when the piece finish cause i wanna here more! I feel so joyful and happy when i am listening this concerto! And u can easily tell how much the players are enjoying the music! such a delightful and wonderful treasure of human history. I can only say that music is so amazing!
Do you understand how boring your comment is?
I find this comment rather haughty and insulting if not patronising!Every person has the right to express his/her feelings the way they want to!
I can't imagine all the work Bach had while writing the notes... A genius like all the past musicians.
Yes if only he didn't write hundreds of other compositions also. Some say he was not possibly human, God certainly guided him.
@@ericastier1646 Don't attribute Bach's thousands of hours of study to god. What he did he accomplished by himself.
@@lelouchlamperouge600 Did Bach come to this world by himself ? Are the laws of physic that allowed his brain to operate run by Bach ? Was Bach's inspirational driving force to write predominantly sacred music a self egotistic achievement ? Was the first thing you would hear in Bach's mouth : "Me , me me, me. It's me, I am the greatest" ? Are jacobin haters, murderers and genociders from the french revolution still around in France today ? Do they profess egotistic, self pride ,vain, hatred values and think they can order others to banish spiritual elevation ?
Bach was inspired by God and the creation. The purity and constancy in his work is a direct reflection of his religious faith.
Bach was definitely a genius of the highest order!One cannot understand how a mere mortal can compose such divine and sublime music which stood the test of time! t's just mind boggling!🎼🎻🎶🎵
@@ericastier1646 Selfless creation and selflessness itself doesnt require deity
The harpsichord solo is as good and intense as anything to be found in the best of rock concerts...the brilliant rhythms and driving forward momentum...but, after all, as the originator and perfecter of the "polyphonic sound," Bach is the father of modern music, the most boisterous offspring of which is rock n ROLL. I LOVE CONCERTO NO. 5, 1ST MVT.
Bach is full of joy, joy, joy and more joy 😀
Nice job on that harpsichord solo! And that's some lovely Baroque flute playing. This is a terrific ensemble.
Bach was a viola player. That harpsichord bit, he played that to impress a girl. Real talk.
Music does not get any better than this.
So true
if this does not fill your heart with joy, nothing will. Awesome and very historically appropriate setting. IMHO, the best execution of the first keyboard concert ever written.
Can any music in the universe exceed this in beauty and intellectual content?
wysiwyg248 Precisely!
wysiwyg248 This piece is absolutely perfect for the harpsichord. That sparkling glitteriness is just beyond compare, and cannot be imitated by a piano.
It's good, in the classical sense; But most classical pieces, including this one, just don't convey much emotion to me, if at all. And yes, there are several songs that do fill me with joy.
not sure where you live, Eric S. but if the first movement starting at 3:45 does not remind you of Winter and snow like Pieter Bruegel's the hunters in the snow ans such, I'm not sure what will as I've stated previously
Now that is some beautiful polyphonic texturing and the call and response style is great. Love the baroque era.
As a lover and purveyor of all genres of music, I aver that one cannot deny these two incontrovertible facts: 1) Bach is the originator and authenticator of the polyphonic sound, his great achievement later being recognized and further refined by Mozart and 2) this piece is as fiery and/or ardent as any good rock n roll composition, for truly (going back to point no.1), Bach is the father of all modern Western music and, of course, by logical extension, of rock and roll.
Agree with everything except this small thing: I'd replace your Mozart with Beethoven. Mozart was a purveyor of the pinnacle form of the era during his time (the Classical period specifically), similar to how Bach was also considered someone who was 'stuck' in the old style during his time, even though he perfected and revolutionized that era of music. Bach's contemporaries didn't know/understand all of what he did at the time (hell we're still figuring it out), until figures like Mendelssohn helped bring back Bach's music post mortem.
Mozart didn't particularly revolutionize anything in terms of polyphony in the grand sense, not to say that he wasn't extremely prolific and revolutionary in certain other aspects of music (such as scope, certain counterpoint, structure, his operas, etc.) and that he didn't use/expand in a polyphonic sense -- of course he did. However it is Beethoven who essentially ushered in the beginning of the Romantic period, revolutionizing polyphony in terms of expanding the palette and helping contribute to the eventual rise of programmatic music. Whatever you think of his music in particular, Beethoven would be a better analogy. Nothing again Mozart. But your comment is otherwise pretty spot on.
Bach wasn't the originator of the polyphonic tradition by any means but he was unquestionably the greatest master of it.
@@XavierMacXBeethoven loved Bach & called him "The God of Harmony"
The violinists are amazing
+Eduardo Fernández And what about Michael Behringer, the harpsichord?
6:08 Watch out everyone we got a badass on harpsichord.
That whole section from 6:08 to 8:47 has intrigued me since I first heard it as a teenager on some Musical Heritage Society cassettes that came in the mail. I would play and re-play this movement in part because I loved that passage so much. It's easy to think of Bach as some dour Seventeenth Century Lutheran organist who focused only on the mechanics of composition and not on the musicians who would play his works, but this passage is a part of his canon where you see him elevating one instrumentalist to the center of all the audience's attention. It's somewhat akin to when a jazz band lets one of the saxes go at it with a solo in the midst of a song. All we need here is for the conductor to encourage the audience to give a round of applause to the harpsichordist mid-piece as the rest of the "band" plays on.
This concerto is supposed to have been written for a musical contest between Bach and another famous musician of the Baroque era. That is why the harpsichord part is so difficult.
I love what Douglas Adams wrote about this in The Salmon of Doubt:
Whatever new extremities of discovery or understanding we reach, we always seem to find the footsteps of Bach there already. When we see images of the strange mathematical beasts lurking at the heart of the natural world-fractal landscapes, the infinitely unfolding paisley whorls of the Mandelbrot Set, the Fibonacci series, which describes the pattern of leaves growing on the stem of a plant, the Strange Attractors that beat at the heart of chaos- it is always the dizzying, complex spirals of Bach that come to mind.
Some people say that the mathematical complexity of Bach renders it unemotional. I think the opposite is true. As I listen to the interplay of parts in a piece of Bach polyphony, each individual strand of music gathers hold of a different feeling in my mind, and takes them on simultaneous interweaving rollercoasters of emotion. One part may be quietly singing to
itself, another on an exhilarating rampage, another is sobbing in the corner, another dancing. Arguments break out, laughter, rage. Peace is restored. The parts can be utterly different, yet all belong indivisibly together. It’s as emotionally complex as a family.
And now, as we discover that each individual mind is a family of different parts, all working separately but together to create the fleeting shimmers we call consciousness, it seems that once again, Bach was there before us.
When you listen to the Fifth Brandenburg Concerto, you don’t need a musicologist to tell you that something new and different is happening. Even two and three quarter centuries after it actually was new, you can hear the unmistakable thrumming energy of a master at the height of his powers doing something wild and daring with absolute self-confidence. When Bach wrote it, he put himself at the harpsichord instead of the viola he more usually played in ensembles. It was a happy, productive time of his life when he was at last surrounded by some good musicians. The harpsichord traditionally played a supporting role in this kind of group, but not this time. Bach let rip.
As you listen to the first movement, you hear something strange, new, and terrifying giving birth to itself. Or maybe it’s a giant engine, or even a great horse being prepared for a Herculean task, surrounded by (you can’t help jumbling metaphors when language tries to keep up with music) a flotilla of helpers fussing around it. You hear it ticking over, trotting having a little canter here and there, getting a bit frisky, and then taking a trial run as its helpers encourage it onward, keening with bated breath. It hauls itself back in again, does another quick circuit. . . and then the other instruments fall silent. It stands free and alone, pawing at the ground, breathing deeply, gathering its strength, trotting forward . . .
And then it makes its move-running . . . hurtling. . .flying . . .climbing. . . clambering. . . pushing. . . panting. . . twisting. . . trashing . . .pounding at the ground . . . pounding . . . pounding . . . suddenly breaking away, running onward desperately, and then, with one last little unexpected step up in the bass, it’s home and free-the main tune charges in triumphantly and it’s all over bar the weeping and dancing (i.e., the second and third movements).
The familiarity of the Brandenburgs should not blind us to their magnitude. I’m convinced that Bach is the greater genius who ever walked among us, and the Brandenburgs are what he wrote when he was happy.
He was basically really full of himself and wanted to show off how awesome he was. Not unlike many guitar solos today.
You should check out Jeff Loomis then.
J.S Bach 1685-1750 I've always enjoyed listening to my Classical music.
The harpsichord solo in the First movement is pure bliss...of a celestial nature, of heaven reaching down and enwrapping the listener in its caressing wings...As much as I enjoy the opening musical arrangements-primarily wind and strings, I am enraptured by the harpsichord....almost as if Bach had foreseen the best of rock operas and just how rock n roll, heir to Bach's polyphonic sound by the way, would electrify and thrill audiences centuries later...Bach was a true musical prophet...
He was another son of God sent to comfort mankind.
The best solo in the human history.
São nesses momentos que você percebe que viver vale a pena. Estar vivo pra escutar e apreciar tal obra prima é um enorme privilégio!
HAPPY 300TH BIRTHDAY TO THIS WONDERFUL SET OF CONCERTOS!!! 🥳
This is one of those pieces that the world would be noticeably poorer without. Thanks, Bach, and thanks Freiburger Barockorchester.
This put me in the perfect mood to wash my truck. I gots my rhythm back! ;)
Wonderful concert, Freiburger Barockorchester. Thank you for your finesse and talent.
This dude’s just sitting SHREDDING the harpsichord.
Agreed! Arpeggios on any stringed/keyed instruments are insane
The harpsichord GOES OFF in this piece I love it so much
Bach es un Genio y los músicos siente su genialidad cuando o interpretan gracias por estos vídeos tan glorificantes de la genialidad humana
The harpichord solo is a pristine ancestor of progressive metal.
One of my favourite Bach pieces. Well done!
My favorite piece!! I swear this piece is so beautiful, and how they played this piece was absolutely great!! We had a badass on the harpsichord, even though the others were standing still like statues during his solo, but I swear to God you are in heaven while listening to this piece. Beautiful and majestic. Thank you Lord for Johann Sebastian Bach!
Stirs my Germanic soul to read my morning devotions while listening to this beautiful music.
I just can't express in words what this whole thing do to my soul!
Love the harpsichord just being a beast and shredding at 6:00 into the cadenza - rock on! :P
This ensemble does a good job of Bach's work.
A good job is what an ordinary worker does!
This is so beautiful that I cried at hearing it.
+Gaylon Vickers You're not alone. It happens to many who appreciate the music.
Beauty will save the world. That's why I feel safe. Thank you Johannes.
What a beautiful video..The music..reaches to the eternity of the soul..
There is a lot of joy in both authentic performance techniques, along with real gut strings, and Baroque tempos and so-forth. BUT, when played on more powerful "modern" instruments, there is a greater depth to the sound. Baroque: sweet, like cats meowing in perfect pitch. Modern, gutsier, more of a growl, like large Cats. Matter of taste.
I have played in both( as a Violinist), and both are very rewarding. In the Baroque, one hears all the inner voices with such crystalline clarity.
go back to the NHL !!1!111
i've heard a few versions of this, it's so much better with an old-timey piano (whatever they're called)
The name of it is a harpsichord, hope this helped!
One of the first true keyboard concertos, a masterpiece!
Fantastic performance. The best I have heard so far. Extremely inspiring and energizing.
That Concert was played in the Castle of Köthen, where Bach composed the Brandenburgischen Concerts.
He lived there from 1717 to 1723.
0:48 ... "I can't wait until this rest is over, then everyone can finally see me play!"
0:57 "Dammit!"
Daniel Wesley hahahahahahahhahaha
1:02 He came Bach!
Poor Viola...
This is a lovely piece! The first time I'd actually heard it was on a record of "The Great Composers"-but only part of this piece was played!
I wonder if Bach ever predicted James May playing this in his Civic Type R and stating: "Rather sick car my brother"
I'm sure that was in his mind when he composed this.
I left a comment long ago..... This interpretation of the 5th Brandenburg concerto
can compete with that of Ton koopman's Amsterdamer Barock Orch. the most
exceptional I have heard ...unbeatable!
this is the pinnacle of human achievement
Happy Birthday, my friend! You were the one and only!
It is not strange that many greats of contemporary music refer to Bach's works as their primary source of inspiration.
Maravilloso concierto
I didn't know Novak Djokovic was a virtuoso at Harpsichord, amazing!!
Sublime interpretación de este conjunto excepcional.-
1:02, 2:10, 2:37 and 2:50 ascendingly prepare the heart to handle the sublime 2:58, thanks Freiburger Barockorchester for such magnificent performance of the best composer and musician ever
I've heard many versions over the years. I've that feeling that is may be one of the best, if not the ultimate.
Ich hab die dritte Satz so gern...so froh! Wirklich, diese Musik gehört der alles Humanität.
en l'an 2199 l'on aimera toujours ce concerto le plus grandiose des 6 concertos un miracle de spendeur
C'est vrai.
I like the tone of the transverse flute because it has a very soft tone. It almost reminds me of an alto flute
The cadenza, played very similarly to "Pavao Masic's" interpretation. such a fine rubato technique
this is a giant and rich sound for not that many musicians in the ensemble. if you closed your eyes and listened, would you have guessed only ten performers?
Bach was a total Barrockstar.
Bach IS a barrockstar!
that's the sort of thing my music teacher would say. should i try it on him?
However bad the joke may be it’s true
Many experts feel that this 64 bar (I think it's 64) harpsichord solo marks the transistion of the instrument from a rhythmic continuo instrument to a melodic one. This piece is the great grandfather of every piano piece you ever knew, from Beethoven to Billy Joel to Little Richard!
Idk anything about this kind of music but I like it. I imagine a lot of blue butterflies
Why the fuck are you here then
@@jessieb526 wow you're so fucking funny, I bet everyone laughed. Oh wait. Literally no one cares.
@@varunsathya1912 "Why the fuck are you here then"
She said she likes the music...
Definitely my favorite of the Brandenburg concertos.
Harpsichord is like I would appreciate a third hand
I know right look at his face he's like 'oh god get me out of here'
Looks more to me like "I got this. I was born for this. This is my purpose."
I agree! He´s 100% focused on his art and playing. You know he´s practiced the piece a 1000 times and is perfectionist. How amazing!
@@clara2625 nah look at woman at 11:30
hehe
After playing violin for 12+ years, I think I found what I need to start playing with a few friends
I think this is THE EARLIEST ROCK MUSIC on earth.