This interpretation is so different than all the others. Instead of an upbeat dance variation, he makes it sound like someone reflecting on past events that gives a certain nostalgic quality. The way the chords are pulled makes it almost sad and longing
For me it's like, we're part of the first few generations of musicians that can really leave behind an actual concrete "What it sounded like" recording of our work. Everyone else had sheet music and the memories of the few that physically came and saw them perform. Mr. Bylsma is survived by his son and daughter, who both get to hear this, forever. It's a worthy life goal just for that, to have produced something so beautiful that may be seen for generations. Every camera is like looking death in the eyes, and this man played Death beautiful cello.
@@lily_astral Yeah, sometimes I wonder how Bach himself played his pieces. No one can hear it now, but it’s not only a bad thing. It allows musicians today to play their own interpretation. I saw Yo-Yo Ma’s video, and he plays the same piece in a completely different way. Yo-Yo Ma’s Gavotte sounds like little young green leaves floating on water are dancing. Light and fun. Mr. Bylsma’s one in this video is like a huge aging tree, and the way he pulls the cords are very slow and heavy. It’s like he’s tasting each note one by one. But that tree still has beautiful green leaves, and they’re like remembering the summer days long ago. Maybe that’s why I teared up by his playing. Both interpretations are very different, but I like both of them. Sorry if my opinion sounds weird to you. I’m non-musician and don’t know anything about specific.
@@puutans Your opinion is wonderful, and definitely true in my eyes. Though, I really really wish there were recordings of Bach, because people still cover songs in entirely new ways of currently alive artists too :) Like Johnny Cash singing Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt". This feels like that. Old man tasting his life.
I have rarely coveted something, but this cello piccolo with its exquisitely carved scroll and sound is something I would very much love to possess. RIP maestro. Your light and sound are missed.
Well worth coming by to listen, I wanted to hear a cello play a piece like this, and i'm behind a couple hundred years. Thank you Anner Bylsma for playing beautifully, forever now a gift I can share to others. Thank you two-set for sharing.
The Gavotte from the 6th Suite is one of my favorite pieces in the world. I learned it as a violin student, and I fell in love with it as a little kid when I heard an older student play at a recital. It was a Suzuki program and you had to learn all the songs in order, and it was so frustrating getting through the lower level pieces. Finally we left suzuki, bought a copy of the book that contains it, and my new teacher let me "skip" all the other songs to play it. I felt like such a rebel. I was so happy! I don't play much anymore, but when I do pick up my violin, this is often one the first things I play.
So, so, so many interpretations of this Gavotte are - technically proficient, but expressionless in a machine-like way. What a FANTASTIC contrast here, with Maestro Bylsma extracting every golden gram of meaning in each note, each phrase.......... a phenomenal, and alive, understanding of this music. To modern cellists, some of great reputation: facial expressions alone do not transmit the inner beauty of this work.......... Bylsma digs into it, and comes up with the gold, every single bar of this work.
I love the way he expresses the chords in this piece. I've never heard the piece before, so I don't know how much is the piece and how much is him, but this is great.
@Flenchentia Music The great thing about the 5 String Piccolo Cello is that you can now read violin and viola sheet music down an octave right off the bat.
The violoncello is my favorite instrument. I do regret that I did not dedicate part of my occupied banking life to practicing something that could have been my better moments in the present.
I can feel his love and dedication to Bach and his instrument and to his calling. I had the great pleasure of seeing him perform in person and it was both spiritual and awe inspiring. With all due respect to Yo Yo Ma and other contemporaries, I prefer Anner Bylsma….
@@cellokenno, yeah, i see. you could look him up at some wikipedia, en, fr, de and then switch to nl (dutch), his language which also is mine. on getting famous he saw himself compelled to change his birth name Anne Bijlsma, frisian pron. about ‘Awne’, long aw-. first to Anner because people, even in Nederland and België, expected a female cellist to come. and not much later on, for foreign purpose, the y. his father, the late trombonist Anne Bijlsma told me on a tour with an amateur orchestra he conducted as a pensioner .
I love this piece! I’m really jealous of that 5 string baroque cello😆 makes it a little easier than on a modern cello where the highest string is an A....
How does his hand not cramp in that position? 🤔 Even Canon in D gives me hand cramps and he's holding it in a way which hurts more 😂 at least that what I think
Wow. He's playing that like a Baroque cello. No end peg. Yowza. Bravo. Thank you so very much. Now I see how this should really be played. Amazing. Beautiful. Which cello is he using in this video?
I did not see the extra string or the extra tuning peg; I was too busy listening. Thanks for pointing that out. Wow. The evolution of the cello from the gamba, I guess. And a baroque bow.
The 5 string cello was an anomoly - as far as I know, the 6th suite is the only thing Bach ever wrote for piccolo cello, most likely to be played by a friendly member of his community.
true, this is a violoncello piccolo, so smaller then a normal baroque cello and it has five strings, baroque cellos have four strings like modern cellos
The cello didn't evolve from the viola da gamba as is commonly supposed. It belongs to a family of instruments, the violin family, totally unrelated to the gamba family.
MrDrumminor Exactly, the viola da gamba was born in Spain and was a noble instrument. The violin or cello were born in Italia in the same period and were very popular instruments. Their difference is that the viola da gamba was an instrument which could just be played by sitting on a chair. The violin, and even the cello, were procession instruments, created for being played in the street. Then, they met and the viola da gamba was not good enough (about virtuosity, sound...) than the cello. The viola da gamba disappeared whereas it was very one of the most important instruments of the baroque period, playing by all the important persons... It was the favorite instrument of the French King Louis XIV...
I don't think Anner expected anyone to "gavotte"to his rather personal interpretation of Bach. I don't suppose you would be able to "prelue" to his interpretation of the Prelude to the suite either. It's just a shame that People don't seem to be able to learn much fancy foot-work, anymore.
@@davidmoran5431 Please tell me that the "gigue" fugues and passacaglias that Bach and Buxtehude wrote for organ were also meant for dancing, as an integral part of 17th century Lutheran liturgy ;)
@@joannescouchet7038 oh, those rocking Lutherans ... actually it would be easy to dance to the big Bach passacaglia, at least if you check out Anton Heiller's unapproached rendition, or even that of some others, and of course none of that was used in liturgy, but I bet you know that, (and of course Bach not in the 17th century, but you know that too) will go listen to Buxt passacaglias now and drink to your wit re Lutherans :) !
@@davidmoran5431 Depends on what you define as "part of liturgy" - the big praeludiums were certainly used as prelude or interludes during service, not just part of Abendmusik etc. Anyways, I was wondering about whether conventional rules of Baroque dances (especially maintaining strict tempi) necessarily apply to works for solo instrument, especially since they were most likely not actually danced to - I'm thinking of the "con discrezione" markings on gigues by Froberger etc. And from what I've read, apparently Bach cello suites are hard to dance to, even if played in strict tempo. Although I agree with you that while effective, Bylsma is indeed stretching the dance into recitativo-like dimensions here.
RIP Maestro Bylsma! Your Interpretation of Bach's music is still out of reach. That was the manner they made and play music in Barock time, in my opinion of coarse.
He die on 25 july 2019, rest in peace master
Everyone else: YAY TWOSET!
me:theres a head on that cello.....
Baroque and renaissance string instruments were more decorative.
Me, a Viola da Gamba player, every time I see a modern violin or cello: Oh, there's no head on that
@@arnoldrivas4590 Not really, it's actually pretty rare to have sculpted heads on baroque cellos. It's more of a Gamba thing to have a head
It's the source of the cello's power.
This interpretation is so different than all the others. Instead of an upbeat dance variation, he makes it sound like someone reflecting on past events that gives a certain nostalgic quality. The way the chords are pulled makes it almost sad and longing
most likely cause hes playing on baroque cello...makes different phrases and feel...really unique stuff
Beautifully worded
Views are about to jump thx to twoset give it a few hours (it was at 55k views when I posted the comment)
few minutes my g
Did you mean few minuet? *klasekall!*
sounds about right
Piano Weeb guilty as charged
7 hours later 59k lol
Rest in Peace Anner Blysma. You're probably my most favorite cellist. thank you for all the beautiful playing
Wonderful. I was fortunate enough to get to see him live in concert. He was gracious enough to autograph my CDs.
it sounds so SINCERE
this man devoted half his life to the cello suites by bach. it is amazing what he comes up with
I don't know why I'm tearing up...
I feel his love and dedication to the cello through his playing.
For me it's like, we're part of the first few generations of musicians that can really leave behind an actual concrete "What it sounded like" recording of our work. Everyone else had sheet music and the memories of the few that physically came and saw them perform. Mr. Bylsma is survived by his son and daughter, who both get to hear this, forever. It's a worthy life goal just for that, to have produced something so beautiful that may be seen for generations. Every camera is like looking death in the eyes, and this man played Death beautiful cello.
@@lily_astral
Yeah, sometimes I wonder how Bach himself played his pieces.
No one can hear it now, but it’s not only a bad thing. It allows musicians today to play their own interpretation. I saw Yo-Yo Ma’s video, and he plays the same piece in a completely different way.
Yo-Yo Ma’s Gavotte sounds like little young green leaves floating on water are dancing. Light and fun.
Mr. Bylsma’s one in this video is like a huge aging tree, and the way he pulls the cords are very slow and heavy. It’s like he’s tasting each note one by one. But that tree still has beautiful green leaves, and they’re like remembering the summer days long ago. Maybe that’s why I teared up by his playing.
Both interpretations are very different, but I like both of them.
Sorry if my opinion sounds weird to you. I’m non-musician and don’t know anything about specific.
@@puutans Your opinion is wonderful, and definitely true in my eyes. Though, I really really wish there were recordings of Bach, because people still cover songs in entirely new ways of currently alive artists too :) Like Johnny Cash singing Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt". This feels like that. Old man tasting his life.
@@lily_astral Yeah, that's true :)
Twoset brought me here. Amazing!
I have rarely coveted something, but this cello piccolo with its exquisitely carved scroll and sound is something I would very much love to possess. RIP maestro. Your light and sound are missed.
Thank you twoset, I love it
@@Danny-qu7rt stupid comment, you know what he meant
@@FlourescentPotato If you post ur comment here (that is meant for twoset). Would they see it? Potatohead
@@Danny-qu7rt Its just an appreciation, c'mon, why so serious?
Are you talking about Brett and eddy? Or that something else...and if why you bring that here
Well worth coming by to listen, I wanted to hear a cello play a piece like this, and i'm behind a couple hundred years. Thank you Anner Bylsma for playing beautifully, forever now a gift I can share to others. Thank you two-set for sharing.
I’m so sad to have find out that he died summer of last year, I recently discovered him because of Twoset’s video
Yes very sad... Would've been certainly beautiful to hear this in person, certainly!
아 눈물이 나네요……
The Gavotte from the 6th Suite is one of my favorite pieces in the world. I learned it as a violin student, and I fell in love with it as a little kid when I heard an older student play at a recital. It was a Suzuki program and you had to learn all the songs in order, and it was so frustrating getting through the lower level pieces. Finally we left suzuki, bought a copy of the book that contains it, and my new teacher let me "skip" all the other songs to play it. I felt like such a rebel. I was so happy! I don't play much anymore, but when I do pick up my violin, this is often one the first things I play.
So, so, so many interpretations of this Gavotte are - technically proficient, but expressionless in a machine-like way. What a FANTASTIC contrast here, with Maestro Bylsma extracting every golden gram of meaning in each note, each phrase.......... a phenomenal, and alive, understanding of this music. To modern cellists, some of great reputation: facial expressions alone do not transmit the inner beauty of this work.......... Bylsma digs into it, and comes up with the gold, every single bar of this work.
The soul of the cello really comes through as does the artist's.
Wow, old guard sounds. Love it, so noble sound.
how sweet his playing sounds
Il più Grande violoncellista di tutti i tempi!!
Wow, this sound!
Mad respect for him.... This was beautifully done. ❤️
This music creates its own accompaniment and it needs nothing further in that line.
I love the way he expresses the chords in this piece. I've never heard the piece before, so I don't know how much is the piece and how much is him, but this is great.
I want this played at my funeral. On repeat.
RIP Anner remember the day's you came for Cello lessons at my parents house in The Hague
Reminds me a little bit to the gavotte en rondeau from the third partita for violin
Yes, they are brother and sister I think.
I was wondering where he was from with a name like that. Turns out he was born in the city I am currently studying in. ^^"
5-stringed instrument and a baroque bow, also used for the bass viol!
It's a violoncello piccolo
@@saltag It's a 5 String Cello
@Flenchentia Music The great thing about the 5 String Piccolo Cello is that you can now read violin and viola sheet music down an octave right off the bat.
Beauty and intense. Thanks for recomendation TwoSet.
The violoncello is my favorite instrument. I do regret that I did not dedicate part of my occupied banking life to practicing something that could have been my better moments in the present.
start tomorrow, if you can!
It's a 5 String Cello and you can also play solo Violin pieces on it w/o having to write the solo cello part down on paper.
I learned it on the violin as a kid, it's one of my favorite pieces to play
@@sciencefictionisreal1608 From Suzuki & it sounds cooler on a Baroque Violin.
Why this piece is so good 😭😭😭
Just amazing, as he always is
@Jeanne Tanner what is your problem?
Incredible!!
I can feel his love and dedication to Bach and his instrument and to his calling. I had the great pleasure of seeing him perform in person and it was both spiritual and awe inspiring. With all due respect to Yo Yo Ma and other contemporaries, I prefer Anner Bylsma….
Larga vida para él. Magnífico intérprete. Cuánta profundidad. Me llega esta música a lo más ondo del corazón.
Lo escucho muchas veces.
Me siento agradecido cada vez .
great .
and his name is Bijlsma, Anner Bijlsma.
kees canal fp His book, The Fencing Master, has the spelling “Bylsma.” He autographed it for me but his signature doesn’t help to clarify
@@cellokenno,
yeah, i see. you could look him up at some wikipedia, en, fr, de and then switch to nl (dutch), his language which also is mine.
on getting famous he saw himself compelled to change his birth name Anne Bijlsma, frisian pron. about ‘Awne’, long aw-. first to Anner because people, even in Nederland and België, expected a female cellist to come. and not much later on, for foreign purpose, the y.
his father, the late trombonist Anne Bijlsma told me on a tour with an amateur orchestra he conducted as a pensioner .
I love this piece! I’m really jealous of that 5 string baroque cello😆 makes it a little easier than on a modern cello where the highest string is an A....
it feels really kind...
with RESPECT.
This is an amazing piece! 🤩
저때 6살이었던 게 한이다. 빌스마 선생님...
Heavenly.
Belíssimo...!
2:54 this part reminds me of the opening of elgars first symphony
Thanks so much for uploading this. Is there any way for you to upload the whole concert? I would be so grateful.
i really like the scroll its so badass
How does his hand not cramp in that position? 🤔 Even Canon in D gives me hand cramps and he's holding it in a way which hurts more 😂 at least that what I think
Wow. He's playing that like a Baroque cello. No end peg. Yowza.
Bravo. Thank you so very much. Now I see how this should really be played. Amazing. Beautiful. Which cello is he using in this video?
It actually is a baroque cello. It has 5 strings.
I did not see the extra string or the extra tuning peg; I was too busy listening. Thanks for pointing that out. Wow. The evolution of the cello from the gamba, I guess. And a baroque bow.
It's a cello piccolo. Historically informed performance practice is one of Bylsma's specialities.
The 5 string cello was an anomoly - as far as I know, the 6th suite is the only thing Bach ever wrote for piccolo cello, most likely to be played by a friendly member of his community.
true, this is a violoncello piccolo, so smaller then a normal baroque cello and it has five strings, baroque cellos have four strings like modern cellos
RIP
@김명진 Didn't you read his obituary? Sadly he passed away on July 25, 2019.
El mejor intérprete
The cello didn't evolve from the viola da gamba as is commonly supposed. It belongs to a family of instruments, the violin family, totally unrelated to the gamba family.
Yes! Thank you!
MrDrumminor Exactly, the viola da gamba was born in Spain and was a noble instrument. The violin or cello were born in Italia in the same period and were very popular instruments. Their difference is that the viola da gamba was an instrument which could just be played by sitting on a chair. The violin, and even the cello, were procession instruments, created for being played in the street.
Then, they met and the viola da gamba was not good enough (about virtuosity, sound...) than the cello. The viola da gamba disappeared whereas it was very one of the most important instruments of the baroque period, playing by all the important persons... It was the favorite instrument of the French King Louis XIV...
Adorei
Blisma plays baroque cello
From 2 set to here. I gotta ask....what is wrong with A&C?
🆒
Anyone who knows if this is the instrument he uses this suite on his 1992 recording?
so halting and overinflected that no one could dance to it
I don't think Anner expected anyone to "gavotte"to his rather personal interpretation of Bach. I don't suppose you would be able to "prelue" to his interpretation of the Prelude to the suite either. It's just a shame that People don't seem to be able to learn much fancy foot-work, anymore.
@@mikestewart6517 wittily put, so maybe I just should've said he loses Bach's beat again and again
@@davidmoran5431 Please tell me that the "gigue" fugues and passacaglias that Bach and Buxtehude wrote for organ were also meant for dancing, as an integral part of 17th century Lutheran liturgy ;)
@@joannescouchet7038 oh, those rocking Lutherans ... actually it would be easy to dance to the big Bach passacaglia, at least if you check out Anton Heiller's unapproached rendition, or even that of some others,
and of course none of that was used in liturgy, but I bet you know that,
(and of course Bach not in the 17th century, but you know that too)
will go listen to Buxt passacaglias now and drink to your wit re Lutherans :) !
@@davidmoran5431 Depends on what you define as "part of liturgy" - the big praeludiums were certainly used as prelude or interludes during service, not just part of Abendmusik etc.
Anyways, I was wondering about whether conventional rules of Baroque dances (especially maintaining strict tempi) necessarily apply to works for solo instrument, especially since they were most likely not actually danced to - I'm thinking of the "con discrezione" markings on gigues by Froberger etc. And from what I've read, apparently Bach cello suites are hard to dance to, even if played in strict tempo. Although I agree with you that while effective, Bylsma is indeed stretching the dance into recitativo-like dimensions here.
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RIP Maestro Bylsma! Your Interpretation of Bach's music is still out of reach. That was the manner they made and play music in Barock time, in my opinion of coarse.