VOCES8: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150 - JS Bach
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- Session footage from VOCES8's recording of cantata 150 'Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich' by JS Bach. VOCES8 is recording with the Academy of Ancient Music (Bojan Čičič, leader), directed by Barnaby Smith. The track forms part of the VOCES8's 15th anniversary recording project, 'After Silence', and can be found on all digital music platforms. For more information about the album project, visit voces8aftersilence.com
Notes by Paul Williamson
Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150, known only from secondary sources, is probably Bach’s earliest surviving cantata, written while he was organist at the Neue Kirche in Arnstadt (1703-7). The work’s modest scoring reflects the limited musical resources at his disposal; it is also an old- style Protestant cantata, untouched by the reforms of Erdmann Neumeister, who advocated the introduction of madrigalesque poetry, operatic recitatives and da capo arias. BWV 150 takes a more restrained Lutheran approach, setting texts from Scripture (verses from Psalm 25 in movements 2, 4 and 6) alongside interpretative stanzas by an unknown poet (in movements 3, 5 and 7). To understand the Psalms, Luther said, we must consider that David was a prophet, and unless he instructs otherwise, we must take the sacred poetry to refer to Christ. Accordingly, in BWV 150, the Psalmist’s entreaties to the God of the Old Testament find Christian meanings in the exegetical modern verse. Similarly, commenting on Psalm 25:15 (set in movement 6), Luther explains the image of the ‘foot’ being released from the ‘net’ as the redemptive power of God’s grace, delivering the faithful from worldly snares. Valuing sacred music as a divine gift, Luther also compared the harmonious singing of many voices to a ‘heavenly dance’, a point surely recalled by Bach in the final movement of Nach dir, Herr, which takes the form of a chaconne. Nearly two centuries later, Bach’s inviting little dance was famously reborn in the final movement of Brahms’ Fourth Symphony, premiered in October 1885.
Text and Translation
Words: Psalm 25:1-2, 5, 15 (mvts 2, 4, 6); anon. (mvts 3, 5, 7)
1. Sinfonia
2. Chor
Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich. Mein Gott, ich hoffe auf dich. Laß mich nicht zuschanden werden, daß sich meine Feinde nicht freuen über mich.
Lord, I long for you. My God, I hope in you.
Let me not be put to shame, so that my enemies will not rejoice over me.
3. Arie (Soprano)
Doch bin und bleibe ich vergnügt, Obgleich hier zeitlich toben Kreuz, Sturm und andre Proben, Tod, Höll, und was sich fügt.
Ob Unfall schlägt den treuen Knecht, Recht ist und bleibet ewig Recht.
Yet I am and remain content, although at the moment here may rage
cross, storm and other trials, death, hell, and what is theirs. Though misfortune strike the true servant, right is and remains eternally right.
4. Chor
Leite mich in deiner Wahrheit und lehre mich; denn du bist der Gott, der mir hilft, täglich harre ich dein.
Lead me in your Truth and teach me; for you are the God, who helps me, I await you daily.
5. Terzett (Alto, Tenor, Bass)
Zedern müssen von den Winden Oft viel Ungemach empfinden, Oftmals werden sie verkehrt.
Rat und Tat auf Gott gestellet, Achtet nicht, was widerbellet, Denn sein Wort ganz anders lehrt.
Cedars must, before the winds, often feel much hardship, often they will be destroyed. Place your words and deeds before God,
heed not what howls against you, since his Word teaches otherwise.
6. Chor
Meine Augen sehen stets zu dem Herrn; denn er wird meinen Fuß aus dem Netze ziehen.
My eyes gaze continually at the Lord; for he will draw my foot out of the net.
7. Chor
Meine Tage in den Leiden
Endet Gott dennoch zur Freuden; Christen auf den Dornenwegen Führen Himmels Kraft und Segen. Bleibet Gott mein treuer Schutz, Achte ich nicht Menschentrutz; Christus, der uns steht zur Seiten. Hilft mir täglich sieghaft streiten.
My days in suffering
God will nevertheless end in joy; Christians upon the thorny pathways are led by Heaven’s power and blessing.
If God remains my dearest treasure, I need not heed mankind’s cruelty; Christ, who stands by our side, helps me daily fight to victory.
Academy of Ancient Music
Bojan Čičič, Violin I (Leader)
Davina Clarke, Violin II
Jonathan Byers, Cello
Judith Evans, Double Bass
Ursula Leveaux, Bassoon
Alastair Ross, Organ
William Carter, Theorbo - เพลง
Voces8 ist ein Weltklasseensemble. Die Sänger sind unglaublich, Gottseidank ohne Opernalüren, ohne Vibrato und trotzdem sinnlich.
Así es.
The soprano singing the solo beginning around 5.00 is using more vibrato than is customary for Voces8 but it's still not offensive.
👍🏼
So glad I'm not the only one who thinks that Opernalüren und (zu viel) Vibrato ruin vocal performance of this kind.
@@richtrophicherbs j'ai vérifié car la traduction, en français, donne ":à partir de 5 heures environ" 😳😊...où il faut comprendre 5 mn ! Bon dimanche à vous !
Angoulême, France.
Das ist Weltklasse!
Das ist Musik die direkt ins Herz geht. Sie soll mich begleiten, solange ich bin!
The brunette with the glasses is singing with such pathos she really draws you in. Fabulous.
That's Katie Jefferies, alto.
...getting tears in my eyes becaus of the amazing choir and that unbelieveble great music by bach. Eternal light set in music
thankyou for your beautiful comment, expressing just what I feel myself.
Unbelievably beautiful. Just what the world needs right now.
Willi Hansen it is love food to our souls 🙏💕🎶🎶
I just read all 196 comments. Nobody mentioned the amazing Jonathan Byers, cello, in 5. Terzet.
Jonathan: I applaud you!!
I approve
Thanks for righting this wrong.
This is wonderful music no matter where and how you get to listen. The beauty of UTube or other similar videos is the close up view of the musician or singers hands, the instrument, facial expressions, the conductor. Very few to none of concert hall seats get that close.
Word to your mother
I'll co-sign that.
Einzigartig. Groß. Wunderbar. Danke aus tiefstem Herzen.
Babett S d
Eine wunderbar schlanke Aufnahme. Dank dem Toccata-Magazinfür den Link.
It’s Christmas Eve and I’m listening to this and crying. I’m so lucky to have all that I do and I think of all those who have so little. ❤️
Eine der schönsten Kantaten, die Bach je komponiert hat.
Ist ein Chor der extra Klasse.Höre in sehr oft und bin immer wieder begeistert. Bleibt zusammen und singt weiter so.
After a year this still remains for me one of the most glorious things on the internet.
A masterclass in musicianship. Each musician lives every note and brings the whole thing to life. Inspiring!
I read a comment by a noted rock musician, and he said, "compared to Bach, we all suck!" This cantata illustrates that comment.
It was Pat Metheney interviewed by Rick Beato.
1:15 th-cam.com/video/UNgrH8u-IIc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=VKnEKcBj4-oxRKGr
From a rancher in Nebraska: STUNNING!!!! WOW!!!
Amen! May the same, sudden apprehension of overwhelming beauty strike a coal miner in West Virginia, a cab driver in New York City, a home care giver in Ohio, a fisherman in Alaska, a schoolteacher in New Mexico, a futures trader in Chicago, a house cleaner in Alabama, a truck driver in Tennessee, a retired person living alone in Idaho, a software designer in Florida, a landscaper in California, ...
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😊🤗
@@circlepi314 a mom in San Francisco....
Rarement entendu une telle perfection vocale. Quelles belles voix, quelle homogénéité, une interprétation de toutes leurs œuvres qui donne le frisson. Et oui une somme énorme de travail derrière. On est sous le charme. Que dire d'autre sinon d'en redemander
Are you bowled over by this arrangement? It is quite fantastic. Perhaps all the vocal music by Bach should be compulsorily recorded by this fabulous group for everyone to hear any time. Carl Browning.
Oui Totalement d'accord.
Listened this for the 20th time and still can't get enough! Beautiful!
Mee, too...
Me too!!!
Moi aussi !
@@Lardenoy ik ook1
... for the 30th time ...
This is the immortal sound of resilience and faith in these troubled times. Bless you all: musicians and music lovers here on TH-cam! This music means the world to me.
Absolut phantastisch. Ich sitze hier mit Tränen der Freude in meinen Augen.
Absolute Spitzendabietung! Danke Voces8.
now THAT'S how Bach is supposed to be interpreted!
A whole different experience!!
This is one of the most perfectly blended choirs I've ever heard. And the soprano, wow! I hope Voces8 does more Bach works and other early works and less modern stuff.
This choir does an incredible job balancing older and newer music in their recordings. Great new music is being composed every day. They're exactly right to platform living composers while simultaneously singing masterpieces from previous centuries.
@@davidvonkampenNo, most new classical music today is not worth listening to.
@@corner559 ok
@@davidvonkampen Glad you agree!
@@corner559 I enthusiastically disagree! :)
I am so used to listening to Voces 8 with no instrumental accompaniment. This is superb. Singing Bach to the manor born. Wow!
Wunderbar, ein Genuß, Euch zuzuhören (sage ich als professioneller Musiker)
The first soprano aria is the best performance of this piece I have ever heard in my life.
I’m in lockdown in Melbourne Australia ...again and every day I thank god for VOCES8. I go to your offerings and the world opens up for me again. The Bach this morning has brought me to tears of gratitude for the music and for the music you bring into my isolated day. Cello! Oh my goodness!
It is heaven this music, It touches the soul. Bach was for me so helping in the lockdown period, greetings from the Netherlands
Grandioses Werk und grandios interpretiert - vor allem "große Fanfare" für die tolle Aussprache! Voces 8 what else!
Love seeing performance behind the scenes it’s more intimate especially since everyone is wearing regular clothes😊
YES!!
@Gordon Stephens
Did you notice the gas heater in the background?
@Gordon Stephens our heating was broken!
Exact !
Grossartig, lebendig und berührend! Herzlichen Dank fürs Teilen!
Diese Musik geht tief ins Herz und beglückt einfach nur.
Love watching their expressions when singing in German! So studious and intense!
I am 44. In my youth the most fascinating thing was listening to pergolesi's stabat mater recording from the academy of ancient music. There was not much possibility to find them that i had an orginal tapecasette recording of it. I was lucky. I remember listening to it over and over. It was almost broken down. Now going through videos i came across the opening of this beautiful catata and it caught me in a moment. I realised it was the academy of ancient music again. This could not be a coincidence. Thank you all. You and beautiful voices of voces8. There are some people who bring such music on earth🌺.
That is the reason I bought several of their cd´s during the lock down to support them. They deserve it.
This is one of those performances that rewrites the standard for everyone else. An inspired interpretation, truly. Wunderbar!
So, so wonderful, I can’t even. Every voice so perfect in tone and control. I love how Andrea is so relaxed, you can hardly believe the sounds are coming from her!
Also a beautiful woman. My favourite soprano.
Andrea projects so far forward that her voice doesn't even sound like it's coming from her. It's magical! She makes soprano 1 look easy. I'm pretty sure she doesn't break a sweat even on something as complicated as this. My favorite is Katie though. ❤
TRUTH!
Ooooh, the ascending "Leite" motif starting at 6:25. That is brilliant word painting by Bach and fantastically performed here!!! Bravo.
Absolutely incredible! That is my favourite part too!
That part brought tears to my eyes, that‘s some heavenly music ❤️
I completely agree... Transcendent. TRANCE ENDANT.🌱🔥💎
...but begin at 6.21. ...
“After Silence”😉
Bach probably composed this in his early twenties. I think I will never come to terms with the depth of his genius
Accademy of Ancient Music: The spirit of Christopher Hogwood surround you. The Best Forever. God, Johann and Christopher are smailing from heaven and are proud of you. Voces8: God Bless you. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
12:22 it is so great to hear individual voices before they are fused into an incredible ensemble
So schön! Und die Wörter/ text belebt mein Geist! Dankeschön💞
at 4:48, the soprano sings an aria that I have never heard anything like it before. It is beautiful, stunning, and a little bit on the dark side. I love her voice for that piece. And I love the words. Bach is amazing.
I totally agree. The performance of that Aria really stood out to me!
Really appreciated hearing El cut loose in a solo aria. She contributes so much to the trademark Voces8 sound as an ensemble singer, but her solo delivery on this aria was most impressive!
La beauté est un pressentiment du Ciel ( St Odon de Cluny, XI ème s.)
Merci !
Voces8 has opened my ears to some great music. Thank you so much.
Ok. Bach opens the musical window to Eternity - a treasure to generations of earth bound humanity.
Not really.... Byrd Tallis Purcell Monteverdi Scarlatti and Vivaldi had the window open already through which many greats could pass ..from prodigies such as Handel ,Mozart, Saint-Saens, Mendelsohn through to Verdi ,Wagner , and numerous others.
@@shadbolt4687 the greatest being Johann Sebastian Bach the most important door.
@@mysticmouse7261 ..so we can agree that Bach is surely a treasure. As to the "greatest"..as this is entirely subjective and dependent on criteria... we all have our favourites.
@@shadbolt4687 no more subjective than your estimate except the criteria of great were set by him.
@@mysticmouse7261 The great Bach,modest to a fault, would not arrogate to himself the authority to set such criteria,and even if he did others would not. Let's agree to disagree .
Oh, wie fantastisch das Cello ab min 8.20!!👍❤
From 1708 when Bach was just 23 years old. An astounding composition for that age and maturity. His early cantatas were very different than the later more formulaic ones (not a criticism of the mature cantatas) But his earlier cantatas have more variety and are less predictable from a musical and structural standpoint. Thanks for posting this fantastic performance of this miraculous work. More please!
Voces8 has acustomed us to the highest artistic levels. In this recording of BWV150 with AAM it is indeed a miraculous 15' of music with superlative singers and instrumentists. Above all, the genius of Bach is truly incredible: the harmony of part 6 is just not from this world.
Superlative interpretation of otherworldly music! The only kind of music that brings tears to my eyes!
I love a 300 year-old score being read from an I-Pad!
Soli Deo Gloria
Das ist Perfektion!
Loved the intimacy of seeing this session. Superlative ensemble work as always by VOCES8 and the Academy of Ancient Music.
“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.” CS Lewis
6:24 When the voices pass the ascending phrase of 'leite mich..' (guide me in your truth?) between them is just magical- the blend is so good it sounds like one person is singing it from the bass register all the way to the sopranos- now THAT is heavenly.
YES PLEEEASE!! More of that kind of content! Bach, Buxtehude, Monteverdi... You're making my day!
Somehow watching these wonderful musicians perform, showing their emotions as they sing this heavenly music deepens my own experience of it. Bach's notes and Voces 8 voices and the amazing instrumentalists: a match made in and heard in heaven.
Diese Innigkeit ist überwältigend
Superschön!!! Tolle Stimmen und wunderbare Begleitung durchs Orchester! Danke fürs Teilen!!!
What a way to end the day and feel the preciseness of Bach presented by an extraordinary ensemble of extraordinary musicians and instruments both human and manmade, but truly a gift from God in all aspects!
This couldn't've been released at a better timing. Absolutely beautiful
J.S. Bach in all its beauty and authenticity...what a gift to my ears. Awesome!
The music of Johann Sebastian Bach ranks very very high in my personal preferences, nevertheless I have to admit that Cantata 150 "Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich" completely escaped me until recently, when I first came across this video. After watching it several times now I can only fall in line with previous comments that said, that this rendition does Bach's music credit in the most amiable way. Especially the start of part IV "Leite mich in deiner Wahrheit" at 06:22 sends shivers down my spine every time I listen to it. It is - for lack of a better word - perfect ❤
Some years ago I stumbled onto a study that rated the music of Bach as the highest for music therapy and healing. Of all the works measured Glen Gould's rendition of the Goldberg Variations topped that list.
I’m zipping through TH-cam videos just to make sure I haven’t missed something good. I come across this video, and, noticing it’s by VOCES8, I play it to see what my ears will be treated to. Bach is the ultimate in music as far as I’m concerned, and to see the focus and passion by the musicians and each singer put a lump in my throat for the whole performance. For me it’s just as thrilling as drinking or taking drugs-your music lights a fire in me that I can’t express. I’m not a professional musician, and I miss experiencing music up close like this. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your videos!!
Bach is better with psilly mushrooms!
@Jake Kawatski - Bach also works well with alcohol ... 👍
Bach said, Is God what compuse The Music thought me
@@Diana-be4mj Exactly, not I THINK THEREFORE I AM, but THOUGHTS COME TO ME....dare I add from where? Bach's music best argument for the existence of Heaven surely.
It's all so glorious, especially Bach!
Umwerfend schön - vokal und instrumental gleichermaßen!
It was wonderful to hear Eleonore solo. Sublime.
I wonder what JS (Bach) would have said if he could have heard this absolute auditory masterpiece performed with such perfection.
I've had it on repeat for months now and cannot stop listening to it.
It's a funny thing, this music that we love.
When you get that Bach is not a "romantic" composer.
When you snap that Bach needs to be kept on time (rhythm).
When you realise there are cadences.
The entire piece is filled to the brim with fuges and you got that so beautifully in time and tune!
The scale running so smoothly between voices at the start of iv. Chorus: Leite mich in deiner Wahrheit. 6:22 STUNNING!
My thoughts exactly! If only they could hear this. If only 😥
Thank you all for such a wonderful gift!
It's the absolute control and balance of the tonality. This ensemble are total masters of the art! Oh yes I will also agree that the cellist is a technical star!
I have to limit myself to listening and watching this just once a day, for fear of ever taking it for granted. Sheer perfection, total joy.
I'm feeling the same.
I went right back and watched again. Marvelous.
So did I...this was a true revelation of the work.
That was the right thing to do.
Merci beaucoups! 😀🥰
What a performance, what a treat. BWV 150 is a hidden gem amongst Bach's cantatas; it lacks the melodic appeal of other cantatas but it has an overwhelming internal richness. Beautiful video registration, the intimate 'rehearsal-setting' is much more appealing than a 'dressed up' setting. What blows me away every time here is the valiant call of the tenor at "täglich harre ich dein", after the soprano and the alto (7:46) - blimey. And very well done that the other singers do not try to match this, staying in their own expression.
Voces8 edo
You are absolutely right, the tenor at 12:44 - 12:51 is the top of the whole piece!
Voces8 are, in my own estimation, without equal in their thrilling performance of this kind of choral work. _heartening, joyful rendition!
Wie kann man hier den Daumen runter machen!?!?!?!...es ist einfach wunderschön und natürlich!!!!
Yet another beautiful soul lifting performance by Voces8 and friends (stunning playing). Bach must be beaming 😁
Wonderful and so nice to hear them sing separately
I agree, absolutely beautiful, and the perfect antidote for the madness of the times we are living through. There is no more beautiful music than this 😄❤️☯️🙏
This is the world I want to live in too..I feel am in Paradise..I feel I have everything I wanted.God bless you guys
That stepwise ascending vocal line in the beginning of Leite Mich was nothing short of FANTASTIC
8:20 what the actual... how have I never heard this aria before? The vigour of the cello then the sheer astonishing blend of the voices. It never ceases to amaze me how Bach tucks away these tiny little bits of musical perfection - they clearly came to him so frequently he could afford to place incredible ideas in the most incidental passages
It's always a Pleasure tuning in VOCES8! Timing, articulation, precision and Blend remains impeccable!
Vielen Dank! 🌻🌻🌻
Singing playing & filming, all done with brilliance, care and love. Breathtaking.
turmoils of feelings are awaken at listening to this musical treasure: a sublime Composer, a Great Director, a group of very fine human souls getting together to clean the dust of the World. My gratitud to you all
Vielen Dank! Wunderbar, die Durchhörbarkeit und Klarheit bei der kleinen Besetzung. Für mich ist das viel schöner so als mit größeren Chören. Und noch etwas: Mich spricht die Werkstattatmosphäre sehr an, sogar mehr als eine „gestylte“ Aufführung in einem alten Kirchengebäude, und auch eurer Kleidung gebe ich weit den Vorzug vor den üblichen schwarzen Klamotten, die leider sonst bei Musikern üblich sind. Es kommt hier alles so echt rüber!
Wunderschön! Ein wahrer Genuss!
Zo zuiver. Schitterend gezongen en gespeeld. Meer dan prachtig!
1) This video of this recording of these groups doing this cantata for by this composer has very quickly become one of my favorite things in the world.
2) These specific eight voices really bring the cantata to its full potential. Bach would be proud.
3) Voces8 should absolutely do more Bach cantatas.
4) In honor of Marja Kamp's comment, Jonathan Beyers executed perfectly Bach's arrangement of the cello line of Pachelbel's Canon at 8:21.
5) I like Jonathan's pensive expression throughout, and the face on his cello case.
El's voice in the aria "Doch bin und bleibe ich vergnügt" evokes that of the young Emma Kirkby.
I was waiting for this since last year's teaser, finally!
So sublime so heavenly!
Much love!!
baroque musicians and excellent choral - I love you guys accepella - but this is wonderful too!
Ich glaube ich habe nie etwas wunderbareres gehört! Bach ist unsterblich durch euch! Danke!
These people sing like angels.
Barney's doing a double job here! Wow!
You guys are so admirable! Love you, best group ever!
Großartige und zugleich berührende Interpretation
it is one thing to credit JS BACH a million-fold for bringing the notes to us but it is yet another feat to fully utilise the 'messages' -for want of a better word - that transposes it into our realm of listening, emotionally receiving and assimilating it and embracing every nuance of it. Voces8 did that for me like never before.
you have made me cry, I am left without words to express what I feel.. thank you voces8 and academy of ancient music :')
Musique de l'Absolu , immensité et splendeurs qui manquent tellement à notre monde !
6:23 - 7:02 This is gorgeous, ascending to the full range of voices.
Absolutely gorgeous, one of my favorite parts!
"Guide me in your truth" Psalm 25,5
Sublime...
You beat me to that one word response:
Sublime 😊
P. S. Thank you so much for the brief notes and translation which adds half the weight of glory to this divine gift that Bach has shared with us today.
The Brits, the best for voices....chapeau bas les gars!
Wunderbar, ich gratuliere Ihnen herzlich.