Bach intentionally didn't include violins in this piece to piss off Prince Leopold, because he was unhappy being kappelmeister for him. After Leopold found out and approached Bach, the following conversation ensued.
Prince Leopold - Why ya gotta be like that, bro?
Bach - Cuz, brah. You're a royal pain in the ass. I wanna work for someone else.
PL - Oh, hell nah, bro. You're stuck here.
JSB - I hope your only son and heir dies of smallpox, brah.
Such a frenetic piece. Even after listening to it a bunch of times, it's still difficult for me to keep track of exactly what's going on.
Of course, it's beautiful, I have no idea how anyone could write something that's so busy and yet maintains such a beautiful music. Leave it to Bach, I suppose.
Can you imagine a modern orchestra union's reaction to this concerto: "What, no violins?! And we have to hire three extra violas? Viola what? Viola da gambas?" LOL
nice dance-like quality, go violas, hope these are REAL viola players, not just violinists! ---wish sound were synchronized (or is it only my pc) with the audio
There is only one Cello, the one to the left on the video (on the right of the keyboard player).
The other three are Viola(s) da Gamba. They are like Guitars, or Lutes: they have frets, and more than four strings. The shape is also different, for they look more like double basses.
One of the most renowned player of this instrument was the French Marin Marais. There has been a film on him, "Tous les matins du monde" (in the 90s, if I remember correctly).
For the frets, you can see them very clearly at 4:51-4:53. I believe the frets were originally made of gut and wound round like for the baroque guitar. I'm not sure for today's instruments.
@melomane49 The so-called "Strads" that well-known "modern" instrument players claim to own are actually 18th c. instruments corrupted to conform to late 19th c. musical aethestics. The original 18th luthier would barely recognize the sound of those instruments.
The players in this recording use instruments restored to their 18th c. condition or else built based from 18th c. originals. They use gut frets, gut & wire-wound gut strings, Baroque bows & Baroque bowing.
You can see the frets very clearly at 4:51-4:53. I believe the frets were originally made of gut, wound around the board, like for the baroque guitar. I'm not sure how it's done for contemporary instruments.
@melomane49 Actually only two are Violi da Gamba, the 3rd is one type of Violone, often called the "Quintbass". It gives a nice symmetry I feel, the 3 violin family members on the right, 2 alto/tenor and 1 bass, with the same arrangement of 3 viol family members juxtaposed. Note that, as is now becoming accepted for Bach's works, the Violone plays at pitch, not sounding an octave lower, preserving Bach's very particular pitching of his bass parts.
@TheCrazyCello The low B at the end of this movement is playable only on an 8' violone.
These 6 concertos stem from different times & circumstances between 1713 and 1721. 3 types of violone were used: a 16' violone grosso /w a low C string (used in #1 & probably #3); a contrabass instrument /w a low D string (used in #4 & the Brandenburg version of #5); an 8' violone in G (an 8ve lower than a tenor viol) used in #2 and #6. In Leipzig, Bach had a 16' violone his predecessor had acquired.
@wcbroccoli The 8' Violone is what I referred to as a "Quintbass" - the low Bb can also be played on the Harpsichord and a bass violin in "low" tuning. However as far I was aware, there is absolutely no evidence that the Violone in Leipzig (or in fact in any of the Brandenburgs) is a 16 foot instrument and a good deal of evidence to the contrary. In fact, there are hints that the cello parts, at least in Brandenburg 3 were intended for Violoncelli di Braccio, with a bass violin as the violone.
@TheCrazyCello According to C. Wolff's Bach bio, a 16' violone was purchased by Johann Kuhnau, Leipzig's Thomaskantor from 1701-1722. As to whether Bach's various usages of the term "violone" ever referred to a bass violin, I can't say. The info I gave about the 3 types of violone required came from Laurence Dreyfus and from an unpublished PhD dissertation, Columbia U., 1980.
@wcbroccoli There has been a considerable amount of research since 1980 regarding Bach's "Violone" and the general view is shifting in favour of 8' almost ubiquitously...
@wcbroccoli Probably taken with some Italian fancy, his students were always running off to Venice... I'd be interested to see what research has been done as to the Basso practice in neighbouring Dresden. Obviously under Heinichen, Zelenka was employed as a Violone player, but considering the virtuosity of the parts and the incredible range they go into the treble clef at times, I'm doubtful that they would have been played on a ponderous 16' violone.
Love that movement, and the concerto as a whole. As a violinist, I never understood why Bach did not include the instrument in such a treasure piece. But then again, who am I to question a genius....... Thank you for posting.
It is a Viola da Gamba. They have 6 strings, and are tuned in 4ths similar to a guitar. Although they are both held in an upright position, they aren't at all like a cello, although it is possible that the cello come from the viol's design.
The viola da gamba looks like Mortisha from the Adams Family 60s TV show. If you've noticed. By the way, this brandenburg concerto doesn't have a violin part. Only the viola da gambas, cello, and violas
The "dark princess" playing the viola is mesmerizing. Such liquid beauty and graceful motion. Fortunately, she adds, rather than detracts, from Bach's brilliance. Thanks be to you, Bach and the resident uploader.
To my ears this is the # 1 of Bach's Brandeburg concerti. He wrote it for his favorite instrument, the one he was a virtuoso with (not the harpsichord as I read somewhere). It is amazingly beautiful, harmonies rich and joyful. The Freiburg baroque orchestra performs it almost perfectly.
very nice, but that's not a cello hun:D she's not bad looking! i dig the hair. this movement is really fun. never played it. i know i'm missing out! gotta...find...sheet music! these songs are virtually impossible to rip just by listening to them, although i've learned hundreds that way, the notes fly by way too fast in parts to know what they all are:D
I love this piece but i would love more the sex with the marylin manson"s sister the one with black long hair she turn me on the way she plays the cello.
@alexseo530 firstly, that's not a cello it's a viola da gamba, second that is in fact a women (if you can't tell the difference that is quite alarming) who happens to be one of the world's best gambist. Respect?
That isn't a bass or a cello it's a Gamba and the player is Hille Perle and she is one of the most well recognized and virtuosic classical musicians in the world.
For my strings class ISU, a friend and I transposed a piano accompaniment for this concerto to different parts of the orchestra, and then he and I played the viola parts with the orchestra. It sounded similar to this.
Classical Music...is there such a thing as classical music fan these days? yes, of course! But, with a new differance, for todays classical fan may just as easily listen to Martin Kesici, old Falco vidz, or even Polish goth band: Unsun.
@acerb45666555 That's so true! Even the term "classical" music is confusing, because "classical" technically refers to a very small time period of music... :P I believe, as Duke Ellington did, that music genres do not really exist - good music is simply Music, and who cares whether it's "jazz" or "classical" or "rock." :D
I only wish the camera would focus on my instrument more, the cello. It might give me a clue into how to play this work without having to buy pricey sheet music. I'm only 14 so it will be difficult to do it by ear let alone using the Music Animation Machine or watching fingers.
You know, if you really want to play some cool music, I suggest that you play some music by Marin Marais. His "Sonnerie de Ste. Genevieve du Mont de Paris" is my favorite. Soon I will be getting the music, and when I arrange it for cello I will remember you. It will not be plagiarism, just an "accidental" transcription!
Hey, nice to hear about young players deeply engaged in great music (I'm not too old myself, just turned 20), I've never really played classical, but I love listening to it, especially Bach. I'm a jazz guitar player and I want to wish you good luck, hopefully you'll be amazing cello players!
I think the rest of the orchestra has equal importance as the two solo violas. Cello acts as another voice for the trio made with the two solo viola and at the it has the equally difficult passage. Though playing simple accompaniment throughout, Bach must have reasons to call for two violas da gamba here. I hope Bach had had written a gamba concerto so that Hille Perl can show off with it!
Bach's Brandenburg's never cease to amaze me. Bach certainly went far beyond the standard "concerto", of his time. Pure genius to be able to vary the style and instrumentation, the way he did... and, to throw in the unexpected so creatively. I'm not sure I could choose a favorite, of his Brandenburg Concertos... they are all so incredible in their own way.
I like this performance, they got the feel of the movment well.
I think the Allegro movment sounds rushed.
If you like contrast in Bach interpretaions, check out Wendy Carlos and her electronic versions. They are very "clear" in terms of hearing each of the instrument parts.
The worst thing that can befall a musician is NOT to move at all.
This is not only bad for the music played, it is physically wrong and can do a lot of damage to the back.
Humans (and all animals) are not meant to be immobile. You can feel back ache when you remain immobile while playing.
As to how much musicians should (or can) move, it remains a matter of taste, and of the instrument played. For example, a flautist or violinist has more freedom than a pianist, a cellist or a guitarist.
It doesn't particularly look like they are playing spiccato, but it sounds like it. Normally I don't like spiccato in baroque music, but it seems to work very well here.
Ah, great performance, says I <3 and the gothic viola da gamba player is quite cute ^^ let's just hope I'll learn this movement :"D it's gonna sound just great with my friend when we learn this ^^
wtf are you talking about? they are NOT dancing, have you ever played music passionately? it seems not for if you had you would understand they are not dancing, they are FEELING the music, hahahaha, good one, dancing, you've made my day.
Well, I play music passionately, and I find it both unnecessary and distracting to duck, bob and sway around as the first viola player does here. I also find it annoying to look at; as much as I enjoy both seeing and hearing a performance, especially one as fine as this, I find that looking at this fellow makes me squirm just a little. This is one performance better watched with your eyes closed. By the way, several 18th century treatises warn against just this type of display.
The social standards of the 18th century are also renowned for their frivolous, bloated, and draconian nature.
The man plays the viola in the manner in which he plays the viola. You say that you enjoy watching the performers play their instruments, but it would appear that you have absurd standards for just how they should do so. Being that the man has taken the time to pursue a classical fine art form, it only seems appropriate to me that he should play the viola as feels natural to him.
They are performing. What is the point of a live performance if what you're seeing doesn't match what you're hearing? Personally, this song makes me want to dance just like that violist.
I saw the Academy of Ancient Music perform this recently with the same setup. Richard Eggar said there's a very interesting story behind this concerto and that each movement is a different part of the story. I won't tell it but it was definitely interesting to know about that.
The line up is - two violas, one cello, harpsichord, one violone (a predecessor to the double bass) and two viola da gambas, the things that look like 6 string cellos.
That lady isn't playing a cello. at least I don't think so, and I don't know what it really is. Help anybody? btw-awesome song, my favorite Bach piece.
When I watch this, I think of the nature shows you are amazed by the grace and beauty of say, a pair of birds or a group of elephants. Especially the the violas: the love and interchange between these animals is beautiful and inspiring.
Simply divine.
MultiTimV 1 day ago
@2:17 a bit of toccata and fugue there....niiiice!
bigleaguechew87 1 month ago
i wonder if your neck hurts like hell after playing violin for a while
eddiemetalblood1 1 month ago
@eddiemetalblood1 No, but your shoulder does sometimes.
ThatWeirdo04 3 weeks ago
0:01 - 0:07 Cut, Loop, Add Hip Hop Drum Loop.
rexeffektamatic 2 months ago
Bach intentionally didn't include violins in this piece to piss off Prince Leopold, because he was unhappy being kappelmeister for him. After Leopold found out and approached Bach, the following conversation ensued.
Prince Leopold - Why ya gotta be like that, bro?
Bach - Cuz, brah. You're a royal pain in the ass. I wanna work for someone else.
PL - Oh, hell nah, bro. You're stuck here.
JSB - I hope your only son and heir dies of smallpox, brah.
And thus it happened as Bach hoped it would.
afkbrb123 2 months ago
This my favorite movement of all of them . . . I love the deep rich sound of the violas and cellos.
Kayle2457 2 months ago
Such a frenetic piece. Even after listening to it a bunch of times, it's still difficult for me to keep track of exactly what's going on.
Of course, it's beautiful, I have no idea how anyone could write something that's so busy and yet maintains such a beautiful music. Leave it to Bach, I suppose.
throwscats 2 months ago
Can you imagine a modern orchestra union's reaction to this concerto: "What, no violins?! And we have to hire three extra violas? Viola what? Viola da gambas?" LOL
vitellia 3 months ago
That's a beautiful cello. Or maybe it's a viola da gamba. Not sure....
ssw166 4 months ago
@ssw166 if you're talking about the gothic person than it's a viola de gamba ;)
afffred 3 months ago
I have never seen a da gamba's neck like this inlaid one. Just beautiful. And the player is no slouch, either.
gilbert20 4 months ago
Cute de gamba girls!!
marazm1 4 months ago
When I listen to Bach my coffee tastes like lattes.
Benj888 6 months ago 4
You want languid sexuality, look not further than to the right of your computer screen. Goodness.
Ashlar62 6 months ago
@Ashlar62 I think she is Morticia from the Addams Family moonlighting away from her night job.
junglekuratz 5 months ago 3
@junglekuratz LOL
maverickstarchild 4 months ago
@junglekuratz LOL that's hilarious
zeryx28 4 months ago
I'd give my right arm to play like that. :)
herbal1971 6 months ago
Normally i hear Gangsta-Rap, but the great german Extraodrinaries inspire my heart
Freigeist2008 6 months ago
Ich mag Deutsch Komponisten viel
jackadair8 7 months ago
nice dance-like quality, go violas, hope these are REAL viola players, not just violinists! ---wish sound were synchronized (or is it only my pc) with the audio
violinzylla 7 months ago
how can a Cello have 6 strings??
sum16kwt 9 months ago
@sum16kwt
There is only one Cello, the one to the left on the video (on the right of the keyboard player).
The other three are Viola(s) da Gamba. They are like Guitars, or Lutes: they have frets, and more than four strings. The shape is also different, for they look more like double basses.
One of the most renowned player of this instrument was the French Marin Marais. There has been a film on him, "Tous les matins du monde" (in the 90s, if I remember correctly).
melomane49 9 months ago
@melomane49 thanx for explaining =) new thing to me that a cello like instrument would have frets, now I know, Viola da gamba
sum16kwt 9 months ago
@sum16kwt
For the frets, you can see them very clearly at 4:51-4:53. I believe the frets were originally made of gut and wound round like for the baroque guitar. I'm not sure for today's instruments.
melomane49 9 months ago 2
@melomane49 The so-called "Strads" that well-known "modern" instrument players claim to own are actually 18th c. instruments corrupted to conform to late 19th c. musical aethestics. The original 18th luthier would barely recognize the sound of those instruments.
The players in this recording use instruments restored to their 18th c. condition or else built based from 18th c. originals. They use gut frets, gut & wire-wound gut strings, Baroque bows & Baroque bowing.
wcbroccoli 6 months ago
@sum16kwt
You can see the frets very clearly at 4:51-4:53. I believe the frets were originally made of gut, wound around the board, like for the baroque guitar. I'm not sure how it's done for contemporary instruments.
melomane49 9 months ago
@melomane49 Actually only two are Violi da Gamba, the 3rd is one type of Violone, often called the "Quintbass". It gives a nice symmetry I feel, the 3 violin family members on the right, 2 alto/tenor and 1 bass, with the same arrangement of 3 viol family members juxtaposed. Note that, as is now becoming accepted for Bach's works, the Violone plays at pitch, not sounding an octave lower, preserving Bach's very particular pitching of his bass parts.
TheCrazyCello 6 months ago
@TheCrazyCello The low B at the end of this movement is playable only on an 8' violone.
These 6 concertos stem from different times & circumstances between 1713 and 1721. 3 types of violone were used: a 16' violone grosso /w a low C string (used in #1 & probably #3); a contrabass instrument /w a low D string (used in #4 & the Brandenburg version of #5); an 8' violone in G (an 8ve lower than a tenor viol) used in #2 and #6. In Leipzig, Bach had a 16' violone his predecessor had acquired.
wcbroccoli 6 months ago
@wcbroccoli The 8' Violone is what I referred to as a "Quintbass" - the low Bb can also be played on the Harpsichord and a bass violin in "low" tuning. However as far I was aware, there is absolutely no evidence that the Violone in Leipzig (or in fact in any of the Brandenburgs) is a 16 foot instrument and a good deal of evidence to the contrary. In fact, there are hints that the cello parts, at least in Brandenburg 3 were intended for Violoncelli di Braccio, with a bass violin as the violone.
TheCrazyCello 6 months ago
@TheCrazyCello According to C. Wolff's Bach bio, a 16' violone was purchased by Johann Kuhnau, Leipzig's Thomaskantor from 1701-1722. As to whether Bach's various usages of the term "violone" ever referred to a bass violin, I can't say. The info I gave about the 3 types of violone required came from Laurence Dreyfus and from an unpublished PhD dissertation, Columbia U., 1980.
wcbroccoli 6 months ago
@wcbroccoli There has been a considerable amount of research since 1980 regarding Bach's "Violone" and the general view is shifting in favour of 8' almost ubiquitously...
TheCrazyCello 6 months ago
@TheCrazyCello I have to wonder what cwazy Thomaskantor Kuhnau was thinking when he bought that 16' violine for use in Leipzig's main churches..
wcbroccoli 6 months ago
@wcbroccoli Probably taken with some Italian fancy, his students were always running off to Venice... I'd be interested to see what research has been done as to the Basso practice in neighbouring Dresden. Obviously under Heinichen, Zelenka was employed as a Violone player, but considering the virtuosity of the parts and the incredible range they go into the treble clef at times, I'm doubtful that they would have been played on a ponderous 16' violone.
TheCrazyCello 6 months ago
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TheCrazyCello 6 months ago
@sum16kwt viola da gamba
brunbratsche 8 months ago
Magnifique
jenoerzse 9 months ago 2
La de cabello negro y largo lleva bien el ritmo con su cabeza
hasufel2 9 months ago 2
Simply flawless
invokerspb 9 months ago
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tomcht24 9 months ago 12
I wish Bach wrote 100 more of these
Pretendkid 9 months ago 6
Toccata & Fugue 2:18?
onemiketwelve 10 months ago
The woman playing the Viola da Gamba with the ornate neck looks like Mrs. Addams.
Overall however, a very wonderful piece. One of my favorite Brandenburg concertos.
thehipstercello 10 months ago 14
Very fine group, thank you!
VnL666 11 months ago
Love that movement, and the concerto as a whole. As a violinist, I never understood why Bach did not include the instrument in such a treasure piece. But then again, who am I to question a genius....... Thank you for posting.
billace90 1 year ago
@billace90
No offense to the violin, but I think the instrumentation is perfect. It gives the entire piece a deeper, richer tone.
BubbaCoop 10 months ago 25
@BubbaCoop You are right. It is just perfect. Thank you very much for your comment.
billace90 10 months ago
@billace90 Eh, violins get everything else. We need more viola pieces.
JeromeViolist 10 months ago 4
Mortisha from the Adam's Family?????
justincrzo 1 year ago
What are the 6 string cello-like instruments called? I've never seen anything like them! ME LIKES!!! What's the tuning?
Doohanfan 1 year ago
@Doohanfan
It is a Viola da Gamba. They have 6 strings, and are tuned in 4ths similar to a guitar. Although they are both held in an upright position, they aren't at all like a cello, although it is possible that the cello come from the viol's design.
Samoriah 1 year ago
Easily one of my most favourite pieces..... EVER!!!!
RedHeadRadulf83 1 year ago
Fabilissimo! So beautiful and elegant! I Love it! X
marinavolski 1 year ago
Classic! Great Performance.
rups334 1 year ago
synchronize before upload please....
PurkonBlitz 1 year ago
wow that violinist is tall
Shanelololol 1 year ago
@Shanelololol there are no violins in this piece
TheSilentVloggerX 11 months ago
Beautiful performance of music that is unsurpassed.
Many thanks,
Neil
myroseaccount 1 year ago 3
I love the cello line. It compliments the violas so perfectly.
If only the viola da gamba had more of a role in this piece.
Samoriah 1 year ago
they are doing some interesting dance moves lol
violasrawesome 1 year ago
No speakers could do this justice. I truly love this piece.
YoshuaRider 1 year ago 4
Yes she is different but Hille Perl is a top class musician as well as being a fine looking woman.
5050zulu1 1 year ago 4
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5050zulu1 1 year ago
Absolutely beautiful. But I didn't know Morticia could play the viola da gamba so well.
billace90 1 year ago
02:13 ツ
PhillipSargeant 1 year ago
put wrap-around Ray Ban shades on that male violinist and he could be the Ray Charles of classical music.
someonespadre 1 year ago
such an honour...the definition of fine..
killakal301 1 year ago
such an honour...
killakal301 1 year ago
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Why do they move so erratically? As a violinist myself I don't think I move that much.
AlleKennenEiner 1 year ago
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AlleKennenEiner 1 year ago
Thank you for playing so wonderfully and posting for anyone to see!
lifepupil 1 year ago
How can 5 people posibbly dont like this ?!?!
iSteven00 1 year ago
@iSteven00 They're threatened by viola power!
jrcalfonso 1 year ago
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The viola da gamba looks like Mortisha from the Adams Family 60s TV show. If you've noticed. By the way, this brandenburg concerto doesn't have a violin part. Only the viola da gambas, cello, and violas
justincrzo 1 year ago
Hermoso concierto!
AndresBNV 1 year ago
question: where can i find bachs entire distrograph??? or can i? or do i have to just peice as much as i can together ???
killywillythepenguin 1 year ago
The "dark princess" playing the viola is mesmerizing. Such liquid beauty and graceful motion. Fortunately, she adds, rather than detracts, from Bach's brilliance. Thanks be to you, Bach and the resident uploader.
Ashlar62 1 year ago
da sie deutsche
OliveCelloColin 1 year ago
Who are these people? Where do they come from? Sind sie deutsche?
plugee 1 year ago
@plugee ja sie deutsche
OliveCelloColin 1 year ago
EL Concierto No.6 es el más religioso, o eso me transmite a mi.
Liebanus 1 year ago
引人入胜，其妙无穷！
qxw66 1 year ago
That's the right way to hold with the right hand ??
õ.O
OMFG !! I've been passed all my life wrong ???
Wrrooogrghhhhhhhhh..
Besides.. they're amazing ^^
susssuzinhaa 1 year ago
@susssuzinhaa Baroque playing uses different techniques than modern playing.
violabrain 1 year ago
idk! is that a man or WOMAN? thats pretty funnay! MJ on the cello!
perencen 1 year ago
Is that David Letterman on the violin?
imlivinitupniggaz 1 year ago
@imlivinitupniggaz It's a viola
violabrain 1 year ago
Reminds me of a Stanley Kubrick film..
dnair9 1 year ago
jaschnur bin so einsam und gelangweilt will sanft gekrault werden hab auch bilder
CooperUThompsonq 1 year ago
To my ears this is the # 1 of Bach's Brandeburg concerti. He wrote it for his favorite instrument, the one he was a virtuoso with (not the harpsichord as I read somewhere). It is amazingly beautiful, harmonies rich and joyful. The Freiburg baroque orchestra performs it almost perfectly.
Papeeloo01 1 year ago
@Papeeloo01
Bach was a virtuoso violist? I had never heard of that, not that I would doubt it...
b0ttomzone 1 year ago
very nice, but that's not a cello hun:D she's not bad looking! i dig the hair. this movement is really fun. never played it. i know i'm missing out! gotta...find...sheet music! these songs are virtually impossible to rip just by listening to them, although i've learned hundreds that way, the notes fly by way too fast in parts to know what they all are:D
minimozart89 1 year ago 3
Pretty sure they are now available free and legally on IMSLP.
andrewfilmer 1 year ago
I love this piece but i would love more the sex with the marylin manson"s sister the one with black long hair she turn me on the way she plays the cello.
NATTHANLYN 2 years ago
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holy shit mickal jackson playing the cello
alexseo530 2 years ago 19
thats a viola da gamba.
l09anv1011n 2 years ago
but still. hahaha :D
l09anv1011n 2 years ago
@alexseo530 I think you mean viol...
Jakaybaybay123 1 year ago
@alexseo530 You mean MJ playing the Viol
katqwaszx 1 year ago
@alexseo530 firstly, that's not a cello it's a viola da gamba, second that is in fact a women (if you can't tell the difference that is quite alarming) who happens to be one of the world's best gambist. Respect?
OliveCelloColin 1 year ago 5
@alexseo530 I acctually think Michael Jackson is playing the viola da gamba in this video.
HerrWarja 1 year ago
@HerrWarja I think it's Morticia Adams, actually... And she's kicking ass, too. :D
petitequinte 1 year ago
@alexseo530 That's a bass, you idiot.
bravesparrow 1 year ago
That isn't a bass or a cello it's a Gamba and the player is Hille Perle and she is one of the most well recognized and virtuosic classical musicians in the world.
godsmokescronic 1 year ago
@godsmokescronic She is bad to the bone. I love Bach, and she is wonderful in this piece.
maxx0xxam 1 year ago
@bravesparrow it's a viola de gamba -.-
InbictaProductionzZ 1 year ago
For my strings class ISU, a friend and I transposed a piano accompaniment for this concerto to different parts of the orchestra, and then he and I played the viola parts with the orchestra. It sounded similar to this.
plugee 2 years ago
I play viola I'm 2nd chair at school in 7th grade. Playing Prelude right now
BrandonTeFilipinoGuy 2 years ago
I have to walk around when i listen to this.. just cant keep still.. hmm :)
l09anv1011n 2 years ago
i play the cello and im 11
GordoJakofan 2 years ago
Hey I play the violin, viola and cello
though im learning to play the base....
junchantoitoi 2 years ago
Classical Music...is there such a thing as classical music fan these days? yes, of course! But, with a new differance, for todays classical fan may just as easily listen to Martin Kesici, old Falco vidz, or even Polish goth band: Unsun.
acerb45666555 2 years ago
@acerb45666555 That's so true! Even the term "classical" music is confusing, because "classical" technically refers to a very small time period of music... :P I believe, as Duke Ellington did, that music genres do not really exist - good music is simply Music, and who cares whether it's "jazz" or "classical" or "rock." :D
petitequinte 1 year ago
I only wish the camera would focus on my instrument more, the cello. It might give me a clue into how to play this work without having to buy pricey sheet music. I'm only 14 so it will be difficult to do it by ear let alone using the Music Animation Machine or watching fingers.
CminorMaxG 2 years ago 4
@CminorMaxG how ironic! i play cello and i am also 14.
connaisons 2 years ago
You know, if you really want to play some cool music, I suggest that you play some music by Marin Marais. His "Sonnerie de Ste. Genevieve du Mont de Paris" is my favorite. Soon I will be getting the music, and when I arrange it for cello I will remember you. It will not be plagiarism, just an "accidental" transcription!
CminorMaxG 2 years ago
That's not ironic, it's coincidental.
maxerAA 2 years ago
thats great. pardon my english.
connaisons 2 years ago
Hey, nice to hear about young players deeply engaged in great music (I'm not too old myself, just turned 20), I've never really played classical, but I love listening to it, especially Bach. I'm a jazz guitar player and I want to wish you good luck, hopefully you'll be amazing cello players!
junka22 2 years ago
Watch any recording of any orchestra they never focus on the 'cello for long . Only interested in the violins.
graceyomalley 2 years ago
I think the rest of the orchestra has equal importance as the two solo violas. Cello acts as another voice for the trio made with the two solo viola and at the it has the equally difficult passage. Though playing simple accompaniment throughout, Bach must have reasons to call for two violas da gamba here. I hope Bach had had written a gamba concerto so that Hille Perl can show off with it!
gustavyeung 2 years ago
Just 4 groups of triplets each bar, don't be scared my friend....
gustavyeung 2 years ago
is this played in 12/8?? doesnt look that hard to play. i have to play it for my district orchestra alone....
jackieehuynh 2 years ago
12/8 is correct. its actually tricky on the sixteenth notes for the first violins when you have to go from the main note to the E.
Tazman91291 2 years ago
its also tricky for the violas too.
jackieehuynh 2 years ago
Extraordinària interpretació de aquesta obra mestra del Barroc.
FERRAN (malalt de Bach)
JaumeFerran 2 years ago 3
Bach's Brandenburg's never cease to amaze me. Bach certainly went far beyond the standard "concerto", of his time. Pure genius to be able to vary the style and instrumentation, the way he did... and, to throw in the unexpected so creatively. I'm not sure I could choose a favorite, of his Brandenburg Concertos... they are all so incredible in their own way.
heavyvoxes 2 years ago 23
muito doido viola e muito legal
MsGustavometal 1 year ago
this is beautiful. i actually danced this in a performance once
idancemoredance 2 years ago 3
Truthfully, it is hard NOT to dance to the beat and rhythm of this movement.... such genius as Bach had.
heavyvoxes 2 years ago
GO VIOLAS!!!!!!!
RasputnaViolist 2 years ago 61
Thanks for posting this excellent performance. Cheers.
joufijou 2 years ago
02:15 - 02:21 that is just an all time great baroque violin section.
PhillipSargeant 2 years ago
i'm pretty sure those are 2 violas not violins
RasputnaViolist 2 years ago
AARGH so out of sink! My favourite movement, though:) Very well played!
HahnPotterishFowlnut 2 years ago
I like this performance, they got the feel of the movment well.
I think the Allegro movment sounds rushed.
If you like contrast in Bach interpretaions, check out Wendy Carlos and her electronic versions. They are very "clear" in terms of hearing each of the instrument parts.
Great videos, thanks for posting.
heydude6161 2 years ago
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Staceyeb3030 2 years ago
The worst thing that can befall a musician is NOT to move at all.
This is not only bad for the music played, it is physically wrong and can do a lot of damage to the back.
Humans (and all animals) are not meant to be immobile. You can feel back ache when you remain immobile while playing.
As to how much musicians should (or can) move, it remains a matter of taste, and of the instrument played. For example, a flautist or violinist has more freedom than a pianist, a cellist or a guitarist.
melomane49 2 years ago 3
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TheGloryofMusic 2 years ago
It doesn't particularly look like they are playing spiccato, but it sounds like it. Normally I don't like spiccato in baroque music, but it seems to work very well here.
DarwinsHamster 2 years ago
This is my favorite classical piece. So inspiring.
taconumber5 2 years ago
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Gregq96 2 years ago
Ah, great performance, says I <3 and the gothic viola da gamba player is quite cute ^^ let's just hope I'll learn this movement :"D it's gonna sound just great with my friend when we learn this ^^
amoureuse87 2 years ago
She is quite lovely!
violatione 2 years ago
Very nice dance. Well choreographed indeed!
rumpranger65 2 years ago
lol!
GaBrIeLPoLyCaRpO 2 years ago
wtf are you talking about? they are NOT dancing, have you ever played music passionately? it seems not for if you had you would understand they are not dancing, they are FEELING the music, hahahaha, good one, dancing, you've made my day.
RinKongH 2 years ago
Well, I play music passionately, and I find it both unnecessary and distracting to duck, bob and sway around as the first viola player does here. I also find it annoying to look at; as much as I enjoy both seeing and hearing a performance, especially one as fine as this, I find that looking at this fellow makes me squirm just a little. This is one performance better watched with your eyes closed. By the way, several 18th century treatises warn against just this type of display.
rustydog1236 2 years ago
The social standards of the 18th century are also renowned for their frivolous, bloated, and draconian nature.
The man plays the viola in the manner in which he plays the viola. You say that you enjoy watching the performers play their instruments, but it would appear that you have absurd standards for just how they should do so. Being that the man has taken the time to pursue a classical fine art form, it only seems appropriate to me that he should play the viola as feels natural to him.
KaiserinKayz 2 years ago
They are performing. What is the point of a live performance if what you're seeing doesn't match what you're hearing? Personally, this song makes me want to dance just like that violist.
rhaynesherway 2 years ago
i love freiburgbarockorchester!!!! ^_^
animeviolalord 2 years ago
I love the gothic viola da gamba player. She has such a great look.
gifu1960 2 years ago 8
The viola da gamba looks like Mortisha from the Adams Family 60s TV show.
I love the way they move in synchronicity.
AndrewOrgelspieler 2 years ago 16
@AndrewOrgelspieler
=DDD YESSS!!!! I've think the same! , P
fuoridalbuio 1 year ago
I saw the Academy of Ancient Music perform this recently with the same setup. Richard Eggar said there's a very interesting story behind this concerto and that each movement is a different part of the story. I won't tell it but it was definitely interesting to know about that.
socaltrumpet83 2 years ago
We are learning this in our 7th grade orchestra, a really nice peice!
7updude 2 years ago
its hille perl - one of the great viola da gamba player of germany...she's really a cool person!
Lutzenberger 2 years ago
i feel it's gentle
Shine3585 2 years ago
Stop
wcbroccoli 2 years ago
Wow you´re right the cello is really beauthiful!!!!
Marvinlikespiano 3 years ago
thats a viola de gamba
iWyke2 3 years ago
One on the Viola de gamba?
EyeOfShadows 3 years ago
Two violas da gamba.
MageSutek 2 years ago
The line up is - two violas, one cello, harpsichord, one violone (a predecessor to the double bass) and two viola da gambas, the things that look like 6 string cellos.
FranklinofOz 3 years ago
That lady isn't playing a cello. at least I don't think so, and I don't know what it really is. Help anybody? btw-awesome song, my favorite Bach piece.
repeter9 3 years ago
A bass viol, perhaps...it seems to have six strings...no, not a viol, because it doesn`t have frets....must be a baroque version of a bass...
BillBC 3 years ago
yeah, probably some obscure anscestor to the cello
SlipperyChickenzz 3 years ago
It's a viola da gamba
nura78 3 years ago
The two women on the right are playing violas da gamba. Dudes in the back are playing the cello (left) and the six-stringed-violone (right).
MageSutek 2 years ago
..the first chair cellist looks like Mortisha from The Adams Family... pretty hot...
Jerseydogs 3 years ago
AMAZING!
atomicsilverfish94 3 years ago
When I watch this, I think of the nature shows you are amazed by the grace and beauty of say, a pair of birds or a group of elephants. Especially the the violas: the love and interchange between these animals is beautiful and inspiring.
chrisocony 3 years ago 2
Excellent!
Thanks for the post.
Jerseydogs 3 years ago 6
nice
chrisocony 3 years ago 6
what's the name of that dvd?
dkenley27 3 years ago 2
what's the name of the band? I can listen to them all day long and never get tired.
dkenley27 3 years ago
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
violatione 3 years ago