Johann-Sebastian Bach - Courante (Bwv 1007) - Baroque Lute

[ulthori]

I wish I had a lute (or had the money for it).

[Luthval]

@ulthori

Just start saving now ;-) Good luck !

Val

[rustypatch42]

Incredibly beautiful and relaxing. I love the way you play this piece. I play it on viola but not as wonderful as you play it on lute. Thanks for posting this video.

[Luthval]

@rustypatch42

Thanks a lot ;-)

Val

[wilhelmschumann]

I feel Happy listening your Play!

[Luthval]

@wilhelmschumann

I'm glad you like it !

Best regards

Val

[f3l18ipsk8erm]

wow that thing is a freakin monster...great playing by the way

[Luthval]

@f3l18ipsk8erm

Thanks ;-)

[LifeOfChords]

Beautiful, love it, got it in my favorites now, play on!!

[Luthval]

@LifeOfChords

Thanks a lot ;-)

Val

[crisalvini]

wonderful!

[Luthval]

Thanks

Val

[Scarlatti2007]

It is such a beautiful instrument and so different from the guitar. Perfect music before I go to bed.

[Luthval]

Have a good night ;-)

Val

[LanangYogya]

BWV 1007 is my fave cello suite and Courante is my fave movement. You play it very nice Val! Glad I found your channel! You play the complete movements and love to hear your lute sound. Relaxing and at the moment, thrilling. Bravo Val!

[Luthval]

Thanks a lot, this is beautiful music by Bach.

All the best

Val

[Gherann]

Es tan relajante oír esta pieza, en verdad felicidades ñ_ñ

[Luthval]

Gracias ;-)

Val

[guitarradicto]

maravilloso.

saludos de chile

felicitaciones MR. Valery

[Luthval]

Gracias ;-)

Val

[Ryak1234]

Vous avez un talent formidable! Continuez de le cultiver de vos mains ;-)

[Luthval]

Merci, je vais essayer ;-)

Amitiés

Valéry

[PhilWithCoffee]

Superbly done, thank you for posting this! It's very pleasant (and relaxing) to listen to as I study.

[Luthval]

Thanks to you for coming and listening ;-)

Regards

Val

[themccookinator]

I wonder if most lutists have nails like classical guitarists; it just seems like the lute has a fleshy sound to it.

[Luthval]

Most of the lutenist play without nails (as I do). Just a few play with.

Regards

Val

[crudosoy1]

wonderful! thanks for this my friend!

[Luthval]

Thanks to you for listening ;-)

Val

[jeankino]

bravo, votre luth est chantant sous vos doigts

et j' ai du mal à vous croire seulement "amateur"; moi aussi amateur ( au clavier) j' aimerais acquérir votre aisance ...

[Luthval]

Merci ;-)

Amateur, oui, un vieil amateur... Je suis informaticien dans la "vraie" vie... ;-) mais je consacre beaucoup de temps à la musique, depuis près de 40 ans...

V.

[Luthval]

Do I take this as agreement ? Yes I do... so Thanks... (try to be more explicit if possible... as I'm an old man...)

Thanks again,

Val

[nEishhh]

FAGGOT

[Mod74]

Very moving, excellent as always. My sincerest thanks for posting this suite!

[Luthval]

Thanks a lot for the kind words ;-)

Val

[AlainNaigeon]

Ma parole, c'est de mieux en mieux !

[Luthval]

Merci Alain ;-) (venant de toi ça me fait vraiment plaisir !)

Amicalement

Valéry

[dominiquedv]

Quelle clarté dans cette polyphonie! C'est du pur Bach, on entend l'orgue dedans...

[Luthval]

Bach a vraiment écrit une des plus belles musique du monde ;-)

V.

[Liranm89]

Very Good! I love it!

[Luthval]

Thanks my friend ;-)

V.

[olivierpinero]

c'est magnifique ! bravo !

j'ai noté que quand Julian Bream joue du luth il garde sa technique de guitare classique de la main droite, et il me semble qu'il a toujours ses ongles... cela veut-il dire qu'il y differente techniques pour jouer du luth ???

[Luthval]

Bonjour,

Merci du commentaire ;-)

Concernant Julian Bream, il était avant tout guitariste (et jouait effectivement du luth avec la technique de la guitare) Mais depuis, pas mal de luthistes ont étudié les techniques de luth d'après les traités de l'époque, et le plus souvent le luth se jouait sans ongles (il y a eu bien sur des exceptions). Pour ma part je joue aussi de la guitare, sans ongles ;-)

Salutations,

Valéry

[violaguy312]

You give such clarity to Bach that string players always strive for.

Great performance!

-Matt

[Luthval]

Perhaps easyer to get clarity on the lute more than on bowed strings ? (I don't know as I don't play viol or cello...)

Thanks

Val

[654321654321]

i like it.

it must be a great experience to play Bach on a baroque lute.

:)

[Luthval]

Yes it is ;-)

V.

[Gealach74]

beautiful on baroque lute also!

working hard on Bach? :-)

nice job.

Vicente

[Luthval]

Yes, this month is Bach, Bach and Bach again... but nice to work on this music...

Thanks and kind regards

Val

[dominiquedv]

Do you have a monthly program? Every month another composer?

[Luthval]

No ;-) just as I feel but this month I feel playing this suite.. ;-)

Val

[Zappfrank]

Thank You for Your letter, Valéry. Congratulations to Didier, Luthvaliant maker! 4 JRDL 1981, a good exercise: take the score and make yourself a guitar tablature. Segovia, Renbourn, Dadi... it's allright... 4 your hands, thinkin' that Django had only 8 fingers and Maurice wrote a Concert 4 left hand... I'm back to You, Valéry... Why Roma? Did You win the "prix de" like Claude did? I'm jokin'... Yours faithful since 2008, Lucio Belli

[Luthval]

Roma, because Peo did record the prélude there...

Ciao Lucio ;-)

Regards

Val

[C6H12B26]

J'apprécie particulièrement cette position. Bravo, Val ! Très belle musique !

[Luthval]

Salut Roger,

Merci du commentaire (sachant que le baroque n'est pas ta "cup of tea" !)

Val

[ernststolz]

Very good, Valéry. Gusta Goldschmidt is one of our great legends on the lute. She used to be a harpsichordist first, did you know?

Salut Ernst

[Luthval]

Yes Ernst, Gusta was a great Lady... I didn't knew she play harpsichord.

Amitiés,

Valéry

[AmyRoseXOXOXO]

That was beautiful!Thank you!XOXO

[Luthval]

Thanks to you for listening and commenting ;-)

Val

[AndanteLargo]

Hi Val! Like Bruno, I thought the next Bach would be in 2-3 weeks but here I am listening to my French friend playing my all time favourite composer so well, that I wish I had a lute... I think I will play Bach todat too! Merci mon ami!

Per-Olov

[Luthval]

Bonjour Per-Olov,

He hope next week I can post the famous Prélude from this suite... ;-) (but I won't go to Roma to film it hélas...)

Merci d'écouter, à bientôt !

Amitiés,

Valéry

[billkilpatrick]

beautifully played, val ... many, many, many, many ... many years from now, i think wings will suit you very nicely.

[Luthval]

Ah Bill, you're a poet...

V. ;-)

[GaleoDeus]

Mmmmm....Bach cello suites....

Is there anything better?

[Luthval]

Perhaps but one of the better music ever wrote...

V.

[JRDL1981]

Sounds like a lullaby. Amazing inspiration from the old Europe. Tell me, where can I find the tablatures in guitar.

[Luthval]

I don't have guitar tabs but I think it could not be too difficult to find on the web.

Best regards

Val

[bgtavares]

Hey Valerie!

I thought when you said it would take a while for you to post another Bach, it would take a month not a few days! Better for me that I didn't have to wait for so long! BRAVÍSSIMO as always!

[Luthval]

Thanks Bruno ;-)

(I'm working in parallel, when one is ready, I have to polish the next...) Maybe some will be later other sooner...

V.

[Zappfrank]

Where in France are You?

East? Alsace? Costruisci i tuoi strumenti? Sei un liutaio liutista? Tiorba? Chitarrone? Laud? Oud? Ton ami, fido e riconoscente. DI NUOVO BRAVO!!! UT RE MI FA c d e f. GaLaus> GaLaud >GALaUt> Sol La la Do. Sur le Nombre de Bach (Le Rayon Vert de Eric Rohmer, soundtrack, en sourient a Jules Verne...) Lucio

[Luthval]

Hello

I'm in Poitou (center of France) and my lute was made by Didier Jarny. It is a baroque lute with 13 courses.

Regards

Valéry ;-)

[Zappfrank]

Mon chèr ami. Je pense que jouer pour plaisir (d'amour, dure plus que un moment, bien, toute la vie) c'est vraiment la meilleure vie en courante de la vie. Bach, la source, souriente, la mer, mère de toutes musiques. Masques, allemandes, Mère Ubu. Uebunge fuer "bravi dilettanti". Dilectum habemus, igitur.

Ich hatte dass Du ein deutscher spieler bist gedanken(danke sehr).

[riceboii101]

lovely playing as always.thanks for sharing Bachs music with us.

[Luthval]

Merci,

My pleasure to share music.

Val

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Beautiful.

KEN

[Luthval]

Thanks Ken

Regards

val

[librarian1955]

Dear Val,

It is so beautiful! You must have practiced a lot. My admiration.Thanks a lot.You know I love Bach.

Aisha

[Luthval]

Hello Aisha ;-)

Love Bach too... (yes you're right, this is a lot of work, but when work is pleasure...)

Best regards

Val

[Zappfrank]

Bravo!!!

[Luthval]

Thanks ;-)

V.

[trolabe]

Well done, Valéry.

And now we are waiting for the Sarabande.

Regards,

Trond

[Luthval]

Hello Trond,

I'm sorry you'll have to wait for the Sarabande a little bit, but I have to go back to the Prelude... (in fact it will depend witch one will be ready first...)

All the best,

Val

[Vabejas]

There is not a more beautiful sound in the world than a Bach bass note played on your lute.

Excellent!

Amitiés,

Jasper

[Luthval]

Hello Jasper !

Merci beaucoup ;-)

Amicalement

Valéry

[okvolleyball]

great well done have a good day Stephen .

[Luthval]

Thanks Stephen ;-)

Val

[Rigobarrios]

Hi my friend!

How are you??

I love the Bach's music and you played it exelent!

My best, Rigo

[Luthval]

Thanks Rigo,

I'm fine (playing Bach is a joyful experience...)

Val

[Ski56ppy]

Hi Val,

thanks for this video! Really nice playing, with much love to the lute and it´s music!

Keep it going!

Best Tommy

[Luthval]

Thanks Tommy,

I know it's not perfect, but baroque lute is so hard to play... and I don't want to do editing in video recordings... But Bach's music is great !

Regards,

Val

[Ski56ppy]

Hi Val,

I never do any editing either in my music videos, more than (sometimes) adding a little reverb and fade in and/or fade out. I simply don´t own that kind of music software to successful cut in the middle of the music making it "better". I always play my pieces uncut from the beginning till the end. But I do like to edit and add (hopefully) beautiful moving pics to the pieces I do play.

Best regards Tommy

[Luthval]

Yes you're right, no editing (I've done in some earlier videos, like folias as it was one of the first with baroque lute, but I will re-record it now)

As I said before I like your pics but I'd love to see you play too... (and you beautiful instruments... I want another vid with Pandora)

Best regards

Val ;-)