Bach. BWV 1000 Fugue. Julian Bream.

[rehpot16]

this is not the 1001?

[susiq424]

I LOVE IT!!!

<3

[jamesedwardtheobald]

bach=pure genius, he stands the apex of western musicality. i feel his music should be played with deep passion and spiritual fire

[robotghostify]

:))))))))))))

[moopsypoo]

For me it's amazing istening to these pieces of Bach played by Bream. I remember when I tried to interpret these pieces when I was younger and finaly today...I can hear that it wasn't so bad. Bream interprets the score very good in my ears. Thanks for laying the video out.

[gmtnosa00]

Crazy all the posts about little mistakes who would listen to such beauty and be thinking about pointless faults?? This is gorgeous

[paquitolo]

@gmtnosa00 Absolutely true! I think everyone is looking for a defect to perfection while demonstrating its virtues as experts or as virtuous but the performance is simply wonderful and we shouldn't say anything more about that. Totally agree with you. :)

[1828459045]

@gmtnosa00

(1) it's a honor to find mistakes in virtuoso play. D.Knuth has been sending $2.56 checks for every error found in his books, Bream isn't sending for each buzz found but it's still a honor to find :)

(2) it's perfect by default, you don't have to say it. people say what's imperfect.

(3) technique is imperfect, let's face it. Bream's advantage is very good technique (yet imperfect) + great expression. E.g. Goluses plays BWV1001 cleaner, but less expression

[1828459045]

@gmtnosa00

(4) if you aren't listening to mistakes, good chances are that you aren't listening to the music all.

[gmtnosa00]

@1828459045 Of Course!! I'm not listening that must be it! Thanks a bunch for the advice I'll listen again

[WisemanMusician]

@gmtnosa00 I agree, we must remember that this is a human art and not of machines.

[insaneguitarfreak]

Julian Dream

[lapisredux]

and that,s how you do that.

[trainora]

great recording/interpretation of this piece. This is the piece of music that made me dedicate my life to classical guitar almost 20 years ago. I usually hold Bream in lower regard than some of the other modern greats, but he pwns this piece here

[DUKGUITAR]

dukdik23@gmail.com Fingers need to be like a piston" LOL I like that description. It also affirms what I felt when I saw John Williams left hand technique. Here was his hand fixed in 1 position during a certain part of the piece & the 4 fingers were pressing & depressing the strings with such smoothness & fluidity - almost mechanical in timing & precision like pistons in a car! & yes, hardly any tension in the hand or fingers. So totally relaxed. I think you're spot on there.

[tWiLiGhiNa1995]

Gosh it's all flat. I mean, he didn't make me be interested, he didn't involve me in the listening, although I like this piece very much. Good technique but very low sound beauty. I'm so disappointed of you Bream

[theeclecticist06]

@tWiLiGhiNa1995 I´m sure you´re kidding.

[2802luvi]

Listening Bream is like in dream...

[crazyjonah]

welll...3rd bar 4th semi-quaver, my score says C#??

[jsnauwaert]

I can EASILY some mistakes.

[bigmuso123]

kpingvin, haha, i used to say this when i was about 15, WHY doesnt my teacher make a mistake!!, Well after years of learning its called anchoring and relaxing. Dissolving any musculature tension at every opportunity. Fingers need to be like a piston, when needed on the upthrust, bang its there, on the down, free of tension, no resistance Thats my take on it. .

[jbdoggy]

@bigmuso123 "Fingers need to be like a piston" LOL I like that description. It also affirms what I felt when I saw John Williams left hand technique. Here was his hand fixed in 1 position during a certain part of the piece & the 4 fingers were pressing & depressing the strings with such smoothness & fluidity - almost mechanical in timing & precision like pistons in a car! & yes, hardly any tension in the hand or fingers. So totally relaxed. I think you're spot on there.

[CatGoesBOOM]

Not a single mistake. wow. Bravo.

[TeamPowerMT2]

I wish I could play like this.

I'm just learning to play BWV 1001 and it is very difficult. I think it takes years to play a such difficult piece like that.

[2royplayer]

Magnificent! Bach would be quite proud to hear Julian play his masterpiece.

[juandiegometallica]

who the fuck are 3 losers...i would like to teach'em about what music is

[ChundomanX]

this is not bwv 1000

[MrSweedypie]

@ChundomanX yes it is...

[VolodiaLukianov]

Fantastic, Bravo!

[ClassicalGuitar1111]

Fantastic

His playing is so compelling.

[Carpediemeuh]

Which version does he use? Because I have many versions with very different fingerings and I don't find this version which seems to be great!!

That's important for me because it's for a competition!

So if anyone can tell me which version is it?

Thank you very much.

[juancomp]

@Carpediemeuh I was wondering the same thing. Maybe he made his own?

[greekrocker93]

@Carpediemeuh the right version is 'fuga bwv 1000' of alfonso borghese in A minor.

[Carpediemeuh]

@greekrocker93 Thanks! :)

[ThrashCore13R]

Is this after his car accident?

[key2kingdom]

Insane.

[smoothie66]

"...a little light relief" he says? How about a sprinkling of the tears of God upon our souls? I think that better describes what Mr. Bream has done here.

[weedlike2present]

This made my eyes water, amazing.

[4goscott]

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!! ;-)))

[SaiyanCHW]

There isn't any other guitarrist in the world who can make my cry with each piece he plays. WHAT A BEAM OF EMOTIONS, BREAM!

[TheJamesalden]

This is probably the "definitive" interpretation; one that I like to listen to more than anyone else. Then there's Christopher Parkening's interpretation which is also quite

enjoyable. Thank you for posting. All around good quality.

[LAPUbutsekikMAG]

@TheJamesalden: We share the same thoughts, i have not seen this one of Julian Bream and I love it!... Christopher Parkening in the mid 70's and Alirio Diaz, Also an Andres Segovia Student, had recordings of this piece on 33 rpm LP Vinyl disks... Alirio Diaz playing is so FLAWLESS and ALIVE...

[MrSnorlax22]

Segovia is magic, Williams is perfection and Bream plays with amazing emotion.

[LisztBusoni]

Bream is NOT a human.......one comment: perfect.

[ZOLTANHODOSSY59]

Magnifico!!!

[nikosz66]

His musical colour is unique !

Along with his tremendous tecnique, this colour

makes his performances THE reference point in the guitar repertoire .

[mygraybaby]

Does anyone know where to find the version of this piece Julian Bream is playing. I have saw several variations, none written quite the way he plays it.

[chingvang559]

try imeem

[globule200]

@mygraybaby Hey, I know I'm working on a version similar. If you still want it, write in private I'll send you.

Regards.

[KurwaRomek]

@globule200 j'avais eu la partition dans un "Guitare Classique" de 2003 ou 2002, mais j'ai perdu la partoche (dans mon souvenir, elle était absolument identique à la version de Julian Bream) et je n'arrive pas à me souvenir du morceau entier (normal). Je suis complètement dèg...

[globule200]

@KurwaRomek Je te l'envoie par mail si tu me donnes ton email (par message privé). Amicalement.

[Reference21]

Hi,

Where to find scores for this piece?

[JohannesKuenel]

Dude, are you serious? You can't just play the Bach fugue in a from a score from the internet.. Why don't you just go to your local music store? There are great versions of this song, but quality has it's price.

[koyunbaba73]

This is one monster of a piece. When I learned it, I refused to perform it for a good six months. While bwv 1000 is not as technically demanding as the chaconne, it is at least as challenging as the chaconne in terms of musical considerations. I agree that many players play this too fast. At times the texture is for four voices. Each are important and they may get lost if the tempo is to quick.

[Justinchess]

Who's the bloke at the start?

[Mkamalid]

ummm...J.B!

[SaigheadBhriste]

That's Julian Bream, albeit about 30 years after playing the fugue in this video.

[1Freeman]

Bach wrote great music for the guitar, he just didn't know it at the time...

[globule200]

Julian Bream is the best classic guitar player ...

[slymuse]

Just perfect, I love the tempo, most everyone else plays this piece too fast and it just ruins the beauty of this fugue. In Breams version you can really hear the separate parts very distinctly.

[melopheas]

la transcripcion es de él mismo

[dasgroover]

all we hear are notes - not string buz or other guitar sounds it's all just music at every instance - style, perfect technique and mastery all in one = Julian Bream *****...

[muclata]

Wonderful!!!!!!!!!! Thats beauty!

[aem26w4fi79ecc2vr]

fucking amazing

[agogico12345]

the best interpretation i ever heard!!

[babybel50]

de qui est la transcription ?

[kpingvin]

Why doesn't he make a mistake? Why? Why? At least one little mistake! A little buzz, or anything!

Unbelievable!!

[daleharrisguitar]

Well, it's not what Bream is about but he does make some minor mistakes (no wrong notes though) in this - to list them is pointless - but the playing is suddenly at a faster tempo at one point, which indicates that this video has been edited together. His recordings are heavily edited, and he himself seldom chose to listen to his own recordings. But this is such the demand in the modern era of requiring perfection in recordings. Everybody is at it including J.W., who has many edits too.

[thejugglenaut91]

yes, recordings have been edited since their inception. Glenn gould heavily edited his tapes even though there were no missed notes. That's doesn't mean that bream hasn't played, or even recorded this live, as flawlessly as this(excluding 1 or 2 missed notes)

[laug66]

@kpingvin because of the love and respect he had for Bach he worked hard at it - j williams said he couldn't have put the hours in that Mr Bream did and felt people shouldn't start so late in learning, Mr Bream is a lesson to all who think it might be too late to learn music. He produces more vital performances and is more rewarding to listen to, iin my opionion, than Williams - who is also great.

[TheClassicFrank]

@kpingvin I saw Bream make a big mistake in the late 90's in Cleveland. I thought it was cool because it showed me that he was human. (:

[viandante]

@kpingvin Bream used to make tons of mistakes in concert. He was just not stupid to do that in front of the TV camera. Many people criticize his technique, but when we are talking of such a superlative musical standard technique is something to be put in perspective.

[jjobie]

@viandante I do have recordings of Bream where you can hear little buzzes and slips here and there, ya.

[kowalsky111]

@kpingvin i hear some notes that are not long enough if that counts as mistake for you :-)

[Freecontact1]

@kpingvin : Really he made at least two little little mistake (that i've notice) , one at 1:28 ( i cant'hear one note of the subject in the bass) and one at 4:13 he missed one note; That , at my advice is valueless and not influence the beautiful interpretation :) , but take something or someone as a model of perfection and deny anything small impurity or imprecision is alway dangerous, because these are the thing that make we human

[Pipixcan69]

@Freecontact1 Minor mistakes are irelevant. Feel is everything. Bream was the master of feel !!

[FourFatherTy]

@kpingvin A little Buzz at :16

[brunthroath6912]

@kpingvin Theres a buzz right after 0:15... But who cares its still sublime.

[jamesedwardtheobald]

@delameu they can also be 'squeak'-hives too! :D

[andrebarnas]

0:52 AMAZING

[RFeynman]

Sublime.

[ericcharlesmokotoff]

there are only a small few, a handful of the worlds greatest classicla guitarists. To critique them shows a lack of true understnadning unless you are among them. Just lsiten that is the only requirement listen, enjoy find enlightenment

[0TheBell0]

Wonderful! Best interpretation I've heard by now.. Only thing I would change is at 0:54 or so, I would let the high e ring.. But I'm learing the piece at the moment, so will try my best.. If I'll succeed, I'll upload my version to show you what I mean..

[SmilinShadow]

I hope you'll succeed but I'm sure that Julian Bream is better than all of us;)

[0TheBell0]

For sure he is and i guess there aren't many good guitarists who dare to claim anything else ;)

[thejugglenaut91]

wait, wait, wait... wow! just wow. You're going to show julian bream, i'm pretty sure the best guitarist on the planet at present, how to play it?

[0TheBell0]

Hell no, I said "the only thing IIII would change"!! I was talking about the way I like to play it, not about the way Bream should play it!!

[thejugglenaut91]

haha just giving you a hard tim

[lella22leeloo4]

Spero tanto che riuscirò ad arrivare a questo livello nel suonare!!!! "Sneza la musica la vita sarebbe un errore..." =)

[linihetfield]

bellissimo sembra quasi facile a vedersi...

[giopia0]

Simply amazing. Bach´s music at its best.

[philomelodia]

Amazing to hear him play this utterly classical piece and think that one of his great inspirations to play guitar was gypsy Jazz musician Django Reinhard. You'd never guess a jazz guitarist influenced him to play classical. I love listening to him. I knew his music before I new Segovia's and it touched me more deeply, I must say.

[ernent]

bwv 1000 is NOT bwv 1001 transcribed, it's bach arrangement of bwv 1001 with significant additions and modifications and for the lute. Bach must have liked this fugue very much, for he made another arranegemt of it for organ with an added prelude (bwv 539)

[diegoarboli]

@ernent And I think bwv 1000´s beauty went wayyyyyy beyond bwv 1001´s. I can´t believe anyone could ever write a piece music like this. And the answer is as obvious as unique: only Bach.

[guitarclasic4693]

sublime y conmovedora interpetacion

[JapJackson]

Dear Christ that was great. I stopped breathing for a good 2 minutes in the middle of that. LOL

[Rei0Arthur0Pendragon]

Extremely clean performance. And the timing is perfect. He completely owned the piece.

[bobbobby1992]

probably one of the best ive heard of him

[101piesaregood]

that was sublime

[martinjp1958]

I remember on an Autumn night in 1974 watching this programme called the 5 faces of the guitar. B Kessell [jazz], J beck [rock], P Pena [flamenco], J Renbourn [folk], and J Bream [classical], from which this comes. Never thought it'd be repeated! Fab

[diegoarboli]

I wish you have the lute version played by Luca Pianca. Simply the most sublime piece of music ever written and ever played. Bach is the other son of God sent to Earth.

[planetcaravan72]

This is stunning. A beautiful piece of art. Thanks for sharing.

[theodor28uzunov]

Paul Galbraith play Bach best!

[andrebarnas]

The best interpretation of this piece ever.

[erpenguin]

Superb !The best guitarist of 20th century

[mars7272]

Such maturity and sophistication! Amazing!

[znotty]

its the most beautiful thing i`ve ever heard.

[tokaicarl]

STILL think bream's the best- such emotion and so great at this melancholy stuff of the old composers- nobody sounds like him

[znotty]

How does he compare to Williams do you think?

Bach would have loved Julian,Bach would have written Hundreds for the guitar if Julian & John had been around to play em.

[tokaicarl]

i think john williams is an absolute genius at the guitar, i love his version of rodrigo's fantasia para un gentilhombre-

but--- i just can listen and listen to bream all the time- i don't know what it is but his playing really gets to me, maybe its his sound,! anyway both geniuses and bach would have loved to write pieces for both of them i agree

[tobeaMD]

This musical piece is brilliant! The musician

plays it very well.

[infernalfog]

Impresionante este tío!!

[Hauser43]

The Maestro.

[zambrano696]

great

[SmallGaruda]

does anyone have Bream's transcription of this piece...

[Tonty53]

Fantastico !!

Semplicemente si rimane senza parole di fronte alla tecnica e all'espressività di Bream.

Esegue brani estremamente difficili facendoli sembrare quasi accessibili ai comuni mortali!

Bream for president.

BRAVO

5*

[scree123]

Great vid, thanks for posting. Yes, its bwv1000

[slodderwobbel]

hes amazing btw its bwv1000