Cantata Nº 208, 'Sheep May Safely Graze', BWV 208

[TheWhiskeredDragon]

SUNGLASSES. LIKE A MOFOING BAOS!

Bach really knew what he did, and he knew what to do

to make the world a better place, just like a boss.

[twinsis35]

Beautiful song!:)

[TruckOnTyke1]

This is the best version of Sheep May Safely Graze I have heard. The harpsichord really complements it well. Would love to know if this version is available on CD.

[Floodlezoot]

"Music is like a tiger. I don't mean to say that it's vicious. What I mean is that music, or musical harmonies and melodies, have a tendency to camoflague themselves in the forest of the soul, that great subconscious rainforest. Yet, despite being a rainforest, and not a temperate zone, sheep dwell therein. That is why I wrote a song about sheep. Sheep of the subconscious rainforest, and no, I do not have a valium addiction." ---- J. S. Bach, Leipzig, 1741.

[ExirKamalabadi]

Lou Bach.

[roelallen]

This is the music of eternal life, love, and light... ☺ ♥ ☼

[Vitally14]

Bach=boss

[americanblondie523]

LOL. I LOVE this song, but what's up with the sunglasses?? :D

[stainlesssteelprat]

@americanblondie523 Makes him look COOOOL!!

[ghostmosquito]

It may as well be called sheep may safely snore... Why would our concertmaster pick this for practice every morning at 6am... *snores*

[flautista4]

I'm going to play this at my final exam at the Conservatory :D

[azkeyz]

Hell yeah !

Bach gave me the red pill.

[jakehenlan]

3 people hate life

[Cheerbabeforeverable]

a girl did ballet to this song at my dance concert (:

[by7ense]

also what is the tonality

[nickditoro]

@by7ense - harpsichord. The recording is in G Major.

[by7ense]

is there a lute or harpsichord at the start.. need to know for my music homework lol

[xsantosis]

The orchestra who interpreted this is: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

[hardyfh1]

Harmony within and harmony without, all things placed as they should be placed. So self-contained and self-sufficient. Nothing else required. All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds. I like Bach.

[hhyten]

Bach's music seems to merge the organic and spiritual worlds. He often came up with these little patterns, these flourishes like in this piece, that seem simple but strike a chord in your being. It's like looking at patterns in nature, like Mandelbrots or simply magnifications of seashells or "simple" life. But Bach's music comes alive and talks directly to your head and heart. For those who have the capacity to listen.

[UssyPh2000]

Forever Bach!! thanx.

[lukefonfabre44]

Bach to da choppa! >8^O

[bmh4d0k3n]

It often bugs me how many instrumental versions of originally vocal works are more popular ... but this is too beautiful for me to care.

[fanature7]

Bach est pour moi le plus moderne des compositeur classique.Toute sa musique peut être adaptée à diverses situations sans jamais rien perdre de son origine.Que ce soit pour les puristes ou pour les plus "techno",Bach est un maître!!!

[betazette]

wonder what inspired this piece...makes me think of psalm 23

[SintiqueNobre]

@betazette Makes me think tthe same psalm!

[Floodlezoot]

there is something about that picture. Maybe our sunglasses will one day look like the powdered wig does.... Future generations will laugh and think, what were those weirdos thinking. and the music ain't hurting either. 

[TheRocksolid89]

Guns don't kill people, I kill people with guns - Bach!

[BajanGirlBeautiful]

This song is very beautiful!

[b33cux]

Where are the credits for this recording? If u post, at least give 'em that. I'd like to buy this album, whatever it is...

[b33cux]

@johnyprestige - You can't Handle the Bach!

[erroll9621]

1:34 - 2:20 sends such shivers... Most gorgeous.

[johnyprestige]

This Bach sounds like Handel.

[killgriffinnow]

Better than 'rap' (most people leave the c at the beginning out)

[BajanGirlBeautiful]

@killgriffinnow I totally agree!

[possomfido]

@gazzer how about Pachelbel's Canon? it's in D major and has the stately soothing feel of this

[gazzer]

Thanks. e Hector, I've got this short etude like tune in my head i picked up somewhere and i'm sure it's bach, i thought the sheep save to graze was it. but it's not. '

sounds like it's in D major , damn how could i google a melody, but i's off course beautiful and stately like the feeling i get from it is resolve. does it ring a bell to anyone out there. Boy do i need to hear this one. ha ha i have to laugh . that dick bach. yea i guess you could be arrogant if your bach.

[gazzer]

J . S. Bach must have been a cool M*******F*****

[HectorAndresMayoral]

@gazzer I´ve read he was an arrogant dick... But he had the right to be an arrogant dick because he WAS the best!

[KamiKazeBliss]

SO beautiful...it calms my soul every time I hear it and I cannot help but smile ^_^

[OldWines]

Long live Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. 

[jahjahcarr]

Bach Rocks!!!

[vulkein]

what's: BWV 208?

[docterphreak]

@vulkein A lot of classical composers had their songs organized after their deaths by other guys. So Bach's stuff was organized by some other people who labeled it BWV. Mozart's are labeled K, or KV, and his are in order chronologically. Bach's are in order thematically.

[docterphreak]

@vulkein "The Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (Bach Works Catalogue) is the numbering system identifying compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. The prefix BWV, followed by the work's number is the shorthand identification for Bach's compositions. The works are grouped thematically, not chronologically."

[Bl00DN00B]

@vulkein Its just a way to organize bach's pieces.

[alexbexifan]

Warum trägt Bach denn eine Brille?

[FinalFreek]

I love the woodwind version the flutes are so peaceful!! i playy flute myself and it's a rearly soothing instrument to play and listen to.

[boo66]

This sounds like the recording I grew up with.. from the 'Your Hundred Best Tunes' LP from the BBC radio series. My mum used to put it on loud to do the vacuuming!

[lyrics67]

Johann Sebastian Bach was predominately an Organist. He once walked 200 hundred miles to hear another organist play!! Dedication to an Art does not come much greater than that. This piece is simply beautiful, enchanting and almost humbling - they don't come much better than this! God Bless Him.

[1000jmbc]

Oh My God!!!

What apand Bach????? :)

[ThusSpakeDenise]

Ahhh...thank you!

[SubicBayMantaRay]

I'll be bach. is that why he has the terminator glasses?

[sexybethizit09]

does anyone know what instrument plays the main melody thanks x

[santiago1santiago1]

@sexybethizit09 the viola, i've played this many times with my school chamber ensemble and it's my fav

[cuparinos]

@sexybethizit09 its a flute duo

[magicalskunk]

who is the idiot who was the first to dislike this song? find him, punch him, force him to listen to this song forever.

[Bl00DN00B]

@magicalskunk Lol 

[annie10103]

Bewitching....

[007jorgelina]

Estoy completamente e-n-a-m-o-r-a-d-a de Bach, su musica es SUBLIME......

[7teenf]

I used to love lamb chops

[koipen]

The only thing cooler than the portrait is the music itself.

[MrTobytwirl]

He copied those shades from Dylan!

[jonieheffner]

...love the portrait....lol...he has Raybans on....thatz good.

[GoblinsFriend]

Remember falling to sleep to this when I was a child.

[kja683]

I BELIEVE THAT WHEN HEAVEN'S GATES ARE OPEN TO US WEARY SOUL'S THAT THIS PIECE OF BACH WILL RESOUND THROUGH THE KINGDOM. kAREN J Anderson

[ADyingFaith]

@kja683 oh just imagine, if only.

[killgriffinnow]

@kja683 STOP BEING SO POMPOUS. IT'S IRRITATING.

kILL G Now

[jrt1961]

Has anyone else noticed that if you close your eyes during this you can "see" the sheep prancing (?) around?

[crusadersson]

I can find two words. Love+Harmony

[chaoshead666]

@crusadersson (utopia)

[JuxtapositionJavy]

It is all right song.

[OldWines]

God bless Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.

KR,

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[EnemyTurtle]

@ChristFavorsME are you fucking retarded, you ignorant piece of shit?

[LinJ47]

I have loved this piece ever since I heard it played over & over during Pres JFK's funeral when it was played in the Capitol Rotunda. I contacted the JFK library to verify this & was told by someone there that it did not happen-it was not on Mrs. Kennedy's playlist BUT I KNOW it was! I was 16yrs old & sat for days in front of our tv set watching & mourning w/our nation. I still remember hearing the newscaster saying that it was chosen by Mrs. K. To any Bach lover, how else can I verify this?

[Altoclarinets]

Whoever disliked this... the one person... is an absolute idiot.

And I love the Bach portrait.

[chickengoats23]

this piece is pretty much amazing!!

[jonieheffner]

...I love Sheeps...one of my favorite compositions.

[wenglishsal]

'Ooh loving the shades... hee hee.. Bach is the top geezer innit...' Or as I would say... 'Marvellous and beautiful Bach, to calm a weary soul...'*ahh bliss* :0)x

[artois54]

Sheep can only safely graze where a good sheperd watches. This never happened in the US in more than 200 years.

[therookie93]

@ChristFavorsME I have a black friend in my quartet who plays this with me.

[ChristFavorsME]

@therookie93 I'm not a racist.Not even a Christian.I was just having a little fun testing Poe's law.

[HubbaDuff]

Just beautiful!

[11777766]

Hauntingly beautiful Bach

[funcdoktor]

Love this piece... I told my coworkers how it broke out of the minor part right when the sun crested the clouds and they thought i was THE WEIRDEST DUDE ALIVE. Gotta love my fellow Americans lol...

[bluejupiter100]

@funcdoktor:

Too much emotion in this piece. My reactions run the gamut from laughter to tears. trust me, you're not the wierdest dude alive, perhaps you're simply ALIVE!

[paopaomanalansan]

Is this the song to sing before going on a hunt, as this is called the Hunt Cantata?

[Nhiwbie]

awesomeness

[dxf323]

Most uplifting graceful peace of music ever.

[maxlewis87]

what version of the song is this?

[tonhazelhoff]

this is music and a gift of our Lord when yoy can play it like this.

tx

[ledernev]

I used to listen to a superlative version of this cantata by Kirsten Flagstad, on a recording at the University of Oregon, in Eugene. I have since tried to locate a copy of that recording, which was a 33 LP, but can't find it anywhere. Does anyone know of this recording?

Thanks,

[Kanjiruxx]

Saw this piece on the bbc proms, instantly fell in love with it

[oldbutbeautiful]

@Kanjiruxx

was this the piece on Bach Night (arranged by Walton) conducted by Andrew Litton, because that's when I "discovered" it - stunningly beautiful

[wonsuha]

i love song

[THOWRIAK]

Simply put, when all other music ceases to be, Bach will live on.



[menno000]

Great song and I love the shades :)

[ScorpioC09130]

J.S.Bach my all Time Favorit ....

[docterphreak]

Bach is so badass.

[Chicagojerry44]

Truly a beautiful peice of music....

[fobland83]

Bach to the Future ! :)

[ADyingFaith]

@fobland83 Excellent play on words.

[JamesraynorII]

@fobland83 or I'll be Bach

[DizzBlackMagic]

@fobland83 i dont know why, but that comment had me laughing for about 5 minutes lol

[cat4marky]

Well, I have never seen Bach look quite so cool before... and I love this piece of music :) so sweet

[wenglishsal]

This is divine and is now added to my favorites... Simply beautiful :0)x

[mikestahlberg]

Which instrumentation/recording is this one? It's truly divine, isn't it?

[TCube87]

music to die for...

[britcrit09]

Lovely! Thank you for uploading.

[macuys]

Thank you! Just heard Angela Hewitt play it for her only encore Dec. 2009 Herbst Theatre, SF. Was the most memorable piece for me out of the whole program. Just had to listen to it again over and over.

[maraharu]

well, coolest bach I've ever seen :)

[docterphreak]

@maraharu The man was a rebel.

[Schokoladenkekse1]

It is really wonderfull, i like this version best. It is musik for the heart. I love Bach

[georgirella]

it's wonderful !

but why can't i find this cantata with vocal ?:(

[1685Paul]

Is something more beautiful ???

[LuisCarcamoCarcamo]

Bach is amazing!!