Concerned to J S Bach's Cantatas: Ton Koopman speaks - BWV 106 - Actus Tragicus

[digimurtal]

Very interesting! I could listen to this dude all day.. I wish Bach could drop by in a timemachine and enter a modern instrument store... What would happen in there!?:D

[musicaenlaniebla]

codonauta Thanks from Lima, Perú. Please, please, please, could you post the whole cantata in Koopman's version? Thanks again!

[codonauta]

@musicaenlaniebla I thought that anyone had already uploaded that. I can do that, if YouTube permits it.

[Akee1990]

Woah woah woah.3 hours in church?????

[spaghettihorse1]

so smart and lively the Dutch!..:)

[stargirlsusan]

i love bach music but dont understand jack about the 440 415 thing he was explaining, it made me feel very stupid. Can someone elighten me alittle bit more?

[areitu]

@stargirlsusan The number stands for the frequency of the note "A" in the middle of the treble staff. So when you play the standard A on a modern instrument, it registers as 440 hertz. 415 means the same note is 415Hz, and all of the other notes are a slightly lower pitch as a result. This posed a problem for woodwind instruments because their pitch depends country of origin, since there was no standard. Hope this makes sense!

[stargirlsusan]

@areitu thank you

[redbrian3655]

This is great! Boy, did this answer a lot of questions. My own perfect pitch of 440 is constantly screwed by 415 and 465... but at 55, I don't care anymore!!!!! As a Lutheran Music Director, I am thankful that our service is 60 minutes!!! People can barely sit THAT long anymore-hahahaha

[sam0xin]

Koopman - The greatest specialist of genius Bach ! thanks for video.

[NorbertZF]

It's "detective work" on determining some of these important issues such as pitch ad tuning. But I still say that Bach never intended to have only one voice per part for his cantatas. Even though there is only one copy per voice, they are stil large enough for more than one person to read from. Why do you think he applied for the position in Leipzig in the first place? More resources.

[starbreez3]

Man, I want Koopman as my teacher!

[sirdelrio]

@starbreez3 as long as he teaches you the conventions of baroque practice at the time, but does not teach you to say this or that Bach wouldnt approve, or this or that is wrong cause is not historically accurate. rachmaninov said iconoclasticism is the motor of novelty in art. prokofiev said sviatoslav richter renewed his works (so not even composers themselves thought they had THE last word)

[johnnylifelive]

He's a little nuts, right? Actus Tragicus is from 1707....

[Gentario]

Spero che ce ne siano un numero infinito di video come questi: sono il massimo!

[ptourin]

Does anybody know why Koopman suggests this was written for the death of a daughter? Most researchers I've read say that it was (or was most likely) written for the death of an uncle, which is a much different thing.

[mdeonx16]

Koopman is my favorite Bach interpreter for harpsichord.

[sirdelrio]

@mdeonx16 kenneth gilbert is superior

[mdeonx16]

@sirdelrio That doesn't mean anything to me...Koopman is still my FAVORITE:

Hint: "favorite" is a highly opinionated word.

[liesh101]

other solution, since this cantata is an early work. Maybe the recorders were french instruments playing at a=392? It would result n a much lower rendition of this gem. Koopman's solution to me seems too high for comfort (bass especially).

[dis0guise]

Fascinating stuff about _Chorton_ and pitch problems -- and a fine performance of the overture.

[bwv548]

Una musica di una dolcezza infinita...

[bwv548]

Beautiful, like Nature.

[BachLoveNat]

Ton Koopman ... Great!

Thank you for beautiful uploading Fernando!