BBC Proms 2010 Bach Day 11 - Passacaglia and fugue bwv 582

[dream431ca]

Mainstream music of today is all about money and image, the music is atrocious. This music on the other hand is all about art, contrast, feeling, and an extension of the human soul. This will never die.

[Lufthochstein]

I would love to be there... But, the only thing I would love more than this is to be before Bach himself. Nothing says more about him than the fact that even the greatest of composers recognize him as their father and teacher.

[TheDirection69]

Was there. There is nothing to compare this nights music. It was sublime and the organ was so powerful the hall trembled. We thought the walls were going to crumble. We didnt expect the start to be so resonating. The guest next to me was a gentle woman, but gasped and whispered to herself "Oh God".

[DaFish1337]

@TheDirection69 I envy you! I would kill to be at a performance like this :)

[Lufthochstein]

@TheDirection69 You are really fortunate, indeed.

[tranquility8813]

THIS IS THE GREATEST PIECE IVE EVER HEARD SUPREMELY POWERFUL, MY NUMBER ONE FAVORITE!!!

[Hazelrat10]

One of Bach's best.

[jjuan54]

jajajaja sonykroket, nah, pot works better for me xd

[rbarreira2]

Very nice, too bad the audio and video are out of sync.

[JohnFromRI10]

This piece would end anyone's psychological depression. Litton and his industries should play more Respighi.

[lolturtle13]

A masterpiece for the ages.

[jjuan54]

i would not be surprised at all if the world ends next year and god chooses this piece as

the soundtrack, it would be a beautiful mighty death xD LOL....or maybe the theme of the creation of the universe? I don't know, but only religious, or spiritual ideas can ( if they actually can) describe this magnificent piece by the father, or shall i say prophet of the western musical tradition HAIL BACH!!!

[sonykroket]

jjuan54: " would not be surprised at all if the world ends next year and god chooses this piece as"

Try Prozac

[sonykroket]

BTW Andrew reminds me of Russel Crows' partner/bad cop in L.A Confidential, Dick "Stence"Stensland or something.

A bit offtopic but hey, i found the best stuff while looking for something completely different

Good movie, look it up

[sonykroket]

The magic starts at 2:10.......

[sonykroket]

It's just beautiful

Favourited, featured and thanked the friend who introduced it to me

[sonykroket]

Bach is an eternal master

[mtv565]

The variation @ 5:17 - 5:38 should be played and most suited by a harp!

[MusicInvestigation]

A while ago I, under a different user name, stated that I believed this piece should end on a minor chord instead of the Pickardy-third Major chord it does end on. After spending another 10 VERY CLOSE months with this piece, I couldn't think of any better way to end it than how Bach did. Of course. Bach is the master. And you don't disagree with Bach. He knew what he was doing. I retract my previous statement. A minor chord ending would simply not do.

[GabrielPadecopeo]

Bella, muy bella música. Me gusta más esta transcrición de O. Respigui que la realizada por L. Stokowski. Esta es más magestuosa y potente por la inclusión de los metales. Maravillosa versión.

[Francis1930]

Absolutely beautiful

[Stateoftention]

im loving lower brass right now!

[jjuan54]

ok i am saying ( well i am actually typing this) this will supreme confidence:::

i love beethoven, chopin, mozart, sibelius, chopin, brahms, schubert, brahms.....among other geniuses of music, BUT, somehow Bach works like this one when arranged for orchestra, the mass in b minor, the passions, the organ works, .....are on a complete diferent reality of perfection, divinity, introspection, strengh,......i mean, Bach is that sun, that divine light in western music, period.

[GabrielPadecopeo]

@jjuan54 Sí, Juan, estoy de acuerdo, sólo que es pertinente tener presente que J.S.Bach es "EL PADRE DE LA MÚSICA"

[jackinka81]

I think the french horn guy is hot

[makerofjam]

I think Bach is hot.

[KARTOFFELSALATATATAT]

Asteroids striking the earth produce a sound much alike the passacaglia. The rebirth of mankind years later will produce the fugue.

Movie directors should use this.

[Jelubaful]

@KARTOFFELSALATATATAT No it wont.

[calogria]

@PhysicalsimForever "Organs are shrill"? Not necessarily and certainly not the good ones!

[eugeneragistanac]

Thumbs up if you think the flute player is hot.

[Aeythvaenn]

@eugeneragistanac Thumbs up if you think the conductor looks like a sexy beast!

[mister3antar]

Beautiful. Perfect. Profound.

[GabrielPadecopeo]

¿Qué le falta o le sobra a este vídeo para ser destacado? ¿Quién decide esa clasificación? Esta interpretación se lo merece de sobra.

[GabrielPadecopeo]

Extraordinaria, bellísima interpretación. Música para Dios. ¡Tenía que ser Bach! Gracias, muchas gracias por este deleite de espiritualidad. Gracias.

[jobw87]

I love this. I would like to hear BWV538 performed one day, too.

[leonsmello]

i disagree, this piece reaches perfection only played in the organ.

[Skilfer11]

@leonsmello

I've heard this piece played in all its varieties, and being as it is a piece of power, the orchestra handles it better.

[Salha7]

Cheesehoven. looool Bloody Cheesehoven? Seriously, you're funny mate. lool

[elopez4024]

I'm a big fan of BWV582... this is one heavy, powerful performance. That ending seems to me beffiting of the creation of the universe.

[OrganicOyster]

@elopez4024 It's funny because it's more the end of the world in my opinion ^^

[leonsmello]

I prefer Respighi's transcription, Stokowski is too much romantic

[RogueRotting360]

@leonsmello Agreed there. I think one of the very times a Bach transcription has surpassed one of Stokowski's.

[87325]

INCREDIBLE BBC! wonderful video direction! the symphony was astounding as well...highly enjoyed the video and music

[MusicInvestigation]

I would pay a million dollars that I don't have to conduct this.

[EDGJZConglomerate]

My new favorite Bach piece! The CSO Brass performed this exquisitely! Is anybody else of the opinion that this should have ended on a minor chord instead of a major? I understand the time period and the purpose of Pickardy thirds, but still . . . the ending is so cataclysmic, I think that minor would be more fitting.

[TheThinkingComposer]

@EDGJZConglomerate HELLS to the yes.

[ticfortea]

@EDGJZConglomerate

I don't agree. I think that after that thunderous last entrance of the subject in f-minor, the Neapolitan full stop (a chord associated w. death and despair), the roaring coda, and the dominant half ending (although final resolvation is actually on the tonic c-major) you're left with a feeling that the "happy" ending is deceptive. Although the final chord is correct in terms of fugue norms, it feels unfinished. To me, the final chord is a terrible one. As a hero turned evil.

[contrerados]

Either the conductor or Respighi made this far too modern, airy, and relatively fast. The orchestration made by Stokowski in 1969 conveys a somber mood of solemnity and power unmatched so far.

[TraVoiBelle]

@contrerados I am absolutely agree with you!

Stokowski made a miracle!

An absolutely transcendental masterpiece!

[Tsobanian]

@contrerados Stokowski premiered his orchestration of Passacaglia & Fugue on 10 Feb 1922. Ottorino Respighi's version was written 8 years after the Stokowski version. OTHERS WHO HAVE ORCHESTRATED PASSACAGLIA IN C MINOR BWV582 ARE : RENE LEIBOWITZ, HERMAN BOESSENROTH, FRANCIS G. SANDERS, ALEXANDER GOEDICKE, HEINRICH ESSER, SIR ANDREW DAVIS, EUGENE ORMANDY.....

Herman Boessenroth arrangement was premiered on April 12 1935 by Eugen Ormandy and the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra.

[contrerados]

@Tsobanian That's right, but I was referring to the particular performance given by Stokowski with the Radiosinfonieorchester Saarbrucker in 1966. Many others, besides the ones you've mentioned, have orchestrated the Passacaglia and Fugue with invariable degrees of effect, tone, and feeling, making Stokowki's, in my view, the best so far.

[Nessunet]

In 7 '41'', bassoon lee one more time

[TOBMAX]

Bach - A real Genius !!!

[mosadi85]

I prefer the organ original, but it's beautiful. Maybe too romantic for me, but beautiful.. as hell;) Thanks for upload, cheesehoven:)

[Nessunet]

@mosadi85 Great transcription!!

Dear mosadi85 Maybe romantic is not the right adjective, it is less flexible than the original organ, but my entender wins in color and textures.

[nickleby68]

How on earth did I miss this stunning performance. Thank you for sharing.

[javierpe9103]

por Diosque version majestousa y poderosa!!!!! gracias