Johann Sebastian Bach, "coffee" cantata BWV 211, "Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht" Part III

[GracielaCooper]

hmhey bin so einsam jemand evtl lust zu camen oder schreibn

[jeanpaul20012]

I want to hear it with Magdalena but by the way but unfortunately she is a mezzo-soprano.

I like Emma Kirkby, not so much

[alarob]

AFAIK this has never been sung better. Emma Kirkby sings this not only beautifully but with appropriate humor. Too many soloists render the Coffee Cantata as if it were a sacred cantata. That's esp. wrong here, where the virginal Liesgen delivers some accidentally (?) sly comments, e.g. that her father should find her a man "eh' ich noch zu Bette geh'" ("before I go to bed again"). In this performance all the soloists help us enjoy both the music and comedy. The orchestra is also unsurpassed.

[artois54]

Very beautiful. Her vioce is thin, indeed. BAchs muisc needs more power!

[belicious33]

aggree!!!

[ockeghem78]

I think that in this case her voice suits the one of a very young girl juxtaposed to the bass one of her father's... In my humble opinion Bach's music needs clear and agile voice, harmony is so complex that a redundant voice would exceed.

[artois54]

Yes, you are right!

[TheMrPeniskopf]

we've listen to this in school omg it was SO terrible

[Safferchick1]

Don't really like the soprano. Magdalena Kozena is no comparison. Kirkby's voice is thin as compared to Kozena's thick mellifluous voice. :)

[HerrWarja]

Why did he wrote this? Thought cantatas where more of a religious thing.

[andromeo23]

Is a Kantate "profana", not religious... In early XVIII° century coffee was trendy in Europe.

[ichmalealsobinich]

Bach wrote no operas? This cantata can really performed as a little funny opera! BTW the soprano is awesome.

[Mozartharmony]

you are right =) but I think the opera is another art, maybe imposible for the genius of bach... the art opera is always of humanity, and is not of god =)

[ichmalealsobinich]

No the reason why Bach wrote no Opera in contrast to his saxonian landsman Händel is more simple. None of the towns in which he worked had an opera house. Hamburg was the first town in Germany when Händel visited it in1709.

[Anibaloide]

She is the great Emma Kirkby (I love her).

[Mozartharmony]

mmm alone I think, the BEST Bach interpret is Magdalena Kozenà for technique, voice and art... only she is capable of understand very well the Bach music

[Anibaloide]

Magdalena Kozenà its a great singer too.

I love her work in the St Matthew Passion of Paul McCreesh.

But, I dont know yet her singer work about to the "coffee" cantata.

[camilocuesta]

@Mozartharmony I prefer Eli Hammeling on this performance

[BethDiane]

Nice--this is the one with the harpsichord obligato, which I once had the fun of sight-reading with a full orchestra!

I believe this is the Academy of Ancient Music, with Emma Kirkby and David Thomas. Just a guess. . .

[Flautenist]

Ein süßer Sopran - bezaubernd! Wer ist diese herausragende Sängerin? Entzückend! Und der große BACH konnte auch weltliche Kantaten komponieren - und wie ...

[camilocuesta]

@Flautenist Es gibt so wie so keine Unterschiedung zwischen weltliche und religiöse, musikalicherweise. Nur der Text macht die Unterschiedung!

[andromeo23]

What wonderful Kantate! Thanks for posted it!! Who are singers and ensamble?

[Anibaloide]

Conductor: Christopher Hogwood

Ensamble: The Academy of Ancient Music

Singers:

soprano: Emma Kirkby

bass: David Thomas

tenor: Rogers Covey-Crump