Corelli - "Christmas Concerto" in G Minor - Mov. 6-7/7

[mileschrist1]

absolute topper!!!!???Toch..........

[highone213]

I was born 3 centuries too late :(

[kaaprokorn]

Excellent music and interesting altarpiece. The feathered guy playing da gamba is supposed to be Lucifer :)?

[HeartGoldMVP]

The instruments seem to sing out in joy like bluebirds on a spring morn. Ah, the distinctive beauty and flow of baroque music.

[policegirlS]

This is an exciting piece to play.

[MrGunterguerrero]

A real Christmas gift !

[IsisSlovenska]

@MrGunterguerrero Yrs!! A REAL CHRISTMAS!!!

thank you my dear Gunter!

[AphroditeEros33]

<3 splendido! brilliant! perfect concert for christmas! baROQUE rock*^o^* Thank you so much for sharing these amazing pieces*^o^* <3

[essenciademusica]

Suavidade e beleza, Corelli encorporou nesta composição o perfeito espirito do natal!

[r3b3l1n]

omg this is so damn good

[gratiaDei777]

Christmas will be here in no time! Seems like a short piece on paper, but so compact! Such profundity!

[divine604]

this shoud be played faster...

[GioAppleFender]

E' eseguito in Fa minore non in Sol minore...

It's played in F minor not in G minor...

[HerrWarja]

@GioAppleFender This is italian baroque-pitch so it sounds like F-minor, a half-tone down. French pitch is kinda two half-tones down.

[MrDuckcheese1]

I was always told that the name just refered to the traditional Pastorale representing the shepherds. However, I do think that the Adagio-allegro-Adagio movement seems to portray the flutteing angels, the calm manger then the calmer decent of the angels in the last few bars. Is this what other people think?

[FicklishxXxTicklish]

Our high school Orchestra played this for our Christmas concert-

Playing it just... makes me happy (:

[Yamikura777]

@FicklishxXxTicklish Same here course I cant play it for crap right now xD

[Yamikura777]

@FicklishxXxTicklish We're playin it too. Course I can hardly play it for crap xD

[bwanna23]

don't know if i've ever heard anything this beautiful.

[hebuck54]

Thank you for this beautiful music. BRAVO!

[Janetta58]

I'm just an ear. I can only hear you. I wish I could play like you guys. But I can't.

Oh the wonder that is you people. You're amazing. xxx

[DBJ06]

Who plays here?

[bigbearleeds]

ARCANGELO CORELLI (1653-1713)

Concerto Grosso for two violins, cello, strings and basso continuo in G Minor "Fatto per la notte di Natale" Op. 6 No. 8

6. Allegro

7. Pastorale (largo)

Performed by Musica Amphion

Featuring Remy Baudet & Sayuri Yamagata, violin

Richte van der Meer, cello

Hank heyink, archlute

Conducted by Pietr-Jan Belder

[Rabman2013]

This is a fun peice to play, I have a real version insted of some arranged version.

[iluvdrain]

i love this...!!

[buboy1685]

nice reading especially the pastorale

[maeseAsgard]

Si bien, es cierto que la técnica de Arcangelo Corelli sento las bases de la música de camara, resulta un gran compositor pero todavía no puedo percibir en él a la figura del virtuoso; pues, ¿será que de Vivaldi surge la figura del virtuoso? Aunque, junto Alessandro Scarlatti, Domenico Scarlatti, Dietrich Buxtehude, Heinrich Schütz, Henry Purcell, Jean Philippe Rameau y Jean Baptiste Lully son los más grandes de este período: entre finales del Renacimiento y desarrollado ya el Barroco

[harpsinth]

y para que tu necessitas la "figura" de un virtuoso? la constelacione de auctores que presenta es solamente una hermosa fracción del saber humano...virtuoso es Dios, que concede al hombre los dotes musicales...

[maeseAsgard]

Resulta aceptable tú pensar desde una lógica teológica, más bien religiosa, acerca del asumir como verdadero la creencia en un dios-tripartido onisciente y omnipotente. Pero yo no confío en la creencia de dios como verdad absoluta y desde mi pensar no se acepta a la idea de dios como realidad concreta sino como mera ficción. Y sobre la "figura" del virtuoso es el producto cultural de una sociedad y no un elegido de dios, pues para mí ideología no hay un dios: música es creación humana

[cornomedale]

graziearmonicograzie

[MrProdigy555]

I must say i love hearing this song a bit slower...just my personal taste! I love this this movement though!

[popart52]

i agree.this must be slower.

[0Eternalis0]

I think I played this in grade 9 0.o

First ever song I palyed on the double bass, ah, good memories.

[Mitchellfw]

Simply beautiful.

[BensonSra]

Not that "Simply".

[KingGale]

To my knowledge there are 6 movements in this concerto. Am I wrong? These are the 5th and 6th, Allegro and Pastorale - Largo.

[HARMONICO101]

The allegro and pastorale are technically two movements, despite the fact that there is now break between them.

[KingGale]

That is precisely what I wrote. But they are numbered 5 and 6, not 6 and 7, right? The movements are, in sequence, Vivace-Grave, Allegro, Adagio-Allegro-Adagio, Vivace, Allegro, Pastorale-Largo. 6 in total. Sometimes taken as 5, but not 7.

[HARMONICO101]

Oh yes, I have the Vivace-Grave seperate. Ultimately though, it does not matter.

[Matiacel]

yes I agree with KingGale...it has 6 movements

[HARMONICO101]

Having just looked at the urtext, the opening vivace and grave are technically seperate movements. Therefore seperate movements. Alot of recordings also put the opening vivace and grave as seperate tracks.

[TheCrazyCello]

Urtext editions tend to do that - but the fascimiles tell a different story... there isn't really any way of splitting any of the first 8 into definitive "movements" but each is roughly in 4 sections. The first 3 tempo markings run together without double barlines, so do the next 3 then you have a couple of binary movements and the obbligata pastorale tacked on the end. So I guess the first 8 are kinda 4 movements, and this is 4+1

[TheCrazyCello]

*By "the first 8" I mean the first 8 concerti in Op.6 - the chiesa concerti. The last 4 camera concerti being mostly dance movements are much easier to differentiate.

[dantreel]

@HARMONICO101 Beautiful music. I wondered if you could say me the name of the beautiful painting.

[dolofonos]

@HARMONICO101 My logical perspective is this: We may say that a) it has 6 movements, or b) it has 7 movements; we may _not_ say that c) it does _not_ have 7, nor d) it does _not_ have 6. We may call a 'square a square' and a 'square a rectangle'; the only thing not permitted is to deny either. Ambiguity is not a crime, and frankly, I'm now seeing the argument absurd, for if one cannot comprehend the idea of a movement as either one or two, then how can he possibly comprehend the music itself?

[5554955]

Einfach fantastische Musik. Arcangelo Corelli der Großmeister des Barocks. Auch vom Orchester sehr gut gespielt.

Bravo!!!

[rempor]

this was my chamber try out song

[Bassguitar84]

of course there's a harpsichord in this!! i love this piece!

[fraginat0r]

great piece, not too many people are familiar with corelli, hes one of my faves, he was a big influence on vivaldi and bach

[nipponized]

Just to clarify. There's no harpsichords in this. But this piece is so delightful, so soothing. Violins and all.

UnChristmas-like, but very much for the Christian church.

[HARMONICO101]

Well there actually is a harpsichord in there although it is playing basso continuo. Pietr-Jan Belder directs from the harpsichord. He is also a really good harpsichordist.

[grandpianoman08]

there is sopposed to be a harpsicord in this its barouque. it sounds beautiful with the Chamber orchestra. cant u hear it

[nipponized]

I was searching for a Corelli piece, with harpsichords, and stumbled on this beauty. It's so beautiful, so relaxing.

Thank God for baroque music.

[TehSarro]

I LOVE THIS SONG

[latitude310]

nothing quite like a fugal dance to get the spirits flowing

[jvc2410]

this a beautiful piece, but it doesn´t sound like Christmas music, but like italian renaissance one, this could be Corelli had the influence of his environment in thinking and music.

[HARMONICO101]

Almost every Christmas carol we listen to today comes from northern and central Europe. As well, many of them date originally to the early and middle Renaissance. Corelli was a baroque composer for one thing, and his music essentially established the Italian style, which was significantly different from the northern European styles.

[junglefunny]

i didn't feel the holiday spirit properly til now! thanks!

[paulostroff99]

Glorious music of the gods! TY

[nuryaGW4ever]

o.o 10!!

[firebreathone]

Wonderful music. Love it