There are really only two kinds of music: Good and Bad. It's up to the listener to figure it out. With more education and more exposure everyone can learn to appreciate Bach..and other great music. It does no good to offend people who have a particular musical preference. My musical preference changes daily and sometimes hourly. I am a cellist..and love and play Bach and classical, however I also love Cajun, Techno, and Metallica. The best part of music is your only limited by your imagination.
@Gontrandlefou -the only sound design i can relish is to reproduce this on my outdoor loudspeakers-four 4000 watts speakers with a pre-amp value of 3100 amps and to run an effects lead to give character and nuance and strenght to the peice...Remakably the dogs didnt go insane but the Neigbors called the cops...so much for enchanted forest muzac around the lawn today!! this is real muzac -i will invite them next time and serve wine!!!!
Oh YES YES YES !!! THIS is how Bach should be played, The musicians are obviously having a ball, practically leaping off the floor with joy. This made me laugh and weep simultaneously.Thank you for brightening up my day !
Yes you are! When played on the bottom keyboard, both strings are plucked (as opposed to struck on modern-day pianos). When played on the top one it is only the one string that is plucked. Some harpsichords do, however, only have one keyboard.
Can anyone tell me the difference between the two keyboards on the harpsichord? I assume that one is supposed to be louder than the other but they both sound pretty much the same in all the videos I've seen. I know that harpsichords are double-strung, as opposed to spinets, which are single-strung, so i assume the bottom keyboard plays both strings while the top only plays one. Am I right?
@Guitcad1 Usually, in fact, each manual plucks only *one* set of strings. The upper manual can be shoved in to allow it to be played from the lower manual, which means that both sets of strings are then plucked. Of course, if you add the 4 foot (sounding an octave higher), then you're playing three strings with each key. The upper manual generally has a more nasal tone than the lower, which tends to be broader sounding. Hope that answers your question. ^^
It is a bit faster than usual, but it still retains a transparency that I like very much. Is this because older (period) instruments don't have the amount of overtones that modern ones have?
The harpsichord is not capable of varying the loudness or intensity. Even when it has 2 keyboards, this just means it has 2 sorts of loudness, but any one keyboard will always give the same intensity.
The piano has a different mechanism which allows it to vary the loudness and intensity to an "infinite" extent. This is why it was called "pianoforte", ie "soft-loud", but the name has been shortened in most languages to just "piano".
I would pay money to learn how to play the harpsichord. I cannot put into words my love and passion for that one instrument! It is what gives the music in the Baroque period its extra pinch of personality.
You're right. Much of the harpsichord in this work was suppose to be improvised over the figured bass line. Baroque players were expected to be able to improvise. Bach himself was said to be a fantastic improviser. Later during the Classical period the art of improvisation started to wane because composers wanted more control over their work. Then they started to write in the chords on Baroque compositions and the art disappeared. The Baroque trio was very much like a jazz trio.
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this is soooooooooo fucking lame, are you kidding me? have you HEARD any jazz? these toolbags with their neckties and black suits just look like complete dorks. I hate to sound juvenile but give me a break, what happened to music that made you move and came from the soul? this classical formal crap makes me want to puke almost as much as musicals.
@foobudd Eminem is not music. This is... Respect it, this is VERY impressive being that it was written in the 1700's. Even if you don't like it, respect it.
@Tenifus Couldn't the same be said to you about Eminem? Now, personally I'm not the biggest Eminem fan (I like a few of his songs, but not enough to recall the names), but that doesn't put me in any positition to subjectively judge what is and what isn't music. One's opinion of an artist does not change the fact that they are an artist.
@CabbageNappa The difference is in the quality and effort necessary to do what Bach achieved...May be Eminem does music, also Justin Biever does...the point is the creativnes, and effort put on that, what shows in the tremendous quality and complexity of Bach's masterpieces. No song from Eminem nor other rap singer has the armonic perfection and complexity, and indeed the tremendous creative effort that Bach has.
@gargoloso I agree with you. People will make the argument that Justin Bieber and the like are "musicians" that whether one thinks so or not is a matter of opinion. I beg to differ. Most of today's so called "musicians" are complete ignoramus that don't have the first clue about music. If you have not studied music, you're not a musician... it is that simple. Just because you can jump on stage and howl lyrics other people write for you doesn't make you a musician, it makes you a clown.
I noticed at many concerts that the Harpsichord is an instrument that is very difficult to mix with the other more heavy instruments.this at many concerts. The best way is to have a proper mic placement. The only problem is that musicians would rather see no mic's at all. Almost al classical recordings are being done with only 2 microphones.
A live performance of classical music should never be amplified!!! (unless outdoors) For recording however I think 2 mics in front of the ensemble is not such a bad way to record classical music. The balance of instruments in a classical ensemble is the performers responsibility. In a live performance each member of the audience only has one pair of ears to hear the ensemble from the position of their seat. Therefore the ensemble must balance the mix so that each instrument is heard clearly.
I noticed at many concerts that the Harpsichord is an instrument that is very difficult to mix with the other more heavy instruments.this at many concerts. The best way is to have a proper mic placement. The only problem is that musicians would rather see no mic's at all. Almost al classical recordings are being done with only 2 microphones.
I really cant believe it.... this is freakin hard to come up with in one's mind AND THEN compose it altogether in one piece. This must've taken a loooooong time.
The aspect ration is all wrong. Do you notice that the picture is squeezed? I gues you don't... I always wonder, why people like to enjoy music, but don't care about visuals.
@whiterottenrabbit Close your eyes and let the sounds take you to that special place and who cares :D - it is squezzed but the noise is too sublime to raise a complaint :D
@StopTheMoti0n Correct me if I am mistaken, but it makes a huge difference in sound. Whereas a modern bow would make the most sound near the frog or the tip, the concavity of the old style bow makes it the lowest in the middle. This would provide more of a swell in the sound (rising-falling) as opposed to a sharper attack.
I wonder if Mr. Bach knows that he and his music are adored, that his music is played by and that he has inspired millions and millions of people world wide for many, many years, and, hmmm, maybe he is adored even on other planets as well? He sure did reach his potential and most likely made his parents very, very proud, cuz they done real, real good teaching him music!! =) Thanks for sharing these videos! They are all superb.
@brassmonkeyjew Compared to what people listen to now? It's all a matter of opinion. This is all they really had "back in the olden days" so chances were you probably would've enjoyed it had you lived in that era.
@brassmonkeyjew No, I'm not kidding you. >_ > Nothing? Guess I shouldn't have said anything to someone who can't grasp the concept of logic and the ability to think with their brain. Nothing you reply with is going to be worth replying to, so have a good day sir.
@brassmonkeyjew Intelligence has nothing to do with not being able to take a joke. Some people, people like me, just don't have a good sense of humor. By the way, I never intended to imply that I'm intelligent. I certainly didn't say I'm intelligent so I don't know why you would say that.
See what I'm saying? You have nothing worth replying to.
@brassmonkeyjew you wouldn't have heard this in the olden days. it was designed for palaces and throne rooms to make things seem more important. u would have been on the street eating slop and listening to folk songs.
@brassmonkeyjew This music a lot more going on within its musical texture than any song being produced today. The technicality required in order to perform this piece live is beyond this world. Most of todays music require little to no talent with computers and vocoders and so on and so forth. So do not say this music is boring because its quite the opposite. However, I doubt you have even begun to look at this score of music. Do you even know what a score of music is?
I don't care about the score for it's not a contest. Music is an art, not a sport. One kind of music is not superior to another. We are both allowed to like different kinds of music! The world would be boring if we couldn't. I just happen to like modern music better. So quit the elitist attitude, because it's ignorant!
@OrganoAeternam Well I don´t think that it takes technicality beyond this world to perform this piece live in an appealing way (I am not talking about perfection) because I could play the Violin part and I am far away from being technically beyond this world. Very far. But it is not easy, though...:D
@brassmonkeyjew Apparently you really don't appreciate the beauty in Bach's music. If you can't feel the pure genuis and the essence of God in it then you are my friend dead and not in the physical sense.
I think it's a pretty good job - I mean, in comparison to Glenn Gould it definately IS. but sure, it depends on what you think is a good interpretation. Personally, I don't think that the harpsichord is too much in the foreground. and at leas they don't overdo the dotted notes in the main theme.
Not necessarily. As other comments make perfectly clear a piano is considered to be both. However a harpsichord doesnt have a hammer action so i would not consider it a percussion instrument. But who cares.... listen to Bach and ignore the meaningless things in life.
Pianos can have as many as three strings per key and are actually considered a Percussion instrument because of its Hammer-Action articulation, a harpsichord only has one string per key and its strings are actually plucked like a guitar giving it that crisp, clean, distinct sound. gotta love them :-]
@loofwillem Pianos are percussion instruments because of the Hammer action that puts the strings to vibrating. you don't run a bow across it, so it's just like MusicisMYlife210 said.
It would ruin it. You cannot exchange a keyboard instrument for a string instrument. This piece was specifically composed so it would include a keyboard instrument, and it must stay this way. Now exchanging the harpsichord for a piano would be acceptable, but a lute would be absurd. In fact I prefer the piano over the harpsichord because as stated earlier the harpsichord is a rather weak instrument. It was definitely overtaken by the flute.
Bach wrote this work knowing he would be playing the harpsichord. that said, the lute and harpsichord were often used interchangeably as continuo instruments in the Baroque. the timbre and dynamic range of the harpsichord are much closer to the lute than the piano (which wasn't much more powerful than the harpsichord in Bach's time).
soy venezolano en nuestra cultura se conoce poco este tipo de musica y es una lastima esta musica libera el espiritu de la cotidianidad y mezquindades
sometimes you can get a louder sound by altering the length of the quills (the things plucking the strings). if they are thicker and longer the string makes a louder sound. the problem though is the keys can get harder to press.
@mrmolinodelahoz I agree ! but believe or not I've seen a few Baroque ensemble play and usually I can't hear the lute or the harpsichord.. .
sometimes it's frustrating to watch b/c I like the sound and would love to hear it up in the mix.. I sometimes wonder, whats the point of even having him on stage if everyone is too selfish and is gonna hog the sound !
@mrmolinodelahoz That's how it with the harpsichords people make these days. There are theories that Bach wanted these harpsichords to be more dominant (louder) in these orchestras but who knows.
My music lives in you - fresh, lively, precise, dancing singing wishing to take off and fly - as my music gives the joy to you so you give the utter delight to me - yours sincerely jsb - meine glueckwunsche von Liepzig diesmal
The Brandenburgs are the only concerto grossi Bach is known to have written, yes?
If someone were ever to discover the manuscripts of six more "Brandenburgs", and if for some reason only one recording were made, I'd be willing to pay at least $100 for it even if the performance was merely competent.
If I may correct you, his afwul descendant used his recieved letters from Francois Couperin, a French composer who wrote serveral letters to J.S. Bach. Anyway, a shame though for those letters are ought to be imporant for the research of the development of music.
By the way, Francois Couperin wrote pretty nice harpsichord music, which i surely can recommend you.
Dansback I accidentally gave your comment a thumbss down. It really isa thumbs up. I couldn't agree with you more. Bach's fifth Brandenburg Concerto is my favorite.
By the way, when I hear about how You-Tube "is just a bunch of garbage" or whatever, I refer them to videos like this. It doesn't take much effort to find really great videos.
The big three of Bach, Beethoven and Mozart really do deliver up to the hype. Lewis Thomas had it right.when he spoke about what to include in the Vogager spacecraft to introduce man to the Great Beyond: "I would send the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach into outer space on the Voyager spacecraft. But that would be boasting."
Very good! You caught the bows. Notice how narrow the harpsicord is. These works are so different from his others. It's like Bach #2. Are there vids of the old viols etc. that you know of?
The Brandenburg Concertos should definitely be in every Baroque enthusiast's library, This is personally my favorite movement, my other being the Minuet trio. Another masterpiece from Bach!
definetely the 6 branderburg concertos are 24 karat jewels, written by the genius Bach, in this one the hapsichord abbandons its traditional accompanient role to take a leading role, this music is what barocco is all about wonderful, colorful instrumentation with melodies you'll never get tired of listening to, long live Johann Sebastian and a word of compliment to these players they did a superb job
Awesome! But what's up with his face at 3:26 lol
wllychng21 1 week ago
I found this piece thanks to Douglas Adams, thank you Douglas wherever you might be.
Diegus83Arg 1 week ago
There are really only two kinds of music: Good and Bad. It's up to the listener to figure it out. With more education and more exposure everyone can learn to appreciate Bach..and other great music. It does no good to offend people who have a particular musical preference. My musical preference changes daily and sometimes hourly. I am a cellist..and love and play Bach and classical, however I also love Cajun, Techno, and Metallica. The best part of music is your only limited by your imagination.
ThePirateJonnys 2 weeks ago
im not vary familiar with classical. what kind of piano is that?
Marty88McFly1 2 weeks ago
@Marty88McFly1 it's a harpsichord, a baroque instrument.
jimrock63 2 weeks ago
@Marty88McFly1 it's a Harpsichord.
alinstoi 5 days ago
classical music and reggaeton are the best
MrBestbeatmaker 1 month ago
this is better than Justin Bieber :D
sofony12 1 month ago
very nice but out of sync.
cuagmirag 1 month ago
sex for the ear......just stunningly pretty
jippyjester 1 month ago
Very nice. Fun to listen to you Folks play. Thank you for great music and great musicianship. Have a nice day.
mikegallegos7 2 months ago
Enjoy Bach Light. For Airheads.
DrMerkwuerdichliebe 2 months ago
notice the baroque style bow used by some of the players
chenmeister10 2 months ago
Whenever I have diarrhea, it reminds me of Justin Bieber's so called "music"
DiegoVerisi 2 months ago
i cant imagine how u can dislike ......well i still cant believe justin bieber got a 'musical career'
Gontrandlefou 2 months ago
@Gontrandlefou -the only sound design i can relish is to reproduce this on my outdoor loudspeakers-four 4000 watts speakers with a pre-amp value of 3100 amps and to run an effects lead to give character and nuance and strenght to the peice...Remakably the dogs didnt go insane but the Neigbors called the cops...so much for enchanted forest muzac around the lawn today!! this is real muzac -i will invite them next time and serve wine!!!!
1962mikie 2 months ago
21dislikes they turn off their speaker!
carmankuo 3 months ago
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brandonwmulvey 3 months ago
I love this!
it really makes me feel happy.
rrrullgardina 3 months ago
the flute is out of tune......
AsDaysFadeTV 3 months ago
Oh YES YES YES !!! THIS is how Bach should be played, The musicians are obviously having a ball, practically leaping off the floor with joy. This made me laugh and weep simultaneously.Thank you for brightening up my day !
cullmurr 4 months ago 13
the sound quality is not too perfect, but I think they did that on purpose, no?
Haven't listened toi this in years... brilliant
freakshow1997 5 months ago
20 dislikes?..
Vocaloidonii 6 months ago
This is wonderful!
MissCirceXXXRated 7 months ago
Yes you are! When played on the bottom keyboard, both strings are plucked (as opposed to struck on modern-day pianos). When played on the top one it is only the one string that is plucked. Some harpsichords do, however, only have one keyboard.
ngpiano72 7 months ago
Can anyone tell me the difference between the two keyboards on the harpsichord? I assume that one is supposed to be louder than the other but they both sound pretty much the same in all the videos I've seen. I know that harpsichords are double-strung, as opposed to spinets, which are single-strung, so i assume the bottom keyboard plays both strings while the top only plays one. Am I right?
Guitcad1 7 months ago
@Guitcad1 Usually, in fact, each manual plucks only *one* set of strings. The upper manual can be shoved in to allow it to be played from the lower manual, which means that both sets of strings are then plucked. Of course, if you add the 4 foot (sounding an octave higher), then you're playing three strings with each key. The upper manual generally has a more nasal tone than the lower, which tends to be broader sounding. Hope that answers your question. ^^
irishmaestro 6 months ago
So much passion and hard work was put into this... Just beautiful, I loved it.
balletwb94 8 months ago
It is a bit faster than usual, but it still retains a transparency that I like very much. Is this because older (period) instruments don't have the amount of overtones that modern ones have?
GeorgeM1949 8 months ago
Belleza de Musica siempre me gusto el estilo baroco gracias por insertar estos videos.
TheChele56 8 months ago
una buona interpretazione , grazie per inserire questo tipo di video
TheMauthe 8 months ago
@mrmolinodelahoz
The harpsichord is not capable of varying the loudness or intensity. Even when it has 2 keyboards, this just means it has 2 sorts of loudness, but any one keyboard will always give the same intensity.
The piano has a different mechanism which allows it to vary the loudness and intensity to an "infinite" extent. This is why it was called "pianoforte", ie "soft-loud", but the name has been shortened in most languages to just "piano".
melomane49 9 months ago
One of my favorite two pieces of classical/baroque music. The other is the second movement of Beethoven's 9th.
foolish56 9 months ago
I would pay money to learn how to play the harpsichord. I cannot put into words my love and passion for that one instrument! It is what gives the music in the Baroque period its extra pinch of personality.
SilenceTheQuiet 9 months ago
sweet.....
Panpipe12 10 months ago
@flogesopp16 So you will have, wait a little more, friend.
rdneckable 10 months ago
Bach was a genious. Music WAS earlier MADE by geniouses. Music now a days is made by retards and rejects. I want music to be made by geniouses again.
flogesopp16 10 months ago
@flogesopp16 Well that's a little ambiguous, because there are also great musicians in this time. Very few, but still there.
SeiPR727 9 months ago
Stupid!!! Jazz fellow... then why are you listening to this? Remember... Classical came b4 jazz and hiphop... no classical then no music....
waikikit2 11 months ago
@waikikit2 Jazz and Bach have much in common! stop being so Bougie.
batain 10 months ago
Stupid! Classical came first before jazz.... no classical no jazz... Yea~~~
waikikit2 11 months ago
@waikikit2
You're right. Much of the harpsichord in this work was suppose to be improvised over the figured bass line. Baroque players were expected to be able to improvise. Bach himself was said to be a fantastic improviser. Later during the Classical period the art of improvisation started to wane because composers wanted more control over their work. Then they started to write in the chords on Baroque compositions and the art disappeared. The Baroque trio was very much like a jazz trio.
kfcohea 8 months ago
No, you are kidding us, if you have your opinion alright, but do not insultos the classical music or musicians. Go away troll!
rdneckable 1 year ago
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this is soooooooooo fucking lame, are you kidding me? have you HEARD any jazz? these toolbags with their neckties and black suits just look like complete dorks. I hate to sound juvenile but give me a break, what happened to music that made you move and came from the soul? this classical formal crap makes me want to puke almost as much as musicals.
yobouysway 1 year ago
@yobouysway You don't know what is music, soh, stfu and go listen to your crap
gregogr 11 months ago
remarkable trolling, well done
AriaSinger1 11 months ago
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This is terrible.
Real music= my boy eminem
foobudd 1 year ago
@foobudd Eminem is not music. This is... Respect it, this is VERY impressive being that it was written in the 1700's. Even if you don't like it, respect it.
Tenifus 8 months ago
@Tenifus Couldn't the same be said to you about Eminem? Now, personally I'm not the biggest Eminem fan (I like a few of his songs, but not enough to recall the names), but that doesn't put me in any positition to subjectively judge what is and what isn't music. One's opinion of an artist does not change the fact that they are an artist.
CabbageNappa 7 months ago
@CabbageNappa The difference is in the quality and effort necessary to do what Bach achieved...May be Eminem does music, also Justin Biever does...the point is the creativnes, and effort put on that, what shows in the tremendous quality and complexity of Bach's masterpieces. No song from Eminem nor other rap singer has the armonic perfection and complexity, and indeed the tremendous creative effort that Bach has.
gargoloso 6 months ago 18
@gargoloso Why are you even mentioning them? We should be speaking of Mozart as you speak of Bieber and Eminem when making comparisons to Bach.
SecondAgeOfReason 2 months ago
@gargoloso I agree with you. People will make the argument that Justin Bieber and the like are "musicians" that whether one thinks so or not is a matter of opinion. I beg to differ. Most of today's so called "musicians" are complete ignoramus that don't have the first clue about music. If you have not studied music, you're not a musician... it is that simple. Just because you can jump on stage and howl lyrics other people write for you doesn't make you a musician, it makes you a clown.
DiegoVerisi 2 months ago
Who the hell said it was a piano? Such a difference! Ive written 4 harpsichord sonatas and no piano lol.
ComposerJMA 1 year ago
@ComposerJMA Now I have written a piano.
ComposerJMA 11 months ago
lol the women has a double chin 2:11
Oinksterify 1 year ago
Very good playing. Although, I can not hear the harpsichord as well as the other instruments. Must have something to do with the recording.
Tenifus 1 year ago
I noticed at many concerts that the Harpsichord is an instrument that is very difficult to mix with the other more heavy instruments.this at many concerts. The best way is to have a proper mic placement. The only problem is that musicians would rather see no mic's at all. Almost al classical recordings are being done with only 2 microphones.
deused 1 year ago
A live performance of classical music should never be amplified!!! (unless outdoors) For recording however I think 2 mics in front of the ensemble is not such a bad way to record classical music. The balance of instruments in a classical ensemble is the performers responsibility. In a live performance each member of the audience only has one pair of ears to hear the ensemble from the position of their seat. Therefore the ensemble must balance the mix so that each instrument is heard clearly.
craigalake 1 year ago
I noticed at many concerts that the Harpsichord is an instrument that is very difficult to mix with the other more heavy instruments.this at many concerts. The best way is to have a proper mic placement. The only problem is that musicians would rather see no mic's at all. Almost al classical recordings are being done with only 2 microphones.
deused 1 year ago
The harpsichord does not sound. And this concert is characterized by the harpsichord.
RichardUptonPickman 1 year ago
I really cant believe it.... this is freakin hard to come up with in one's mind AND THEN compose it altogether in one piece. This must've taken a loooooong time.
pacificrules 1 year ago
Beautiful, Bach is my favorite Baroque composer. Nice harpsichord
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Pause at 3:27, the first's face is priceless. XD
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Pause at 3:27 -- the expression is priceless. XD
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Doggiecutes 1 year ago
The aspect ration is all wrong. Do you notice that the picture is squeezed? I gues you don't... I always wonder, why people like to enjoy music, but don't care about visuals.
whiterottenrabbit 1 year ago
@whiterottenrabbit Close your eyes and let the sounds take you to that special place and who cares :D - it is squezzed but the noise is too sublime to raise a complaint :D
TheStevewhelan 1 year ago
all of these videos are out of sync, which makes it rather difficult to watch :S
templeH81 1 year ago
@templeH81 I think they're more for listening to :S
benwaddelling 1 year ago 2
a really beautiful sound (:
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huhu bin total ungezogen heute wer will mit mir telen der kann sich ja melden
Arifa320 1 year ago 11
This is Andre Rieu of the showmanship? Wow. This is some performance. Impeccable.
angietihi 1 year ago
that's a very odd cello bow o.O
StopTheMoti0n 1 year ago
@StopTheMoti0n It is of the baroque style.
MerryMichaelmas 1 year ago
@MerryMichaelmas does it make the instrument sound any different? or is it just for authenticity
StopTheMoti0n 1 year ago
@StopTheMoti0n Correct me if I am mistaken, but it makes a huge difference in sound. Whereas a modern bow would make the most sound near the frog or the tip, the concavity of the old style bow makes it the lowest in the middle. This would provide more of a swell in the sound (rising-falling) as opposed to a sharper attack.
MerryMichaelmas 1 year ago
what key it thiss written in
martykaver 1 year ago
qu'est-ce que Bach en pense à votre avis :bien ou très bien
99999999999999994041 1 year ago
@99999999999999994041
très bien, j'éspere ;)
mais nous ne savions pas.
wenigstens wir sind begeistert :)
BlauerBooo 1 year ago
wow, i dont know much about music, but this piece of music is wonderful and nice to listen to. thats what it matters :D
turtlebest 1 year ago
what kind of flute is that, its pretty
steflondon88 1 year ago
@steflondon88 It looks like a Baroque transverse flute. The ancestor to the modern day flute.
vortexxman 1 year ago
@steflondon88 a Baroque Era style flute, I believe
Classicalguy12 1 year ago
@Classicalguy12 why, thank you. :)
steflondon88 1 year ago
I wonder if Mr. Bach knows that he and his music are adored, that his music is played by and that he has inspired millions and millions of people world wide for many, many years, and, hmmm, maybe he is adored even on other planets as well? He sure did reach his potential and most likely made his parents very, very proud, cuz they done real, real good teaching him music!! =) Thanks for sharing these videos! They are all superb.
sosome57 1 year ago
@sosome57 That's a very heart-warming comment!
cutiephotographer 1 year ago
Baroque period
Concerto
icydong 1 year ago
The origin of rock solos?
Shofilof 1 year ago
うまいなぁ。
HiHiHiHiHi4444 1 year ago 2
i hate music snobs. don't listen if u hate.
flamingvacuumcleaner 1 year ago
Wow music back in the olden days was sooo... BORING!
brassmonkeyjew 1 year ago
@brassmonkeyjew Compared to what people listen to now? It's all a matter of opinion. This is all they really had "back in the olden days" so chances were you probably would've enjoyed it had you lived in that era.
wh15p3r 1 year ago
@wh15p3r
Are you kidding me? If i lived back in that era i would've enjoyed nothing!
brassmonkeyjew 1 year ago
@brassmonkeyjew No, I'm not kidding you. >_ > Nothing? Guess I shouldn't have said anything to someone who can't grasp the concept of logic and the ability to think with their brain. Nothing you reply with is going to be worth replying to, so have a good day sir.
wh15p3r 1 year ago
@wh15p3r
If you are so intelligent. Then why can't you take a joke?
brassmonkeyjew 1 year ago
@brassmonkeyjew Intelligence has nothing to do with not being able to take a joke. Some people, people like me, just don't have a good sense of humor. By the way, I never intended to imply that I'm intelligent. I certainly didn't say I'm intelligent so I don't know why you would say that.
See what I'm saying? You have nothing worth replying to.
wh15p3r 1 year ago
@wh15p3r
You keep saying i have nothing worth replying to. Yet you continue to reply back to me...
brassmonkeyjew 1 year ago
@brassmonkeyjew you wouldn't have heard this in the olden days. it was designed for palaces and throne rooms to make things seem more important. u would have been on the street eating slop and listening to folk songs.
flamingvacuumcleaner 1 year ago
@brassmonkeyjew This music a lot more going on within its musical texture than any song being produced today. The technicality required in order to perform this piece live is beyond this world. Most of todays music require little to no talent with computers and vocoders and so on and so forth. So do not say this music is boring because its quite the opposite. However, I doubt you have even begun to look at this score of music. Do you even know what a score of music is?
OrganoAeternam 1 year ago
@OrganoAeternam
I don't care about the score for it's not a contest. Music is an art, not a sport. One kind of music is not superior to another. We are both allowed to like different kinds of music! The world would be boring if we couldn't. I just happen to like modern music better. So quit the elitist attitude, because it's ignorant!
brassmonkeyjew 1 year ago
@OrganoAeternam Well I don´t think that it takes technicality beyond this world to perform this piece live in an appealing way (I am not talking about perfection) because I could play the Violin part and I am far away from being technically beyond this world. Very far. But it is not easy, though...:D
WeEdLl 1 year ago
@brassmonkeyjew Apparently you really don't appreciate the beauty in Bach's music. If you can't feel the pure genuis and the essence of God in it then you are my friend dead and not in the physical sense.
XXMPZEC 1 year ago
nunich bin heute richtig gut bei laune wer will mit mir chatn oder telen
GageGAlleny 1 year ago
That it's music !!!
frenchcopyright 1 year ago
Thank you for this treat of hearing these concertos have a great year.
lhfoster 1 year ago
Thank you for having this on your sight this is a great blessing to me. I never heard these pieces before and it is amazing thank you again.
lhfoster 1 year ago
I think it's a pretty good job - I mean, in comparison to Glenn Gould it definately IS. but sure, it depends on what you think is a good interpretation. Personally, I don't think that the harpsichord is too much in the foreground. and at leas they don't overdo the dotted notes in the main theme.
Firnaranwen 1 year ago
Not necessarily. As other comments make perfectly clear a piano is considered to be both. However a harpsichord doesnt have a hammer action so i would not consider it a percussion instrument. But who cares.... listen to Bach and ignore the meaningless things in life.
aftrmkt 1 year ago
Actually a piano and harpsichord are string instruments, aren't they?
loofwillem 1 year ago
Pianos can have as many as three strings per key and are actually considered a Percussion instrument because of its Hammer-Action articulation, a harpsichord only has one string per key and its strings are actually plucked like a guitar giving it that crisp, clean, distinct sound. gotta love them :-]
MusicisMYlife210 1 year ago
@loofwillem ~ Pianos can be classified as string and percussion instruments
xXNicholasSeanHCXx 1 year ago 2
@loofwillem Pianos are percussion instruments because of the Hammer action that puts the strings to vibrating. you don't run a bow across it, so it's just like MusicisMYlife210 said.
Willibopper 1 year ago
well a piano is a mix between a percussiona dn a string instrument, but i'm not sure about a harpsichord, maybe it is just a string instrument.
Faleen3 1 year ago
I'm wondering how would it sound if, instead of the harpsichord, they use a lute...
Piccinels 1 year ago
It would ruin it. You cannot exchange a keyboard instrument for a string instrument. This piece was specifically composed so it would include a keyboard instrument, and it must stay this way. Now exchanging the harpsichord for a piano would be acceptable, but a lute would be absurd. In fact I prefer the piano over the harpsichord because as stated earlier the harpsichord is a rather weak instrument. It was definitely overtaken by the flute.
ClassicalObsession 1 year ago
Bach wrote this work knowing he would be playing the harpsichord. that said, the lute and harpsichord were often used interchangeably as continuo instruments in the Baroque. the timbre and dynamic range of the harpsichord are much closer to the lute than the piano (which wasn't much more powerful than the harpsichord in Bach's time).
christopherbelt 1 year ago
This movement is a Gigue. The second Gigue Fugue of Bach
AzeroII 2 years ago
I enjoy watching people's expressions:P
Zebeldarebel 2 years ago
soy venezolano en nuestra cultura se conoce poco este tipo de musica y es una lastima esta musica libera el espiritu de la cotidianidad y mezquindades
merkysag 2 years ago
Sin embargo tiene Venezuela una pianista excelente en Gabriela Montero. Felicidades!
gyllback 2 years ago
メニコンでお馴染みですね。素晴らしい。
HonmaKotaro 2 years ago
That ending was freaking EPIC
pianowitz 2 years ago
lmfao
mohan2 2 years ago
The balance of the harpsichord is almost all but lost in the mix of the other instruments.
Either the recording has bad place ment of the microphones or the instrument is weak.
mrmolinodelahoz 2 years ago 7
to mrmolinodelahoz
The harpsichord IS a "weak" instrument, especially when playing with "powerful" ones like the trumpet or even the violin.
It is usually only noticed when playing solo, or with very few instruments.
Otherwise its presence is felt in a "negative" way: it is when it does NOT play that you notice its presence was necessary.
melomane49 2 years ago 2
sometimes you can get a louder sound by altering the length of the quills (the things plucking the strings). if they are thicker and longer the string makes a louder sound. the problem though is the keys can get harder to press.
8497289 2 years ago
@mrmolinodelahoz I agree ! but believe or not I've seen a few Baroque ensemble play and usually I can't hear the lute or the harpsichord.. .
sometimes it's frustrating to watch b/c I like the sound and would love to hear it up in the mix.. I sometimes wonder, whats the point of even having him on stage if everyone is too selfish and is gonna hog the sound !
larryjohnny 1 year ago
@mrmolinodelahoz and/or shit compression on behalf of YouTube......
Blayros 1 year ago
@mrmolinodelahoz ya. just by listening you can tell that there's a harpsichord playing but you really can't listen what its playing...
sowhat123 1 year ago
@mrmolinodelahoz That's how it with the harpsichords people make these days. There are theories that Bach wanted these harpsichords to be more dominant (louder) in these orchestras but who knows.
NimbleTurtle13 1 year ago
@mrmolinodelahoz the instruments weak. no matter how hard you hit the keys it doesnt get louder. thats why the piano was so awesome
nickgoodrich6 9 months ago
@nickgoodrich6 if you judge an instrument based on loudness, volvo trucks are pretty awesome
pyrrooo 8 months ago
These people rock! Beautiful!
Gueguense2008 2 years ago
My music lives in you - fresh, lively, precise, dancing singing wishing to take off and fly - as my music gives the joy to you so you give the utter delight to me - yours sincerely jsb - meine glueckwunsche von Liepzig diesmal
Mrababab121212 2 years ago
I see that many of these videos are unsincronized,, the video goes faster than the sound,, is there a way to fix it?
DBJ06 2 years ago
use HQ :-)
energycore345 2 years ago
Thats no ordinary piano, what was it exactly?
ChanShuTian 2 years ago
That's not a piano but a harpsichord.
FrenchDistrict 2 years ago 5
Excellent question. Search Ytube for HARPSICHORD. Also, to see various types of harpsichords constructed in our era; google
JACK PETERS HARPSICHORDS. His shop site is a great educational reference point. Feel free to message me if you have questions.
jpstenino 2 years ago
I did as you say, it sounds quite sweet, a style of its own, not a bad instrument. THX^^
ChanShuTian 2 years ago
@ChanShuTian its a harpsichord...lol
orangekush3 1 year ago
The Brandenburgs are the only concerto grossi Bach is known to have written, yes?
If someone were ever to discover the manuscripts of six more "Brandenburgs", and if for some reason only one recording were made, I'd be willing to pay at least $100 for it even if the performance was merely competent.
polymath7 2 years ago
Same here. Probably close to 2/3 of Bach concertos and chamber music (not to count the cantatas) have been lost... what a disgrace...
bersa888 2 years ago
I seem to remember reading somewhere that one of Bach's descendants used some of his manuscripts as covers for jam pots.
I'm guessing the anecdote is apocryphal, but what a mortifying image nonetheless.
polymath7 2 years ago
...it depends on the jam though :-)
bersa888 2 years ago 3
If I may correct you, his afwul descendant used his recieved letters from Francois Couperin, a French composer who wrote serveral letters to J.S. Bach. Anyway, a shame though for those letters are ought to be imporant for the research of the development of music.
By the way, Francois Couperin wrote pretty nice harpsichord music, which i surely can recommend you.
roerbakmix11 2 years ago
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alwaysright10000 2 years ago
Hi.
I just perused your videos.
Your playing is nothing short of superb.
But Los Angeles? (chuckle)
Trust me, you are in the wrong city my friend :-)
polymath7 2 years ago
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bersa888 2 years ago
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psnapplebee 2 years ago
lag o.o but good all the same
DarkEvilAngle 2 years ago
Thank you olcorganist for your background information.
hilaryworn 2 years ago
this is such a wonderful group and such upbeat and wonderful music, its like hearing a sunrise (if you could)!
Dansback21 2 years ago 7
Dansback I accidentally gave your comment a thumbss down. It really isa thumbs up. I couldn't agree with you more. Bach's fifth Brandenburg Concerto is my favorite.
phojodave 2 years ago
ＲＥＮＵのＣＭの音楽探してました。ありがとう。
takaraitk 2 years ago
Bach's music is what you hear as you enter Heaven.
libertatus 2 years ago
By the way, when I hear about how You-Tube "is just a bunch of garbage" or whatever, I refer them to videos like this. It doesn't take much effort to find really great videos.
libertatus 2 years ago
Yes, indeed liberatus.
I Invite anyone who takes that view to peruse my favorites, and see why Youtube is basically what I watch in lieu of television.
polymath7 2 years ago
oh men!!! it makes me feel like i'm not a human
juliastoco 2 years ago
thats magical
ThisIsMe113 2 years ago
The big three of Bach, Beethoven and Mozart really do deliver up to the hype. Lewis Thomas had it right.when he spoke about what to include in the Vogager spacecraft to introduce man to the Great Beyond: "I would send the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach into outer space on the Voyager spacecraft. But that would be boasting."
Mr. Thomas had it right.
WeeWyllie 2 years ago 18
I had never heard that before. Very interesting!
spawnfan101 2 years ago
Eargasmic Extacy throught the whole movement.
superjam18 2 years ago
They are a splinded group! Playing with period bows and a wonderful harpsichord and period flute!! So uplifting and light
Dansback21 2 years ago
Very good! You caught the bows. Notice how narrow the harpsicord is. These works are so different from his others. It's like Bach #2. Are there vids of the old viols etc. that you know of?
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DCSCHNERR 2 years ago
The Brandenburg Concertos should definitely be in every Baroque enthusiast's library, This is personally my favorite movement, my other being the Minuet trio. Another masterpiece from Bach!
NicholasSeanHC 2 years ago
Wonderful work by Johann Sebastian Bach.Beautiful playing byb this ensemble.
mikejunior80 2 years ago
wow, the violinist's face at 3:29 is the same face i make if i listen to the music
symphoma 2 years ago
ethanpants... what an idiot
Sashomei 2 years ago
That harpsichord solo is fucking METAL! ...fifteenth century metal....
EthanPants 2 years ago
agreed. baroque and metal have a lot of common spirit
symphoma 2 years ago
this is the best movement out of all six concertos
aeternam1 2 years ago
agreed
toml714 2 years ago
aeternam1,
Allow me to disagree...check out Concerto No 3 III, Allegro.
wysiwyg248 2 years ago
definetely the 6 branderburg concertos are 24 karat jewels, written by the genius Bach, in this one the hapsichord abbandons its traditional accompanient role to take a leading role, this music is what barocco is all about wonderful, colorful instrumentation with melodies you'll never get tired of listening to, long live Johann Sebastian and a word of compliment to these players they did a superb job
beethomozart 2 years ago 13
I like all Brandenburg Concertos. This video is cool although the image is 500 milliseconds (half a second) late than the sound itself.
herakles120 3 years ago
You have 500 milliseconds of error
rolldito 2 years ago
one of the most amazing compositions ever written! great performance!
RareMusicVids 3 years ago
is there any video avaliable at all?
Metalogicc 3 years ago