Bach - Matthaeus Passion - 01

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[WanderingChild999]

Is it me, or is this music so beautiful, it's hard to believe it was even written...?

[BobbyL5757]

@gzaenker He wrote "For the glory of God alone" on all his manuscripts.

[mikeytroute]

This music does not seem that amazing to me. Don't get me wrong, I'm a classical music person all the way, but when it comes to Bach I far prefer his Violoncello Suites. I just feel like this song does not have a point, or a very strong emotional message like each of the Suites do. It still sounds nice, but it just seems like it dabbles around trying out different emotions without really focusing on portraying one very very well. I recommend the prelude to the fifth Suite as one of my favorites.

[hooren]

piękne

[PJinBston]

@MichaelMurrayGuitar

.. . so your point is that Bach inspires stupidity in people?

[MichaelMurrayGuitar]

When I look at how many millions of views terrible music and stupidity has in Youtube sometimes I dispair of humanity. When I see that beautiful, deep music like this has touched the soul of more than a million people I have a bit of hope again!

[doliveross]

@PJinBston And since then the homeless old sole with a mouth like an O has been offered a job as one of the 3 judges in a local Idol TV show, It's all down-hill from here!

[PJinBston]

@AuranHarpy

But the joke is: he's just some guy that they picked up off of the corner before the concert. He was acting exactly like you see here and making faces at passersby. And some people wanted to have him taken away, and apparently it was the principle oboist who said "hey let's have this guy do it." Because the conductor had the flu and and really needed to have some rest.

Sometimes things just come together, don't they?

[AuranHarpy]

I love how animated the conductor is; it's adorable.

[sion7111]

@loafingsmurf I think the piety of the Kapellmeister is well documented, so he wrote "To God alone, be the glory" because he really wrote music for the glory of God, it was not just a custom. At the beginning of his manuscripts Bach would write I.N.J (In Nomine Jesu-"In the name of Jesus") or J.J. (Jesu Juva-"Jesus Help Me"). He would then inscribe SDG (Soli Deo Gloria-"To God alone, be the glory) on the last page. By the way, he was not a Catholic but a Protestant.

[Dakukobura]

I like these Youtube videos just because the people who comment don't all have the intelligence of a monkey that's been beaten in the head with a shovel.