Bach - BWV 61 - 3 - Öffne dich, mein ganzes Herze

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Aria from Cantata No.61 by Johann Sebastian Bach. Conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

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Öffne dich, mein ganzes Herze,
Jesus kömmt und ziehet ein.
Bin ich gleich nur Staub und Erde,
Will er mich doch nicht verschmähn,
Seine Lust an mit zu sehn,
Daß ich seine Wohnung werde.
O wie selig werd ich sein!

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[janedickie]

Beautiful voice! I can feel the flow of movement of her soul and a rare state of peacefulness within myself. Thanks for posting!

[shanderawx]

Absolutely exquisite!!  Thank you!!

[1banders]

@vlnvlaclogbaerhpno It would be more accurate to say Baroque organ pitch was around A465, sometimes higher. The pitch of older Baroque organs was based on the tuning of Renaissance winds.Whereas, the later Baroque chamber pitch (A415 and lower) was based on the tuning of late Baroque winds. A440 tuning was not formally adopted until the 1950s, and then only after decades of lobbying by American winds manufacturers. So you can see how the tuning of winds has influenced pitch standards.

[1banders]

@vlnvlaclogbaerhpno While the custom in Weimar had been to tune to the organ (A465) and transpose up the parts for winds that could only play at chamber pitch (A415) or French chamber pitch (A392), by the time Bach moved to Leipzig, his predecessor there had established the custom of tuning to chamber pitch (A415). But since the organ was still tuned at choir pitch (A465), the organ part had to be transposed down a whole step.

[vlnvlaclogbaerhpno]

@1banders OK, but why are they tuned to that pitch when the organist is simply playing this in A Major, as opposed to the G Major that it's written in? I could understand if the organ was pre-tuned to be a whole step higher than the original key, and tuning it lower would be impossible, but in this case, I saw the organist's fingers and they are simply playing the aria in A. This entire rendition of the cantata is a whole step higher than the score. Why?

[lalindatita]

@1banders Gracias por la ayuda!! :)

[1banders]

@lalindatita They are tuned to Baroque organ pitch (A465), which is a 1/2 step higher than A440.

[1banders]

@marce0ssa The aria is in G. The ensemble is tuned to Baroque organ pitch, which is about A465, which is about a 1/2 step higher than A440.

[paranapoleon]

@Atlas2Atlante0

ya, i also wonder why there are so many poeple who mention that they are 13,14,15... ''BUT'' or ''they dont know why-BUT'' they love it...

i hope that they honestly love it more than a praise.

[Atlas2Atlante0]

@MissDouwes Why the "but", then?