Academy of Ancient Music - Bach: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150

Music video by Academy of Ancient Music performing Bach: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150. (C) 2020 VOCES8 Records
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[@annowen]

I return time and time again to this mesmerisingly wonderful, indeed perfect performance

[@burin1985]

Me too. I don,t know why

[@WigbertTraxler]

Me too. I know why.

[@ryanswenson]

As do I... “I know why...” 🎯 Love Peace Joy to AAAL who listen...🌱

[@jgunther3398]

you like it, but it's nowhere near "perfect"

[@denekaraus8592]

@@jgunther3398Ignorance must be blissful

[@ThunderBolt-dc1xt]

I actually feel great sadness for all humans who either can't comprehend the genius of Bach or those who don't have access to his music as it is displayed here. It's the very best humans have to offer and we should all revel in it.

[@Jarl_Thidrandi]

I've tried. I've showed this kind of music to many people over the years that are just casual pop consumers. They either say it puts them to sleep, or that it's church music, or that you cant dance to it.... it really is sad and pathetic. The absolute height of human culture and it is vastly ignored by the drooling masses.

[@theemutsenfabriek]

Pretentious people, both of you. Of course if someone has never in their life listened to classical and old music, they'll have to listen to it more than just once to really grasp it! No need to look down on them for it.

[@alexshaw6064]

The very best we’ve had to offer, so far perhaps (secondo me, si) - let’s hope the future is even brighter😊

[@misterdiffiCULT1]

​@@Jarl_Thidrandi not for lack of trying. I just never really got into modern music (my concept of modern is anything 1900s on, even things like late impressionism) however, I do find some enjoyment blind listening to some modern. When I blast baroque in my car, though, my friends universally beg me to turn it off 😢

[@misterdiffiCULT1]

​@@theemutsenfabriekI don't personally look down on people if they don't enjoy baroque, but I do believe that they are missing out. I'm sure that my friends also believe similarly with me because I just really can't name anything modern except for a few things like that Britney Spears did or Billie eilish or even little big. But besides that, nothing. It often feels like two different cultures trying to come together to try to speak the same language but failing so bitterly to try to emulate how much one means to the other. 😅

[@melissaraven3164]

0:00 Sinfonia 1:30 Chor: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich 4:49 Arie(soprano): Doch bin und bleibe ich vergnügt 6:22 Chor: Leite mich in deine Wahrheit und lehre mich 8:22 Terzett (alto, tenor, bass): Zedern müssen von den Winden 9:30 Chor: Meine Augen sehen stets zu den Herrn 11:37 Chor: Meine Tage in den Leiden

[@ryanswenson]

Thank you 🙏

[@hervedupre7894]

This piece is another proof that Bach was coming from another planet. Oh dear !

[@SjaakvanLoo]

Cannot get enough of this, played it hunderd times or more, beautiful!

[@bnddavid]

Da bleiben keine Wünsche offen. Super Intonation, top agogik, exzellente Sprache. Eines meiner liebsten Ensembles.

[@samsung-gaz6287]

I often wondered what this sounds like to a native German speaker.

[@felizxett6618]

Their pronunciation is impressive! It's very close to perfect, and I've rarely heard anything better from non-native speakers.

[@paulthomas7272]

Couldn't be bettered. I keep listening to it and it gets better every time! Imagine a world without this kind of experience!

[@isaiahbaggett5014]

6:20 Chor (Leite mich) I've never heard a more beautiful ascending scale through the voice parts. Amazing to hear the timbral shift and colors on the ascent. My favorite part of this work.

[@felizxett6618]

This. I don't know of any other recording that comes even close.

[@hervedupre7894]

Each time I begin this video, I can't stop a least until the 8 first minutes. So dense, a pure heaven. Rythm, writing, execution all at the maximum level! Incredible, a haven of beauty and moral elevation to rest for eternity

[@goldenstone7094]

This is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen and heard. Beautifully done.

[@jeremiesaverot9400]

Ich mag es immer wieder hören, wird mir nicht langweilig, einfach herrlich! Die Gruppe ist britisch, sie singen aber sehr gut auf deutsch, man versteht jedes Wort, sogar ohne Text

[@EvelynCor]

Voces8 singing Bach, another dream come true... nobody ever: How good can a performance be if they are wearing casual... voces8: (just singing) ... Also the cello solo... !!!!!

[@jacks424]

One of the most spectacular Bach's cantatas. And perfect recording 'in spirit of' Goodwin's Matthew Passion recording ;) Hope more cantatas will be recorded like that. :)

[@neuromensch3]

Listening to this, I am reminded of an essay first published in the New England Journal of Medicine by the great Lewis Thomas. He was suggesting items to be included on the 2 Voyager spacecrafts in 1977. I paraphrase: “ Let’s send all of Bach, but then, we would be boasting”

[@douglaspierce8480]

Voces8 and J S Bach a match made in heaven.

[@harryvanrijn6366]

Don't forget to mention the orchestra!

[@douglaspierce8480]

@@harryvanrijn6366 Yes, excellent.

[@LaRush62]

I am beyond ecstatic! I sang this in college close to 40 yrs ago and could not remember the number or title of the cantata. All I could remember was this amazing page of music where a scale is sung through the chorus and taken up by the violins and that moment has haunted me my whole life. Today I went through a bag of old things from childhood that my brother was holding for me (I live in a NYC apartment...need I say more?) I found the program from the concert that we sang this in (thank God I keep everything!) and immediately looked up 150 here to listen. That moment at 6:24 played and I balled my eyes out. What a glorious piece and and what a gift to be reunited with it again!

[@js1757]

From around 6:55 to 7:03, Bach reuses that moment as the ending in the Kyrie from the Mass in B minor.

[@Gonzol7]

@@js1757 You have a good ear! That is a Phrygian cadence, popular in the Baroque era, though not used nearly as often as the so-called authentic cadence (a dominant chord to a tonic chord). One of the more well-known uses of the Phrygian cadence is the second movement of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV 1048. The cadence has to do with the Phrygian mode. I've always loved it since I learned it there!

[@plumjam]

Beautiful comment, worthy of the music, sir.

[@nelsonmartinmusic]

I wanted these timestamps for a presentation, so in case this is helpful to anyone else, here they are: 0:00 Sinfonia (instrumental) 1:30 Chor (Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich) 4:49 Arie (Soprano: Doch bin und bleibe ich vergnugt) 6:20 Chor (Leite mich) 8:22 Arie for (Alto, Tenore, Basso: Zedern müssen von den Winden) 9:30 Chor (Meine Augen sehen stets) 11:36 Chor (Ciaccona: Meine tagen in den Leiden)

[@alexandrah619]

Einfach wunderbar, ganz herzlichen Dank und weiterhin viel Erfolg! So liebe ich Bach ! Ich höre diese Aufnahme immer wieder und wieder und wieder..........J.S..Bach, welch Hilfe und Trost in der Pandemie

[@fredyrechsteiner640]

Geht mir genau so, danke für den Kommentar.

[@keebearfull]

The very best of one of the finest bits of classical music right here, before our eyes and ears!

[@Just_Sara]

I never thought that I, the total average person, would think that Bach was really cool, but yeah. Bach is really cool. That behind-the-scenes performance was just great to watch.

[@Just_Sara]

@Emily Evans Well heck, he succeeded! That explanation was really helpful, thank you. :)

[@ryanswenson]

I believe the word I’m attempting to “come up with” is... “otherworldly” ...of course all who love Bach know he dedicated every piece he composed “TO THE GLORY OF ALMIGHTY GOD!”🌱 ...most lovely.😪

[@rickmarti77]

Actually the dedication translates more like "To the glory of God and the enjoyment of my fellow man."

[@felizxett6618]

Didn't he just sign them all with S.D.G., meaning Soli Deo gloria?

[@FleetingDolphins]

This is the most beautiful cantata Bach ever composed, and it was almost lost forever.

[@roxannedella-bosca3922]

Top stuff, team! How can I pick the best bit? It's ALL perfect! Glory to God who gave you these beautiful voices and the creativity and self-discipline to carry them into fruition. ❤ Jonathan @ 13:21-14:00 giving amazing support for the group while keeping crisp articulation in long legato phrases - phenomenal. Keep up the good work all and thank you for keeping the posts coming!

[@voicesinhymn0917]

I am amazed at how much time I spent listening to this again and again

[@Cor347]

So beautifull! It feels like the purpose of my whole life was to hear this wonderfull piece and performance.Thank you Bach, Academy of Ancient Music and Voces8.

[@sonadorroto9124]

At 6:11, just as El finishes her solo, you can glimpse Barnaby turn towards her, smile and then slightly shake his head in incredulous admiration. That was pretty much my reaction too, Barnaby.

[@micheal49]

So say we all!

[@checkerives6718]

Me, too! Exquisite. Thank you Voces8 and extraordinary instrumentalists!

[@AdenosinePush]

My God the inflection in their voices and their approach to phrasing is absolutely unreal. The intonation is incredible...particularly the sopranos, I couldn't hear a single word of theirs that was even the slightest bit off the mark. Please come to Boston.

[@hjkaye]

It seems everything Voces8 touches turns to Gold layered with Platinum.. 🎶🎵🎼

[@photographybyjgnauck]

8:15 which amazing and powerful ending. I am a photographer and cinematographer from Germany and last year my team and me started to stream from our church live. It's beautiful to see such a great choir. Your video production is also very well! Congratulations to everyone of you! Well done....

[@gestioneatp]

Ich möchte nicht übertreiben, aber habe Tränen in den Augen.

[@enrique3059]

I knew that Bach had a special place in the classical music realm, but I had no idea about how blessed and talented this man was, for being able to create such beautiful music out of impressive Bible passages. He truly was making music for THE King, no wonder his name was engraved in history, and his music is still being not only played today, but being studied by the best musicians worldwide. Also, I didn't know about voces8 and the Ancient music academy before, but highly apprecciate their Bach presentations now (and other Hymns they performed as well). Great job guys! Praise be to God, who gave you such talent, and I appreciate all the hard work involved in this as well, thank you for making it accessible, a real gift! Greetings from Brazil, have a blessed Sabbath. PS. Something tells me that small choirs sound much better than bigger ones. Have yet to come across something better than this, to change my mind.

[@jgunther3398]

if the music requires power, then a large choir. if clarity, then a smaller one. it's a shame classical music has been cast the way it has been over the years by bottom feeders in the media. but they have done the same to all intellectual pursuits, and maybe to reason itself

[@enrique3059]

Thank you for this info! Indeed, it makes much sense.

[@mcburcke]

Glorious! I really like the clean, clear lines created by this type of "minimalist" interpretation. Well done, all!

[@Osloden1]

Merci à France Musique de m'avoir fait découvrir cette interprétation d'une rare qualité. Sublime .

[@josephclay248]

Amazing, and Brilliant, group of Artists ! It is pure joy to listen to this amazing music from Bach. Thank you for this amazing performance!

[@naturalhuefibers]

beautiful...heavenly!

[@rickmarti77]

Of course an excellent performance by both groups. It reminds me that Bach and his musicians otten worked in the cold.

[@OnDasherOnDancer]

It’s like a visit from the angels!

[@arnoldrivas4590]

VOCES8 Academy of Ancient Music Johann Sebastian Bach Brilliant combination

[@etienneleuridan3547]

Décidément, Voces8 nous étonnent tous les jours en plus avec un des orchestres fameux !

[@darkhorsejosh]

Beautiful, I was brought up with this music, my father was a counter tenor, John Whitworth and also arranged all the Kind Singers music in the 70’s. This brings back lots of fond memories. Thank you.

[@ollehedstrom3536]

Shockingly well done! This great music.

[@mikekohlerchannel]

I wish I could like this more than once. Many likes.

[@josephrayos831]

this group is awesome! high level of classical and contemporary performances

[@bkarosi]

Funny to see that the rest of the ensemble took a coffee break during the arias

[@HashCookies]

I think this is the first time that I hear the minor chord at the last "sehen stets zu dem Herrn" 10:27. I guess musicologist have their reasons to change it, but this way it sound so ancient and beautiful. Thanks you so much for this recording

[@Shakulatius]

You can check the sources on IMSLP. In the newer version there is no sharp which seems to be an editorial mistake. In the copied version by Christian Friedrich Prentzel from 1755 there is a sharp.

[@HashCookies]

​@@Shakulatius Oh you're right! Thanks for the info

[@ProfDrhcOfMinistry]

Wenn man sich Bach’s Einstellung zu eigen macht, ist diese ein beglückender, tragfähiger Grund.

[@melissaraven3164]

Dear VOCES8, please could you pin the movements and timestamps at the top of the comments of this utterly wonderful video? A couple of people have kindly put them in comments, but it would be easier if they were pinned at the top.

[@ellireivalk3564]

... Gänsehaut pur!! Soo schön ...

[@Joggelschorsch]

we need more bach from you!

[@symfrick]

wow ...such clarity only possible with chamber choir 8 maximum 12 voices

[@whoopjohn]

He'll have somebody's eye out with that theorbo…

[@AlexanderSeaton]

A pleasure to listen to you with such good sound and image. Congratulations for your music. A greeting from Spain. Un placer escucharos con tan buen sonido e imagen. Enhorabuena por vuestra música. Un saludo desde España.

[@Sandrah326]

Que maravilha! Adorei! 🙏❤️💐👏👏👏🇧🇷🖖

[@MichaelFitch]

Marvelous performance. Bravo!

[@ryanswenson]

Well... I return again to Beauty...🌱 I Love ALL who Love...💎

[@Leomerya12]

Omg, this is making me cry.

[@MrMarioman107]

So addictive!

[@fiddlestix3025]

This music and this ensemble are a dream come true-! Many thanks for featuring this jewel, Jeff -and thanks to the one suggesting it to you 👍 A bit short on time, I haven’t listened to all of it, but what an immersive, musical experience ⭐️ The big, fancy lute played here is a Baroque Theorbo, or an Archlute, with two necks and two sets of strings, one of them positioned outside the fingerboard, to be plucked open. This is a complicated creature, reaching the height of development at the late Baroque era, and subsequently dying out, replaced by harpsichords etc. It was ungainly and extremely hard to tune (or keep in tune) due to it using mainly pure gut strings. Imagine the nightmare of keeping 14 gut strings in tune. I struggle with the three I sometimes put on my violin ;) Due to its construction tho it had the most amazing range and resonance. Those long, open bass string reverberating along with whatever else was being played… the three sound holes. It was a highly developed amplification system of sorts. The sound is to die for-! The ensemble here, The Ancient Academy of Music -priceless ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Voces8 with their pure voices -also priceless ⭐️⭐️⭐️ My god, when those high notes hit at 2:10 and also at 5:29! Jonah Nilsson’s ‘Farewell’ comes to mind… This is live music at one of its best! Thanks again 🙏

[@astore3757]

A wonderful performance. Perfect sound and voices. Thank you for sharing it.

[@Cor347]

I sent it to my aunty in India. Her reaction: Really all are Angels. I loved it. Thanks for sharing.

[@mercedesfloresmilara865]

Súper bonito, me gusta mucho cómo interpretáis la música barroca. Anoche vi el Mesias completo.Gracias !💕🇪🇸

[@lorettabrockmeier7616]

You are all just fantastic musicians.

[@deboraharmstrong4385]

I agree with sonadorroto below, This is where the unattainable is invested! I am in your zone. I have devoted my life to JS Bach. Music is all that life has given to me, not a moment would I hesitate to give my soul away

[@rubbrdux]

Wonderful. Such beauty.

[@pacogarcia6519]

Casi casi OVPP.....aunque no sigue estrictamente las tesis de Joshua Rifkin, cada voz con ripieno hacen un total de ocho cantantes, que está muy bien, lejos de los grandes coros estridentes e histéricos a los que nos tenían acostumbrados los Richter, Gardiner, Harnoncourt, etc. Bach interpretado con coros muy pequeños es más verosímil...su mensaje es grandioso en contenido no en el número de cantantes del coro.. Enhorabuena.

[@glenpierson7792]

Stunning.

[@janssenkarl-heinz2627]

Als Vorbildfunktion immer wieder gerne zu hören.

[@jaikee9477]

The amount of music Bach puts in one single cantata is absolutely staggering. And there are 240 of them! How ... WHO was this man?? This recording is second to none, btw! ❤

[@arnoldrivas4590]

Remember, the majority of his cantatas were written for Sunday service in Leipzig. And he only had a week to compose and maybe one rehearsal before service.

[@jadrola]

Amazing production ❤

[@elbrichveninga4653]

Prachtig mooi dit, ik luister het regelmatig!

[@kristieroybal4888]

This demonstrated just how much your voices are your instruments. Bravo!

[@cillyede]

Großartig, dankeschön.

[@josuecezar]

It would be awesome if the videos actually had subtitles with the songtext.

[@ericstorvick631]

for me it is the basoonist at 9:30 despite absolutely crushing it seems disappointed?

[@milestonewelsh]

Makes me feel so much emotion. ❤️

[@Tiago-ss5pk]

Glory of God

[@aaldere1]

Incredible.

[@scottyg9167]

Mesmerizing indeed! Wow....

[@donna30044]

Exquisite.

[@EdoardoRavaglia]

Meraviglioso!!

[@alejandrobetancurperez5604]

Wonderful!!!!❤

[@KlausMiehling]

It is difficult to hear, but it seems that there are changes in the bassoon part to make it playable in this key? Originally, the bassoon is noteted in d/F ("Kammerton"), while the other instruments are in h/D ("Chorton"). Here they play in h/D at a 415 Hz. Originally it would have sounded a whole tone higher, the bassoon being pitched in the low "French" tone.

[@ruthmcintyre2313]

Wonderful

[@gerhardhorhan8282]

Es ist immer eine Freude, euch zu zuhören. Ich bin immer erstaunt, dass ihr einen so vollen Klang mit 8 Sängern hinbekommt! Bravo, superbly done!

[@pieternooten]

Extrordinary production!

[@bobmvideos]

lol @ 1:54, face on the cello case

[@gustavosalcedo3092]

Such a heavenly moment!!!

[@cobbhc]

I could listen to that trio movement over and over.

[@storynepal6818]

Goood vedio

[@patriciayeiser6405]

HOw manly conductors does AAM have and who is this one. It''s interesting how AAM expands for the Mozart Concertos with Levin and Egarr, and contracts for this Bach.

[@davidprowse262]

This wonderful recital is being directed by Barnaby Smith of Voces 8

[@uzeyirabdullayev8003]

One word: Divine

[@VarietasCantandi]

Wonderful. Bravo!

[@lenanielsen5903]

🌿So Wonderful performance🌿

[@ryanswenson]

Y’all realize that Utube has “memory-holed” the lyrics to this magnificent piece... UNBELIEVABLE.

[@EvelynCor]

Yes! Where are they!!

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

Bravo!

[@quinnriutta]

Are those large glowing machines space heaters?

[@marynakovtunova9660]

Amazing! Bach!! And you!..

[@carlosa.sanchez896]

According to my LP Deutsche Grammophon album cover notes, the 4th movement of Brahms' Symphony #4 in E minor is a passacaglia based on an 8-bar phrase from this cantata. I've listened but I don't hear those same chords over the recurring 8 bars. It must be an earlier cantata of them same title because this piece is listed as BWV 150 and the 4th symphony is BWV 98. All that said, this is a gorgeous, haunting composition. Bach truly was the master of them all!

[@pittssr]

i'm no musicologist, but at 11: 35 the last segment begins with an ascending bass line that repeats incessantly to the end, the passacaglia Brahms refers to. I came here looking for it, and found it! It was a challenge I suppose, turning a hypnotic repetition into the colorful brilliance of the Brahms symphony.

[@bertrandheraud8566]

c'est merveilleux, mais il devait faire bien froid ce jour la !

[@carolineandtigger]

Bravo!!!