Allemande - J. S. Bach

Performance of the "Allemande" from French Suite No. 1 by J. S. Bach on the Sequential Circuits Prophet-10 analog synthesizer. Additional equipment used: Moog MF-103 Phaser, Moog MF-104z analog delay, Moog CP-251, Electro-Harmonix "Cathedral" reverb, Zoom H1 recorder.

[@mima85]

Bach and synthesizers. One of the most beautiful combinations on this Earth.

[@benbooth32]

Bach, Beethoven and many more... I'm sure you probably know it, but go and check some of the stuff from Wendy/Walter Carlos... It's amazing

[@mima85]

Benjamin Turro Oh yes I know Wendy Carlos, amazing composer. I like also his stuff from the Clockwork Orange soundtrack.

[@maisonvague]

mima14031985 Couldn't agree more. Whenever I play Bach on a synthesizer I think what could I, as a composer, ever create that was more beautiful. Turns out nothing. And you know what? That's okay! :D

[@machiwoomiapoo]

I love it too.

[@bobcatt2294]

Wendy Carlos is a composer?

[@timothyj.venters6170]

I love how you performed that piece. You didn't rush it and really allowed the mood of the piece to sink in.

[@maisonvague]

Timothy J. Venters Thank you, Timothy. I'm glad you noticed. I purposefully like to play Allemandes as slow as possible, even at the risk of going against "common practice" in the performance of Baroque music. But since there's nothing common about performing it on a Prophet-10, I figured what the heck! :P

[@Mikey84]

Beautifully played! I guess if synthesizers had been available in the 1600s and 1700s, Bach and Mozart would definitely have composed something for them!

[@maisonvague]

Thank you! Yes, I think so, too.They would have loved them, I'm sure!

[@Enigmatism415]

The organs on which Bach worked were themselves giant, complex synthesizers-just acoustic rather than electronic. He would have loved creating new timbres in a smaller package.

[@maxhult830]

@@Enigmatism415 Amen to that! Not many know or realize just how profound overstanding of music (and sound) Bach encompassed in that sense aswell as all the others... the audio technician of his time, often hired to "fix" organs and their accompanying environments. When a church bought a fine expensive organ, but then it didn't sound "right" due to the dimensions of the room etc... "get Bach!" ;) And btw, the organ is actually an additive synthesizer, quite literally, when you think about it.

[@deldridg]

Bach and Mozart *did* compose music for analogue synthesizers, they were sooo far ahead of their time!

[@sirsynth225]

I don't know what to admire the most: the sound, the machine, the technique, Bach! Beautiful! Bravo!

[@maisonvague]

Sir Synth Thank you, Sir Synth! :D Perhaps I can help with your dilemma: BACH!

[@caesarsneezer6992]

Admire the fact we have hearing

[@Lachenmann7]

The ‘instrument’. Not the machine. :-)

[@dengdiddididdi]

Very elegant playing and use of this great synth. Sounds quite authentic even!

[@maisonvague]

dengdiddididdi Doesn't it?! That's the amazing thing about Bach's music -- it's timeless!

[@markknaus5736]

This is fantastic. Finally some lovely Bach played on one of my top favorite synthesizers. But it would also be great if I heard the Bach Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor played on this very instrument. :)

[@SeenfromSpace]

Wow, haven't seen one of those beasts for a very long time! Agreed; Bach and synthesisers hit it off like ham and eggs. His work seems to lend itself to re-instrumenting like no-one else's. The fact that his keyboard works are heard so much these days on the modern piano is proof of this.

[@eddiemperor]

This is truly one of the greatest Bach renditions I've heard in Years. The instrument gives this piece a very haunting tone.

[@Cyrix2k]

I feel like this would fit right in with the Phantasm sound track. That's a compliment :)

[@benbooth32]

Woooow, I've never seen a Prophet 10 before this vid, and it looks MASSIVE . Probably massive sounding too !

[@maisonvague]

Je vous remercie beaucoup. J'apprécie la profondeur et la sincérité de vos paroles. Il aide beaucoup quand le doute de soi passe de gâcher la fête!

[@Kloxbyn]

This piece made my day. I could listen to this version for hours on end.

[@polszik]

god you deserve to be more famous, so nice playing, good rubato, so nice sound of organ, electronic but rich and elegant.

[@maisonvague]

Thanks for the kind words! To be perfectly honest, genuine, heartfelt comments like yours have more value to me than fame. The number of people I might touch with my music isn't so important. It's the touching itself that motivates. So, again, thank you!

[@HedgehogBrow]

This is what Johann Sebastian would sound like in 2015!!!!! This performance was epic and played, I believe, exactly as the master intended. Keep the videos coming.

[@maisonvague]

Jeff White Thanks, Jeff! I originally intended to record the whole Suite but after realizing the pitchbender was not in a neutral position -- making the Allemande in the wrong key -- I was heartbroken and abandoned the project. :-(

[@djnanneex]

I can't stop listening to this... amazing

[@maisonvague]

Thanks! I, too, suffer from the guilt of too many toys. To offset some of this guilt I try my best to actually do something meaningful with them from time to time. But that guilt still lingers. In any case, I love my Prophet-10! It's a keyboardist's dream!

[@oldgittarist]

Beautifully played.

[@ingorichter649]

Absolutely beautiful playing of this amazing song one of our eternally genious composers. This mighty instruments also fits perfectly. 2 manual polyphonic synth, very suitable especially to make such soulful interoretation of this masterpiece possible. The subtile use of overtone modulation is highly amazing. So You realize the sound possibilities of oscillators whose cannot be performed on an conventional pipe organ. For me another confirmation that it may be very useful to enhance some of the famous big pipe organs around the world with synthesizer registers. Oscillators or their modern enlectronical digital similar devices may enlarge the possibilities of these majestic instruments enormously.

[@mathiasdeschamps1637]

C'est juste merveilleux, le son du prophet s'y prête vraiment. Et c'est joué divinement bien.

[@Kadaj456]

Beautiful... Bach would have been fond of synths, I'm pretty sure about that.

[@maisonvague]

I think he would have been, too!

[@maisonvague]

Thank you! Yeah, that Prophet sounds amazing! Never ceases to blow me away! Cheers

[@chrisrowand]

Such a lovely performance. Beautiful

[@permacultureli]

very elegantly, soberly, wonderfully played. I love this first allemande.

[@oliverisailovic]

Beautiful maestro! Thank you so much

[@6884]

bravo, this was absolutely capturing

[@marcelizielinszczak5349]

Great playing, great sound. Such a pleasure to listen.

[@peter160266]

thank you very much for this great interpretation on J.S. Bach. Everything sounds allright. GREAT!!!

[@teac2266]

This is great! Very nice interpretation and nicely played, with real feeling for the piece. Thanks. Your improvisations (in other videos) are also really well done and interesting. Please keep it up.

[@stuthomson]

Excellent job sir. Allemande is one of my favorites.

[@Solarship_Radical]

This is absolutely gorgeous

[@Hessencemusic]

wow! this was really gorgeous!

[@kgmessier]

Watching this on Christmas Morning as the snow is lightly falling outside. What a perfect accompaniment! Your choice of tone and subtle effects creates the ideal mood and atmosphere. Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@Roberto_MR]

I'm very interested in synths and baroque music. I'm so glad I found this video, fantastic interpretation!! Thanks for sharing.

[@nomatisan]

The right instrument for the right musician. Beautiful performance.

[@allcontakt]

Beautiful! I'm subscribing right now, please upload more videos like this. The programming is great and suits the piece very well!

[@maisonvague]

Alexandre Fonseca Thank you, Alexandre. I'm planning to do more recording with the Prophet later this year (2015).

[@steefdroid]

god this is gorgeous :) really beautifully played :) and great instrument

[@nickangel6596]

From JSBach to JMJarre. Perfection and congratulations!

[@Ivan_1791]

Fabulous contribution. :)

[@dianecmcphail9903]

Beautiful. Thank you.

[@jpx252]

This is really good. I love the way you realize the final chord of the A section just a hair sooner than I expect ... allowing that sound to echo and build poignancy. Really nice emphasis on the different voices too, by use of space. You're making me want to learn this piece! and add a phaser! thanks!!

[@jasperdafunk4760]

AMAZING.

[@giacomodipietro7747]

La pace della mia infanzia... ma tutto torna...Compie un largo giro e poi ritorna. Niente muore mai veramente.

[@off1off1]

Wonderful !

[@lalissesebastien1891]

Very nice !! And nice sound too, I like these colors. Nice Moog pedals too !!

[@kaihG]

that was lovely! Thanks for posting!

[@orangedogmusic]

Really Nice! I know i'm finding this years late but i'm digging it all these years later. LOL. Thanks.

[@nelsonfernandez6819]

Hermoso tema, y una bendición de Dios que haya personas como vos que toquen así , es un placer al alma oírte. Gracias por existir !!!!

[@Alm1ghtyAv3ng3r]

Just amazing! what an awesome sound you can get from that Prophet-10. Your playing ability is also great, and gives just the right feel :)

[@larrydonlon113]

That was brilliant man!

[@SHUTUPYAFACE]

That was amazing, I'd love to see you perform more classical pieces on the p10!

[@maisonvague]

Thank you! I'm planning to! I'm thinking... Handel. Or maybe some Clementi!

[@StephenFasseroMusic]

best thing to happen to my ears and heart today

[@darklorddisco]

Beautiful.

[@deldridg]

Beautiful in all respects. I play a lot of Bach myself and grew up listening to Wendy Carlos and now all these years later am working towards creating some synth versions myself! Cheers from Sydney - Dave

[@SharpblueCreative]

Just brought your Synthpops alive album - love it.

[@BigImpactSoundComposerforMedia]

Splendid!

[@l3p3]

My favourite video now! More! More! More!

[@l3p3]

Still loving it! More! More! More!

[@maisonvague]

Thank you, thank you! I'm honored!

[@mapds]

that's a beautiful melody

[@lukeskywalker2656]

nice phaser ✨ und gut gegen meine Herzschmerzen. 🫶 Danke Meister

[@GruithuisenCityMan]

Bach is such a genius. The P10 is such a marvelous synth. Maison vague is marvelous at playing such a genius on such à marvelous synth.

[@kokostudioku]

Wow! I love it .. 👍❤️👍❤️

[@NicolasMelis]

Sounds great!

[@texacomann]

I bought your unique music! Beautiful!

[@ruthingvildaarebrot2332]

This was really super correct. Wow.

[@leonmatthias321]

Gorgeous

[@NormanStansfield1]

Beautiful. Also let's recognize Dave Smith who created the Prophet 5 (single keyboard version of this synth) when he was only 27 years old. This is when he founded Sequential Circuits. Dave is about 70 today and still going strong with new synths. This beautiful Prophet 10 in the video would have probably been 32 years old when this video was made.

[@maisonvague]

Why, thank you Mr. Solaris! I'm honored by your visit! Prophets rock, do they not?!

[@INDIGOBLUE555]

JSB is surely cheering for you to keep on the good work .... :)

[@JohnLRice]

Fantastic! :-)

[@0tf850]

French suite hype! Emerson inspired me to learn this on my synths.

[@shookstylez]

you are incredible

[@user-fp8ch3cb2v]

wonderful！

[@permacultureli]

beautiful Clarck (oscar cota here...)....think of you often, Will be in Europe later this year. Will see Beatrice....I will try some Bach on Synth. myself for sure.

[@maisonvague]

Thanks for visiting my channel, Oscar! Would love to see you during your visit to Europe.

[@andronikyegiazaryan3546]

Very Good !

[@eccles99]

Great performance. Great sound, almost like something you'd find on a pipe organ, but then there is that gradual build-up of a filter sweep that the performer uses strategically to create drama.

[@gastonbouchard9330]

Flawless

[@skyprop]

Very Nice!!

[@bobelaviador]

magnificent

[@jonathanredman8497]

Lovely!

[@Lachenmann7]

And a sequenced preset in the 10 is the B-flat Bach partita. It can be heard in the Genesis “Three Sides Live” video.

[@Cyrix2k]

This is an amazing rendition. Please don't take offense to this because it's a compliment - I feel like this would fit right into a classic horror film like Phantasm. It's hauntingly beautiful!

[@kevinvalentin4726]

I want MORE of this suite pleaz !!

[@Juss_Tuan]

bravo!

[@nolyspe]

Please do more of these.

[@haimlute]

Wonderful

[@DonSolaris]

Very impressive.

[@joseroldan1389]

Maravilloso !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@StephenFasseroMusic]

still sooooo good

[@keesvangelis]

wow very good !

[@ShadowZZZ]

is this what high classical musicians hear?

[@caesarsneezer6992]

It certainly makes me high

[@moosemusic_]

I can agree

[@gianfuzzi]

Bravo !

[@Yo_ca_va]

Merci

[@maisonvague]

Thanks for listening! Cheers!

[@fnersch]

Nice performance. Just got a Prophet 10 for $500 with no power cord (liquidation sale). I got lucky and replaced the cord and it plays perfectly. Now I'm going to play some Bach on it! Thanks for posting the video.

[@maisonvague]

fnersch Wow. Congratulations! Enjoy!

[@Eyepatchfilms]

fnersch That's an insane deal. Congrats

[@Eyepatchfilms]

fnersch That's an insane deal. Congrats

[@chieftp]

he just posts this on every synth video for his own amusement. in another video, he said it was $100 at a junk store. he can't keep his lie straight.

[@RosalvoParadella]

Lindo !! Clássico !!

[@wilsonbecker1881]

I could listen to a 6 hour loop of this

[@EarmonkeyMusic]

If Bach lived in 2022, not doubt he'd have one helluva setup

[@alainperrieregenevincent54]

Bon, au niveau de la programmation, c'est très fort. Avec le Prophet 10 de chez Séquencial Circuits, ils ont réussi à programmer un son, proche de l'orgue classique. Respect.

[@RADIOKLOW]

Cette interprétation est réellement belle car, contrairement à tant d'essais d'adapter Bach aux synthétiseur, elle n'a absolument aucune exagération kitch, mais s'en tient à la pureté et à l'esprit de l'oeuvre. C'est une réussite.

[@lordchameleon2650]

Absolutely wonderful. Any more Bach coming?

[@stryker1999]

Came here from Gear... lust to see if you had any other videos. Superb playing and very nice patch to go with it... and a Moog Phaser? So jealous of that Prophet-10, but I do have too many toys to play with as it is. ;P