Bach - Cantata O ewiges Feuer... BWV 34 - Van Veldhoven | Netherlands Bach Society

[@bach]

0:07 O ewiges Feuer (Chor) 7:09 Herr, unsre Herzen halten dir (Rezitativ) 7:55 Wohl euch, ihr auserwählten Seelen (Arie) 14:15 Erwählt sich Gott (Rezitativ) 14:48 Friede über Israel (Chor)

[@TheSummoner]

I think you forgot to pin this comment to the top. :)

[@scarlatti222]

How is it the comment date is 2 years ago and the video just recently uplaoded ?

[@bach]

@@scarlatti222 It was indeed uploaded two years ago, but only today it was published. The first recordings of All of Bach were made back in 2013, so we also publish older recordings here sometimes.

[@bach]

@@TheSummoner Done, thanks!

[@TheSummoner]

@@bach No, thank YOU for everything you do for us!

[@lakkfatt2321]

Wie kraftvoll und doch elegant, wie spielerisch und doch streng, schwebend und doch geerdet, wie jubelnd und doch so ernst. Mir fehlen die Worte und der Mund bleibt vor Staunen offen.

[@Cmsoska]

This can't be real. I study Bach and the Berceuse is simply otherworldly, especially when sung by such a capable countertenor

[@HumbleNewMusic]

🎵 my day just got better 🌤️ thanks NBS!! & forever thanks JSB 👊

[@pedroluzdivina2355]

The aria is like a lullaby: it comforts, soothes, calms the spirits and gives eternal peace to the soul ... Thank you, Bach.

[@tellmeatale5407]

I absolutely love Bach, but for some reasons his cantatas never convinced me. You changed everything. All of your Bach's interpretations, including and especially the cantatas, are the best versions I can find on the internet. You are amazing, thanks for all the work and passion you put in this titanic project!

[@mwnyc3976]

Luca, I'm curious -- whom had you heard performing Bach cantatas before? I know it's a real issue: hearing wonderful music in bad performances really can (and does) make people think it's the music that's bad or dull.

[@ariadne4720]

I am in exactly the same category! As a pianist and harpsichordist I have played and enjoyed my share of Bach, but I always took a pass at the cantatas ... until the NBS and All of Bach came along. Now I am in the process of re-listening to all of them!

[@johanngottliebgoldberg1055]

Absolutely!!!

[@notaire2]

Erfreuliche und wunderschöne Aufführung dieser kompakten und fein komponierten Kantate mit herrlichen Stimmen vierer genialen Solisten und gut harmonisierten Stimmen des ausgezeichneten Chors sowie gut vereinigten und perfekt entsprechenden Tönen aller Originalinstrumente. Der erfahrene und gelehrte Dirigent leitet das ausgezeichnete Ensemble im lebhaften Tempo und mit möglichst effektiver Dynamik. Alles ist wunderbar!

[@ulrichreifenrath2869]

Wunderschöne und abwechslungsreiche Aneinanderreihung der üblichen Versatzstücke zum ewiggleichen Lob verschiedenster Musiken aus der Feder des großen JSB.

[@haraldreinfelder3850]

Großartig

[@ClaudineFranco-u1p]

Damien tu nous manqueras pour ton interprétation de Bach et bien d'autres. Merci de faire un Come back lol

[@pacomemartin5874]

What a beautyfull place this has to be... Every men and women, whatever their voice, seem to find a line in Bach to read, to sing, to enjoy, to dance and play with... What a lovely Arcadie... I can't help but picturing in my mind everyone singing Bach in the streets in this wonderland...

[@kedemberger8773]

Absolutely beautiful performance of one of my favourite opening choruses. Truly beautiful, luminous and heartfelt performance.

[@nelsonwhaley6348]

Marvellous performance...vibrancy and musical energy, but calm and natural too..no histrionics.

[@lotharlamurtra7924]

Thanks Bach, thanks Netherlands Bach Society.

[@3dblevine]

Glorious composition and performance. Wonderful ensemble playing under a fine conductor.

[@norajulien61]

Yes, this is what I needed! Soul music, lovely people, great camera work! Thank you!

[@thomasbaumgartner2291]

Einfach nur Dankeschön You Made my day

[@matthiaswitzel]

Eternal music ...heilsam für Körper, Seele und Geist...fantastisch!... hochprofessionell und herzberührrend musiziert...DANKE!

[@valtergilenardi2639]

Aggiungi che in Italia ha aiutato Valter Gilenardi a guarire dalla Depressione maggiore visto che gli Psicofarmaci non ci sono riusciti poiché ( lo Spirito la chimica non lo può sollevare ) mentre le cose Divine e Soprannaturali come la Musica di Bach guariscono alla grande !@# 😎🙏❤✨🎇🎆🌌🪐🌞👑🎼🎹🎻🎻🎺🎺🎺📯📯🥁🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶😊

[@TheAtheist22]

1.8K thumbs up and 28…deaf, or dead, or soulless….. Wonderful, as Always!!!! Can’t wait to see them live in my Beloved Amsterdam!!

[@jeffreydronenburgsr.8224]

Absolutely magnificent performance! Herr Bach would have thoroughly enjoyed hearing this, I'm sure. Thank you for all of the hard preparatory work that went into making this possible for the whole world to enjoy. NBS is amazing.

[@wolkowy1]

The vocalists are excellent and of-course all the instrumentalists. Bravi to all of you and the conductor. Thanks NBS!

[@thomasstier1634]

Klar und sauber intoniert, freudig zupackende Tempi, wunderbar interpretiert. Alles in allem ein Ohrenschmaus. Danke!

[@mariavanhoof7961]

PRACHTIG deze Pinkstercantate, feestelijk en een meesterlijke aria van de contratenor, DANK aan allen van de NBS , het is genieten jullie te zien en te horen!!!!

[@margritstalder6516]

herzliche gruesse aus der Schweiz, verbunden in dankbarkeit u mit guten wuenschen fuer Ihr weiteres Singen und Klingen, wohltuend, ermutigend, segensreich! Margrit Stalder-Hunziker, Burgdorf

[@johncary289]

I join all those who are grateful to have been given another glorious rendition of another of J.S. Bach's extraordinary gifts.

[@Rascalndear1]

Disappointing to see so few views and likes... I have it in a playlist and have listened to it dozens of times. A LOVELY work beautifully performed.

[@carlnuernberg3273]

Beauty is for few, not mass??

[@kevinveigas103]

@@carlnuernberg3273 the masses aren't intelligible enough to appreciate sublime beauty like this

[@carlnuernberg3273]

@@kevinveigas103 I do agree with you, besides the fact that masses are quite confused and unsure about their directions...good luck!

[@pokerandphilosophy8328]

Your comment was posted 1 year ago. Since then the channel has grown to nearly 400,000 subscribers. Bach and the NBS are slowly conquering the masses!

[@pedroluzdivina2355]

Honey is not made for the pig's mouth... Greetings. 😀

[@rolfblum4691]

Herrliche Kantate zum Pfingstfest!!🕊🌿🙏Schön musiziert! Gottes Segen f Alle!🌈😀

[@jbwhitebirch6620]

What an amazingly regal way to start my day!!

[@mpinz6]

Or even end it!

[@maryjoburnette7589]

The tenor is superb, elegant quality with clear, expressive legato lines.

[@maryjoburnette7589]

To add to what I said previously, I find the vocal line quite beautiful. Bach’s melodies have a simple unpretentious “folk” quality that balances nicely in my ears with other more ornamental style found elsewhere.

[@DS-ni1mi]

Da geht mir das Herz auf und alles weitet sich. Immer wieder Danke für so viele tolle Aufnahmen!

[@mariedu1791]

Wow😍ça fait plaisir toute ces belles musiques !

[@joselopes2293]

What fabulous music, what incredible voices, what sonority, what sublime cadence. This cantata could only be composed by an extraordinary musician whose musical virtuosity is sublime with a melodic sense of the greatest ever known. The orchestration is flawless. Viva Bach and his lovely and glorious music. Bravissimo for this amazing recording.

[@joselopes2293]

This cantata composed by Bach is magnificent not only for the musical harmony as it was composed as for the fantastic connection it makes to the unbelievable and divine choir that accompanies it. it is a composition that only an outstanding musician could have written. Elegance, grace and subtle beauty are admirable. Bravissimo!!!

[@Floridantea]

Superb as always.

[@musicarrangestudio9134]

This is what the heavenly sound is saying.

[@llamallama1509]

This is really beautiful to listen to, and not a single smiling face in the audience anywhere

[@mwnyc3976]

Hey, they're Dutch! ;-)

[@lindabecker2207]

It is so beautiful, especially the aria. It makes me cry. If I am not mistaken some of the performers are also near to tears.

[@otota2644]

なんて素晴らしい音色なのでしょう❤️✨美しいです💕癒されます✨❤️

[@enriquesalvador1190]

Thanks JS Bach: much more than music.

[@alfonsomartin6686]

i am moved by interpretation of this cantata ,both vocally and instrumentally. Congratulations Netherlands Bach Society! Once again.❤️

[@pauldoerflingerMarcoPolo1947]

Pour moi en ce qui concerne les cantates de Johannes Sebastian BACH, c’est en ce 21 ème siècle ce qui se fait de mieux en interprétation, toujours par ces merveilleux musiciens orchestre et chœur de ce fantastique Netherlands Bach Society. Quelle maîtrise d’ensemble de Van Veldhoven ! Cadences et tempo, rythmes comme j’aime.

[@frenchimp]

Pour moi la Bach Stiftung est d'un niveau similaire... c'est-à-dire très élevé. J'aurais du mal à les départager ! On a une sacrée chance, de disposer d'autant d'excellentes interprétations, qui plus est à portée de clic...

[@ariadne4720]

This performance is sublime, AND perfectly executed. I miss Jos van Veldhoven. There is something he brings to these works that many others, though good, cannot match. And the interviews with him are the best!

[@ariadne4720]

@@robertcecilmorgan-wilde he is no longer music director of NBS

[@petersumner7367]

The alto aria is sublime.

[@towmlvb3423]

The whole performance is...

[@Sdnmer]

Indeed!

[@christiaan3646]

@@declamatory There are quite a few of them in this neck of the woods. This ensemble actually has three female altos between its members. So it’s a matter of choice.

[@carlnuernberg3273]

Total...wonderlij...

[@christiaan3646]

@@declamatory That is quite a subject, and there are quite a few people that know a lot more about that than I do. But here’s the short version. In Bach’s time generally male voices were used for alto in this kind of music, either men singing falsetto or boys. Historically informed performance, the tradition in which the Netherlands Bach Society is deeply rooted, chooses to keep close to what we know about how the music was performed in the time it was conceived. A lot of choices regarding instruments, the size of the ensemble and the performance itself are made on that basis. Therefore you can see several instruments that are different from the 20th century versions, for instance.

[@ArjenMeurs]

The Eternal Fire sparkles forth endlessly in this wonderful rendition. I love it very much.

[@messindemetz5774]

Komm Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott, Veni Sancte Spiritus, Viens Esprit Saint, Come Holy Ghost, God Lord... ✝️

[@lenanielsen5903]

Beautiful performance🍃

[@IDEEINDIGO]

Comme toujours une haute qualité vocale et instrumentale. Avec la magnifique Aria du haute-contre, "Wohl euch..."

[@erwinredl6454]

Terrific! Thank you so much for playing such incredible music with such passion and precision!!!

[@phwbooth]

Great performance. Thanks.

[@jabezvanwyk6485]

Brilliant! Crisp! Beautiful! Excellent! Thank you NBS for the special and amazing work you are doing ❤

[@ThiagoCosta2002]

Eu amo Bach! Só isso!❤🎶

[@thecelticgiraffe]

Period instruments? Stunning!

[@landak136]

Will share this on my timeline exactly on Whitsunday.

[@franciscolopez1917]

Bravo, NBS, Bravo..!! Exquisite Piece..!!!

[@m.j.r.dehaan1824]

De Nederlandse Bachvereniging is een waar genoegen om naar te luisteren. Alle video’s opgeslagen. Bedankt 🙏 voor weer een sublieme uitvoering. Sterkte in deze Corona tijd !

[@mrsenstitz]

Glorious.

[@kopik3229]

Сплошной восторг! Спасибо за ваш труд. Вы - лучшие!

[@frenchimp]

О вечный огонь, о источник любви!

[@hepzibel]

Stunningly Perfect! BRAVO, M. Guillon!!!

[@kathydancy9880]

2:31 I am not familiar with this cantata but as will all Bach’s cantatas, it is magnificent. I am so joyful when your videos drop. I love your endeavor to perform and record the entirety of the master’s cantata catalog. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!

[@franciscoe.novalessalinas4981]

EXTRAORDINARIO TRABAJO BELLÍSIMO.GRACIAS DESDE MÉXICO

[@ardaguctekin1376]

Very nice.

[@dr.utekarasch-stingl8443]

Immer wieder Dankeschön

[@josenildo2189]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🎵🎹🎵🎹🎵🎹🎵🎹🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 wonderful

[@jamescraft672]

Wonderful, as usual. Thanks!

[@maryjoburnette7589]

I thought l loved cantata #35 best but now favor #34 place, especially as performed by the Bach Foundation. The harmonies displayed in #34 display Bach as a master of melody as well as of counterpoint. Too much can’t be said about either cantata. They are masterpieces for all time. The mustached counter-tenor in the Netherlands #34 version in a superior performance shows a particularly sweet tonality, an unusual quality for a counter-tenor.

[@misterphilgood1451]

Très beau ! Très belle interprétation ! 👍👍👍

[@carlnuernberg3273]

Briljant...

[@geanepinheiroleal1870]

Linda Orquestra 🙏🏾🇧🇷👍❤️👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@ma859]

Thank you for this marvelous performance, with enough lightness but with warmth and human touch to give it enough volume and satisfaction. Excellent interpretation and output.

[@bautzibauer]

sehr schön musiziert, danke!

[@rocketsroar1]

Glorious in all respects.

[@Braininajarsociety]

I fear no man. But that... avatar. It scares me.

[@xiaolanliu1786]

very good!

[@leonellc3095]

Magnífica ejecución!...

[@ausalmadebetur5981]

Nuestro padre Bach siempre sublime...

[@willemvantwillert-organist]

Prachtig en sublieme uitvoering

[@davidhynd4435]

J. S. Bach. Heaven's composer.

[@youngmipark4836]

성령강림 대축일에 듣는 천상의 하모니는 집나간 신앙심도 되돌아올듯 하네요.😁🎼♥️

[@ivanobattistonofficial]

Sublime!

[@petradicostanzo4654]

Absolument magnifique j adore remerciant pour votre attention je t'aime très très fort mon bébé d'amour merci pronfonde gratitude merci ❤❤❤

[@magikopa]

Who dares to dislike it?

[@깊은생각-b3d]

언제가 네덜란드에 가서 꼭 직접 볼겁니다.

[@barroco05]

코로나가 얼른 종식되었으면 좋겠네요.

[@НатальяЧеркасова-г8ъ]

Человек должен уметь приводить свои чувства и мысли в нормальное состояние. С помощью Баха делать это легче. Потому что его музыка способна дать гармонию, а кроме того - подарить эстетическое удовольствие высшего уровня. Исполнение великолепное. Спасибо.

[@geanepinheiroleal1870]

Tenho que fazer uma escala de horários para assistir e acompanhar

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

Eternal fire!

[@Space-nb7dr]

Heyy, it just post on KZbin. This comment is 11 months old 😱

[@Tom-nv2jb]

@@Space-nb7dr they often premiere the performances before posting them on KZbin...

[@Space-nb7dr]

@@Tom-nv2jb So where you comment this ? On KZbin ?.

[@Tom-nv2jb]

@@Space-nb7dr yes... I don't know how to access the premiere...

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

@@Space-nb7dr I'm a time traveller.

[@juanferreira5931]

Bach! Enough said.

[@jeanymacdonald6964]

Wat een tempie 🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏾‍♀️🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏾‍♀️TOPSPORT

[@costantinobenini2991]

Eternal fire, source of love, inflame and consacrate our hearts. Let heavenly flames envelop them and penetrate them. We want, o Most High, be Thy temple. Ah, may our souls be welcome in faith. Lord, our hearts contain Thy word of Truth: Thee enjoyed being among men, let my heart be Thine. Lord, penetrate it with Thine grace. Such a chosen sanctuary possesses itself the greatest glory. Happy you, chosen souls, that God has chosen as His home. Who can boast a greater bliss? Who can count the abbundance of blessings? This is the Lord's work. If God chooses the sacred abodes in which salvation dwells, He must also fill them with His blessings and reward the seat of His sanctuary. The Lord pronounces on His sacred home this word of blessing: Peace on Israel. Give thanks to the miraculous hands of the Most High. Give thanks, God has thought of you. Yes, the power of His blessing send peace to Israel, peace to you.

[@mykietyn]

Maybe it's worth to use the option of adding subtitles under the movies (with German or English to choose from).

[@bach]

Thanks for the suggestion. We are looking into the possibilities for adding subtitles, but so far we have chosen not to do this, as this is a very time consuming task (and we are limited in time and budget). But we can see the benefits, so we will explore the possibilities.

[@mwnyc3976]

Meanwhile, Pawel, you can find the text of (and other information about) this cantata at allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-34/. (This video is there as well, in fact.)

[@geanepinheiroleal1870]

🙏🏾

[@philippemelchior9383]

ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe (Ô feu éternel, ô source de l’amour !), (BWV 34), est une cantate religieuse de Johann Sebastian Bach composée probablement pour le premier jour de la Pentecôte de 1746 ou 1747

[@tuppyglossop222]

Please do not cut off the applause. Such a performance should end with a roar.

[@anettesobottka9270]

👍👍👍

[@frenchimp]

From Bach's mouth to God's ear!

[@geanepinheiroleal1870]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🌻

[@geanepinheiroleal1870]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🌻🌻🌻

[@tilmanklett2304]

Unverschämt gut!

[@SVETLANKA139]

💖💝💟❣️💓♥️💕💗❤️💞

[@63doof]

Sehr geehrte Netherlands Bach Society, Eine Frage - Die Platzierung des Chorensembles ist etwas anders! Hat diese Einordnung eine besondere Bedeutung im Ansicht des Dirigenten? mit freundlichen und herzlichen Grüße

[@mwnyc3976]

Sorry that I can't answer this in German, but if your questions is why the choir is placed as three groups of SATB singers (as opposed to the usual SSSAAATTTBBB in one group), that seems to have been Bach's practice -- and the practice more generally in the 17th and early 18th centuries in Germany and Italy.

[@chanakitimbumrung4095]

Viola fa Gama violon cello double bass

[@veritysprott1547]

What happened to the Trumpet?

[@sualee890]

SDG!

[@loishartsfield5948]

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[@Beta_Persei]

Thank you for the great performance! But sad that the video director is so completely incompetent. 0'46 extreme closeup of a bass scroll hiding a trumpet player 1'00 pointless extreme closeup of half a violin 1'56 bunch of pointless closeups of individual singers, giving no sense at all of a real choir and how the singers integrate with each other and with the conductor and players 2'38, 3'10, 5'03 violinist's knuckles 0'10, 0'35 oboist's knuckles 7'57 flutist's knuckles 16'10 somebody's arm 8'29 backs of 2 music stands 15'45 extreme closeup of chandelier 16'11 chandelier invading frame from right 17'02 magnificent shot of 4 people doing nothing - endless stupid headshots in recitatives, as if the viewer is staring at the singer from one foot away. - all that cutting, zooming, and camera movement every few seconds, as if the music is boring and needs to be made exciting with constant distractions. At 11'11 we're allowed a rare moment to just watch a singer sing without interference or distraction; the director must have missed that and forgot to cut it in pieces like everything else. And why not leave a little breathing space at the beginning and end, instead of just chopping as close to the music as possible? It would be so nice to see the musicians communicating and preparing to begin together, and to have a moment of peace when the music is over. Fire that bum video director who doesn't know the difference between Bach and a Tom Cruise movie, and hire someone who understands and cares about the music.

[@hernana6689]

On ne peut contenter tout le monde et son père... You can't please everyone and your father.

[@greggf6689]

It's hard to comprehend how a person could listen to this splendid, moving performance and come away, not inspired or uplifted, but energized to spew vitriol and contempt in the form of a minute-by-minute series of videographical grievances. These great performances are provided free of charge for the world to enjoy. Attacking a not-for-profit that strives to make the best of its resources makes you little more than a petty, entitled, bully.