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

Until recently, it was thought that this Whitsun cantata 'O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe', performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach, was one of the last cantatas in Bach’s oeuvre. The manuscript of the score, largely in Bach’s own handwriting, dates from a few years before his death. However, a libretto discovered recently in St Petersburg shows that the cantata is much older and was performed for the first time on 1 June 1727.
The work was presented in Leipzig on Whit Sunday, at the Nikolaikirche during the morning service and at the Thomaskirche during vespers. Even then, the work was not totally new. The chorus sections and the alto aria, the most essential parts, reuse material originating from a wedding cantata of the same name but much more extensive (BWV 34a), which Bach had composed at an earlier stage.
Recorded for the project All of Bach on May 13th 2017 at the Walloon Church, Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating bit.ly/2uZuMj5.
For the interview with conductor Jos van Veldhoven on 'O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe' go to • Van Veldhoven on Bach ...
For more information on BWV 34 and this production go to allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-34/
All of Bach is a project of the Netherlands Bach Society / Nederlandse Bachvereniging, offering high-quality film recordings of the works by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society and its guest musicians. Visit our free online treasury for more videos and background material www.bachvereniging.nl/en/allo.... For concert dates and further information go to www.bachvereniging.nl/nederla....
Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven, conductor
Maria Keohane, soprano
Damien Guillon, alto
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
Sebastian Myrus, bass
0:00 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)

[@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.

[@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!!!

[@HumbleNewMusic]

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

[@matthiaswitzel]

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

[@pedroluzdivina2355]

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

[@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.

[@musicarrangestudio9134]

This is what the heavenly sound is saying.

[@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

[@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. 😀

[@kedemberger8773]

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

[@thomasbaumgartner2291]

Einfach nur Dankeschön You Made my day

[@3dblevine]

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

[@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.

[@messindemetz5774]

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

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What an amazingly regal way to start my day!!

[@mpinz6]

Or even end it!

[@norajulien61]

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

[@wolkowy1]

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

[@johncary289]

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

[@nelsonwhaley6348]

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

[@thomasstier1634]

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

[@rolfblum4691]

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

[@lotharlamurtra7924]

Thanks Bach, thanks Netherlands Bach Society.

[@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!!!

[@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

[@mariedu1791]

Wow😍ça fait plaisir toute ces belles musiques !

[@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!!!!

[@Floridantea]

Superb as always.

[@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!!

[@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...

[@lenanielsen5903]

Beautiful performance🍃

[@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.

[@rocketsroar1]

Glorious in all respects.

[@Braininajarsociety]

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

[@ArjenMeurs]

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

[@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.

[@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...

[@enriquesalvador1190]

Thanks JS Bach: much more than music.

[@DS-ni1mi]

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

[@alfonsomartin6686]

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

[@erwinredl6454]

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

[@jamescraft672]

Wonderful, as usual. Thanks!

[@jabezvanwyk6485]

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

[@franciscolopez1917]

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

[@IDEEINDIGO]

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

[@ThiagoCosta2002]

Eu amo Bach! Só isso!❤🎶

[@hepzibel]

Stunningly Perfect! BRAVO, M. Guillon!!!

[@phwbooth]

Great performance. Thanks.

[@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✨❤️

[@davidhynd4435]

J. S. Bach. Heaven's composer.

[@misterphilgood1451]

Très beau ! Très belle interprétation ! 👍👍👍

[@mrsenstitz]

Glorious.

[@franciscoe.novalessalinas4981]

EXTRAORDINARIO TRABAJO BELLÍSIMO.GRACIAS DESDE MÉXICO

[@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!!

[@kopik3229]

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

[@frenchimp]

О вечный огонь, о источник любви!

[@landak136]

Will share this on my timeline exactly on Whitsunday.

[@youngmipark4836]

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

[@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

[@carlnuernberg3273]

Briljant...

[@dr.utekarasch-stingl8443]

Immer wieder Dankeschön

[@leonellc3095]

Magnífica ejecución!...

[@ausalmadebetur5981]

Nuestro padre Bach siempre sublime...

[@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 !

[@ardaguctekin1376]

Very nice.

[@thecelticgiraffe]

Period instruments? Stunning!

[@geanepinheiroleal1870]

Linda Orquestra 🙏🏾🇧🇷👍❤️👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@bautzibauer]

sehr schön musiziert, danke!

[@xiaolanliu1786]

very good!

[@WillemvanTwillertOrganist]

Prachtig en sublieme uitvoering

[@josenildo2189]

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

[@magikopa]

Who dares to dislike it?

[@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.

[@user-uu2mr1cb4d]

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.

[@user-gz6id4ty7b]

언제가 네덜란드에 가서 꼭 직접 볼겁니다.

[@barroco05]

코로나가 얼른 종식되었으면 좋겠네요.

[@petradicostanzo4654]

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

[@geanepinheiroleal1870]

🙏🏾

[@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.

[@anettesobottka9270]

👍👍👍

[@geanepinheiroleal1870]

Tenho que fazer uma escala de horários para assistir e acompanhar

[@juanferreira5931]

Bach! Enough said.

[@geanepinheiroleal1870]

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[@geanepinheiroleal1870]

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[@SVETLANKA139]

💖💝💟❣️💓♥️💕💗❤️💞

[@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

[@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.)

[@frenchimp]

From Bach's mouth to God's ear!

[@tuppyglossop222]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@tilmanklett2304]

Unverschämt gut!

[@veritysprott1547]

What happened to the Trumpet?

[@sualee3883]

SDG!

[@chanakitimbumrung4095]

Viola fa Gama violon cello double bass

[@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.

[@ivanobattistonofficial]

Sublime!