Bach - Cantata Widerstehe doch der Sünde BWV 54 - Mortensen | Netherlands Bach Society

[@bach]

0:07 Widerstehe doch der Sünde (Arie) 6:28 Die Art (Rezitativ) 7:34 Wer Sünde tut (Arie)

[@dansaber4427]

Frank Sinatra has nothing on Wer Sünde tut

[@nottinghillad]

@@dansaber4427 Quite. However. He had a fine voice. If he trained in singing Bach he would likely have been one of his best exponents.

[@mariaoliviahumphreys4667]

Lord I hope NBS reads some of the comments and knows that they are truly a gift to humanity. As a long time Bach lover with a well developed ear, their interpretations make me feel I’m listening to the pieces for the first time. The showcase of the base line here, the tempi, the love in the performances... my heart is bursting.

[@bach]

We certainly do read the comments :). Thank you very much for your kind words, great to hear that our performances are being appreciated!

[@displaychicken]

@@bach I have watched you every day since I found this channel.

[@valtergilenardi2639]

Bach Music significa amare Dio e gli uomini di buona volontà. Che Dio possa accogliere Bach in Paradiso

[@valtergilenardi2639]

Bach significa Meravigliosa Musica piena di un' umanità commovente 🤗❤🌅 🌌

[@mauricebendrix]

​@@bachOh, they are very much appreciated. Not a day goes by without visiting your channel.

[@awfulplay2023]

I listen to BACH everyday. Greetings from Indonesia. Soli DEO Gloria

[@displaychicken]

Me too! Soli Deo Gloria!! From Canada

[@andrewsparrow6412]

Soli Deo gloria

[@princeandrey]

Yes. I have been listening to Bach Cantatas every morning since I was 18 years old. I am currently 78!

[@guynicholls8154]

The astonishing opening of the cantata never ceases to amaze me, even more so when realizing Bach was only in his twenties when he wrote this at Weimar and it was a hundred years before even Beethoven would do anything remotely similar. Small wonder that Bach himself so prized it that he recycled it in his mature Leipzig years for the Marcuspassion.

[@MichaelCWBell]

Yes indeed. I own most of the genre and it is amazing that the first say, 20% chronologically are so full of marvellous examples. That over time, for a time Bach lost dare I say a little of that initial energy, yet there are many many beautiful cantatas of later times of course. Something extraordinary about this first aria.

[@gardenphoto]

I have listened to J. S. Bach (at least once) every day since 1977... and I think I have become a much better person for the experience! Soli Deo Gloria: The Latin for "Glory to God alone.” Towards the Dämmerung (twilight) of his long musical life, Bach said, "Weine nicht um mich, denn ich gehe dorthin, wo Musik geboren wird!" ("Do not cry for me, for I go where music is born!" 😇). To paraphrase Giuseppe Verdi - whose great operatic example was Mozart - "Bach is the only one..." Mike D.

[@natzhao3260]

The harpsichordist's passion is just something else

[@BryanHo]

Hard to believe he was churning these out on a weekly basis with such high quality in addition of all his other music. Sad to think about how many more have been lost to the winds of time.

[@wolsch3435]

Bach researchers suppose that around 80-100 cantatas "have been lost to the winds of time". At a certain point after a lot of struggles with church and city authorities in Leipzig Bach refused to write more cantatas. With 300 of them he had already enough for every sunday in the church.

[@jaikee9477]

@@wolsch3435 It's still possible to discover unknown Bach works. For instance in 2004 several arias by Bach were found in Weimar in a box of birthday cards among holdings of the Anna Amalia Library. My favourite: BWV 1128 was found in an attic in the town of Frankenmuth, Michigan USA in 1934. 18th century German migrants brought it there unknowingly.

[@suerobinson1323]

@@jaikee9477 Amazing

[@bobsartor515]

These folks literally "churn" out a great performance as well.

[@herrickinman9303]

Bach was required to supply only one cantata per month at the Weimar ducal court for which this cantata was composed, and there he had professional musicians on the court payroll at his disposal. In Leipzig, where he was expected to supply music for every Sunday for each of the town's three main churches, he was not expected to supply new music or even original music. Even if he had time (between administrative duties and private lessons) to compose a new cantata for every Sunday, it's very unlikely that there would be time to prepare performance copies (by hand) and rehearse it in time for next Sunday, especially when you consider that the Thomasschule singers were not professional musicians. According to his famous letter to the town council, many of the resident students at the Thomasschule could barely sing a hymn tune, some were not fit for music at all, and the rest needed training before they could be usable. Like his predecessor Johann Kuhnau, Bach had to rely on the voluntary services of Leipzig university students to perform his cantatas. If you've ever performed a Bach cantata, recall how many weeks (not days) it took to rehearse it.

[@ollehedstrom3536]

Virtually each and every Bach cantata is on an incredible level of musicality. This one is no exception from that. Great NBS!

[@princeandrey]

Yes, that's right.

[@princeandrey]

Mozart and Beethoven are welcomed to Heaven by God, who urges them to sit on either side of him. But, says one of them, what about Bach? To which God responds, "I am Bach!"

[@andrewsnow1933]

Imagine hearing bach for the first time and marvelling at its greatness. That's how i feel listening to it for the thousandth time.

[@ulrichbeinering7754]

You' re right. Hearing Bach you will never come to an End, this Universe named Bach is greater than all human Phantasie.

[@thegolgatha5337]

What a beautiful voice, what a masterclass of interpretation. Drives me to tears. Lovely.

[@javiergilvidal1558]

Sounds like a woman. This cantata´s stark message calls for a strong, masculine voice!

[@bertbos406]

Unbelievable cantata. What a music performance. I never heard this one, but it had stolen my heart. Also the text, how deep that goes for a sinner's heart like mine. God ask everything but pureness from our heart. Even the battle against sin.

[@lovrokljun3664]

It is my first time hearing this cantata BWV 54 but it has since become my favorite cantata of them all. It is just so powerful and beautiful that I have probably listened to it well over 100 times in the last week. The conductor Mortensen is just the best one to conduct this cantata. Thank you Netherlands Bach Society for this recording.

[@ernst-dietmarhorstmann4949]

I love the first violin. He plays perfectly and with emotions. In so many performances of the Netherland Bach Society. You all are the best. Keep up your good work in the memory of J.S.Bach. May the Allmighty bless you all. Best wishes form the free and hanseatic city of Hamburg !

[@ru99414]

First time I'm hearing this cantata, but oh my goodness this was incredibly touching and satisfying. That instrumental section of the first aria must be one of my favorites I have heard recently from a cantata and is something you want to play over and over, because you want more of that world of beautiful tonality and the satisfying harmony Bach only lets blossom out for a moment. For a first impression, it felt like Mortensen and the orchestra articulated this first aria perfectly, I can't imagine any other version

[@qwaqwa1960]

Search out the Glenn Gould performance. Utterly inauthentic, but he really milks those stunning suspensions...

[@jeanlouistondu7830]

I have a magnficient version by the conter alto Birgit Finnila

[@bergspot]

Totally agree. Been listening this like mad. Although I got to know this from another group, NBS plays it equally satisfying.

[@SergeyAkhunov]

Best, Best, Best performance of this wonderful cantata!!! Bravo!

[@grahamnancledra7036]

Excellent Performance of this delightful cantata. Admittedly it is one of my favourites. I do have to praise the lower strings especially the violas and cellos which I thought were superb. Thanks to all at the NBS once again. My greetings to you all from Port Moresby PNG.

[@conforzo]

It's lovely to see when a Continuo/Conductor really just surrenders to the music and lets his body become one with it.

[@BkltdCo]

Was just awakened by this rare and beautiful cantata from my childhood🎶🎻! #JSB for the WIN 🥇

[@onetaste629]

So uplifting to be able to hear such quality recordings of Bach in these challenging and emotionally turbulent times. Well done NBS!

[@neeltheother2342]

It's easy to get lost in the beauty of it all and not realize just how great Bach's use of harmony is. The cantata in particular is a great example. Also, I didn't know that Linus Tech Tips played the viola!

[@bergspot]

My god! What a blessing to hear this. Netherlands Bach Society truly brings Bach to life. This cantata has been my No 1 listening this summer. Mesmerizing! The guy playing and conducting is in trance.

[@pipetman4645]

Idk if you’ll read my comment, but it would be awesome if you guys put together some bach cantata albums on the market. Not many organizations have such wide repertoire on cantatas, let alone never failing to maintain such magnificent interpretation. Huge props to you guys.

[@mariaasombrada3964]

At first I thought the pace was too fast, but Mr Mortensen pulled it off beautifully. Thank you for yet another luminous upload.

[@valobarroco]

Beautiful performance and marvellous countertenor!!! Conductor's movements of his body and his face are the only thing that didn't let me enjoy this concert 100%.

[@georgebowyer8823]

Thank you NBS - brilliant as always. Very nice interpretation.

[@johntuffin3262]

Whenever I hear this I am bowled over by the depth of Bach’s faith.

[@hardmuscl4life]

I have eagerly awaited this particular cantata as it is a particular favorite of mine. In my youth, I looked to the Concentus Musicus Wien for the best in Bach interpretations. Your ensemble represents, for me, the very best period sensitive performances being made today . Each recording is a precious gem which enlightens and enriches my appreciation of Bach’s music. Many thanks, George.

[@will.sagastume]

Like all the others, first time hearing this cantata, and now it is my new favorite. Thanks NBS.

[@HerrrTantris]

Such an original Bach! Just marvelous!

[@thomaspeacock9375]

The raw power and drive here is incredible

[@mickhopkins8332]

This is so gorgeous it always makes me cry.

[@willcwhite]

100% thought this was the Duke of Cambridge from the thumbnail image.

[@geoffsaunders7458]

And Bill Nighy on cello...

[@jorgelovera1638]

Awaking in México with this interpretation🤩🌞🌄

[@Rasenschneider]

Wonderful performance, great choreography, fantastic looks

[@Namaster88]

Was waiting for this one 😍

[@colin0630]

Der Bass von Cello und Bass machen diese Version des Stücks…. Unglaublich! Gut gemacht! ❤❤

[@valtergilenardi2639]

Basti pensare che la musica del grande Johann Sebastian Bach ❤ 👑🎼🎶🎻 mi ha aiutato a guarire dalla Depressione lo amerò finché avrò vita ...Grazie Immenso Kappellmeister di Lipsia ( che Dio ti abbia in gloria 🙏 )

[@diariodeumadeserdada7563]

Muito lindo adoro bach 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@cavandavidson1185]

I absolutely love widerstehe, and here the playing and singing are immaculate. I think the tempo set is just a fraction too fast.

[@VocalEdgeTV]

Cello lady killing it. Congrats to everyone for a stunning performance. Countertenor with the gorgeous tone and baller melismas 🔥

[@ilbiancofiore]

Magnificent NBS, you light up my heart every day. I hope my fellow fans will join me in making a contribution your always-superior work. Link discreetly buried in the description. I promise, you will only wish you could give more!

[@floriandevuyst]

Written by Bach at 19 y.o., stunning

[@hannusavijarvi1503]

actually 29

[@blueeyedbehr]

right off the bat, bach started off with a dominant 7th chord over a tonic bass, to immediately show tension in the music, based on the text. was this the first time any piece began with such a chordal structure?

[@christianstroh8306]

Liebe Musiker, vielen Dank! Gelobt sei Jesus Christus!

[@anthonyhugh8687]

Is there an organ in the recording, playing perhaps the figured bass or the viola part, with a flute-like tone? Cannot see it, but seem to be hearing it from time to time.

[@notaire2]

Wunderschöne und lebhafte Aufführung dieser kompakten und fein komponierten Kantate mit herrlicher Stimme des genialen Solisten und perfekt entsprechenden Tönen aller Instrumente. Der geniale Cembalist/Dirigent leitet das ausgezeichnete Ensemble im gut phrasierten Tempo und mit perfekt kontrollierter Dynamik. Alles ist erstklassig!

[@ulrichreifenrath2869]

Bis auf deinen ewig gleich langweiligen Kommentar aus dem Steinbruch der Phrasendrescherei.

[@notaire2]

@@ulrichreifenrath2869 Bitte ignorieren alle meinen Kommentare. Da will ich alle Ihren Kommentare ignorieren.

[@nadinelandry7092]

Magnifique interprétation

[@michaelwinningham6166]

Beautiful! I am sorry it has taken me so long to discover the Netherlands Bach Society! Thank you!

[@adrianagonzalez5475]

Excelente interpretación,tanto instrumental,como del canto

[@RPGgamer1010220]

Put the speed at .75. I think this cantata is better at this slightly slower speed. Before I heard this cantata I usually just listened to Bach's piano and harpsichord pieces. Finding this cantata was an unexpected joy. Now I'm going through all the canatas on the channel. They are surprisingly good. Then again it is Bach. He was the master of music.

[@purpurina5663]

There is a much slower, wonderfully cadenced (if less baroque) version by the Collegium Vocale Gent with Andreas Scholl as countertenor. Worth a listen!

[@thloniousmonk]

数あるBWV 54 の演奏のなかで、たぶん一番好きかも。スピード抑揚と各パートのバランスが取れている。各パートのレベルが高い。指揮者と演奏者の情熱の為せる技。

[@drizzy8450]

HAVE TO SAY THIS CHANNEL IS GREAT! I wish, however, there was a playlist of all the pieces that didn't have the 5-second introduction theme in between each song/piece/thing. Again, great performances and this channel is awesome!

[@maricarmen4534]

Hermoso!!!!... Me ha encantado!!!💓... Gracias por compartirla...💓

[@aimilios439]

Favourite and exceptional, even for Bach. Thanks!

[@birdzzzondayflu2489]

Good god I can’t imagine how much Bach would lose his mind hearing this - write a cantata, rehearse, and perform it then start over agian

[@ElieNaulleau]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Sublime

[@virtualpilgrim8645]

Rick Beato sent me here...

[@jack-danielbalantine156]

Very truly touching performance

[@askim925]

Thank you for making this video. I knew Mera Yoshikazu and Andreas Scholl but this is also great.

[@mrroneill99]

Outstanding! ❤️🎼🎵🎶👏🇮🇪☘️

[@enzocori5170]

tears..........

[@NewTrinityBaroque]

A truly wonderful cantata, and amazing performance! :)

[@Wazoox]

Thank you for these tears in my eyes :)

[@farid-de-musset]

don't dry your tears on your beautiful eyes they mean you're becoming more deeply human....(sorry for my english i'm french)

[@friedrichExplorer]

Also, doch wunderbar 👍👍😇

[@jedavilav1]

Una de las más bellas cantatas de Bach, finamente dirigida por Montensen y cantada preciosamente por un contratenor no muy conocido, pero de gran calidad: Maarten Engeltjes! Gracias NBS, son Uds. una bendición!

[@a5kobe313]

didn't realize HRH prince William such a good singer... very high pitch too

[@nataliawaldenmayer8374]

Hervorragend!

[@vos8390]

Wauw wat prachtig...machtig......

[@andersrhedin1877]

I love to hear the soft voice of the counter tenor! Übrigens auch eine wunderbar Darstellung vielen Dank!🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@cillyede]

Sehr gut, dankeschön.

[@tinekedijk7385]

Prachtige naam......Engeltjes! So suitable.

[@dredd1761]

Yes, Rick Beato sent me here.

[@jojojam6012]

Cèst magnifique. Geweldig !!

[@javanautski]

Love the message. It's so ... manly.

[@roberthoover2456]

Awesome vocal athleticism!

[@billspeer8387]

Thank you for sharing your gift with all of us, Maarten!

[@l.g.8028]

All performers are superb, however Maarten took it to the next level. Thank you all for such a lovely piece of art!

[@lenanielsen5903]

🍃So beautiful🍃

[@markharder3676]

Such passionate urgency! The throbbing bass line is responsible, I think. Listen and watch also BWV 118, which uses the same technique. It's on KZbin in Tubemusic form. I'm sure there are other, more conventional formats on YT.

[@bach]

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[@Gunterlooker]

Finally Mr. Sato has found a rival for his sport of exaggerated, histrionic head shaking for the show.

[@Lasse_Viklund]

The cello guy looks so cool!

[@felixchinde2209]

Did the conductor get is cue wrong at 0:39 or perhaps he was just waving at someone. Great video though. Love it!! Thank you

[@hansaniarchibald6919]

He wasn't giving a cue he was conducting/gesturing the phrase. Also conductors will often give anticipated beats, phrases and gestures as opposed to conducting on the beat. because at certain situation "on the beat" will be "late" coming from the conductor.

[@grahamnancledra7036]

To me, he was giving encouragement to the Violas, who were standing away to the right for a gorgeous embellishment that Bach had written for them to perform. Nothing better than encouraging Viola players.

[@korean.neri927]

감사합니다. ❤️❤️❤️

[@Reino_X]

I love this ❤

[@TheSummoner]

0:26 this is your brain on Bach

[@floridamansgarage8629]

Translation of cantata from german to english. Widerstehe doch der Sünde (Arie) Stand firm against sin, otherwise its poison seizes hold of you. Do not let Satan blind you for to desecrate the honour of God meets with a curse, which leads to death. Die Art (Rezitativ) The nature of loathsome sins is indeed from outside very beautiful; but you must afterwards with sorrow and frustration experience much hardship. From outside it is gold but if you want to look more closely it is shown to be only an empty shadow and whitewashed tomb. It is like the apples of Sodom and those who join with it do not reach God's kingdom. It is like a sharp sword that goes through our body and soul. Wer Sünde tut (Arie Who commits sins is of the devil, for it is he who has produced them. but if against its despicable mobs with true devotion you stand firm, sin has at once fled away.

[@Saturae]

Welgedaan, Maarten Engeltjes!

[@kevinwingfield2007]

Lovely music well done. Who knew Keith Richards played keyboards?

[@Astor962]

Wonderful. Maybe someone will find the first aria a little too fast, but time flows in a particular way in this music ...

[@michaelbock19641]

I haven't heard a more emotional interpretation yet. Apart from the countertenor, whose voice color I don't like (sorry) the musical development is fantastic. Lars Ulrik Mortonsen created a dynamic, even a beat through the dominance of the harpsichord, which probably perfectly reproduces the baroque world of Bach. This strong rhythm carries you away and wonderfully reinforces the message "Widerstehe doch der Sünde“

[@crisduchatelle]

Formidable 🙏

[@klaudeany]

Bellísimo

[@LordBubuu]

Maravilloso. Bach es vida.

[@LordBubuu]

Sigue siéndolo.

[@jotapevaldivia]

Vielen Dank… wie immer wunderbar. Leider ist hier die Worten aus Englisch.. (aber Bach ist Deutscher und dies Stück singt der Solist auch auf deutsch.. ) Es ist ja ein mix Salat zwischen Englisch und Deutsch ..

[@Pianonote78]

“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” - Joshua 24:15 God’s truth will march on throughout all eternity and all his adversaries shall be dashed to pieces like a potter’s vessel. Submit to the Son of God or be broken…

[@Herfinnur]

This is one of those pieced where I think Glenn Gould was right in his choice of tempo. It’s so much more beautiful played slower.

[@valtergilenardi2639]

Qualcuno ha scritto che la Musica di Bach è carica di un'umanita' commovente....Aveva ragione! 😊🌅👑 🎼🎶🎶

[@MatthewBluefox]

Wow, power pace in 10 minutes. :)

[@jara1941]

Zó mooi!

[@Gabriel_Campos-ug3wn]

Magnífico

[@sarribel]

The NBS are outstanding. This Cantata is outstanding and touching. This countertenor is not muy cup of tea. He is Unable to transmit the greatness of this composition. Eskerrik asko. Thank you. Bilbao. Euskal Herria/Basque Country