Bach - Chorale Christus, der ist mein Leben BWV 282 | Netherlands Bach Society

[@ののり-j2z]

Christus, der ist mein Leben, Sterben ist mein Gewinn; dem tu' ich mich ergeben, mit Freud' fahr' ich dahin. Alsdann sein sanft und stille, Herr, laß mich schlafen ein nach deinen Rat und Willen, wenn kommt mein Stündelein.

[@emfox6280]

Christ is my life, to die is my gain, to him I surrender myself, with joy I depart, then gently and calmly, Lord, let me fall asleep according to your plan and wish, when the hour of my death comes.

[@jlaurson]

Wowsers. How nicely this was pried open... opening a chasm that allows a glimpse of renaissance music.

[@lenanielsen5903]

A quiet Bach chorale that touches with its beautiful voices and the crisp tones of the lute so wonderful Thank's NBS

[@baroqueanimation982]

0:17 "oh what a nice note" :D --> 0:19 "Oh my, did not expect that interval" 0.o

[@EliotKiti]

OwO

[@MitchBoucherComposer]

*shocked Pikachu face*

[@CaptJackAubreyOfTheRoyalNavy]

Bach was so creative. Such a masterful artist. And remember this was church music in the 1700s. He was pushing boundaries here.

[@MitchBoucherComposer]

@@CaptJackAubreyOfTheRoyalNavy He really did push boundaries. What a guy!

[@CaptJackAubreyOfTheRoyalNavy]

@@MitchBoucherComposer He was amazing. My favorite composer. I looked at the score for this chorale. Looks like an F minor-major 7 chord to me, in a chorale that's in G major. Pretty wild chord for a standard church chorale. Although, no Bach chorales are truly "standard." I can only imagine what listeners thought upon hearing this for the first time at church!

[@MrCreepie2302]

Even the short pieces of Bach are a real pleasure to listen to Thanks NBS

[@hectorderivas1221]

Agreed, Marlon! By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. kzbin.info

[@klop4228]

Especially when performed by NBS!

[@cassianobarros7948]

So simple and at the same time so sophisticated! Moving performance! Congratulations!

[@wolfgangrohts369]

The Master of eternal music creates a simple choral and makes it an outstanding work of art. I think Mozart would have given his right hand for composing such a piece. But he was not able to. Look at those simple Bach-chorals like "Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden" or "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme". Milestones of european music.

[@nawfalsalman3074]

This is reminiscent of the fantastic chorus of BWV 95. Nice performance 💖

[@artgamesforfun]

listening to this is like opening a jewel box stuffed full of gems

[@Trillora]

Just beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. 💕

[@danipar7388]

Everyone should listen to this

[@Whaturthink]

Amazing.

[@hectorderivas1221]

Indeed! By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music: W. Ferdinand. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. kzbin.info

[@stereotyp9991]

This is it. The great perfection.

[@espressonoob]

beautiful

[@grafvonsylt]

Beautiful!

[@hectorderivas1221]

Absolutely agree! By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music: W. Ferdinand. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. kzbin.info

[@franciscoe.novalessalinas4981]

EXTRAORDINARIO Y BELLÍSIMO INSTANTE. GRACIAS DESDE MÉXICO

[@pierre-jeanbaranger5204]

Un pur bonheur merci !

[@FollowerOfChrist0708]

Soli DEO Gloria!!✝️❤️‍🔥🙏

[@johntang3238]

That harmonic crunch! Delicious~~~

[@3Vale]

may God bless you...

[@aprilparkhouse4245]

Short, but very sweet! Thank you once again, NBS.

[@hectorderivas1221]

Agreed! By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. kzbin.info

[@eddingtonmcclane6963]

Gracious, this is lovely.

[@katbullar]

Absolutely exquisit...

[@MitchBoucherComposer]

Perfect. This is just...perfect.

[@stereotyp9991]

4 singers. Just the right number of singers :-)

[@dyllywylly]

Anything with a theorbo! Well done!

[@anselmoubiratan8674]

Sublime!

[@ck1578]

"There is the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Therefore there must be a God." - Peter Kreeft

[@MrAristaeus]

I adore the music of J.S. Bach, but, even with every best intention, this comment is absurd. With respect, the music of Johann Sebastian Bach proves his own genius, and neither proves or disproves the existence of a God.

[@ck1578]

Kreeft said you either get it or you don't. It is a subjective approach to a philosophical issue. As an evolved primate I see this as a very fulfilling subjective argument. The genius is there and can naturally be explained, but why? Why do we humans have this need for such nonessentials? And why are there only a few of this level? Is there not, at least a Platonic Ideal that we are aiming at? I think this is this anything but absurd, and goes to the core of who we are as humans. Such genius points to something that led to a leap from a laws of the jungle. - not that many of us do not struggle with such instinctual forces everyday. But, why?

[@ollehedstrom3536]

@@MrAristaeus well put!

[@112BALAGE112]

"What I have achieved by industry and practice, anyone else with tolerable natural gift and ability can also achieve." JSB

[@dominicestebanrice7460]

Why? Don't ask why, just how. What does asking why someone strives like JSB for perfection in music say about why someone like Napoleon, Hitler or Putin strives for the grotesque? Human capabilities & characteristics exist on a bell curve and prove nothing about the existence of God; equating God with human genius fails completely on every level.

[@Mignarda]

Beautifully sung, and an interesting choice to add theorbo accompaniment. It may have been more appropriate to substitute a gallichon (mandora) instead, since this version of the lute was known to be present and in use by Bach and his colleagues, while the theorbo was not. It's a good thing the chorale is so short though, because my back hurts just seeing the S-curve contortion the player forms when holding the instrument in that very novel manner. Ouch.

[@wapolo1974]

That’s quite interesting! Was the theorbo not used at all in Germany? I’m guessing that the thirteen course lute along with the gallichon were the most commonly played plucked instruments at that time.

[@Mignarda]

@@wapolo1974 There is scant evidence of the theorbo (as we know it) played in the German states during Bach's era, and any mention at all likely referenced a different instrument than the one we are accustomed to seeing today. Weiss is said to have invented the "German theorbo" which is tuned intervallically the same as the d-minor baroque lute, only presumably at a lower pitch. Yes, apparently the gallichon was the preferred instrument for accompanying in Bach's era, and this instrument was found in the inventory of instruments at the Thomasschule Leipzig. The theorbo was not. I don't like to detract from this beautiful performance of Bach's chorale setting, but you must understand that most of today's recreations of baroque music miss the mark by a mile, mostly due to the time-sucking inconvenience of research into performance details, and the modern tendency to recreate the past according to how we would wish it to be.

[@jlaurson]

The theorbo is the HIPster's a-historical (but adorable) gimmick for Bach performances and has been for almost two decades. Its long neck sticking out of pits across the lands signalling: We're serious about this. :-)

[@SDGRTX1455]

Por siempre Bach#14

[@johnwade7430]

Interesting Chorale - not sure many congregations could manage those intervals though;-)

[@josenildo2189]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 wonderful

[@smallfry3017]

This must be the most consoling music ever.

[@mjacapellaversion8314]

Hi, I would like to ask, if you know when you will publish Bach violin concerto in A minor ? I would love to hear that ?

[@bach]

We have recorded this work (BWV 1041), but the release date is not yet known. So stay tuned ;)

[@TheMusicofKathleenVick]

Inaccurate text translation from NBS. More accurate would be: Christ is my life, Dying is my gain; I submit to it; I go there with joy. Then fine, gentle and quiet, Lord let me sleep According to your advice and will When my hour comes.

[@professorprovichance7260]

The translation given is a singable one, not one intended primarily to be word-for-word accurate.

[@古川みどり-g8p]

たゆたうような…

[@qwaqwa1960]

Pls explain...WHAT IS THIS? A stand-alone piece? Beautiful...

[@robloxmaniacdanceandshake7871]

Common man!..... Brilliant isn't even the world which describes...

[@linovidyasagara1005]

Like it😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤

[@sunayaras5360]

😇

[@BinaryBard64]

That's not a guitar... THIS is a guitar!

[@ankavoskuilen1725]

Strange that sterben and Herr are written on the same notes. Sterben, I understand, but why Herr????

[@pedterson]

If I understands Christianity right, death is the return to God. So I'd assume in the chorale both "sterben" and "Herr" represent the same transition and resolution.

[@ankavoskuilen1725]

@@pedterson O that could be it. Now I remember another line (from Schütz, I think): Sterben ist mein Gewin. For them sterben was not that bad. Although the notes on that word were pretty grim.

[@wesselsloetjes7621]

@@ankavoskuilen1725 Bach always wrote his chorale settings on a specific text. I think the NBS should have left it with the first verse only.

[@ankavoskuilen1725]

@@wesselsloetjes7621 Yes, that might have been better, although the texts of first and second verse seem inextricably connected.

[@wesselsloetjes7621]

@@ankavoskuilen1725 Agree with the coherence in the text! (Although the choice of verse 6 'as second' is also somewhat arbitrary.)

[@jslonisch]

Holy dissonance Batman!

[@SeeWoelfin]

Absolutely :D