Bach - Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 - Zerer | Netherlands Bach Society

'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme', performed by Wolfgang Zerer for All of Bach, is more or less a literal copy of ‘Zion hört die Wächter singen’, the fourth movement of Bach’s masterly cantata 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme' BWV 140. The viola and violin parts are played in unison in the right hand and the bass parts in the pedal. The arrangement is simple, with a couple of surprising tricks.
Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 21st 2014 at St Catherine's Church, Hamburg. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating bit.ly/2uZuMj5.
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Wolfgang Zerer, organist
Organ: Various builders between the 15th and 19th century. Restoration: Flentrop 2013

[@bach]

Please note: this is an improved version of an earlier release. The reverb of the final chord has been extended.

[@1guitarlover]

When I listen to this interpretation I always remember my father, who passed away two and a half years ago. ♥️✝️

[@emilpetri]

I get goosebumps when I think that Bach himself has also played on this organ! I really love Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme. The original and the Organ Version.

[@andreamundt]

Das Tempo ruht in sich selbst, und die Triller sind so vollkommen, daß sie einfach und natürlich wirken. Was für eine hervorragend schöne Aufnahme! 🧭🎁

[@pamelafrancis4476]

Just the right tempo and phrasing to hear, thank you!

[@RalphLooij]

I agree!

[@tom_szcz_org]

The registration is also very nice 😁

[@pyraledubuis9744]

Very nice phrasé and articulation (elegantly outlined but sound attack of pipes), such research of a careful and singing conduction of the choral phrase, usual at harpischord is so rare at organ... Makes the chant almost voca, which is not easy at organ. Thank You.

[@pyraledubuis9744]

vocal sorry (not "voca")

[@Gottenhimfella]

@@pyraledubuis9744 I agree with every word you wrote. Some performers (mercifully, not many) go to the extreme of smearing the articulation of JSB's divine counterpoint, which to me is almost like attacking a great oilpainting with a spray can of solvent.

[@donaldaxel]

I love the recording, reverb and all, and especially I like how Wolfgang Zerer has command over the trills and acciaccatura. This piece is gold.

[@RalphLooij]

That's quite a treat today, 3 pieces on 3 different organs by 3 organists. Thanks!

[@musikfamilie_kammenos]

Eines meiner Lieblingsstücke von Bach! Danke!

[@1guitarlover]

Mein auch! Sehr toll!!! ♥️♥️♥️

[@carlocucchiara9198]

I was 12 years old when I met Bach with this piece and I never left him.

[@pamelafrancis4476]

That's a wonderful thing to say!

[@chicos_7]

i was blessed to hear him when i was a child at my old old school many years ago. never have i turned any of his music away.

[@thenoblepoptart]

uhm, actually, bach has been dead for 274 years ☝️🤓

[@chicos_7]

@ he’s talking about his music dummy

[@eduardoluisoliveiradias6397]

This song take me to some place where just there's joy and goodnesses

[@arontesfay2520]

It gives me a similar experience but I think I'd just ruin the sublimity of the experience if I tried putting it into words. Lol.

[@RussellKeatsRivas]

So atmospheric the way this organist majestically presents himself. A treat filled with warmth and joy…. Thanks!

[@焼き芋-w1g]

When I listen to the performance, it seems that the day is over safely today, and I feel at ease.

[@Finn-gx6ir]

schön und jenseits der Schöpfung, die Obscura und der unendliche Raum ist

[@notaire2]

Wunderschöne Aufführung dieses perfekt komponierten und fein arrangierten Meisterstücks im gut betrachteten Tempo mit verschiedenen Tönen der perfekt rekonstruierten Orgel und mit sorgfältig kontrollierter Dynamik. Wahrlich intelligenter und genialer Organist!

[@annefrancoisepolonini6982]

Wunderbarer Chor unter allen! es erinnert mich daran, als ich am Ausgang der großen Messen spielte Es war vor langer Zeit

[@simonwilliams2470]

The ornamentation on this piece, in left and right hands, is so important, and I really enjoyed this. Agree with other comments that the tempo chosen was a good one. Thank you.

[@13021969]

Lovely tempo! Excellent articulation, beautiful played.

[@guyjm.willems]

Magnifique interprétation sur un très bon instrument🎵🎶🎼

[@jorisbak9565]

Beautiful! His Weckmann recordings are also very nice!

[@SkyQuest2K8]

Thank you very much! This is my favorite pipe organ piece.

[@franciscoe.novalessalinas4981]

MAESTRO ZERER BELLA EJECUCIÓN GRACIAS DESDE MÉXICO

[@organvlnBach2Bach]

Beautiful phrasing. You bring the music to life!

[@Gottenhimfella]

Indeed, and the translucent articulation is a sheer joy

[@frunomaol5069]

This shows me how the music is made, each hand doing different things, yet working together. Bach's music is complex yet attractive and sometimes profound. I like this piece. (I have no musical training, but I like JSB.)

[@ahmetbaykara.mp3]

Also Including the feet makes bass continue at the same time 🔥😱🥰

[@moonbeamchaos]

One needs no training to love Bach!❤❤❤

[@frunomaol5069]

Absolutely agree, (but for me, some pieces I love, others, i can leave).​@@moonbeamchaos

[@frunomaol5069]

Thanks for pointing out about the feet. A true feat.

[@timmax912]

que musica linda !! muito obrigado por compor essa obra d arte eterna para nós !!

[@siso9688]

I like this "Wachet auf" since many, many years. Thank you :)

[@GilbertoGuarino]

Not without reason, Wiliams wrote: "The achieving of a melody independent of the chorale is spectacular." (In Williams, P., "The Organ Music of J. S. Bach", p. 325, second edition, Cambridge University Press).

[@grazianolauzana2236]

God Bless You!

[@MarieTudorr]

one of my favorite music by Bach played on my favorite instrument, what else could I ask for ?

[@MariaManuelRito]

its because of this i am musician. Divine

[@jimhill4725]

This is just called: "Wachet Auf" ? I woke up and heard it : it's WAY beyond " unbelievable" ! it's just :incredible.

[@johanngottliebgoldberg1055]

It is called "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme." It is based on the chorale with the same name. The melody in the left hand is the melody of the chorale.

[@MariaManuelRito]

its because of this i am a musician from heaven

[@t.m.carter4171]

Wonderful

[@AmadoSanzu]

This is beautiful.

[@ronaldmessina4229]

Der Herr Johann, und seiner feir Kinden, Wunderbar

[@ronaldmessina4229]

Est ist fier

[@nathandomshy3090]

I love that one. I heard that at church as a prelude

[@DreanPetruza]

I grew to love this piece from the computer game Friday 13th. Crazy, huh?

[@CentralSulcus14]

パイプオルガンの優しい音色が一番にあう曲かと思います。とても安らぎますね。

[@1guitarlover]

Right!!! ♥️♥️

[@giltecnoredes]

beautiful !!!!

[@walterwhipple7477]

A beautiful 8' principal!

[@jeannedjaballah6319]

Thank you for this gift...it's so suitable right now during the pandemic...Wake, o wake for Night is falling. Phillipe Nicolai wrote it in 1597 during a very serious pandemic and the message is still pertinent today. We must be ready to meet the coming Saviour.

[@thomasyamaguchi6434]

Among the arts one of human most high use of inspiration in music language was certainly BWV645. Thank you all from the NBS ( Netherlands Bach Society). Keep the joy in Salvation.

[@markuskohler1196]

Großartig!

[@Aalii6]

beautiful!

[@chopinfanne8021]

wow, I'm impressed with his ability to play trills with the left hand!

[@anonamos8129]

Love this channel!

[@alessandrofinozzi8265]

negli anni '60 era stata utilizzata per la pubblicità di un profumo (forse....): allora ero un bambino, ma la musica mi aveva profondamente impressionato e da lì è cominciato il mio amore per Bach

[@lidiafersuoch8674]

stessa cosa è successa a me!!! Ero piccola e sono rimasta sconvolta. Stavo attaccata alla televisione sperando passasse la pubblicità

[@alessandrofinozzi8265]

CHE BELLA QUESTA CONDIVISIONE DI EMOZIONI TRA PERSONE CHE NON SI CONOSCONO.... MAGIA ED INCANTO DELLA MUSICA DI BACH ! TI AUGURO UN FELICE NUOVO ANNO @@lidiafersuoch8674

[@ЭльмираТакаева-я5э]

Super👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@susannesonne7056]

Wachet auf....❤❤❤

[@lluisrafalessole-classical5068]

Nice music 🎹

[@kazimierzwielki2349]

I'd like to be there to listen. Thank you!

[@darkchild_13]

❤️❤️❤️ I wanna learn it ASAP

[@CaptTerrific]

So fast.... those sleepers are definitely awake now!! :D

[@邦彦高橋-z9h]

バッハさん、美しい曲を残してくれてありがとう!

[@elson6277]

Saudações do Brasil.

[@timmax912]

i love very muchhh🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@aenema22]

My goodness do I need to work on my trills!

[@supersoggycheese]

As do I!

[@fernandoreis5909]

Maravilha 🎉

[@flemmingranch8777]

Smuk og velklingende skøn musik, velspillet og melodisk ......

[@michaelthomy6500]

The angels hear Mozart, God hears Bach!

[@ChampagneCraig]

Paradiesisch.

[@엘라이엠새미]

모르간 연주 푹 빠젔어요 바흐 사랑해~♡

[@narekzamanyan893]

This is also an Aria in BWV 140.

[@LifeSkillsYT101]

Lets get this to 1 million views! ❤❤ #1 million views challenge.

[@TheShredfest89]

Can Zerer come back for a few more songs?

[@i.m.Q.2]

Its strange to hear a pipe organ where you can hear the breaths from the pipes! 👍😥

[@Egill2011]

Curious that the tune is heard also in the eponymous cantata.

[@neoaureus]

is this meant to be played in a halting manner... almost start stop way. Dont know whether this is intentional interpretation.

[@annafalcone6530]

❤❤❤

[@afterall5182]

Благослови Вас Б-г.

[@antoninopirrone2541]

❤❤

[@noelhausler2911]

Bach lost his parents at an early age, los his first wife and several of his 16 children. He wrote cantatas and secular music as well.

[@christophrapp8863]

In deed!

[@om0005]

Whiter Shade of Pale 2021

[@NateDulcimer]

What frequency is this organ tuned to? I was listening, and I realized that even though he is playing in Eb, the organ sounds as if it were E

[@bach]

The Netherlands Bach Society is a period ensemble. We play on (copies of) instruments from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In those days, the tuning was not A-440 or A=442 Hz, as is the standard today, but A=415 or A=465 Hz. That's the reason why it sounds different than we are used to.

[@1guitarlover]

@@bach Awsome answer. Thank you for your attention to detail. I truly love your videos. ♥️

[@jensthunbo]

@@bachExcuse me, but this leaves me puzzled, too: the original Eb at A=415 would sound lower than a modern Eb at A=440 - but this recording equals modern E? I would expect ~modern D?

[@Gottenhimfella]

@@jensthunbo The original post refers to A=465 as well as A=415

[@jurgenmrozek9848]

Hatte ich mal als Klimgelton.

[@remyfix6720]

"Si quelqu'un doit beaucoup à Bach, c'est Dieu."

[@baldwin9180]

Germans are the best composers.

[@paulfaulkner8788]

I think you'll find the Russians are better and the English are best!

[@TheKlavier77]

I think both these comments are spurious at best. Every part of the world had/has master composers

[@ArimaIra-h9o]

Organ version of cantata BWV 140?

[@bach]

Yes, the fourth movement

[@JoseManuelRosaPerez]

Bach is, by far, the best musician ever and a great believer in God and his son Jesus Christ. Curiously, opening the competition to occupy the position of director of the music school and the church of Saint Thomas in Leipzig, several musicians presented themselves. After the presentation of the respective works, Johann Sebastian Bach occupies sixth place. Due to different reasons, the five before him resigned, Bach did accept the position of school and church musician. Councilman Platz observed in the final committee session that, "since we can't get any of the best musicians we will have to choose a mediocre one." What an unfair and lapidary phrase! How many times are people's lives decided in this way!Bach's music is that of a huge believer in Christian dogmas. Most of his works have the following inscription at the beginning: I.I (Iesus iuva: Jesus help me) and ends with S.D.G (Soli Deo Gloria: only glory to God). Such was Bach's faith that, in the words of his son Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, "the whole family began daily activities by praying the creed."

[@Jaujau933]

I'm sure his beliefs did nothing to enhance the genius he already had. He was not the best musician ever, that's nonsemse.

[@JoseManuelRosaPerez]

@@Jaujau933 Bach is probably the most important musician in history, the musician's musician, and it is not trivial that he has been considered the greatest of all time by the most renowned experts and by the musicians themselves. Wagner, Schoenberg, Schubert and many others recognized the immense greatness of Bach. Mahler said: "In Bach all the essential cells of music are united as the world is to God; there has never been a greater polyphony than this." Beethoven compared The Well-Tempered Harpsichord (his cycle of preludes and fugues) to the Bible. The atheist Nietzsche wrote after hearing The St. Matthew Passion: "One who has completely forgotten Christianity here hears it as gospel."

[@macanudo1808]

dedicated to Mirina Cortes.

[@flyingsax999]

0:09

[@osamakhattab5459]

Beethoven:ich liebe nur ihn , er ist God

[@KL-zg7lu]

Prelude to an obituary

[@annasbagdat4036]

Qulaqtan kirip boıdy alar...

[@maksimvorobev7394]

Bach is the only true christian I've known in my life. And the only person who make me doubt my views about this ridiculous folk stories of lizard eaters of sand

[@coolcool99_Gna]

ruf mich bei deinem Namen

[@Neil-Aspinall]

Ahhh Bach ripped off Procol Harum for this piece.

[@Gottenhimfella]

Yes, scandalous. I remember when I first heard the Rachmaninoff #3 piano concerto, thinking "Just a minute, I think Eric Carmen would have something to say about this!" ;-)

[@miamio4912]

❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂

[@gretchenweiss1925]

mir ist der c.f. zu stark abgesetzt, singt nicht, klingt wie buchstabiert, das ist zuviel für die Aufnahme, klingt im Kirchenraum wohl schöner. Sonst sehr schwungvoll.

[@kobras97]

Einmal sollen alle Masken fallen. Auch hier siegt die Kakophonie über Harmonie. Schade eigentlich, Bach war so imponierend. Doch müssen alle Idole gestürtzt werden. Die Hierige ist die beste Interprätation, die diese grosse Lüge bei Bach's Musik erkenntbar und offenbar macht.

[@keplergso8369]

The phrasing is interesting, but sometimes quite particular, sophisticated, maybe not the only one which can be used. For example, why insist on the D note, at the second bar at the right hand, on the 2 last quavers (D-E flat notes) ? I find that it makes them heavy uselessly, I prefer to play them normally. I prefer to play the pedal notes legato too. I know that everyone has an opinion about Bach phrasing.

[@joecarr2224]

Too much staccato.

[@robloxmaniacdanceandshake7871]

way too fast ... It's suppose to be like a mediation.. Designed to be played, after distribution of Communion... Peaceful... There is no rush, just to be different....

[@clemensgruber6213]

It's about waking up not meditation! ;-)

[@james.housego]

if it was any slower the cantus firmus would sound turgid. remember all baroque music is meant to feel like a dance, liturgical or not

[@stthomasmore4811]

Good tempo and registration BUT: This level of détaché almost sounds like a caricature of "Baroque" articulation. Too detached and FAR too extravagant slowing in the lesser cadences. When your Baroque cadences start to sound like "rubato", you've lost the plot. You do not have to work this hard to make it sound articulate with such a wonderfully 'chiffy' principal. Please, at LEAST legato for the Chorale tune! Otherwise it will just sound quirky-jerky and quaint.

[@jeanzahlen2369]

Je ne supporte pas cette manière de jouer les chorals de Bach.... toutes notes détachées, même le choral. Aucune âme, aucun sentiment. d’une froideur technique redoutable . Simplement artificiel et soécieux.D‘ailleurs vous vous imaginez une communauté chanter comme cela? Ce serait ridicule.