J.S. Bach - Cantata BWV 77 "Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben" (J.S. Bach Foundation)

[@leopoldomarianobuderackygr9803]

It makes me pray to God this night. Such a perfect and beautiful cantata! Thank you with all my heart from Argentina.

[@volkerlindner175]

Laut Trompete zu spielen können viele, aber wie sich Lukas Gothszalk Chor oder der Altistin dynamisch und lyrisch anpasst ist schon beeindruckend. Gerne mehr.

[@davidburnet880]

The best cantata opening chorus of all

[@maryjoburnette7589]

Wonderful!

[@muhsinkanadikirik678]

Göksel nurunla yıka Beni Ey Yüceler YÜCESİ; Bach'ın ilahi müziği ile sarmala sonsuza dek Ey Babamız!.. ❤🎼🙏🎶💙🌸💞

[@bobh5087]

A lovely performance. Many thanks to everyone. Wonderful soloists, and Miriam Feuersinger has the perfect voice for singing Bach: lightness, precision and clarity. Always a joy to hear her. Also, it is great fun to see and hear the imposing and rarely heard 32' Contra Fagotto (playing two octaves below unison pitch) and normally heard only in the Pedal division of larger pipe organs. Ein Feste Burg [BWV 80] is one other Bach cantata that uses it, in the opening chorus and the concluding chorale.

[@herrickinman9303]

The score for BWV 80 specifies a 16' Posaune stop for the organ pedal; there's no 16' or 32' (!) bassoon part in the score. BWV 77 also has no 16' or 32' (!) bassoon part; only an organ with a pedal would have the volume and sustaining power to hold the whole notes of the augmented cantus firmus that are tied over for 3+ measures; for lack of wind power, the poor bassoonist in this performance is forced to play those notes without the ties. In both cantatas, the organ plays an augmented version of the cantus firmus in canon.

[@muhsinkanadikirik678]

👏🤝🎼💙🎶🙏

[@LifeforArt]

Kontrafagott ! Hammersound ! Wie immer bei der Bachstiftung beste Unterhaltung neben allem Ernst.

[@grafvonsylt]

Ganz wunderbar!

[@anneliesnef7895]

Wunderbares Geschenk geöffnet am 21. Dezember

[@larrykatz3333]

Definitely passes the goosebump test!

[@chriseliothernandez]

So good. I love that trumpet.

[@qingzhang221]

fantastic performance

[@slothostpUL]

What beautiful perormance, of course, one that I would love to perform with them. Bachsstiftung is so marvelous. One thing I noticed, and very unique, is that Bach ended on a dominant chord, that makes me wanting even more. Dnake!

[@rocketsroar1]

The final chord is an unmistakable message to the future.

[@billschumacher1883]

Excellent performance - made my day.

[@robertmuller5807]

It is simply wonderful

[@MyFlecha]

Increible el coro, los instrumentos, todo... el nivel es celestial. Tanto nos falta poner en practica lo que dice la letra en este mundo. Felicitaciones.

[@larrydean4433]

The final chord is a message of continuance. Beautiful performance.

[@herrickinman9303]

No. It isn't a message of continuance. But that's a romantic notion that will appeal to some.

[@edgardodelisi8634]

Siempre es grato reencontrarse con las versiones del maestro Lutz y los suyos. El primer coro es maravilloso.

[@edgardodelisi8634]

Acertada la incorporación del contrafagot: los bajos suenan como pedal de órgano.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

It's like my soul is being sucked away into the blue sky From A corner of cherry blossoms scented Tokyo

[@harryjoseph1802]

In Herr Lutz the Foundation and Bach is in such capable hands. The tapestry of the opening chorus is so beautiful. We forget that Bach had to deal with so many constraints and still meet deadlines. Fortunate to witness this performance although I would've loved to be there in the audience! Kudos to this fine ensemble (with a Jeff Bezos look-alike)!

[@carolynclark1724]

Beautiful performance! Really enjoyed the alto solo.

[@florafurioso9197]

Feuersinger is, in English, a perfect name for a vocalist, in this case, abundantly blessed with talent. Is it the same in German?

[@frenchimp]

It means Firesinger in German.

[@helmahaller9844]

Danke!

[@fritsvanderblom8881]

Very beautiful!

[@cordeliav3055]

Wonderful performance, thank you.

[@slksfca]

This is really lovely, thank you so much.

[@igormarchetti4371]

È una splendida cantata nella quale il coro nella sua entrata dice già praticamente tutto ciò che è più importante. È un brano estremamente elaborato nel quale non c'è alcun posto al caso: tutto segue una numerologia precisa e ordinata, a cominciare dalle 8 note del canone e dai dieci interventi della tromba (i 10 comandamenti)

[@pavlostriantaris2817]

Hervorragende Aufführung. Sehr gut gespielt, mit Kraft und Geist. Und vor allem das große 16-Fuß Fagott sollte sich mehr häufig in Aufnahmen von Bachs Werken hören lassen -- zwar nicht nur in den zweien Passionen!

[@karstensturm4198]

Sehr schön!

[@ПустьбегутНеуклюжи]

Мариам молодЕц!

[@slksfca]

"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God" would be the English (KJV) translation of the title.

[@armandoyague6819]

Those who wonder why the Trumpet is out of tune, it's written on purpose! the text speaks of the imperfection of our love. In fact, the second part of the aria is tuned to emphasize the contrast with the true love of god.

[@hasevash]

Von Gott gesegnete Aufführung!

[@marka5478]

The trumpets of that time did not have tone holes. The obbligato part was probably played on a jaegertrumpet with hand stopping, if Richard Steuart is to be believed.

[@muhsinkanadikirik678]

BACH❤🎼❤

[@ゆん-y5y9h]

1曲目「汝の主なる神を愛すべし Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben」

[@writeract2]

Of the divine - loved the soprano and tenor, as I listen I'll prbly love all of them, hate the electronic sheet music - hope power does not go out i'm sure you have back up generator.

[@natalypak4643]

0:43 2:09 2:27 2:56 3:42

[@Karlinberlin1]

What chord does it end on? Definitely not the tonic. Audience didn't know when to clap.

[@peterszigeti7476]

This is the fault of the audience, as usual.

[@franksong5008]

The dominant!

[@herrickinman9303]

As was the custom in Leipzig churches in Bach's day, the cantata ends with a chorale on a traditional Lutheran hymn that would have been well-known to the Lutheran congregation in Bach's day and even today. The last line of the tune starts on G and ends on A.

[@saschajokel7928]

heißt das nich Du sollSt?

[@petatap3737]

it is 18th century German (saxon dialect, long before the Duden :). "Du sollt"/v"Du willt " is frequent, even in the cantata "Aus der Tiefe" (BWV 131 "So du willt, Herr, der Sünde zu rächen")

[@frenchimp]

@@petatap3737 Yes I noted that in other cantatas (Herr wie du willt...).

[@peterszigeti7476]

Is it finished?

[@johncummings7802]

What language are the subtitles in?

[@music_text]

You can choose german , catalan, and (soon) spanish. The subtitles (captions) are optional.

[@YodoJakamodo]

Such a shame that an otherwise wonderful performance gets a bit tarnished by the injection of these little, musically trival organ interludes and phrases, especially in the chorales. For what reason is this done? The wonderful dramatic chorale feels now "chopped into segments" by this practice, and it adds absolutely nothing musically. Really upsetting and they didn't do it years ago and for some reason this is done now in all of the recent recordings :(

[@asheronsruf1455]

Ääh.. „ du sollt“ ?….

[@doctorfoster1968]

Bizarre! The old fella must have been hitting the Saxon Shwarzbier, I think

[@lingnguyen2623]

Very nice but Aria Alto I just feel another choice of soloist. She is just average, nothing stands out in her voice.

[@stevenlester2606]

This is the strangest cantata I’ve ever heard. It sounds unfinished, sometimes the aria’s didn’t fit their accompaniment, especially the trumpet and the alto and, of course, the very strange ending. Bach’s employment was probably almost ended, I’ll bet, after he offered this one to the congregation. Bach could be very weird sometimes.

[@carsonwall2400]

The opening chorus is one of Bach's greatest accomplishments but the rest is bizarre and pretty sub-par.

[@herrickinman9303]

@@mariannestoffers5067 Gibberish. "Wonder on what lyrics he could write. If there where lyrics"? Why do you question whether there are lyrics in this cantata? Do you think the singers are just making up the words?

[@herrickinman9303]

You don't know what you're talking about. You can't even spell "arias." Bach composed this work in 1723, the first year of his 27-year tenure as Director of Music of Leipzig's main churches. This work has tonal and modal elements. That's what happens when you set modal hymn tunes. Your ear is apparently made only for tonal music. You probably don't even know what modal music is. I won't waste my time addressing your naive aesthetic judgments of what sounds "unfinished," "doesn't fit" or sounds strange to your tonal ear.

[@stevenlester2606]

@@herrickinman9303 gosh, you wrote all of that believing that your opinion of me and my.own opinion carried any meaning at all. It doesn’t. You aren’t my better. Insults change nothing.

[@gianni2083]

Not my favorite either