J. S. Bach - Partita in C moll BWV 997 - Evangelina Mascardi, Liuto barocco

J. S. Bach - Partita in C moll BWV 997 - Evangelina Mascardi, Liuto barocco
0:00 Prelude 3:46 Fuga 11:55 Sarabande 16:57 Gigue 20:13 Double
Registrato a Mondovì (Cuneo) il 26 febbraio 2021 nella sede dell'Academia Montis Regalis da Edoardo Lambertenghi e Alma Zeccara
Liuto costruito da Cezar Mateus (New Jersey 2007)

[@SmeagolTheBeagle]

"Tradition is not the worship of ashes, it is the preservation of fire" - Gustav Mahler.

[@domsusefulstuff]

Thank you for sharing this.

[@hjarnansjarn5969]

Burn it all and let the phoenix rise from the ashes.

[@noeldacosta7621]

@@hjarnansjarn5969 Go watch Ariana Grande then. Shoo!

[@noeldacosta7621]

“was” being the point. You’d prefer his works were burned and forgotten?

[@Minotauro_di_Chieti]

Amen bro!!!

[@twosetviolin]

This. Is. Epic.

[@Manu8X]

Ling Ling level of epicness

[@HankChillin]

Im loving how older instruments are making a come back

[@elricky1996]

Hell yeee

[@hemiola07]

YES!!!!!! Welcome to the wonderful world of Baroque performance! I went from being a concert violinist in training to a recorder/Baroque flute player and singer … and I totally love it! Best way to channel this young lady who was so obsessed with Vivaldi that she wanted to play nothing else on violin …. ;)

[@irakliiremashvili5190]

Hopefully now Brett knows what lute is 😃

[@chrispysaid]

what's absolutely insane to me is that you can learn all the notes, become proficient in playing all of them in the correct order, make 0 technical mistakes, and you're still only 1/3 of the way to crafting a performance this beautiful

[@eldonhagen1257]

Committing baroque pieces to memory is no easy feat...executing them flawlessly like this is superhuman!

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

💕

[@user-od9co7dt7v]

Я исполнял его на гитаре в музыкальной школе

[@lightgatha]

Just human. Most aren’t

[@herbertwest6003]

it is indeed

[@Steve-im3wj]

Baroque pieces are actually the easiest to memorize because they are so formulaic. Bach was genius but stayed well within the limitations of respective keys. You’re not going to hit a wrong note or chord if you know your theory.

[@craigkidd9524]

I'd be impressed with myself if I could just tune that thing

[@excelsior999]

I'm not an expert on the history of string instruments, but even though I love to hear music played on the Lute I believe that one pf the main reasons why the guitar overtook the Lute in popularity is the reason that you mentioned. (Keeping a harpsichord in tune is no stroll in the park either.)

[@mirmalchik]

right? what a beautiful monster

[@ezekielbrockmann114]

@@excelsior999 Also also why the metallic frame of the Pianoforte put so many harpsichords in the closet.

[@skyko]

😆 SO right on…! 😂

[@soaringvulture]

@@ezekielbrockmann114 That's why you always play the harpsichord with a wrench nearby.

[@jean-yvesPrax]

Very beautiful and skilled interpretation of very demanding music and instrument ! Let me answer to some posts and give a little knowledge about Lute : Most people heredown wonder why guitar replaced lute: that's not the case, they co-existed and were often played together. The baroque guitar was small instrument, very nicely ornamented, with 5 to 6 double cords; the lute comes from the arabic "oud", had 7 double strings at end of middle-age, then 8 to 10 at renaissance, then up to 15 strings (archilute, theorbo) in late 17th cent. with a very long (up to 2 meters) neck for bass strings. She plays on a "baroque lute" double strings, with a small neck for bass, and a specific tuning. Bach and Weiss wrote for baroque lute. Basically you play with left hand only the upper 6 strings, like a guitar (although it's not the same tuning), and you play the open bass strings with your right hand thumb. Before electronic devices it was, indeed, a nightmare to tune, not only due to number of strings, but due to "temperament issue" (another long and complex story) ; people used to joke against us saying that "lutenist spend half of the evening tuning their instrument, and the other half playing false !" Regarding the cost, it seems that Evangelina plays with gut strings, and that's very expensive and very fragile... but SOOOO beautiful. Most players use nylon strings and a complete set is less than 150 € and lasts for several years. Lute disappeared because orchestra grown more and more bigger and "noisy" 🙉... and lute could not follow. Hope it helps.

[@j.p.8811]

This might be a mistranslation since I assume English isn't your native language, but we usually call them "strings" not chords. Chords are usually what we call triads in music.

[@jamestulk4169]

There is also some social and economic history at play here. In the early baroque period, most 'serious' music would have been played in an aristocratic salon - a relatively intimate setting. As the middle classes became more economically prominent, and more desirous of having access to 'high culture', public concerts became more common, with larger concert halls. Orchestras grew in size and composers began to offer more dramatic work. With the increased sound levels, soft-voiced instruments like the lute just couldn't keep up! Thanks however to the magic of recorded music, we can enjoy this wonderfully intimate music "in the comfort of our living room". Artist like Ms. Mascardi can reach large audiences and don't have to rely on the (fickle) patronage of a prince or count!

[@jean-yvesPrax]

Ooops, yes Josh, thank you : string in french is called "corde" a "faux-ami"...

[@j.p.8811]

@@jamestulk4169 That's the only flaw I can see with the guitar is that it's sound doesn't carry like a violin for example. Classical guitarists are forced to amplify their instrument with a microphone if they want their sound to carry in an orchestra setting or something.

[@corneliaarendsen1358]

I have learned a lot of your explanation.

[@red-winged_blackbird]

I'm in awe of this musician. So much heart, dedication and skill.

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

❤

[@beetlejuus]

Based on the viewcount, alone, I feel great joy knowing that we, all of us, without ever having met each other, or coming from the same place on earth, independently recognize great beauty when in its presence. This is beautiful.

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

indeed

[@MontagZoso]

Well said! 👍

[@user-uk9cu9lc2y]

❤ я из России...

[@demolpol5010]

Hear hear

[@ericaconce9891]

❤❤❤

[@brianogden1789]

A master lutist (Evangelina Mascardi), playing the music of a master composer (J.S. Bach), both making this world a better and richer place to live.

[@Mystery207]

Waiting for the song to repeat the same 3 bars

[@puppenbuhnebauchkribbeln1183]

Amen❣️

[@Apollo1011]

Amazing woman.

[@jaikee9477]

We just sit and appreciate the result, and one can only guess how many years of hard work, discipline and tears it takes to eventually perform Bach on this amazing level.

[@puppenbuhnebauchkribbeln1183]

@@jaikee9477 Amen❣️

[@dehash666]

-How many strings do you want? -All of them.

[@patrickidagrantham366]

The most brilliant comment. YOU win the internet for the day; oh heck I award two days. :) lol

[@danielseasons4410]

I am strings

[@Vamp898]

- How many strings do you want? - Yes

[@kjeaskop4056]

Yes...but does it Djent?

[@marcos.fidelis]

Say it to Harpist lol

[@houmm08]

Bach was a genius for composing this stuff, she's a genius for being able to play that thing and the pieces from memory. Insane

[@tremblence]

Bach, despite being "well known" was not as famous at his time, his complex counterpoint stuff was over most people's heads, and only fully appreciated centuries later This song is what I'd call medium complexity, since its mostly a bass and melody, more digestable than a lot of his more complex stuff Of course Air in G is less complex, still unique distinct and amazing but easier to digest and understand....... I have synesthesia which helps me see notes as colors, so Bach music is extremely complex to experience the emotions/colors ... I love his music but at times I wished certain notes and chords were held for longer than .2 seconds

[@avp1874]

@@tremblence Wonderful reply, thank you.

[@parkpatt]

@@tremblence I don't have synesthesia but totally agree about wishing some parts were longer... there are certain moments that hit like a freight train for me, but Bach always keeps moving along. Could you recommend some higher complexity pieces? Preferably lesser-known... I love Bach but there's still so much I haven't heard

[@drecksnoooob648]

​@@tremblence To be honest, the fleeting, fragile beauty of those certain moments appears symbolic for the baroque motif of transience, impermanence. It's kind of poetic that no matter how beautiful the moment is, it will inevitably pass.

[@speedyx3493]

@@tremblence check his compositions for organ if you want longer notes. Composing for lute is really all about short sounds

[@peterjongsma3221]

This is The Instrument That JS Bach wrote for. I'm a Classical Guitarist. Bach never heard a Guitar in his Life. He heard this.

[@Io-Io-Io]

Guitars existed back then already, the baroque guitar

[@brandonacker]

Just so you know, Bach didn't write for the lute. Evidence suggests he composed on a keyboard instrument called the lautenwerk. To be played on the lute most of these pieces have to be adapted and even keys changed. It's a common myth.

[@jamesandrews8698]

as a guitar player i must have one of these !

[@RicardoMarlowFlamenco]

Bach’s great great grandfather played guitar (cittern) and established the Bach family musical dynasty, of course he heard it before. Bach had a Lute harpsichord that he wrote this stuff on…even a fun story where he made his buddy Weiss sit in the next room cuz he was “shy” playing his “lute” and then blasted through this material on keyboard to trick/impress him.

[@miguelleiton3645]

Brando​@@brandonacker..cuanto sabes; seguro viajastes en el tiempo... Cristoforí le presentó el piano a Bach y este lo desestimó.. Bach tocaba todos los instrumentos, siendo un experto en Organos de tubos....etc...

[@FreyaWarr]

I got my first real 24 string, it was the summer of 1669. All jokes aside…this was an absolute treat to listen to. Made my brain all tingly and stuff. Amazing dedication to your art!

[@odelayrowemonkey2145]

hahaha classic! I was born in the summer of 1669!

[@MiltonRoe]

Could you play Ragnar the Red?

[@gozimusable1]

almost didn't want to LIKE ur comment as it literally turned 69 into 70

[@tonyhaag4651]

Your post gives me faith in humanity.

[@stshstsh07]

yea, you get it. this is how star comedians are discovered.

[@NatsAstrea]

I just want to say how lucky I am that (a) music like this exists at all, (b) it is performed by such an artist, and (c) I can hear it at all, and whenever I want to. Without the internet, I wouldn't have been able to listen to this masterpiece, played by this master. So, for all its faults, I am thankful that the internet exists.

[@rexwave4624]

I was thinking the same thing. I would have lived and died ignorant. And the artist would have had a tiny audience.

[@amirpedram2266]

That's the attitute I wish I could see more often in people

[@batarasiagian9635]

Strongly agree.

[@ceterumcenseo12]

Your very moving comment brings to mind a line of poetry I cherish: 'the million-petalled flower of being here'. As against the Great Squalor of so much of human life, there are those luminous things in art and nature which leave one in a state of awed, ecstatic gratitude. The tree outside my window is one; Mascardi playing Bach is another.

[@joszeb]

There has never been a better time in history. The older you are the better you appreciate this wonderful time. Our sons won´t understand.

[@beachbora1837]

This is the second time I played this song while my baby of 3 months is crying like hell and suddenly he stop crying to fall asleep slowly. Thanks so much !

[@mariaevangelinamascardi304]

❤

[@stevechanning497]

Ah. I didn't know it was a song and not just a tune. Do you have the words ?

[@verve3245]

Твой ребёнок черт?😂😂😂

[@louielouie6259]

​@@verve3245 Still looking for your dad? Don't be a cad, grow up and be a productive person.

[@adrichao]

💚

[@stompfolks]

Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it. Oscar Wilde

[@honigdachs.]

I can't imagine restringing or tuning, let alone learning to play this thing. It sounds incredible and this woman is a virtuoso. Also, she does rock'n'roll faces while playing which is a bonus.

[@harrytruax5195]

I was thinking the exact thing. I restrung a 12 string once and that was enough for me!

[@FilmaticProductions]

JS Bach IS 1700s Rock and Roll.

[@catkeys6911]

Jimmy Page on the lute.

[@Admiralmeriweather]

there's an old joke (from when lute-players used gut-strings, which went out of tune easier than the modern synthetic ones): "A Lute player spends half their life tuning and the other half playing out of tune."

[@clifover]

No, the rockers did not invent facial expression in music, they just exaggerate and pose with it.

[@pixelmangler]

Divinità! Questa è stata un'incredibile esecuzione di questa serie di brani di JS Bach. Amo la musica di questo periodo e ho ascoltato molti brani di Domenico Scarlatti. Sono completamente attratto dalle composizioni di Johann Sebastian Bach. L'esecuzione di Bach è un'esperienza che è vicina a Dio. Raggiunge la sua massima espressione nelle mani di un maestro sensibile come te, Evangelina. La bellezza di questo pezzo e il tuo modo di suonare ci ricordano che noi umani possiamo essere ispirati alla grandezza. Musica deliziosamente rilassante e riposante che ha richiesto tutto il tuo duro lavoro e anni di studio per renderla così bella e senza sforzo. Grazie mille, maestro, per aver reso le mie giornate più luminose.

[@mariaevangelinamascardi304]

Grazie mille

[@lovewavesdriftingforever]

@@mariaevangelinamascardi304 And a thousand thanks to you Evangelina.. 💗🎶💗

[@joshua2400]

Jesus Christ, the true sovereign God loves you 😊

[@joshua2400]

@@mariaevangelinamascardi304 Gesù Cristo, il vero Dio sovrano ti ama, puoi sempre confidare in Gesù Cristo, la sua cura è buona e la sua parola è vera

[@joshua2400]

@@lovewavesdriftingforever Jesus Christ loves you :" ) may you trust in Jesus the good true sovereign God who miraculously healed me of a chronic breathing issue that plagued me most every night for years, instantly in an anointed prayer

[@bertrandcamus3666]

Angelina Mascardi est divine. Une interprétation des œuvres de Bach de cette qualité avec cette justesse et cette sensibilité est un cadeau du ciel.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

💕

[@marie-claudesimoneau2560]

Exactement! Merci! 😇

[@Sergio_deus]

one time and again l keep coming back to watch something divine as this performance

[@shnur1987]

I've heard this piece on classical guitar many times but hearing it on lute is like watching a sunset for the first time. Spectacular.

[@lenn4429]

And ... , why not , a sunrise ?

[@shnur1987]

@@lenn4429 I'm usually not awake early enough for sunrises :-D

[@robertburnett6348]

Agree.

[@mkm0901003]

Accurate

[@willlawrence8756]

@@shnur1987 Worth getting up for, then back to bed?

[@robertcolucci4137]

Unreal. This is hands down the best version I’ve ever heard. I know people cry about the timing when it comes to baroque stuff, but stick it where the sun doesn’t shine. This version is alive and she lets the music breathe. The space between the notes is what makes her rendition so amazing

[@robertburnett6348]

Yes. A musician said that the space between notes is just as important. I have to Denver that.

[@lucasmoreel8126]

It is precisely what sucks me in with this performance quite honestly.

[@abmackay]

I'll admit I don't really understand any of that.. but how can anyone criticize this? This is obviously a musician at the peak of her craft. While obviously all the stuff that happens at a deeper level in this music is important, nobody should let it spoil their ability to just close their eyes and enjoy a master playing the composition of a master.

[@timeghostband9594]

I agree! It is so fragile this way, and so vulnerable... not trapped in the cogs of a music box.

[@robertcolucci4137]

I agree completely about being able to just close your eyes and enjoy beautiful music regardless of the genre. Music theory/timing isn’t hard to understand at all some people just like to be snobs about it. Basically there is a divide between musicians about how to perform baroque music. Some people are total sticklers for playing the precise way the sheet music was written.. hence the “music box” reference. There are other people who believe the sheet music was more or less a guideline and free to interpretation. We can only really guess at the composers intentions from earlier music as they are dead and there are no recordings of their music. It’s only my opinion but I feel a lot of the baroque recordings are boring and lacking emotion, as technically skilled as the player might be. Listen to the way Glenn Gould performs The art of the fugue (Bwv 1080) or the two different ways he plays the Goldberg variations if you want to get a better sense of what I was trying to say

[@RichardHerbalist]

Вечность, порхающая бабочкой над столетиями... Какое счастье попасть во времена, когда звучит такая Музыка! Низкий поклон Баху и Евангелине!

[@carlkligerman1981]

OMG that fugue is a monster! Absolutely gorgeous. Anybody who has attempted Bach on a modern classical guitar can only stand back and listen to this in wistful awe. An amazing performance, thank you and brava!

[@MaxwellAlvesOliveira]

No showing off, no music industry, no lights, no bobs. She carries the music to the highest level of divine. Thank you to bring perfect MUSIC to this imperfect world.

[@kapsi]

No bobs, nor vagena

[@donrafip2342]

Baroc rules!

[@GabithWhyborn]

Imperfect world ? Look inside, look closer and the veil will dissolve :)

[@m0-m0597]

Is there such thing as perfection?

[@GabithWhyborn]

@@m0-m0597 Without the ego, the mind. Yes. It is Perfection is always the case but we have to be in order to realize it

[@secretsquirrel6308]

Imagine the amount of knowledge, committed to heart, necessary to perform in the manner which we have here witnessed. I am awed by such mastery.

[@ianjohnson458]

Exactly!

[@laurachiar6086]

💝

[@z.s.n.]

I know I am baffled.

[@lx4302]

pretentious..

[@FingerinUrDaughter]

sorry bruh, but this is 100% muscle memory and nothing more. this is something the guy has played so much that it basically plays itself while he thinks of other things. not to mention its all for show, 90% of the instrument goes unused because of how hes holding it making it impossible to fret about half the strings.

[@JohnSmith-lk8cy]

Magnificence! And genius too from the composer and the performer who is not wasting her time watching netflix. Hours of devotion to achieve this.

[@jamesandrews8698]

hours?! ...... years lol

[@jamesandrews8698]

hours?! ...... years lol

[@JohnSmith-lk8cy]

@@jamesandrews8698 Decades!

[@JohnSmith-lk8cy]

@@jamesandrews8698 Centuries!

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

❤

[@danieloreilly881]

to play this partita is to dive into the soul of Bach and his exquisite way of resolving asymmetrical harmonic structures. Evangelina gives this work a gentle yet passionate performance.

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

💕

[@paulsutton5896]

Not only did she play these pieces, but she played them from memory!

[@protect_provide8031]

Average musician plays a song several hundred times from start to finish before preforming it, then thousands of playing specific sections of a song Playing from memory isnt as hard as one thinks

[@jianghuiyuan4256]

@@theodosios2615 Even one month will do XD

[@dsgatm]

Definitely, it's amazing! The player, the theme, the place, the instrument... Thank you Evangelina, such beauty! And I still trying to learn this pieces since install demo version of guitar pro 3, twenty years ago...

[@alexmay2825]

How could you play a piece with real feeling, if you had to read the notes?

[@jaikee9477]

Everyone can memorise the notes. Playing them on this level is a whole different matter!

[@terenssotiri1683]

This never happened in lute history, I guess this is the first video recording available of the BWV997, even if there's a Prelude played by Hopkinson Smith in the Rai Archives. This recording is a true Jewel!

[@elricky1996]

It truly is!

[@vicentedobroruka3501]

@@elricky1996 you are correct. This should be preserved by all of us in a separate file.

[@chilesuicmez]

sorry im a guitar player :c, i know im missing big time besides the beautiful performace, why it hasnt happened? for tuning? for scale? for complexity (i know nothing on lute performing techs, but this seemed advance but not expert difficulty)? for the actual instrument?

[@jeffjames3111]

@@vicentedobroruka3501 Well said!

[@jonathanbarnes3061]

Yes sir it is a treasure.

[@nitromethane001]

The heart and soul of this musician is flowing through the instrument as though it was living and breathing.

[@Oliver-uh5ze]

Pretty sure Bach would be proud if he could attend this concert now, seeing that his compositions are still being played the way they were intended to be played!

[@TheSapanone]

Sure. Bach was always proud. He knew exactly how good he is.

[@gandolph999]

The soul of Bach still speaks in the eternal void.

[@missundercover5061]

Eternity is not void. It is either filled with joy and peace or with eternal grief and pain. Bach was a Christian and I do believe his music was inspired by God.

[@enterpassword3313]

The soul of bach and the body of professor snape.

[@WilliamPhelpsIII]

The genius of Bach will never fade.

[@Philrc]

what about in a million years?

[@Philrc]

@Cosmic Jack something tells me that will not be possible

[@Philrc]

@@kareno1456 so you think his music will still be around in a million years, sister ?

[@Philrc]

@@kareno1456 sadly not true

[@PEaChKiLLER2238]

@@Philrc I have to agree with you.

[@wrongfootmcgee]

seeing her peek under the strings to make sure she hits the right fret is unexpectedly and strangely uplifting

[@prodesign_ru]

Спасибо, чудесные моменты! Часто, занимаясь резьбой или по столярке, включаю фоном лютневую музыку, но тут забыл про все, сижу и слушаю, не отрываясь.

[@jaffarbaqi]

More than 23 minutes of speaking music, complex and ornate, without a glitch. Unreal.

[@user-ts2js9ct9i]

Невозможно перестать слушать это! Вся жизнь прошла перед глазами, все близкие и дорогие сердцу люди… Иду домой с трамвая, а навстречу прохожие. И они другие. Совсем другие, чем обычно - такие любимые Кем-то. И всё другое, каждая тень от качающейся ветки - всё имеет глубокий, неведомый и в тоже время интуитивно предчувствуемый смысл. И о чём эта музыка? В ней гораздо больше, чем можно вместить в этот момент. Бах! Что же ты слышал? Кто открыл тебе всё Это? Как ты смог всё это рассказать? Спасибо! Спасибо Евангелине Маскарди! Спасибо всем, творящим жизнь!!!

[@VladKissel]

Красиво. Очень красиво и точно написано)

[@theodorewhite7842]

Даже не знаю, что больше тронуло - бессмертная музыка Баха или Ваш отзыв. Спасибо за возвышенную душу!

[@secretariat-13]

Absolutely loved how you described this, thank you..

[@MarkGershem]

Music unites souls in a quest for happiness.

[@zealotzealot4848]

Скажи спасибо Баху, это он написал эту музыку

[@TheProphet6661]

Evangelina is a rockstar to me. Such immaculate playing, a true master of the lute and damn impressive.

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

🙏💕💕

[@ClassicCaffe]

@@evangelinamascardiofficial4766 i have a 1 year old child. Every morning he listens this piece in his way to Nursery. Long term effect : my kid is happy all the time ,playfull. Bach has an effect on child's brain. I'm remembering when i made first contact with J.S. Bach - i was in my 2nd grade. It changed the way i percive music. Thank for this beautiful interpretation

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

@@ClassicCaffe 🙏

[@carm383]

A heavenly instrument! What a gift she has. God bless her!

[@imanshafieloo755]

Bravo millions of times Evangelina, you speak Bach language flawlessly. He’d be in tears listening to your performance.

[@r.e.bookreviews8418]

This may be the greatest solo performance of anything that I've ever seen in my life. Bravo

[@JustFiddler]

same here

[@AlainJohannes]

Agreed. It’s otherworldly and sublime.

[@angelsciang]

Bravissima .

[@guillaumefloatin91]

Gary moore in " The messiah will come again " live at montreux is not bad either, but not at the top of this masterpiece. But on electric guitar it is masterclass.

[@maurogarofalo3198]

“Brava”

[@maristhelatgalian9366]

I have listened to this video for so many times, and never have given any reviews. The greatest of respects to the amazing performance of these pieces. I have not hear any better performance of this part of Bach's Partita anywhere.. Please accept my most sincere compliments to the Evangelina Mascardi amazing performance.

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

thanks a lot

[@TheSapanone]

How about this performance: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJTYnYmVba2fjpY

[@moelarrycurly708]

''' All music leads up to Bach and follows Bach '' Well done Evangelina !

[@Lwayte]

The playing is astoundingly musical. But what really impresses me is the memorization.

[@MichelleFrets]

No kidding . Some days I can't remember 3 measures of anything and here she has hundreds of measures of fingerstyle

[@infledermaus]

I can remember a concerto's worth of notes (treble clef cuz I play mandolin so I use violin music), but I don't think I could remember a suite (I rely on sheet music too much), and I certainly can't play anything like as beautifully as she does. Lordy! Lute is so soft and calming. I wish i could afford one. If you've studied and played music for many years as she undoubtedly has, you'd have a brain trained to memorize thousands of notes. I played piano and memorized all my music because my music reading skill was so shitty that I had to learn it like a measure at a time and memorize it. I never had formal lessons. Learning a piece was grueling, but I love playing so I kept at it. On that note .... uh .... My ADHD is very active tonight. Rambling a lot. Sorry, but I feel this is important so I'm going to go on rambling. My reading improved when I started playing in a mandolin orchestra (lots of music!), but the biggest improvement came when I started using software to input music notation for piano and for baroque concerti just to hear certain parts plainly. I don't know why it helped so much, but it provided me with about a 1000% reading improvement such that I read and play without looking at my fretboard. For anyone having trouble learning to read music or wanting to improve, you can or could download and install Musescore®. It was free. Windows and Linux. Probably for Apple, too. There are other notation software packs out there. Musescore is great and it's public license and FREE! Or was. If not, get some staff paper or make it with word processing software and copy your favorite composer's music. Doing so forces you to concentrate on each note. Good thing about software is that you can play it back to make sure you entered it properly. It sucks to get 50 or 60 measures entered and realize that, awww crap, you lost your place at measure 23, duplicated 2 or 3 measures (cut/copy & paste) in the treble with the correct bass (or screwed 'em both up - ahhhh!) and spend a hour figuring it out where you went wrong and have to go back and repair it especially if you're copying a full score with multiple instruments. Waaaa!! Misery! MISERY!!! Ok. If you're reading this blurb, you've read the whole thing so bless you! Thanks for reading my nonsense. I'll leave now. Hopefully someone will get some benefit out of this! Cheers everyone! Stay safe and stay healthy! Get your vaccine!

[@infledermaus]

@@MichelleFrets And all the nuance of performing it, the dynamics, fingering, etc. Don't forget playing the music with a camera on you the whole time! Nerve wracking! I'd be throwing things and shouting, "SHHHIIIIIIIIIITTT! Shit! Shit! Shit! Take 227! Shit!" LOL!

[@MichelleFrets]

@@infledermaus I'm only an amateur and not a particularly gifted one, but I do record audio and video pretty regularly. I claim that recording only audio takes 20% of my guitar powers away and if video recording then about 50%. It's amazing what nerves do. I've never played for an audience aside from friends, but I'd guess my powers would diminish to the point where I couldn't play a thing. The mind is a powerful thing. It needs to be reigned in.

[@Michail_Chatziasemidis]

That's not very impressive for a Greek, like myself. Many Traditional/Laiko-music Greek instrumentalists know a LOT of songs by memory, or they can even play along with others even if they haven't heard the piece before just be listening to the rest of the orchestra.

[@hereBDBD]

beautiful how she nurtures each note as if it's her only child.

[@user-jj2pe2ix4f]

Невероятное волшебство звучания лютни! И техника владения инструментом высший пилотаж!

[@maryotradovec9390]

Perfect for morning salutation and the smooth and gentle start of another beautiful day ❤

[@spaceangel4594]

Not only does she have superb technical skill,but she also memorized the piece and plays with her eyes closed. A gentle bow to you my lady.

[@FertassiFarah]

By the way it is more efficient to play with closed eyes, I am a beginner and my teacher scold me when I look at the strings. And he is right because when I look at the strings I am slower and make more mistakes... :)

[@spaceangel4594]

Interesting! Maybe I will try with eyes closed

[@UncleEti]

It am not really surprised by this aspect : memorization belongs to her work. Who knows? Maybe she trains 6 hours a day. Think of theater actors memorizing thousand of lines. It 's an aspect they don't like to speak about because it 's mostly a technical matter and as such a someone boring thema. All respect due.

[@DanieleCruciani]

@@FertassiFarah right. Eyes are not quick enough to follow your fingers, and also you need to pay attention to the sound. Sometime it's convenient to have a quick look at the position of your hand though

[@narnbrez]

i don't want to spoil the magic but I think you can tell the cut & her head angle at 3:10 or so that it's not a continuous recording, at least enough for me to be cynical!

[@j.p.7708]

This is the place heavy metal guitarists come to to see how’s it done.👏👏👏👏👏

[@taylordiclemente5163]

They have nothing to say and say it loudly.

[@alanjball5702]

Two different styles ? Why would they come here and what do you think they would see, if they did come ? Sounds like an elitist statement from a nobody...nobody at all..

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

this is nothing to do with heavy metal, so please, stop that moronic nonsense

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

@@fonzario It's not an opinion or having an "open mind" whatever that means, it is what it is... the fact that you're knowledge of music is the same of a chimpanzee or a trap fan is your problem. Bach NEVER wrote a song in his life, which is important because music changes radically from one form to another... and his work needs to be played in a way that it's not even remotely near to the way a rock/metal musician plays, NOTHING to do with it, NOTHING. The fact that Ingway Malmsteen, or whatever his name is written, thinks that he's Paganini and Bach reunited in one person doesn't make him Paganini or Bach... the fact that many metal fans thinks that Bach was kind of a heavy metal avant la lettre doesn't mean he was, the fact that Bach influenced those metal guys because they like him it's pointless because Bach influenced all western music after him. All this freaking moronic statements about Bach and heavy metal is not only anachronistic, is just the most stupid and dumb thing that ever happened in the History of the universe! If you're a metalhead, good for you, but if you need to justify your musical tastes just by saying that one of the most influencial composers ever was making music resembling the music that you like, It's DUMB, it's a falacy, it's pathetic. I like many types of music and I'm not saying that Beethoven was the first punk (I read several times such a genius statement) and that automatically The Ramones are musical gods. It would be lamentable, paraphrasing certain Ling Ling disciples. The Ramones are nothing close to Beethoven and Beethoven wasn't the first punk, it's appalling and embarrassing and outrageous, completely outrageous... and it's not me dismissing The Ramones, a band that I completely ADORE, is just that they are just a total DIFFERENT animal than Beethoven... for gods sakes

[@mutantkoffee]

@@fonzario hahaha I dont understand why some idiots has to write entire paragraphs on yt just to argue about nothing... its cringe at the end of the day, like "honey/son what you did today?" - "I argued with a random strange on yt about [topic] trying to explain and shove it in his throat my shitty point of view and im proud of it".

[@user-sn3vd5lw8l]

Спасибо Вам большое!Какое внутреннее спокойствие и гармония! Великий композитор и прекрасный исполнитель! Хочется жить, дышать и творить! 🙏🌹🌹🌹

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

💕🙏

[@cliffsellars19]

👏👏👏🙏

[@ewennlesergent3625]

Comme c'est beau et apaisant.....

[@dbadagna]

One so rarely hears a lutenist play with such exquisite musicality. Brava.

[@AlbertoOlivieri]

Music for the Soul.. In another life I will play Baroque Lute like Her.. Amazing!!

[@noeldacosta7621]

One so rarely hears a lutist play.

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

thanks! here you have the new video with BWV 996 , saluti! kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6ezp2qVfbFrfas

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

@@AlbertoOlivieri grazie Alberto, ecco il link con il nuovo video della BWV 996 here you have the new video with BWV 996 , saluti! kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6ezp2qVfbFrfas

[@lolmaemae]

What a total boss lady! I can't imagine how many hours of practice she's put into playing a lute. Truly a master musician!

[@mr.tamales]

I would love to watch her live. To be able to sit in the crowd and watch a masterpiece unfold would be such an awesome blessing.

[@synecdochelloyd3825]

Mastery by a master. Thank you Evangelina Mascardi.

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

💕

[@emaromanelli6944]

Maravillosa Evangelina ....y JSBach ❤ Adoro su musica

[@laurelbrowne7468]

I have NEVER heard a real flesh-and-blood, body-and-soul, fire-and-passion lute performance EVER, until now. Thank you for the gift of your technique, musicality, and breath. Inspiring in every way.

[@mariaevangelinamascardi304]

Thank you

[@peterbusch6351]

Thats so true!👏👏

[@elfodimontagna]

Una grandissima emozione ascoltare la tua interpretazione

[@thomassicard3733]

THIS recording should have been put on the gold record sent out on Voyager.

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

Thank you! Here the new video with BWV 996 kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6ezp2qVfbFrfas

[@MrNicks-gn8jc]

@@evangelinamascardiofficial4766 Have you ever recorded any of Bach's work I can purchase on Compact Disc ?

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

@@MrNicks-gn8jc the Cd will be ready in January!

[@MrNicks-gn8jc]

@@evangelinamascardiofficial4766 Can I pre-pay for it?

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

@@MrNicks-gn8jc mmmd will be out

[@writersblack5360]

The swan neck Lute, and the Harpsichord quieten my mind quicker than a belt around the head with a shovel. Mesmerising.

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

🙏

[@Sarah-ht7cs]

God bless you and I thank you ❤.

[@sriramramesh5318]

I've learned the prelude to this on guitar, but it sounds so much better played by a professional on the original instrument. I was completely floored listening to this

[@throwaway692]

Carl? That you? Bernhard misses you. ;)

[@aestheticsyncopation7933]

@@throwaway692 pythagoras and gauss the best couple of westen music

[@audioletturadecadente6903]

Bach is like a drug. And if I'm in ecstasy listening to it, I can't imagine how she feels playing it with such mastery.

[@ibo.s207]

You can see it on the face btw. 😗

[@user-kp7zl6ng5r]

Pppppp0pppppp

[@user-oo6rb5ug8c]

Абсолютно согласна.

[@muhsinkanadikirik678]

👌👏👏🥀😊💜

[@bradroberts1813]

Audiolettura Decadente. An intriguing comment. I was never able to enjoy Bach until I began to study counterpoint and play piano: before that, I found him tedious and mathematical. Now Bach is all I want to listen to. And all I want to play! This performance on the lute is stunning. I played classical guitar for a couple of years and then switched to a steel string. What an inspiring video. She’s amazing.

[@ivanm.d.5414]

Beautiful. ❤ This woman is incredible.

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

Thanks

[@taylordiclemente5163]

She's fantastic. Her tone is beautiful. She tells a story with her phrasing. Thousands of other clean players do not.

[@zealotzealot4848]

Not she, but the Lute and Bach

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

@@zealotzealot4848 Bach is dead and the Lute is an unanimated object, so yes, it's her

[@wysiwyg2489]

Reminds me of Alvin Lee (face expression)

[@BIGMOUTHLOUIS]

@@wysiwyg2489 now you're talkin!

[@marwanmoasis8963]

Very clean and fantastic player..

[@IIrandhandleII]

genius to write genius to play

[@xpump876]

This is one of my favorite pieces of music and this performance (on a baroque lute and not guitar!) was draw-drop astonishing to me. The careful phrasing and voicings available with the additional courses is where Bach's heart was creating this gorgeous music. I was literally in tears hearing this as it is very near to my heart. thank you

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

thanks a lot

[@blessedland000]

lute ! 鲁特琴，让我想起了卡拉瓦乔的《弹鲁特琴的姑娘》这幅画。很美的音色！

[@cellomensch1]

Calligraphyof the highest order; perfect counterpoint, distinct and independent voices in an accord to imply the intended harmonic tensions and releases; again Bravissima Maestra

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

grazie

[@RockyStJohns]

In a just world, this person would be famous.

[@bermchasin]

nah... WAP.

[@kriterer]

@@bermchasin bruh wassup

[@npc2071]

@@bermchasin "stop liking the things I dont like"

[@krijgwat469]

Good thing J.S Bach still is, and always will be famous

[@urphakeandgey6308]

Tbf, the internet has made obscure stuff (like this, in a way) to thrive much easier and find their niche market. The reason I hesitate to call this "obscure" is because it's literally fucking Bach. You're not "different from the other girls" because you listen to fucking Bach. I bet 90% of these cringe comments are children and old people. You're more alike than you realize.

[@dactylntrochee]

I played this in my late teens and early twenties. I heard many of the masters of the day play it. I don't listen to European music much now, late in life, but KZbin offered, and I clicked. I am amazed at how wooden my picture of this music was until today. No words can describe how captivating this was for me just now. The articulation of every line at every moment was as clear as if I were a child listening to a bedtime story, or watching a movie with a plot laid out naturally and sensibly, but not predictably. This has made my day, if not week and month. Thank you, KZbin, for bringing this to my attention. And thank YOU, Ms Mascard,i for bringing to life some music that I have come to think of as a bit musty and dusty. It was as engaging and accessible to me as Fred Astaire singing Irving Berlin.

[@patberning]

Thank you for expressing so eloquently what I feel as well!

[@dactylntrochee]

@C.H. Curtis Thank you kindly. (I often wonder if anyone clicks on a commenter's channel.)

[@marjamerryflower]

@@dactylntrochee how would i do that? I am intrigued

[@DariusSarrafi]

KZbin is great! Let's make it a public utility so they stop censoring people and interrupt such great performances with vulgar ads every two minutes!

[@dactylntrochee]

@@marjamerryflower By clicking on the presenter's icon at the left of the video's title.

[@user-qj1ib3ey5e]

When I was 15years old, this music is guitar playing. So I learned classic guitar. 36years later, I understand a little bit of this sensitive feeling of music from my juvenile period.

[@Ciaphas-Cain]

если бы не видеоряд, я бы не поверил, что это играет один человек. это что то за гранью моего понимания возможностей человека

[@lasvegasleblanc]

I think Bach would be proud. love your phrasing.

[@johnedwards1685]

We witness three wonders. Breathtaking craft of the artist. Exquisite voice of the instrument. Enchantment of the composer. The halting beauty of his work undimmed by a passing of lifetimes.

[@janneniemela1184]

And the craftmanship of the luthier!

[@Rupaji]

Succinctly expressed! The music reaches the deepest recesses of one's being.

[@jeremyatkins1299]

Don't overlook the audio and video recording that captured the sound so focused and clearly.

[@jojorey6886]

Do you mean her work?

[@nick3221]

Dude, cringe. This is a KZbin comment section & you are not JRR Tolkein. Just say “that was some sick ish!” & move on.

[@briancrowley6413]

I have learned to play a six string guitar with my frankenstein fingers for my own enjoyment. I cant imagine playing a 24 string lute and so beautifully.Thankyou

[@MrFree2nest]

Esta melodia se solidariza conmigo en mi dolor.⛪

[@6jack6metal6]

i have no words for her playing, she's incredible

[@ghoulish6125]

Looks like you managed

[@iankelley9704]

There's barely any words in the title either.

[@leocastanon6194]

Will you go to Heaven when you die? Here’s a quick test: Have you ever lied, stolen, or used God’s name in vain? Jesus said, “Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” If you have done these things, God sees you as a lying, thieving, blasphemous, adulterer at heart, and the Bible warns that one day God will punish you in a terrible place called Hell. But God is not willing that any should perish. Sinners broke God’s Law and Jesus paid their fine. This means that God can legally dismiss their case: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” Then Jesus rose from the dead, defeating death. Today, repent [turn away from your sins and don’t practice them] trust Jesus, and God will give you eternal life as a free gift. Then read the Bible daily and obey it. God will never fail you

[@leocastanon6194]

@@ghoulish6125 Will you go to Heaven when you die? Here’s a quick test: Have you ever lied, stolen, or used God’s name in vain? Jesus said, “Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” If you have done these things, God sees you as a lying, thieving, blasphemous, adulterer at heart, and the Bible warns that one day God will punish you in a terrible place called Hell. But God is not willing that any should perish. Sinners broke God’s Law and Jesus paid their fine. This means that God can legally dismiss their case: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” Then Jesus rose from the dead, defeating death. Today, repent [turn away from your sins and don’t practice them] trust Jesus, and God will give you eternal life as a free gift. Then read the Bible daily and obey it. God will never fail you

[@leocastanon6194]

@@iankelley9704 Will you go to Heaven when you die? Here’s a quick test: Have you ever lied, stolen, or used God’s name in vain? Jesus said, “Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” If you have done these things, God sees you as a lying, thieving, blasphemous, adulterer at heart, and the Bible warns that one day God will punish you in a terrible place called Hell. But God is not willing that any should perish. Sinners broke God’s Law and Jesus paid their fine. This means that God can legally dismiss their case: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” Then Jesus rose from the dead, defeating death. Today, repent [turn away from your sins and don’t practice them] trust Jesus, and God will give you eternal life as a free gift. Then read the Bible daily and obey it. God will never fail you

[@joshkneubuhl1349]

This piece just needed to wait for 400 years before it was played perfectly. Bravo! Bravo!! Bravo!!!

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-gg2ox8ru8p]

Я не большой знаток классической музыки, но, случайно нашёл этот ролик и с восторгом прослушал до конца Все пять шедевров Баха в исполнении прекрасного виртуоза Евангелины. Впервые слушал Баха на щипковом сложном инструменте-это фантастика. Получил большое наслаждение и много положительных, приятных эмоций. Браво исполнительнице шедевра!!!

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

💕💕💕💕

[@Dendrocopos_Mj]

Божественно!

[@ribz4539]

I think she's one of, if not THE coolest person I've ever seen. This is actually awesome!

[@mariaevangelinamascardi7919]

🙏💕

[@renaissancestudios8202]

Bach lives through the mind and fingers of Evangelina Mascardi. Anyone wishing to study this music needs the listen to this performance. It doesn't get any better. It's as if this music is raining down from the angels. Bravo!!

[@monologtube]

Brava!

[@vv631]

Here it is, a time machine that takes us 250 years ago. We listen to the same sounds that people did at the time. Music is the universal language of generations.

[@-LiEbE-]

Великий Бог гармонии и полифонии ☀️😊☀️☀️ Бах☀️прекрасное исполнение спасибо 😘☀️☀️👍

[@simonetta6777]

Che bella ti fa sognare pensare ti accende la fantasia brava

[@hyojinkim2370]

Music like this makes me grateful to be alive.

[@sydmannion7483]

The phrasing and musicality of this performance is outstanding. I want more.

[@mariaevangelinamascardi304]

Soon!

[@warp9988]

@@mariaevangelinamascardi304 MAGNIFICENT. I am deeply and profoundly moved.

[@peterwatchorn5618]

@@mariaevangelinamascardi304 This profoundly beautiful. I am a harpsichordist (I have recorded this work as part of my Compleat Bach) and my brother a builder of lutes and viols in Australia. I have never heard better than this! Brava! Peter

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

dear Sydnis, here you have the BWV 996 saluti kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6ezp2qVfbFrfas

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

@@warp9988 kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6ezp2qVfbFrfas

[@pierreeable]

Bach will always be back ❤

[@TorySlusher]

No one can deny the brilliant "macro geometry" of Bach's music, but I think the often overlooked aspect is that you are (basically) repeatedly presented with a string of "very excellent phrases". There are no dull moments. You routinely hear 7th chords as well (by implication), not to mention various devices and resolutions which show up in Mozart and Beethoven all the time.

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6ezp2qVfbFrfas

[@blueeyes6852]

Very well explained! Thank you!

[@paulsutton5896]

I was about to say the same thing.

[@amanitaeater4376]

@@paulsutton5896 me too! We are GENIUSES! It’s just that we’re a little slower than this smart aleck Tory Slusher. ; )

[@darrelllatham6086]

yeah yeah yeah but have you heard Skynard?

[@ianmckenney9080]

Evangelina thank you for all the hours of practice and dedication you have spent to achieve such mastery of the instrument. Your interpretation was wonderful. Bravo!

[@user-oo6rb5ug8c]

Присоединяюсь.

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

dear Ian, here you have the new video with BWV 996 saluti kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6ezp2qVfbFrfas

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

here the new video with BWV 996 Cheers!kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6ezp2qVfbFrfas

[@janviljoen7001]

It takes at least 5 000 hours to get to that standard.

[@user-ih7wk9er8j]

Это так великолепно! Спасибо, роса на глазах от этого чуда!

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

❤

[@Itemtotem]

Your joy is so profound it vibrates without loss through your person.and instrument and entrances us unconditionally in it's embrace God Bless you and Bach

[@elizabethmarino7155]

I admire anyone who can play classical without sheet music.

[@stefandieter7136]

Hello Elizabeth how are you doing over there?

[@EonTide1111]

There's just something magical about the lute.

[@MichaelCater]

Imagine you're standing outside a smoky wayside inn - you've been traveling for three days, hungry, thirsty, and tired. As you walk up to the inn's door you hear this music playing. You enter the doors, and everyone is slack-jawed, staring at the person playing such an incredible instrument. Thirst and hunger are now forgotten. You place your belongings next to you as you sit at the only seat available. The innkeeper doesn't move or even acknowledge you - then again, why should she - this mesmerizing music is playing. Deep within your being, you feel something compelling you to sit, stay, and listen. You're unable to move, yet that's completely fine - time has no meaning now. The music is life-sustaining mana - here to keep you alive for all eternity.

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

💕

[@ninovella3721]

Bravissima esecutrice brava

[@ahowald]

I've heard this suite played on guitar many times, by Williams, Bream, et al. Somehow the deep bass strings, the double courses of the original instrument, restore a spiritual quality. The technique here is superb, but never severe. I'm not even sure I'm making sense. Just to say, thank you for this.

[@rosalindthomas6376]

A truly contemplative experience. Many thanks.

[@taylordiclemente5163]

You make sense to me.

[@edgarpacheco7744]

Fabuloso. Me apena esa forma tan descuidada y fúnebre de su vestimenta.

[@fibrofrecuencia]

@@edgarpacheco7744 a mi me.encanta, sencillez, humildad, ....: BACH

[@dancrossley1102]

How a human being can contain this much information and just make it appear from their hands over an ancient instrument is a tesament to the fact we are beautiful and amazing beings. Even then, we as the outsider can listen to what they are outputting and be in awe. A beautiful piece and an even more staggering performance. Baffling.

[@donnavorce8856]

Seeing inside their head, as what's in there comes out the hands, and into the instrument. It's amazing when one pauses to consider it.

[@user-nb9qi8lj6e]

Даже слов нет! Это восхитительно!! Даже представить не могу, как надо чувствовать музыку, и не могу представить как можно научиться играть на этом инструменте.............!Это сколько ж надо времени.....Уважение и только Уважение за такое исполнение!!! Мира всем и добра!!! И не забывать , что все мы, в первую очередь люди, назло политикам , мы должны оставаться всегда Людьми!!!!

[@evangelinamascardiofficial4766]

🙏

[@user-ft4jl9cq9m]

Ну вообще русские лет 300 уничтожают украинцев. В их человечность уже сложно поверить.

[@thomasschrock7074]

Da spricht mir jemand aus meinem Lebenslauf und ❤

[@stringdoc]

Thank you for so beautifully ref km ect such a fundamental truth of our shared humanity@ God bless you!

[@stringdoc]

Sorry. My phone won't let me correct the typo in my first statement. The word should have been "reflecting."

[@AvvakymPetrov]

она великолепна как музыкант....её ангелы учили на лютне играть....восхитительно

[@elagace03]

Her dexterity and endurance alone are impressive, never mind the fact that she’s playing Bach perfectly.

[@laurachiar6086]

💝

[@hughkelly670]

Not forgetting her memory.

[@tatianales157]

Это неземная музыка. И исполнительница на высочайшей высоте. Наслаждение чистой воды.