J.S. Bach - Cantata BWV 11 "Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen" (J.S. Bach Foundation)

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Choir and Orchestra of the J. S. Bach Foundation
Rudolf Lutz - Conductor
Soloists:
Mirjam Wernli - Soprano
Jan Börner - Alto
Zacharie Fogal - Tenor
Tobias Wicky - Bass
Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantata BWV 11 "Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen" (Praise God in His kingdoms)
00:00 Cantata BWV 31, Concert from 05/13/2022
00:44 Choir - Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen,
05:15 Recitative (tenor) - Der Herr Jesus hub seine Hände auf
05:47 Recitative (bass) - Ach, Jesu, ist dein Abschied schon so nah?
06:49 Aria (alto) - Ach, bleibe doch, mein liebstes Leben,
14:05 Recitative (tenor, evangelist) - Und ward aufgehaben zusehends und fuhr auf gen Himmel,
14:37 Chorale - Nun lieget alles unter dir,
16:25 Recitative (tenor and bass) - Und da sie ihm nachsahen gen Himmel fahren, siehe,
17:29 Recitative (alto) - Ach ja! so komme bald zurück: Tilg einst mein trauriges
18:04 Recitative (tenor, evangelist) - Sie aber beteten ihn an, wandten um gen Jerusalem
18:49 Aria (soprano) - Jesu, deine Gnadenblicke
25:20 Chorale - Wenn soll es doch geschehen,
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[@lorenzbroll0101]

The gap between a genius and the rest of us is immense!

[@violinstar5948]

We all meet Bach every time we hear his music. We have a conversation with Bach every time we perform his music. Bach is in heaven looking down upon us.

[@frenchimp]

This final chorale is one of the most moving pieces Bach ever wrote... the emotion is so sublte it is impossible to capture with words... If Musick didn't exist you'd have to invent it!

[@nottinghillad]

Interesting. It's quite festive in nature - almost like a fantasia

[@florafurioso9197]

For me, the majesty of the preceding soprano portion equals that of the final chorus; both are supernal declarations.

[@mach1chap]

You are absolutely right about subtlety. However, for once I have to differ from maestro Lutz about his interpretation. At this speed the impact of the syncopations in this chorus is lost, and the choir comes over as less than majestic. The tympani, essential to the rhythm, are too frequently inaudible. Those who get the speed right are Leonhardt (not available on the internet), Fritz Werner (con the inestimable advantage of having Maurice André on first trumpet) and, above all Leusink, whose forces are technically inferior to those of Lutz, tho' his tympanist is a star. The trumpeter here gets that top E, which many trumpeters fluff, but it would be more effective at a slower speed. Maestro Lutz must have his reasons for choosing this speed, and it would be interesting to know what he thinks.

[@misterdiffiCULT1]

O Tag, wann wirst du sein, daß wir den Heiland grüßen, daß wir den Heiland küssen? Kills me every time.

[@jebburrows5482]

Praise God in his Kingdoms…and praise Bach-Stiftung for this wonderful performance!

[@friedrich-wilhelmbecker9805]

.....eine der kantaten, die ich immer gern gesungen habe, als tenor in unserer kantorei! lang, lang ist´s her!

[@edgardodelisi8634]

Nunca nadie llegó tan alto.

[@pedroluzdivina2355]

When I listen to the two choruses I feel an irresistible sensation of starting to dance. Thanks, Bach, for being so special. 🥰🥰😃

[@melissaraven3164]

Jan Börner is superb in 'Ach, bleibe doch, mein liebstes Leben'. And the whole performance is great, thanks

[@florafurioso9197]

Sublime The universe shimmers in the light of God’s glory

[@EtienneComment]

Sang this wonderful work yesterday with the Melbourne Bach Choir at All Saints St Kilda....what wonderful, uplifting and beautiful music to our great God and saviour! If I never sing it again it was a transcendent joy.

[@Bachstiftung]

Happy to hear you enjoyed it as much as we did 🙏 🙏 🙏.

[@IvanGreindl]

Absolument superbe...

[@claudiaangeletti2593]

Meraviglioso e sublime, è già stato detto, ma giova ripeterlo da una fresca serata estiva italiana. Musica che mette in diretta comunione con Dio Dio Dio comunione comunione

[@babajo8062]

Hochkarätige Aufführung! Die besten Solisten, die man sich denken kann!!! Vielen Dank

[@Bachstiftung]

Danke für das Lob!

[@edelahaye]

The alto aria with its continuo on one regular pulse gives me goosebumps !

[@RichardLlWilliams-di1bo]

These wonderful performances will keep me energised for years- Many thanks .Diolch yn Fawr am berformiad bendigedig.

[@Bachstiftung]

You are very welcome.

[@darioalejandroforerorojas6167]

Molto bella. L'aria affidata al controtenor (6:49) é meravigliosa!

[@Bachstiftung]

Grazie per le parole personali 🎶

[@pedroluzdivina2355]

Qué riqueza expresiva, qué profundidad de ideas, qué belleza sublime... Más Bach, por favor. Danke schön.

[@luigilieto3917]

❤Assolutamente❤Grande❤ARTE❤GRAZIE❤AUGURI❤

[@heathermtaylor7683]

Bach - the consummate theologian - disseminating the Ascension into musical genius. Absolutely wonderful. Thank you for this broadcast performance ❣️

[@peterg.crosby6320]

Magnificent and breathtaking and so well performed- thanks so much !!!

[@AlexandrosV]

GLORIOUS!

[@markpolet5565]

This is it.greetings from the netherlands❤

[@manfredeisinger8797]

Das kann ich nur bestätigen, the emontion is so sublte it is wonderful

[@nadinelandry7092]

Comme toujours, magnifique concert de cet orchestre, excellents choeur et chanteurs. Bravo au chef d'orchestre et merci pour ces enregistrements !

[@alexandertagantsev5448]

Thank you for your great delivery of this fantastic music. Every cantante conducted by you is an event in my life.

[@JohannSebastianWainwright]

Sublime. Absolutely sublime. Awestruck.

[@EduardQualls]

That counter-tenor, Jan Börner, is amazing, with a tone so pure, velvet-like, yet strong. (Singing the alto aria, "Ach, bleibe doch, mein liebstes Leben," he's mistakenly listed as an "Alto" in the persona list, above.)

[@mwnyc3976]

Countertenors are altos. Almost all countertenors are altos, but not all altos are countertenors. If people want to specify female altos, they're called either contraltos or mezzo-sopranos, depending on where the individual's voice range lies. (And sometimes contraltos call themselves mezzos because it's very hard to get opera work if you call yourself a contralto.)

[@kikivolauvent1]

@@mwnyc3976 I was just going to explain the same thing you did so eloquently. You did so in a far better way than I could have done! But I also confess that it is difficult to get these differentiations correctly. I got myself informed when I met a very young Andreas Scholl at the beginning of his career and he was introduced as Alto or/+ Countertenor….

[@carolynclark1724]

Beautiful!

[@jean-baptistecilio1443]

Magnifique interprétation. Cette œuvre sera au programme de nos concerts 2024 à Strasbourg, en même temps que le Magnificat. Notre ensemble de 16 chanteurs est La Frattola, dirigée par Patrick Armand.

[@RWxpZ2FyZA]

Mvt. 4 - the melody is just exquisite and touches heaven....Bach later re-used this for his famous Agnus Dei in his Mass in B Minor

[@dieterbarkhoff1328]

magnificent - as usual. Thank you, danke schon

[@DSR299]

The Aria at 6:50 always "knocks me out." It literally puts me in a trance-like state. I can actually mouth the German words along with the soloist - (I only speak English).

[@muhsinkanadikirik678]

*BACH'ın büyüleyici notalarıyla çıktığımız sonsuz yolculukta Tanrısal bir huzurla ruhlarımız neşeleniyor ve büyük bir minnetle göklerdeki İsaya övgümüzü sunuyoruz.Şükran ve sevgiyle...* 🎼👏🎶👏🎵🤝♾❤🙏🌺🧡🌹

[@thomasb.1649]

Dear Friend, you got it perfectly right. May our Lord Jesus Christ bless you richly. ❤

[@muhsinkanadikirik678]

@@thomasb.1649 🤝🌹❤🙏👏🌺🙏

[@user-sm9ik8yh7g]

Баховские кантаты обладают заряжающий энергетикой, я слушаю для настроения. Бог дал композитору талант для того, чтобы принести людям музыку из рая

[@gaylandbarney2231]

thank you AGAIN....my favorite rock group..... i've wondered how you nearly always manage to revitalize Bach , and today noticed it's the vitality / involvement of the musicians , .today barely restraining themselves from dancing off the stage at times........ the stiff and formal approach simply can't make living music , but you mange to

[@MatthewBluefox]

Jan ist der Börner, sprichwörtlich. :) Tolle Performance! Die Arie klingt ähnlich wie "Agnus Dei" aus der H-Moll-Messe. :)

[@Bachstiftung]

Das stimmt 😊

[@romanbotero8734]

Maravilloso....

[@stephenlee1756]

Bach was a clever old so-and-so and smuggled in the most gorgeous love song under the cover of religion>

[@guyherter5286]

La composition de l'orchestre m'est inconnue, (sauf le 1er hautbois) mais tout est bien l'orchestre, le cœur, les solistes, très beau concert, le Chef est habitué ! Merci

[@timgrady4630]

The One who gives the free gift of Everlasting Life to all who - like a child - simply believe in Him for it (John 3:16) , is glorified by this layered brilliance .

[@thomasb.1649]

Amen, Amen, Amen 🙏🏻 ❤

[@timgrady4630]

@@thomasb.1649 Blessings to you and your dear ones in His doubtless Guarantee of Everlasting Life . I appreciate you .

[@user-ih8kp1xl9l]

Alto der einzige Stimme!!!!!!♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

[@patriciarodriguezmartinez3233]

❤

[@petermesu3712]

When there are timemachines, i go to 1740, en go to Leipzig and London to look and meet Bach And Händel( id they let me 😔)

[@user-cx4ry1vh3u]

とても素晴らしいバッハ演奏です。！

[@hildegardklimm3500]

❤😊 18:54 19:04

[@peterschlatter119]

Versteht ihr auch was gesungen wir? So viele englische kommentare.

[@jrou58]

Los músicos son de todas las edades, pero el público es gente mayor. ¿Eso significa que algún día no muy lejano tocarán sin público?

[@konrad.bach4ever]

The physical audience is average of European demographics. But our virtual audience is much younger, believe me. And it goes into millions of people. 🤩

[@jrou58]

@@konrad.bach4ever Me alegra oírlo. En mi caso tengo 64 años, soy de la media europea.

[@Bigchurchmusic]

Isaiah 55:11 King James Version 11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

[@patriciarodriguezmartinez3233]

Te aseguro que no. Eso es lo que puede parecerte, pero lo sublime como es el caso de este ejemplo, el paso del tiempo siempre le dará la razón y no sé perderá.

[@patriciarodriguezmartinez3233]

Además, la música en directo o en vivo, nunca será sustituida por ninguna virtualidad. Una de las cosas que más pena me da, es no tener suficiente pasta para viajar y escuchar buenos conciertos, como este, en vivo. Y no tengo canas todavía. Como yo , aún somos millones los que pensamos así. No te preocupes.

[@walteralvarezperalta6270]

El Día de las Ascensión de Jesús a los Cielos se celebra 40 días después del Domingo de Resurrección y esta vez cayó el 18 de mayo y los suizos de Bachstiftung nos regalan esta cantata hoy 20 de mayo 2023!!! Y así otras cantatas respetando el calendario litúrgico, me gusta!! Esta cantata es muy bella, muy especial sobre todo el coro final, se me crispa la piel. Imagino a Bach imaginando a Jesús subiendo a los Cielos en música con toda la solemnidad debida, muy lindo en verdad. Lo que sí me apena es que han desmantelado la Iglesia, ya no veo el altar. Europa no debe de olvidar jamás su formación cristiana, temer a Dios nos enmienda y evita que nos hagamos daño. Saludos desde Lima.

[@konrad.bach4ever]

It is a protestant church - there are no altars with this Christian confession. But in a way, you are right: Europe has a problem with its Christian heritage. If it were only about altars…! It is rather about churches not serving God anymore but secular goals. - Keep listening Bach. He is our virtual altar. 😊

[@jrou58]

¿"Temer a Dios nos enmienda y evita que nos hagamos daño"? Por favor, piense un poco y contraste antes de escribir. Al menos lea el periódico.

[@walteralvarezperalta6270]

@@jrou58 en Europa la tasa de suicidios es alta, uno que teme a Dios lo pensaría mucho antes de condenar su alma. Pero si usted no entiende estas cosas sobre amor propio a través de Fe le comprendo y perdono sus ofensas. Ahora ya no haga ruido, déjeme escuchar a Bach.

[@walteralvarezperalta6270]

@@konrad.bach4ever es verdad, Bach es ahora, en estos tiempos, el verdadero altar y a través de su música incorporamos sin querer a Dios.

[@jrou58]

@@walteralvarezperalta6270 Los creyentes también se suicidan exactamente igual que el resto de la humanidad. Usted no entiende a Europa, donde prima la tolerancia y se ve con malos ojos los que se suben al púlpito a decir a todo un continente cómo tiene que pensar. Se es intolerante con los intolerantes. Mejor que se perdone a sí mismo y lea el Evangelio. Está mal evangelizado.

[@davidbrown8518]

This performance was of the high quality I always expect from the J S Bach Foundation (although it was not as miraculous as some others, eg, BWV 66). So I am surprised with some of the Comments and Replies here. The counter tenor was excellent. Generally I prefer male vocal soloists, and I think Bach would be happy with that. They are more likely to sing on the pitch rather than wobble around the pitch with vibrato, as females tend to do. Also, their voices have more power so they are less likely to ‘screech’ to make themselves heard. I am undecided about how soprano Wernli sang the Aria. Perhaps it was operatic rather than Bach. I would love to hear it sung by a treble (boy soprano), as Bach trained and used. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3myi6KEdtyUjLc I think the pace throughout was appropriate. Lutz and his performers know that ALL Bach's music dances, sometimes wildly. So they all dance in their playing. For a Bach performance, there are a lot of dancers on the dance floor. Bach would not object and demand that performances must follow exactly how he did it with his limited resources (but no one should complain about a performance which does that). The enthusiast audience contributes so much to the mood, but I see their average age and I am concerned: Where is the audience of tomorrow? (The performers are more of mixed ages.)

[@Bachstiftung]

Thank you very much for your comment. Tomorrow's audience? We want to gain it through the music and invest countless hours that we happily invest in introducing every generation to Bach's music and, last but not least, inspiring them.

[@eduardogironas]

Fast tempo, what is the director running from?

[@BarryWaterlow]

*The recitatives are at much more dramatic slower tempos than the overly loud, too fast chorus. Most church galleries had inadequate space for a choir of this size plus the instrumentalists, so in all likelihood chorus moments were sung only by vocal soloists. On the whole, this performance is sensitive and beautiful.*

[@gfhit7520]

it's a bit unfair I think, only the first choir is a bit too fast (and actually I don't think it's the tempo, it's the intention: I've noticed that Lutz has sometimes the tendency to play the opening choir a bit too frantic, so that it comes across as rushed, despite not being that much faster than other recent recordings), the rest seems to be at the right pace to me

[@gfhit7520]

@@BarryWaterlow that "in all likelihood" is a bold statement, the OVPP practice for Bach cantatas is much debated

[@patriciarodriguezmartinez3233]

Respeto todas las opiniones, pero cómo atreverse con Rudolf de ese modo , me parece una osadía. En mi vida he escuchado una interpretación así, del conjunto de Cantatas de Bach. Un monumental trabajo inconmensurable e incomparable. Cómo te osas comentar un tempo??? Bach no marca los "tempi"... Eso es un debate decimonónico, pasado de moda. Todos estos músicos son sencillamente geniales. Sin excepción. Y el director es una maravilla.

[@kereldeman2989]

How strange the change from major to minor..

[@martinbeach8459]

One can never destroy BAch's music with his soli Deo gloria, but the speed is somewhat frenetic for my taste, not that I like Mal Sargeant's dreary speeds either. Did he actually record any Bach? Not good for native englisch speakers trying to follow whatever German their knowledge will allow.

[@martinbeach8459]

Having sung for years with my amateur Bach Society in Brisbane Australia, I don't think we would've gotten within 15% short of that speed. By 2000 we were mostly singing in German, but earlier in the 80's we tended to use those appalling Novello translations which showed minimal appreciation for the tensions of Lutheran theology that Bach understood so well.

[@christianvolkenandt6239]

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[@briscaba]

Pity for the poor quality of the registration. We were used to perfect sounds....

[@gaylandbarney2231]

go away

[@gfhit7520]

I'm listening through nice headphones and I'm not hearing much difference compared to the usual Bachstiftung videos tbh...