J.S. Bach, Cello Suite No 1 - Julia Lange, Classical Guitar

I'm finally back with a new classical guitar video and I really hope you enjoy my interpretation of the beautiful Prelude from the Cello Suite No 1, BWV 1007 by Johann Sebastian Bach!
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Sound recording + video editing: by me
Special thanks to my family for helping out with filming and Stephan Werner for the musical support!
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My classical guitar made by Jakob Lebisch: www.lebischgitarren.de/​
Guitar Strings: D'Addario www.daddario.com/
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Julia

[@viennapalace]

Sometimes, 3 minutes of Bach, properly interpreted, can calm a turbulent day & ease a troubled mind. This was one of those times. Thanks for sharing a wonderful performance. It made my day.

[@julialange3260]

Glad to hear that 🙏

[@jwetzel3141]

It blows the dust of daily life off ones soul.

[@TalibanSymphonyOrchestra]

Always it can. I have Pablo Casals in my CD player and listen to this many mornings and don't feel the need to put anything else in there. Not to say it is all I listen to, but it is like morning coffee to me.

[@michaeltaylor1985]

I think Back would have written many more pieces for "parlor" instruments if the Guitar was 2 centuries further in advancent. The lute lacked the lyrical dynamics, which were brought to the Guitar years later by Segovia and his work with Luthiers such as Manuel Ramirez and The German Howser. Actually he would have written conciertos for Guitar if Segovia lived in his day.

[@hadrianaugustus6448]

i know this feeling

[@hplovecraftmacncheese]

I'm a cellist and I've performed the Bach suites many times and heard a lot of other interpretations. When I hear it on guitar, it lends some kind of a magical tranquility that you just can't do with the cello.

[@worfoz]

I'm not a cellist and I've never performed Bach, but when I hear Bach on cello.... I cry. Cello's are the best, keep listening to guitars, and keep using your cello. Thanks

[@ospreyish]

Agree!

[@jamessingleton4856]

Totally agree and I'm a cellist!

[@MrNurutomo]

The sixth string = D

[@anonamos8129]

The guitar offers many different Timbres. Segovia talks about this in an elegant way and said “the guitar is the easiest instrument to play but the hardest instrument to play well”

[@musicalcomputernerd6474]

As a straight man from the southern United States I think the best compliment I can give you is that your music is so beautiful I didn’t even notice how beautiful you are yourself. Around here men typically see the pretty girl and then click on the video just to see her and I clicked on this from a google search of Prelude on guitar and my God are you something special(talent wise). Keep up the fantastic work you are doing

[@beastinthesky6774]

I'm an amateur player but I've been (slooowly) learning this piece and using this video as reference. So I think that by the time I've learned it I will have watched this video more than any other person! 🥇

[@owatahfuhlaiyem4776]

A classical performance by a classy and intelligent lady. You and your performances are not just gifted, you are a gift. Thank you for sharing something so wonderful with us.

[@greggemerer8251]

This music makes me feel that the mundane and the profound are identical. That life is an epic, without anything extreme needing to happen. Just being alive is enough.

[@NickNicometi]

If only.

[@teogambii9046]

@@NickNicometi Please Stop suffering

[@OkieSketcher1949]

J. S. Bach has got to be grinning from ear to ear right now. Absolutely beautiful to hear. Thank you so much for this.

[@user-vk7zq9ig6o]

Julia Lange is the perfect guitarist to perform this lovely piece. I can listen to her play for hours.

[@josephpallo8778]

As a cellist who is currently playing this song, it transposes beautifully. For all the time I've heard of prelude its been the "Classic cello piece", but it definitely is not just great on the cello. This is proof.

[@EPICSOUNDTRAX]

I transcribed this for double bass and took my exams with it.

[@brownrm47]

Bach sounds good transcribed for kazoo

[@ianrobertson2282]

You might be interested in this arrangement for organ but played solely with the pedals. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5yqY2iDZdhnnac

[@ayaxbruno]

​@@EPICSOUNDTRAX can you send me the transcription?

[@dunnedigby4957]

Kazoo? Idiot. Leave.

[@lingleung6508]

The world became a better place in just 3 minutes. AMAZING

[@jeffreyharper2731]

Bach's Cello pieces always transcribe well for guitar and sounds just as good.

[@alabamacoastie6924]

A beautiful, gifted classical guitarist playing timeless music. What more could you ask for?

[@jbouduin]

BWV 1007 auf Gitarre: Viele sind berufen, aber wenige sind auserwählt. Du bist definitiv eine der ausgewählten ❤️

[@alkissarris8656]

I love listening to Bach cello suites but I agree that this is a magnificent interpretation of the 1st suite on guitar which radiates with tranquility 😊

[@jelvine_lee]

Olden people in the past had an incredible music taste, even clothing, writings you name it! Their music is outstanding!

[@FlexingClassicalMusic]

*🌠 The depth and complexity of classical compositions never fail to leave a lasting impression.*

[@itinerantpatriot1196]

There was a time, many years ago when I was just a kid, I would sit for hours on my porch and try to play as fluid as this young lady, alone except for this stray cat who used to sit and purr as I plucked the strings, never complaining that I never reached that level. It was the effort that mattered, the attempt. I wish I had that heart today, somewhere it got lost, but hearing this captures a bit of it, and reminds me of the joy of the challenge to play like the masters. Very well done young lady, very well played indeed.

[@digiswitch]

i, i, i, i, i.

[@c4arschfisch51]

One of the most relaxed Hands i ever seen ... stunning, beautiful Superaffentittengeil

[@jsa2112]

Listening to this made today a better day.

[@russsalsman3512]

Don’t tell Johann, but I like this piece better on guitar than on cello. And I LOVE it on cello. Amazing work and my gosh, what a gorgeous sounding instrument.

[@makulone]

Yes, same here.

[@lasttrimestr49califos89]

Gorgeous guitarist, as well. ❤

[@AgentZ-1844]

don't worry we ain't tellin🙊🗿 unless he see the video🤯🗿

[@tellyhalkias4653]

Fraulein Lange, das einzige, was schöner ist als Sie, ist Ihr Spiel und Ihre offensichtliche Liebe zu Ihrer Kunst und zu Bach. Vielen Dank für diese großartige Leistung. Beste Wünsche aus den USA und Entschuldigung für mein unzureichendes Deutsch

[@julialange3260]

Vielen lieben Dank 🙏

[@edfederoff2679]

We need to get you to a million(s) subscribers! That was incredible! Thank you...

[@DefaultName-yf5sd]

Beautiful setting, beautiful music & beautifully played by a beautiful girl.

[@glenolivesomargaritafoglio4471]

Fabulous, and for all of the reasons mentioned below. Julia is beautiful, Bach's Cello Suite No 1 is beautiful, Julia's virtuosity is beautiful, and the setting is beautiful. The problem is the setting. It is also beautiful, in the way that the house turned-museum of a long-dead classical music composer can be beautiful: elegant, refined, clean. Exactly what one would expect. This is why classical music concert halls are largely filled by a dying demographic of cotton-heads. The same piece played by Julia weaaring a sweaty and dirty house dress in a squalid apartment with a view of Mexico City or a Favala in Brazil, would, potentially, go viral. In other words, there is nothing at all wrong with presentation of classical music in its traditional formats, as we see here. And perhaps its survival will never depend on how it is presented, after all, as long as humans are able to recognize and appreciate the transcendent beauty of music it will always be with us in one form or another. But for it to thrive, it can never do so without being relevant. Safe patronoge is one thing, but the patrons will someday be gone.

[@michaelmckinney7240]

You've found your joy Julia. There is no sound on planet earth more beautiful than the classical guitar, as beautiful perhaps, more beautiful, not possible. Thanks Julia.

[@DevilCouldCare]

The lute can have a mellowness and clarity that is hard to replicate on the guitar, e.g., kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmm4paRqlreVq5o

[@user-lt4hn2ws4c]

Когда исполняешь Душой - неважно, на каком инструменте!!!

[@alexruiz421]

I never thought the perfect woman existed. and then you tube proves me wrong and introduces me to Julia Lange. So talented. Congratulations.

[@T._Matthew_Phillips]

J.S. Bach yet lives!!

[@kennethschweighardt4920]

A moment, of peace, beauty, skill, emotional content, reflectiveness, (I may have just invented a new word..) and hope, packed into 3:08. For the weary, the stressed, the worried, the uncertain, the hopeless, to come and be unburdened of the cares that trouble their hearts, and remember once again what the joy of life feels like. Thank-you Julia, May God increase your skill, your joy, your audience, and give you increased ability to move peoples hearts deeply.

[@carlosraul6578]

Very nice playing and very nice chroma

[@htcbenoni]

Diese Aufführung ist mir wie aus dem Himmel gefallen. Herzlichen Dank und liebe Grüße von einem "Bach Snob" aus Südafrika.

[@mertkanar]

Thank You, I'm totally relaxed and peaceful now :)

[@MeneerHerculePoirot]

The clarity and punch of the bass on that guitar is astonishing. Marvelous performance, obviously.

[@StopFear]

hmm...I don't know. If it is a comment about the guitar, to me it sounds like all classical guitars, which are designed to sound that way.

[@MeneerHerculePoirot]

@@StopFear Instruments are singular in their tonal properties. You're obviously not a musician, otherwise you'd realize the stupidity and smugness of your remark. Pity you're not a little more self aware.

[@plantreez1]

@@MeneerHerculePoirot pity you must belittle someone for their ignorance.

[@MeneerHerculePoirot]

@@plantreez1 It was substantially more than ignorance. The commenter"s ignorance is forgivable. What's NOT forgivable was the assertion of expertise on a subject about which it was obvious he or she knew nothing. So, according to you I'm to suffer fools gladly? By even condescending to respond to your comment I'm already doing that. Pity you feltl a need to jump into an admonition to which you weren't invited with an individual whose knowledge and expertise of the subject renders you completely outclassed. Feel to offer any rebuttal. But, do keep it pithy as I bore easily with those demonstrating intellectual inferiority.

[@plantreez1]

@@MeneerHerculePoirot Again.... have a nice day sir. You would not dare do that in person.

[@MatematicaTel]

playing with love! Bravíssimo!! (from Brasil)

[@terrymiller111]

Brasilissimo? :-/

[@andrewbuchan2232]

@@terrymiller111 BrasilissimA

[@Fabio-xy2pw]

@@terrymiller111 Actually he said "Bravissimo", not that you´ve whrote.

[@secessaofamiliamercado9538]

Huehuehue brasileiro ta em todo lugar

[@Metasisic]

I enjoyed this guitar transcription immensly.

[@Anidawehi]

She is a dreamy player. I'm in love with her feel.

[@gregdelaney119]

This is breathtaking. It's not often we have the opportunity to watch a performer literally become the music she is playing. Bravo!

[@peterg5383]

literally!

[@marcosreis1454]

Que preciosidade! Que coisa mais bela!!! Parabéns Julia !!!! Falo de Belo Horizonte! Minas Gerais Brasil!!

[@jamesross669]

Lovely.

[@f.dmcintyre4666]

So nice............Thanks and Blessings............

[@joshh.3870]

Thanks to you, this will be the first classical masterpiece I will be mastering. Thank you.

[@StevePedersonOfficial]

I think this is my favorite version/performance of this piece I've heard yet! 😀

[@ralflaola2173]

Julia vs. Anrés... hm She is nice and good playing 🤩

[@gregorhuyskens1874]

It still does not reach the version of John Feeley. But its nice

[@danielnorman8595]

Such beauty, for both the the eyes and the ears...

[@mrlpz1636]

Glad I came across this soothing to my soul

[@julialange3260]

Out now on Spotify and all other streaming services: open.spotify.com/track/669Ipdf6Zg9SI3bAZPZHhI?si=X5df_zF6T1mvWNIvBhc-4Q

[@nathanielgreer2764]

Thank you. That was beautiful.

[@thatthingthatisaid65]

Your fingers are hypnotic, a great lesson in clean arpeggios.

[@SebastianoCellentani]

I sent you a work email. I write it in case it ended in spam :) BYE!

[@jazzhiphop3660]

no!

[@miguelambrosio2699]

Y el instagram? Jeje

[@Chezame]

Wow this is so wonderful 😳

[@julialange3260]

Thanks a lot 🙏😊

[@chungwei5916]

Esh poh~ poh~

[@nicholash8021]

Incredible performance Julia. To think that J.S. Bach composed this 300 HUNDRED years ago; just insane how the mind can produce this... and without the internet. We have only one reborn soul who can possibly reinvent such beautiful things, and she is Alma Deutscher. Look up her channel.

[@Boiing008]

I've been playing guitar for years (a different style) and whenever I hear a lady like this I am completely in ore of them. They play with such Devine skill and precision that I could never hope to be as good as them in a million years. And you no what? That's good because I get to listen to the beauty of it without analysing it. Fantastic 🎉❤

[@musicnevinnomyssk]

Красота классической гитары, как и классическая красота исполнителя))). Джулия спасибо! Я один тут по-русски пишу?

[@user-yj5vo2uo7q]

Да. Я по русски умею только читать.

[@1GusGarcia]

BEAUTIFUL AND FLAWLESS

[@ELECTRICMOTOCROSSMACHINE]

Every note perfect.

[@petervrabcak5597]

Precision and clarity, the sole of talent.

[@bluesdog3621]

You make it look so easy, beautiful!

[@87Wayne]

Absolutely beautiful performance of a Great work by my fav. composer.

[@stavrosk.2868]

Bach sounds good on any instrument.

[@SiccasGuitars]

Wonderful Julia, bravo! 👏👏👏

[@julialange3260]

Thanks a lot dear Siccas Team ☺️

[@simmo303]

Brava.

[@tiagohenrique9935]

vocês são brasileiros?

[@paulrossi4863]

@@julialange3260 That was wonderful Julia, I have it saved.

[@msblue1003]

where exactly is this room? Fantastic acoustics and decor + amazing playing

[@stephenjablonsky1941]

I grew up listening to Segovia play Bach. A video like this confirms my assertion that there is nothing more elegant and soulful than Bach on the acoustic guitar. This is about as close as you can get to experiencing perfection.

[@augustvonmacksen2526]

Incredible dexterity in those more complex passages.

it was so well played as the interpreter remembered things from her life while playing

[@stephencampbell7206]

Absolutely beautiful, thank you ❤

[@andersonlima4916]

Esplêndido!!! Bravo!!!!!!

[@WillaLamour]

Beautiful. So, beautiful. Thank you.

[@johnockwell7168]

Beautifully played ...reminded me of Segovia all those years ago...a fluid and intelligently realised reading ...thanks Julia

[@bonifasiusanggara4742]

I feel like, like kinda hearing a soundtrack from a beautiful movie from a very beautiful scene... So calming

[@kenhoward3512]

That was 3 minutes of pure pleasure.

[@Crazycarswell]

What were you doing for the last 30 seconds?

[@davehero1]

Beautiful. Thank you.

[@paulbrowning1758]

A universal beauty.

[@ER-sg5eg]

As a cellist in the New York Symphony…. BEAUTIFUL!!! Your expressions for a song I have had to play my whole life and love…. So amazing!

[@dr.marcojose7492]

I was enchanted with this interpretation. Sheer virtuosity ❤

[@bleedingcrystal4722]

I have no idea why this didn’t grab me when I heard it on Daredevil but it certainly did when I heard it on Batwoman. As a metal guitarist I’m now determined to learn this. Absolutely gorgeous playing. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@PygmalionFaciebat]

Aus meiner Sicht, perfekt gespielt, und vor allem nicht hinreissen lassen,wie es manch andere Künstler tun: die Technik durch Emotion zu vergessen ; oder überzuinterpretieren , oder die Virtuosität überzubetonen (manche spielen dann entweder zu schnell, oder schwierige Passagen zu schnell, oder lauter usw.) - es gibt so viele Fehlerquellen selbst für einen gereiften Musiker eine Komposition zu verhunzen. Hier - in diesem Video, hast du trotz der fließenden Melodie; der meditativ emotionalen Hingabe, nicht die Idee der Komposition vergessen; genauso wie du deine Gefühle , deine Interpretation nicht in den Vordergrund gestellt hast, sondern von der Komposition tragen hast lassen. Du wurdest eins mit der Idee; mit der Komposition - so fühlte es sich für mich an. Und deswegen kommt es auch so erfüllend ; so vollendet rüber - deswegen fühlt man, was du fühlst während du es spielst (oder ich kann es mir zumindest einbilden, dass ich dasselbe fühle). Es ist das erste Video das ich von dir gerade sah - und es hat mich absolut überzeugt! Auch weils so kohärent schön war (bei manchen ist der Anfang - als Einleitung sehr schön gespielt, und danach wird der Virtuosität zu viel geopfert - und man fühlt nicht mehr dasselbe wie am Anfang).. bei dir wars aber einfach nur schön, die ganze Zeit ! Danke dir für dieses Geschenk!

[@AlanCanon2222]

Lovely, and the wooden furnishings and other surfaces of the room doubtless help make the performance even more authentic (even with the change of instrument).

[@gabriel222]

Beautiful tone, and control of each passage whilst maintaining the spirit of the piece! Well done.

[@adolfogarcia2755]

Great guitarist and play music of BACK is very complex, hard, the most complicated musician in classical music ever, JOHAN SEBASTIAN BACH.

[@davidfusani]

Even Yo Yo couldn't do it better. The guitar elevates this beautiful piece. Perfection.

[@andrewbarnes4658]

I’ve listened to classical music all my life, this was very beautifully played. Well done.

[@douglasthomashayden2566]

Beautiful! This tune always lifts my heart, and your rendition here is downright *magical*. Thank you :-)

[@ronaldosantos2798]

Não tenho adjetivos para qualificar tao maravilhosa interpretação

[@KC-blues]

Inspired to play now.

[@ivanemmanuelaguilarlozano4041]

Yo interpretaré la misma obra en la final de un concurso en mi país y me da emoción pensar poder interpretar así, tengo 11 años y me encantó como tocas.

[@s.r.Alberto]

¡Mucha Suerte, Iván! ¡La mejor de las suertes!

[@dave0351]

May I ask, how did the competition go?

[@diegonarambuena3225]

We miss you Julia! great interpretation, amazing perform.

[@julialange3260]

Thank you 🙏

[@markkennedy9767]

Wonderful stuff. I took classical guitar as a kid, so i can really appreciate this, but wish i could play like this.

[@JeffShacter]

She plays with beauty, authority, and feeling. Bravo! That's a nifty contraption she has there to connect her instrument to her left thigh. I play with the waist of the guitar on my left thigh, but use a 6" stool to get the "altitude" on the guitar that makes the neck/fingerboard 45 degrees to vertical. This allows me to perform "Thumb Position" on the guitar, a technique used on cello and double bass, which also sport a perfectly vertical neck. I think that's where I got the idea/inspiration. That, and I REALLY needed that one extra treble note. Necessity being the Mother of Invention, of course, and not me. Plus, I really needed that note, and now I have it and a few others, to boot.

[@ricarob9985]

Que qualidade sonora !!! Que toque limpo !

[@snoopaka]

Lovely and relaxing to listen to.

[@julialange3260]

Thanks 😊

[@JLSXMK8]

@@julialange3260 oh, it's relaxing all right; With a gigantic capital R! I love that!

[@NickNicometi]

@@julialange3260 And not hard to watch.😉

[@arwynrees3632]

Sometime pieces are played just right for my ear,ths is one of those times.Three minutes of great pleasure.Thank you ,Julia

[@1000left]

WOW!!! It's even prettier on guitar!!! Thank you!!!!

[@user-lc7zy4db1s]

You’re back! I love bach and play him almost every time I play guitar.

[@jonahkai509]

Wow, that gave me chills! I've never heard this song on guitar before. Thank you!!

[@jaycarmona]

The build up starting at 2:09 is genius. It’s a sonic guide to the part immediately after which sounds like Grace.

[@andychapman8667]

Cascading glorious lines. Beautiful!

[@lapicker1010]

It transcribes so well you’d never believe it wasn’t written for guitar. Very nice job Julia!

[@philippGM]

Very impressive. Never heard Bach on a guitar before. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@comsigninc]

How about Beethoven ? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWfVc35md9Z_aNk

[@philippGM]

@@comsigninc this is for me a little too modern interpretation.

[@MuzykaStrannika_StihiRomantika]

*Одно наслаждение слушать такую прекрасную игру* 💗

[@alexanderyasa3721]

So clean and so much feel. Seen so many solo guitar renditions of Bach's Cello Suite and this is the best.

[@titostitos553]

Su forma de tocar transmite paz.

[@gudgen2004]

Truly beautiful piece of music played exquisitely

[@blackiblacki4260]

Ce prélude sans artifices incompréhensibles...C'est rare!

[@allanlees299]

I loved this so much I actually felt myself wanting to applaud at the end of the piece. I do hope I have the opportunity to listen to this magnificent performer live on tour one day.

[@markprincipe7440]

Absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing your gift Julia..ox..

[@julialange3260]

Thank you 🙏☺️