Johann Sebastian Bach - Chaconne, Partita No. 2 BWV 1004

Johann Sebastian Bach - Chaconne, Partita No. 2 BWV 1004 played on the nyckelharpa

[@eriknystrom5839]

The nyckelharpa is a bowed instrument, originally built and played in Sweden. Dating back to the seventeenth century, but it is still very common in traditional Swedish folk music

[@walterscolese5348]

Unbelievable! At first sight, I believe there is an incredible tension on the strings and over the body of this marvel. The lower bridge is soooo strong. Fascinating.

[@felicegreece]

Really, what's this?!! what's the point of all these black things when you could just put your fingers on the strings??! Just out of curiosity..

[@migueldelafuente4607]

I was going to ask what the hell was that. Thanks

[@brucealanwilson4121]

@@felicegreece Most people's fingers aren't long enough.

[@The_DuMont_Network]

​ @felicegreece OK. If one has the talent and ability to learn string fingering (which after 77 years, I do not), then perhaps this woukd seem silly to you, especially if you can play a stringed instrument. However, comma, this application would make it easier for a keyboard artist to scratch out a melody on a fiddle. I can play the Hell out of 'most any keyboard from a 7 manual organ (Think Atlantic City - I've played it) through pianos, accordions and melodicas. But something that needs bowing, blowing or stumming? Nope.

[@No-pm4ss]

Truly amazing, so glad that this piece is played even by nyckelharpa players. Truly difficult but this is perfect :)

[@didiernyckelharpa]

thank you! If you wish to hear more check out our latest video on this channel! have a great day!

[@isismaccornick5464]

Muito prazer em conhecer esse instrumento! Muito obrigada.

[@gerlindeschneider9386]

Interessant!Das Instrument hab ich noch nie gesehen! Dabei war ich schon im Berliner Musikinstrumentenmuseum!Aber Klasse!!!❤

[@cellolion6631]

An intriguing instrument with a musician who captures my heart !

[@FranciscoLopezCuentosdelasAnim]

Yo quede fascinado

[@hymnodyhands]

The sight of this instrument caused me to click on this video, and I was not disappointed ... how lovely a sound for this chaconne ... as a pianist who played violin for a little while, I would consider this as the perfect compromise!

[@liampitcher]

“The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.” ― Johann Sebastian Bach

[@mariagevorkian1643]

❤❤❤

[@philippefritsch1892]

Why?

[@filippguitar]

@@philippefritsch1892 Because music is His creation. We use this material (music) without acknowledging the author of it? When properly used, it will inevitably testify of God because the beauty that is built within it will manifest of the glorious Creator of it. Plus, it nourishes us - humans (and animals, btw) while we have many sorrows here on this earth.... I may not be good at explaining it but Bach understood it well.

[@kaclama]

You'll have to ask Bach why he said that.

[@luismg2130]

@@philippefritsch1892 Because Bach said so. Enough said.

[@salemsokiredor9225]

The Chaconne works quite well on this instrument, especially when performed this well! Thanks for a special treat.

[@magenta-rosepark4965]

Yes it sounds very beautiful.

[@MikePuorro]

No.

[@treetox]

Chaconne in D minor is arguably one of the most complex and hard to play of Bach's violin partitas - on the violin for which it is originally written, it is hard and virtuosic enough - and yet you, sir, play it on the nyckleharp with such great nuance and ability! It is a flawless interpretation from a musician of great ability!

[@paules3437]

Ever heard Hilary Hahn play it? I did... live... utterly captivating from start to finish.

[@torusx8564]

I love Busoni Piano adaptation.... Original have less charm.

[@PointyTailofSatan]

It's like you tried to 3D print a violin and an accordion at the same time.

[@Grizzlekidizzle]

Good one

[@The_crab_guy]

Actually, I kinda see it lmao

[@marksteinhaeuser]

or you asked AI to create a combination af an accordion and a violin, and it came up with this.

[@esjel9804]

The ingenious nickelharpa, to me is like an instrument made for by or for pianist/keyboardist who didn't want to spend the years it takes to develop the perfect intonation necessary to sound good on the violin. What a great instrument. Always wanted one.

[@RichardWagner-hi4zn]

I doubt this instrument allows you to play well after a few months only. And it has the same disadvantages as the arpeggione.

[@PaulHofreiter]

It would definitely present challenges that have a difficulty equal to intonation practice, to play it well and at this level at least. Even though it might not seem this way, gut strings with key mechanisms like this require a lot of sensitivity and nuance to play.

[@毛利大五郎-c7e]

ニッケルハルパという楽器を初めて知りました。楽器特有の鄙びた味わいを生かしたバッハのシャコンヌ演奏がとても素晴らしいと感じ入りました。動画をアップいただきありがとうございます。

[@FretsOnFire]

I had never seen a nyckelharpa & clicked out of curiosity, but after that performance I ended up subscribing - bravo!

[@svetlananemtinova5190]

And me too❤

[@FretsOnFire]

​@@svetlananemtinova5190 👋😘

[@DarioLeon-b9k]

Completamente de acuerdo. Se luce el genio de Bach. Bravo!

[@brahmburgers]

Genius playing genius. As a musician for 60 yrs, I'm gobsmacked by this performance. Thanks.

[@paulbombardier8722]

Exquisite. One might almost think that Bach had this instrument in mind when he composed this.

[@danielwaitzman2118]

It is a bowed hurdy-gurdy. What a beautiful performance!

[@paavobergmann4920]

The nyckelharpa (key-harp) is a traditional swedish instrument that has been around in this form for quite a while

[@GuillermoUribe-u8d]

😊7 m​@@paavobergmann4920

[@greywaltz1750]

@@paavobergmann4920 They nyckelharpa was developed from the hurdy-gurdy by incorporating its keyed components into bowed instruments. They are both descended from the organistrum, which has been depicted in art over a millennia ago and required two people to play.

[@magenta-rosepark4965]

That instrument looks like a combination of a violin and an autoharp. So cool!

[@robertritchiesse]

The Swedish instrument ’nyckelharpa’ (key-harp) =)

[@YoshikiChayama1231]

Bravo from Japan. You notified me of the existence of this amazing and very traditional-looking musical instrument. I have never seen it before except for on this KZbin site. Actually, is it a long-history instrument and rarely or frequently played in this modern age in Europe? It seems to me that you can also play the violin and a keyboard instrument. Is it right? Anyway, I am sincerely thankful to you for giving me this wonderful opportunity where I could enjoy my favorite Chaconne.

[@musicalme27]

Wonderful articulation, with so many different voices emerging. I feel Bach would have loved this instrument.

[@Николай-й2ц1и]

Космос!

[@jeanlouisrosa3911]

Même Bach n'osait pas ce lancer sûr cet instrument tellement c'est difficile merci monsieur pour le bonheur de vous entendre et de vous voir jouer avec virtuosité.

[@mattb4494]

hats off to you sir..sublime

[@guitarprayer8197]

One of the most beautiful performances of this piece I've ever heard. Amazing sound, articulation and absolutely clear polyphony.

[@amezcuaist]

Almost a fretted violin

[@matthiassteiner2538]

Bin beeindruckt, nein sehr beeindruckt! Grossartig die Chaconne mit dem diesem Insrrument und dem wunderbaren Musiker zu geniessen! Herzlichst Matthias Steiner (Violine/Musiker)

[@jurglietha2901]

lieber matthias, freut mich, auf diesem wege von dir zu hören! das ist in der tat ein interessantes instrument, eine art klaviervioline! liebe grüsse jürg lietha

[@paulbrower]

I had never heard this instrument, one that gives orchestral heft to the pith of a solo violin. This is one of the most impressive performaces that I have ever heard of the Chaconne, a moement that usually puts a violin to its limit. Add to this it seems effortless. Should I be called to the orchesta of angels (I'm 68 and I know the nath and biology all too well for my comfort) then this is the instrument that I want to play.

[@robinharwood5044]

If you spend 32 hours a day practicing, you can make it seem effortless.

[@gatozarin]

how come this only has 3K views???? you deserved 300K views

[@didiernyckelharpa]

thank you! If you wish to hear more check out our latest video on this channel! have a great day!

[@gregorydocenko4019]

It falls into the”Viola Da Gamba” category. This is a magnificent performance in the correct. style. BRAVO!!!!!

[@gaetanocalabrese1735]

Molte grazie per il video. Non sapevo di questo difficile strumento, credo difficilissimo da suonare. Complimenti al virtuosissimo e generoso musicista, al quale, per questo dono generoso, auguro ogni bene e saluto con ammirazione sincera, Gaetano Calabrese, poets errante dell'Irpinia -(Italia) e saluti garbati a tutti gli attenti commentatori di questo video.

[@kristian.kalmanlehto]

Having played this wonderful piece with classical guitar I must say that this is quite amazing.

[@gregorydocenko4019]

This is how Bach intended it to sound like by a stringed instrument. Organ was the conceptual origin, then adapting it to strings. BRAVO!!!!!

[@littlebrookreader949]

I wish in my heart that my dad were still here to watch and listen to this. Mother was a darling, but this would have been beyond her. Marvelous performance. Splendid, beautiful instrument! My gratitude to the musician for the time of peaceful reflection. Thank you for posting it! ❤️❤️❤️

[@susannereichardt9698]

Thought this instrument was just for early dance music, but this man plays devine music on it, brought the tears to my eyes!

[@morganelegaret4380]

MERCI POUR CE MOMENT DE BONHEUR SUSPENDU...LA TOUT EST ORDRE ET BEAUTE,CALME ET VOLUPTE...

[@alyssstout8112]

This man is a virtuoso….. Bravo, Bravo, BRAVO! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@M.B.331]

One of the most famous music for violin played with an unusual and beautiful instrument! 🎶🎻🎼🎹🎶🎵

[@Fliegenpilzkonsument]

What a cool instrument! It seems to have the same principle as the Hurdy Gurdy, with the exception that the player is bowing the strings himself instead of turning a crank... It even sounds very similar because of the clacking and shifting of the fretting mechanism. And, I must say, beautifully played!

[@andreaskurtkern5505]

Um Johann Sebastians Bach Chaccone spielen zu dürfen kommt man auf die tollsten Ideen. Super

[@KlausBambey]

Ich warte auf eine Interpretation auf dem Gartenschlauch.

[@elenacanade3246]

No conocía este instrumento.🎉🎉

[@derwishrenegat743]

Bravo! Superior performans! 👍👍👍👏👏👏 Thank you wery much!!!

[@gabebcn]

Marvellous instrument. Extraordinary performance!

[@colinetsegers]

The nyckelharpa, with it's somewhat rough aspect and sound enhances the beautifully emotional side of Bach's chaconne. It's a bit as if the nyckelharpa was a blend between a violin and an organ, both instruments well known to Bach. Nice performance.

[@therainforest4314]

Absolutely, hauntingly beautiful. :)

[@k0gle]

I have never seen a nyckelharpa being played over the elbow. Interesting technique, and beautiful sound, this is a very interesting use for such an instrument where i'd typically imagine a hurdy-gurdy being used.

[@paulbrower]

Bascally a violin below the belt and a tpiano above the belt in technique.

[@alanwerner8563]

This is a great example of the kind of popular music that must’ve been circulating around in the Early Baroque; in the cafes, the salons. You know, where the Regular Folks would hang. Even though this piece obviously wasn’t written for “Bowed Nickelharpa”, it works So Well it’s easy to imagine that’s what it was originally scored for. For some reason it makes me wonder what sort of stuff JSB would come up with when he was just Fooling Around. Excellent Rendition ! 👍🏼

[@davidfelber]

So graceful.

[@didiernyckelharpa]

thank you! If you wish to hear more check out our latest video on this channel! have a great day!

[@mateofortin-lubin8010]

Beautiful.

[@guillaume2413]

So Great, thanks for your work. Bless you

[@ThanhMaiWorld]

Wonderful to see you play and listen to you! Bach’s composition is out of this world. Well done !

[@GertimAlberda]

Very beautiful. I never saw or heard the instrument before. It sounds beautiful and looks very impressive.

[@duofourte5293]

What a impressive instrument and your interpretation! Bravo 👍👏👏👏

[@edouardchan8719]

This sounds gorgeous

[@armensargsyan9263]

Bravissimo,maestro!!!

[@andrewcordle2424]

I love this instrument 🎻 I loved hearing this piece played on the nykelharpa more than on the modern violin !!!🎻 Bravo

[@liedindingn9596]

Yes, it's less soulful. What you should endure, indeed 😁❣️

[@magoit]

Very interesting and bizarre looking instrument. Very contemplating and meditative playing. I enjoyed it!

[@danielperroni3884]

Isso é tipo uma máquina de escrever misturada com violino???? Tipo um "violino de escrever"???? 😁 Belíssima execução, por sinal.. Parabéns..!

[@liedindingn9596]

Genau das hatte ich auch gedacht... Man hört das Klappern schon... Da ist eine Geige oder Bratsche "smoother"... Aber wunderbar gespielt 🤩🎶🎻

[@BlackHermit]

Very good performance on the nyckelharpa.

[@quimmoyalivepainting]

woooow.... beautful! thank's

[@ZiyaTabassianOfficial]

Beautiful playing! Beautiful music and beautiful instrument!! 👏👏

[@brassmash5862]

What a cool instrument!

[@Andre-Jaeger]

Danke für die hervorragende Interpretaion dies wunderschönen Werkes auf diesem unglaublichen Instrument!

[@StanleyGrill]

So glad that this amazing performance popped up in my feed! Wow!

[@ВалерийПостников]

Браво!!! Прекрасное исполнение великой Чаконны на столь необычном инструменте!

[@emjayeable]

Like your philosophy and 1st time I see and hear this instrument, beautiful

[@didiernyckelharpa]

thank you! If you wish to hear more check out our latest video on this channel! have a great day!

[@sanga11000]

This is so good! This instrument offers quite a perfect pitch an the tone is verry pleasing. It suits so much with this piece of music which doesn't need vibrato.

[@aaronfleisher4694]

Sublime performance.

[@wayofthedead2648]

This is the perfect nyckelharpa.

[@didiernyckelharpa]

thank you! If you wish to hear more check out our latest video on this channel! have a great day!

[@PaulHofreiter]

Absolutely phenomenal. One of my favorite and one of the best pieces of music ever composed, done justice by a wonderful performance. It’s really cool how novel it sounds on the nyckelharpa to me, while sounding like it belonged on the instrument all along. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@AthanorMusique]

Merci Didier pour cet enregistrement magnifique et émouvant (ça me donne envie d'essayer le nyckelharpa "à la française", en plus du mien - suédois) ;-)

[@didiernyckelharpa]

Merci Athanor, bonne idée, si vous le désirez, nous avons encore plus de musique sur le canal didiernyckelharpa, au plaisir,...

[@AthanorMusique]

@@didiernyckelharpa Je connais bien ta chaîne, merci! Marco Ambrosini et toi êtes les premiers que j'ai vu jouer ainsi. Si on peut se rencontrer un jour, j'essaierais volontiers cette technique, pour voir si c'est confortable pour moi, et si ça m'ouvrirait de nouveaux horizons... J'ai un peu joué sur un des instruments de Marco - plus lourd que le mien... Intéressant, en tout cas! Surtout la 4e rangée de sautereaux... :-) Au plaisir? Martine

[@BraisCalles]

Awesome work, first time i´ve heard this Chaconne in nyckelharpa and just love it!

[@annatirindelli8879]

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[@TenorCantusFirmus]

Nice! Guess as it happens with the "Baroque" violin the flatter bridge of the nyckelharpa, when compared with a modern instrument, makes chords easier - Thus, transcribing this piece for it makes sense.

[@judithwhitehouse2149]

Yet another dimension to this amazing work - thank you!

[@Geoplanetjane]

It’s tone is similar to that of a viola This is a magnificent performance.

[@marianabassist]

Great song Great instrument 🎵👏👏👏👏

[@MguitarL]

This is the first time I've seen and heard the nyckelharpa and it's an absolute delight to listen to the Chaconne being so magnificently played on it - Bravissimo!

[@tergalist]

Beautiful sound!

[@didiernyckelharpa]

thank you! If you wish to hear more check out our latest video on this channel! have a great day!

[@BartuElciOzsoy]

Bravo! Bach Chaconne sounds amazing with nyckelharpa and you play it beautifully!!!

[@CrisFerrerYT]

Wow! I needed to see this instrument. Nice performance as well on Bach.

[@OmarFernandesAly]

Thank you very much Didier for this marvelous performance!

[@andrastotfalusi8182]

Breathtaking!

[@BrianOxleyTexan]

I'm classically trained, but hadn't run across this instrument before. What a delight! Thank you. I'm describing to friends (non-musicians) as a "bowed piano".

[@AnS-qn8hq]

Señor músico usted, su increíble instrumento y su bella música se ganaron mi suscripción.

[@ellafitzgerald1458]

❤ magnifique! ❤❤

[@evgeniisakmarov6353]

Bravo!!!!!!!!!

[@didiernyckelharpa]

thank you! If you wish to hear more check out our latest video on this channel! have a great day!

[@Egill2011]

In Swedish, nyckelharpa means "keyboard harp", or "harp with keys". I had never heard of such instruments. Something almost otherworldly. Bravo Swedes!

[@alvaromaydana8460]

Very impresive!!

[@theoddfather8782]

Looks like a Cello on steroids. This guy is a fantastic musician.

[@THEMANWITHTHEYELLOWHAT.]

😂 my exact thought

[@ТатьянаКирикова-л9ц]

Мне чувствуется исполнение полностью на ощупь Очень необычный инструмент¡❤

[@monikamedek5]

Wow! Great played and what an instrument!

[@hassaanahmed23]

Beautifully played

[@didiernyckelharpa]

thank you! If you wish to hear more check out our latest video on this channel!

[@hassaanahmed23]

@@didiernyckelharpa i surely will!

[@AndyZach]

I wondered how to save this unusual instrument in my KZbin lists. I put it under Cello, for it has that same mello sound.

[@Sxcheschka]

I love the nyckelharpa so much!

[@littlewingmyoho]

Breathtaking 🤗

[@FranciscoLopezCuentosdelasAnim]

Me enamore de ese instrumento...bellisimo...

[@maluclementina]

Amazing instrument! ❤️🎶

[@TwoCherriesIns]

Thanks for suggesting your channel, I love these instruments!

[@sergiocalisto8959]

Great Bach and great Didier! Love the interpretation, sound, video, and peculiar instrument?! Who made it? ah ah ah. Abraço mestre!

[@quinnkarson7251]

I guess it's quite off topic but does anyone know a good site to stream newly released movies online ?

[@lawsonjude6642]

@Quinn Karson Ehh I watch on Flixportal. You can find it by googling :D -lawson

[@quinnkarson7251]

@Lawson Jude thank you, signed up and it seems to work :D Appreciate it!

[@lawsonjude6642]

@Quinn Karson No problem =)

[@goldhobby]

amazing! 👍👍🎵🎵👍👍

[@gjertrudlunde2456]

Beautiful!

[@juanermesfloresmolinero1879]

Primera vez que veo un instrumentos así, felicitaciones al creador de ése instrumento

[@IliaLaporevcellist]

Great! Love this instrument!

[@melkiorwiseman5234]

I was a little surprised, although pleased, when I discovered this video since I had independently come up with a design for an instrument which is very similar to the nyckelharpa in concept, although not so much in design. Still, it's likely that my design would have evolved into something very similar, given the practicalities of the concept. It's actually a bit of a relief to know that this instrument exists and I don't need to work so hard to develop my idea since it wouldn't add as much as I originally thought it might to the musical landscape. For reference, my design was more like a crossover between the nyckelharpa and a hurdi-gurdi, but with independent wheels for each string and with the wheels moved against each string - or vice-versa - by the pressing of a key for that string. This would have allowed the strings on my instrument to be plucked as well as vibrated, giving two independent sounds for the same instrument. It would also have had more strings, possibly with some dedicated to the "plucked" sound and some dedicated to the "vibrated" sound. Lastly, the keys would have been double-action with one action being momentary and the other being locked in place, so that some strings could be "droned" like on a hurdi-gurdi.

[@FernandoCambara]

Parabéns! Uma viola "normal" me parece muito dificil de tocar, essa ai mais ainda. Mas obrigado por compartilhar semelhantes maravilhas, som e instrumento.

[@dan27music]

Great sound