Masterclass young talents - Introduction baroque cello - January 2022 | Netherlands Bach Society

Once every two or three years, the Netherlands Bach Society organises a talent development project for gifted young musicians under the age of 18, in collaboration with specialised partners. The projects, which focus on the performance practice of Bach’s music, allows us to bring talented youngsters into contact with historical performance practice and give them deeper insight into Bach’s music. In this project, we worked with cellists and baroque cellists of the future. Six very talented Dutch youngsters under the age of eighteen were selected from auditions to take three masterclasses about the baroque cello, playing continuo and Bach’s Cello Suites, given by Lucia Swarts. Each cellist rehearsed their own movement from Suite No. 3, which they then recorded for All of Bach.
The project was set up in collaboration with the Cello Biënnale Amsterdam and received support from the Dutch Musical Instruments Foundation. Especially for the project, the foundation provided baroque cellos and bows, so that the cellists could explore new possibilities on these instruments, under the guidance of Lucia Swarts.
Recorded for the project All of Bach on 28 January 2022 in Amare, The Hague. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating bit.ly/3vhaTD6.
All of Bach is a project of the Netherlands Bach Society, offering high-quality film recordings of the works by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society and its guest musicians. Visit our free online treasury for more videos and background material on www.bachvereniging.nl/en/allo.... For concert dates and tickets go to www.bachvereniging.nl/en/conc....

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

They're giving Cello lessons, that totally rocks.

[@christinewatters2879]

Exactly what a teacher should be. She doesn’t judge negatively she listens and looks intently and then offers ideas about where to go next in order to extend skills. I once saw an older cello teacher reduce a little dot of a girl to tears. Why? The girl was doing her pre grade 1. Her cello had gone out of tune and she asked the examiner for help. She was ordered out ofthe room. I remember looking at that woman, thinking what do you think you are hear to do? I always remember that little one, who had a lot more gumption than I’d have had at that stage, and I hope that she wasn’t put off for life! Pretty wonderful music. Pretty inspiring cellests.

[@ignaciogomis272]

9:38 Just to get Leo van Doeselaar playing the note for tuning the cellos would make it worth it for me to participate in this project. Now seriously, what a huge amount of talent in the room, both from the learners and the teacher!

[@zacharybond23]

It's absolutely wonderful to see! Inspiring confidence in brilliant young minds to keep the music alive!

[@franklinballard1109]

One of the most ennobling (the teacher) and inspiring (the students) things I've seen this week. And, Bach imbues and inspires it all!

[@cyozdemir113]

Such a sweet lady. I've watched and listened her a lot on this channel. Thanks a lot, lovely content as always!

[@cheri238]

Beautiful . Thank you ❤️ I love the cello. The youth learning from their teacher.

[@djlgrover]

What a marvellous teacher.

[@handavid6421]

it is a great duty to pass it on to the next generation. all was lost once because it wasn't passed on gradually. the art of improvisation was lost, continuo playing was lost, instrument building was lost... they needed revival. great to see young souls that love and practice Bach.

[@lgmoses3876]

It's really wonderful spoken language.

[@ntsakowinstongomba2891]

The cutest thing I've seen today❤️

[@laurentcourcol9653]

toujours le miracle des master classes : après un conseil, c'est comme une lumière qui se fait d'un coup, et qui me tire une larme d'émotion à chaque fois...

[@lenanielsen5903]

Thanks for this wonderful video🌷

[@cassandraseven3478]

Marvelous. Their passion with Bach brings tears.

[@drgustaf2450]

Lucia is an inspiration 💙

[@user-ek1cl2lb7b]

Amazing World

[@UTGARDER]

Thank you

[@kennethbowry1521]

Sweet Jesus, so talented.

[@cstiska]

Excelente!

[@Artist_Aejoo]

👍👍👍

[@banjohero1182]

i love you guys, but you really need to put a black background on those subtitles. our girl's sweater is not exactly great for legibility

[@hiberniancaveman8970]

What a lovely video - such beautiful sounds being made! So many details, two of which reminded me of a concert, many years ago, of early 17th Century music from the English court. The first was the picture of Boccherini, which reminded me of the viols without an end spike. It looked very uncomfortable for the players. The second was the effect of temperature on gut strings, which might account for why the lutanist, with a smile, had to keep re-tuning his instrument.

[@TonyBittner-Collins]

Actually, playing a baroque cello without an endpin, in a viola da gamba fashion, is preferable for body posture and intonation. Modern cellists tend to lie on their backs instead of keeping an upright position when playing.

[@zaniwoob]

De viola da gamba is ver uit superieur aan de cello.