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The Genius Behind Bach's Goldberg Variations: CANONS

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Nahre Sol

Nahre Sol

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Recently I learned some incredible insights about the science behind the canons in J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations with help from my mentor and teacher, David Louie.
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@IainEmslie
@IainEmslie 5 жыл бұрын
The Genius Behind Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture: CANNONS
@andyrisi4032
@andyrisi4032 4 жыл бұрын
Iain Emslie this comment should have more likes
@InventorZahran
@InventorZahran 4 жыл бұрын
Tchaikovsky be like: "Dammit, editor! You wrote one extra 'N' on the score, and now look what you've done! It was suppoed to be a canon, but now they're playing it with cannons!"
@koshersalaami
@koshersalaami 4 жыл бұрын
I once saw National Symphony do the 1812 at Wolf Trap conducted by Rostropovich. They used both recorded and live cannons. It was a blast.
@kenkinnally6144
@kenkinnally6144 4 жыл бұрын
InventorZahran. Yes, had me laughing. "Stupid typographer, look what you've done!" Lol.
@lorisschirar6680
@lorisschirar6680 4 жыл бұрын
I came here looking for this comment and I was not disappointed xD
@DBruce
@DBruce 5 жыл бұрын
Great video, love the Goldbergs! Always amazes me how Bach is able to stay in one key for such a long piece without it getting boring.Enjoyed your piece too (again!)
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you David!! 😊
@davidraiklen4521
@davidraiklen4521 5 жыл бұрын
True. Bach has a flexible concept of key that allows for surprises in melody and harmony.
@SuperDeepzone
@SuperDeepzone 5 жыл бұрын
@@NahreSol Nice video have you eard Steve Reich's Piano Phase? It's a wonderful thing and a type of cannon
@opnop123
@opnop123 5 жыл бұрын
You might enjoy Jeremy Denk's attempt at loving criticism of the Goldbergs. "It would perhaps be fine that the Goldbergs are so joyful, if only-and this is the big third flaw-they weren't also so annoyingly unimpeachable. Just the theme, for instance: a favorite inflection of mine, the way Bach gently moves into E minor at the beginning of the second half. It's so ideal and satisfying, the way he uses E minor as a melancholy foil to the prevailing G major, and having led us into it, subtly and affectingly leads us up out of it." www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2012/03/16/148769794/why-i-hate-the-goldberg-variations
@MrJdsenior
@MrJdsenior 5 жыл бұрын
Not only not boring, but MORE and MORE interesting and varied as it continues on, in virtually every aspect.
@RickBeato
@RickBeato 5 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Nahre! Love your composition both melodically and conceptually. David is great. Thank you!!
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Rick
@iainthomas5249
@iainthomas5249 5 жыл бұрын
While I was watching this I remembered that Rick had done a video about Bach and I thought right away “I wonder if Rick saw this.” My hope is that you two will do a video together.
@pfylim
@pfylim 5 жыл бұрын
@@iainthomas5249 Stay away from Beato. It's all clickbait to push a crap PDF file of his notes.
@iainthomas5249
@iainthomas5249 5 жыл бұрын
The Tree Seems like you and I have a vast difference of opinion.
@Macanto
@Macanto 5 жыл бұрын
Nahre's composition at 10:55 Very nice, love it! Bach with a gentle jazz kiss 😀👌
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@Macanto
@Macanto 5 жыл бұрын
@@NahreSol Very welcome!
@Mignuke
@Mignuke 5 жыл бұрын
Nahre Sol will the sheets be for sale?
@johndecicco
@johndecicco 5 жыл бұрын
At 11:41, the measure after the G has a wonderful F# Augmented passing chord.
@shiouhsu4869
@shiouhsu4869 5 жыл бұрын
I want a link to download it
@Kosmo999
@Kosmo999 4 жыл бұрын
Could literally listen to David Louie about Bach for hours!!!!! He needs to put up content online i would follow him 1000%
@ea6256
@ea6256 5 жыл бұрын
Excellent video as always, Nahre! My favorite canon of his is the canon at the octave from the Art of Fugue! It is absolutely incredible! I suggest you give it a listen when you have the time.
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!! Also for the suggestion :))
@fredericbeaudoin6850
@fredericbeaudoin6850 5 жыл бұрын
Isn't that your compositions?🤔
@ea6256
@ea6256 5 жыл бұрын
@@fredericbeaudoin6850Uhm... yes! I must have misspoken ;)
@joechip1232
@joechip1232 5 жыл бұрын
@@fredericbeaudoin6850 When you're as much of a legend as Bach you can speak about yourself in the third person ;)
@DrSticktrick
@DrSticktrick 5 жыл бұрын
BWV?
@jesselapierre
@jesselapierre 5 жыл бұрын
Nahre puts her creativity in a box, and then it jump kicks right through the lid!
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! 😂🙏
@thomasmcgill6918
@thomasmcgill6918 5 жыл бұрын
I can remember my Bach addiction started at the age of 4. He is the perfect composer that demonstrated that a simple melody can become the universe. Thank you again for your amazing videos. :-)
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Thomas!!
@kazimierzgarshin3924
@kazimierzgarshin3924 4 жыл бұрын
"That's the genius..." That is why I watch this video. I dont have a musical background but I love music: as far as I understand what you are explaining you show me a part of the genius of Bach. Thank you very much!
@Sara-lk2yr
@Sara-lk2yr 2 жыл бұрын
I studied It for my final exam at the Conservatory. When I played the repetition of theme at the end I felt as if I was floating among the planets... It Is an astonishing stunning masterpiece... I am honored to have studied and played It...❤️
@jolee3124
@jolee3124 5 жыл бұрын
your canon is absolutely gorgeous! Reminds me of poulenc
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@DanielYapHZ
@DanielYapHZ 5 жыл бұрын
I was thinking this when I heard it!! Absolute love
@Pakkens_Backyard
@Pakkens_Backyard 4 жыл бұрын
yeah it's very late romantic French style
@andresordonez2287
@andresordonez2287 4 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing, this piece is absolutely amazing!!
@pianoplaynight
@pianoplaynight 5 жыл бұрын
I'm also obsessed with the Goldbergs! One interesting thing to mention is that Mahler features the canon from 3:45 in the third movement of his first symphony. Great video👍
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
Didn't know that, awesome! And thanks!
5 жыл бұрын
He transposed this Canon in minor key though, and it sounds so good !
@pianoplaynight
@pianoplaynight 5 жыл бұрын
@ the whole symphony is so awesome! Easily my favorite along with the 5th and Lied von der Erde.
5 жыл бұрын
@@pianoplaynight This one and the 2nd symphony are my favorite by Mahler.
@jonsnow92
@jonsnow92 5 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, Mahler was then sued by Bach and died poor.
@sebastian-benedictflore
@sebastian-benedictflore 5 жыл бұрын
I used to listen to these every day and I remember when I learned these a few years ago, I had no idea of how complicated they really were. Bach is a true genius.
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! 😊
@sebastian-benedictflore
@sebastian-benedictflore 5 жыл бұрын
@@NahreSol Thank you! I was wondering if you could consider making a video on Mendelssohn Concerto No.1 Op.25 as well. I'm playing it right now and your insight/videos are always unique and interesting. Thanks
@sebastian-benedictflore
@sebastian-benedictflore 5 жыл бұрын
@@NahreSol Hey congrats on the WIRED video by the way.
@paqman67
@paqman67 4 жыл бұрын
I used to work in customer service and I used to put the Goldberg's on harpsichord by Pierre Hanati on constant replay on my 8 hr shift on very low volume..for nearly 5 years, every day!! I almost wore out the CD!
@richardsagala3186
@richardsagala3186 5 жыл бұрын
Nahre’s composition has an impressionistic feel to it, lovely!
@marjorievandyke8243
@marjorievandyke8243 5 жыл бұрын
Your brilliance is in simplifying the brilliance of the masters, and playing the masters so brilliantly, and taking their style and applying to Happy Birthday, and writing your own music that is inspired by boundariless genres and... I think you get my point!
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!! 🙏
@manueldossinger
@manueldossinger 5 жыл бұрын
"Nicht Bach, sondern Meer sollte er heißen" -- Beethoven It's a play on words as Bach means creek in German and Meer is the sea, also it sounds like the German word for more.
@Rufusdos
@Rufusdos 5 жыл бұрын
Wery funny choke!
@volyumismyname3177
@volyumismyname3177 4 жыл бұрын
What
@gregonline6506
@gregonline6506 5 жыл бұрын
I think I am addicted to these Variations. Listened to them so many times for so many years. Beginning with Gould’s early recording, then the later one and finally appreciating the personal touch of the interpreter. Thx for unveiling some of the funny maths behind.
@garretkaplan
@garretkaplan 5 жыл бұрын
I this canon is my favorite composition of yours! Maybe you should do a whole set of variations based on Bach’s bass line!
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!! 🙏
@garretkaplan
@garretkaplan 5 жыл бұрын
Maybe you should call it the Nahreberg Variations!
@MelodiousThunk
@MelodiousThunk 5 жыл бұрын
Or Solberg Variations? I agree, Nahre's beautiful canon is my favourite composition of hers too. It's giving me the urge to have a go at writing one...
@milofryling4654
@milofryling4654 4 жыл бұрын
I love the way you document your process - how much work it was, nearly quitting - and then you persist and succeed! I like the sound of your finished product!
@ThatBoomerDude56
@ThatBoomerDude56 5 жыл бұрын
Okay. So, every time you do one of these, I fall in love with a different piece of music. Now I'm going to have to dig for (or go and purchase) a copy of the sheet music for Bach's Goldberg Variations. (Love your compositions, too) 😃
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! 🙏
@samanthayork3125
@samanthayork3125 5 жыл бұрын
ahhhhh i love the second canon. the analysis with harpsichord playing was so nice to watch!!
@h2shin
@h2shin 5 жыл бұрын
I absolutely loved your collaboration with wired and now am on a binge of your videos. Hope you keep making great content and look forward to your future work.
@antoinekiwi2
@antoinekiwi2 4 жыл бұрын
This is really great. I could listen to David Louie talk about Bach all day. He could probably just talk about the Goldbergs all day and that would be great too! Thank you for sharing his insights and yours with us. This is the kind of thing that justifies YT's existence.
@yeongjinyu4578
@yeongjinyu4578 5 жыл бұрын
My goodness, I really LOVE Goldberg variations ! Thank you !!
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@jasperpabroa4737
@jasperpabroa4737 5 жыл бұрын
Your teacher is awesome!!
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
Yes I agree, he's remarkable!!!
@jasperpabroa4737
@jasperpabroa4737 5 жыл бұрын
@@NahreSol so are you Nahre!! please do continue these things its just full of artistry, history, information and of course awsome music...
@ghanpatel2884
@ghanpatel2884 2 жыл бұрын
this is such a great explanation thank you so much. I've been asking around and searching for someone to really break it down for me and this is the closest thus far. thanks!
@tomlabooks3263
@tomlabooks3263 8 ай бұрын
Same here.
@davidgiles9378
@davidgiles9378 4 жыл бұрын
I remember when you had only a few hundred subscribers. Since you obviously had the intellect, talent and a non-egotistical personality (refreshing and rare when you see those qualities together), it’s been great watching you get more of the recognition you deserved. Especially now that music education is being cut back, I suspect you are educating and inspiring lots of aspiring young musicians.
@kiwiznews217
@kiwiznews217 5 жыл бұрын
I just love how you explain your passion Music. I actually understand and learn so much. I lost music completely because of TBI injuries 14 years ago. Thank you so much
@redd6150
@redd6150 5 жыл бұрын
I don't know if every school in the world does this, but I remember when I was like 8 my music teacher (basically my geography teacher on overtime) used to try to make us sing "canons", except he'd just improvise one with a random song. It sounds good when Bach does it, it doesn't when you just make a bunch of kids sing "Can you feel the love tonight" but a random group starts one bar later.
@Val_Cla
@Val_Cla 5 жыл бұрын
Wow i love your Canon ! It's awesome ❤️ I'm getting better at composing with your videos. Thank you so much ! Nahre, someday your name will be among the greatest composers of the 21st century 😉 i'm sure of it 😊
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
🙏🙏🙏 ahh thank you don't know if I deserve that comment!
@BlueHundred1
@BlueHundred1 5 жыл бұрын
Amazing thing about music composition is how much theory and understanding is needed AND then the actual skill and talent to play the piece. Really informative video. I learned a lot!
@agustinalonsomusic
@agustinalonsomusic 5 жыл бұрын
Loved your piece! I could barely notice there was a Canon going on.. For me Bach is the ultimate inspiration to recover from a Composer's Block, and this book of variations keeps prooving me that there's so much you can do and extract from a simple material.
@markmilner842
@markmilner842 5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic job on the canon. I’ve always loved listening to the Goldberg variations, and this helped me understand why more clearly.
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you !! 😊🙏
@Deejbeard
@Deejbeard 5 жыл бұрын
Here from the Wired vid, you have A TON of amazing content and I can’t wait to jump in. Thanks for what you’re creating!
@JJoeisCooking
@JJoeisCooking 5 жыл бұрын
I thought this was super interesting. I adore Bach over all the other composers whose music I have performed. David Louie was so right about rediscovering a piece by Bach each time you come back to it. It's like you find things that you missed the last time you looked at it.
@ffstopP
@ffstopP 5 жыл бұрын
Bach. Amazing. Out of rules comes release, out of structure comes ecstasy. Nahre is always amazing, too.
@PlataxJazz
@PlataxJazz 5 жыл бұрын
Nahre, I'm so glad I found you. You have added levels of complexity to my enjoyment of music. Thank you for this gift.
@exquisiteoath
@exquisiteoath 5 жыл бұрын
Growing up the Goldberg variations were played frequently at home. So they always feel very nostalgic for me. Your canon is lovely in that it kept that nostalgia factor but added some new harmonic life.
@m.a.3322
@m.a.3322 4 жыл бұрын
Your compositions are so unique and modern. I hope you can compose more works like preludes, sonatas, etudes etc. I think your works would outlast us all haha!
@bry5an
@bry5an 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for putting up the visual for your Canon, it helps digest what's going on so much
@trololopeth
@trololopeth 5 жыл бұрын
Amazing timing, I've been listening to the Goldberg Variations all week. It's been my music while I study for something big.
@trololopeth
@trololopeth 5 жыл бұрын
I love this music so much, thank you for sharing
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!!
@ZenandtheArtofPiano
@ZenandtheArtofPiano 5 жыл бұрын
A fresh, engaging look at a piece I thought I knew forwards and backwards... thank you!! And I love the piece! Reminds me of the 1st mvt. of Dello Joio's 3rd Sonata
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! 😊
@DiscoInTheNunnery
@DiscoInTheNunnery 5 жыл бұрын
The first 8 bars (+4 subsequent bars) of your composition sound like a more colorful Les Barricades Mysterieuses. Beautiful.
@georgepppp533
@georgepppp533 Жыл бұрын
just came across this. wow. I am one that LOVES Bach but never understood why. thank you for the eye opener on what has been for years my favorite music.
@amulyashruthi
@amulyashruthi 5 жыл бұрын
I think what amazes me about your work is that you let us peek into the minds of other contemporary academics too: how cool the work they're doing is. Thanks for being so open and sharing what you learned. We need more of this interaction between the "lay person" (like me), the keenly interested novice (like many of the other commenters), and the academic.
@andrewjames6676
@andrewjames6676 Жыл бұрын
I'll be listening to the Goldeberg variationss in a couple of months, at a concert in France. This video will greatly enhance my enjoyment (and understanding). Thanks!
@RosssRoyce
@RosssRoyce 3 жыл бұрын
Nice! Sometimes I’m amazed at how we would often use all sorts of structural patterns in evolving dynamics, yet we do conceptualize only after the thing is done, everything had been set intuitively and singlehandedly, ..even in the case of contrapuntal creations!
@jeremiahsweeney6577
@jeremiahsweeney6577 5 жыл бұрын
Even though I was classically trained, I always had a hard time connecting with Bach. It always was easier to appreciate when I played it, and there's a few pieces of his here and there I enjoy, but I REALLY connected with what you did with that canon!
@Entertainer114
@Entertainer114 4 жыл бұрын
Jeremiah Sweeney same here! This stuff is really making me appreciate Bach’s genius anew
@Jestunes
@Jestunes 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Nahre and David Louie. Seemed like the left side of my brain didn't want to cooperate in fully understanding the complexity of writing a canon. Always loved Bach but now I have a deeper understanding of his genius. As always love seeing you, hearing you and sitting here admiring your creativity. That was some Canon you wrote btw. Felt a bit whole toneish to me at times, and the dissonance reminded me of when I first played my first Dominant chord with the flat 9th. haha mind blowing...
@davidkennedy6251
@davidkennedy6251 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent, very stimulating and illuminating and conveying the enthusiasm of the presenters.
@omegalamda3145
@omegalamda3145 4 жыл бұрын
Your canon reminded me of looking at the facets within a precious gem. Particularly the last 3 notes, as if the refraction of light within the gem jumped quantum levels. Like a valence shift in a prism. Well done. Now to use the effect to continue forward within the tonic pattern sonority thru a subtle key mod. ad finum...
@Oddquartet
@Oddquartet 5 жыл бұрын
I have always been fascinated by these variations. Thanks for making such a great video about them!
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! 😊
@petergreen1869
@petergreen1869 5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video. You are both natural teachers. This is the reason I watch KZbin much more than I watch television.
@danschoenharl3856
@danschoenharl3856 11 ай бұрын
My favorite work by Bach is the 14 various canons on the first 8 notes of the Goldberg Variation bass line. They are sublime and a good starting point for those seeking to learn to write canons. Don't worry about sounding like Bach. These works are instructional as much as they are great music. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and a stepping stone to individual expression.
@ThePianoFortePlayer
@ThePianoFortePlayer 5 жыл бұрын
WOW, I just watched your "PianoCon" session where you said you were working on Bach's goldberg's variations because you wanted to analyze it, and then this shows up.
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
Oh sweet!! 😊
@jonjlangley
@jonjlangley Жыл бұрын
Wonderful video, thank you! Another facet of the numbers game following on from 32 is when you minus the aria at beginning and the end, this leaves 30 which is the number of musical keys we have in total 🤯
@newfontherock
@newfontherock 4 жыл бұрын
If you haven't checked it out yet, Gould's 2 recordings are legendary. As a Canadian, had to put that in. Your canon is so creative! I'm amazed when composers can turn an intellectual exercise into a work of art. PS I love your Gmaj7#9#11 at the end.
@shadowgolem9158
@shadowgolem9158 5 жыл бұрын
You have inspired me. After a 7 year hiatus I'm taking up piano lessons again. And loving it. Thank you!
@davisatdavis1
@davisatdavis1 4 жыл бұрын
I'm one of those guys who appreciates one era of music more than most, and that's romantic. Therefore I don't understand baroque at all, so when my piano teacher makes me learn a Bach piece, I play it with rubato and stuff as if it's romantic. I could never appreciate or interpret baroque like others, but after watching this, I've changed my ways.
@Entertainer114
@Entertainer114 4 жыл бұрын
Davis Robinson I’m in the same boat! Romantic pieces were always the most accessible to me (and I imagine, to most listeners, due to their lyrically melodic and virtuosic qualities). But I’m coming to a new respect and appreciation for Bach - hearing how he challenged himself to create more and more complex canons gives me a deeper appreciation of his musical puzzle-solving. No wonder all other composers after Bach respect him so much.
@dallinfullmer3073
@dallinfullmer3073 4 жыл бұрын
The baroque period is pretty romantic
@davidraiklen4521
@davidraiklen4521 5 жыл бұрын
Bach - improving composers for 4 centuries. One of your most beautiful and clear compositions Nahre! And when you study Bach again, even 50 years from now, you'll gain another level.
@openup007
@openup007 5 жыл бұрын
Nahre, thank you opening my ears once again... its somewhat perplexing that it took a few score years for J.S. Bach to be recognized & appreciated as a composer. Your video casts a bright light on his genius and helps us all to better understand and appreciate his gifts to music.
@dpclerks09
@dpclerks09 5 ай бұрын
The Harmony and Counterpoint of the Goldberg Variations wraps around and upward like a double helix. If you loop some of them, they can sound like a rising Shepard's Tone. Divine 🙏
@martifingers
@martifingers 5 жыл бұрын
Nahre is clearly the sort of smart person as David Louie describes towards the end but also to my ears at least she has created here a genuinely expressive and lovely piece of music.
@SPQRatae
@SPQRatae 2 жыл бұрын
Oh God - I so love Mr Louie's deadpan delivery. I share the late, lamented Stephen Sondheim's view of Bach when he said that ultimately, he didn't see the point of listening to any other composer. Thank you so much for this video!
@musamor75
@musamor75 4 жыл бұрын
My Dear Lady, you are an enlightenment. It is indeed very rare for classical musicians to even understand the basics of harmony. With all my respects for your very fine work.
@Mike-cp1tj
@Mike-cp1tj 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you beautiful. Glenn Gould's 1st version of Goldberg was life changing for me, it's fantastic to relive that sense of discovery from a whole new angle
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! Goldberg is amazing...
@mark012498
@mark012498 5 жыл бұрын
I've only just found your content and I absolutely love the Goldbergs but I have to say, I'm so in awe of the clarity that you explain concepts (both linguistically and visually) for those that may not be as fluent in music theory as well as not being patronising for those that may be more fluent. I can imagine you being a fantastic pedagogue (as well as evidently an exceptionally accomplished pianist, composer and general musician) and look forward to seeing more of your content!
@adamh9025
@adamh9025 5 жыл бұрын
David's comments at 12:09-12:47 inspired me so hard it knocked me off a writers block!
@conman0414
@conman0414 4 жыл бұрын
Love you showing off those white key tenths. That's about as wide as I can stretch too, it's either that or Bb to Db on the black keys.
@igorjee
@igorjee 5 жыл бұрын
That harpsichord has a beautiful, clean, and full sound
@douglasjensen8986
@douglasjensen8986 5 жыл бұрын
This is by far my favorite of your videos because it is long enough to get a little bit deeper into the analysis - vs. weeks that can be devoted to the Goldbergs in a music conservatory (not to mention years studying and playing it, e.g., Gould). More like this please.
@andrewkigen
@andrewkigen 5 жыл бұрын
I can't thank you enough! Thanks for all your lessons, it broadens my understanding of music and teaches me new ways to think about composing. Lots of love from your number 1 Kenyan fan! Thanks again! And your composition sounds beautiful!
@vanessajazp6341
@vanessajazp6341 3 жыл бұрын
In my first year of theory, while I was in high school, we were tasked with writing a short piece that followed all the classical rules. With Bach as my inspiration, I wrote a brief fugue and canon that I use to this day as a warm-up.
@jaieet
@jaieet 5 жыл бұрын
Wow. You're SO genuinely good. As somebody with no musical talent whatsoever, I would love to see any original works or full-length covers you've done. Is there somewhere I can go for an easy list of that kind of stuff, without the musical theory (which, while sometimes fun, is well and truly over my head)?
@richardsantacruz
@richardsantacruz 5 жыл бұрын
I love you Nahre Sol❤️❤️❤️
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
🙏❤
@DoktorWernhervBraun
@DoktorWernhervBraun 4 жыл бұрын
Nahre's canon (at 11:30) is my favorite among her compositions (those I've heard so far). Yet another illustration that strict self-imposed rules foster creativity instead of hindering it. One minor gripe : there is no explanation as to how she came up with her 32-bar CF. It seems loosely inspired from Bach, but more info would be good.
@jonathansturm4163
@jonathansturm4163 5 жыл бұрын
Wow! Just... wow! From a passionate fan of Bach for over 50 years...
@sanjosemike3137
@sanjosemike3137 4 жыл бұрын
Two things: I am DELIGHTED that you got so many views to your wonderful Video. Second, I love your own canon. It is beautiful. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)
@deliusmyth5063
@deliusmyth5063 5 жыл бұрын
Always wanted to share this. In certain variations, namely 16, 22 & 26, I can almost hear the line from the Beatles' "Yesterday" ("All my troubles seemed so far away"). I wonder if Paul McCartney was listening to Bach at the time he wrote it. By the way, I'm not shilling for a particular movie out now. 😉 Edit: Ha, I'm a dummy! These were the track listings. The first track is aria. Then the numbering begins, so it's actually 15, 21 & 25.
@keescanalfp5143
@keescanalfp5143 5 жыл бұрын
did you recognize ‘(hey) dude, don't make me cry’ in №3 the first canon .
@deliusmyth5063
@deliusmyth5063 5 жыл бұрын
kees canal fp You mean "Hey Jude"?
@keescanalfp5143
@keescanalfp5143 5 жыл бұрын
@@deliusmyth5063 let it be, thank you!
@deliusmyth5063
@deliusmyth5063 5 жыл бұрын
kees canal fp Actually, in this film (which I'm not promoting, honest!) "Ed Sheeran" suggests changing the lyric to "dude", so you may have a point.
@Advent22mix
@Advent22mix 5 жыл бұрын
This is utterly brilliant content. There really isn't enough in-depth musical analysis out there for public consumption so this was a total treat to watch. I'm also ecstatic to see the harpsichord on your channel, that instrument is my passion.
@Fixologist1
@Fixologist1 5 жыл бұрын
This is a top contender for greatest composition of all time in my book.
@thebachproject6530
@thebachproject6530 4 жыл бұрын
This is great. I've been thinking about analysing some Bach and this is such a great teaser! I didn't know about the canons moving through 2nd. 3rd, 4ths etc.....so interesting. I took up piano 5 years ago at the age of 45 and am teaching myself by slowly learning my favourite Bach pieces and watching your channel (!!!) so thank you. It's so incredibly rewarding to learn Bach and your channel is gold.
@stuartdryer1352
@stuartdryer1352 4 жыл бұрын
I love your very modern cannon. Please extend this into a longer form, it is too cool to leave it at that.
@MyXxx77
@MyXxx77 4 жыл бұрын
Again, you have come up with a wonderful piece of original music at the end of your journey. CONGRATULATIONS! Glad to hear there will be more of David Louie as well.
@andrewpfeiffer6218
@andrewpfeiffer6218 4 жыл бұрын
Nahre Sol did it too, it's such lovely music that it's hard to believe that it has these difficult technical patterns too.
@MultiCappie
@MultiCappie 2 жыл бұрын
The thing that impresses me most about Beethoven is that he had to find the creative scraps left behind by Bach.
@timearchitecture
@timearchitecture 4 жыл бұрын
My fav performance for goldberg is the NES version for chamber, so cool. Really powers out the individual voices when arranged for strings.
@jinters1326
@jinters1326 4 жыл бұрын
It must be nice to have teachers and mentors, especially individual instruction from a young age. People to look up to, who guide, encourage and nurture. To gain greater knowledge and understanding from. At least videos like yours exist. Otherwise I would have nothing. Thank you, so much!
@bronktug2446
@bronktug2446 5 жыл бұрын
Love the videos on BACH, Baroque and counterpoint, especially theory to help me on long journey to becoming a self taught composer, thank you Nahre!!!! ❤️❤️❤️
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! 😊🙏
@rachelayjay89
@rachelayjay89 5 жыл бұрын
i literally snorted at "in my sleep" lolllzz
@mpgilbertusa
@mpgilbertusa 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for exposing us to the genius of this work. I’ve heard it many times but never quite realized what was going on in the underlying structure. Hearing and watching you work through your own piece really helped me put it all together. Now I’ll have a deeper appreciation the next time I listen to the Variations.
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! 😊
@PhilJonesIII
@PhilJonesIII 5 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I try to play the piano and can spend weeks to just learn even the simpler Bach pieces. Then, after a few more weeks of playing, learning to hate and learning to love again, the patterns start to show through. It's a sort of 'I see what he did there' moment. I then get discouraged for not seeing it sooner. Still, its fun to learn. I may never fly but I can jump higher.
@AntPDC
@AntPDC 5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely wonderful analysis of one of my favourite Bach pieces. Thank you very much indeed.
@christopherbarber9351
@christopherbarber9351 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this video! I love the Goldbergs, now I love them more by realizing how challenging they were to write!
@samuelarba6695
@samuelarba6695 5 жыл бұрын
Nahre you are an example for a lot of classical pianists. Thank you for your videos!
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! 😊🙏
@georgehenry8391
@georgehenry8391 4 жыл бұрын
I enjoy your videos very much. My father tried to instill appreciation for Bach in me at a young age and his effort only partially succeeded. You have just advanced it a bit more. I also like your playing and compositions, enjoy the way you explain things and gain pleasure from following your adventures.
@bman3977
@bman3977 5 жыл бұрын
I LOVE THE GOLDBURG VARIATIONS! Thank you so much for covering this Nahre! :)
@NahreSol
@NahreSol 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you !! 😊🙏
@nardmaster619
@nardmaster619 5 жыл бұрын
I'm new to your channel and I love your unique content. I'm not sure if you covered it in your Q+A but can you do a separate video about your musical journey and musical education
@rolontzbass
@rolontzbass 5 жыл бұрын
Nahre your piece is so beautiful. I love the harmonic sensibility you have. Thanks for the great video.
@rodrigocalmanowitz
@rodrigocalmanowitz 5 жыл бұрын
Great video Nahre Sol! Always a delight to watch. You always show us your process, and the amount of work you put into these videos!!
@TheZenguitarguy
@TheZenguitarguy 5 жыл бұрын
I am not a classical musician but have listened to a lot and thought your piece was lovely. For me colors of Shostokovich and Satie. Thanks for the lesson and the music!
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