Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 Part 1

[@NiallsSongs]

I wish all the angry and warring people on earth would get a massive dosage of Bach's music! This is so uplifting, it transports you to an elevated viewpoint.

[@jorgwagner6709]

@Niall's Songs: I often think the same, absolute fitting comment, you "hit the nail on the head", Greetings from Germany, Merry Christmas and stay safe!

[@bonconfidant7514]

I share that sentiment. One would hope all the angry and warring souls would welcome the chance, but alas no. This music to us is like an open window inviting us out beyond self to the vastness - the light of angels and the community of souls. I do not know the reason why some are unaffected by this music. For such as they the window is not open, though neither is it locked. For the youngest among us, exposure at an early age - even in the womb - could mean the difference. Or so I hope.

[@douglasyiuchinglok307]

How will Bach's music can "archive peace"?

[@rubenfernandezvillarino8404]

❤

[@Max-gt9ld]

Thanks to the Norwegian people for this wonderful music! Thanks a lot!❤

[@simonandrews3694]

Best version of this I have heard - fresh and fervent.........

[@gorgesraulant2133]

Magnifique ! quel plaisir d'entendre jouer ce passage à chaque Noël et davantage!

[@redbrian3655]

I have heard Dijkstra conduct this Oratorio at different times with different ensembles and his interpretations and expression remain my favorite.

[@МарияАлуф]

Yesss!!! 💥💥💥❤️❤️❤️😁

[@Prantusao]

Excellent live performance. Good work of the sound engineer. Pls, keep this video alive.

[@paulsomers6048]

Love the trumpeter's ornamentations in the Grosser Herr da capo!

[@ojtrumpet]

Yes, Mark Bennett usually do nice ornaments on the repeat!

[@varuzhanmargaryan3547]

Great performance! Very beautiful!❤Bravo maestro👋

[@zabacequia]

Bravisimo!!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@JessmanChicken86]

Amazing, incredibly lively. You can tell the performers enjoyed the music, and they really did it justice.

[@rickmarti77]

Wow. 50 years of vinyl, tape,live,CD and stream, this is the best one yet.

[@AALavdas]

You have to listen to Harnoncourt's -this one does not even compare

[@MarvinBartlett-lj5sh]

Ausgezeichnet! Vielen dank.

[@alanholmes4016]

Yes the orchestra is great and the trumpet!!! I the love the chorus and conductor so yes I love it all!!!

[@hansyvindlunde7742]

Fantastisk trompetgruppe! 🙂

[@ArnaudCDLC]

I played with natural trumpets, and the problem here is that they have holes.

[@taffelpikene]

@@ArnaudCDLC Doesn't sound like a problem does it? Or you'd prefer them play out of tune?

[@ArnaudCDLC]

@@taffelpikene I play with natural trumpets without holes, and there is not real problems with intonation, and the sound has more colorsthan the exact tempered tunes. There were no holes at the baroque time. It is the same attitude if you put plastic strings on violins or plastic heads on timpanis…

[@alanholmes4016]

Wow really great it is not just about the notes it is about the JOY!!!! The Exuberances and the soloists from what I can tell are really good. What a joy and the mezzo just keeps improving as she sings such a beautiful warm voice, so glad it was not a bloody counter tenor!!!!

[@alanholmes4016]

I LOVE THE BASS, A GREAT VOICE FOR THIS REP. AND THE TENOR, SO EASY!!!

[@festivetosho7376]

It's great to see the baton isn't only carried by the Netherlands Bach Society.

[@anibalconcha6612]

Great performance! Very beautiful!

[@ericsamuels6574]

Wonderful tempo! great conductor. PLEASE RESCUE ME FROM UTAH!!!!! Grew up back east. Used to sing with the Bethlehem Bach choir and play with great orchestras. Anyone need a cellist who studied with Rose, Greenhouse, Stokking, and Leonard? God bless this terrific group!

[@friendlybanjoatheist5464]

Brilliant. I would love to see this live. Thank you.

[@brhs923]

Sensacional... ❤ Bach é surreal!

[@davidking8361]

This is God's work, and it is marvelous in our eyes!

[@seawindocean1671]

Superb! Lively, uplifting! Very professional performance! Thanks to our Creator for Bach !

[@thomasmallon2952]

Brilliant performance. Brilliant diction and sensitive conducting. My favourite performance of this work.

[@gemstone212121]

1/2R 7:20 1/3R 8:28 1/4Alto Bereite (9:26) 9:47; Deine (11:00) 11:21; Bereite (12:27) 12:48 1/5Choral 14:35 1/6R 16:00 1/7BS (16:23) 16:45 1/8Bass Großer (19:02) 19:20; Der (20:29) 20:45; Großer (21:41) 22:00 1/9Choral 23:40

[@Ashlee-lh2pt]

Beautiful resonance in the tenor solo.

[@GardenerTobak]

Absolutely superb. One of my favorite recordings. Especially love how the trumpets hold the high note just a tad bid long at the top of the phrase (on beat 1), as though it were the top of a mountain crest, before the next phrase continues downward. Example at 1:42-43, and continues in that pattern throughout. Very crisp performance with excellent conducting. Conductor is not too flashy, and is very clear, excellent phrasing. Would be interesting to know if he's a singer or instrumentalist. Wish I could have heard this live, in person. This is a performance that really wakes me up. I also appreciate the pretty women singers. :)

[@GardenerTobak]

Okay, I just looked up the conductor, and he's a vocalist. I should have guessed that by the absence of a baton. Marvelous job. Truly well done.

[@gnypp45]

+GardenerTobak Agree on everything, incl the pretty women singers.

[@doucetjean8832]

Je découvre ! Absolument excellent ! Très bon enregistrement sonore. Choeur et solistes parfaits ! Un régal, Bach au top !

[@deltapapa3418]

C'est excellent... world class, like MonteverdiChoir !!

[@geoffwalker9392]

I like this a lot. Crisp, incisive (I hate soggy Bach) brisk and vibrant with energy. The opening chorus (which can sometimes sound a bit routine) is alive with the joy of the incarnation, almost an exultant, whirling dance. I would love to hear this group doing the Matthew Passion.

[@mckavitt13]

Geoff Walker Agreed, even Gardiner, a great Bach lover & interpreter, lacks the essential joy of this version.

[@ColonelFredPuntridge]

The "Glo-o-o-o-ria" in the B-minor Mass would sound great!

[@Ashlee-lh2pt]

Love the instrumentation 👍🏻👍🏻

[@VioliusSon]

너무 멋진 연주!!!

[@garfreed]

I love the tempi!! Very exciting!!

[@deedeesouza7771]

Maravilhoso!!!! Bravo

[@יצחקבןיהוידע-ל3נ]

Brilliant performance !!!

[@kdwslc]

Best ever! Thank you.

[@AlexGidra]

Peter Dijkstra. What a man!

[@jandamskier6510]

And you are Fidel Castro?

[@МарияАлуф]

❤️

[@Ashlee-lh2pt]

The soprano solo is like Lindt chocolate. 🍫 Beautiful 👍🏻👍🏻

[@friendlybanjoatheist5464]

Sooooo beautiful. Thank you!

[@mariannabach5759]

Brilliant! Danke schon!!!!

[@mississippibluestravellers5440]

Great performance. Thanks for posting it.

[@paulomonginho9451]

Love bach music

[@dzs1796]

This is art!!

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

0:05 This is my favorite part about the 1st Movement, Running down the Scale.

[@ajhiflyer]

This is really quite excellent. Well done all.

[@zenbanjo2533]

Fantastic. Intense. Thank you!!!

[@tinosoules5565]

Muy buena interpretación

[@AndreaSpila]

Absolutely superb

[@MrSkylark1]

The orchestra is very good.

[@antonellacarletto1110]

Un pezzo di paradiso......

[@josswibisono5278]

Such a pity that Part 4 and Part 5 are missing. Please publish them too!

[@franciscoespinozagamboa6490]

Instrumentos de cuerda modernos.-Buena sonoridad ¡¡Bravo!!

[@allanelder2711]

Absolutely bonkers piece of music, but entertaining none the less!

[@inokadilruckshi7645]

Super

[@continuousbrass2608]

Nice performance with festive opening. Like the natural trumpets. The lute-like instrument I think it's a theorbe.

[@paulsomers6048]

It sure looks like a theorbo to me! Certainly an appropriate continuo instrument, tough rarely used nowadays.

[@paulsomers6048]

though

[@friendlybanjoatheist5464]

I love this performance. One of my favorites of BMV 248. Thanks.

[@georgoulakisspyros5895]

Πολύ ωραίο bach Christmas 🎄 oratorio

[@sonniaarroba5159]

me gustó mucho, puedo practicar.

[@rolfnkleby6198]

Sonnia Arrobaback

[@jaimelazcanobutron3063]

lovely

[@berylgreen1973]

In Oslo University's Assembly Hall. And what greater backdrop that Edvard Munch's magnificent mural, "The Sun."

[@carolinemalthus3263]

Thanks for adding this very interesting detail. I wouldn't have guessed the work was by Edvard Munch.

[@matthiasgebhard3135]

Sehr schön

[@remicorbier7906]

Chef remarquable

[@義弘中井]

やっぱり凄いですね。バッハは偉大です🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@smokeyvolvo]

Herlig!

[@mdenizot2]

Love it... the bass singer in "Grosser Herr, o starker Koenig" rocks!... if you forgive me the expression.

[@pippick1946]

+Michel Denizot You are forgiven... but you are so right on !!! Forgive me !

[@christophmetzger8839]

Bravo Fabio Trümpy!

[@rickturnquist6909]

Lovely

[@GertLunter-f9u]

He did the oratorium in the Netherlands until a year ago, but this year we got another conducter who flushed 2 of the 6 cantates down the toilet and only performed 4 of the 6. I want Peter Dijkstra back in the Concertgebouw next year!

[@4mycomments]

Incredible! Glory be to God our Father in heaven and Jesus Christ God's only begotten Son and our Savior and Lord!!!

[@sstruppenggermany4431]

Maravilha!

[@albertfrohn1879]

Yvonne Fuchs singt phantastisch. Danke!

[@hardylimmer8185]

Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland, vielen Dank für Eure schöne Musik und das Lächeln der Chorsängerin im Alt. Lieber Kantor, dieses Lächeln wird dem Werk gerecht, nimm es Dir an, weil Eure Musik einfach überirdisch ist.

[@MichaelCWBell]

Wow! Lovely and FRESH take on this music that doesn't really suffer fools... Norway well done!! I love this performance. Bach is providing what religion is not (a slightly risky comment :) Bach is a tangible reason to take Christianity with seriousness. How could such a mind, greater than yours or mine, be feeble in taking on the mantle of Christ? Could I just add as a side comment, the timpani rhythm at the start is programmatic: it is the kicking of Christ's feet in the body of Mary when she declaims the Magnificat.

[@moravian7]

What is your source about this "kicking" idea? Rather fanciful. The timpani is setting up the opening of the first words of the chorus, "Jauchzet, frohlocket," same pitches same rhythm.

[@MichaelCWBell]

We know he set his texts with a lot of care. Luke's narrative explains that Mary declaimed the canticle after Elizabeth felt John the Baptist move inside her womb after she tells her of her pregnancy. I always felt those four timpani notes were so unlikely yet so deliberate that they must have significance.

[@moravian7]

The opening of the Christmas Oratorio is a reworking of a secular cantata, Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten! The text was changed but the music is pretty much identical.

[@MichaelCWBell]

It seems you have me there (sigh)... my image is ruined. It's now just five timpani notes

[@moravian7]

Five timpani notes that sing, "Shout for joy, exult!"

[@TakTy1386]

I thought that only the Germans and the Japanese are able to perform Bach. Bravo!

[@Nazdreg1]

I am German and this is how Bach should be performed. He is after all a Baroque composer and not a mechanical robot despite his engineering approach to music. So, glamour and playfulness should always be present in any interpretation. I also recommend Violinist Daniel Hope who does an excellent job at interpreting Bach (and Mendelssohn as well).

[@markjusticevipond6642]

1 Chorus [S, A, T, B] Tromba I-III, Tamburi, Flauto traverso I/II, Oboe I/II, Violino I/II, Viola, Continuo Jauchzet, frohlocket! auf, preiset die Tage, Shout for joy, exult, rise up, glorify the day, Rühmet, was heute der Höchste getan! praise what today the highest has done! Lasset das Zagen, verbannet die Klage, Abandon hesitation, banish lamentation, Stimmet voll Jauchzen und Fröhlichkeit an! begin to sing with rejoicing and exaltation! Dienet dem Höchsten mit herrlichen Chören, Serve the highest with glorious choirs, Laßt uns den Namen des Herrschers verehren! let us honour the name of our ruler! 2 Recitative [Tenor] Violoncello, Fagotto, Continuo, Organo Evangelist: Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit, It happened at that time dass ein Gebot von dem Kaiser Augusto ausging, that an order went out from Caesar Augustus dass alle Welt geschätzet würde. that all the world should be assessed. Und jedermann ging, dass er sich schätzen ließe, And everyone went, so that he might be assessed, ein jeglicher in seine Stadt. each to his own city. Da machte sich auch auf Joseph aus Galiläa, Joseph went up out of Galilee aus der Stadt Nazareth, in das jüdische Land zur Stadt David, from the city of Nazareth, into the land of Judah to the city of David die da heißet Bethlehem; which is called Bethlehem; darum, dass er von dem Hause und Geschlechte David war: for he was of the house and race of David: auf dass er sich schätzen ließe mit Maria, so that he might be assessed with Mary, seinem vertrauten Weibe, die war schwanger. his betrothed wife, who was pregnant. Und als sie daselbst waren, kam die Zeit, dass sie gebären sollte. And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. 3 Recitative [Alto] Oboe d'amore I/II, Violoncello, Fagotto, Continuo, Organo Nun wird mein liebster Bräutigam, Now my dearest bridegroom, Nun wird der Held aus Davids Stamm now the hero from the race of David Zum Trost, zum Heil der Erden for the consolation and salvation of the Earth Einmal geboren werden. shall at last be born. Nun wird der Stern aus Jakob scheinen, Now the star that comes from Jacob shall shine, Sein Strahl bricht schon hervor. its rays already burst forth. Auf, Zion, und verlasse nun das Weinen, Rise up, Zion, and abandon your weeping, Dein Wohl steigt hoch empor! your well-being climbs aloft! 4 Aria [Alto] Oboe d'amore I, Violino I, Violoncello, Fagotto, Continuo, Organo Bereite dich, Zion, mit zärtlichen Trieben, Make yourself ready, Zion,with tender desires Den Schönsten, den Liebsten bald bei dir zu sehn! to see with you soon him who is most beautiful, most dear! Deine Wangen Your cheeks Müssen heut viel schöner prangen, must today befar more beautifully resplendent, Eile, den Bräutigam sehnlichst zu lieben! hasten, to love your bridegroom with the greatest longing! 5 Chorale [S, A, T, B] Flauto traverso I/II in octava e Oboe I/II e Violino I col Soprano, Violino II coll'Alto, Viola col Tenore, Violoncello col Basso, Fagotto, Continuo, Organo Wie soll ich dich empfangen How should I receive you Und wie begegn' ich dir? and how should I meet you? O aller Welt Verlangen, O longing of the whole world O meiner Seelen Zier! O adornment of my soul! O Jesu, Jesu, setze O Jesus, Jesus, place Mir selbst die Fackel bei, yourself your lamp by me Damit, was dich ergötze, so that what gives you delight Mir kund und wissend sei! I may know and understand! 6 Recitative [Tenor] Violoncello, Fagotto, Continuo, Organo Evangelist: Und sie gebar ihren ersten Sohn And she gave birth to her first son und wickelte ihn in Windeln und legte ihn in eine Krippen, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger denn sie hatten sonst keinen Raum in der Herberge. for they had otherwise no room in the inn. 7 Chorale [Soprano] and Recitative [Bass] Oboe d'amore I/II, Violoncello, Fagotto, Continuo, Organo Er ist auf Erden kommen arm, He has come on Earth in poverty Dass er unser sich erbarm, so that he may have mercy on us, Und in dem Himmel mache reich, and make us rich in heaven Und seinen lieben Engeln gleich. and like his beloved angels. Kyrieleis! Lord, have mercy! Wer will die Liebe recht erhöhn, Who will rightly extol the love Die unser Heiland vor uns hegt? that our Saviour cherishes for us? Ja, wer vermag es einzusehen, Indeed, who is able to realise Wie ihn der Menschen Leid bewegt? how he is moved by human suffering? Des Höchsten Sohn kömmt in die Welt, The highest's son came into the world Weil ihm ihr Heil so wohl gefällt, because its salvation pleases him so well So will er selbst als Mensch geboren werden. that he himself is willing to be born as a man. 8 Aria [Bass] Tromba I, Flauto traverso I, Violino I/II, Viola, Violoncello, Fagotto, Continuo, Organo Großer Herr, o starker König, Great Lord, O mighty king, Liebster Heiland, o wie wenig dearest saviour, O how little Achtest du der Erden Pracht! you regard earthly splendour Der die ganze Welt erhält, He who maintains the whole world Ihre Pracht und Zier erschaffen, and created its glory and adornment Muss in harten Krippen schlafen. must sleep in a hard crib. 9 Chorale [S, A, T, B] Tromba I-III, Tamburi, Flauto traverso I/II in octava e Oboe I/II e Violino I col Soprano, Violino II col Tenore, Viola col Tenore, Violoncello, Fagotto, Continuo, Organo Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein, Ah little Jesus dear to my heart, Mach dir ein rein sanft Bettelein, make for yourself a clean, soft bed, Zu ruhn in meines Herzens Schrein, to rest in the shrine of my heart Dass ich nimmer vergesse dein! so that I may never forget you!

[@VINICIUS748997]

Fantástico. Saudações do Brasil!

[@kudrukvasili8892]

❤❤❤

[@Анна-ю1ф2ф]

❤️💥

[@rafamalinowski4038]

1:51

[@wallentin76]

Music is God!

[@Ashlee-lh2pt]

What the heck kind of brass instruments are the horns with the colored bands?

[@frandsenphilip1]

Can anyone please tell me what that large stringed lute-like instrument is?

[@jeanparke9373]

That actually is a lute with resonance extension

[@moravian7]

It's a theorbo.

[@frandsenphilip1]

Thanks!

[@spoffspoffington]

I agree with that about conductors but camera a glass 🤷

[@spoffspoffington]

anles

[@shelterit]

Ingebooooooooooooorg!

[@ArnaudCDLC]

Not any direct view on the timpanis player, in this piece is an error. The timpanis are here thematic…

[@konos4007]

19:05

[@markjusticevipond6642]

english translation below

[@andrewtannenbaum1]

A novel mix of baroque and modern instruments. One whole step higher than baroque recordings. I wonder how they managed tuning the trumpets and lute? The modern oboes are noticeably less pronounced than their baroque counterparts.

[@taffelpikene]

They have lots of different crooks for the trumpets - no problem.

[@andrewtannenbaum1]

@taffelpikene Thanks. Must put undue tension on the lute strings....

[@gloriastuparich]

BAch la voz de Dios

[@johanndominik2032]

A bit fast...

[@Ashlee-lh2pt]

It’s Bach, good luck controlling it.

[@jimcrawford5039]

Ivan, don’t mention “mass production Karajan”, that’s all he was! an assembly line. He had better interpreters all around him that were “human”,

[@Ziperekk]

Kto dostał to na zadanie z muzyki... bo ja tak!?!

[@IngridÅhlander]

@ArnaudCDLC You play holeless nat at modern pitch in tune? Wow, you must be really something. Can we hear it please?

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

The Theorbo player is using a very interesting fast strumming pattern.

[@hi._.5126]

wagwon g

[@pimpus3361]

Lekcja muzyki be like XD

[@vha111]

A conductor should never detract from the music by attempting to be the center of attention with his theatrics.

[@Rub5007]

This is to fast for me

[@askohenkel8883]

Hiljentykäämme

[@AllenJones-w3p]

Fast tempo and pounding timpani.

[@swingingdaniel]

TOOOO FAST!!!!

[@helmutgehrmann464]

Noooooo

[@timothyj1966]

…………………and their Off to the Races! Holy Rushed! way tooooo fast!