Introducing the Baroque Cello

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"If you think of it like peanut butter, gut strings would be the rough kind with bits, when you feel more of the original material”
Our Co-Principal Cello Luise Buchberger introduces the Baroque Cello.
Includes excerpts from :
Bach Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major - Bourée I
Bach Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat Major - Gavotte II
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[@anhpham7605]

I’m too baroque to buy that

[@hiemehbarron9768]

Chubby Panda it’s pronounced “barack” like the US President...both spellings have the same meaning : a flash of brilliance like lightning.

[@jeffebdy]

Ha ha 🤗

[@markopolo2224]

did you really just do that

[@clunk42]

@@hiemehbarron9768 But that's not how it's pronounced and Obama sucked.

[@mysorrysoul]

LMAO

[@dibdap2373]

Me: Wow that bridge is really high. Cellist: You'll notice that the bridge is fairly low. Oh right.

[@jacob1931]

dibdap237 lol me too

[@CarrionSmile]

Me: wtf is a bridge?

[@cheese5081]

@@CarrionSmile the bridge is the wooden piece that is next to the f-holes. It's held down by the strings. You can get a good view of it at 0:19

[@Theutus2]

@@cheese5081 the old wood near the f hole routine huh?

[@Pantera1001]

SAME EXACT LINE OF THOUGHT lmao

[@AGeekNamedRoss]

"What happened to your end-pin?" "Oh, it baroque." ...rimshot #DadJokes

[@newjoyyork]

AGeekNamedRoss yo why doesn’t this have more likes, I chuckled for sure

[@gorgolyt]

Please go back to reddit and stay there.

[@thegoat5409]

@@gorgolyt Shut up Ryan 🙄

[@harrietfishlow685]

Sigh...

[@philipmalaby8172]

Womp womp

[@SamRobson]

The bow explains the pulsing quality of the sound, wow so cool :)

[@josephfrechette9916]

If you go into a shop that specializes in cellos you would be amazed how different the sound is using different bows that are made of the same material etc.

[@AndromedaCripps]

"So for us it doesn't feel like we're playing old music; we're making old music new..." This perfectly sums up why historical performance practice is so exciting to me. To hear an orchestra comprised of familiar yet uniquely historical instruments playing familiar music in a uniquely historical way creates a fresh perspective on the music, and one that is perhaps closer than ever before to the composers' original intent.

[@mariasoto1837]

I wish they were more popular or taught and established more in schools.

[@hansmemling2311]

If you live in Central Europe it shouldn’t be too hard.

[@josemanlapaz1560]

I read this as barbecue cello and I was very concerned.

[@joceyro5807]

Same lol😂

[@pedrosilvaproductions]

While playing a little bach you're having a couple of beers and some hamburguers. What more do you want?

[@marcaskew61]

Never underestimate historical ignorance or illiteracy among youtube viewers

[@zachthecatman]

When you're hungry and all you can think about is food "Barbecue Cello? Sounds tasty!"

[@blackwatch_TV]

Marc Askew yes sad indeed

[@kippen64]

That cello is older than white settlement in Australia.

[@Laura-wj8ti]

LMAO

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

It was already 200 years old when the stock market crashed in 1929!

[@eviesso4214]

Yeah well old cello is definitely better than a plastic new one

[@ivyssauro123]

@@marvinthemaniac7698 stock market? Thing is older than Capitalism!

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

@@ivyssauro123 why yes it is!

[@huda7825]

For anyone looking to find the second piece, it's called Bach Cello Suite No. 4 in E Flat Major - Bourree II :)

[@SallyGordonMark]

Hanna A Thanks. I knew that piece, but couldn't remember what it was.

[@joltran3276]

This woman and her cello are definitely paired. I bet every one of the cellos owners before her had her warm soul too.... Giacomo Gavelli would be so proud

[@SoggySandwich80]

Awww

[@SirVitamins]

must admit, the sound from that instrument is absolute bliss! well played!

[@pipr5070]

The sound is exquisite. It’s like as if the Cello purrs as it’s played

[@jduff59]

For me, listening to music performed on period instruments is pure joy. I feel closer to the history and I feel we're hearing what the composer heard when their piece was performed. It's worth the trade-off that modern instruments provide. It must be an absolute honor to play that instrument and it's a delight to hear it played so well.

[@jessicadragonrider3838]

This cello has a much more mellow and warm sound to it. It's very nice.

[@jeffmoore9487]

I've become attracted to the sounds of baroque instruments. They sound more "organic", delicate, variable. Easy on the ear. Your explanation hit some of the reasons I couldn't have guessed. I played pop music for a long time. Heard Wim Winters on a clavichord. It knocked me down. "Vibrato on a piano?". Thanks for sharing! What a sound!

[@cellogirl11rw55]

I have studied the baroque cello as well, and there were a couple of things that she didn't cover. One is that baroque cellos are remarkably smaller than modern ones. I can hold a baroque cello easily, but, I can't hold my modern German cello in the same manner because it is too long and too heavy. The other thing is the bow and the bow grip. Cello bows in the Baroque Era often did not have tightening screws. As a result, cellists often played with an underhand grip, applying direct pressure to the hair of the bow with their ring and middle fingers to tighten it. This was more common earlier in the Baroque Era, when the cello was more of a continuo instrument.

[@paulbyrnesrmt2929]

Maybe a Chinese copy, like I have or a similar copy would be lighter. Either way, long way of saying heavy=quality

[@ascarius]

Last Thursday I had the amazing opportunity to listen S. Johns Passion performed by the OAE in Amsterdam's Concertgebouw.. it was, perhaps, the best performance of religious vocal period music I ever had the chance to experience. This very cello, located right in the middle of the stage, was one of the very protagonist of the evening. I have no words... every singer, every player, every instrument has a soul and a drive to bring to the public a wonderful artistic experience. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

[@PrinceWesterburg]

In the background, Steve Reich's new work, 'Fridge Phase'.

[@nonman3634]

I absolutely love this kind of videos, they are very much enlightening. Thank you so much!

[@Eddyhartz]

but are they.... Age of?

[@Big_Coil]

To me it sounds less powerful than a modern one, but it breath more and it's softer. It's a bit like someone speaking loudly versus someone speaking normally with some more nuances.

[@nigelft]

Indeed ... Being a major fan of JSB, I am slowly amassing a collection of recordings of the Cello Suites, from Casals onwards ... ... but even hearing them played on modern instruments (abet some made in the early 1800's ...), there is something about the baroque cello that gives a more ... nuanced, 'warmer' tones, and colours ... that later instruments don't seem to quite have ...

[@kanaziras]

Like, it's what's she has been saying for the most of the video... duhhh

[@skakdosmer]

Sorry to be a heretic. (Actually I'm not sorry).. But to me the sound of a baroque instrument just isn't very beautiful. And the unwound gut strings sound dull. It's how you play the cello that’s important. And you can easily play in baroque style on a twentieth century instrument with metal strings, which just sounds so much better to me.

[@messadivoce1965]

@@skakdosmer Sorry to disagree, but playing early music with modern instruments is sacrilegious. It goes completely against what composers of the time had in mind (style, pitch, temperament). Besides, the beauty of the sound of baroque as well as renaissance and mediaeval instruments comes from their differences while modern instruments are homogenous. Gut strings don't sound dull at all, they're delicate and velvety.

[@skakdosmer]

@@messadivoce1965 I have personally known and played with (on my modern cello) many professional musicians who played on “old” instruments, and they all disagreed with your viewpoint. They said, it's not the instrument, it's how you play it.

[@lemau8458]

Is nobody gonna talk about how she sitting on air

[@floo1465]

Wait... she is... I’ve seen people wall-sit before, but this is taking it to a new level.

[@katoca81]

Yeah at first I thought they had some sort of chair and edited it out but then I realized that there is a chair it's just that her body and legs are covering the chair.

[@jacob1931]

Omg I didn’t see that

[@user-jc8yw8nl3y]

She’s got them quads

[@cursedcliff7562]

Uh you can clearly see the chair, are you stupid lmao

[@abaz9495]

Minor correction: Gavotte II is from Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major! The piece played at the end is the Bourées II from No. 4.

[@chrisshollinrake6826]

Fabulous instrument and player.

[@rtomas19]

I enjoy your artistry and passion for music very much. Thank you for sharing, Ms. Buchberger

[@jeebsgold]

Such an articulate presentation! I now feel like an expert. And what beautiful playing!

[@neurofire]

What marvelous series this is - the instruments are all so well explained and beautifully demonstrated. Ya got me!

[@theantiantihero]

Beautiful playing! That cello is so resonant

[@nickreid5613]

The sound of that literally made me get the tingles in my chest like when you see your lover. What a unique experience we have all gained. ❤️

[@spudpud-T67]

She adds something very special.

[@McIntyreBible]

I really like the sound/tone of the Baroque Cello over its modern counterpart (2:25, 5:09)!!

[@Ivannbeats]

its the same instrument, just different styles

[@TonyBittner-Collins]

​@@Ivannbeats Not the same instrument at all.

[@CarolHaynesJ]

Just a clarification/correction: Endpins became standard towards the end of the 19th century but they had been around for a long time before that and they weren't introduced to allow virtuosity. Playing original cellos was often 'da gamba' style but early cellos existed in a wide variety of sizes and many were simply too large to be supported between the legs. These were played on the floor (very awkward) or more comfortably propped on a stool. They even developed a support strap for processions (eg. Jacqueline du Pre's Davidov strad has a filled hole that was used for a strap when the instrument was used in monastic processions). Eventually a hole was drilled in the button and a stick used as a rudimentary endpin. Michel Corrette's "Methode, Thèorique et Practique pour Apprendre en peu de temps Le Violoncelle dans sa Perfection" (1741) mentions the endpin (bâton or stick) and Robert Crome (ca. 1765) refers to the “Wooden Peg.” Even into the 19th century many cellists preferred "da gamba" style (eg. Piatti always played "da gamba" style even after endpins came into common usage). Incidentally "da gamba" style simply refers to between the legs - it is nothing to do with the viol family or viola da gamba. Cellos (actually the whole violin family) are not a development from viols ... they developed separately and were archrivals. The double bass shows some cross development but viol construction is much simpler (flat backed, no bass bar, no sound post and C holes instead of f holes). Whilst the bass shares some body similarities to the viol it has all the build characteristics of the violin family.

[@Davmm96]

The viola da gamba family did however took few thing from the violin family along the way. There is a bass bar and a sound post in a viola da gamba. The main difference is that the gamba construction is lighter (some were only reinforced with parchment!) due the way lower tension of the strings (even if there is up to 7 of them). They were also highly decorated with a sculpted head, markings, rosettes on the table, painted fingerboards... So I wouldn't say viol construction is simpler, but say... more aristocratic ;)

[@cruzmaldonado9897]

ilvioloncellista k

[@JustClaude13]

And some viols were recut to make cellos, so a few individual cellos were developed from viols.

[@Eddyhartz]

thanks for sharing

[@cinnalosasha]

Very interesting

[@ethanault8228]

Such a beautiful instrument and the sound is beautiful as well! Thanks for sharing.

[@jdschneider5858]

Thank you so much! I was curious about how the baroque 'cello was different. This morning I heard Juliana Soltis play the Bach Cello Suite No. 1( on the radio) and loved the sound; it was very rich. I used to play the cello, but this was different and I was intrigued. Thank you for the explanation.

[@garynarborough]

This is an instrument I've never known about. The notes have a resonance to them. Thank you for taking the time to show this instrument. Absolute joy listening to you. Instruction about the instrument and played with passion!

[@tzw001]

I'd love to hear Elgar's Cello Concerto played on this instrument.

[@MandyJMaddison]

It is not going to work. She just explained why. Watch it again. The first few bars f the concerto are going to be played precisely contrary to the way in which this cello operates effectively. And as you get further into the piece, you are going to need alternating high and low passages requiring a spike in order to play effectively.

[@imender9219]

@@MandyJMaddison I can play it without the end pin but you literally wouldn't be able to play the end of the first movement because the fingerboard is too short 😂

[@douro20]

​@@MandyJMaddison Yeah, it's not set up appropriately for modern pieces. Vivaldi or Bach would be much more appropriate.

[@davidbee8178]

Lovely tone on a lovely instrument - I noticed that you hold your bow with your hand is little higher on the stick than we would with a modern day bow. Very enlightening - thank you!

[@ThreadBomb]

That's just to try to get a bit more weight down on the strings, due to the light tip that she talked about. It probably happens without even thinking of it.

[@sassulusmagnus]

Wonderful sound. I love the warmth and the graininess of the texture. Luise Buchberger has a beautiful touch on the instrument.

[@tedf.5055]

I could listen to Luise all day long. Such a soothing, beautiful sound. Her cello sounds wonderful, as well.

[@chairshoe81]

who hears the 'yeah' in the background at 3:38

[@evancampbell1963]

yeah

[@seasonsgreasons69yearsago48]

chairshoe81 oh god I didn’t notice till you said it

[@Profundobasso]

Is someone doing laundry in the background?

[@Rich6Brew]

Bloody racket. It is distracting.

[@Profundobasso]

“...and this is a Barack Cello...”

[@SM_zzz]

Shaun Kelley lol

[@abishaakmal7455]

Its a FAN really distracting

[@Kenji1685]

haha sounds like it.

[@Texbun2]

I love the difference in sound of the downbow and upbow. Makes the instrument and music more dynamic.

[@RedmarKerkhof]

Is peanut butter an instrument?

[@MrGreencheetah]

It is if you know how to play it.

[@hernandez-perezandroid5983]

Who know i know u can make some ritms with the peanuts but ive never heard of peanutbutter being an musical instrument.

[@konman1123]

Is mayonnaise an instrument?

[@arnaudn.5675]

This is why I never get bored of the comment section XD

[@JustClaude13]

Only the chunky variety. Smooth has a poor tone.

[@eliotsimpson]

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video. It’s so fascinating.

[@idraote]

This is very well done: short but packed with information and the information is presented in a concise, clear way.

[@b.j.n.g.354]

YOU ARE A VERY GREAT TEACHER , EXPLAINER , EXPLICATOR , MUSICIAN , AND CELLIST. BE WELL. ---EMERITUS PROFESSOR BJNG.

[@Harmonic_shift]

I really enjoyed this history! The bow being weighted different along with the strings for sure will make a piece sound completely different and give it completely different texture/flavor. Something I never would've thought of without watching this video!

[@ttaibe]

Love this explanation. I am sad that I can hear music, feel music and so on. But I simply cant play music. When I have someone near me who plays an instrument, preferably an older type instrument like this one, I just have to stop what i am doing and listen. I usually completely calm down. I wish I could do that for myself.

[@Gruntlestunk]

It’s never too late to learn

[@AsianTheDomination]

Try more instruments. Its difficult at first but its a very rewarding hobby. Harmonicas are cheap and its an easier instrument

[@kevind2409]

@2:12 ".... if you think about it like peanut butter the gut strings are like the rough kind, with more bits in it" absolutely the most British way to say "Chunky Peanut Butter"

[@kentag5869]

I daresay she is a wonderful, extraordinarily good player. Her sound and intonation. The ten seconds or so is enough to show her brilliance.

[@tinkmarshino]

Beautiful and highly enlightening.. Thank you very much.. I think of it not as making old music new but as bring the old to life again..

[@greym7857]

The warmth of those strings are insanely noticeable.

[@infledermaus]

I would only hear baroque instruments if I could. Lovely sound! Thank you for great explanation and demonstration! I'll listen carefully to my recordings of Bach and Vivaldi for the difference in up and down bowing. Cheers!

[@peanutgallery123]

I dont understand who would want to go out of their way to dislike this video?

[@ThreadBomb]

Some people HATE old instruments because it doesn't sound like a Karajan performance. And they feel oppressed because other people like things they don't.

[@stonesinmyblood27]

That is an amazing instrument. Beautiful!

[@xxbstpagexx]

This video is delightful and informative. We are fortunate that people and organizations expend considerable effort to recreate performances as we understand period composers intended.

[@goedelite]

Very informative! I appreciate the dedication of musicians to their music which enhances our lives.

[@goedelite]

May I add the subordination in ensembles of the individual player to the best perfomance of the work? Maybe "subordination" is the wrong word. Pardon me! Maybe the highest individual fulfilment by means of the great dedication required.

[@ternitamas]

lovely how she made an analogy with peanut butter to explain texture, very creative =)

[@Jesuswinsbirdofmichigan]

Great, thankyou for describing the tonal objectives between upbow & down.

[@alfredprochaska8601]

I love the way she plays this bouree of j.s.bach. Compared to say yo yo mas interpretation this is in a way really touching.

[@deanpenny8456]

Beautifully informative piece on this lovely instrument. Thanks.

[@eylam9690]

Her hair colour matches the cello. Awesome!

[@gfweis]

Brilliant presentation in every respect. Thank you.

[@blatinobear]

I love this series so much. It brings so much dry text to life in living color.

[@davidwrobel8089]

I find the voice to be very agreeable, like sipping a extremely smooth warm cup of hot chocolate on a brisk winters evening while relaxing by the dancing flame on the hearth

[@robertclark7772]

How fantastic! Thank you so much, this was a wonderfully engaging and instructive video. Best wishes xx

[@Transit_Biker]

The voice of this thing is just absolutely sublime, my goodness.

[@siriusfeline]

I like the tone of this instrument. Not to mention how lucky the cello is.

[@IamGulzow]

Simply beautiful.

[@spudpud-T67]

She is indeed.

[@ChristopherJoneslunaquas]

Gorgeous cello- look and sound. I wonder how many more decades/centuries it will be around.

[@jimfowler5930]

Very good overview and not too detailed for those who are not musicians. As a Cellist, I love this! Thanks for showing "the" instrument off!!

[@putridcrypt]

This was very informative. This I better than anything we would learn in school. The instrument is very beautiful and interesting.

[@laurenobrien1157]

When she started playing, it reminded me of that old TV show I used to watch called Little Bear

[@roshi1738]

this was really nice to see, i play in this style

[@sidneycabianca8768]

Wonderful instrument, this is a piece of jewlery, also wonderful explanation . Congratulation.

[@SM_zzz]

The Resonant. A movie about an old cello come back to life after being mauled by heavy handed humans. The cello lives. Tearjerker movie.

[@sifridbassoon]

LOL, baroque cello is very similar to bass viola da gamba, especially without the end pin and with the silver wound gut for the lower strings. i've never heard the peanut butter analogy. i'll have to think about it the next time i'm on my bass gamba.

[@davidhayes7596]

Yes crunchy peanut butter. My favorite. In this case quiet gourmet. Perfect acoustics in theatre made up for Volume. Most informative. Thank you for this . I couldn't have got anywhere else.

[@matt-marque]

It sounds so good when she's playing. More cello than cello.

[@latyshevacomposer]

Thank you! Very tender sound! It's very amasing to hear how that epoch sounds!

[@wellstone1897]

I like the way it sounds, and her smile!

[@jcellogirl3559]

Your an amazing Cellist

[@Hephoof]

I'm in love! The sound is entirely amazing...

[@unagondolaunremo]

thank you! very interesting

[@brianfuller7691]

I love these videos. Instruments have had a fascinating history.

[@spudpud-T67]

I could listen to you for my life, oh the cello is nice too.

[@jasperstrike4162]

whats really painful: playing vivaldi with modern instruments

[@chrollium6111]

E-H-Music it’s gorgeous

[@Pionike]

I've seen you in twosets comment section

[@Katastr0phic_Katicorn]

@@Pionike LingLing thinks YOU should be PRACTICING!

[@XxRaceRCxX]

SACRELIGE

[@katoca81]

Didn't you compose in the classical period?

[@smguy7]

Thanks! A lovely introduction to this marvellous instrument.

[@davestambaugh7282]

She gave the correct scientific reason why you wind a string. "To make it heavier" Most people assume it is to increase the diameter.

[@mekosmowski]

I may have just yelled at your camera person out loud. I'm buying my first cello tomorrow, and, while it is a modern instrument, I dearly wanted a closeup of the bow hold. Thank you though, it's as fascinating to learn about yesterday's differences as it is to play (as a child) in today's digital realm. (I mostly am learning to compose / produce on the computer.) Oh! Is the baroque bow hair the same horse tail as modern? Do up-bows and down-bows sound different still if a baroque bow is used on an e-cello?

[@abrahamking3950]

She is beautiful, her playing is beautiful and her instrument is also beautiful!

[@RaindropServicesNYC]

Wow! THE sound!

[@cliffp.8396]

Nice analogy, it truly helped me understand what you were trying to explain.

[@SandKeats]

Yay baroque cello, my favourite! Thanks

[@raepiste8354]

rip two set

[@lucialacarrubba]

Rae Piste why

[@asby2154]

Lucía Lacarrubba - yeah, why?

[@blacat2168]

Why?

[@toasterking7588]

Why?

[@AkairuNoAme]

@@toasterking7588 Because she's gorgeous, eloquent and refined, and seems to do the LingLing 40 hours of practice every day ;)

[@figgybass]

Very, very interesting!! And I think I'm love !

[@a.c.m.4548]

I keep fighting the urge to shout DON'T TOUCH IT! DON'T BREAK IT! POLISH YOUR FINGERPRINTS OFF IT!

[@grimreapermoment]

This instrument sounds so nice

[@BCSchmerker]

+OrchestraEnlighten *Thanks for the history lesson.* The violoncello took up where the viola da gamba left off, packing fewer strings and no frets. Silverwound strings are still used, only with different core materials on modern instruments.

[@richardwebb2348]

B C S - The viola da gamba (viols) and violin families of string instruments were developed independently. The cello did not 'develop' from the bass viol.

[@rphuntarchive1]

Wow, I'll have to look around to see if someone has released recordings of the Cello Suite on a period instrument like this. I know of period instrument orchestras, but haven't run into anything for solo Bach works.

[@Abracadabra208]

I'm sorry for the lengthy time between your post and this reply. Maybe you looked on your own, but if you have not, you might try the recordings of Jaap ter Linden, Anner Bylsma, and Hidemi Suzuki. They are artists I have listened to thus far who have recorded the Bach cello suites on period instruments using period performance practices. There are also others, but perhaps these people can serve as "starters" for you.

[@allanherrera9549]

Beautiful thanks

[@romulolu7745]

splendid presentation of ancient cello

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Cello aside, our instructor is truly having a good time.

[@voraciousreader3341]

You’ve got to be totally driven by love for playing to get to that level, and it’s still a tremendously risky decision to make when you’re young, because there’s absolutely no predicting if you’ll ever be able to make a living as an adult.