RBP on JSB: overview of the Bach Sonatas and Partitas

[@AJHCAJHC]

Thanks Rachel. Really interesting and helpful. Thankyou so much. :) Andrew

[@TheOfficialNingKamChannel]

I absolutely LOVE how you communicate all this wonderful information in such a down to earth and vibrant way!! Thank you!!

[@michaels7889]

Indeed. Unique!

[@brianholahan6737]

This is wonderful Rachel. Even as an amateur who will never perform, this is so insightful and interesting. Thank you for your amazing knowledge that you share in these videos!

[@noheliazambranogutierrez1470]

Thanks for uploading this video. You are a wonderful human and also once of the greatest violinist of this time. I find it very educational. Greetings from Soledad (Colombia).

[@paulusrex321]

Love your Mozart Violin Concertos, all 5 of them, thanks Mrs. Barton.

[@StephanieHughesDesign]

Beyond magnificent. This is advanced Baroque Violin style. Totally awesome. RBP rocks, classically and Baroquely.

[@geigenatelierbrusch469]

I am a kind of old-fashioned player and did - up to now - not follow this kind of barock-playing. I admit that I even looked a little bit down to these "specialists". But after I saw Rachels wonderful lesson with her masterfully played examples I am about to open myself to this approach and will buy myself a barock bow as soon as possible. Thankyou for this great lesson and for the inspiration, Rachel.

[@Samlaren]

Brilliant! One of the best videos on KZbin! (I hope that there will be a similar video and Publication of the Caprices ;) )

[@odconstant]

You are one of the two youtubers I know who can speak uniterrupted for almost an hour, unedited. The other is Lindybeige. Mad respect!

[@dm-jz7se]

I love your explanations on the historical context. Many people do not touch on this.

[@cellosong]

Your playing and presentations are true gifts. Thank you for generously sharing your genius with us.

[@simon0yeung]

Thank you! I learn a lot of the nuances of this amazing repertoire. Bach is one of my favorites.

[@dianal.1279]

Who else posts videos with this amount of information? Wow! You're amazing! Thank you so much for sharing!🌻 Rachel, you're Spring!🌻☀️

[@cathyox1]

An "exceptional" performer and an educator. Thank you, Ms. Rachel B. P.!

[@dayaneoliveira1122]

This lady, omg! So much knowledge, thank you! ❤️

[@caritofanatica]

Amazingly informative and super pleasant to watch! Huge thanks to Rachel and the team behind the scenes:)

[@rivernet62]

I’m not a violinist so I really have no idea what you said, but your skill and enthusiasm are so charming I’ll probably watch twice 😊. Also because I think you just made a 50 minute video without breathing in. See? Skill! By the way, when will you come play for us left-coasters?

[@johnalexander301]

Thank you sharing your wonderful insights and knowledge.

[@Inbalsegevcello]

Wonderful explanation and fascinating info re solo violin music before Bach. Thank you Rachel. I

[@EDbyDallas2012]

Thank you Rachel..I love being educated in all things violins and bows.

[@marcuswoo4212]

Great video. wonderfully educational and inspirational! Thank you Rachel; I wish I could study violin with you.

[@billrogers5219]

Fantastic and inspiring. It also feels a bit like a musical version of "Ducks, Newburyport" - and I mean that in the best possible way.

[@odrioper]

Thank you for this. I'm with you in everything you say, including the no repeat or both repeats "rant" (although in my recording I only repeated the first half of the Sarabandes - mea maxima culpa!)

[@stradivarius54]

Thank you, Rachel!! wonderful ideas...the picture and sound are not synced together-is there a way to repost?

[@silvestrerasuk1]

Can one use a baroque bow for modern music, or even mozart? What are the pros and cons? Thanks

[@hopefaithlove2827]

This is so amazing thank you so much🙏

[@PolysicsPanda]

Thanks Rachel!!! This is really helpful :)

[@HermannSchreiner]

Super useful! Thank you very much

[@euledj79]

wich baroque-bow for some hundreds do you suggest? Mine Roth&Junius for 180€ is crap.

[@evanwilde7389]

I hope this isn't a replacement for the 28-video series mentioned in your edition of the sonatas and partitas. Not because I expect you to stick to your word (I know plans change), but because I could literally binge-watch the entire series fascinated by the things you say. (and because your demonstrations are an excuse for me to listen to your beautiful, thoughtful playing)

[@RachelBartonPine]

Evan Wilde All the episodes have been made and are being edited! :)

[@evanwilde7389]

Wonderful! I can't wait!

[@ur.kr.2814]

Ooh, where can I find or expect to find the 28-video series?

[@AndSendMe]

@@ur.kr.2814 It appears they are best accessed from the Violin Channel website, as although they are hosted on RBP's channel here, some are unlisted. So far 5 have come out from what I can tell, including a short intro and three on individual movements.

[@ur.kr.2814]

@@AndSendMeThank you!

[@CRS1952]

We will be happy to have an hour video for each movement and if that is not feasible will take an hour for each S or P

[@teckyify]

I bought a baroque bow on Amazon for 50 bucks for fun, but it's sooooo easy to play that I don't want to use a modern bow anymore 😂

[@1333x_x]

A bow for 50$... is it any good?

[@teckyify]

@@1333x_x you have nothing to loose, try it 😁 But be careful that it's snakewood!

[@chrissinger24]

What happened to your annotated score Rachel I’ve been looking for it?!

[@RachelBartonPine]

My edition of Bach is published by Carl Fischer!

[@chrissinger24]

Rachel Barton Pine, violinist I swear I’ve searched since you released Testament. Hello from San Antonio, Michael Twomey is a professor at my University. He’s told me y’all are aquatinted.

[@RachelBartonPine]

Yeah, the book only just came out. I was hoping it would be released simultaneously with the album, but it took more work.

[@chrissinger24]

Rachel Barton Pine, violinist Well I’ll certainly get my hands on it ASAP, I love your work! I also own your compositions and arrangements!

[@chrissinger24]

Rachel Barton Pine, violinist Happy Birthday Variations are my favorite!

[@Dan6erous]

RBP!

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

7:51 "never rolled down" ... How do you know though? The Baroque era was full of surprises! I don't think I've seen a document that ever read "NEVER roll the chords down!" ...and I've done a lot of research with the aid of universities and other institutions around the world. Mainly Bach research! I learned that the Bach suites for example were written for "piccolo-cello" but in a copy of the score, the word "piccolo" had been scrubbed off... so people these days believe the suites are for the standard cello, rather the viola da gamba, or alto viola is far more appropriate. Anyway, I've digressed!

[@tyronerothsey1903]

@liamnevilleviolist1809. RBP does know what she is talking about. Perhaps your research maybe wrong. With regards to performing chords in baroque music please consider this quote on page No.47 from Professor Stanley Ritchie's 2016 book entitled- The Accompaniment in "Unaccompanied" Bach '...one must never begin a chord before the beat or roll it downward'. Also, I'll refer you to chapter No.11 in the same work regarding the general execution of chords in baroque performance.

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

​@@tyronerothsey1903 Of course, she does. She's a celebrated performer and wonderful musician. I don't doubt that my research is wrong 'in places'... but I don't think it should be dismissed entirely. Who knows: perhaps Ms. B-P got some things wrong. In regards to Mr Professor Stanley Ritchie's works, all fine. However people such as the great Charles Beare to Mr Peter Sheppard Skærved have said that "official" publications from about 100 weren't entirely correct in their writings - particularly people claiming that Baroque players NEVER EVER played with vibrato. In recent years, we discovered that some string musicians played with very "sparingly" vibrato due to the gut strings they were playing. It's not totally unrealistic that some musicians from the genuine Baroque era "rolled down" their chords in an effort to create a certain effect. We will never know since we weren't there. Sincerely - L.R.Neville

[@ocaveira2128]

Hi, from the Brasil, Merry me🌷🙏...

[@creighton808]

31:54

[@michaels7889]

Finding a baroque bow on the internet is fraught with problems. Most that appear are certainly not baroque bows, having modern concave sticks, even the snakewood ones. Possibly in the USA this is different but here in Europe that is what appears from a search. Frustrating! Finding your videos has transformed my thinking, so I hope (and believe) the playing will follow.

[@michaels7889]

How on earth can you talk so fluently for nearly an hour to a camera?

[@RachelBartonPine]

Shar Music is the place to buy quality controlled, budget priced snakewood bows!

[@michaels7889]

@@RachelBartonPine Thank you very much Rachel. Sorry for the delay. I had ordered one from a Netherlands company but that is proving something of a trial so eventually I shall follow this up. Very grateful.