The Genius Behind Bach's Goldberg Variations: CANONS

[@IainEmslie]

The Genius Behind Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture: CANNONS

[@andyrisi4032]

Iain Emslie this comment should have more likes

[@InventorZahran]

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]

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]

InventorZahran. Yes, had me laughing. "Stupid typographer, look what you've done!" Lol.

[@lorisschirar6680]

I came here looking for this comment and I was not disappointed xD

[@RickBeato]

Beautiful Nahre! Love your composition both melodically and conceptually. David is great. Thank you!!

[@NahreSol]

Thank you Rick

[@iainthomas5249]

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]

@@iainthomas5249 Stay away from Beato. It's all clickbait to push a crap PDF file of his notes.

[@iainthomas5249]

The Tree Seems like you and I have a vast difference of opinion.

[@DBruce]

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]

Thank you David!! 😊

[@davidraiklen4521]

True. Bach has a flexible concept of key that allows for surprises in melody and harmony.

[@SuperDeepzone]

@@NahreSol Nice video have you eard Steve Reich's Piano Phase? It's a wonderful thing and a type of cannon

[@opnop123]

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]

Not only not boring, but MORE and MORE interesting and varied as it continues on, in virtually every aspect.

[@Macanto]

Nahre's composition at 10:55 Very nice, love it! Bach with a gentle jazz kiss 😀👌

[@NahreSol]

Thank you!!

[@Macanto]

@@NahreSol Very welcome!

[@Mignuke]

Nahre Sol will the sheets be for sale?

[@johndecicco]

At 11:41, the measure after the G has a wonderful F# Augmented passing chord.

[@shiouhsu4869]

I want a link to download it

[@Kosmo999]

Could literally listen to David Louie about Bach for hours!!!!! He needs to put up content online i would follow him 1000%

[@jesselapierre]

Nahre puts her creativity in a box, and then it jump kicks right through the lid!

[@NahreSol]

Thank you!! 😂🙏

[@thomasmcgill6918]

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]

Thank you Thomas!!

[@kazimierzgarshin3924]

"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]

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...❤️

[@ea6256]

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]

Thanks!! Also for the suggestion :))

[@fredericbeaudoin6850]

Isn't that your compositions?🤔

[@ea6256]

@@fredericbeaudoin6850Uhm... yes! I must have misspoken ;)

[@joechip1232]

@@fredericbeaudoin6850 When you're as much of a legend as Bach you can speak about yourself in the third person ;)

[@DrSticktrick]

BWV?

[@richardsagala3186]

Nahre’s composition has an impressionistic feel to it, lovely!

[@sebastian-benedictflore]

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]

Thank you!! 😊

[@sebastian-benedictflore]

@@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]

@@NahreSol Hey congrats on the WIRED video by the way.

[@paqman67]

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!

[@gregonline6506]

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.

[@antoinekiwi2]

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.

[@samanthayork3125]

ahhhhh i love the second canon. the analysis with harpsichord playing was so nice to watch!!

[@milofryling4654]

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!

[@pianoplaynight]

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]

Didn't know that, awesome! And thanks!

He transposed this Canon in minor key though, and it sounds so good !

[@pianoplaynight]

@ the whole symphony is so awesome! Easily my favorite along with the 5th and Lied von der Erde.

@@pianoplaynight This one and the 2nd symphony are my favorite by Mahler.

[@jonsnow92]

Unfortunately, Mahler was then sued by Bach and died poor.

[@ghanpatel2884]

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]

Same here.

[@jolee3124]

your canon is absolutely gorgeous! Reminds me of poulenc

[@NahreSol]

Thank you!!

[@DanielYapHZ]

I was thinking this when I heard it!! Absolute love

[@Pakkens_Backyard]

yeah it's very late romantic French style

[@andresordonez2287]

I was thinking the same thing, this piece is absolutely amazing!!

[@kiwiznews217]

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

[@BlueHundred1]

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!

[@davidgiles9378]

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.

[@garretkaplan]

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]

Thank you!!! 🙏

[@garretkaplan]

Maybe you should call it the Nahreberg Variations!

[@MelodiousThunk]

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...

[@yeongjinyu4578]

My goodness, I really LOVE Goldberg variations ! Thank you !!

[@NahreSol]

Thank you!!

[@h2shin]

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.

[@marjorievandyke8243]

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]

Thank you so much!! 🙏

[@jasperpabroa4737]

Your teacher is awesome!!

[@NahreSol]

Yes I agree, he's remarkable!!!

[@jasperpabroa4737]

@@NahreSol so are you Nahre!! please do continue these things its just full of artistry, history, information and of course awsome music...

[@agustinalonsomusic]

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.

[@PlataxJazz]

Nahre, I'm so glad I found you. You have added levels of complexity to my enjoyment of music. Thank you for this gift.

[@markmilner842]

Fantastic job on the canon. I’ve always loved listening to the Goldberg variations, and this helped me understand why more clearly.

[@NahreSol]

Thank you !! 😊🙏

[@Deejbeard]

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!

[@exquisiteoath]

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.

[@amulyashruthi]

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.

[@douglasjensen8986]

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.

[@ThatBoomerDude56]

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]

Thank you!! 🙏

[@mark012498]

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!

[@davidkennedy6251]

Excellent, very stimulating and illuminating and conveying the enthusiasm of the presenters.

[@openup007]

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.

[@bry5an]

Thanks for putting up the visual for your Canon, it helps digest what's going on so much

[@Jestunes]

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...

[@m.a.3322]

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!

[@trololopeth]

Amazing timing, I've been listening to the Goldberg Variations all week. It's been my music while I study for something big.

[@trololopeth]

I love this music so much, thank you for sharing

[@NahreSol]

Thank you!!!

[@andrewkigen]

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!

[@andrewjames6676]

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!

[@Madshadowgolem]

You have inspired me. After a 7 year hiatus I'm taking up piano lessons again. And loving it. Thank you!

[@adamh9025]

David's comments at 12:09-12:47 inspired me so hard it knocked me off a writers block!

[@thebachproject]

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.

[@georgepppp533]

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.

[@JJoeisCooking]

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.

[@Advent22mix]

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.

[@MyXxx77]

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.

[@GiovanniPiacentiniMusic]

Love this and what a wonderful canon you wrote! It combines a more homophonic texture with the polyphonic one. Very cool!

[@ZenandtheArtofPiano]

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]

Thank you!! 😊

[@martifingers]

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.

[@Oddquartet]

I have always been fascinated by these variations. Thanks for making such a great video about them!

[@NahreSol]

Thank you!! 😊

[@SPQRatae]

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!

[@ffstopP]

Bach. Amazing. Out of rules comes release, out of structure comes ecstasy. Nahre is always amazing, too.

[@musamor75]

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.

[@redd6150]

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.

[@davidraiklen4521]

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.

[@jonathanlam344]

Lovely video Nahre! I first heard of the Goldberg Variations (in particular, variation 3) on a CD when I was 8 years old, and I still love the Goldberg Variations to this day. I also love hearing your analysis of this piece

[@DiscoInTheNunnery]

The first 8 bars (+4 subsequent bars) of your composition sound like a more colorful Les Barricades Mysterieuses. Beautiful.

[@rolontzbass]

Nahre your piece is so beautiful. I love the harmonic sensibility you have. Thanks for the great video.

[@NewGoldenAgeOfTerra]

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.

[@christopherbarber9351]

Thank you for making this video! I love the Goldbergs, now I love them more by realizing how challenging they were to write!

[@rodrigocalmanowitz]

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!!

[@jonathansturm4163]

Wow! Just... wow! From a passionate fan of Bach for over 50 years...

[@Mike-cp1tj]

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]

Thank you!! Goldberg is amazing...

[@jeremiahsweeney6577]

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]

Jeremiah Sweeney same here! This stuff is really making me appreciate Bach’s genius anew

[@omegalamda3145]

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...

[@AntPDC]

Absolutely wonderful analysis of one of my favourite Bach pieces. Thank you very much indeed.

[@mpgilbertusa]

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]

Thank you!! 😊

[@PhilJonesIII]

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.

[@danschoenharl3856]

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.

[@jaieet]

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)?

[@wormtownpaul]

Your composition is brilliant and beautiful. Thank you for giving this to us.

[@alicee2140]

Subscribed and smashed that bell button. You're renewing my interest for music with your pedagogy and talent for videos. And you always have the most passionate guests.

[@RosssRoyce]

Heard the end, lovely creation! It actually has the beauty of an impressionistic piece!

[@samuelarba6695]

Nahre you are an example for a lot of classical pianists. Thank you for your videos!

[@NahreSol]

Thank you!! 😊🙏

[@bman3977]

I LOVE THE GOLDBURG VARIATIONS! Thank you so much for covering this Nahre! :)

[@NahreSol]

Thank you !! 😊🙏

[@TheZenguitarguy]

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!

[@Val_Cla]

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]

🙏🙏🙏 ahh thank you don't know if I deserve that comment!

[@jonrocker1983]

Jesus..altough I'm a guitar player I'm enjoying your videos almost more than any guitar video out there. I Love your style, your playing and in general how you edit your videos...tremendously interesting stuff!!! Thank you Nahre! Big fan from Italy

[@newfontherock]

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.

[@jonjlangley]

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 🤯

[@craigberry4051]

Congrats on making through and composing your canon Nahre! Sounded great!

[@RosssRoyce]

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!

[@bronktug2446]

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]

Thank you!! 😊🙏

[@ranchopatriot]

Loved this. Listen to Bach every day. Thanks.

[@metashrew]

I absolutely love the composition you came up with! It's like an interesting mix of classical and jazz, exactly in the way that I like it.

[@sanjosemike3137]

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)

[@mikenova9285]

This actually is extremely helpful since I'm playing the variations myself, it allows a deeper understanding of the entire piece though I knew about this bassline How these canons were composed is super fascinating

[@andrewpfeiffer6218]

Nahre Sol did it too, it's such lovely music that it's hard to believe that it has these difficult technical patterns too.

[@Alex_Gordon]

I love this Canon for what it is! a young composer's lust and joy..and willingness to try and experiment with new things! splendid :)

[@JuanCarlosRodriguezCerdan]

Very nice and interesting, thank you for share, many greetings from Mexico.

[@NahreSol]

Thank you !! 😊🙏

[@Fixologist1]

This is a top contender for greatest composition of all time in my book.

[@shkyrbty]

Cool how the musical science yields such beautiful musical expression. I enjoyed the modern expression of a cannon. The video is deepening my understanding and appreciation of all things musical!

[@WillN2Go1]

Another terrific video, thank you for sharing. I'm sure I'm not the first to predict that you are going to have an amazing career as a film composer. As said in the video one could mathematically create a lot of music using Bach's variations. You always come up with something that paints a picture.

[@manueldossinger]

"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]

Wery funny choke!

[@volyumismyname3177]

What

[@csdrew22]

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.

[@stuartdryer1352]

I love your very modern cannon. Please extend this into a longer form, it is too cool to leave it at that.