VOCES8: 'Jauchzet, frohlocket' by JS Bach

[@schwanananana]

A classic for christmas! Greetings from the Thomanerchor from Leipzig!

[@brucecampbell6133]

What a joyful performance Wonderfully performed!

[@justin.morgan71]

Gorgeous! 😍 And love Andrea’s beautiful outfit just as much… 😇

[@franciscomojica6129]

Beautiful execution! Thank you for sharing this wonderful music with no expiry date!

[@mattiinnanen5245]

❤ Greetings from Finland. Sounds heavenly.

[@larrymiller4]

One of my favorite oratorios, with that irresistible "hook" in it that makes you long for more. How can JS Bach not be the greatest composer who ever was, or ever will be? Curiously, he isn't my favorite, but almost. Members of voces8 are top shelf, as usual, with quite an ensemble. Thank you all, again and again. The only (minor) downside here is that the taller vocalists are in front, blocking the shorter ones. Still, the sound is overpowering.

[@mariavanhoof7961]

Congratulations Voces 8 and others, Vielen Dank, thanks a lot Muchas gracias para este comienzo tán alegre y majestuoso del tiempo navideño. La música de J.S. Bach siempre emociona

[@mikeminguez8760]

With Bruce Willis on tympani?

[@derbyshirebirdwatcher6054]

A lovely fresh performance. Just electric.

[@kikivolauvent1]

Bach and Voces8 - Christmas is early this year ❤

[@kikivolauvent1]

​@@mikeminguez8760😍 indeed

[@AR-tz9qc]

Oh my, this is beyond beautiful. Thank you.

[@chriskutscher]

Always a pleasure to listen to you.. great performance. And great to see Bobbie :)))

[@siphomngoma5439]

I'm so glad too that I found this song uploaded on Christmas day, I sang it myself in the choir here in SA, IV been playing it since the 25th when I found it. I naturally lk Bach's works frm high school here

[@TonyWatson-c2t]

Magnificent, as a description does not do this justice. Volume does.......

[@r1p2m32]

Wonderful! Rarely heard, deserves to be known more.

[@QuantumJohnny1]

Bravo!

[@ValerieMcAuley-q1u]

Thank you this wonderful recording.

[@marydavis5997]

Magnificent!

[@dabneyapplechunks]

Words are not enough! ❤❤❤ 🙏🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@HansFriedensorte]

Marvellous! Thanks!

[@normandriscoll3320]

What a joy to watch Barnaby Smith (a counter tenor) "sing along" with the choir, much like Peter Dykstra (a bass) in his performance of the same work . Their joy spreads to the choir and audience. Thank you all.

[@philplace2726]

Just discovered this...! Best version I've heard so far... and I've heard some VERY good ones!!!

[@kelvinsmallwood6315]

Excellent performance. You bring Bach to life. Have subscribed although I have listened to you before.

[@bernardpoitevin7615]

Concert plein de joie et d'enthousiasme, Très belle interprétation de l'Oratorio de Noël. Vous formez un ensemble exceptionnel. Un immense merci.

[@antoniofranciscogarcia1707]

Nobody does Joy like JS Bach

[@piconminichini]

Wow, I loved It. 😍😍😍 Amazing. 🙏🏻🙏🏻😍😍🙌🙌

[@leoyescribo.acompanamientopeda]

Magnificat!

[@antonellabaluganti8109]

Bella sinfonia

[@cillyede]

👍🎶👍 Ich werde am 01.01.24 70 Jahre alt und habe schon einiges gesehen in meinem Leben. Aber bei diesem Stück und dem ganzen Oratorium kommen mir immer die Tränen. Schöne Feiertage und Greetings from South Germany. 🇩🇪

[@marikomariko3992]

" ...habe schon einiges gesehen in meinem Leben. Aber bei diesem Stück und dem ganzen Oratorium kommen mir immer die Tränen " Sie haben mich zum Weinen gebracht. Für mich dieses Stück und An Die Freude. Das ist es, was großartige Musik bewirkt. Alles Gute zum Geburtstag ! Herzliche Grüße aus Montreal, Kanada. 💝

[@fareast_de]

Sie sprechen mir aus der Seele. Auch Ihnen bereits im Voraus ein schönes Weihnachtsfest und die besten Wünsche zum Siebzigsten aus Norddeutschland.

[@cillyede]

@@fareast_de Dankeschön! 👍

[@cillyede]

@@marikomariko3992 Vielen Dank und schöne Weihnachtstage! 🌺🎶 Ich liebe Montreal. 😍

[@cillyede]

@peterg5383 Dankeschön und Grüße zurück und an Boston.

[@heinzkohut572]

Very clear and fresh performance and accurate pronunciation. Bravissime! Thank you! Can we hope for more of the Weihnachtsoratorium?

Bien sûr comme d’habitude vous êtes magnifiques dans cette œuvre si célèbre Mais je donnerai une mention spéciale à Andréa qui porte avec élégance une robe de circonstance si rayonnante

[@EGM777]

So gäch!

[@矢村]

非常有气势🌼🌼🤔🤔⛓️⛓️🐓🐓🧐🧐🏞️🏞️

[@sobelou]

🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

[@janetgough6585]

Wonderful. Love the original instruments. Where can I get a red dress like that?

[@oliverh.schmidt2571]

Supreme eyeglasses of that violinist… 😃

[@terryjones8471]

Exhilarating and buoyant performance. Have sung this a few times but love the energy here - not to mention the coherence between choir and orchestra! However, could do without the woman in the huge white specs (violin?) distracting from the focus!

[@keithhigh7773]

Agree about the specs. The coherence is due to the conductor's day job as a member of VOCES8.

[@rustydog1236]

What did the woman in the red dress do wrong?

[@daviddavenport9350]

perfect tempo for Jauckset....should be a minuet tempo.....timpanist is a little stiff sounding to my ears.......wrong type of roll as well......

[@johannesbunzel9257]

Bruce Willis an der Pauke…

[@hennievavanaswegen9392]

Too stuccato How then can joy flow and flower?

[@barnabysmith9629]

Yes, this is the interesting debate about this chorus. For me the 'A' section is an exclamation of joy, signalled originally by the drum with its proclamatory gesture (staccato). The choir then picks up this theme as if shouting to the world about this amazing news. To be this joyful and excitable arguably warrants every quaver to be sung. I think It's a different feel to the Gloria from the B Minor Mass, which, although being the same time signature and with the same instrumentation, does perhaps have a more flowing dance-like quality to it, and opens with a trumpet theme not timpani. The drum here really is unusual in Bach's output, and for me gives us all the gestural information we need for the first part of this chorus; a motif which Bach then builds upon with the trumpet rhythms, which are like timpani hits. There is an obvious melisma (lasset) in the opening section, but even this is by its very nature excitable, and so I think shouldn't be too legato. By contrast the opening of the 'B' section, where the text talks about 'serving', is treated very differently by Bach with long melismas, and is given a much greater sense of line and legato in this performance, as though providing the gesture of bowing that the verb to 'serve' perhaps implies. As for your comment about flowering, even though the singing is marking each quaver, I do still believe there is a hierarchy within the phrase structures with the important words being clearly marked out; this to me is flowering. I also think we must remember that the cantata flows for another 20 minutes after this chorus ends, and we are really aiming at the final chorale text; I think it's one long progression, of which this is simply the opening statement. But hey, it's art, and it's subjective and that's the beauty of it. I'm pleased you have an opinion, it means the music reaches you, which as performers is our main goal :-)

[@annikkegrimmig4950]

❤

[@kikivolauvent1]

​@barnabysmith9629 what an eloquent and fascinating explanation this is. Thank you Barnaby.

[@chong2389]

​@@barnabysmith9629And what beautiful art you, Voces8, Apollo5 and the orchestra make! Brilliant performance! 👏 🎉😊

[@richardforshaw8479]

Spectacular, with superb voices and instrumentalists. Thankyou for making my Christmas!

[@AndreasR64]

Wonderful performance. Playing in the high league of performances from Harnoncourt, Herreweghe and others. You managed to present Christmas joy to lift the hearts of the audience. Thank you.

[@Talisman0011]

Bach , c'est grandiose et vous l'interprêtez merveilleusement .....Merci à vous Voces8.....

[@steffenismer]

When my favourite VOCES8 sings my favourite Christmas oratorio ... What an honour. 💖 Barney is brilliant, the tenors excellent and the native speaker smiles 😉 Christmas greetings from Saxony/Germany and all the best for your birthday A.

[@paulroussell]

Brilliant as always! Such clean singing and tight playing. What a coup getting Bruce Willis to play the kettle drums, too 😅

[@gzw1409]

Wieder einmal ein wunderbar gesungenes Werk! Grüße aus Österreich! Ich bin echt ein Fan dieses Chores!❤

[@alessandramercati3414]

Maestoso, solenne, trionfale. Un'esperienza di sublime, come solo Bach e un'interpretazione ricca di virtuosismo possonno offrire.

[@rickbaker8096]

Wow, thank you. Beautiful as always.

[@Robertmeulendijk]

This is my favourite oratorium of Bach. I booked a ticket at the Pieterskerk Leiden 23rd of December at 19:30 with Concerto Köln with Peter Dijkstra conducting

[@terrynicol9662]

Quelle belle musique magnifiquement interprétée

[@christinerogge-slieker1988]

Kommt direkt aus dem Himmel! Danke!

[@bethanharrison9783]

For me this is the most wonderful performance of this movement of Bach's fabulous work - thank you!

[@suzanneknowles5361]

This is by far the most joyful first movement of any Christmas music. The choir is fabulous, and the 'ancient' instruments in the orchestra make just the right sound. Well done all of you and , of course, Barnaby Smith.

[@daviddavenport9350]

Handel's Glory to God is just as good! Especially if you use the spurious timpani part with the trumpets....

[@antoniofranciscogarcia1707]

@@daviddavenport9350Sorry, JSB is the master of vocal harmony, hands down.

[@edmundnschrag]

With Bruce Willis on timpani. He's still got it.

[@thedreadtyger]

poor man! if only... God bless him.

[@dirkhoekstra727]

LOL! 😂😂 He does look a bit like Bruce...

[@larrymiller4]

He's "Moonlighting."

[@1685mymusic]

Must have been a sensational performance- you had that God - David Blackadder on trumpet!!! MY HERO!!!! .xxxxxxx

[@larrydalton2205]

Just perfect. Amazing singing, instrumentalists and perfect in ensemble. Joyful and lively.

[@achenarmyst2156]

Fantastic. The only thing I miss is a counter tenor, but he is also doing well as conductor. 😄

[@wolfgangberndt3481]

Irgendwie könnte es ohne das Weihnachtsoratorium nicht so richtig Weihnachten werden... 🤩

[@verena1233]

Großartig. Great. I love Bach. And this Choir.❤ Greatings from Germany.

[@melissaraven3164]

Yay, VOCES8 doing some more Bach! Keep it coming!

[@FG-ie7cu]

Wow! What an explosion of joy!

[@achenarmyst2156]

Christmas is connected to countless unique and ultimately pleasing experiences and this is one of those. 🙏

[@loiseaunoir1021]

What kind of bass is this? I mean, the bow isn't an upright bass bow... and I'd glady have a pint with its player, too 😁

[@garyhinkle5736]

Magnificent 💙

[@michaelskelton8516]

Wonderful, so tight…I really enjoyed the tympani, so controlled 👍

[@magdalenesulau8804]

Diese herrlichen Stimmen. Es ist ein Genuß diese wundervolle Musik so vollkommen zu hören!

[@jandamskier6510]

genau

[@josefkastner8698]

JSB forever, Thx V8

[@rosinapaul983]

Christmas Greetings from Daytona Beach, FL. This is one of my favorites to sing. Thank you!

[@skyforever5996]

As usual you are the best. I’m fan of you. Thank you mister Barnaby, go on to make us happy. Have a merry Christmas

[@rkynj756]

Will the audio of this concert be released as a digital download?

[@alexandremyrat]

Bruce Willis in the tympany ?!

[@MaximilianLoerzer]

An incredibly great accent-free German pronunciation! If I heard accents, it was only because I was explicitly looking for them. Respect. Best regards from Germany.

[@mcgitarz]

How fortunate we all are to have these videos! Thank you so much and…BRAVO!!

[@stephaniebonarius2665]

Wunderschön!

[@glenturrell4485]

Absolutely magnificent performance and recording. Papa Bach will be applauding this! From South Africa, my grateful thanks to all concerned.

[@demosthenes2433]

Das Herz geht mir auf bei dieser Musik und ihrer Aufführung ❤❤❤.

[@eckbart856]

"Aufpreiset die Tage" besingt der Einzelhandel vor Weihnachten den Aufpreis ;-) "Auf! Preiset die Tage!"

[@fareast_de]

Haha, das kann man so sehen, wobei es jedem selbst überlassen bleibt, diesen "Zirkus" mitzumachen. 😉

[@ingrid_ziehe]

Wunderschön ❤

[@Joel-sr9qh]

Superb!

[@1685mymusic]

Gosh apart from DB don’t recognise anyone, where are they all from?

[@MrMarioman107]

Thanks for this treat Voces8-to wake this morning in Canada and find this on your channel-such a thrill to listen to!

[@dirkhoekstra727]

Fantastic!

[@garryhumphreys3054]

What a joy to watch, as well as hear, Kate Brooke's double bass playing! But where's the third oboe?

[@suzanne5781]

Oooh! Wonderful!❤️❤️❤️

[@musicmanni4932]

Oh my God - how beautiful....

[@snchongloi1580]

Wow.. So nice. Any Christmas song coming up??

[@dfishpool7052]

Bravo!!!

[@suzannederringer1607]

I'm no great fan of Bach - but this wonderful performance makes a persuasive case for him. The Tympanist is having a blast!

[@shin-i-chikozima]

It seems my soul is wandering in shining Tokyo full of Christmas colorful illuminations and various electric decorations 🍂🍁🍄🎀💐🎑

[@thomassavary5764]

Joy is not to be confused with haste, as the conductors of the last thirty years have too often done in this work, and I really love this peaceful tempo, which expresses so much better the serene joy of this oratorio. Excellent singing, as always, and very good orchestra. A bit more articulation and it would have been perfect.

[@tillm2481]

it is lame…Bach is not a Prussian or English military exercise…it is Rockn Roll

[@thomassavary5764]

​@@tillm2481 No. Your comment reflects a totally anachronistic approach. Baroque music - Bach’s is no exception - is indeed based on dance, but not on the music of the twentieth century, on the dances of the time, a time when people travelled on foot or on horseback, before the acceleration brought about by the industrial revolution. The perception of speed and lowness is highly subjective and depends largely on the context in which we live. This does not mean that Baroque music should always be played slowly (there is, for example, a sonata by Scarlatti with the indication ‘Presto, quanto sia possibile’, ‘as fast as possible’, K 427), but that it is essential to know the context and habits of the period, including of course those of the music performance, if one wants to propose an interpretation that resembles as closely as possible what was heard at the time.

[@tillm2481]

@@thomassavary5764 it is not only the tempo..it totally lacks compassion…no „Jauchzet, Frohlocket“…only an English puritan stick in the ass performance…just compare the recent performance in Hamburg Elbphilharmonie…also on youtube (Arte concert account)

[@jeanbrigue8786]

C'est d'une beauté exceptionnelle, merci pour partager cette magnifique interprétation, tout est maîtrisé, joyeux, c'est grandiose, et ça donne la chair de poule !!

[@EllieArroway-co5xf]

Ich denke, genauso hätte es Bach gefallen. Neben wunderbarem Chor- und Orchesterklang auch genau das richtige Tempo. Heutzutage hat man ja bei vielen Aufführungen den Eindruck, Chor und Orchester seien auf der Jagd. Hier stimmt einfach alles. Vielen Dank für diese schöne Aufführung!

[@rolfwilmes4146]

Really wonderful, balm for my heart and soul, thank you very much (from Germany) 😘

[@cng_bassmann]

Brilliant! May I add a suggestion? Ask a native speaker to -for example- get advice to distinguish between the o in fro and the o in locket (frohlocket). One o is closed, the second is open. The detail makes the difference. It was brilliant, though!

[@johnrichardson7629]

No one could overproduce a piece quite like old JSB

[@keithhigh7773]

As an a cappella choir VOCES8 is outstanding. Paired with the right instrumental accompaniment heavenly.

[@barbarab4632]

Superb and uplifting!

[@klauspetersen7041]

Endlich mal eine Interpretation in gemässigtem Tempo

[@timothymalone7067]

Wonderful!! Thank you

[@jean-marcgillet8429]

Superbe. Merci .

[@jacsavoie7672]

Grandiose

[@NeilGastonguay]

Very well done.

[@hanserren1239]

Beautiful clear registration, excellent performance!

[@derekdee9592]

Superb bravo !