Academy of Ancient Music - Bach: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150

[@gestioneatp]

Ich möchte nicht übertreiben, aber habe Tränen in den Augen.

[@FleetingDolphins]

This is the most beautiful cantata Bach ever composed, and it was almost lost forever.

[@DelendaEstCarthago1]

Imagine what treasures we have almost certainly lost 😢 Maybe one day in heaven, God's court composer (who, of course, is Bach), will play a collection of his cantatas that were lost on Earth.

[@ThunderBolt-dc1xt]

I actually feel great sadness for all humans who either can't comprehend the genius of Bach or those who don't have access to his music as it is displayed here. It's the very best humans have to offer and we should all revel in it.

[@Jarl_Thidrandi]

I've tried. I've showed this kind of music to many people over the years that are just casual pop consumers. They either say it puts them to sleep, or that it's church music, or that you cant dance to it.... it really is sad and pathetic. The absolute height of human culture and it is vastly ignored by the drooling masses.

[@theemutsenfabriek]

Pretentious people, both of you. Of course if someone has never in their life listened to classical and old music, they'll have to listen to it more than just once to really grasp it! No need to look down on them for it.

[@alexshaw6064]

The very best we’ve had to offer, so far perhaps (secondo me, si) - let’s hope the future is even brighter😊

[@misterdiffiCULT1]

​@@Jarl_Thidrandi not for lack of trying. I just never really got into modern music (my concept of modern is anything 1900s on, even things like late impressionism) however, I do find some enjoyment blind listening to some modern. When I blast baroque in my car, though, my friends universally beg me to turn it off 😢

[@misterdiffiCULT1]

​@@theemutsenfabriekI don't personally look down on people if they don't enjoy baroque, but I do believe that they are missing out. I'm sure that my friends also believe similarly with me because I just really can't name anything modern except for a few things like that Britney Spears did or Billie eilish or even little big. But besides that, nothing. It often feels like two different cultures trying to come together to try to speak the same language but failing so bitterly to try to emulate how much one means to the other. 😅

[@melissaraven3164]

0:00 Sinfonia 1:30 Chor: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich 4:49 Arie(soprano): Doch bin und bleibe ich vergnügt 6:22 Chor: Leite mich in deine Wahrheit und lehre mich 8:22 Terzett (alto, tenor, bass): Zedern müssen von den Winden 9:30 Chor: Meine Augen sehen stets zu den Herrn 11:37 Chor: Meine Tage in den Leiden

[@ryanswenson]

Thank you 🙏

[@bnddavid]

Da bleiben keine Wünsche offen. Super Intonation, top agogik, exzellente Sprache. Eines meiner liebsten Ensembles.

[@samsung-gaz6287]

I often wondered what this sounds like to a native German speaker.

[@felizxett6618]

Their pronunciation is impressive! It's very close to perfect, and I've rarely heard anything better from non-native speakers.

[@douglaspierce8480]

Voces8 and J S Bach a match made in heaven.

[@harryvanrijn6366]

Don't forget to mention the orchestra!

[@douglaspierce8480]

@@harryvanrijn6366 Yes, excellent.

[@hjkaye]

It seems everything Voces8 touches turns to Gold layered with Platinum.. 🎶🎵🎼

[@SjaakvanLoo]

Cannot get enough of this, played it hunderd times or more, beautiful!

[@hervedupre7894]

This piece is another proof that Bach was coming from another planet. Oh dear !

[@annowen]

I return time and time again to this mesmerisingly wonderful, indeed perfect performance

[@burin1985]

Me too. I don,t know why

[@WigbertTraxler]

Me too. I know why.

[@ryanswenson]

As do I... “I know why...” 🎯 Love Peace Joy to AAAL who listen...🌱

[@jgunther3398]

you like it, but it's nowhere near "perfect"

[@denekaraus8592]

@@jgunther3398Ignorance must be blissful

[@nelsonmartinmusic]

I wanted these timestamps for a presentation, so in case this is helpful to anyone else, here they are: 0:00 Sinfonia (instrumental) 1:30 Chor (Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich) 4:49 Arie (Soprano: Doch bin und bleibe ich vergnugt) 6:20 Chor (Leite mich) 8:22 Arie for (Alto, Tenore, Basso: Zedern müssen von den Winden) 9:30 Chor (Meine Augen sehen stets) 11:36 Chor (Ciaccona: Meine tagen in den Leiden)

[@voicesinhymn0917]

I am amazed at how much time I spent listening to this again and again

[@EvelynCor]

Voces8 singing Bach, another dream come true... nobody ever: How good can a performance be if they are wearing casual... voces8: (just singing) ... Also the cello solo... !!!!!

[@ProfDrhcOfMinistry]

Wenn man sich Bach’s Einstellung zu eigen macht, ist diese ein beglückender, tragfähiger Grund.

[@paulthomas7272]

Couldn't be bettered. I keep listening to it and it gets better every time! Imagine a world without this kind of experience!

[@neuromensch3]

Listening to this, I am reminded of an essay first published in the New England Journal of Medicine by the great Lewis Thomas. He was suggesting items to be included on the 2 Voyager spacecrafts in 1977. I paraphrase: “ Let’s send all of Bach, but then, we would be boasting”

[@isaiahbaggett5014]

6:20 Chor (Leite mich) I've never heard a more beautiful ascending scale through the voice parts. Amazing to hear the timbral shift and colors on the ascent. My favorite part of this work.

[@felizxett6618]

This. I don't know of any other recording that comes even close.

[@ryanswenson]

Ascension.🎯

[@LaRush62]

I am beyond ecstatic! I sang this in college close to 40 yrs ago and could not remember the number or title of the cantata. All I could remember was this amazing page of music where a scale is sung through the chorus and taken up by the violins and that moment has haunted me my whole life. Today I went through a bag of old things from childhood that my brother was holding for me (I live in a NYC apartment...need I say more?) I found the program from the concert that we sang this in (thank God I keep everything!) and immediately looked up 150 here to listen. That moment at 6:24 played and I balled my eyes out. What a glorious piece and and what a gift to be reunited with it again!

[@js1757]

From around 6:55 to 7:03, Bach reuses that moment as the ending in the Kyrie from the Mass in B minor.

[@Gonzol7]

@@js1757 You have a good ear! That is a Phrygian cadence, popular in the Baroque era, though not used nearly as often as the so-called authentic cadence (a dominant chord to a tonic chord). One of the more well-known uses of the Phrygian cadence is the second movement of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV 1048. The cadence has to do with the Phrygian mode. I've always loved it since I learned it there!

[@plumjam]

Beautiful comment, worthy of the music, sir.

[@jeremiesaverot9400]

Ich mag es immer wieder hören, wird mir nicht langweilig, einfach herrlich! Die Gruppe ist britisch, sie singen aber sehr gut auf deutsch, man versteht jedes Wort, sogar ohne Text

[@alexandrah619]

Einfach wunderbar, ganz herzlichen Dank und weiterhin viel Erfolg! So liebe ich Bach ! Ich höre diese Aufnahme immer wieder und wieder und wieder..........J.S..Bach, welch Hilfe und Trost in der Pandemie

[@fredyrechsteiner640]

Geht mir genau so, danke für den Kommentar.

[@Just_Sara]

I never thought that I, the total average person, would think that Bach was really cool, but yeah. Bach is really cool. That behind-the-scenes performance was just great to watch.

[@Just_Sara]

@Emily Evans Well heck, he succeeded! That explanation was really helpful, thank you. :)

[@jacks424]

One of the most spectacular Bach's cantatas. And perfect recording 'in spirit of' Goodwin's Matthew Passion recording ;) Hope more cantatas will be recorded like that. :)

[@hervedupre7894]

Each time I begin this video, I can't stop a least until the 8 first minutes. So dense, a pure heaven. Rythm, writing, execution all at the maximum level! Incredible, a haven of beauty and moral elevation to rest for eternity

[@goldenstone7094]

This is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen and heard. Beautifully done.

[@AdenosinePush]

My God the inflection in their voices and their approach to phrasing is absolutely unreal. The intonation is incredible...particularly the sopranos, I couldn't hear a single word of theirs that was even the slightest bit off the mark. Please come to Boston.

[@ryanswenson]

I believe the word I’m attempting to “come up with” is... “otherworldly” ...of course all who love Bach know he dedicated every piece he composed “TO THE GLORY OF ALMIGHTY GOD!”🌱 ...most lovely.😪

[@rickmarti77]

Actually the dedication translates more like "To the glory of God and the enjoyment of my fellow man."

[@felizxett6618]

Didn't he just sign them all with S.D.G., meaning Soli Deo gloria?

[@rickmarti77]

Of course an excellent performance by both groups. It reminds me that Bach and his musicians otten worked in the cold.

[@janssenkarl-heinz2627]

Als Vorbildfunktion immer wieder gerne zu hören.

[@arnoldrivas4590]

VOCES8 Academy of Ancient Music Johann Sebastian Bach Brilliant combination

[@enrique3059]

I knew that Bach had a special place in the classical music realm, but I had no idea about how blessed and talented this man was, for being able to create such beautiful music out of impressive Bible passages. He truly was making music for THE King, no wonder his name was engraved in history, and his music is still being not only played today, but being studied by the best musicians worldwide. Also, I didn't know about voces8 and the Ancient music academy before, but highly apprecciate their Bach presentations now (and other Hymns they performed as well). Great job guys! Praise be to God, who gave you such talent, and I appreciate all the hard work involved in this as well, thank you for making it accessible, a real gift! Greetings from Brazil, have a blessed Sabbath. PS. Something tells me that small choirs sound much better than bigger ones. Have yet to come across something better than this, to change my mind.

[@jgunther3398]

if the music requires power, then a large choir. if clarity, then a smaller one. it's a shame classical music has been cast the way it has been over the years by bottom feeders in the media. but they have done the same to all intellectual pursuits, and maybe to reason itself

[@enrique3059]

Thank you for this info! Indeed, it makes much sense.

[@Osloden1]

Merci à France Musique de m'avoir fait découvrir cette interprétation d'une rare qualité. Sublime .

[@photographybyjgnauck]

8:15 which amazing and powerful ending. I am a photographer and cinematographer from Germany and last year my team and me started to stream from our church live. It's beautiful to see such a great choir. Your video production is also very well! Congratulations to everyone of you! Well done....

[@keebearfull]

The very best of one of the finest bits of classical music right here, before our eyes and ears!

[@cobbhc]

I could listen to that trio movement over and over.

[@darkhorsejosh]

Beautiful, I was brought up with this music, my father was a counter tenor, John Whitworth and also arranged all the Kind Singers music in the 70’s. This brings back lots of fond memories. Thank you.

[@Cor347]

I sent it to my aunty in India. Her reaction: Really all are Angels. I loved it. Thanks for sharing.

[@sonadorroto9124]

At 6:11, just as El finishes her solo, you can glimpse Barnaby turn towards her, smile and then slightly shake his head in incredulous admiration. That was pretty much my reaction too, Barnaby.

[@micheal49]

So say we all!

[@checkerives6718]

Me, too! Exquisite. Thank you Voces8 and extraordinary instrumentalists!

[@Joggelschorsch]

we need more bach from you!

[@gerhardhorhan8282]

Es ist immer eine Freude, euch zu zuhören. Ich bin immer erstaunt, dass ihr einen so vollen Klang mit 8 Sängern hinbekommt! Bravo, superbly done!

[@etienneleuridan3547]

Décidément, Voces8 nous étonnent tous les jours en plus avec un des orchestres fameux !

[@josephclay248]

Amazing, and Brilliant, group of Artists ! It is pure joy to listen to this amazing music from Bach. Thank you for this amazing performance!

[@AlexanderSeaton]

A pleasure to listen to you with such good sound and image. Congratulations for your music. A greeting from Spain. Un placer escucharos con tan buen sonido e imagen. Enhorabuena por vuestra música. Un saludo desde España.

[@Cor347]

So beautifull! It feels like the purpose of my whole life was to hear this wonderfull piece and performance.Thank you Bach, Academy of Ancient Music and Voces8.

[@mikekohlerchannel]

I wish I could like this more than once. Many likes.

[@mcburcke]

Glorious! I really like the clean, clear lines created by this type of "minimalist" interpretation. Well done, all!

[@Leomerya12]

Omg, this is making me cry.

[@HashCookies]

I think this is the first time that I hear the minor chord at the last "sehen stets zu dem Herrn" 10:27. I guess musicologist have their reasons to change it, but this way it sound so ancient and beautiful. Thanks you so much for this recording

[@Shakulatius]

You can check the sources on IMSLP. In the newer version there is no sharp which seems to be an editorial mistake. In the copied version by Christian Friedrich Prentzel from 1755 there is a sharp.

[@HashCookies]

​@@Shakulatius Oh you're right! Thanks for the info

[@naturalhuefibers]

beautiful...heavenly!

[@jaikee9477]

The amount of music Bach puts in one single cantata is absolutely staggering. And there are 240 of them! How ... WHO was this man?? This recording is second to none, btw! ❤

[@arnoldrivas4590]

Remember, the majority of his cantatas were written for Sunday service in Leipzig. And he only had a week to compose and maybe one rehearsal before service.

[@barbaraseville4139]

Bach was God’s love letter to humankind.

[@jaikee9477]

@@arnoldrivas4590 True! Afaik he wrote each cantata within 3-4 days, the rest of the week went into preparations for the performance on sunday. He even had up to 400 flyers printed each week. The church must have been packed to the roof.

[@roxannedella-bosca3922]

Top stuff, team! How can I pick the best bit? It's ALL perfect! Glory to God who gave you these beautiful voices and the creativity and self-discipline to carry them into fruition. ❤ Jonathan @ 13:21-14:00 giving amazing support for the group while keeping crisp articulation in long legato phrases - phenomenal. Keep up the good work all and thank you for keeping the posts coming!

[@ellireivalk3564]

... Gänsehaut pur!! Soo schön ...

[@lorettabrockmeier7616]

You are all just fantastic musicians.

[@josephrayos831]

this group is awesome! high level of classical and contemporary performances

[@astore3757]

A wonderful performance. Perfect sound and voices. Thank you for sharing it.

[@marynakovtunova9660]

Amazing! Bach!! And you!..

[@ollehedstrom3536]

Shockingly well done! This great music.

[@robbes7rh]

What a talented group of singers! Each individually and as an ensemble. And then with the historical instruments played so superbly by these instrumentalists, it’s hard to imagine this exquisite composition by J.S. Bach ever sounding better than what we are hearing here. I myself do not speak a word of German. But the way Bach weaves together the declamation of the text with the elements of instrumental music I practically believe I do understand what is being sung. I think maybe for the first time I experienced the beauty of the German language while watching this video.

[@deboraharmstrong4385]

I agree with sonadorroto below, This is where the unattainable is invested! I am in your zone. I have devoted my life to JS Bach. Music is all that life has given to me, not a moment would I hesitate to give my soul away

[@elbrichveninga4653]

Prachtig mooi dit, ik luister het regelmatig!

[@cynthiat6505]

When i was young I could have done this so you have no idea what joy you all give me!!! You are absolutely the supreme!

[@Just_Sara]

Wasn't this just great?? :D

[@pieternooten]

Extrordinary production!

[@Sandrah326]

Que maravilha! Adorei! 🙏❤️💐👏👏👏🇧🇷🖖

[@jadrola]

Amazing production ❤

[@OnDasherOnDancer]

It’s like a visit from the angels!

[@kristieroybal4888]

This demonstrated just how much your voices are your instruments. Bravo!

[@fiddlestix3025]

This music and this ensemble are a dream come true-! Many thanks for featuring this jewel, Jeff -and thanks to the one suggesting it to you 👍 A bit short on time, I haven’t listened to all of it, but what an immersive, musical experience ⭐️ The big, fancy lute played here is a Baroque Theorbo, or an Archlute, with two necks and two sets of strings, one of them positioned outside the fingerboard, to be plucked open. This is a complicated creature, reaching the height of development at the late Baroque era, and subsequently dying out, replaced by harpsichords etc. It was ungainly and extremely hard to tune (or keep in tune) due to it using mainly pure gut strings. Imagine the nightmare of keeping 14 gut strings in tune. I struggle with the three I sometimes put on my violin ;) Due to its construction tho it had the most amazing range and resonance. Those long, open bass string reverberating along with whatever else was being played… the three sound holes. It was a highly developed amplification system of sorts. The sound is to die for-! The ensemble here, The Ancient Academy of Music -priceless ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Voces8 with their pure voices -also priceless ⭐️⭐️⭐️ My god, when those high notes hit at 2:10 and also at 5:29! Jonah Nilsson’s ‘Farewell’ comes to mind… This is live music at one of its best! Thanks again 🙏

[@ryanswenson]

Y’all realize that Utube has “memory-holed” the lyrics to this magnificent piece... UNBELIEVABLE.

[@EvelynCor]

Yes! Where are they!!

[@milestonewelsh]

Makes me feel so much emotion. ❤️

[@rubbrdux]

Wonderful. Such beauty.

[@scottyg9167]

Mesmerizing indeed! Wow....

[@glenpierson7792]

Stunning.

[@bkarosi]

Funny to see that the rest of the ensemble took a coffee break during the arias

[@cillyede]

Großartig, dankeschön.

[@mercedesfloresmilara865]

Súper bonito, me gusta mucho cómo interpretáis la música barroca. Anoche vi el Mesias completo.Gracias !💕🇪🇸

[@MichaelFitch]

Marvelous performance. Bravo!

[@arianelallemand2042]

Amazing merci

[@symfrick]

wow ...such clarity only possible with chamber choir 8 maximum 12 voices

[@uzeyirabdullayev8003]

One word: Divine

[@aadbastemeijer6445]

Heaven!!! well done guys

[@claudiorodriguez8344]

Maravilloso!!!!

[@ryanswenson]

Well... I return again to Beauty...🌱 I Love ALL who Love...💎

[@burin1985]

This is perfect. Thanks Bach

[@aaldere1]

Incredible.

[@MrMarioman107]

So addictive!

[@alejandrobetancurperez5604]

Wonderful!!!!❤

[@carlosa.sanchez896]

According to my LP Deutsche Grammophon album cover notes, the 4th movement of Brahms' Symphony #4 in E minor is a passacaglia based on an 8-bar phrase from this cantata. I've listened but I don't hear those same chords over the recurring 8 bars. It must be an earlier cantata of them same title because this piece is listed as BWV 150 and the 4th symphony is BWV 98. All that said, this is a gorgeous, haunting composition. Bach truly was the master of them all!

[@pittssr]

i'm no musicologist, but at 11: 35 the last segment begins with an ascending bass line that repeats incessantly to the end, the passacaglia Brahms refers to. I came here looking for it, and found it! It was a challenge I suppose, turning a hypnotic repetition into the colorful brilliance of the Brahms symphony.

[@lenanielsen5903]

🌿So Wonderful performance🌿

[@VarietasCantandi]

Wonderful. Bravo!

[@o.filipov]

Just amazing!

[@brosalind]

So beautiful 😭😭😭

[@EdoardoRavaglia]

Meraviglioso!!

[@ruthmcintyre2313]

Wonderful

[@josuecezar]

It would be awesome if the videos actually had subtitles with the songtext.

[@sailingsam3815]

Beautiful

[@mirianmarlisekonradburin9572]

Que lindo ❤️💝💓 Paraná Brasil.

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

Bravo!

[@francklavoine953]

Trop , trop beau je n'arrête pas de l'"couter

[@TheTmackey]

Wow! Thank you all!

[@pacogarcia6519]

Casi casi OVPP.....aunque no sigue estrictamente las tesis de Joshua Rifkin, cada voz con ripieno hacen un total de ocho cantantes, que está muy bien, lejos de los grandes coros estridentes e histéricos a los que nos tenían acostumbrados los Richter, Gardiner, Harnoncourt, etc. Bach interpretado con coros muy pequeños es más verosímil...su mensaje es grandioso en contenido no en el número de cantantes del coro.. Enhorabuena.

[@ariehordijk8261]

Wat een prachtige cantate!