Bach: Cantate 'Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten - Dorothee Mields - Ton Koopman - Live Concert [HD] 

Dorothee Mields is so unassuming it's easy to miss the fact that her singing is flawless.

Absolutely love everything with Mr. Koopman in it when one can see the performance. No one by virtue of the visual gesture transmits the joy of the music more than he does. There exist others whose interpretation more appeals to me (they are all amazing of course), but none adds more joy from a live performance.

That was lovely. And they looked like they were having a good time. Great soprano! Great oboist!

I'm beginning to love her voice more and more. So sharp and focused like a razor. And of course, it helps loads that she has a wonderful stage presence.

What a sweetheart, that Dorothee Mields! She has one of the greatest soprano voices I've ever heard - at once, powerful and subtle, impeccably controlled and mellifluous. Listening to her is like sliding into a hot tub - the warmth is enveloping. The clincher, however, is her captivating charm and humility, without the slightest trace of prima-donna airs.

one of the happiest performances i've ever seen.. made me smile. very well..

Dorothee Mields sang beautifully full of joie-de-vivre.

Contrary to the comments saying the thumping is annoying or the 'waving head' of Koopman is distracting, I think this is a great rendition of this Cantata. Dorothee undoubtedly delivers, with meticulous care for intonation and precision. She's easily likeable. Her stage presence is immaculate. The rest, including Koopman's idiosyncratic way of orchestrating the whole performance doesn't make it any less than a great concert. Thank you, AVRO. I wholeheartedly subscribe to you!

¬ je suis d'accord koopman est bach sur terre / le représentant le plus divin du cantor sur cette petite planète bleue

J.S. Bach: Cantate 'Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten', BWV 202 Dorothee Mields, sopraan Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra o.l.v. Ton Koopman Opgenomen in de Waalse Kerk in Amsterdam op 10 juni 2012 Het Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra bestaat uit: - Catherine Manson, concertmeester - Joseph Tan, Benedicte Pernet, Eunjung Anna Ryu en Maite Larburu, viool 1 - David Rabinovich, Marc Cooper, Ann Roux en Liesbeth Nijs, viool 2 - Deirdre Dowling en Yoshiko Morita, altviool - Werner Matzke en Robert Smith, cello - Michele Zeoli, contrabas - Antoine Torunczyk en Matthieu Loux, hobo - Rebecca Mertens, fagot - Dave Hendry, trompet

Las Cantatas, en mi punto de vista, es lo más profundo de J. S. Bach porque es música muy íntima, se introduce en uno y provoca un estado de tranquilidad y emoción bello y hermoso.

Magnificent performance of all. Dorothee Mields has a marvellous voice. And and under de magic baton of Ton Koopman the virtuosos musicians plays at perfect syncronization.

Wonderful, expressive oboe-playing by Antoine Torunczyk !!

Beautiful, clear and agile voice

Beautiful soul ( Dorothee)

Jako dobro,hvala!

Heb gister de versie van het Noord Nederlands Orkest Live gehoord. Ik kreeg tranen in de ogen, een werkelijk prachtig stuk!

hier kan maar 1 ding van worden gezegd: dit is 1 groot FEEST!!

Heel graag gedaan!

Beautiful post. Thanks a lot.

Absolutely lovely - bravo to all.

Beautiful. Some people are commenting on Ton Koopman's idiosyncratic conducting. Rhetorical question: How can you not love this man and his love of this music. Listen to his introduction to part 1 of BWV 131 Aus def Tiefe, talking about the meaning of the text and the history. After hearing and seeing him in this way, I am a devotee and he can stand on his head and conduct with his toes and I will applaud it all.

Wonderful performances all round, both vigorous and beautiful. Fantastic.

mields is the greatest soprano ever

A lovely voice. Very warm and controlled.

Petite faiblesse de Madame Mields à 8:18... c'est rare... Superbe cantate, magnifiquement interprétée. Bravo et merci !

J S Bach est le plus grand génie de tous les temps

Bach es el padre de la música, sus obras sublimes llegan al alma, saludos desde Chile🎼🎶

Dank u AVRO!

"Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten" (littéralement traduit par "Disparaissez maintenant, ombres lugubres") est une cantate sacrée de Johann Sebastian Bach. La cantate a été composée pour le troisième jour du Festival de Pâques de Leipzig en 1725 et a été jouée le 2 avril de cette année. La cantate est structurée en onze mouvements, dont une sinfonia d'ouverture (une introduction instrumentale), sept arias (solos) pour différentes voix, deux récitatifs (passages ressemblant à des discours) et un choral final. Le texte de la cantate a été écrit par Georg Christian Lehms et reflète l'histoire pascale de la résurrection de Jésus-Christ et sa signification spirituelle pour les croyants. La cantate s'ouvre sur une sinfonia joyeuse et triomphale, qui donne le ton pour le reste de l'œuvre. Les airs et récitatifs suivants explorent divers aspects de l'histoire de Pâques, tels que le chagrin des disciples lors de la crucifixion, l'émerveillement et la joie des femmes qui ont découvert le tombeau vide, ainsi que l'espoir et le réconfort que la résurrection apporte aux croyants. La musique de Bach se caractérise par ses mélodies expressives, ses harmonies riches et son contrepoint complexe. Les airs présentent une ornementation élaborée et des lignes vocales virtuoses, tandis que l'accompagnement instrumental est souvent complexe et très expressif. "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten" est considérée comme l'une des cantates les plus importantes de Bach et est fréquemment jouée et enregistrée aujourd'hui. C'est un chef-d'œuvre de la musique sacrée baroque et un témoignage de la maîtrise de la composition de Bach.

Bravo les amis ! Air "Sich üben im Lieben" : Magnifique interprétation décontractée. la surprise du chef claveciniste qui frappe le côté de clavier est inattendue mais marque bien le rythme de la danse pour remettre les invités sur le bon temps. Si on a remarqué cette variante, on comprend mieux le sourire amusé des musiciens en arrière. Je regrette juste un peu l'effacement du basson dans le film car le hautbois sans le basson... ce n'est pas pareil,.... et sa présence effacée tant pendant la prise qu'au moment des applaudissements me manque un peu

Ah, Dorothee Mields, la plus grande soprano de notre époque pour les interprétations de Bach. Avec le Collegium Vocale Gent de Philippe Herreweghe, elle brille au firmament. Avec Ton Koopman aussi.

another good performance of this marvelous cantata

Bravo et merci, bravi et merço !

What a heavenly voice!

MERCI !

Grossartig!

Was für eine himmlische Stimme!

Un caloroso applauso. Complimenti

Sublime.Music for the glory of God and refreshment of the soul (JSB's words -not mine.)Thanks to all.

Ton Koopmann is an excellent conductor of refined sensitivity, but above all a cultured polyglot intellectual who also speaks my language, Italian; this version of Cantata BWV 202 is undoubtedly perfect, but I would recommend listening to the version performed by the Amsterdam Concerto under the direction of Jaap Schroeder which is better for me.

DIVINE!!

14:47 and 16:58 - All that thumping! hahaha

I am also a species of "atheist", and regard Bach as the greatest of all composers.

Muy bien el cello en el trio

Love.......

J.S.Bach had studied all available music of his time - still the closest his music resembles Telemann's(especially the early)

This is not a place to kick a.....s my dear fellows. Mr Bach is Bach and will be forever, long after we all go and thats it. He will amaze all future generations even though they are going to be even smarter a..s than us

Dorothee Mields = Anna Magdalena Bach?

BACH es DIOS, KOOPMAN su en representante en la tierra....

I mean she has a absolutely beautiful voice. But I don't understand a word which she is singing. I am Swiss btw, so I can speak German.

I'm trying to figure out who's playing the tambourine at about 16:65 and other places. I can't find a tambourine in the score. A little help please.

BWV 202

on numara

prachtige uitvoering

Franz Schubert on oboe.

Fantastic Bach, but I prefer the bassoon solo in the soprano aria

very good singing.... but I'd have the strings play in tune... sure, can't have everything :-)

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Waarom slaat Ton nou op zijn klavecimbel en moet men er om lachen?

Mields sings as an angel.....and it is a pofane cantate....if it becomes secular.....

Please don' t generalise: I'm an atheist and I love Bach's music and there a great many of us who feel the same.. I'm sure there are also ignorant and tasteless christians who dislike Bach and other great religious composers. Besides the guy you're commenting on has been spreading his uninformed BS & hate all over youtube. Apparantly if he's miserable everybody else should be too. What he hopes to achieve with his spiteful comments is beyond me. Best not to feed the trolls, no?

Air bac

Sorry to look ignorant but what is the encore?

Then, Sr. or Mrs. why do you boder listening to it? Watch rap country or any other garbage, never show up again in this site.

"Miserable Church music as usual" - I really had to laugh. This cantata is not even religious. It's one of the funny secular cantatas of Bach. Before you unleash your ignorant comments, do some research before to avoid sounding like a nincompoop.

3:55 The oboist's "embelishments" are very annoying... sorry. Why change the wonderful melodic line Bach wrote? *smh* I literally had to stop the video when I heard those.

And atheists turn out to be philistines who decide to hate music just because it has a religious background. And what about the Branderburger Concerts of Bach, secular works, are they also miserable or are they great because they are unreligious? And if you find those great, where is then your rationalism based on, the religious and unreligious are written by one and the same composer?

Diese merkwürdige Beschimpfung ist völlig daneben und überflüssig wie ein Kropf. (Ma)dame Mields sings with perfect and effortless technique that is completely "beseelt" and touchingly so - in synch with the music, the context, the other musicians. Envy those who are there - I sure do.

Naja, ich finde, ihr fehlt an Gefühl. Und ungepflegt sieht sie obendrein aus und von Dame Kirkby ist sie noch weit entfernt

Mal wieder die Bach-Dilletanten Koopman/Mields.