J. S. Bach - Sonatas & Partitas For Lute 

Brilliant and true observation.

@@djmotise ... yes I agree !

@@djmotise yes I agree !

Yes!!

too privileged I feel.. there may be something poetic about the scarceness but it may be just me

I agree, Igor Marques. Hard to believe that I may have come across the name of this lutenist for the first time on RU-vid.

Is his name listed anywhere here? If so I have yet to find it. UNcool.

normal, una cosa es tocar, y la otra haberlo escrito...

Yes, it's listed after the list of pieces played.

Agree, Igor! To make sure his name isn't forgotten I simply repeat after you: Hopkinson Smith.... an amazing performer!

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fOTUcb9k9u8.html&ab_channel=AstghAslibekyan trust me

To answer your very valid question, it is very suspicious, because neither his compositional method nor accounts of how he composed has come to us. Well that's not really fair to say because it is true for all composers. But there is no answer. He was the greatest composer.

@JuanRamonSilva I totally agree that is how it was possible in those days, but you forgot to mention the way society was organized by family trades. And the Bachs were in Music. What i am saying is that it remains a mystery how much of JS. Bach compositions are entirely his work. Just like famous painters had apprentices who painted the background or collaborated to speed up work. I suspect something like this happened with JS. I suspect that these were not his sons but anonymous apprentices entirely devoted to JS's own style and who left no trace as they were fully at the service of JS. I could be wrong.

@JuanRamonSilva You make a major anachronism mistake you transpose the individualistic society of the last century to the baroque era. It was not at all that mentality. The mass of people did not exist as individual back then, even children were ignored by their parents until the age of 6-7 because it was common for a good half of them to die in childhood. People born in a trade had no rights to become independent unless they became master themselves and they were perfectly happy of a life in artistic servitude. So no, it's quite possible anonymous apprentices in the family gladly spend all their life at the service of the JS Bach household without leaving a trace. And no they did not have to be geniuses to provide significant support. They would do intermediary work and JS Bach would perfect and make the final cut. No doubt some work like the P&F are original but some others may not be.

like da vinci, van gogh, buxtehude (whom bach revered), palestrina, and a handful of others, these people are gifts from the gods for all time. and like your father, i, too, have listened to jsb daily for years and years...

Genius has no expiration date.

It's forever music... just simply magical!!

Beauty is an ideology, it should come from culture. In fact, beauty is not objective. Everyone has different feelings about beauty. The feeling of music is not born, but acquired. Our culture most was inheritiged from 300 years ago.

And will be I would imagine forever. Or until this cosmos ends....

This music is eternal. 20,000,000,000 years from now this music will still be enjoyed.

Amen!

Great quote....totally believe it. GREAT music channels GOD into our minds, hearts and bodies. It unites us with the ETERNAL, each other and ourselves. : )

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@Jeff Sylvester the end sounds like this

Soli Deo Gloria.

Jesus loves you, and is here for you. “Now, therefore,” says the LORD, “turn to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.” Joel 2:12

@@Andrew-Johnson STICK YOUR JESUS UP YOUR ARSE

Gracias.

TY

The Ciaccona is one of the most beautiful pieces ever written and sounds lovely on the lute.

You da man!!!! Thanks

Da

Jesus lоves yоu, and is here fоr yоu. “Now, therefore,” says the LORD, “turn to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.” Joel 2:12

@@Andrew-Johnson Thank you very much for thinking of me, but you’re 55 years late.

Yes, v.r., he was called "the old Square" by some of his children (several of whom were musicians and composers themselves). He died after unsuccessful eye surgery in 1750, 65 years of age. "Bach" means "brook" in German. Beethoven was quoted as saying, " He was not a brook, but an Ocean." Mendelssohn's conducting and presenting the Matthew Passion was what precipitated J. Sebastian Bach's revival and the rest is history, as they say. Yes, much gratitude is owed Felix M., in addition to his own music. 👍

@@Andrew-Johnson Do that in your room. Behind closed doors.

As a purist do you have recommendations for the Partitas played on baroque violin?

@@deirdre108 I was first turned onto it by Rachel Podger. But the work that the Netherlands Bach Society has done is fabulous. Many recordings I have also heard on the radio never catching the performer...but those are what first come to mind.

@@adamcapoferri6903 Thank you, I will look into those!

Adam, do you know the sonatas and partitas for solo violin performed by Nathan Milstein? His performance touch me deeply. What you think of ?

@@Anna-pv4tv Oh absolutely. I have the recordings on CD even! Sometimes the interpretation comes off harsh but that was the style of the era--a much more rigid playing of Bach. I look to sonata no. 1 adagio, the fugues of each sonata, and the chaccone as my benchmark (usually).

Pienso lo mismo Pepe!

Hahaha, mortal !!

Si. Si Si

Indeed

Thank you for your knowledge - since this painting is a fine addition to the experience of hearing this superb performance, it is nice to know its origin. 1820? Was this Nazarene movement consciously trying to re-create earlier, Renaissance styles of painting?

Thank you! I was scrolling hoping to find the artist.

And what a beautiful portrait it is!

Michael, thanks for that snippet, greatly appreciated.

omg......i was just posting an inquiry! thank you

I am your twin. For me, J.S. Bach provided a kind of spiritual sustenance which I imbibed thirstily at our small Congregational church in Rhode Island through lovely live music performances by parishioners, then through vinyl LPs at home (many of which I bought with my own pocket money), and finally, as a young woman, at concerts in Cambridge, England and beyond. The symmetries, the architectural scaffolding upon which he hangs his ever-ascending soulful, inspirational edifices, usher one into quiet places both of contemplation and deep, true joy. They have saved me many times, too, these exalted and exalting compositions.

You will find yourself when you dedicate your life to Jesus.

That's exactly How i feel !

Love your frankness. Lost here too, I was born lost. Bach is a patient father.

Excellent way of describing your situation! I agree with you wholeheartedly, Roman.👍👍👍👍👍

IT IS! lol

haha i know right hmmmmmm

I've been there. . .

The only music plants thrive listening to is the great music such as this.

Love this wholesome comment.God bless you son.

@@GigaChad-ip5pf yeah thanks, I'm a daughter tho.

In heaven!

He deserves to walk among the hallowed halls of Valhalla.

agree-many blessings to him!!

@TeapotMullah Bach was a Christian. He said his music was meant to praise God.

Maybe playing with the angels.Who knows!!!

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Good words! 👍

I cannot agree, and I cannot stand it when people believe they can make decisions of artistic taste for everyone. *”IN MY OPINION”* are the 3 most important words in the Arts!

@@voraciousreader3341 "IN MY OPINION” are the 3 most important words in the Arts!" Yeah? Well, you know, that's just like uh, your opinion, man

It's astonishingly beautiful. But I think there are passages in the music of Mozart and Beethoven which are at least its equal.

Hell no it would be worse than hell if that was true but bach is good but subjective

Cool! My favorite part was 1:50:10. I really like the more energetic playing, although everything was certainly world class This comment is sponsored by Adblock Plus

Soli Deo Gloria

I feel the same way, but with Allan Holdsworth.

I am a hardline atheist. In the Belgian TV series "Professor T", the brilliant Professor himself -- an atheist if ever there was one -- declares: "Bach ist Gott" and I think I know what he means. There is something almost supernatural about the genius of Bach, something that almost defies comprehension, seems impossible. You can try to put it in words, as I am trying now, and you fail. If you should watch that show -- where the use of music, especially Bach, is extremely significant and exquisitely placed -- you'll see what I'm talking about.

@@baddogmintz I think that composers or artists convey emotions /experience through their art. Bach spent his whole life trying to convey a revelatory and mystical experience through sound , which can be felt strongly regardless of believing in any of the deities one could believe in

I've often thought along these lines regarding Bach (and Shakespeare, and Leonardo, and...), marveling at the supernatural or "god-like" quality and breadth of the work, but I've come to think rather that these works simply reveal what is possible for a human to accomplish in the limited time and space we have here on Earth.

My favourite renditions are by Göran Söllscher.

THAT IS NOT TRUE. THE BORN OF JUAN DOMINGO PERON IS IT

Bach was an extraordinary composer, but even if he had not existed the universe would never had failed

@@theloniousmonk81 The peronist youngs / all together will win / and as always we'll give / a scream of heart / Hurrah Perón! Hurrah Perón!!!

there were other composers with such music.

The universe neither fails nor succeeds being totally indifferent to any judgments or entreaties of mankind.

or Anuradha Paudwal she sings beautiful bajans of Shiva....Har Har MahaDev

and bach to the future

K̊n̛̘̙̚e̗̚eˮ mmmh.. explain

Clever pun! :-)

Yeah I hear that. Now I want to get a Lute myself! love this stuff! PS: I like your humor Bach to life, ha ha!

utente 174517, Explain Zen.

Sounds like you might have had your first awakening into the cosmos of harmony's eternal god.

This sounds of a familiar resonance. My mother, father and Grandfather and uncles on my mothers side were all performing musicians to varying degrees and while my fate would lead me to follow a different path in Architecture I find great joy and enrichment discovering and exploring a very broad range of musical genres which some of my contemporaries find amusing. I usually will spend a certain amount of time in a particular artist, composure, instrument or genre but sometimes it can be fun to set a play list on random while others are passing thru my music bubble but it can be rather perplexing to those who are not quite as musically adventurous in their exploration and probably should be reserved for my own private enjoyment but once in awhile for laughs I will share some of the joy. I hope you continue to have a fabulous musical safari, keep blazing the roads less traveled and you will find some of the rarest treasures that usually stay well hidden. It's and amazing time to be able to explore so much content that was not so easily available in earlier times. There are some delightful South American composers and musicians that are rarely considered in the classical guitar genre that are brilliant and undiscovered by most. Argentina is a fun place to explore musically.

@@mikeswift8155 Splendid comment: its mind-blowing what is available in our own living-room at the press of a button ... and For Free!

@@bewildered6866 Yes this is so true my friend. I am forever thankful to have such a rich treasure chest of music at my fingertips and ear drums that Kings would be envious of hundreds of years ago and I would be envious of 15 years ago. I don't take this for granted now, this is truly a blessing to have. I am listening to some sweet sounds even as I write this short reply. Stay well my friend.

@@mikeswift8155 Cheers. :)

I was just thinking the same thing. Some musics are easy to understand which patterns make it so appealing to the ears. When it comes to musicians like Bach, you just know that you like it and you don't know exactly why.

Hi Chad, can i tell you the truth? Bach and Mozart are the real rock n roll fathers...

"The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul." - Johann Sebastian Bach When you listen to Bach, you're listening to pure music that's meant to glorify God, which is the original purpose of music according to the Bible (see Job 38:7, Psalm 92:1-3, and Ephesians. 5:19 in a King James Version). Rock music is a satanic counterfeit from the pit of Hell designed to glorify Satan.

@@luisb3426 agree + disagree 🙂 Stephen Stills is not satanic music. And neither is 97% of other rock music. Most of it is created to help people think, help them with wisdom. At least, the best of it. Good musicians don't only care about ears, they care about brains too. They care to provide insight into things normally glossed over by the average mind.

Most modern music, including Stephen Stills, is indeed satanic. You see, modern music (rock, trap, rap, pop, country, etc.) uses a strong rhythmic beat (backbeat) that's designed to target your flesh, instead of your spirit. Good music targets your spirit and draws you closer to God. The music that the world produces today is nothing but nightclub music designed to get you to dance and fornicate (just look up the original meaning of the phrase "rock and roll" if you don't believe me). There's nothing spiritual about it, except that it's spiritually depraved. Rock music bears no resemblance at all to what Bach wrote.

Great evil moving in this time. Ask God for help to see through the darkness. And thank you Bach with your light for us.

You are right ,Andrew, but after one year of "manipulated"pandemic ,nothing is changed and we are still here listening genius of Bach...how many years more ?????

Bach's Toca&Fugue on el.Guitar best version :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Di4UNfrLBLs.html

You can concentrate with this music on? For me, this music is so gripping that all other activity stops. I have to literally stop the video to get on with my life.

+조예원 Thank you. I did not know that.

You are very welcome.

+Yewon Cho I think you meant BWV 1006a. That, however, is not arranged for lute - it is more likely a harpsichord piece or possibly lute-harpsichord, two examples of which Bach owned. Also, the key of BWV 1006a is wrong - E-Dur is impossible on the lute. F-Dur is far more practical, allowing the use of an open f string. The Fuge BWV 1000 is an arrangement of the second movement of the 1st Sonata by Bach's pupil Johann Christian Weyrauch in Leipzig.

In my experience, those most willing to give unsolicited criticism are the ones with the lowest self-esteem. Pay no notice. Anyone who has seen or heard a genius like Julian Bream will know that he is a fine musician first and a guitarist second. It's musicality, not 'authenticity' that's important. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-spUT-2tU2Yk.html

it;s right but Bach gave importance to music intervals not to timbrics connotations.(ps: forgive my terrible english)

Yes Music (good music) seems to make us better people so sayith the Lord

Haters gonna hate. Be kind anyway.

So many ignorant people in the world who like hip hop more than this.

@@dottorb7054 In the oldtime Mafia, before it was corrupted by the US bringing Lucky Luciano into the country with his heroin trafficking (it put banana skins under the Mafia's earlier footing, which mirrored the Roman Catholic Church heirarchy, on a slippery downward slope to an early grave), extreme violence was only done by males. Politeness was part of their public demeanour, even in the most terminal events.

@@mauritiusdunfagel9473 you know,my parents listened to hip hop,but despite being European i dont know enough about pre 50's pre jazz influenced European /western music.i wish there was a centre advocating and exploring and teaching about various European musical styles

indeed-u can feel it if you want to feel it-if you even have a sense to feel the experience and moved by the sound

thought i recognized you :)

These are challenging pieces but nowhere near the top in terms of difficulty..! Playing Bach's solo violin partitas and sonatas is a step in every student's journey but there are many much harder pieces out there ^^

John C Yes and no. It's not "less challenging" to play a Bach fugue WELL on solo violin than a Paganini concerto

@@Barde_Jaune Bach is by far the hardest composer to interpret, especially on the violin. Technique-wise it is is also very very demanding of perfect intonation and pure tone. I'd say these works are probably the hardest there is in violin repertoire.

@@compoeses Well then I guess I simply disagree ;) Some of the movements are harder to tackle than others, and yes there's a style to find and master, however I wouldn't consider them "by far the hardest".

@@Barde_Jaune what are the hardest?

We don't give a fuck about your papers.

​@@Minotauro_di_Chieti Woah man that comment was so metal. You're cool, can I look up to you? PS fuck you.

@@Kitties_are_pretty Don't act as if you cared. You don't care either. Do you even remember writing this comment two weeks ago? No. Why? Because you don't give a fuck about nothing. PS: Don't say "fuck you" when no fuck is given.

@@eggegg9026 Maybe no one cares, but why should people be combative, making comment section toxic. That's why people call RU-vid a "cesspool".

pleasant surprise to run into, since i am doing exactly the same thing right now. greetings to you fellow academic!

I hope you found what you were looking for.

I agree. Composers/musicians don't like others doing their own bullshit with the piece. They just want them to play *the music*, which means understanding it.

GuitarraUltima -

Yes Sir, I am a retired Marine and we sure can use this beautiful Music; It just may save our lives on this wonderful planet Earth

Bach would simply grab his clavichord and join him in a duet.

I wonder if Bach intended a slightly different tempo for his time?

Having studied classical guitar and attempted the lute Hopkinson Smith has my full respect and admiration

Hearing the performer breathing is one of my favorite things about recordings. It makes it more intimate, humane.

all work & no play , makes jack a dull boy

Begged you sorry but I'm thinck there's a mistaken because this piece from Bach is not a transcription from Chacone ,newertheles is really similar and not letest beauty

@@arturoklaue1908 Nonsense.

The Chaconne from the Violin Partita in d minor is a transcription for lute. Brahms may very well have made this quote, as he himself transcribed it for piano, left hand alone, published 1879. I know it well, as I performed it in my Junior Recital, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, and elsewhere professionally, in the States and Canada. It is a profound work, as is much of Bach, and very demanding for the left hand alone. Brahms called it "Studies for Piano #5", yet he did not change a note of the score, other than transpose it down to the bass, where the left hand can create resonance and a very rich, warm sound on a fine piano in a good hall. My late Professor, Alfonso Montecino, told me after the recital, I gave, "The Bach was magnificent!". The original piece for violin is also virtuosic, but was not composed for that reason. He dedicated every note that he wrote, "to the glory of God."

Very much like my morning,sublime...

I took two years or piano lesson an eleven and twelve year old and abruptly switched to drums as a freshman in high school. Guitar drew me in shortly after. Blues and rock drew me to take lessons, and my late father actually took me to a Segovia concert as a thirteen year old. Even though my collection of guitars have collected dust for some time, I've been lucky to go to many rock concerts from the early '70s to 2014. I didn't have to stick-to-itiveness as a younger person. I learned the art of patience, though... and carefully watching guitarists on stage. Many shows I was much to far from the stage to study what musicians were doing, though. I recommend new guitarists look at videos like Paco deLucia and Al DiMeola. The inspiration their talent serves is beyond measure. I think the recording I had on cassette thirty years ago was called "Live in San Francisco." Of all the music I have listened to, this one is truly inspirational, IF YOU WANT TO LEARN THE GUITAR. Check out the recording.

I know right Maybe tied with Lil Wayne though

@@hadriscus Notorious BIG all the way

That quote is from a book? Because is beautiful.

@Myron Jones Yes thank you Bach

Hey, some of the happiest, most memorable times in my life happened for me during glorious, dark, cold winters in the province of Holland in The Netherlands, specifically listening to the organ of the Bavo kerk in Haarlem. ;~)

Lovely reference.Thank you!

I wonder what Nietzsche thought of Bach.

lol... gay

It's been almost 5 decades since I've heard "that word" used in its proper context. Bless you. Thank you...

@@micahnewman "Too Protestant."

#metoo!

Yes - makes you want to pick up the lute during quarantine :)

Imagine coming out of the ICU only to be locked down at home because of a virus...

same here! I'm glad we have all found it. It gives me hope and a sense of respite from everything.

You didn't write this, Bach did... Now get lost!

Agree. What an incredible gift he had.

....and don't we all need THAT! Life gets more involved, it seems, the more conveniences we have. : )

+Pedro Silva well technically, yes, eternity would last longer than 2 hours.

+Christian L It seems you might have misinterpreted what I wrote. The eternal bliss refers to the content of this video, not to its duration. May Bach be with you!

+Christian L "Music, being identical with Heaven, isn't a thing of momentary thrills, or even hourly ones: it's a condition of eternity." - Holst :)

+Pedro Silva Maybach is very expensive :P

Pedro Silva

Its easy, one has only to be a genius; nothing else.

And work like the devil.

Also true

Cu multumiri, pentru așa o interpretare de excepție! sunt cunoscutele sonate/ partite din repertoriul de vioara. Dar sonoritatea aceasta e. minunata!

Perhaps a better question is how come you cant?

Unique has no comparatives. It is or is not unique. Never more or the most or less unique.

Bach's Toca&Fugue on el.Guitar best version :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Di4UNfrLBLs.html

Enchants me always……… like magic isn’t it. You must be a musician

Yes, it unties us from our egos for a bit and helps us remember our eternalness I think.

Nearly other worldly. Celebrate Bach!

Me neither.

Yes, I think if we remember hard enough, we might know this by HEART.

We should all start a movement. "No Bach, no Heaven" 😂

bach was asking for a lot from the violin sometimes

There is not such a thing as classical music fan. We are LOVERS!!!

❤❤❤

Luvv & much respect my good india friend,

Namaste. Where in India are you?

@@rwb966 central india..