This is the best kind of Christmas, it takes me home to Germany to a form of festivity, which is more Christian than the party kind. I am very grateful for this performance. This is the original present! No others needed.
Liebe Sabine, vielleicht gefällt Dir in diesem Jahr, in dem es ein Weihnachtsoratorium mit Zuhörern nicht geben wird, dieser Livestream aus der Kreuzkirche in Bonn: weihnachtsoratorium2020.de
So gerne ich Rammstein, Techno und House höre, aber das ist "richtige" Musik, die mich immer wieder erdet! Ein ganz, ganz dickes Dankeschön für die tolle Aufnahme! ❤
I sang this with a choir of 85 + 4 people and an orchestra of 17 musicians in a big church in Northern Germany last weekend. We rehearsed for 3 months. It was a very rewarding time and I learned to love this piece even more. Now listening here and thinking back to our three concerts.
You may found another Bach's Christmas wokrs just as wonderful as Oratorio! They are all so Beautiful... BWV 11 - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mJeqUaqfkYk.html BWV 147 - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-h97JE4--p84.html& BWV 63 - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ugwRo3md1CM.html BWV 91 - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-u5ejYj69LpY.html BWV 40 - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vLDTvI1RrgI.html BWV 62 - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7vXvTY5iEeg.html BWV 151 - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1fUqz8NNmcA.html well, each work by Bach is Heaven. Anyway, may God bless you and your loved ones. Merry Christmas!
Una delle migliori esecuzioni che abbia mai sentita prima. Eccellente. Estatica. Quando perdo speranza nella redenzione dell'uomo mi ricordo degli innumerevoli artisti che rendono l'umanita' degna di elevarsi a livelli superiori.
Gentile signora, magari se prima di preoccuparsi della redenzione degli uomini si ripassasse la lingua Italiana...sarebbe meglio. Sia cortese, non mescoli Bach con le sue preoccupazioni di migliorare l'uomo...
Beautiful I fell in love with this when I was 15 , at 31 still captivates me with the beautiful masterpiece Bach has written. Dietrich Henschell still holds my favorite rendition of Grosser Herr but this one is good as well.
I have heard the Christmas Oratorio so many times -- in live performance, on recordings, and in the orchestra as oboist or bassoonist -- that it would take something quite special to catch my attention but this video truly delighted me. One unusual surprise was the microphone placement, which really picked up the double-reed players, especially the bassoonist. Usually the bassoonist (unless playing a solo) gets lost in the mass of instruments playing the bass line, but not in this case. Having just played the Oratorio for the 2nd time as a bassoonist this past December, I was thrilled to be able to a close listen to an experienced player play so masterfully the sections I struggled with -- and on a Baroque instrument, at that! Bravo!
Thanks for a particularly fresh, enthusiastic rendering of this masterpiece. JS Bach completed this Oratorium for Christmas using segments of cantatas, and chorals (you can identify segments of St Matthew Passion, B minor Mass) in one new, original, unitary celebration of Christ Birth. An excellent choir completes the ensemble of 4 soloists and orchestra, including 2 oboes, 2 flutes and three trumpets. The use of baroque instruments does not make the music rigid, on the contrary. The traditional Swiss emphasis on perfection and care for details is felt all over.
@@bigonzetti Thanks for your answer. The last time I was in Luzerne, it was located in Switzerland. As to Freiburg, there are several Freiburg in Europe, I assumed there was one in Switzerland. I apologize if this Freiburg was the one in the Schwartzwald. If so, it was a German concert played in Swiss land. It was nice anyhow. Vielen Dank.
@@bigonzetti to be honest: Rademann ist from the Ore Mountains, and we are proud of him :) Ok, in the age of 10 he leaves my lovely little hometown as i do years later...
Still it is not to late to celebrate this uptaking of the Weihnachtsoratorium. Happy Christmas from northern Sweden! This uptaking I like for its freshness, its somewhat different approach, its honesty. May our next year be better than the one 2020!
Marc Philippe (in primo piano) 00:01:03 P1.01 (Chor) Jauchzet, frohlocket 00:08:28 P1.02 (Evangelist, T) Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit 00:09:47 P1.03 (Accompagnato, A) Nun wird mein liebster Bräutigam 00:10:39 P1.04 (Arie, A) Bereite dich, Zion 00:15:57 P1.05 (Choral) Wie soll ich dich empfangen 00:17:12 P1.06 (Evangelist, T) Und sie gebar 00:17:37 P1.07 (Choral, S - Rezitativ, B) Er ist auf Erden kommen arm 00:21:10 P1.08 (Arie, B) Großer Herr, o starker König 00:25:47 P1.09 (Choral) Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein 00:27:18 P2.01 (Sinfonia) 00:32:39 P2.02 (Evangelist, T) Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend 00:33:20 P2.03 (Choral) Brich an, schönes Morgenlicht 00:34:28 P2.04 (Evangelist, T - Engel, S) Und der Engel sprach zu ihnen 00:35:10 P2.05 (Rezitativ, B) Was Gott dem Abraham verheissen 00:35:54 P2.06 (Arie, T) Frohe Hirten, eilt 00:39:30 P2.07 (Evangelist, T) Und das habt zum Zeichen 00:39:56 P2.08 (Choral) Schaut hin, dort liegt im finstern Stall 00:40:56 P2.09 (Rezitativ, B) So geht denn hin 00:41:43 P2.10 (Arie, A) Schlafe, mein Liebster 00:51:07 P2.11 (Evangelist, T) Und alsobald war da bei dem Engel 00:51:20 P2.12 (Chor) Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe 00:53:40 P2.13 (Rezitativ, B) So recht, Ihr Engel 00:54:03 P2.14 (Choral) Wir singen dir in deinem Heer 00:56:43 P3.01 (Chor) Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen 00:58:27 P3.02 (Evangelist, T) Und da die Engel 00:58:36 P3.03 (Chor) Lasset uns nun gehen 00:59:22 P3.04 (Rezitativ, B) Er hat sein Volk getröst 00:59:58 P3.05 (Choral) Dies hat er alles uns getan 01:00:50 P3.06 (Arie im Duett, SB) Herr, dein Mitleid 01:08:34 P3.07 (Evangelist, T) Und sie kamen eilend 01:10:01 P3.08 (Arie, A) Schließe, mein Herze 01:15:43 P3.09 (Rezitativ, A) Ja, ja, mein Herz 01:16:09 P3.10 (Choral) Ich will dich mit Fleiß bewahren 01:17:20 P3.11 (Evangelist, T) Und die Hirten kehrten wieder um 01:17:45 P3.12 (Choral) Seid froh dieweil 01:18:26 P3.13 (Coro) Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen 01:20:24 P6.01 (Chorus) FESTO EPIPHANIAS: Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben 01:24:54 P6.02 (Evangelist, T & Herodes, B) Da berief Herodes 01:25:46 P6.03 (Rezitativ, S) Du Falscher, suche nur 01:26:38 P6.04 (Arie, S) Nur ein Wink von seinen Händen 01:30:31 P6.05 (Evangelist, T) Als sie nun den König gehöret hatten 01:31:51 P6.06 (Choral) Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier 01:33:39 P6.07 (Evangelist, T) Und Gott befahl ihnen im Traum 01:34:03 P6.08 (Rezitativ, T) So geht! 01:35:57 P6.09 (Arie, T) Nun mögt ihr stolze Feinde schrecken 01:40:07 P6.10 (Rezitativ SATB) Was will der Höllen Schrecken nun 01:40:53 P6.11 (Choral) Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen
Enhorabuena. Quien no se emociona o se conmueve ante la grandeza absoluta de Bach es que no tiene sangre o está muerto. Bach es la luz, la savia y el aire que respiramos. Salud. :)
Jesús es la luz en que Bach creyó. Él quiere dar un signo, esto es que lo allegaré de un lugar que Donald Trump ha ganado la elección en los EE. UU. Dios os bendice ;D
Whether it ithe genius of Bach, or a special quality of the Language, it seems tto me that German is peculiarly suited to liturgical music, quite unique of modern language, and I could endure Christmas without hearing ths work and 'Es ist ein Rosentsprungen'. This is a joyous performance full of the exuberance of the nativity.. I suffer Heimweh every Christmas.
Thank you for your touching words. I am German and live in Germany, and I get "homesick" every time I hear Bach's Christmas Oratorio. For what? After Christmas, like in the old days? According to my childhood belief? I don't know exactly...
What follows is very long but I apologise. It was written as a review of Weimer by Erich Weitz.I hope it goes some way to explaining your Heiweh because my relationship with my father was very close a since his death, thirty odd years ago I have tried to understand myself and my opinions ad attitudes. I was educated in France, and indeed I have had such varied experience that I can hardly claim a monopoly of adherence .I only know that in y retrospections I realise that although my father was Jewish in race his soul his ethics, his intellectual rigor were German. I grew up with Bach, Schubert, Beethoven. They were as potent as Mother's milk, an although I am not a believer in the Theological ethically I inherited what might be called Lutheran Humanism I am not torn by my adherence to both France and Germany but I know myself tome moved by the triumphant confidence i his faith so redolent in the Christmas Oratorio.. I make mention of a Renate. She must stand as a representative of all German Femininity an that is part of Heimweh Best wishes .Benedict It must not be supposed that Eric Weitz embarked on this work with the intention of persuading Benedict Cowell that the 'philosopher' Heidegger is a serious or illuminating mind: had that been his modest intention it would have failed that modest ambition because nothing that I have read of either Heidegger or Nietzsche has managed to persuade me that the former is an illuminating mind or that the latter is other than a man given to tantrums against the onset of social progress. But the book does achieve a far grander scheme which is to illuminate, reveal and explain the phenomenon that was Weimar, its historical contexts, its cultural ambience, its political tragedy, and its continuities not only in the history of Germany but in the history of Europe, and I suspect to reveal its critical relevance to and for our own times. Using the politics as the warp and the culture as the weft of the textile that is Weimar he has produced the best book on Weimar that I have read, that is to say that that I understand Weimar as a contemporary event that still has reverberations and ramifications we need to understand at a vexed time in European history and in USA History. I am not qualified, I do not have enough expertise to review this book, but I have the motive and the background to respond to it and it provides me with the basis of understanding my own antecedents, to understand my father, and to understand the dire threat that an unchecked media still constitutes to democracy Those three centralities; a critical awareness of the culture and politics of an epoch immediately anterior to my own birth, its particular relevance to one of two precious and beloved parents and the privilege of my childhood, as well as its immediate relevance to what I am witnessing that transpires in the USA and in post Brexit Britain through the prism of Weimar as a biographical experience and as a sentient political observer, are what I intend to discuss as briefly as the book and contemporary events permit. The author is right to say that we should not excessively dwell on the aftermath of Weimar, the holocaust and World War II, to evaluate it sui generis, for it was culturally a cradle of our modernity and a stage in the social progress of our continent ,and the values that are embedded in our post war institutions. What is startling, perplexing and worrying is that in the midst of an exciting cultural ferment there were personnel who barely fifteen years after the expiry of Weimar should be arraigned before an international court to account for horrendous crimes.. That in those fifteen years some millions of people should be gratuitously destroyed because of the obsessions and the illusions of insanity which was so patent that one must wonder, one should wonder, how anyone could have succumbed to them and be cajoled or cudgelled into voting for them, acting on them, and willingly participating in a machine aged barbarism. Even as some of the greatest achievements of literature, scholarship, science,, technology were being mooted, or promoted there dwelt a cumulative madness which had its roots in myth, legend, and delusion that would rudely bring 'progress' to a grinding halt, barely 25 years after a previous delusion was to wreak havoc. I can only do justice to one of its themes and I hope that it will prove the most hopeful in our own dire crisis of Truth. The emergence of a constitution that enabled and was intended to enable the emergence of women as fully fledged citizens in a burgeoning modernity. Watching perplexed the success of the absurd Brexit, and the amazing political phenomenon of Donald Trump, a phantasmagoria of lies, fantasies, obscurantism, and naked ambition, possessed of an absurd program to set back progress and return the USA to a antediluvian condition, the beacon of hope that this absurd project will fail is that what in Germany in 1923 was a project in its infancy has born fruit in three generations of liberated women who have been professors, lawyers, legislators and media personalities who manifest a resolve to prevent this curtailment of liberty and progress. There is a tradition of such women that was lacking in Weimar, who were felt as a threat to patriarchy and male dominance. I watch with joy the plethora of women [I can only mention one or two] who have contested the absurdities of Trump and his follower who have set their stall to reverse liberty and restore an irrational autocracy which has stalked the presidency, the legislature, the judiciary, but such women as Rachel Maddow have repudiated that ridiculous project in the face of panic,, mendacity, and in protection of illegitimate privilege. That tradition was denied to Weimar, and the concomitant Misogyny brought about disaster as a result. The other centralities, for me, [of course quite incidental to the purpose of the author but his achievement, none the less] is that the book illuminates my own anteriority. I have tried to understand that facet of German History that wrought the disasters of the aftermath. , both because I have remained stoutly loyal to the Germans I know and loved, who are or were, progressive, liberal, generous, hospitable, [not a few of them women] and what this book did was to provide the contexts and the latent principles and the precepts by which I was reared and educated,. This book does that, it restores my sentiments and opinions to the main stream Germany so rudely torn asunder, but also it restores my convictions in my European Identity from the distortions introduced in Brexit. The aftermath was terrible, but the new dispensation persisted and survived and none of Brexit can intrude or damage that. Of the last centrality of my response issues from a German Father and a still much beloved 'Old Flame'. These two met in my home, my father talked German for the first time in thirty years and he was as susceptible to her charm as I, [she was the daughter he wished he had had] She was born after the fall of the Third Reich [nine hundred and eighty eight years before scheduled]. Listening to the cadences of German and alert, perhaps for the first time to my father's German identity, watching them laugh, make music, and talk of Germany, not as represented by that tragic absurdity Adolph Hitler but by lovely Renate [so fittingly named] and by him, I discovered not only him but myself. Erich Weitz' Weimar' has explained so graphically, and on so encyclopaedic a canvas things that I wanted to know and understand. I have reached eighty years but mercifully been spared to acquire this enlightenment. This is a great work not only of scholarship but of narrative and timely. @@hintermoserphilomena8605
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I recognize those Blue Colored Piano Reduction Scores, those are the Barenreiter editions. This is their product number BA 5014 and then the Piano reduction Scores have a 90.
I used to abuse a box that had four strings on it with a pointy stick like that. After a good many years I gave it up in favour of a pastime called retirement. We had a guy who stood on a box and flailed his arms about like he was having a seizure just like these people do. Unfortunately he couldn't give it up. Rest in peace Chris H. Ours was a merry little mob back in the time when this sort of thing was more likely to be performed by a symphonic horde tuned to 440 rather than, what is it... sounds more like 416? These lads and lasses seem to have taken to it quite well. I think we started something, Chris; what with all our scratching and flailing about. And they do, some of them, look like they're quite enjoying themselves.
Avery nice rendition. Indeed, one of the better sounding ones of todays recordings. Being a Karl Richter (Gundula Janowitz) adept, I will always be biassed. It is very good to establish that there are ensembles that make the "Weihnachts oraratorium" sound very beautifull as it should be (that means I heard lesser renditions).
It all looks nice but sorry because there are often two oboes doubled by oboes d'amore? Does this addition not exist in the original parts of Bach, is it a beautiful and good invention, to make four oboists plays together? I could understand in the second cantata where there are two love oboes and two hunting oboes, but there is never a part that brings together oboes and oboes d'amore! It seems that everything is philological, but it seems to me a big hoax!
Garry Humphreys, I know perfectly well that in the second cantata Bach inserted two hunting oboes in addition to the two love oboes, and I also wrote it in my comment if you look carefully. And if I didn't know, I played dozens of times, the oboe parts of this Christmas oratorio. In case you want to see who I am, go to my channel here. ru-vid.comvideos Thanks a greeting Bepi
It seems that 1/3 ( 2 cantatas out of 6) are missing in this performance, namely #3 for new Years day and #4 sunday after New Year. Otherwise an excellent performance, particularly Ms Richter with expression and feeling for the meaning of the text sung.
Es lebe Bach.Es lebe die Deutsche und Europäische Kultur.Das bin ich,das sind wir.Das sind unsere Grundlagen-unbedingt.Kehren wir zu unseren Grundlagen zurück und wir werden leben.
Ja, Sie sahen das richtig -> siehe in der hellgrau unterlegten Videobeschreibung unter dem Video -> dort *...mehr* anklicken. Gern geschehen und ʺGrüeziʺ aus dem bayrischen Schwaben! 😉
Bin jetzt 55 und kenne den Gedanken seit mindestens 45 Jahren: Daß schon bei oberflächlichem Hinhören vollkommen klar ist, was für ein unfassbarer Gigant Bach ist.
Ich singe das Oratorium auch ..letztendlich sind es das Orchester und die Sänger und Sängerinen was an diesem Tag die Leistung bringt und viele Stunden dafür geprobt hat . Natürlich der Dirigent nicht zu vergessen.
@@Darrigrande ...geht mir auch so. Seit Dez. 1981. Bei diesem Chor singen sogar zwei Leute mit, mit denen ich damals schon als kleiner Bub singen durfte. Eine buchstäblich wundervolle Mitgift.
Listening to this as Christmas approaches, from Scotland. Best wishes and all God's blessings to everyone around the world who is also enjoying this wonderful performance.
Best wished also to you from Germany! I love this christmas music. My mum did since I was young. Seitdem ich jung war. :) english and german is sometimes similar. 😀
Amazing! All these years (and 2 summers in Germany & Switzerland) and I never listed to this beautiful, Christ-centered, Oratorio! The singers, orchestra and conductor are all so expressive which adds greatly to the emotions and passion of the music!
The music that finally touched my deepest layer was when I was 12 and I finally found out about classic music, after 3 years I was so enchanted by Bach, Handel and Mozart mostly that I had to start playing piano. Was the best decision ever in my life. Bach is eternal, and to me the creator of one of the most beautiful things in this world. It is one of the things of humanity I am so proud of and thankful for.
Oh mein Gott...diese Aufnahme ist die schönste, die ich je gehört habe. So voller Wärme, viel Gefühl - so wird es Weihnachten in unseren Herzen. Kompliment auch an die Aufnahmetechnik - sehr direkt, atmend, mit toller Räumlichkeit - CHAPEAU !
Bach is always the most excellent music on earth, here in my opinion in one of the best performances! Thank you so much for this great master piece of one of the greatest musicians!
Das ist J.S. Bach - für mich der Größte der deutschen Klassik! Ich verneige mich in Demut vor diesem Genius! Ich kann nur fassungslos und mit Tränen in den Augen bewundern, was dieser Maestro erschaffen hat. Nur der Choral "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden" lässt mich erschauern vor dieser Genialität. Einmalig! Überirdisch! Himmlisch! Göttlich! Ich kann mich nur verneigen - er rührt mit diesem Werk jede Seele und die ganze Menschheit an - unvergleichlich! Mir stehen die Haare jedesmal zu Berge, wenn ich höre, was er unvergesslich erschaffen hat!
"O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden", auch einer meiner Lieblingschoräle, kommt mit diesem Text in der Matthäuspassion vor. Im Weihnachtsoratorium findet man die Melodie aber tatsächlich auch, sogar zwei mal. In Teil 1, mit den Worten "Wie soll ich dich empfangen" und in Teil 6 als Schlusschoral, allerdings dort im Orchester stark umgearbeitet. Ich war gerade selbst etwas unsicher, und habe das nachgeschlagen, um ganz ehrlich zu sein.
Jauchzet, frohlocket! auf, preiset die Tage, Shout for joy, exult, rise up, glorify the day, Rühmet, was heute der Höchste getan! praise what today the highest has done! Lasset das Zagen, verbannet die Klage, Abandon hesitation, banish lamentation, Stimmet voll Jauchzen und Fröhlichkeit an! begin to sing with rejoicing and exaltation! Dienet dem Höchsten mit herrlichen Chören, Serve the highest with glorious choirs, Laßt uns den Namen des Herrschers verehren! let us honour the name of our ruler!
Eine schöne Adventszeit Euch allen in dieser etwas schwierigen Zeit, in der auch Gotteshäuser und Konzerthallen schließen mussten. Wie Kinos, Museen & Theater. Ich wünsche uns, dass auch die einsamen Menschen diesen wunderschönen Klang hören können.
Neben aller berechtigter Begeisterung für die Musik und die Aufführenden möchte ich einmal ein großes Lob für die Aufnahme aussprechen (Bild und Ton), ohne die wir diese großartige Aufführung gar nicht genießen könnten!
Ja, vielen, vielen Dank euch Technikern. Ohne euch wäre da ja gar nichts auszurichten! Ich danke euch mit unserem Gossauer Gras- und Milchlandru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tA5ja019yEIv.htmlideo im Wandel der Zeit und die Herstellung von fabelhaften Produkten - RU-vid
This choir brings me joy - crisp, swinging, with precision, drive and elegant energy. This is music is hard work to sing, but they make it seem effortless. I'm a fan!
Так люблю оратории Баха! Особенно страсти по Матфею и Рождественскую ораторию, да и кантаты Баха - это нечто потрясающе Божественное! Бах - это не просто композитор, он гений, таких композиторов не было до него, и больше не будет после него. Бах преобразовывал благодать Божию в музыку. Мне так нравится, что Бах не посвящал свою музыку человеческим порокам и грехам, всю свою музыку он писал для Бога! Он не продался капризной публике и не купился на славу и популярность. Это очень сильно и красиво✝️⛪👍🎹🎻👏🏛️.
I sang this work in December of 1994 with the Laurel Oratorio Society, now the Central Maryland Chorale. We did Parts 1 - 4 (didn't have time to do the whole thing, I guess. ) and my favorite was Part 4 - Fallt mit danken, fallt mit loben, etc. and the part where the soprano sings the melody and the descant is sung from the balcony by another soprano. My program is still sitting in front of my monitor, where I dug it out this time last year - and never put it back. How about that? Now I don't have to go hunting for the program. :-) BTW, this performance is the best one I've heard and watched, even better than the one I participated in.
Otto Eberbach Wenn man wie ich die Mitte von 80 Lebensjahren erreicht hat, hat man auch jede Menge Bach-Weihnachtsoratorien gehört. Bis jetzt haben mich nur zwei "aus dem Sessel gehoben". Das erstemal vor Jahren die Präsentation von Harnoncourt und jetzt die soeben gehörte. Erhabene Weihnachtszeit mit solcher Musik.
J'ai 82 ans. Je ne connais pas l'exécution de Niclaus Harnoncourt mais j'ai gardé en mémoire la prestation - très proche de ce que nous venons d'entendre - de Karl Münchinger avec l'orchestre de chambre de Stuttgart et la manécanterie de Lübeck. Ça devait être au début des années 1970. Oui, c'est tout simplement sublime. Merci au chef, à tous les interprètes :solistes, choristes et musiciens, absolument tous remarquables.
Classical music stands as the sturdy foundation of musical art, where the talent and technique of musicians are showcased flawlessly. Listening to classical compositions feels like immersing oneself in a symbol of perfection.
