Bach: Easter Cantata 'Rejoice, You Hearts' | Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
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How did Bach transform secular music into sacred cantatas? A perfect example of this would be the Easter cantata "Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen" (Rejoice, You Hearts), BWV 66.3. It is one of Bach's most beautiful cantatas from his first year as Thomaskantor in Leipzig. Performed by the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir under the direction of Dutch conductor and organist Ton Koopman. A live recording by Bachfest and Deutsche Welle on 12 June 2023 from the Thomaskirche Leipzig.
(00:04) Chorus: Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen
(09:54) Recitativo (Bass): Es bricht das Grab und damit unsre Not
(10:27) Aria (Bass): Lasset dem Höchsten ein Danklied erschallen
(17:41) Recitativo (Altus, Tenor): Bei Jesu Leben freudig sein
(21:54) Aria (Altus, Tenor): Ich fürchte zwar/nicht des Grabes Finsternisse
(29:08) Chorale: Alleluja! alleluja! alleluja!
Performers:
Elisabeth Breuer | SOPRANO
Maarten Engeltjes | ALTUS
Tilman Lichdi | TENOR
Klaus Mertens | BASS
AMSTERDAM BAROQUE ORCHESTRA & CHOIR
Ton Koopman | CONDUCTOR & ORGANIST
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) was highly motivated as he took up his post as Thomaskantor in Leipzig in May 1723. In his first year, the Baroque composer had his hands full. For the Sunday services alone, he composed cantatas weekly in the church year 1723/24, 63 in all. Today, these complex cantatas from Bach's "First Cantata Year in Leipzig" are among his most beautiful and are sung around the world. The 2023 Bach Festival in Leipzig marked the 300th anniversary of these cantatas with a special tribute. Renowned Bach specialists were invited to conduct their favorite cantatas. Among them was Ton Koopman and his Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir.
Johann Sebastian Bach not only composed and rehearsed cantatas with the choir of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig. He also wrote passions, oratorios and motets to mark festive occasions. To lighten his workload, he often returned to earlier compositions, which he modified and newly orchestrated, a process known as parody. The cantata "Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen" BWV 66.3, which Bach had originally composed as a secular New Year's cantata for a prince in his time as Kapellmeister in Köthen, was created in this way. In 1724, he turned it into a suitable Easter cantata in the form of a parody. In other words, he had a text about the resurrection of Christ adapted to the cantata and also changed some of the music and the instrumentation.
Bach later revised this version once again, making the opening chorus with the solo trumpet more festive, among other things. In this recording, the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir performs this last, more joyful version from 1735. No easy task for the ensemble, as the members have to sing and play the highest notes, especially the violins and trumpets. This spectacular Easter cantata about the resurrection of Jesus Christ is one of Bach enthusiast Ton Koopman's favorite cantatas.
Ton Koopman, Dutch conductor, organist, harpsichordist and university lecturer, is one of the leading interpreters of early music, specializing in historically informed performances. He founded his ensemble, the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, in 1979 and the choir in 1992. The ensemble consists of internationally renowned specialists in early music. The instruments played by the musicians are either originals or replicas, so that their interpretations of Baroque music sound as true to the period as possible. Koopman and his ensemble have recorded the complete works of Dietrich Buxtehude as well as all of Bach's cantatas.
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Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra are the TOP
@dwcjpb
2 ай бұрын
Tellement expressif et souriant, qu'on a envie d'être un musicien sous sa direction!
@danielrodriguez9630
Ай бұрын
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After doing some research, I've found that Bach wrote this cantata for Easter Monday which is a holiday in Germany and some other countries.
I love the conductor who is also a great musician, who looks like he had taken in too much coffee!
@elisabethschulze2435
2 ай бұрын
I heard an interview with him and he told about double espresso - I remember six per day! But I love him like you do
@chloelee2947
2 ай бұрын
There is the coffee brand named Cantata in Korea 😂
@MichaelZahr
2 ай бұрын
😄It's true, it's true....😉
@valtergilenardi2639
2 ай бұрын
Bach eccita alla Grande anche me 😊❤
@Nooticus
2 ай бұрын
he's a legend. love him and always will
Man höre auf die Trompete im Eingangschor. Fantastisch!!!
Such a absolutely wonderful piece for Resurrection Sunday and Easter. 🎼💛
Bach’s music is inmortal.
Maarten Engeltjes, what a a talented singer!
Koopmann Ton is so master Bach' music. He can do it! Bravo maestro❤ . 30324
@mariajosealvarez1180
2 ай бұрын
Me encanta este director.
❤❤ J. S. Bach: What a wonderful universe! Thank you, and congratllations to Mr. Koopman, orchestra, choir, singers...👌👌👏👏😀
It's one thing to say that Bach's music is sublime, but it needs a good medium to produce the music at the highest level. Ton Koopman's ensemble and choir are among the best in making Bach's music come to life. You can tell Koopman's touch is all over this performance.
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2 ай бұрын
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@nellyaman8247
2 ай бұрын
הכי בעולם
So eine schöne Kantate, herausragend Klaus Mertens❤
Fantastic, more of this and less on war!
Ton Koopman e fenomenal
Superb Music, wholeheartedly directed, sung & played. What a JOY & HOPE ! JESUS IS RISEN !!!
Una excelente presentación. Vaya exigencia para el trompetista. Solistas de lujo. Director expresivo, no parece una estatua inexpresiva. Bravi tutti❤🎉
Absolutely beautiful. 🫶🏻
Praise the Lord
Wunderbar ! Ausgezeichnet ! Gott sei Ehre und Dank !
I love Ton Koopman's interpretations/realizations of Bach's works.
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2 ай бұрын
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Wonderschoon, geen dag zonder Bach ❤❤
@murcoroegholt9435
Ай бұрын
Binnen het werk van Bach is deze cantate niet echt veel bijzonders. Bedenk dat de cantates onder tijdsdruk op bestelling werden geleverd. Natuurlijk zijn er wel meesterwerken onder de cantates. Maar ook dan is het na het openingskoor vaak middelmatig. Een echt groots werk van begin tot eind op dit gebied is de Hohe Messe.
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Ай бұрын
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Grettings from Uruguay.
@DWClassicalMusic
2 ай бұрын
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Ton is de beste ! Beste vertolker van Bach aller tijden 👍👍👍
Felices Pascuas a todos en el mundo!!!! Gracias por tan precioso regalo en la fiesta más importante del Cristianismo: La Resurrección. Paz en la tierra a todos los seres de buena voluntad! Happy Easter to all in the world!!!! Thank you for such a precious gift on the most important feast of Christianity: The Resurrection. Peace on earth to all beings of good will!!!
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2 ай бұрын
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@carloscalvoaguilar1298
2 ай бұрын
Happy Easter to all in the world!!!! Thank you for such a precious gift on the most important feast of Christianity: The Resurrection. Peace on earth to all beings of good will!!!
@carloscalvoaguilar1298
2 ай бұрын
Thanks. I wrote translation from spanish to english.
Assolutamente meravigliosa questa cantata.❤
Thank You, God blesses You😊
Ooooh, ideal works and truly expressive performance making the holiday full of bliss!
Grazie
J'adore Klaus Mertens, quel baryton fantastique. Tellement belle cantate!
É sempre uma maravilha as obras de Bach. Faço minhas as palavras de Peter Ustinov: BACH É BACH, TANTO QUANTO DEUS É DEUS!
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2 ай бұрын
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Bravo 👏🏻 Bravo 👏🏻 and thank you ❤
I agree with the previous comment... he is quite phenomenal !
Thank you ❤
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Ай бұрын
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большое спасибо!
I love this piece, brilliant performance. Bravo! I have listened to this easily +100x !
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16 күн бұрын
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@markf.9281
15 күн бұрын
@@DWClassicalMusic danke!!!!! 🤗🤗🤗🤗
Perfekt Corporation 🎉😊
cómo siempre DW apoyando el arte... Gracias.
Beautiful! All of it!
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Ай бұрын
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Erfreut... os alegra, su corazón, thanks for your gift Easter Cantata, i liked
Sublime🧡
Sehr gut, danke.
Sublime ❤
Remarkable, this rocket to high A in the violins. I don't recall any piece by Bach which goes to this high note on violin!
@Brad4Ellis
2 ай бұрын
Yes, that was shocking - baroque violin had a hard limit of D above the staff, or so I thought. Perhaps the E strings were gut as were the others? Is that as Bach wrote it? This is Bach’s 3rd reworking of this material, apparently; could it have come down to us incompletely, and this is a result of how a modern arranger solved a problem? How would Bach even notate this? With four ledger lines? I don’t remember seeing that, or 8va abbreviations in Bach. It’s such a thin sound, was it definitely violins? What else could it be? An isolated 2” stop? On a positif?? I’ll have to listen with headphones. Let me know your thoughts. EDIT: I went to the site IMSLP, and there it is in Bach’s handwriting- 32nd note run up to high A, four ledger lines, colliding with the bottom of the 2nd oboe staff!
@Nooticus
2 ай бұрын
@@Brad4Elliswow thats incredible! I wonder why Bach transposed it higher for his revision of it in 1735?
Love the enthusiasm...it makes me feel alive to the marrow of my poor old bones !
5:24 Interesting to see the cellist playing with underhand bow, à la viola da gamba-which indeed was possible during Bach's time
イースター後の第３週目の朝、実に爽やかで希望に満ちた演奏に出会いました。北海道の大地も緑の命が芽生え始めました。復活の命に与っていることを確かめさせて頂きました。🎉
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Ай бұрын
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Beautiful! My soul is feeling angelic 😇
This world in all of its grotesque silliness and slumming toward Gomorrah, rather than marching toward Zion, is absolutely unworthy of Bach and his music which elevates humanity, points toward Almighty God and His heavenly glory and is the solid foundation for all music of Western Civilization.
@christo6002
2 ай бұрын
The Incarnation is not yet complete. The love of the Holy Spirit strives to initiate everyone, but only a few suspect that it exists. Most are afraid of being hurt or offended. Grotesque as you rightly stated!
@kennedydavid5163
Ай бұрын
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@kennedydavid5163
Ай бұрын
I am in total agreement with this comment.
🙏🙏🙏💐 !!!
I Love classical music, its so Sad It doesnt play on the radio
Hallelujah 🎉
I love the Baroque period of which Bach is truly the master. I wonder is the one vocal range Castrato ?
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Actually I am not always a Koopman fan, but this interpretation is more than great, it is genial like the composition is.
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2 күн бұрын
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01:24 nice ornament!
Best Countertenor I have ever heard. Had to mention this first. He is truly remarkable. I have never heard this work. Fantastic Orchestra - I love original instruments. Choir, dear Lord how great they are. would be worn out if I conducted as this genius. His directing is what it needs to be to tell each Player, each Singer what to do. How thoroughly enjoyable.
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Ай бұрын
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💞💞🙏🕊️✝️🌿
Who at Deutsche Welle did the video editing and messed up the fade-out at the end of the video? That really hurts. Anyway: Thanks for posting
1:26 does anyone else hear the top of the string figure rise higher than anything that would ever happen in a Bach orchestra? What could that be? A 1 foot or 2 foot pipe on an organ doubling the string line? I am mystified.
@Brad4Ellis
2 ай бұрын
7:22 There it iş again! Baroque Violins didn’t play that high, did they?
Ik vraag me altijd af of Bach het vibrato van de zangsolisten wel goedkeurde. Het is mi strijdig met de bescheidenheid die men bij het uitvoeren van de grote meesters moet uitstralen. En natuurlijk klinkt het afschuwelijk.
I have folowed Ton all his /my life. This performance shows that Ton must pull a wagon with musicians not coming up to speed, sorry, maybe my comment will help.
Lovely performance but the camera work is too manic and distracting.
Ton Koopman behoort gelukkig niet tot het slag dirigenten die hun kundigheid proberen te tonen door de snelheidsbarriere te doorbreken.
😄
Soin
Sound recording is not good
@Lampenmensch
2 ай бұрын
Agree.
Alles schön und gut. Aber lasst doch bitte die Altpartien von einer Frau singen! Männliche Altisten empfinde ich als dürftig und bemühend.
@rennwidder
Ай бұрын
Ich empfinde es genau anders herum
почему от классики сразу начинает болеть голова? Сложно всё и красиво, но хочется блевать!
@ernestomatalsol6807
2 ай бұрын
Троглодиты не обладают способностью ценить высшие формы художественных произведений.
@jesustavares2946
2 ай бұрын
Si usted escoge pensar opuesto, no tendrá ese impulso...
@oxoelfoxo
2 ай бұрын
just cross if off your playlist, for your own sake!
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2 ай бұрын
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@Bobbyo60
2 ай бұрын
Good heavens, if it makes you ill please don’t listen to it.
Wspaniałe wykonanie! Chapeau bas! :) Dziękuję!
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Ай бұрын
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