This performance has the class, the sound and the spirit. 👍

What a bonus, after being there that night, to see it again with close-ups and all! It was a wonderful performance, to be seen and heard again and again.

What a magnificent performance on original instruments of this great Bach masterpiece. Thank you for making this available to music lovers everywhere. Oh those glorious trumpets full of joy.

_Never thought that I would find a performance of this masterpiece that I liked as much and Philipp Herreweghe before 2007! I've listened to this 400+ times b/c I used to wake up to it. It was on a timer to come on automatically. This is first class!_ 😁

Outstanding performance.

You simply can't do better than this.

Vox Luminis, always great to see and hear them communicate with the music

unbelievable, incroyable, unglaublich

-- Belle interprétation de ce monument de la musique sacrée. --

Bach intim!! wundervoller Klang ... man sollte irgendwo auch den Namen des Orchesters angeben,

全曲ライブ演奏は凄い 音声映像ともに素晴らしいね。出展者に感謝

Wow, I can hear the harpsichord and I like it. The music is heavenly

Lovely to hear joyful Bach!

These countertenors are absolutely spitze, tip top quality! Thanks for the lovely music!

@bertcarter6176

7 жыл бұрын

Totally agree!

@LordHettrick

5 жыл бұрын

Alexander Chance (the one who sings the Agnus Dei) is also in Gesualdo Six and the Tallis Scholars. He's unbelievably good.

@tfbotm

3 ай бұрын

@@LordHettrick Am JUST AS OBSESSED with his voice as much as his father's (Surname ring a bell, my fellow early music fanatics? YUP - Alexander Chance is Michael Chance's son! MICHAEL! CHANCE'S! SON! And Chance Sr. is a SUPER-CLOSE second to Chance Jr. as my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE countertenor AND ABSOLUTE FAVORITE classical music vocalist!)

Zsuzsi......my God.....she's heavenly!!! Love this work.

@Driekes10

7 жыл бұрын

The best!

@paweszczepaniak2405

6 жыл бұрын

True! She's marvelous!!!

So many revelations in this remarkably fresh pure and vibrant rendition. Vocal Instrumental mix gave us everything Bach intended. Chamber choir yes, less is more. Sanctus! wow. Special shout out to Agnus Dei soloist. Thank You

Brilliant! Bedankt!

une merveille !!!!

Bravissimi come sempre! grazie!

Love the five lead sopranos, their melisma in Cum Sancto Spiritu is so fluid, distinct & magical!

THX for uploading this extraordinary performance!. IMH Vox Luminis is perhaps the best solist choire on the old music scene this days. Just read Hanoncourts book about baroque music.I can find alot of his findings about bringing Bach's " Klangrede" into our century realised in this performance. I think this music here is better,than the recording of the h moll Messe perfomed from Hanoncour that I own.

I only missed some angels flying around the chorus. My mind was floating meanwhile listening with my closed eyes. Many thanks for uploading AVROTROS.

@AVROTROSKlassiek

7 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! Next year we'll make sure to add some flying angels:)

@frankfeldman6657

4 жыл бұрын

@@AVROTROSKlassiek Please add the names of the singers to the description?

A gorgeous performance. Thank you.

Thank you AVROTROS for the memory of a wonderful concert. I guess the intro of the miss was only to show off the new organ.

Bach. GENIUS!

Lovely singing and playing from a small choir and orchestra. I loved it for its elan and forward movement.

A magnificent performance! Thanks for posting!

Heerlijk, heb van alles uitzendingen genoten. Wat een feest!!! Eindelijk ook een 'barokorgel in een concertzaal. - De opmerking van Jos van Veldhoven, de werke van JSB moeten wel op nieuw worden opgenomen.... denk het ook

Top singing performers. Vox Luminis simply extraordinary. Master Bach must be seriously smiling with thumbs up. Thank you all. Remarkable Ensemble.

Bach's sacred music always listens

Stupenda ☺️

bravo et merci, bravi et merço !!

Großartig!

Absolutamente geniales.

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750) Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544: 1. Prelude 0:03 Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 (1724-1748): Prima Parte: Missa Kyrie: 1. Chorus "Kyrie eleison" 6:48 2. Aria Duetto (Sopranos I & II) "Christe eleison" 16:04 3. Chorus "Kyrie eleison" 20:59 Gloria: 4. Chorus "Gloria in Excelsis Deo" 24:22 5. Chorus "Et in terra pax" 26:03 6. Aria (Soprano II) "Laudamus te" 30:27 7. Chorus "Gratias agimus tibi" 34:42 8. Aria Duetto (Soprano I & Tenor) "Domine Deus" 37:38 9. Chorus "Qui tollis peccata mundi" 42:58 10. Aria (Alto) "Qui sedes ad dextram Patris" 45:53 11. Aria (Bass) "Quoniam tu solus Sanctus" 50:20 12. Chorus "Cum Sancto Spiritu" 54:53 Seconda Parte: Symbollum Nicenum Credo: 13. Chorus "Credo in unum Deum" 59:51 14. Chorus "Patrem omnipotentem" 1:01:41 15. Aria Duetto (Soprano I & Alto) "Et in unum Dominum" 1:03:41 16. Chorus "Et incarnatus est" 1:07:55 17. Chorus "Crucifixus" 1:10:52 18. Chorus "Et resurrexit" 1:13:52 19. Aria (Bass) "Et in Spiritum Sanctum" 1:17:48 20. Chorus "Confiteor" 1:22:55 21. Chorus"Et expecto" 1:25:26 Tertia Parte: Sanctus Sanctus: 22. Chorus "Sanctus" 1:29:11 Quarta Parte: Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei, Dona nobis Pacem. Osanna I, Benedictus, Osanna II: 23. Chorus "Osanna in Excelsis" 1:34:14 24. Aria (Tenor) "Benedictus" 1:37:02 25. Chorus Repetatur "Osanna in Excelsis" 1:41:37 Agnus Dei: 26. Aria (Alto) "Agnus Dei" 1:44:25 27. Chorus "Dona nobis Pacem" 1:50:08

Hermosísimo!!!

So fine: this, in homage: IMPRESSIVE AND MELANCHOLY Bach mourns the death of a beloved queen. There is a good chance that Bach played this impressive piece for the first time in St Paul’s Church in Leipzig. That is where, on 17 October 1727, the university held a memorial service for the recently departed Christiane Eberhardine der Starke, who was the Electress of Saxony and the Queen of Poland. For this occasion, Bach wrote ‘funeral music in Italian style’: the cantata Lass, Fürstin, lass noch einen Strahl, BWV 198. During the ceremony, Bach played the organ himself. He opened with this prelude and ended with a fugue, and although nobody can prove it, it seems highly likely that it was this piece. It exudes the same atmosphere as the funeral music and is written in the same key of B minor. In those days, B minor was described as bizarre, listless and melancholy. And Bach used it more often for stately and mournful occasions, such as the aria ‘Erbarme dich’ from the St Matthew Passion, for example. The despair is almost tangible in the prelude. Bach comes straight to the point with a melancholy lament, which is followed by great leaps in the pedal, repetitive and stubborn, as if you have to keep reminding yourself of what has happened. The whole piece seems to be filled with deep emotion. The fugue, logically, is more rational, although it is no less ingenious. Bach investigates every possibility of the relatively easy to sing theme. On the way to the end, when the pedal returns after a long absence, he adds a second element - once again with relatively large leaps - and so works towards a hopeful ending.

@ulrichschmidt5559

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this interesting piece of historical information. A question and a comment: a) I'm surprised that the memorial service for Queen Christiane was held in Leipzig?! I would have expected it to be in Dresden, which was the capital of Saxony (Sachsen) at that time. Or was it just, that the "main ceremony" including the funeral was indeed held in Dresden, and in Leipzig they only had an additional ceremony in honor of their Queen? b) You say "Christiane Eberhardine der Starke", this must certainly be wrong? "Der Starke" is the male form of "the strong". First of all, for a Queen they would use the female form, which is "die Starke", and then I don't think they would ever call a queen like this... Her husband August had the nickname "August der Starke", because of two things: 1. he used to "show off" at banquets and receptions by taking an iron horseshoe and bending it until it was straight, and 2. he was notorious for having fathered more than 300 children... (Obviously not all of them with the Queen, but with numerous mistresses...) So calling Christiane "die Starke" would certainly have been considered insulting... :-)

@Rik77

5 жыл бұрын

@@ulrichschmidt5559 the queen was the Saxon people's queen, who refused to become Catholic. Dresden was the only Catholic part of Saxony, and she was credited with defending Lutheranism after the King converted to Catholicism. This is why although she had a Catholic funeral service in Dresden, she also had memorial service in Leipzig. There's no evidence at all that the Kyrie fugue was performed in Leipzig, unless there's some evidence this is pure fantasy. Though it is a really attractive idea :) The Kyrie is composed in the style typical of Dresden Catholic masses and was probably written for Dresden. A set of parts is in the Dresden archive.

Bravo! Bravo! Bravissimo!

Every one of the triplet chords in the Sanctus was secure, I have never heard it clearer. I love the timpanist. She pointed the rhythms without swamping the sound, and she avoided anachronistic rolls, leaving final chords to shine. I listened for the Agnus Dei soloist because of the comments, and I say "wow" too. Good idea to take the Dona Nobis Pacem slower than Gratias Agimus Tibi. Perhaps not necessary, but it works.

Celestial, colosal. Todas las interpretaciones son simplemente sublimes. Gracias, Bach.

Bach, dall'Alto dei Cieli, è sicuramente felice nel vedere e ascoltare un così bel gruppo di giovani. BRAVI BRAVI BRAVI. esecuzione filologicamente ineccepibile.

De la technique et du naturel, j'aime bien.

Excellent! Great performance.

les choristes et solistes sont très fins et aériens ce qui rajeunit et modernise beaucoup l oeuvre l orchestre est pétillant dynamique ce qui n altère en rien la profondeur de cette sacrée messe et messe sacrée merci beaucoup de rendre cette oeuvre vivante par le dépoussiérage des années précédentes un 6 SUR 5!!!

Geweldig, 50 jr geleden gezongen als sopraan nog ,onder Maarten Kooij

What a gorgeous performance of this masterpiece of Bach! A relatively small ensemble compared to most, and yet such quality. Thank you so much for sharing! This is now my favorite rendition.

Alex Chance sublime

The sheer high quality of the voices & singing, instrumental playing and so forth is unbelievable, despite the minimalist set-up! A performance of this glorious and mighty work to last a lifetime!

First time I hear this mass sung by a chamber choir . Normally it is performed by a huge choir . I like it though !!

@bobosally

6 жыл бұрын

Less is More! Harmonies and Faster tempo melodies are clearer. Texture of vocal instrumental mix highlights the totality of the work so often lost in larger choirs which overpower the instrumental part.

@ianbarnes997

6 жыл бұрын

uhh, it most certainly is not usually performed by a huge choir. The vast majority of performances I've seen and heard been with choirs of 40 or smaller. I'm doing this right now with 36 singers, the most I ever saw do this was big choirs in the 70s followed by a choir of 55 in recent times. I've never ever heard of or seen a large symphonic choir do this in modern times. Unless your definition of huge is like 35 people.

Really Wonderful! A small, but serious question: Is it possible to correct the noise failure at 54:56 (54m56-57s)?

Cynthia! Stefanie!

Das Orgelspiel am Anfang ist perfekt!

@dickden8952

7 жыл бұрын

Leider nicht. Zu viel falsche tasten. Konzentrationsstörungen, Nerven denke ich.

@notaire2

7 жыл бұрын

Tut mir leid.

@tonysouter8095

6 жыл бұрын

The b minor mass is excellent. But I have to disagree about the organ prelude: boring. And I know that work well.

_One Bassoonist, short hair, is smoking a joint though most of this performance! Is there anything holy anymore?_ 🤣

the orgue intro, I never saw that before

Den schlanken Chorklang genieße ich sehr. Das Orchester könnte teilweise noch ein bisschen zupackender spielen. Aber wirklich eine schöne Aufnahme!

Orgel is niet te zien, maar klinkt Verrassend helder barok. Heel overtuigende nieuwbouw! Hulde! De organist voegt wel es wat noten toe die niet van Bach zijn en is niet gelukkig op het pedaal zo te horen. Maar dat is hem vergeven, het spel is ontspannen en doorzichtig. Passende de opening bij de Hohe Messe.

sin gran orquesta, sin gran coro, sin figuras prominentes: una versión ESENCIAL. Para mí, muy cerca de Bach y su irrecuperable tiempo.

Schließe mich 'Voices of Music' an... Möchte ein Detail hervorheben, das geradezu an Stimm-Akrobatik grenzt: die 16tel-Triole im Thema von 'Et resurrexit'. Vor allem in den hohen Stimmen wird sie angesichts dieses Tempos mit staunenswerter Deutlichkeit präsentiert!

1:50:00 Dona Nobis Pacem . We could use some of that about now.

1:17:45 - Et in Spiritum Sanctum

forgot to ask:who are the instumental performers?

@nowattabutwatta

6 жыл бұрын

I have the same question, they are brilliant!

@nowattabutwatta

6 жыл бұрын

OK, minus HORN, now I've come to it and that's a bit disaster :D but otherwise… !

It's a stupendous performance, but it's still hard to take one's eyes off the brunette with the gorgeous face and tawny arms. :-)

Where's the e minot fugue?

Vergleichbar : Andrew Parrott und Taverner Consort and Players 1985 : kzread.info/dash/bejne/a6Gt26WAg87clto.html, dort singen tatsächlich Engel mit ...

I also liked the fact that they were using the German pronunciation of Latin.

@alessandrodepoi5868

Жыл бұрын

I do not. Bach knew very well latin, don't you agree that he would have taken care of a correct pronunciation?

@pannonia77

Жыл бұрын

@@alessandrodepoi5868 The German pronuncuation of Latin is what is (and was) the correct pronunciation of Latin in Germany. In my country, Hungary, Latin was the official language till 1844. We had our pronunciation of the Latin, very close to the German pronunciation of Latin (c and g after i and e the same as in German, gn is two distinct consonants. The differences are y in Kyrie is an i, and since in Hungarian e and é - short vs. long - are quite distinct, we often use é where Germans use e, e.g. the digraph ae is a long é even at the end of words.)

@alessandrodepoi5868

Жыл бұрын

Back from school I learned that the pronunciation of latin after the fall of roman empire was the "pronuntiatio ecclesiastica" (with C and G soft before I and E), while the ancient pronunciation was the "pronuntiatio renovata". But the latter was out of use. Since the mass is a catholic roman text, my opinion was that it should follow the first one. But I am not in the detail of philologycal research so that was just my opinion.

@pannonia77

Жыл бұрын

@@alessandrodepoi5868 The "pronuntiatio ecclesiastica" was the pronunciation of Latin in Italy. But all the other languages of Europe had their own pronunciation if Latin. You can see what is the pronunciation of words coming from Latin. E.g. (Julius) Caesar. Originally the C stood for K, that's why the German equivalent is Kaiser. In Italian it is Cesare with the sound "ch", in German (Hungarian, Czech, Polish etc.) it is pronounced as "ts", in English and French as "s". The g in "generatio" has the same sound in Italian and English, in French it is the same sound what they write with "j" as in "je t'aime". In German (Hungarian etc.) it is a g (g is always "hard", never "soft".) Gn is in English, German (Hungarian etc.) two sounds g+n (English: magnifying lens), never one sound as in Italian or French. Then the French pronounce the "u" as "ü". In the Middle Ages these people outside of Italy pronounced Latin in these ways. Indeed, in Hungary, where Latin was the official language till 1844 long after each country used a vernacular as official language the local pronunciation was used, and not even the Catholic Church adopted the "Ecclesiastical Latin" while the Latin was the language of the liturgy till it was replaced by the vernacular after the Second Vatican Council. On my channel I have many recordings which do not use "Ecclesiastical Latin". The Hilliard Ensemble's Missa Cum iocunditate recording uses the English pronunciation. The Ensemble Clément Janequin in their recording of Janequin's Missa La Bataille uses a French pronunciation. I recommend you to listen to these pieces, you will see how varied the Latin pronunciation was in Europe before the individual countries adopted the Italianate (aka. Ecclestical) Latin pronunciation. (Which my country never did.)

1:50:10 Dona nobis pacem

Esperamos seguir escuchando música de Bach en Europa por muchos años más. Aunque temo que llegará un día que no se oirá en Europa otra música que letanías musulmanas...

Please no applause at inopportune parts until the Mass in done

45:52 this lady in green has serious intonation problem in Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris ...

Das Tempo vom Sanctus bloss falsch. Zu langsam. Es muss ein Feuerwerk sein!!! In dem Tempo wird es sehr langweilig.

ライオネル・ムニエ (Lionel Meunier)氏をもう少し映して欲しい。

Incredible prestation sans conductor; mieux que Minkowski !

Anemic to death...

@motishefer4732

3 жыл бұрын

But heavenly altogether!!!

Queria dizer intenção, claro, e não intensa.

6:51 Kyrie ... too fast ... listen to Otto KLEMPERER you kids ... what's the hurry?? BACH isn't a 100 meters race ADVICE: listen at .74 speed cause the performance is otherwise too good to miss

@carlapr97

2 жыл бұрын

Are you serious?

@ottavva

2 жыл бұрын

@@carlapr97 the best performance ever is KARAJAN 1962 I don't like that irony in your comment you never know who you are communicating with

@carlapr97

2 жыл бұрын

@@ottavva I thought you were being sarcastic. It's rare to see people appreciating old school recordings, how old are you if I may ask?

@ottavva

2 жыл бұрын

@@carlapr97 generation 1956

@ottavva

2 жыл бұрын

THIS is the one and only perforrmance kzread.info/dash/bejne/ooCj0chypZq-Xbg.html

Is that a toy violin in the Laudamus? Such a small sound and not very in tune and quite scrappy ..hmmm.

Great performance, but that pronunciation tho...

@MattWeisherComposer

5 жыл бұрын

Leonardo Teixeira It’s great! It’s the correct pronunciation for singing Bach-German Latin.

@carlapr97

2 жыл бұрын

@@MattWeisherComposer is it? Do you have source on that? Ecclesiastical Latin was in use at the time and its pronunciation is different.

Die Intonation am Anfang ist schrecklich

Não se percebe a intensa do cenário de club nocturno… Ao menos um teatro normal. Visualmente é difícil ouvir esta música neste cenário bizarro e agressivo. Tal cenário, só para jazz, com todo o respeito pelo jazz.

Bach ist keine "early music"

Audio engineering is obviously not the highest art in this video. Soloists are meant to be heard over the instrumental accompaniments. Too bad! A terrific performance, however, if one were to catch it live. Slight lack of discipline among the tacet corps. Folks, you're on TV whether you know it or not. Leave your itches and hair alone - and your water bottles.

@etinarcadiaego3296

4 жыл бұрын

Vous êtes bien dur...

Musikalisch sehr schwach.

Nie wieder "Originalinstrumente"