Bach 00:00 Baekgaard 01:15 Syner 02:45 Graham 05:52 Bravo Graham. A formidable job allowing us to listen to different versions of this Choral. Your performance in all of them was impeccable, from the sound to the performance, a masterpiece. And his version is simply a masterpiece, profoundly evoking the feeling of passion. I left the timelines for each version!
Muito obrigado por assistir, Andre - e obrigado por gentilmente fornecer os timestamps! Eu fui realmente desafiado tentando fazer o 'Passion Chorale' se encaixar em um baixo de pedal de repetição de sete compassos, já que a melodia não se encaixa facilmente em uma estrutura de chacona. Acho que essa será a única chaconne que tento compor! Estou ansioso pela sua próxima gravação - algumas músicas de qualidade real de sua arte excepcional. saudações da Inglaterra e um grande abraço! ❤
The music you selected perfectly suits the imagery. You're a very musician who's able to express the different emotions christians feel while contemplating the Holy Week. Thanks so much for doing your share spreading the Good Word through your video. Very nice video upload.*28
my dear Graham, I was wondering where you have been and elected to visit your Utube page and voila, there are a few new compositions that I have not heard!!! For some strange reason, Utube has not been notifying myself of your new videos, however I am totally thrilled to listen to them this morning and getting my "Twist" fix! Bravo!!
Thank you! In looking for harmonic solutions to reconcile the melody line with the pedal line . . . it felt more like knitting! I appreciate you watching and commenting!
Great recordings! I like your composition very much. It fits in perfectly thematically. I really like the implementation of the cantus firmus in a slower tempo, the beautiful accompanying motifs and good harmonization! Thanks for uploading! 👍
Wonderful playing Graham ! This is such a beautiful melody, one of the best hymns IMO, and you do it just as proud as the other composers presented here. I did not detect any signs of effort in your Chaconne - great work !
Thanks very much for watching and leaving such a kind comment, Chris! I am a little behind with my UA-cam viewing . . . so I am looking forward to catching your latest uploads. Best wishes!
Love the Syner Setting of the Chorale the accompaniment melody in the treble is so effective and finishes in a major chord- quite unusual. The beautiful chorale at the end is so slow with the accompaniment above the chorale melody - the bass just moves along at a great slow pace. A great example of what can be achieved for Lent. Blessings for Lent Graham.
Many thanks for watching and leaving a comment, Michael. I love Syner's setting . . . and as there are so many wonderful arrangements of this melody, i thought it would be worth the challenge trying to make it fit round a 'chaconne' structure (I just hope JSB is not turning in his grave!).
Wonderful compilation of music on the Passion of Christ theme! Thanks for dedicating your chaconne to me! I’m very honored! It fits with the previous pieces very well. It almost feels like the end of a partita!
Thank you, Vidas - it's good to reciprocate as a 'thank you' for the pieces you have composed and dedicated to me! I think this will be my one and only 'chaconne'!
Hello Graham. your organ playing on this topic sounds so soft and flowing! I would also like to say thank you for the helpful links to the sheet music. Dietmar
Once again, you’ve created an incredible, sumptuous piece of music!!! Wow! Everything about this video is astonishing, including all the wonderful works of art, but your work is the highlight. Beautifully done, Graham. 🙏
Too kind; too kind! I really struggled with the challenge I set myself . . . but how can I compete with you and your wonderful setting, Phil? I bow before the real master . . .
Fantastic Graham ! This tune is my favorite hymn, Phil yet delighted us with his wonderful arrangement, and now yours ! What at treat for the Holy week, this is a gorgeous composition. I also trully appreciate the other pieces you played, I didn't know them, and I'm very glad to discover them thanks to you. Bravissimo maestro !
Thank you so much, Remi - you are always very kind about my efforts at composition! I will confess to getting out of my depth with this one as is was perhaps foolish of me to think I could make the Passion Chorale fit around a seven bar repeating pedal bass! I am glad the great JSB is not alive to comment, though I suspect he might have turned in his grave if he could have heard what I did with the melody so clearly beloved by him!
The melody, wrapped around your carefully crafted bass-line, evokes a sense of reverence and complexity that adds to the original chorale’s emotive power. Even though you joked about the 'mental anguish' you experienced during the composition process, I find the end result to be musical. Vidas should be very happy with his dedication and I look forward to hearing his rendition. Bravo!
Thanks, James - that's very kind of you. I do not claim to be a 'real' composer and I often excuse my efforts as coming from the heart and always as obvious homages to the music I love so much, written by real composers. On this occasion (don't know what possessed me!), I started out with my pedal circle of fifths and wondered if I could shoe-horn the Passion Chorale into such a repeating structure. That meant not much heart and an awful lot of head . . . and it hurt! I tried to convince myself to give up with the idea at the halfway point as the second half of the hymn is very resistant to the pedal line . . . but I forgot how pig-headed I can be. Well, you've heard the result (as has Vidas). Your critique is much too generous . . . but I thank you for that. I expect this will be the only performance to make its way to a UA-cam Channel!
Oh my! What a unique, warm and evocative setting, Graham. It truly takes the listener on a journey filled with a complex range of emotions. It captures many moods spanning from tension to resolve, melancholy to hope. Yes, I was caught a bit by surprise with the ending in the relative major - an unexpected twist, might I say. I thought you did a remarkable job bringing all the elements together over that bass line. Congratulations all around!
Thank you! I wasn't sure about the ending myself . . . but on reflection, the Bach harmonization I have in my hymn book ends on a C Major chord and the other two pieces I recorded both ended on the 'Picardy Third' . . . so perhaps in death comes relief from suffering and resolving into the major suggests a peaceful end? It's all a matter of personal preference! Of course, it was foolish of me to even try and shoe-horn the Passion Chorale into a repeating seven bar bass line! JSB would be 'sore wounded' indeed if he could hear my efforts to resolve the melody line he adored that was never intended to fit a chaconne! You live and you learn - no more chaconnes from me!
Hello Graham, Absolutely wonderful. Thank you also for the detailed comment you wrote. And an additional and special congratulations for your composition on this theme. Happy Holy Week. Ph.
Thank you, Philippe, for watching and leaving a generous comment. Working on my 'chaconne' has been quite time consuming as I found it quite a challenge . . . so I am a little behind with my UA-cam viewings of all your splendid recordings. Sorry!
Thank you for your thoughtful and informative commentary on this important chorale, Graham. I particularly like the way you have connected these workings of the chorale melody and your playing of them is superb. Your own arrangement is beautifully composed and so appropriate in mood and tone for the start of Holy Week. Bravo on some very fine playing and videography!
Thank you, Paul - I'm honoured you enjoyed this upload. The Passion Chorale is so very beautiful it's no wonder JSB worked on his own wonderful arrangements on so many occasions (but I'm glad he cannot comment on my 'chaconne'!).
Beautiful playing Graham. Is it the words or the haunting melody that makes it so deep and celestial? Whether you play romantic renditions, like you did in this collection, contemporary renditions like Phil’s recent composition, or you own brand new chaconne, or the baroque pieces I have recorded for next week (Telemann and Kirnberger), they all are connected and have something Devine. Religious or not, almost anyone “feels” something with this piece. So it’s nice if people write new notes around the melody to keep the legacy going! Bravo!
Thanks, Rien. It was quite a challenge arranging the melody in a chaconne (!), but other composers have written such wonderful settings that I thought I ought to try something different on this occasion. It's amazing to think what versions Hassler's original 'love song' went on to inspire!
Many thanks, Clara - I appreciate you watching and leaving a comment. I'm glad you enjoyed hearing these pieces based on the 'Passion Chorale' for Good Friday.
Thank you, Peter. Your enduring support and encouragement is very much appreciated. I'm sure you'll be singing the 'Passion Chorale' yourself during Holy Week (and what a wonderful voice you have for this beautiful hymn!).
Haha! The only prize I will ever win for music composition is the booby prize! Thanks for watching and leaving a comment (the piece would definitely sound better if played on a DP digital instrument . . . and also if it were re-written . . . preferably by someone approaching the genius of Bach!)
The intensity of this chorale has always made me cringe. Thank you for playing it and enriching it with appropriate and excellent arrangements. I wish you a peaceful holy week.
Bach 00:00
Baekgaard 01:15
Syner 02:45
Graham 05:52
Bravo Graham. A formidable job allowing us to listen to different versions of this Choral. Your performance in all of them was impeccable, from the sound to the performance, a masterpiece. And his version is simply a masterpiece, profoundly evoking the feeling of passion. I left the timelines for each version!
Muito obrigado por assistir, Andre - e obrigado por gentilmente fornecer os timestamps! Eu fui realmente desafiado tentando fazer o 'Passion Chorale' se encaixar em um baixo de pedal de repetição de sete compassos, já que a melodia não se encaixa facilmente em uma estrutura de chacona. Acho que essa será a única chaconne que tento compor! Estou ansioso pela sua próxima gravação - algumas músicas de qualidade real de sua arte excepcional. saudações da Inglaterra e um grande abraço! ❤
Merciii pour le si beau partage 😊
De rien - merci d'avoir regardé et laissé un commentaire.
Like #27. Fantastic song, you play very inspired.
Fantastic pictures. Great soulful video. ☕️👍🎹🌹
Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!
Very beautiful performance!👍👍🎼🎶🎹 Keep up the great work!🙏🙏💯
Thank you very much for watching and leaving a kind comment - much appreciated!
@@grahamtwist It's a pleasure🙂 I am delighted to have found your UA-cam channel and watched its amazing videos.🙏🙏💯
The music you selected perfectly suits the imagery. You're a very musician who's able to express the different emotions christians feel while contemplating the Holy Week. Thanks so much for doing your share spreading the Good Word through your video. Very nice video upload.*28
Many thanks for watching and leaving a comment - I appreciate your kind words.
my dear Graham, I was wondering where you have been and elected to visit your Utube page and voila, there are a few new compositions that I have not heard!!! For some strange reason, Utube has not been notifying myself of your new videos, however I am totally thrilled to listen to them this morning and getting my "Twist" fix! Bravo!!
Thank you, Michael . . . I was beginning to think you had deserted me!
Marvelous weaving!
Thank you! In looking for harmonic solutions to reconcile the melody line with the pedal line . . . it felt more like knitting! I appreciate you watching and commenting!
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Great recordings! I like your composition very much. It fits in perfectly thematically. I really like the implementation of the cantus firmus in a slower tempo, the beautiful accompanying motifs and good harmonization! Thanks for uploading! 👍
Thank you very much for watching and leaving a kind comment.
Beautifully written and played! Bravo Graham!!!
Thanks, Jerry - glad you enjoyed the upload!
Wonderful playing Graham ! This is such a beautiful melody, one of the best hymns IMO, and you do it just as proud as the other composers presented here. I did not detect any signs of effort in your Chaconne - great work !
Thanks very much for watching and leaving such a kind comment, Chris! I am a little behind with my UA-cam viewing . . . so I am looking forward to catching your latest uploads. Best wishes!
Love the Syner Setting of the Chorale the accompaniment melody in the treble is so effective and finishes in a major chord- quite unusual. The beautiful chorale at the end is so slow with the accompaniment above the chorale melody - the bass just moves along at a great slow pace. A great example of what can be achieved for Lent. Blessings for Lent Graham.
Many thanks for watching and leaving a comment, Michael. I love Syner's setting . . . and as there are so many wonderful arrangements of this melody, i thought it would be worth the challenge trying to make it fit round a 'chaconne' structure (I just hope JSB is not turning in his grave!).
Wonderful compilation of music on the Passion of Christ theme! Thanks for dedicating your chaconne to me! I’m very honored! It fits with the previous pieces very well. It almost feels like the end of a partita!
Thank you, Vidas - it's good to reciprocate as a 'thank you' for the pieces you have composed and dedicated to me! I think this will be my one and only 'chaconne'!
@@grahamtwist 😂😂😂🙏🙏🙏
Hello Graham. your organ playing on this topic sounds so soft and flowing! I would also like to say thank you for the helpful links to the sheet music. Dietmar
Thank you so much for watching and leaving such a kind comment - I appreciate your support!
Once again, you’ve created an incredible, sumptuous piece of music!!! Wow! Everything about this video is astonishing, including all the wonderful works of art, but your work is the highlight. Beautifully done, Graham. 🙏
Too kind; too kind! I really struggled with the challenge I set myself . . . but how can I compete with you and your wonderful setting, Phil? I bow before the real master . . .
Fantastic Graham ! This tune is my favorite hymn, Phil yet delighted us with his wonderful arrangement, and now yours ! What at treat for the Holy week, this is a gorgeous composition. I also trully appreciate the other pieces you played, I didn't know them, and I'm very glad to discover them thanks to you. Bravissimo maestro !
Thank you so much, Remi - you are always very kind about my efforts at composition! I will confess to getting out of my depth with this one as is was perhaps foolish of me to think I could make the Passion Chorale fit around a seven bar repeating pedal bass! I am glad the great JSB is not alive to comment, though I suspect he might have turned in his grave if he could have heard what I did with the melody so clearly beloved by him!
@@grahamtwist Shall I beg you the score to see if I am able to play it ? Please ... 😊
@@remi-chapalain I have emailed you a copy! Good luck!
@@grahamtwist thank you so much ! 🙏
The melody, wrapped around your carefully crafted bass-line, evokes a sense of reverence and complexity that adds to the original chorale’s emotive power. Even though you joked about the 'mental anguish' you experienced during the composition process, I find the end result to be musical. Vidas should be very happy with his dedication and I look forward to hearing his rendition. Bravo!
Thanks, James - that's very kind of you. I do not claim to be a 'real' composer and I often excuse my efforts as coming from the heart and always as obvious homages to the music I love so much, written by real composers. On this occasion (don't know what possessed me!), I started out with my pedal circle of fifths and wondered if I could shoe-horn the Passion Chorale into such a repeating structure. That meant not much heart and an awful lot of head . . . and it hurt! I tried to convince myself to give up with the idea at the halfway point as the second half of the hymn is very resistant to the pedal line . . . but I forgot how pig-headed I can be. Well, you've heard the result (as has Vidas). Your critique is much too generous . . . but I thank you for that. I expect this will be the only performance to make its way to a UA-cam Channel!
Oh my! What a unique, warm and evocative setting, Graham. It truly takes the listener on a journey filled with a complex range of emotions. It captures many moods spanning from tension to resolve, melancholy to hope. Yes, I was caught a bit by surprise with the ending in the relative major - an unexpected twist, might I say. I thought you did a remarkable job bringing all the elements together over that bass line. Congratulations all around!
Thank you! I wasn't sure about the ending myself . . . but on reflection, the Bach harmonization I have in my hymn book ends on a C Major chord and the other two pieces I recorded both ended on the 'Picardy Third' . . . so perhaps in death comes relief from suffering and resolving into the major suggests a peaceful end? It's all a matter of personal preference! Of course, it was foolish of me to even try and shoe-horn the Passion Chorale into a repeating seven bar bass line! JSB would be 'sore wounded' indeed if he could hear my efforts to resolve the melody line he adored that was never intended to fit a chaconne! You live and you learn - no more chaconnes from me!
Hello Graham,
Absolutely wonderful. Thank you also for the detailed comment you wrote. And an additional and special congratulations for your composition on this theme.
Happy Holy Week.
Ph.
Thank you, Philippe, for watching and leaving a generous comment. Working on my 'chaconne' has been quite time consuming as I found it quite a challenge . . . so I am a little behind with my UA-cam viewings of all your splendid recordings. Sorry!
Thank you for your thoughtful and informative commentary on this important chorale, Graham. I particularly like the way you have connected these workings of the chorale melody and your playing of them is superb. Your own arrangement is beautifully composed and so appropriate in mood and tone for the start of Holy Week. Bravo on some very fine playing and videography!
Thank you, Paul - I'm honoured you enjoyed this upload. The Passion Chorale is so very beautiful it's no wonder JSB worked on his own wonderful arrangements on so many occasions (but I'm glad he cannot comment on my 'chaconne'!).
Beautiful playing Graham. Is it the words or the haunting melody that makes it so deep and celestial? Whether you play romantic renditions, like you did in this collection, contemporary renditions like Phil’s recent composition, or you own brand new chaconne, or the baroque pieces I have recorded for next week (Telemann and Kirnberger), they all are connected and have something Devine. Religious or not, almost anyone “feels” something with this piece. So it’s nice if people write new notes around the melody to keep the legacy going! Bravo!
Thanks, Rien. It was quite a challenge arranging the melody in a chaconne (!), but other composers have written such wonderful settings that I thought I ought to try something different on this occasion. It's amazing to think what versions Hassler's original 'love song' went on to inspire!
Thank you for playing important pieces that represent the end of Lent, Palm Sunday and Holy Week! Have a blessed Holy Week! Dear Graham 🙏🌹😀
Many thanks, Clara - I appreciate you watching and leaving a comment. I'm glad you enjoyed hearing these pieces based on the 'Passion Chorale' for Good Friday.
Wonderful Graham!👏👏👏👏
Thank you, Peter. Your enduring support and encouragement is very much appreciated. I'm sure you'll be singing the 'Passion Chorale' yourself during Holy Week (and what a wonderful voice you have for this beautiful hymn!).
You're so welcome my friend! Yes I will! It's wonderful!😁👍
And the winner is... Graham Twist! Second place for Baekgaard. Third place not awarded.
Haha! The only prize I will ever win for music composition is the booby prize! Thanks for watching and leaving a comment (the piece would definitely sound better if played on a DP digital instrument . . . and also if it were re-written . . . preferably by someone approaching the genius of Bach!)
The intensity of this chorale has always made me cringe. Thank you for playing it and enriching it with appropriate and excellent arrangements. I wish you a peaceful holy week.
Many thanks for watching and leaving a comment - I appreciate you taking the time to do so! Have a blessed Easter!