It is said that the Chaconne was written by Bach after returning home from one of his travels only to be informed of the demise of Maria Barbara, his first wife. If it were so, the second sonata is a sad prelude to the tragic second partita and especially the Chaconne. The violin plays a hard score of several stops and a general atmosphere of anguish and disordered suffering.The complexity of the work increases, the melodic lines become more difficult, the music becomes troubled, screechy, unfulfilled. Being Bach, his suffering is translated into beauty. Angst grows into sublime music. New, never heard before music. Thanks Musica Colta (never as necessary as today) for uploading.
@@s.l5787 You are correct. There is no proof of this having happened. But it seems to me a reasonable hypothesis. Johann Sebastian and Maria Barbara had been married only 3 years and she unexpectedly died when she was 26. Bach was out of town with prince Leopold and only knew of her death after returning. Mi comment said: "It is said that", which is of course true. (Professor Helga Thoene proposed that "Bach's famous Violin Partita No. 2 (especially the final "Chaconne" movement) was written as a tombeau for Maria Barbara". However, these claims are controversial. Source: Wikipedia.) Thanks for your valuable comment.
@@jorgeurzuaurzua4011 While there isn't proof for the above story, I think we can say with reasonable confidence that Bach did use music as a vehicle for the immense grief he suffered in his life. I personally don't think that Bach meant for the Chaconne to be anything other than the final movement of his Partita no.2. I think it's we, his awed audience (as well as people from previous centuries such as Johannes Brahms) who have elevated it to its present unique status, whereby the Chaconne eclipses all of the other movemnets and is often performed as a standalone piece.
@@Musicienne-DAB1995 Thanks for your thoughtful comment. It is not possible to read the mind of a composer. Grief is by definition a very private psychological phenomenon. However, the mood of a work of art can be surmised from the work of art itself. To lose the wife after only 3 years of marriage is not certainly an occasion for joy, but of deep despair. This does not prove nothing. After all, we are not mathematicians. But we hear the D960 or the C major quintet, and we know.
I think this is the best performance of Bach's SOLO VIOLIN by original instrument, more better than her teacher's recording. Sonata No. 2 is its criterion. I feel the joy that listen to this.
@pretty boy The most relevant one I would think would be the late Micaela Comberti, whose influence one can feel in Rachel Podger's expressive style, especially earlier on. But i am not aware of a recording of the solo Bach by Comberti.
Sobresaliente...técnicamente impecable...lo que no desvirtúa la profunda carga emocional y humana que contiene la obra..una obra que no parece compuesta por un mortal sin la ayuda de un ser superior: Dios.
Sr.,en la Mu'sica de Bach hay un algo,no se como llamarlo,que pone al oyente,au'n en una multitud, solo frente a si mismo;abriendole caminos hacia las profundidades del Alma. Haciendole sentir una inmensa presencia ,como si estuviera ante Dios y su Misterio!.-
Impeccable, beautiful sound and a profoundly thoughtful interpretation. That bow!
It is said that the Chaconne was written by Bach after returning home from one of his travels only to be informed of the demise of Maria Barbara, his first wife. If it were so, the second sonata is a sad prelude to the tragic second partita and especially the Chaconne. The violin plays a hard score of several stops and a general atmosphere of anguish and disordered suffering.The complexity of the work increases, the melodic lines become more difficult, the music becomes troubled, screechy, unfulfilled. Being Bach, his suffering is translated into beauty. Angst grows into sublime music. New, never heard before music. Thanks Musica Colta (never as necessary as today) for uploading.
There is actually no proof of this being true
@@s.l5787 You are correct. There is no proof of this having happened. But it seems to me a reasonable hypothesis. Johann Sebastian and Maria Barbara had been married only 3 years and she unexpectedly died when she was 26. Bach was out of town with prince Leopold and only knew of her death after returning. Mi comment said: "It is said that", which is of course true. (Professor Helga Thoene proposed that "Bach's famous Violin Partita No. 2 (especially the final "Chaconne" movement) was written as a tombeau for Maria Barbara". However, these claims are controversial. Source: Wikipedia.) Thanks for your valuable comment.
@@jorgeurzuaurzua4011 While there isn't proof for the above story, I think we can say with reasonable confidence that Bach did use music as a vehicle for the immense grief he suffered in his life. I personally don't think that Bach meant for the Chaconne to be anything other than the final movement of his Partita no.2. I think it's we, his awed audience (as well as people from previous centuries such as Johannes Brahms) who have elevated it to its present unique status, whereby the Chaconne eclipses all of the other movemnets and is often performed as a standalone piece.
@@Musicienne-DAB1995 Thanks for your thoughtful comment. It is not possible to read the mind of a composer. Grief is by definition a very private psychological phenomenon. However, the mood of a work of art can be surmised from the work of art itself. To lose the wife after only 3 years of marriage is not certainly an occasion for joy, but of deep despair. This does not prove nothing. After all, we are not mathematicians. But we hear the D960 or the C major quintet, and we know.
The best interpretation in a baroque manner I heard, brava!
Listen to Shunske Sato, he is amazing
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@Melvin Reed You are welcome =)
I think this is the best performance of Bach's SOLO VIOLIN by original instrument, more better than her teacher's recording. Sonata No. 2 is its criterion. I feel the joy that listen to this.
@pretty boy The most relevant one I would think would be the late Micaela Comberti, whose influence one can feel in Rachel Podger's expressive style, especially earlier on. But i am not aware of a recording of the solo Bach by Comberti.
pretty boy her teacher was David Takeno
Have you listened to the Netherlands Bach Society?
ua-cam.com/video/b24_rysm2S8/v-deo.html
Sobresaliente...técnicamente impecable...lo que no desvirtúa la profunda carga emocional y humana que contiene la obra..una obra que no parece compuesta por un mortal sin la ayuda de un ser superior: Dios.
Sr.,en la Mu'sica de Bach hay un algo,no se como llamarlo,que pone al oyente,au'n en una multitud, solo frente a si mismo;abriendole caminos hacia las profundidades del Alma. Haciendole sentir una inmensa presencia ,como si estuviera ante Dios y su Misterio!.-
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great!
Andante 12:31
Allegro 17:25