Everything about this video is so impressive. The concerto is a true masterpiece of the first order, the orchestra and soloists are just brilliant and the video is really well done. BRAVO!
Love this. My earliest memory of ensemble were these little kids in traditional woven hand made clothes practicing chamber music with calthusian monks and nuns. The material of their clothes had been done on hand looms. Oddly, they never spoke.
Vous êtes FORM-MI-DABLES ! Et tellement heureux de faire de la musique ensemble ! Au fil de vos concerts, vous m'avez réconcilié avec Graupner ... et ce n'était pas gagné ! ;) Bravo, encore bravo !
I have listened to your excellent performance of this wonderful concerto several times and have concluded that it must be one of the finest works by Christoph Graupner and ,indeed, in the German baroque repertoire for orchestra!
It is great to see these young musicians play with such enthousiam! Bravo! I feel only sorry for the bassoonist. She is playing so well but hardly shown in the video while the camera is resting a little too often on the girls' faces even though they are pretty no doubt.
1) They are not modern at all, they are 1700 style strings, and Graupner was not even 20 year old in the 1700, plus 7:09 maybe you need glasses. 2) the word is not ideomatic, but idiomatic, in any case, on the contrary, His music it's very particular and far-reaching far beyond the canons of the time. 3) From your comment I deduce, or rather I intuit, you are probably the usual nihilistic detractor, who wants to downplay the great Artists, and who perhaps doesn't even believe in the greatness of Art, and focuses in a stupidly meticulous way on trying to find the defects, ( as in this case, in this grandiose work of these good musicians) criticizing the use of the instruments, and in any case, making mistakes in this too.
@@Daniel.W.Bridge why so rude? I am merely a person who loves Graupner and his profoundly idiomatic music. By that I mean he knew a lot about instruments and wrote for very peculiar ensembles that sound amazing when played at the right pitch with the right kind of string, bow, reed, bore, timber etc. BTW English is not my native tongue but that of Graupner, so please be so kind as to forgive occasional slips. And I do wear glasses. Maybe I need period spectacles…
@@Daniel.W.Bridge… most of the strings use Tourte bows, they all appear to have metal strings and the flute is Boehm system. That is not 18th c by any stretch of imagination. And they play at 440 Hz. So there is no attempt at all to capture the specific sounds that Graupner had in mind.
@@Daniel.W.Bridge … did you look at the score? It clearly calls for the two soloists, two violins, viola, fagoto and cembalo. No celli, no violone. So if it wouldn’t be a modern Heckel type bassoon it would be utterly drowned out. So would be a historically correct flute and vda. The real piece as written is a much more intimate and subtle thing, nothing for a church. I am only asking for werktreue, in my experience it leads to the best results.
To me your post is rude, as I wrote, neglecting the beauty of the music and the fabulous commitment of these guys, to whom only your gratitude should go, you went for a capricious and inane comment.
Great piece and well played. I wondered about the apparent dichotomy between the Viola d'amore and the Boehm flute. A lot of effort was made to resurrect this piece of music ... it wouldn't be heard unless someone found the Viola d'amore. Bravo for that. But why then use a flute from the wrong period? Just because it's made of wood doesn't make it appropriate for the music. I wonder how the decision came to be made to go ahead with this?
This concerto performance is part of a full documentary film celebrating the life and music of Christoph Graupner. Part of the intention of the film was to show that this music can be successfully presented by modern instruments while observing many aspects of period performance practice. The viola d'amore was made only four years ago and is set up with metal strings and the "baroque" bow is also new. All the orchestra members are playing modern instruments with metal strings with modern bows. The pitch is A-440. A baroque flute would be at low pitch. The decision to use the modern wooden flute rather than metal was taken purely on the compatibility of its sound with the viola d'amore. Donald Maurice
Donald Maurice - Thank you for the considered reply. And clearly there were circumstances which were not immediately apparent. Thanks for filling me in. As a modern and baroque flutist I am aware of the challenges you faced. Please accept my belated congratulations on the achievement of this video recording.
Cuenta, the young women and men in this film were invited because of their exceptional musical talent. The camera work captures their energy and love of the music beautifully. I am sorry you perceived something else. Did you have no reaction to the music?
@@KiwiPolishMusicreally?! Then why did you make the comment about ‘dying happy’?! I’d get down off that moral highground talking about ‘the music’ - when your other comment reveals all.
Everything about this video is so impressive. The concerto is a true masterpiece of the first order, the orchestra and soloists are just brilliant and the video is really well done. BRAVO!
Bravo !! exlent !!
beautiful music.
Wow. This concerto is amazing. I had never heard it before
Love this. My earliest memory of ensemble were these little kids in traditional woven hand made clothes practicing chamber music with calthusian monks and nuns. The material of their clothes had been done on hand looms. Oddly, they never spoke.
Brilliant Graupner. More Graupner, please. And more great Zelenka, and more "musices instaurator maximus" Cavaliere Alessandro Scarlatti.
Everything about this is top notch, the music, performance and recording. Time for a massive reappraisal of this remarkable composer!
Merci pour la magnifique prestation et nous faire connaître la musique de cet excellent compositeur extrêmement créatif.
Vous êtes FORM-MI-DABLES ! Et tellement heureux de faire de la musique ensemble ! Au fil de vos concerts, vous m'avez réconcilié avec Graupner ... et ce n'était pas gagné ! ;)
Bravo, encore bravo !
Merci beaucoup
Impressive performance! I could also perceive some similar traits of Bach’s “musical offering”.
I have listened to your excellent performance of this wonderful concerto several times and have concluded that it must be one of the finest works by Christoph Graupner and ,indeed, in the German baroque repertoire for orchestra!
Thank you Michael and yes, it is a remarkable work
Imagine how great it actually is, when played properly, on the right instruments on the right pitch!
Fair enough - but it is better to hear this music than not at all ! That is why this performance is of value 😮@@danyelnicholas
Such a nice music 🌷
flute and viola d'amore very good together. het geheel is zeer boeiend en bijzonder !
ik ben hier hier heel verbaasd over . . .
well, speechless always breaks the ice...
fantastico!
Thank you!
I've found the name Graupner by studying Fr. W. Marpurgs "Abhandlung von der Fuge", now I hear the person.
It is great to see these young musicians play with such enthousiam! Bravo! I feel only sorry for the bassoonist. She is playing so well but hardly shown in the video while the camera is resting a little too often on the girls' faces even though they are pretty no doubt.
I would have liked to see more of the bassoonist too and yes, she played beautifully
😮
I can’t believe they are playing this on modern instruments. Why? This music is so incredibly ideomatic….
1) They are not modern at all, they are 1700 style strings, and Graupner was not even 20 year old in the 1700, plus 7:09 maybe you need glasses. 2) the word is not ideomatic, but idiomatic, in any case, on the contrary, His music it's very particular and far-reaching far beyond the canons of the time.
3) From your comment I deduce, or rather I intuit, you are probably the usual nihilistic detractor, who wants to downplay the great Artists, and who perhaps doesn't even believe in the greatness of Art, and focuses in a stupidly meticulous way on trying to find the defects, ( as in this case, in this grandiose work of these good musicians) criticizing the use of the instruments, and in any case, making mistakes in this too.
@@Daniel.W.Bridge why so rude? I am merely a person who loves Graupner and his profoundly idiomatic music. By that I mean he knew a lot about instruments and wrote for very peculiar ensembles that sound amazing when played at the right pitch with the right kind of string, bow, reed, bore, timber etc. BTW English is not my native tongue but that of Graupner, so please be so kind as to forgive occasional slips. And I do wear glasses. Maybe I need period spectacles…
@@Daniel.W.Bridge… most of the strings use Tourte bows, they all appear to have metal strings and the flute is Boehm system. That is not 18th c by any stretch of imagination.
And they play at 440 Hz. So there is no attempt at all to capture the specific sounds that Graupner had in mind.
@@Daniel.W.Bridge … did you look at the score? It clearly calls for the two soloists, two violins, viola, fagoto and cembalo. No celli, no violone. So if it wouldn’t be a modern Heckel type bassoon it would be utterly drowned out. So would be a historically correct flute and vda. The real piece as written is a much more intimate and subtle thing, nothing for a church. I am only asking for werktreue, in my experience it leads to the best results.
To me your post is rude, as I wrote, neglecting the beauty of the music and the fabulous commitment of these guys, to whom only your gratitude should go, you went for a capricious and inane comment.
Oh my God, combination of music and sexuality, beautiful girls and great music. Paradise, pleasure, man and ... death!!!
It's good to die happy
Jeez what a couple of perverts
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Great piece and well played. I wondered about the apparent dichotomy between the Viola d'amore and the Boehm flute. A lot of effort was made to resurrect this piece of music ... it wouldn't be heard unless someone found the Viola d'amore. Bravo for that. But why then use a flute from the wrong period? Just because it's made of wood doesn't make it appropriate for the music. I wonder how the decision came to be made to go ahead with this?
This concerto performance is part of a full documentary film celebrating the life and music of Christoph Graupner. Part of the intention of the film was to show that this music can be successfully presented by modern instruments while observing many aspects of period performance practice. The viola d'amore was made only four years ago and is set up with metal strings and the "baroque" bow is also new. All the orchestra members are playing modern instruments with metal strings with modern bows. The pitch is A-440. A baroque flute would be at low pitch. The decision to use the modern wooden flute rather than metal was taken purely on the compatibility of its sound with the viola d'amore. Donald Maurice
Donald Maurice - Thank you for the considered reply. And clearly there were circumstances which were not immediately apparent. Thanks for filling me in. As a modern and baroque flutist I am aware of the challenges you faced. Please accept my belated congratulations on the achievement of this video recording.
Graupner is based! There's no composer more deserving of usurping Bach's legacy than he.
I think I agree, this in insanely great
i don't like that the camara focuses so much the youg women as desire objects
Cuenta, the young women and men in this film were invited because of their exceptional musical talent. The camera work captures their energy and love of the music beautifully. I am sorry you perceived something else. Did you have no reaction to the music?
Most of the players are women!
Did you hear their playing?
yes, they are desirable, much so. what is wrong with that? men fine women desirable. Oh my god. The are very talented which makes them even more so
You can`t avoid this, if you have 13 young women and only two men in the orchestra🙂
@@KiwiPolishMusicreally?! Then why did you make the comment about ‘dying happy’?! I’d get down off that moral highground talking about ‘the music’ - when your other comment reveals all.