Johann Sebastian Bach: The Fifth Evangelist | Music Documentary (Bachfest Leipzig 2013)

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  • A homage to Johann Sebastian Bach, the composer of the Christian message: the music documentary Vita Christi-Bach, the Fifth Evangelist was produced for the 2013 Bach Festival Leipzig. With the theme, "Vita Christi", that year's edition of the festival retold the life of Jesus Christ in oratorios, masses and cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach and composers close to him. Peter Schlögl's music documentary highlights the festival program, shows rehearsals and concert excerpts and hears from musicians and Bach experts.
    Years later, the timeless quality of this documentary is still evident. Not only does it provide insight into the authentic places where Johann Sebastian Bach worked, it also convincingly conveys the motives of the important Baroque composer. Bach was a Christian composer, who placed himself and his work entirely at the service of God. His compositions retell the life of Jesus Christ as if they were one of the four Gospels of the New Testament. This is why Bach is referred to as the “Fifth Evangelist.”
    At a glance:
    (00:00) Introduction: The legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach
    (00:59) The Bachfest Leipzig 2013 "Vita Christi" retold the life of Jesus Christ in music, in oratorios, masses and cantatas
    (00:59) Music excerpt: J.S. Bach: Chorus "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" (from the Cantata "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme", BWV 140) | St. Thomas Choir & Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Georg Christoph Biller (conductor)
    (02:32) Statements from festival visitors
    (02:53) Biography: Bach comes to Leipzig
    (03:30) Stefan Altner, Managing Director of the St. Thomas Choir Leipzig: Bach is the origin of most of today's music
    (03:56) Pianist & composer Ketil Bjørnstad improvises on Bach's music and reflects on its existential content
    (06:51) Biography: Bach's work in Leipzig
    (07:38) Christoph Wolff, Director of the Bach Archive Leipzig: How Bach directed the St. Thomas Choir
    (08:19) History of the St. Thomas Choir
    (08:50) Georg Christoph Biller, Musical Director of the St. Thomas Choir: It is the St Thomas's Choir’s responsibility to regularly perform works by Johann Sebastian Bach
    (09:17) Rehearsal: J.S. Bach: "Cum Sancto Spiritu" (from the Mass in B minor, BWV 232) | St. Thomas Choir, Georg Christoph Biller (conductor)
    (10:28) Georg Christoph Biller, Musical Director of the St. Thomas Choir: The Mass in B minor is an expression of Bach's skill and thinking
    (10:49) Christoph Wolff, Director of the Bach Archive Leipzig: The Kyrie and Gloria set an incomparable final accent in the Mass in B minor
    (11:47) Christoph Wolff, Director of the Bach Archive Leipzig: The Credo of the Mass in B minor is a short summary of the life of Christ and the story of salvation
    (12:05) The theological significance of Bach and the spirituality of his music
    (12:47) Stefan Altner, Managing Director of the St. Thomas Choir: Bach's music not only appeals to the intellect but also touches people emotionally
    (13:05) Bach as a Lutheran composer
    (13:22) Christoph Wolff, Director of the Bach Archive Leipzig: During Bach's lifetime, Protestant church music was of immense importance
    (14:02) Bach's deep religiousness
    (14:21) Helmut Loos, Musicologist: Bach made music at the service of God
    (14:45) Bach's work at the St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig
    (15:31) Rehearsal: J.S. Bach: Sinfonia (from the Cantata "Christ lag in Todesbanden", BWV 4) | Chamber Choir & Hofkapelle Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius (conductor)
    (16:22) Frieder Bernius, conductor Chamber Choir Stuttgart: Bach's music convincingly conveys the Christian message
    (17:02) Rehearsal: J. S. Bach: Aria "Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn" (from the Cantata "Christ lag in Todesbanden", BWV 4) | Andreas Weller (tenor), Hofkapelle Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius (conductor)
    (19:03) Bach is the” fifth evangelist,” because his works retell the Christian story of salvation
    (19:25) Helmut Loos, Musicologist: Bach's music is proclamation-and deliberately elaborate proclamation at that
    (19:50) Rehearsal: J.S. Bach: Chorus "Es war ein wunderlicher Krieg" (from the Cantata "Christ lag in Todesbanden", BWV 4) | Chamber Choir Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius (conductor)
    (22:01) The Leipzig Chamber Choir Josquin des Préz presents a program with music from Bach's circle, including by Johann Kuhnau, who was musical director of the St. Thomas Choir before Johann Sebastian Bach
    (22:40) Christoph Wolff, Director of the Bach Archive Leipzig: Bach was influenced by Kuhnau
    (22:58) Music excerpt: Johann Kuhnau: Motet "Tristis est anima mea" (Sad is my soul) | Chamber Choir Josquin des Préz, Ludwig Böhme (conductor)
    (23:53) Ludwig Böhme, conductor Chamber Choir Josquin des Préz: The Bach Festival is like home to him, and Bach is simply the greatest composer
    (25:15) Bach was a sensuous man, a humble medieval craftsman who worked to honor God
    © Deutsche Welle 2013
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 233

  • @badiarov
    @badiarov 6 місяців тому +13

    Picture this (someone who grew up in communist Leipzig, might as well imagine it). Nalchik, Soviet Union, 1974. A long, dark green-painted corridor lit with just two lamps, giving off a weak yellowish light. There were two windows, one at each end, and dozens of doors on either side of the corridor. This corridor was home to some 50 or more families, with a single kitchen shared by all, and just one toilet. There were no showers, rooms lacked running water. Behind each of those doors, you could hear music - for this was the local theater's dormitory where my family lived in a tiny room for 10 years. Music (and cockroaches) were abundant.
    Next to the window, at one door, you'd find a 5-year-old boy, breathless, leaning with his ear pressed to the keyhole. Heavenly sounds of a violin flowed through the keyhole. It was a stark contrast to the surrounding environment, almost like a scene from a movie. The boy in that moment was me, but the details are minor.
    Eight years later, at the age of 15, I moved to St. Petersburg. There, I saw a music shop for the first time in my life. I picked up a book - J.S. Bach, Sonatas and Partitas. 'What is this? I've never heard of it.' I brought it home and started playing it on the violin. It was then that I realized that this was the music my professor had been playing all those years, a secret I hadn't dared to inquire about. I believed that music so perfect could only have been created by him.
    However, I knew I wanted to become a musician, to immerse myself in that world, and to share that better world with people. Life isn't a bowl of cherries, as one saying goes, but it is the music of Bach that gave me the power to do what most deemed impossible, risky, or downright dangerous. It guided me to where I am today. I think others might also want to listen to Bach and find that otherworldly, spiritual power to achieve their desires. Thank you for creating this beautiful video.

    • @DWClassicalMusic
      @DWClassicalMusic  6 місяців тому

      Thank you for sharing your personal memories with us and our community. It means a lot.

  • @peteacher52
    @peteacher52 Рік тому +143

    As a little boy in the early 50s, I just "knew" that the music of Bach and Handel (and later, Purcell) when I heard snippets on the radio or at church, was 'proper' music. Then in 1962 aged 15, while my friends were into the popular singers of the day, I bought an LP of Cochereau playing Bach at Notre Dame with birthday present monies! I still have it.

    • @mercoid
      @mercoid Рік тому +11

      An almost identical music appreciation path to mine occurring in and about 1983 when I was 17.

    • @jeffreyadams648
      @jeffreyadams648 Рік тому +2

      Purcell. Maybe one day at Bach’s equal?

    • @ChefmusicianNervo-ht3jl
      @ChefmusicianNervo-ht3jl Рік тому +3

      ​@@jeffreyadams648 no, Henry Purcell was before Bach

    • @shannondelima3028
      @shannondelima3028 Місяць тому

      I just turned 40 two weeks ago and for my birthday I went to an antique mall to buy myself "presents"...I found, on vinyl, bach's double violin concerto, tocata and fugue in Dm, Mozart's 40th in G, Gregorian Chants (recorded from actual monks during services) and Moody Blues in Search of the lost chord ❤. I feel like this haul was the best gift ever, and if I want to be corny, a gift that will keep on giving, but there is nothing like classical music to fit that description more perfectly.

  • @manoelnt0
    @manoelnt0 2 місяці тому +11

    Bach bestowed upon us an immense gift: the kind of music that God might request the angels to play for Him. Bach is the greatest composer.

  • @mencken8
    @mencken8 Рік тому +19

    Endlessly performed, analyzed, celebrated, loved….and yet remaining a towering enigma.

  • @MrYuryZ
    @MrYuryZ Рік тому +78

    J.S. Bach to me is more than just a composer. It's true that he is 5th Evangelist. And his music is more than just a music but like a language through which God conveys His message. I can't stop listening to his music since I've discovered his Sublime Beauty, Peace and hormony. Even started to learn to play keyboard because of his music. I am sure the World would be the better place if we all listen to His Music. Anyway, thank you for this documentary and may God bless DW Team and theirs loved ones.

    • @aarontham1079
      @aarontham1079 Рік тому

      Bach is not and prophet Isaiah is the fifth evangelist who prophesized the coming of the Messiah.

    • @ezequielstepanenko3229
      @ezequielstepanenko3229 Рік тому +1

      I also bought a piano because of Bach, though I might never be good enough to play his music

    • @aarontham1079
      @aarontham1079 Рік тому +2

      @@ezequielstepanenko3229 If you are not trying hard then you already signed your own death warrant which means you will never make it. You already pronounce judgment upon yourself by giving up hope. Bach compositions have many different levels ranging from the easiest to the most difficult. There will be something you can learn and play well. Not everyone is going to be a concert performer. To be a successful musician it requires four important prerequisites namely hard work, talent, good teacher and opportunity. You need to more patient to get results and not easily give up without trying harder.

    • @BobbyL5757
      @BobbyL5757 Рік тому +4

      Well said.

    • @ADUAquascaping
      @ADUAquascaping Рік тому +5

      @Invité Oh yeah because hip hop and rock are the height of musicality and humanity hahahahahaha. They all are subpar compared to Bach

  • @oludotunjohnshowemimo434
    @oludotunjohnshowemimo434 11 місяців тому +6

    Bach was indeed very busy, music teacher for private and public students, composing cantatas every week for Sunday services at most of the churches as well as composing music for major events in the town. He was essentially the DJ of Leipzig,

  • @Luboman411
    @Luboman411 Рік тому +13

    I fell in love with Bach as a teenager. I remember precisely when--I was flipping through channels when I was 13, bored, and then landed on this public broadcast channel. The first movement of Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 was playing with these ethereal anime paintings shown on the screen. I was discovering anime at the time, so I stopped to view the paintings. But soon the music really caught my fancy and my attention was drawn to that rather than the visuals. I was totally struck at how wonderfully sonorous and beautiful it was--like the finest balance of melody, harmony and chords coming together. Nothing more or nothing less. I then vowed to procure a CD of the Brandenburg Concertos. And I've been completely hooked ever since.

    • @Musicienne-DAB1995
      @Musicienne-DAB1995 Місяць тому +1

      'like the finest balance of melody, harmony and chords coming together'- you put it perfectly!

  • @jamescottone9882
    @jamescottone9882 Рік тому +10

    The first time I encountered Bach was singing the Magnificat in high school choir. We sang 2 or 3 movements of it. I LOVED it.

  • @OUTBOUND184
    @OUTBOUND184 11 місяців тому +14

    The greatest miracle in all music

  • @barney6888
    @barney6888 8 місяців тому +5

    Stefan Altner is correct. Foundation is the word. Bach's music is the foundation of all western music. It gives glory to God.

  • @tomarmstrong1281
    @tomarmstrong1281 Рік тому +22

    Vibrations in the air, transcending time, and continents, and national language. Full of meaning and emotion. As fresh and as relevant as the day Johan gave them birth. No other forms of expression has touched the heart of so many to the same extent. Nothing short of miraculous.

  • @andreasisenberg8700
    @andreasisenberg8700 Рік тому +15

    Very nice documentary. I didn't know about the Bachfest Leipzig and just decided I will travel there and partake in one of those wonderful festivals, like a kind of pilgrimage every true lover of JSB has to do once in his life.

    • @DWClassicalMusic
      @DWClassicalMusic  Рік тому +4

      We're glad you liked the video! Thank your for watching and enjoy Leipzig 😊

    • @voraciousreader3341
      @voraciousreader3341 Рік тому

      “…..like a kind of pilgrimage every true lover of JSB has to do once in [his/her] life”?? Well, thank you for telling me I’ll never be a true lover of Bach, because that’s something I’ll never be able to do! Of course, it doesn’t appear to matter that I’ve loved singing his chorales (hymns) in church since I was 7, and undertook major study of his history, compositional forms, and repertoire as a university student, and performed his music by singing and playing the flute and organ for 30 years. I just love it when people make universal pronouncements for the human race! _NOT!_

  • @BobbyL5757
    @BobbyL5757 Рік тому +9

    I've been calling Bach the 5th evangelist for decades. Thank you for posting this.

    • @DWClassicalMusic
      @DWClassicalMusic  Рік тому +1

      😊

    • @rlkinnard
      @rlkinnard Рік тому +1

      You were not the first.

    • @BobbyL5757
      @BobbyL5757 Рік тому +2

      @@rlkinnard I can't remember where I co-opted it from it was so long ago. Maybe Albert Schweitzer?

  • @longhaulblue
    @longhaulblue Рік тому +6

    Thank you for a lovely video. It brought back memories. I made my Bach pilgrimage on my birthday a few years ago. Ein Fahrradtour. Riding through all the towns he lived in, starting in Eisenach, and ending in Leipzig where I attended the weekend concert at St. Thomas. I was moved to tears. Grateful I was able to be there, to hear the music of the composer who means to most to me.

  • @walteralvarezperalta6270
    @walteralvarezperalta6270 Рік тому +18

    Baaaaaaaaachhhh!!!! El mejor de tos, el mejor.cuando muera quiero seguir escuchándole allá en el Paraíso. Saludos desde Lima

  • @Freawulf
    @Freawulf Рік тому +3

    One of the most exciting memories of my life was when I attended Bachfest back in 2019... Can't wait to get back!

  • @jasongotcello
    @jasongotcello Рік тому +20

    Bach is my favorite composer, he values every note and makes every note unique. His music is so soothing and is just out of this world. His ability to write such complicated music is just unmatched. Overall, every one of Bach's compositions is just a masterpiece

  • @missflipz
    @missflipz 7 місяців тому +3

    Glory to God. Amazing ✝️🙏🏼 Being a Born Again Christian (but not Catholic) I do love his music 🎶 and how he used his gift to praise God.

  • @carloshumbertocacaofiguero7556
    @carloshumbertocacaofiguero7556 6 місяців тому +2

    Mi señor padre fue quien me dio a conocer la hermosa música de Bach, cuando a la edad de 12 años, me compró un cd con 4 de los 6 conciertos de Brandenburgo. Fue algo impactante para mí, como si escuchara un idioma completamente nuevo. No exagero que lo escuché miles de veces y llegó a representar una especie de "soundtrack" de mi vida juvenil, y que vivía pensando siempre en las intrincadas armonías, la gran diversidad de instrumentos. Siendo joven, toqué de forma mas bien mediocre 2 de sus bellas suites para laúd en la guitarra clásica. Amo la musica de este genial compositor. Pienso que a través de Bach, el Creador quiso proveer de un hermoso regalo a la humanidad.

  • @lenanielsen5903
    @lenanielsen5903 Рік тому +13

    Bach's music is so beautiful🍃love it
    Wonderful video thank you

    • @642forlife
      @642forlife Рік тому +3

      Yes Lena, I do agree with you one humdred percent, Bach did influence our perception of music so lovely deep. Greetings from Lars

    • @DWClassicalMusic
      @DWClassicalMusic  Рік тому +1

      We're glad you liked it! Thanks for watching 😊

  • @piratessalyx7871
    @piratessalyx7871 10 місяців тому +1

    Bach got it right with the boys sounding like a chorus of angels......With Holy Spirit!!!!! Great job fellas!

  • @Musicienne-DAB1995
    @Musicienne-DAB1995 Місяць тому

    Das war ein wunderbarer Dokumentarfilm. Seh toll gemacht. Danke sehr für dieses Opfer!

  • @brunosampaio2399
    @brunosampaio2399 Рік тому +4

    Made me want to go to Leipzig and enjoy all that beauty.

  • @colleencupido5125
    @colleencupido5125 Рік тому +13

    Bach brought the feelings of Bliss and Sadness combined in a way no one else has. His work is also influenced by Italian Baroque melody, as he copied out and adapted Vivaldi frequently. It was commonly said during World War II "There are no atheists in foxholes"- whether that is true or not, one only has to listen to JS Bach's music to realize he was tapping into something as cosmic as the Milky Way- my own view is Bach believed he was communicating with the Maker of the Milky Way. Finally, in a world of 20th Century and 21st Century where one is taught in schools "why" one should love modern music at it's most cacophonous level- most who hear Bach, even initially, do not have to be "taught" why to like his music. In the world today where much Baroque music has been pushed off the road- JS Bach speaks to the soul of those who truly love music as it has been defined for thousands of years. Thanks for this mini-documentary- the visuals were wonderful. Those wishing to go further MIGHT look into Robert Greenberg's 32 lecture course on Bach- available quite reasonably on eBay. That course did help me learn just WHY I loved Bach's music so

    • @Ivan_1791
      @Ivan_1791 Рік тому

      You should check the 2nd movement of Ravel's piano concerto in G major, it has a similar feeling of bliss and sadness at the same time.

  • @warrenbrewin950
    @warrenbrewin950 7 місяців тому +5

    It's very sad to me that his music is not played on the radio and on television. How can one feel anything but joy when listening to Bach.

  • @alvarogarciabarbosa3199
    @alvarogarciabarbosa3199 Рік тому +19

    Desde hace varios años yo le he dado un nombre a este genio inconmensurable: Unser Vater J.S. Bach. Nuestro padre, Our father, Il nostro padre, Notre père Johann Sebastian Bach. Tengo su obra completa. No hay duda, para mí, que es el Auténtico Padre de la Música.

  • @lucyaguilaochoa7013
    @lucyaguilaochoa7013 Рік тому +8

    Yo soy mùsica también concertista em camto soprana y mezzopsoprana de la ESCUELA NACIONAL de MÙSICA de la UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÒMOMA DE MÉXICO he
    Disfrutado tanto éste video,

  • @Artist_Aejoo
    @Artist_Aejoo Рік тому +3

    기다리고 있었습니다~♡
    아름다운 음악 올려주셔
    오늘도 감사합니다♡

  • @GardenerTobak
    @GardenerTobak Рік тому +5

    Thank you for having a voice over in english. It is harder to read the subtitles on my phone and I much prefer just being able to hear the translation and concentrate on the beautiful sound, so this is very well done.

    • @DWClassicalMusic
      @DWClassicalMusic  Рік тому

      Thanks for your feedback, we're glad you liked it! 😊

  • @Stefan_G.
    @Stefan_G. Рік тому +8

    Schöne Dokumentation. Gerne mehr davon. War richtig interessant und hat Spaß gemacht, zu schauen.

  • @lenintoledo4770
    @lenintoledo4770 Рік тому +7

    Es simplemente Hermoso!

  • @danielalaura5973
    @danielalaura5973 Рік тому +15

    Bach...moja ljubav!❤️❤️❤️

    • @kneza96BG
      @kneza96BG Рік тому +4

      Tako je Daniela, Bah je najveca ljubav u muzici ❤

    • @ettoregelli6834
      @ettoregelli6834 8 місяців тому

      YOU are great DANIELA !!!

    • @danielalaura5973
      @danielalaura5973 8 місяців тому

      @@ettoregelli6834 🍀❤️

  • @joshuajaimes121
    @joshuajaimes121 Рік тому +4

    Excelent documentary! Well done! Bravo 👏

  • @craigsolomon4783
    @craigsolomon4783 22 дні тому

    JSBach was a composer who lived in the seen/unseen worlds seamlessly.

  • @ricardoarseniotoribio4321
    @ricardoarseniotoribio4321 Рік тому +10

    He escuchado música de todos los rincones y esquinas de la tierra y cuando escucha a Bach es como si regresara a mi casa de donde ya no quiero salir. pues el me lleva d e paseo por todo el universo y me regresa siendo un hombre nuevo alegre y agradecido. Gracias, Gracias Gracias.

  • @Fernando-b-sdnmo
    @Fernando-b-sdnmo 10 місяців тому +5

    La música de Bach es una maravilla trascendental.. Mis canales favoritos con música de Bach son Bach netherland society y el canal Bachstifung (este es especial de solo cantaras completas) una maravilla musical qué perdurará para siempre ...

  • @jeisondominguez3114
    @jeisondominguez3114 Рік тому +1

    A wonderful gift for humanity: Bach's músic, the basis of western music development.

  • @faiths.4472
    @faiths.4472 Рік тому +4

    Wonderful documentation!

  • @NewVoiceMMI
    @NewVoiceMMI Рік тому +32

    Bach, my most favorite composer. I am deeply moved by his signature, SDG (Soli Deo Gloria - Glory to God alone). Did he know his works would be raised as 5th Gospel? Maybe not. Yet God raised his humble servant. SDG, Amen.

    • @aarontham1079
      @aarontham1079 Рік тому +2

      Bach only repeated God's salvation plan from others. The most qualified person to be the fifth evangelist is Isaiah. One needs to study sacred scriptures closely and discover Isaiah is the perfect candidate. Isaiah was a prophet who prophesized the coming of the Messiah. If Bach was the fifth evangelist, what about Handel who wrote the Messiah? Both were great composers who put the biblical messages to music.

    • @annep.1905
      @annep.1905 Рік тому

      @@aarontham1079 I guess Handel was the 6th, or 7th evangelist, then. 😉

    • @aarontham1079
      @aarontham1079 Рік тому

      @@annep.1905 If that is the case, then all believers are evangelists. Bach still would not qualify to be the fifth. You have forgotten there were other Apostles especially Paul and his other fellow Christians brothers who were preachers of the Gospel and martyrs who died for their faith.

    • @annep.1905
      @annep.1905 Рік тому +2

      @@aarontham1079 I haven't forgotten anything. The point is that Bach left a legacy dedicated to God which has reached throughout the entire world. Naming him "the fifth evangelist" is just a tribute to his work and devotion to God, and his musical retelling of the Life of Christ, taken from the works of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

    • @aarontham1079
      @aarontham1079 Рік тому

      @@annep.1905 There are many others who have died leaving faith legacies who are not necessary composers, and they were also martyrs and had seen Jesus such as the Apostles. We have to understand why the first four books of the New Testament known as the Four Gospels are selected, and the authors are named Evangelists. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John Gospels portrayed Jesus in different perspectives. For instance, Matthew affirmed the genealogy of Jesus while John affirmed the Divinity of Christ and so forth. As I have mentioned earlier Isaiah would be the fifth evangelist because his message prophesized Jesus the coming of the Messiah. Today we have many people who evangelize, and their messages are just reiteration of the past Gospel writers' messages. By the way not all gospels are considered divinely inspired as in the books of Thomas, Mary Magdalene and others. If you choose to name Bach, then you need to name others and there are many others who did more before him. Hence, Bach will never be the fifth evangelist. I would consider him one of the many evangelists in the world. We run into playing favoritism just because others are aware of Bach's faith musical contributions. Has one investigated into the works of other saints who are not commonly known? If not, we become partial in our judgment.

  • @trod1772
    @trod1772 9 днів тому

    Wow! Can you imagine the music he could make today!!!

  • @TheAlibashir
    @TheAlibashir Рік тому

    I started the video and I thought maybe I wouldn't finish it, but here I am. Absolute class👌🏾

  • @sitrakaforler8696
    @sitrakaforler8696 Рік тому +1

    The title of this video is indeed perfect!

  • @capmidnite
    @capmidnite Рік тому +6

    Of the over 300 cantatas Bach composed, about 100 are lost forever.

    • @marcraider
      @marcraider Рік тому +4

      that's very sad, I hope some of them will be recovered somehow.

    • @capmidnite
      @capmidnite Рік тому +2

      @@marcraider Never know, maybe hidden away in an attic somewhere in Germany.

  • @jandirpassos5327
    @jandirpassos5327 Рік тому +1

    Wonderful documentation!!

  • @guitzanin
    @guitzanin Рік тому

    Beautiful, thanks!

  • @jeanwinner8862
    @jeanwinner8862 Рік тому +1

    I really appreciate your excellent work on filiming this wonderful documentary. It's a blessing that I could find your channel haha. Gives me thrills just to plan to watch other documentaries you've been offering one by one!

    • @DWClassicalMusic
      @DWClassicalMusic  Рік тому +1

      We're glad you liked it! Thanks for watching and stay tuned 😊

  • @Tim_Weaver
    @Tim_Weaver Рік тому +2

    Great little documentary, thank you for sharing👍

  • @agustinpastorino5988
    @agustinpastorino5988 Рік тому

    Gracias.

  • @jubeltr
    @jubeltr Рік тому +3

    Bach: el padre de la música 🎶....Colombia.

  • @davidkool5131
    @davidkool5131 8 місяців тому +1

    Bach is the father of classical music! He is genius! Absolutely no comparison until this day! Perfect gift from God! Just listen to one of his composition G string- "Air" it's pure tranquility and pacification vibe heavenly sound👍🏼🙌🙏✨

  • @apoteose9
    @apoteose9 Рік тому +1

    How happy I am to be watching this documentary. It's great to touch people's souls like this, congratulations to the creators, congratulations on rescuing this immense legacy! And let us follow Bach, let us follow the voices of the perfect sonances of love and the virtues of harmony.

  • @corintomartins5823
    @corintomartins5823 8 місяців тому

    Ótimo.

  • @FighterFred
    @FighterFred 7 місяців тому

    Bach is the father I never had, until the end.

  • @airisviels_historical_story
    @airisviels_historical_story 5 місяців тому

    Nice✨

  • @sreenathjohnsonsaysnotolgbtq

    GOD BLESS THESE MEN.

  • @user-xb8sx5jw3t
    @user-xb8sx5jw3t Рік тому +2

    素晴らしい美しい音色ですね。

  • @supersmart671
    @supersmart671 11 місяців тому +1

    Soli De Gloria.....

  • @izzyci
    @izzyci Рік тому +4

    the only thing that would ever make me Christian is Bach's music

    • @biomuseum6645
      @biomuseum6645 Рік тому

      no, you can't make something true just by adding it a nice melody

    • @hasmikgharapetabadian3349
      @hasmikgharapetabadian3349 Рік тому

      @bio museum
      The Chrisian message is the truth about God. Not official "churches" or denominations but Christ Himself is giving us the true knowledge about God.
      It takes years to study the Bible and understand God - so if you've spent a few hours reading it and didn't really get everything or anything it does not mean Christ is not telling you (us) the truth.
      Be blessed !

    • @izzyci
      @izzyci Рік тому +1

      @@biomuseum6645 I disagree, Bach's music has moved me like nothing else and Bach's music is decidedly christian so one wonders . . .

    • @dunn0m4n35
      @dunn0m4n35 Рік тому

      @@biomuseum6645 I'm an atheist and you completely misunderstood his/her point.

    • @riverstun
      @riverstun Рік тому

      @@hasmikgharapetabadian3349 So you say. But the other guy next to you wants me to worship a different god.

  • @litoboy5
    @litoboy5 Рік тому +4

    The GREAT MASTER

  • @Ivan_1791
    @Ivan_1791 Рік тому

    Bach is simply the best.

  • @fulgenjbatista4640
    @fulgenjbatista4640 Рік тому +1

    🕊🌟🕊
    This is
    ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL
    🙏💜🙏
    💜🎵💜

  • @hja1891
    @hja1891 Рік тому +4

    Dieser tolle Film bringt uns Bach näher aber er vergisst zu erwähnen ,dass Bach auch wunderbare weltliche Musik geschrieben hat. Wichtig zu wissen oder ?
    Ähnlich wie bei der Ode wo meist nur von Beethoven gesprochen wird, nicht ,dass er... sehr... von Schiller inspiriert wurde .

    • @annep.1905
      @annep.1905 Рік тому +1

      Aber Bach auf alles seine Musik schreibt: Soli Deo Gloria. Alles, weltliche oder nichts.

  • @douglasdickerson5184
    @douglasdickerson5184 Рік тому +1

    💙💙💙

  • @lancecorporal7605
    @lancecorporal7605 Рік тому

    Bach is the greatest.

  • @lesliecunliffe4450
    @lesliecunliffe4450 Рік тому +1

    The D W team, unlike most contemporary Christians in the US and other western cultures, understands that embodying culture and the appropriate craft skills and metaphors for living is the core from which to build a real conservative future. Such a project is exemplified in the legacy of western culture: the emphasis on deep and deliberate learning that is now known as the ten-year rule of expert performance, which parallels Paul's emphasis on sanctification as a process of becoming Christ-like. Aristotle believed that we become what we repeatedly do, thus making attaining good habits the engine room for driving epistemic, creative, and intellectual virtue. Jordan Peterson provides an illuminating insight into the importance of craft in shaping the hierarchy of competence by highlighting Christ's own apprenticeship in carpentry. Such deliberately learned craft skills would have been open to view to those who lived in the same area as Jesus. It's unlikely he would have been taken seriously if he had done dodgy carpentry. By extension, Christians, who are prone to have a Platonic understanding of the body and thus perpetuate the body/soul dualism, not to mention an obsession with eschatology and the associated acceptance of cultural decline, prioritise harvesting souls at the expense of seeing persons as embodying craft in an endeavour to glorify God across all cultural practices. Bach's musical craft and legacy is the best example of such an endeavour. To quote Martin Luther: " If Christ were to return tomorrow I would still plant my apple tree today."

  • @harryjoseph1802
    @harryjoseph1802 Рік тому +2

    BACH is to music what ACTG is to Life! Q.E.D

  • @thomasakerberg6765
    @thomasakerberg6765 Рік тому

    I´m an atheist.. and have listen to Bach literally thousands of hours! His works are quite well familiar to me, especially "The Well Tempered Clavier".. I could live without his music but with less bliss!

  • @ehggthrthrt
    @ehggthrthrt 3 місяці тому

    Bach the great

  • @peterburandt4586
    @peterburandt4586 Рік тому

    I love the topic and appreciate your celebration of Bach..., but EQ, guys... EQ!

  • @2010calvino
    @2010calvino Рік тому

    Les pido por favor a la DW Classical Music una traduccción al español de este extraordinario documental, saludos

    • @DWClassicalMusic
      @DWClassicalMusic  Рік тому

      We are very sorry, but unfortunately we lack the capacity for that: we are only a very small team... We hope you still find something you like on our channel. Best from Berlin!

  • @valtergilenardi2639
    @valtergilenardi2639 Рік тому

    Bach is The Compositor to the Universal Humanity ... Soli Deo Gloria ...Onore al grande Kappellmeister di Lipsia

  • @ivanignacio2353
    @ivanignacio2353 8 місяців тому

    what is the name of the song on 1:00?

    • @zaggy3110
      @zaggy3110 6 місяців тому +1

      Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 140 -

    • @ivanignacio2353
      @ivanignacio2353 6 місяців тому

      thanks!!! @@zaggy3110

  • @shiralikerim1781
    @shiralikerim1781 Рік тому

    👏👏👏

  • @ettoregelli6834
    @ettoregelli6834 8 місяців тому

    JSB was, Is and Will Be the greatest mistery of humanity

  • @RafikCezanneTV
    @RafikCezanneTV Рік тому +7

    If you took away all the music in the world, Bach would suffice.

  • @brd55
    @brd55 5 місяців тому

    Great documentary on Bach! Is there a complete recording of Bach's Cantata 4, in this performance we hear here: ''(17:02) Rehearsal: J. S. Bach: Aria "Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn" (from the Cantata "Christ lag in Todesbanden", BWV 4) | Andreas Weller (tenor), Hofkapelle Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius (conductor) ''?? I would love to have it!

  •  Рік тому

    keep doing stuff on Bach, and some Händel, please, his German roots...

  • @stephanebelizaire3627
    @stephanebelizaire3627 Місяць тому +1

    Vivat Herr J.S.Bach !

  • @atomicpiano
    @atomicpiano Рік тому +1

    He's Him

  • @arthurschieck
    @arthurschieck 5 місяців тому

    Foi uma fuga de Bach, sicut locutus est, que mudou minha vida para sempre. Quando contei a minha mãe que estávamos cantando uma fuga no coral ela me levou a sala e colocou o CD de Karl Richter, Mathaus Passion. Naquele momento um mundo se abriu.

    • @DWClassicalMusic
      @DWClassicalMusic  5 місяців тому

      Thank you for your comment. If possible, please comment in English next time so that more people can follow the discussion. All the best!

  • @thomasgelotte2425
    @thomasgelotte2425 Рік тому

    Lovely. Can anybody please help me identify the piece of music at 12:30 - 12:45?

  • @qiweihuang5236
    @qiweihuang5236 Рік тому

    I hope to keep a list of all songs played and when it begins, can anyone help here:

  • @rd40082
    @rd40082 Рік тому

    In some part of the documentary it is said that Bach created such a great music because he Washington a man of faith. However I think he created the music that we know because he was a man with a unique talent. There are many religious musicians that Will never get Bach talent

  • @paraguaydreams8115
    @paraguaydreams8115 28 днів тому

    15:08 Luckily I found the part of this "Kantate"

  • @lorenzley1324
    @lorenzley1324 Рік тому +2

    Bach is the beginning and end of everything that we can call music.

    • @voraciousreader3341
      @voraciousreader3341 Рік тому

      Well, as is the case with most broad generalizations, what you say just isn’t true. Without the development of Western music that came before Bach, there is no way he would have been the composer he was. He is acknowledged as the most influential composer in Western music for those who came after him, and I totally believe that’s true, but there are hundreds of years of important musical development which happened before Bach, and to ignore that influence will lead to many wrong assumptions.

  • @alanbash2921
    @alanbash2921 Рік тому +1

    The King .

  • @edgarvalderrama1143
    @edgarvalderrama1143 10 місяців тому

    Bach is all the "church" this atheist needs.
    I even shed real tears at the loss of his savior!

  • @anschn7166
    @anschn7166 4 місяці тому

    Emil Cioran - 'If there is anyone who owes everything to Bach, it is certainly God.'

  • @Wolfgang1782
    @Wolfgang1782 2 місяці тому

    You do not have to understand the harmonic undulations of Bach in order to be affected by them. His balance of modulation and melody will stimulate anyone with a musical sensibility. A musician draws from Bach what they require for their own purposes (e.g. for a composer) because his music is objectively infallible.

  • @rishmamahajan2447
    @rishmamahajan2447 Рік тому

    Feund how can you....my Lil friends are alone.....

  • @donotcare330
    @donotcare330 21 день тому

    and you all left off the most important part of Bach music. THE ORGAN.

  • @samueljimenez1
    @samueljimenez1 Рік тому

    Wunderbach. Bach soll ich jetzt kennenlernen.

  • @williamsackelariou1860
    @williamsackelariou1860 11 місяців тому

    I agree totally with your main premiss Put simply Bach loved his Religion Many thanks

  • @dmclasic
    @dmclasic Рік тому

    Hi can someone pls tell me what is the name of the first piece of the video

    • @DWClassicalMusic
      @DWClassicalMusic  Рік тому

      Sure: It is: J.S. Bach: Chorus "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" (from the Cantata "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme", BWV 140) | St. Thomas Choir & Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Georg Christoph Biller (conductor) 😊

  • @jrkribfkfkr2903
    @jrkribfkfkr2903 Рік тому

    🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄♥️

  • @solinvictus6587
    @solinvictus6587 Рік тому +1

    As the writer Péter Esterházy wrote once: "God, being unmusical, sent Bach to the Earth in his place"

  • @tahaouhabi3520
    @tahaouhabi3520 Рік тому

    7:40 imagine getting woken up by Bach himself 🤯

  • @nlisinski
    @nlisinski Рік тому

    What is the piece that begins at 6:51

    • @DWClassicalMusic
      @DWClassicalMusic  Рік тому

      It is Bach's Kantate BWV 172 "Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten!", Arie: Heiligste Dreieinigkeit 😊

  • @jmcallion2071
    @jmcallion2071 Рік тому

    Listen, Oh Leipzig and world, to the Voice of God and submit to Divine Love!

  • @rillloudmother
    @rillloudmother Рік тому

    As long as you doesn't call him the parallel fifth evangelist....
    I'll be here all week, try the chicken!