Bach - Concerto in A minor BWV 593 - Smits | Netherlands Bach Society
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- The Concerto in A minor, performed by Reitze Smits for All of Bach, is based on a concerto by Vivaldi. Although Bach never lived outside Germany, he was still well aware of what was happening in the music world abroad. When Vivaldi’s volume of revolutionary new concertos L’estro armonico was published in Amsterdam in 1711, it was not long before Bach got a look at it.
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Reitze Smits, organist
Organ: Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz, 1762
0:07 Allegro
4:08 Adagio
7:37 Allegro
Wow.... Amazing!
……how do you have a 2 year old comment on an 8 hour old video….
@@hiera1917 Unlisted video
@@hiera1917 because Bach is timeless
@@hiera1917 Most videos are available on their website and are released later.
Un these times of nightmares, Bach Society uplifts our souls.The organist just superb,thank you!
Why are these "nightmare times"? I keep hearing people saying that. Do you realize we're at the era with the lowest global rate of violence in human history, lowest global rate of poverty and starvation, highest average global quality of life, the peak in all human history of scientific and technological advancement, and lots of other things that makes this the best time to be alive? Sure, a lot of shitty things are going on that need drastic improvement, but that has _always_ been the case throughout history. The news just amplifies it and makes people more aware of it.
The world is descending into darkness and authoritarianism. God help us all!
@Schrodinger
When I hear that, I derive that whoever spoke is either simply ignorant or a religious fundamentalist like a JW who's impatiently waiting for an apocalypse.
So yes, please don't say that. This is the brightest golden age ever (still pretty mediocre at times, I know, but it is!)
@@Schrodinger_ wadiyatalkinabeet
On top of the answers it's Bach's retranscription from VIVALDI
Bach and Vivaldi’s music was touched by God
Vivaldian Bach = Superb
A simply 1st rate top-notch performance...simply stunning!
MERCI et BRAVO à Bach, à Vivaldi … et à l'organiste.
Bach really loved Vivaldi's works, the compination of melody and complexity in these transcriptions are heavenly , definitely the best music ever produced by humans
Oh, stop your "Bach really loved Vivaldi's works"!
Bach wrote keyboard arrangements of concertos by Vivaldi (and other Italians, not just Vivaldi) simply satisfy the then current demand for keyboard arrangements of Italian concertos! He wrote them during his employment as court organist (and later concertmaster) to the co-reigning dukes of Weimar. Keyboard arrangements of Italian concertos were popular in Germany and the Netherlands, and Bach was not the only composer of such arrangements. E.g., Bach's Weimar cousin, J. Walther, also composed keyboard arrangements of Italian concertos.
@@herrickinman9303
Then how do you explain the obvious italian influence in the Brandenberg concertos? Bach's first historian said that it won't be an exaggeration if we said that Vivaldi taught Bach how to think musically .
Vivaldi was one of the most famous composers in his time and his concertos were constantly copied and transcribed , besides , Vivaldi was the one who popularized the concerto form , Allegro - Andante - Allegro for example , and Bach used this form a lot !!
There are many other examples in the composing technique as well , stop your " Bach is god " mentality , I agree that he might be the most genius composer of all time but that doesn't mean he figured everything out from scratch
@@alaaobaid3363 How do I explain it? Simple. In the early 18th century, the Italian concerto with its ritornelli was all the rage in Germany. Many composers in Germany, not just Bach, adopted FEATURES of the Italian concerto STYLE.
Bach was composing masterpieces long before he ever came across a Vivaldi score. So the notion that Vivaldi taught Bach how to think musically is surely an exaggeration, even if Bach himself said it.
Forkel, "Bach's first historian," had very limited knowledge of Vivaldi, so he was hardly in a position to claim "it won't be an exaggeration if we said that Vivaldi taught Bach how to think musically."
Furthermore, Forkel's chronological frame is wrong. He lumps the Vivaldi arrangements together with Bach's studying the music of Frescobaldi, Froberger, Kerll, Pachelbel, Buxtehude, and others. Forkel is off by at least a decade, since the Vivaldi arrangements date from 1713-1714. And Forkel, like you, ignores the fact that Bach also made keyboard arrangements of concertos by other Italians, e.g., Alessandro Marcello, Benedetto Marcello, and Torelli.
@@herrickinman9303
Bach transcribed six concertos by Vivaldi , and just like this concerto he didn't modify anything in 3 of them and if that doesn't say he respected and admired Vivaldi then I don't know what does.
And no italian composer used Ritornello technique like how Vivaldi did .
@@alaaobaid3363 Right, in Brandenburg concerto 4 I can hear it in violin solo
i'm all up in this channel like a bag of chips! every single video has blown me away! thanks for such gorgeous display of amazing talent and artistry. #GodBlessedBach
A bag of chips? Excuse me, as a swede I don´t understand the english way to tell something. But for me Bach is a lot more than a bag of chips. This said with a smile :-)
@@staffanolofsson8201 hahaha! the translation is that I am ADDICTED to this channel and i can't get enough...in America we clearly have an obesity problem because everyone eats more potato chips than they should ;)
@@perriyaniv I see, so now Im also a bag of chips. I also love this channel.
@@staffanolofsson8201 hahaha! careful or I'll eat you too!
This conversation is hilarious 😂😂
This is epic. Bach and Vivaldi. There's nothing better...
It is a big honour that I can listen the beautiful play with clear sound just front of my computer…
Agreed!
Haha or in my headset
Thanks to the technological ingenuity of the human race, we can almost have the universe experienced in our homes.
A beautiful organ played many times better than I have heard other organists play this piece!!
I'm just a rocker who enjoys classical music. It is amazing how much power this music and instrument has. Completely blown away.
There is a saying that says that the organ is the king of instruments.
I've heard that, and I would add to it that J.S. Bach was the king of all
pipe organists.
F*** yeah, man 😑
This is why Bach thought Vivaldi was a genius. And he was right.
@@MrJpocrevaStravinsky disagree 😅
This is the trascription of the Vivaldi's Concerto in la minore for two violins Op III N 8
Did bach modify something or did he transcribe everything exactly as written?
It seems he transcribed everything exactly as written by Vivaldi
@@matteomagurno3068 Yes, Bach did modify it a bit. Already the first chord is fuller in the transcription.
Dear Matteo Bach gave the trascription of this concerto op III n 8 of Vivaldi as reported by various authoritative Bach' s biographers,in addition to other compositions of the Prete Rosso such as the Estro Armonico
Original del maestro Vivaldi obvio
Quelle oeuvre grandiose ! Superbe interprétation, un très grand bravo à Reitze Smiths ! Et quel bel instrument avec de très belles sonorités ! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Es ist was man hören muss um glücklich zu sein! Toller Organist!
Excelente versión en órgano de este concierto para orquesta y continuo. Variedad en registros de acuerdo al movimiento abordado. Felicidades y gracias. Desde Puebla, México
Desde Costa Rica, gracias infinitas por su labor. Que Dios los bendiga!
I'm never sure which is more inspired: Bach's magnificent recreation of the music for the organ or Vivaldi's music itself. What a great performance.
I first heard this as scored for two violins. If that was Vivaldi, then I go with the Vivaldi. However, kind of hard to imagine anything more effective than this organ version. Fantastic piece of music.
@@andywomack3414sure you have good Musicals ears , compliments for your honesty and fairness. Indeed to many educated Listeners , the very geniality of BACH was to transcribe/copy Vivaldi Music to Organ , an instrument that can 'mimic' the sonorities of the violin ; Bach transcriptions for other instruments reach far less value, If any 😮😮😮 Nonetheless , BACH remains 'the Great' even and especially, if Musicians start naming these Masterpieces the proper educated way : VIVALDI-BACH 🎉🎉🎉
Amazing as always!
Absolutely agree!
@Jacob H Yes, I won't ever explode Bach
@@MiScusi69 lmaoooo
@@MiScusi69 but hes blowing up
so lit
The Adagio has to be among the greatest pieces ever written. I first heard it scored for two violins and orchestra, possible a symphonic transcription. It would be worth trying to find that or something like it. Very effective in conveying the interweaving nature of the melodic lines.
It might have even been credited to Vivaldi, or at least mentioned Vivaldi in the liner notes.
This piece has resided in my memory for over 50 years. What a gift.
@Jacob Downer thanks
I also love what Ignatieva does in the Feinberg piano transcription.
🎉🎉🎉 VIVALDI 🎉 VIVALDI 🎉 VIVALDI 🎉🎉🎉 please stop this 'creepy' mischievous obnoxious information : this is VIVALDI Music copied/transcribed by BACH for Organ . It's NOT enough to 'mention' it in the footnotes .
Relax. No one is claiming the actual notes came from the imagination of Bach. But transcribed music is recognized as the work of the transcriber. The notes faithfully relate that Bach transcribed Vivaldi’s work. Just relax and enjoy the music, will ya?
@@timmcclymonds5155 thanks for your attention 🌺🌺 I agree, just ENJOY THE MUSIC ! And BACH remains the sun in my Musical Universe. But sorry, no way in no Culture, the 'transcribed music' is property of the Transcriber 😯😮😥 cheers, have a good day.
Gorgeous! Tears are in my eyes 🙏 Thank you! ♥️
Wat een beheersing over dit mooie orgel
To say this is beautifully played seems woefully inadequate. Take the emergence of the second theme in the left hand in the last movement at 9.50: if there are words to describe the beauty of this music and the art of its playing in this recording, let them be written by another more gifted in poetics than myself!
I do know a more powerful poem consisting of a mere word
Vivaldi
Bravisimo. Impresionante Concierto.
impresionante Ejecución MAESTRO Smith eres Genial. GRACIAS DESDE MÉXICO
Великолепно! Один из самых любимых органистов, один из самых лучших органов! Бах, Вивальди- лучшие на все времена!
Man, Vivaldi was a striking composer at his times. Even so Bach arranged many Vivaldi's works into keyboard pieces, and I like his arrangement fou 4 harpsichords and string orchestra in A minor after Vivaldi"s Concerto for 4 Violins and string orchestra in B minor.
I first heard this scored for two violins and orchestra. I have a 50 year old memory that sounds symphonic. Eugene Ormandy possibly.
@@andywomack3414 A good memory you have indeed.
Just what the doctor ordered.
Simply magnificent.
Thank you!
I noticed you have this uploaded as "unlisted" and not "public." Would you kindly re-list it to public? Thanks.
I think the second movement is just hauntingly beautiful. Absolutely fantastic!
I loved it as well the 2nd movement is my favourite
I agree, I rarely listen to it because it gets me very emotional. The Adagio of the D minor concerto is also very beautiful but a bit less moving in my opinion
Beste Reitze Smit. Ik heb dit werk van Bach door diverse organisten gespeeld .
Ik vind deze interpretatie wel de allermooiste .
Ik denk dat Bach het ook zo zou hebben gespeeld.
Met een hartelijke muzikale groet 🖖 vanuit Hoorn Nh.
Hermoso y la vez divino el concierto en órgano¡¡¡😍 Gracias por compartirlo👏👏
Once again, please don't call this "Bach - Concerto in A minor" without mentioning Vivaldi.
I feel like this comment would carry a bit more weight if it came from, say, "Vivaldi le Grand" rather than "Couperin..." 😉
@jandevries9653 Small prints. How would you feel about a title that reads "Busoni - Chaconne in D minor"?
@jandevries9653a matter of simple fairness and musical education, if not of honesty 😊😊😊 Should somebody translate Hamlet in Chinese, it still remains a Shakespeare masterpiece 😢😢😢 It's time past to end this vicious disinformation 🎉🎉
"Bach - Aria in F major BWV 587"
who tf is busoni dude 😥 @@cliveso i agree btw they should mention vivaldi in the title
This is like the best collab ever. Bach v Vivaldi
Pure wonderful interpretation
The organist makes it hard to believe this music was originally written for any instrument other than this very organ.
I agree the arrangement is perfect
@james .. Yes here SHINES BACH'S genial arrangement 😮😮 Please note : the whole music is VIVALDI 🌺🌺🌺 thanks.
@@mariapiazza-od8ib of course people shouldn't forget to give Vivaldi the praise he deserves
@@tahaouhabi3520 thanks 🌺🌺 most welcome , have a good life.
Thank you for this moment of Paradise!
that is a beautiful interpretation
Thanks for such a wonderful and timeless work of art performed by Mr. Reitze Smits, a gift to the World.
Masterfully played! Vivaldi the wonderful creator. Bach the master of us all. “Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr!”
Они специально просят музыкантов впадать в эпилепсию во время игры?
Prachtig! meer kan ik er niet aan toevoegen
Bravo Maestro ! Merci beaucoup pour ces merveilleux moments.
Thanks a lot once more for your amazing work guys! Lovely performance! Lovely piece.
I have always loved this work.
Thank you very much.
Bach’s organ concertos are some of my favourite musical works, fullstop. God knows how Bach could have all these amazing ideas in his head!
So simple, and yet complicated as hell all in the same phrase !!
in this case the ideas were Vivaldi's. But great arrangement for organ of the double concert in a minor RV 522 of Antonio Vivaldi.
Yesss , God knows . Fortunately WE TOO KNOW of this persisting creepy mendacious attribution ; the correct title should be VIVALDI 522 - BACH transcription for Organ 😮😮😮 Please stop this shameful misinformation
After listening to Bach for years (well over 70 for me); two things become prime in the interpretation, other than the music.
One in the clavier (keyboard) work and the other one (which I especially appreciate), the pedal work.
Both are well illustrated here in close-up.
Too many organ videos concentrate only on the artist!,
Beautyfull. Amazing!!!
This upload made my day!
same! 😀
I feel such a sense of space from this production. Amazing audio…. What a awesome performance
Netherlands Bach Society, may they all become incredibly wealthy.
C'est parfait, bel interpretation, bel instrument😊
Il titolo corretto sarebbe: "A. Vivaldi concerto in la minore, ecc." Trascrizione per organo di J.S.Bach. Come dice:" diamo a Cesare quel che è di Cesare"
Superlative performance!!!
This concerto is magnificent on organ as well as harpsichord and violin
Bu videonu dislike edən 18 nəfər, anlamıram......
Just wonderful! 🎶
Bach's organ arrangement made after Vivaldi's Concerto in A Minor op. 3 n. 8 from "L'Estro Armonico" set.
Perfettamente Vivaldiano! Bellissimo!
I wonder how Bach got the Vivaldi score? Its not like they were easy to obtain back then.
Prince Johann Ernst brought Vivaldi's l'Estro Armonico from Amsterdam
@@johanngottliebgoldberg1055 amazing you knew that.
@@ChernobieffPiano thanks! I heard it in the video where Mr. Smits was talking about the concerto
@@ChernobieffPiano ua-cam.com/video/ofyBz_vqmzY/v-deo.html
Fantastic organist AND fantastic musician.
I love watching him play 🤩
I've got great admiration for organists. How they manage to play on two keyboards on different levels, as well as pedals, I don't know. What a perfect performance of a melodious work by first one, then another great composer. Thanks NBS! ❤
Bellísimo, muchas gracias.
Fantastic - I was looking for an NBS performance of this piece; you uploaded just in time!
I waited this one many years !! Thank you so much !! 🥰
Браво Вивальди, браво Баху, браво Смитсу.
“is based”? It’s a faithful transcription
Greetings from Mexico City amigos 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽
Vivaldi sied à l'orgue , l 'alan et la gaieté de l'italien se parant d'une profondeur et d'une gravité à certains moments dû au génie de Bach ! Et NBS toujours au top , évidemment ! Merci pour ces partages quotidiens qui illuminent nos vie !
thanks NBS
Bach played in a REAL vintage pipe organ.
Nothing like it for the soul!
Great performance by Mr.Smits of a great piece by Bach! Thank you NBS
@@gianlucabersanetti6454 I know but none can deny that Bach made this transcription with a twist of his own genius
Excellente interprétation toute en finesse, et choix judicieux des jeux sur ce si bel orgue !
Truly outstanding rendition!
Walked down the aisle to the 3rd movement of this piece. Something I’ll always remember ❤
Beautiful perfomance! This organist really knows to play!!!
It doesnt Bach, this is Vivaldi
Talent beyond measure. It's actually unbelievable...
Imitation is the greatest compliment
@david 😊😊😊 yesSSS , at the end of the story , that's what makes BACH so sympathetic , and Glorious and Genial : HE made Vivaldi's Music become even more beautiful 😮😮😮 Shame only to those who present this Music without PROPERLY giving credit to Vivaldi 😢😢😢
@@mariapiazza-od8ib thank you
Wonderfull ! Perfectly executed ! Bravo !
Genialne brzmienie, genialny Bach
The Original piece is Vivaldi’s concerto for 2 solo violins a-moll, op. 3-8
Il concerto è di Vivaldi e Bach lo ha trascritto per organo. Ma è di Vivaldi, non di Bach, per piacere.
Fantastic performance of BWV 593 🎵🎹💯 Thank you 🌟🍃
No doubt EXCELLENT 😮😮 Please note : the music is VIVALDI 😊😊 thanks🌺🌺
I've heard this 1000 times.
Smuk og velspillet musik ……
So Vivaldi ! Great performance !
EXCELLENT ,MERVEILLEUSEMENT PRODIGUX , CHEF - D'ŒUVRE MERCI PER ÇE PARTAGE !
It still says A major in the description.
The concert sounds great on organ
Wonderful performance
The shocking clarity of pedals at 9:06 is mind-blowing. Bravissimo!
Bellissima esecuzione e interpretazione. Complimenti
2:27 my favorite🤩
Heel mooi !!!!
Oh......so good!!!!!
Brilliant. Thank you.
Wundervoll !
Děkuji, nádherné!
The last Christmas of Covid, after working away from home for nearly two years, I was driving home to see family, listening to the radio. The traffic was light, the weather fine. As I passed through a big mountain cutting, emerging to see the magnificent homeland landscape bathed in winter sunlight, this piece exploded into life at around the 8:33 point. Magnificent to be served with some exquisite music at a very emotional time.
Sublieme uitvoering! 👌🏻
this passage 2:27 just caught me!
It catches many people, this is how the genius Vivaldi designed it! He knew exactly what he was doing :)
Bach + Vivaldi = Devine
So very beautiful!