This Cello sounds as if it knows all about the problems in this world and also has the capacity to take care of them all. Thanks Lucia Swarts for making your cello talking to us.
And perhaps this former answer comes from David Albro? Also known as MSD Secretary? I am not blown away by fancy answers. I just like Lucia Swarts playing in this Bach Cello Suite no. 1.
''...as if it knows all about the problems in this world and also has the capacity to take care of them all...'' Has someone told you lately, how beautiful your are ?
The elite-level musicians, use of period-representative instruments and techniques, and the top-notch production quality, keep me coming back for more. Netherlands Bach Society is a treasure and a gift to the world. Thank you for this.
Ma guardi questa esecuzione non ha nessuna tecnica particolare rispetto a quelle che si conoscono , anzi l'uso dell'arco in confronto a Bylsma è alquanto statico e decisamente più convenzionale vedi i minuetti, oltre cheil suono è decisamente peggiore , certo non aiutato da uno strumento certamente non di grande pregio rispetto agli strumenti migliori dell'epoca , e nella giga il suono è tutto impastato e non molto chiaro nel fraseggio con una perdita di qualità nettissima
you're absolutely right - more should be done in every country not to salvage our musical heritage ,but to present it to the general public much more often .
I personally dont bother so much if it is period-representative instruments or newer instruments, I dont get the idea about this separation. What bothers me most is if this is a really good recording? And as NBS always delievers the best recordings, and the best interpretations, I am fully content.
Agreed! By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. ua-cam.com/users/WFerdinand
I am a Japanese who collects Dutch music art. I'm listening to Bach on this channel. The works of excellent performers of the same generation are not only wonderful, but also enjoyable as friends of the heart. Please come to Tokyo to perform.
Wow. As a professional cellist, on modern cello only, I have never heard a cellist who plays baroque cello play so well that I actually wanted to sit and listen to an entire Bach suite. Ms. Swarts, you are an incredible musician and I am so happy I found you. This performance was absolutely brilliant... simple, clear, and completely natural from the heart. I must say, so close to my own style and interpretation, but I'm more than happy to admit that enjoyed it much more on your instrument! The gut strings and lower register sing so beautifully with your touch. Thank you so much.
"I have never heard a cellist who plays baroque cello play so well that I actually wanted to sit and listen" Kind of a backhanded compliment though, eh? Not very seemly... Kind of surprised NBS and others liked your negative remark. And you sound surprised that an older instrument could compare to the modern one? Historical elitism at its finest. The past may be posterior, but that does not make it inferior!
I LOVED how she played the final note of the Prelude - I whispered "wow…" to myself when I heard it. She gave it four distinct moments of different timbres by making subtle changes to the bow's distance from the bridge, angle of attack, speed, and pressure. Those are the kinds of skills that elevate a great performance to a brilliant performance.
@@bach I just hooked up some new speakers and listened again. I am astonished at the quality not just of the performance but of the recording. You must have amazing equipment to be able to reproduce this in such a way. I cannot just simply hear this. I can feel it now as though I was inside the instrument. I simply don't have the words. Again, Thank-You!
How amazing to hear the upper notes slightly accented than the supporting leaps, so carefully done we hear both melody and supporting harmonic notes, the phrasing, so carefully done, the tempo consistently matching it, all with such feeling, control, nothing rushed, beautiful
I am a self taught musician, piano is my stronghold. I play an antique piano. I’ve always loved Bach, this piece was played at my fathers funeral. Unfortunately we had to listen to what Spotify offered which wasn’t this exact video. This video helped me through the difficult grieving process of losing a parent. This is how much ‘should’ sound. I am thankful for it.
The sound of that cello, those strings, that room, her bow technique, her touch and sensitivity with such a graceful sense of phrasing and rubato... this is just sublime.
I am blown away by the elegance of this interpretation. Perhaps it could only come from someone who lives Bach. Such a perfect amount of rubato of rhythm and dynamics and always, ALWAYS a continuity of line which you hear lacking with "modern" interpretations. Seriously perhaps the best performance I've ever heard.
@@msdsecretary8702 : David Albro/MSD Secretary: Are you answering yourself? As I understand you are the same person. At least you have used the same words answering me about Lucia Swarts wonderful playing.
I don’t know if it is because of the baroque instrument and the way the piece is being played, and the serenity and clean sound she creates, but this is the first and only performance of this piece in which I can feel and hold images of nature, water, grass, trees, the forest, small animals, all of God’s creation untouched by humans from hearing the piece. It really connects us to nature and to God and brings peace.
Once you learn it then forget what you've learned and just play! I agree. This player doesn't let herself get stifled based on how anyone told her to play baroque. Another is Zuckerman on Mozart. Wish some of the composers were here. They would agree.
Greetings from Canada! Thank you, Bach Society and Lucia Swarts for this absolutely perfect performance. Such warmth and resonance from this instrument, along with perfect technique and sensitivity to the melody!
I have no musical education and know nothing of composition, but I do know the brilliance of listening to beautiful music , well played, and this is certainly an example of that.
Wow this is such a beautiful interpretation - doesn’t lose any of the energy but somehow transforms it into a more intimate, inviting, delicate experience. It’s so subtle and gentle. It sounds so kind,
Merci, Madame Swartz, je vous ai visité innombrables fois, et chaque fois vous avez touché mon âme irrémédiablement… J’entends votre cello toujours dans vos autres interprétations avec Netherlands Bach Society… mais de vous écouter toute seule, ça me donne un énorme cadeau à l’âme … On est gâtée de pouvoir le faire, merci pour votre énorme cœur !
A teacher told me once that the suites were magical because you could play them differently every time... despite having played the prelude probably a thousand times, this performance still brought a tear to my eye:') Thank you!
The wonderful Rombouts cello brings some harmonics and overtones that I've never heard before. The exquisitely calmed, no-need-to-rush performance from Mrs. Swarts is a pleasure to the ear and a caress to the soul. Thankyou very Bach!
I have no musical skills whatsoever: but after watching her, I want a cello! This is my favorite instrument to hear … what beautiful artistry she brings into the world. Just beautiful..
It's hard for a regular human to conceive someone can achieve such precision and interconnection with music and instrument. This is edges the hypnotic.
Bach is a treasure! By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. ua-cam.com/users/WFerdinand
The sound of the cello was as compelling as the interpretation was. The Netherlands Bach Society is a must go to for J.S. Bach music lovers! 🎻 🌲 🎼 🦋 🌲 🎵 🌻 🌲 = 🏆
Ah my God!...what is going on, on UA-cam. I feel in trance seeing this lady playing Bach Cello... It seems like eternity where one does no more feel any pain, any grief, any loss, any sadness, any trouble in this troublesome life. I watched her lost myself in her hands movements, in her facial expression as if every fibre in her soul, body & spirit is living the moment: here & now. I looked at her face, & I saw the beauty, I looked at her hands & I felt her healing something wounded in me. God knows how much I wish this lady who played the Cello tonight the most happy life free from sorrow & anxiety & to UA-cam thank you from the bottom of my heart. Fadia Sultan
Indeed, Erin. By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. ua-cam.com/users/WFerdinand
I have loved cello from an early age, something about its depths and although not a musician I was enthralled by this. Bravo Ms Swarts I've saved this and will listen to it again, Bach is a guilty pleasure of mine.
Is amazing how you can hear the same piece of music, and still hear and feel into the music. Says much about Bach and the Swartz and the NBS. Much gratitude...
I'm in awe! Thank you Netherlands Bach Society, thank you Lucia Swarts!! Bachs music for me represents the essence of all being and touches me like nothing else and discovering this (Lucia Swarts!!!) and the Netherlands Bach Society makes me so greatfull and happy.
Sou Brasileiro e amo a Netherlands Bach Society, suas produções são maravilhosas e os cellistas profissionais trazem de volta a essência da verdadeira música!!!
De fato eles são sensacionais, Dominick! A propósito, recomendo muitíssimo a apreciação da obra de um compositor clássico nascido no Brasil, radicado na Europa há alguns anos. Ele se dedica principalmente à música sacra. Sinto-me como uma espécie de embaixador não oficial de sua música - e, efetivamente, também um de seus poucos apoiadores. Ele é muito, muito talentoso. Você não ficará desapontado. ua-cam.com/users/WFerdinand
I came here because I watched the ad and couldn't resist. It's great, I wish there were more ads like this. I'll be following the updates of your channel, your expression in music is wonderful.
Gracias donde quiera que te encuentres inmortal J. S. Bach por dejarnos para la eternidad un pedacito de armonioso cielo! Exquisita y sublime interpretación!
Me too, Miles! By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. ua-cam.com/users/WFerdinand
the original performance was witnessed by some 20 people . And than another 3M had a peak too :D awesome. This video quite likely has more views, than all of the live performances show attendees of this piece worldwide ever. NBS has currently more than 107M views. Thats more listening to classical carried out, than probably all of the performances managed throughout all of 19 century.
Imagine being alive listening to this Bach, made alive through this woman's worn hands, human compassion and intelligence flowing through wood and string into all of us, channeling all life experience. Absolutely astonishing.
Ayer el UA-cam me mostró esta interpretación, creo que Lucia Swarts lo hace de una forma majestuosa, mi admiración hacia ella, muchas gracias por dejar tu ser en ella 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Heaven .. thanks so much for such a beautiful present this morning at work. I will be glad to see this kind of concert personally. From South America Uruguay. God bless this wonderful hands that can play music.
It is truly beautiful indeed, Jacqueline! By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. ua-cam.com/users/WFerdinand
A primeira vez que ouvi Bach, senti uma paz, a música me deixou feliz e ao mesmo tempo senti uma vontade de chorar tão grande. Parecia que ela libertou algo que estava preso dentro de mim e gritava a muito tempo implorando pra sair. Podia sentir cada nota pulsando no meu cérebro. Podia sentir às sinapses sendo feita. Como se estivesse tendo uma chuva de raios em minha cabeça. Meu corpo ficou todo arrepiado. Então, amo Bach!
Que bacana, Luciano! A propósito, recomendo muitíssimo a apreciação da obra de um compositor clássico nascido no Brasil, radicado na Europa há alguns anos. Ele se dedica principalmente à música sacra. Sinto-me como uma espécie de embaixador não oficial de sua música - e, efetivamente, também um de seus poucos apoiadores. Ele é muito, muito talentoso. Você não ficará desapontado. ua-cam.com/users/WFerdinand
The more I listen to this incredible performance, the more subtlety and depth I hear, yet the net effect is an absolute and simple clarity. The companion video with Lucia Swarts talking about the suite is also well worth watching. Musicians often have trouble putting their thoughts into words but Swarts gives an eloquent commentary, and what amounts to a master class for anyone working on this piece. I was interested that, although she speaks of her debt to her great teacher, the late Anner Bylsma, her approach to the bowings in the problematic Anna Magdalena Bach ms seems to me much less dogmatic and more flexible. Bylsma could certainly make the crazy bowings work, but she has apparently opted to base her performance on the older and perhaps more accurate Kellner ms.
This was my audition piece in college, and even though I hadn't heard it in 40 years, I couldn't resist. I have to say, she really did play it much better than I did. Well, doggonnit!
Gracias, es una hermosa mañana aqui en Buenos Aires y desayuno con la música de mí amigo Bach. Pero tuve que dejar todo y sentarme a escuchar ... Gracias de nuevo por este momento. Saludos
Wunderschöne Aufführung dieser kompakten und fein komponierten Suite im gut phrasierten Tempo mit tiefem doch gut artikuliertem Ton des genialen Solocellos und mit angenehmer Dynamik. Echt unvergleichliche Cellistin!
To specialize in the baroque cello is just fantastic and phenomenal in so many ways! I really admire her interpretation of Bach’s music as it brings me so much joy and comfort listening to the natural phrasing and mastery of her craft. Thank you so much Lucia Swartz’s for your devotion to music, words can’t express my gratitude. ❤
Agreed! By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. ua-cam.com/users/WFerdinand
It is possible, indeed! By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. ua-cam.com/users/WFerdinand
Indeed. By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. ua-cam.com/users/WFerdinand
The prelude of the piece is literally an introduction to the piece. The first sounds of the sixteenth notes repeated throughout the movement form a distinct line. As the composer does in his piano preludes, the level of technical skill increases towards the end of the movement, which is intended to open the hands and "warm up" in a sense. The Allemande is calm but gripping, with a structure appropriate to the character of the dance. The movement is sustained with sixteenth notes and breathes thanks to the eighth notes skillfully interspersed. Courante is again in the character of a dance. It creates a fast and joyful atmosphere. As in Allemande, the resting notes between passages that require technical skill are skillfully thought out. Sarabande consists of eight-measure phrases. Although the chords at the beginning evoke a polyphonic counterpoint, towards the end of the phrases, a plain and simple expression in which a single voice is heard dominates. Two menuets played one after the other drag us back into a typical dance atmosphere. The joy and sadness between the two menuet themes are skillfully observed. The last movement, the gigue, is a masterpiece, as in the composer's other suites. It ends the work with enthusiasm and joy.
You know how masterful piece and player are when you are engrossed in a book, not aware of your surroundings, and all of a sudden you get a particular feeling to run, and you look up to hear and see the Courante played. And now as I am typing and reflecting on this piece of information the Sarabande offers a wonderful air.
Very expressive hands. They seem to assist her achieve a certain clarity. Also, I noticed how she often lifts on the descents, the opposite of what one might expect. The dance movements allow for an imaginary open space filled with people. The sense of dance is well maintained. So here is a performance full of personality, yet broaching a category of how to approach this piece.
0:07 Prelude
2:39 Allemande
6:24 Courante
9:17 Sarabande
12:06 Menuet I & II
15:39 Gigue
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this is great music these people are playing thank you for posting this! :D
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Gracias
Ohh it's "*Prelude*" the one I love most!💖💖💖💖💖💖👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
A Masterpiece played beautifully. Any more words are unnecessary, because when you're here you know why you're here.
This Cello sounds as if it knows all about the problems in this world and also has the capacity to take care of them all. Thanks Lucia Swarts for making your cello talking to us.
@@msdsecretary8702 Thank you, and I agree, I like it pretty much myself.
And perhaps this former answer comes from David Albro? Also known as MSD Secretary? I am not blown away by fancy answers. I just like Lucia Swarts playing in this Bach Cello Suite no. 1.
My comment above seems weird in this context. Some comment from David Albro seems to have taken away?
''...as if it knows all about the problems in this world and also has the capacity to take care of them all...''
Has someone told you lately, how beautiful your are ?
The elite-level musicians, use of period-representative instruments and techniques, and the top-notch production quality, keep me coming back for more. Netherlands Bach Society is a treasure and a gift to the world. Thank you for this.
I totally agre with you. NBS is a gift from the Internet. Many thanks from Brazil.
Ma guardi questa esecuzione non ha nessuna tecnica particolare rispetto a quelle che si conoscono , anzi l'uso dell'arco in confronto a Bylsma è alquanto statico e decisamente più convenzionale vedi i minuetti, oltre cheil suono è decisamente peggiore , certo non aiutato da uno strumento certamente non di grande pregio rispetto agli strumenti migliori dell'epoca , e nella giga il suono è tutto impastato e non molto chiaro nel fraseggio con una perdita di qualità nettissima
you're absolutely right - more should be done in every country not to salvage our musical heritage ,but to present it to the general public much more often .
I personally dont bother so much if it is period-representative instruments or newer instruments, I dont get the idea about this separation. What bothers me most is if this is a really good recording? And as NBS always delievers the best recordings, and the best interpretations, I am fully content.
all cool too
This piece is so overplayed (the prelude movement) but Swarts' interpretation is so different, calm, elegant, and worth millions times listening.
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For me this is the gold-standard of how the bach suite should be played. Absolutely fantastic.
I love how calm her interpretation is. Nothing of that forcefulness a lot of people seem to have with this suite
Agreed! By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. ua-cam.com/users/WFerdinand
@@sabinedalincourt2735 Just subscribed! Thank you for your recommendation!
I totally agree. Her sound is so soothing.
Very much true.
My favorite interpretation !!! 😍
I am a Japanese who collects Dutch music art. I'm listening to Bach on this channel. The works of excellent performers of the same generation are not only wonderful, but also enjoyable as friends of the heart. Please come to Tokyo to perform.
Wow. As a professional cellist, on modern cello only, I have never heard a cellist who plays baroque cello play so well that I actually wanted to sit and listen to an entire Bach suite. Ms. Swarts, you are an incredible musician and I am so happy I found you. This performance was absolutely brilliant... simple, clear, and completely natural from the heart. I must say, so close to my own style and interpretation, but I'm more than happy to admit that enjoyed it much more on your instrument! The gut strings and lower register sing so beautifully with your touch. Thank you so much.
Another cellist agrees. What a bow though.
"I have never heard a cellist who plays baroque cello play so well that I actually wanted to sit and listen"
Kind of a backhanded compliment though, eh? Not very seemly... Kind of surprised NBS and others liked your negative remark.
And you sound surprised that an older instrument could compare to the modern one? Historical elitism at its finest. The past may be posterior, but that does not make it inferior!
yeah. Another cellist. I want to be like her one day
@@Studentafmail Could also be an insult towards Bach?
Just tune your cello to a = 416. Done, now it's baroque tuned
I LOVED how she played the final note of the Prelude - I whispered "wow…" to myself when I heard it. She gave it four distinct moments of different timbres by making subtle changes to the bow's distance from the bridge, angle of attack, speed, and pressure. Those are the kinds of skills that elevate a great performance to a brilliant performance.
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I can't afford to attend concerts like this. Thank you for bringing this breathtaking piece to the world!
Our pleasure!
@@bach I just hooked up some new speakers and listened again. I am astonished at the quality not just of the performance but of the recording. You must have amazing equipment to be able to reproduce this in such a way. I cannot just simply hear this. I can feel it now as though I was inside the instrument. I simply don't have the words. Again, Thank-You!
@@nunyabiznez6381They pay close attention to room acoustics, and miking. Yes it is a very good recording and performance.
How amazing to hear the upper notes slightly accented than the supporting leaps, so carefully done we hear both melody and supporting harmonic notes, the phrasing, so carefully done, the tempo consistently matching it, all with such feeling, control, nothing rushed, beautiful
One day I hope you will experience this beauty with honestly earned money my friend. :)
I am a self taught musician, piano is my stronghold. I play an antique piano. I’ve always loved Bach, this piece was played at my fathers funeral. Unfortunately we had to listen to what Spotify offered which wasn’t this exact video. This video helped me through the difficult grieving process of losing a parent. This is how much ‘should’ sound. I am thankful for it.
Thanks god this is free, i was having a panic atack and this was the cure. God bless you all.
Incredible that an instrument of more than 300 years, sounds this way.....admirable execution.
The sound of that cello, those strings, that room, her bow technique, her touch and sensitivity with such a graceful sense of phrasing and rubato... this is just sublime.
The cello in your hands and in your heart sings and caresses with a depth and richness as no other...
I am blown away by the elegance of this interpretation. Perhaps it could only come from someone who lives Bach. Such a perfect amount of rubato of rhythm and dynamics and always, ALWAYS a continuity of line which you hear lacking with "modern" interpretations. Seriously perhaps the best performance I've ever heard.
I am also blown away by this elegance of interpretation. With still a fast grip to mother Earth and father Bach.
@@msdsecretary8702 : David Albro/MSD Secretary: Are you answering yourself? As I understand you are the same person. At least you have used the same words answering me about Lucia Swarts wonderful playing.
This is the most elegant performance of this suite that I've ever heard. So soft. So calm. Magnificent.
Yeah but a little bit boring... Where are the coulours and nuances of the Barock music?
@@emanuelezazzero4450 I beg your pardon Barock? Coulours? This music is amazing for its time
@@chaboywithchamoy1455 I don’t think so.
@@emanuelezazzero4450 Ok I don't agree with you but I still respect your opinion
@@emanuelezazzero4450wrong
I don’t know if it is because of the baroque instrument and the way the piece is being played, and the serenity and clean sound she creates, but this is the first and only performance of this piece in which I can feel and hold images of nature, water, grass, trees, the forest, small animals, all of God’s creation untouched by humans from hearing the piece. It really connects us to nature and to God and brings peace.
...I would add the kneading of bread, the smell of pumpernickel, clean sheets hanging in the sunlight and breeze...
Once you learn it then forget what you've learned and just play! I agree. This player doesn't let herself get stifled based on how anyone told her to play baroque. Another is Zuckerman on Mozart. Wish some of the composers were here. They would agree.
Greetings from Canada! Thank you, Bach Society and Lucia Swarts for this absolutely perfect performance. Such warmth and resonance from this instrument, along with perfect technique and sensitivity to the melody!
She's great. Well worth buying her recording of the Suites which are scandalously unacknowledged. I love the Dutch period style.
I have no musical education and know nothing of composition, but I do know the brilliance of listening to beautiful music , well played, and this is certainly an example of that.
당신의 첼로연주
바흐의 무반주첼로 조곡1번을 가장좋아하고 자주들으며 영혼의
치유을 받습니다
감사 합니다!
Wow this is such a beautiful interpretation - doesn’t lose any of the energy but somehow transforms it into a more intimate, inviting, delicate experience. It’s so subtle and gentle. It sounds so kind,
Merci, Madame Swartz, je vous ai visité innombrables fois, et chaque fois vous avez touché mon âme irrémédiablement… J’entends votre cello toujours dans vos autres interprétations avec Netherlands Bach Society… mais de vous écouter toute seule, ça me donne un énorme cadeau à l’âme … On est gâtée de pouvoir le faire, merci pour votre énorme cœur !
(Je dois reconnaître qu'à mes 73 ans, je danse a ta musique)
Her playing in the cantatas is gorgeous too ... So warm and passionate in just the right way
This is absolutely divine. Thank you, miss Swarts. Thank you, All of Bach.
Don't forget the instrument maker, Dear Ekaterina - no 'divinity' without him...
@@beasheerhan4482 that's true, we must thank him too
Спасибо за понимание, дорогая Катя!
A teacher told me once that the suites were magical because you could play them differently every time... despite having played the prelude probably a thousand times, this performance still brought a tear to my eye:') Thank you!
The wonderful Rombouts cello brings some harmonics and overtones that I've never heard before. The exquisitely calmed, no-need-to-rush performance from Mrs. Swarts is a pleasure to the ear and a caress to the soul. Thankyou very Bach!
Bach still lives through amazing entities like you. I am so thankful, bless you.
よくある演奏のように重苦しくない。大好きな曲ですが、美しい建築のように構築的で、それでいて身体ごと気持ちよくなる演奏を聴いたのは初めてです！
ありがとうございます✨🌹
This is by far my favorite rendition. Speechless.
I have no musical skills whatsoever: but after watching her, I want a cello! This is my favorite instrument to hear … what beautiful artistry she brings into the world. Just beautiful..
This song literally touches my soul. Thank you all for the channel.
As I listen contemplatively, I am mesmerized by the strength and delicacy of the cellist's hands.
Rectification: the key in the title of this video is accidentally misspelled as 'C major' instead of 'G major'.
I don't know how to tell you this (and i'm a GREAT fan), but the lady is playing this in F-sharp. Not in the key of G!
@@MontoyaMatrix Baroque tuning is a half-step lower. Sounds F# but played as G.
@@MontoyaMatrix It was performed in G Baroque pitch, where A = 415 Hz.
I'm pretty sure Frank was kidding :)
Swarts has always stood out to me as shining beacon in the cantata ensembles. What a musician.
It's hard for a regular human to conceive someone can achieve such precision and interconnection with music and instrument.
This is edges the hypnotic.
These pieces caught me at the right time..... I went from goosebumps to being on verge of weeping! What music!
This is the performance that inspired me to donate to the Netherlands Bach Society. I always enjoy viewing their video recordings.
J.S. Bach is my favorite composer. Her interpretation really touches my heart. ♡
Bach is a treasure! By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. ua-cam.com/users/WFerdinand
@@sabinedalincourt2735 Just subscribed as well! Thank you for your recommendation!
The sound of the cello was as compelling as the interpretation was.
The Netherlands Bach Society is a must go to for J.S. Bach music lovers!
🎻 🌲 🎼 🦋 🌲 🎵 🌻 🌲 = 🏆
Ah my God!...what is going on, on UA-cam. I feel in trance seeing this lady playing Bach Cello... It seems like eternity where one does no more feel any pain, any grief, any loss, any sadness, any trouble in this troublesome life. I watched her lost myself in her hands movements, in her facial expression as if every fibre in her soul, body & spirit is living the moment: here & now. I looked at her face, & I saw the beauty, I looked at her hands & I felt her healing something wounded in me. God knows how much I wish this lady who played the Cello tonight the most happy life free from sorrow & anxiety & to UA-cam thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Fadia Sultan
This is the best performance of the first suite I have ever heard. Brilliant.
Music is so powerful. She knows the songs as if she wrote them herself. Thank you for sharing.
Indeed, Erin. By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. ua-cam.com/users/WFerdinand
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Lucia Swarts puts her knowledge and talent completely at the service of the music.
She is Suzann Swarts
It’s LUCIA
This is the sound of glory! What a fantastic musician
I'm so happy that Lucia Swarts got to record this for them, she's in so many of the other videos.
The depth and the clarity of her playing is simply amazing. Hats off.
I have loved cello from an early age, something about its depths and although not a musician I was enthralled by this. Bravo Ms Swarts I've saved this and will listen to it again, Bach is a guilty pleasure of mine.
She plays wonderfully calm, every note is full of expression. Thanks!
When listening to Bach my heart beats before so much beauty, my body widens before such sensitivity and capacity to transmit.
Right out of the gate this overplayed piece sounded luxuriously different. A feast for the ears! Thank you for all this music. It is a gift.
The phrasing and dynamics here are just breathtaking. I'm learning this on double bass and this is so inspiring
Is amazing how you can hear the same piece of music, and still hear and feel into the music. Says much about Bach and the Swartz and the NBS. Much gratitude...
My previous favourite 'interpretation' of the cello suites was Anner Bylsma's 1979 recording for ProArte. This is definitely my other favourite.
Wonderful !
I can hear the breathing of the musician in my ears, and I can't imagine the amount of feelings she is experiencing in those moments !
A real and true professional ,the whole composition is in her brain and freely flows...Just perfect ..
i really enjoy listening to this many times..the artist has so much musical wisdom..you can hear it in its sound and fingertips
I'm in awe! Thank you Netherlands Bach Society, thank you Lucia Swarts!! Bachs music for me represents the essence of all being and touches me like nothing else and discovering this (Lucia Swarts!!!) and the Netherlands Bach Society makes me so greatfull and happy.
There is nothing like watching a superb musician at the top of their game.
Sou Brasileiro e amo a Netherlands Bach Society, suas produções são maravilhosas e os cellistas profissionais trazem de volta a essência da verdadeira música!!!
De fato eles são sensacionais, Dominick! A propósito, recomendo muitíssimo a apreciação da obra de um compositor clássico nascido no Brasil, radicado na Europa há alguns anos. Ele se dedica principalmente à música sacra. Sinto-me como uma espécie de embaixador não oficial de sua música - e, efetivamente, também um de seus poucos apoiadores. Ele é muito, muito talentoso. Você não ficará desapontado. ua-cam.com/users/WFerdinand
I love Lucia Swarts' playing ~ she revels in the deep sonority of the cello and the Suite...brava!
I came here because I watched the ad and couldn't resist. It's great, I wish there were more ads like this.
I'll be following the updates of your channel, your expression in music is wonderful.
Sh Abd Same
This is the one I was looking for. The others tend to go at this very aggressively. I like suite one when it's played softly. Thank you.
Lucia Swarts is a truly great artist and a unique Bach Interpreter!
Gracias donde quiera que te encuentres inmortal J. S. Bach por dejarnos para la eternidad un pedacito de armonioso cielo!
Exquisita y sublime interpretación!
I wish I could upvote this each time I listen. I feel like I am reborn on each listen.
Me too, Miles! By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. ua-cam.com/users/WFerdinand
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the original performance was witnessed by some 20 people . And than another 3M had a peak too :D awesome. This video quite likely has more views, than all of the live performances show attendees of this piece worldwide ever. NBS has currently more than 107M views. Thats more listening to classical carried out, than probably all of the performances managed throughout all of 19 century.
Imagine being alive listening to this Bach, made alive through this woman's worn hands, human compassion and intelligence flowing through wood and string into all of us, channeling all life experience. Absolutely astonishing.
she is yanger than u, beutiful then u, and how we see she is genius musition. God in her yang arms and beutiful ❤️!
Encuentro extraordinaria esta interpretacion de la primer a suite de Bach
Ayer el UA-cam me mostró esta interpretación, creo que Lucia Swarts lo hace de una forma majestuosa, mi admiración hacia ella, muchas gracias por dejar tu ser en ella 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Heaven .. thanks so much for such a beautiful present this morning at work. I will be glad to see this kind of concert personally. From South America Uruguay. God bless this wonderful hands that can play music.
It is truly beautiful indeed, Jacqueline! By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. ua-cam.com/users/WFerdinand
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Just magic. It's an honor to be alive and hear this interpretation.
Precisely
To be alive and hear this magical moment is why we're a;ll here! @@Marianofrv
why we're all here!
A primeira vez que ouvi Bach, senti uma paz, a música me deixou feliz e ao mesmo tempo senti uma vontade de chorar tão grande. Parecia que ela libertou algo que estava preso dentro de mim e gritava a muito tempo implorando pra sair. Podia sentir cada nota pulsando no meu cérebro. Podia sentir às sinapses sendo feita. Como se estivesse tendo uma chuva de raios em minha cabeça. Meu corpo ficou todo arrepiado. Então, amo Bach!
Tive uma sensação parecida quando ouvi pela primeira vez também. As músicas dele dão uma alegria indescritível na alma.
@@TheMarceladaSilva Exatamente, me sinto em paz!
Que bacana, Luciano! A propósito, recomendo muitíssimo a apreciação da obra de um compositor clássico nascido no Brasil, radicado na Europa há alguns anos. Ele se dedica principalmente à música sacra. Sinto-me como uma espécie de embaixador não oficial de sua música - e, efetivamente, também um de seus poucos apoiadores. Ele é muito, muito talentoso. Você não ficará desapontado. ua-cam.com/users/WFerdinand
The more I listen to this incredible performance, the more subtlety and depth I hear, yet the net effect is an absolute and simple clarity. The companion video with Lucia Swarts talking about the suite is also well worth watching. Musicians often have trouble putting their thoughts into words but Swarts gives an eloquent commentary, and what amounts to a master class for anyone working on this piece. I was interested that, although she speaks of her debt to her great teacher, the late Anner Bylsma, her approach to the bowings in the problematic Anna Magdalena Bach ms seems to me much less dogmatic and more flexible. Bylsma could certainly make the crazy bowings work, but she has apparently opted to base her performance on the older and perhaps more accurate Kellner ms.
Absolutely. I am surprised and blown away.
A strand of clear beauty in this stressful time.. thank you
This was my audition piece in college, and even though I hadn't heard it in 40 years, I couldn't resist. I have to say, she really did play it much better than I did. Well, doggonnit!
Oh how beautifully played! Simple yet so many expressive and you can see the beauty in the expression of the baroque cello
Gracias, es una hermosa mañana aqui en Buenos Aires y desayuno con la música de mí amigo Bach.
Pero tuve que dejar todo y sentarme a escuchar ...
Gracias de nuevo por este momento.
Saludos
Es imposible ser indiferente a la música del genio inmortal J. S. Bach!
Saludos desde la CdMx
Wunderschöne Aufführung dieser kompakten und fein komponierten Suite im gut phrasierten Tempo mit tiefem doch gut artikuliertem Ton des genialen Solocellos und mit angenehmer Dynamik. Echt unvergleichliche Cellistin!
I've never heard an interpretation quite like this. So expressive, subtle and Beautiful!
To specialize in the baroque cello is just fantastic and phenomenal in so many ways! I really admire her interpretation of Bach’s music as it brings me so much joy and comfort listening to the natural phrasing and mastery of her craft. Thank you so much Lucia Swartz’s for your devotion to music, words can’t express my gratitude. ❤
splendid rendition !!! Bravo Lucia Swarts for such soulful performance!! i'm speechless....
Agreed! By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. ua-cam.com/users/WFerdinand
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What beautiful souls, even the cello and the picture have one. Thank you for this moment.
so beautiful, even the camerawork/cinematography is great, nothing distracts from her great rendition of the suite
Seems like she's singing it. Totally beautiful and correct. Thank you, Lucia.
Listening to this Cello Suite makes me somehow understand that there is a mysterious armonie in the universe
The most beautiful version of this piece I've ever heard! 💜💜💜
It is possible, indeed! By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. ua-cam.com/users/WFerdinand
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Incredibly well filmed, recorded and performed. Top notch. This is as close as you can get to a cello suite experience. Great initiative.
생애 최고의 바흐를 만나는 아침입니다
감사합니다
Not just the piece, the piece is excellent, but the sound of the cello is very nice to my ear
Indeed. By the way, I kindly recommend the appreciation of the work of a living classical composer dedicated mostly to sacred music. I feel myself like a sort of non-official ambassador for his music - and, effectively, also one of his few supporters. He is very, very talented. You won't be disappointed. ua-cam.com/users/WFerdinand
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The prelude of the piece is literally an introduction to the piece. The first sounds of the sixteenth notes repeated throughout the movement form a distinct line. As the composer does in his piano preludes, the level of technical skill increases towards the end of the movement, which is intended to open the hands and "warm up" in a sense. The Allemande is calm but gripping, with a structure appropriate to the character of the dance. The movement is sustained with sixteenth notes and breathes thanks to the eighth notes skillfully interspersed. Courante is again in the character of a dance. It creates a fast and joyful atmosphere. As in Allemande, the resting notes between passages that require technical skill are skillfully thought out. Sarabande consists of eight-measure phrases. Although the chords at the beginning evoke a polyphonic counterpoint, towards the end of the phrases, a plain and simple expression in which a single voice is heard dominates. Two menuets played one after the other drag us back into a typical dance atmosphere. The joy and sadness between the two menuet themes are skillfully observed. The last movement, the gigue, is a masterpiece, as in the composer's other suites. It ends the work with enthusiasm and joy.
I played this video to my newborn baby one hour after I gave birth.
Wonderful. A master of her craft. Such fine nuance pulled me in further the more she played.
아름답고 아름답습니다 .여유가 느껴지며 노련함이 활속과 현에 녹여져 있네요. 마음이 따뜻해지는 연주 입니다. 조급함이 없으며 내내 기품으로 다가 옵니다 감사합니다.
You know how masterful piece and player are when you are engrossed in a book, not aware of your surroundings, and all of a sudden you get a particular feeling to run, and you look up to hear and see the Courante played.
And now as I am typing and reflecting on this piece of information the Sarabande offers a wonderful air.
This is beautiful. Like dark velvet. I need to listen this again with headphones to hear all the little nyances.
Very expressive hands. They seem to assist her achieve a certain clarity. Also, I noticed how she often lifts on the descents, the opposite of what one might expect. The dance movements allow for an imaginary open space filled with people. The sense of dance is well maintained. So here is a performance full of personality, yet broaching a category of how to approach this piece.
I've heard many interpretations of this, and this is definitive. The calmness and elegance. Thank you Ms. Swarts. This is sublime.
A good old instrument, a genius composer and an excellent performer make a perfect combination, they are all essential to unveil art.