Freiburger Barockorchestra - Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos No. 1-6 (BWV 1046-1051)
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- Опубліковано 12 січ 2013
- While functioning as Kapellmeister (Director of Music) to the court of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen (1694 - 1728) J. S. Bach presented in 1721 to Christian Ludwig Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1677 - 1734) the Baroque masterworks known as the "Brandenburg Concertos". This delightful performance of the orchestral works by the Freiburger Barockorchester conducted by Gottfried von der Goltz takes place in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Cothen (Der Spiegelsaal im Schloss Köthen), where the great german composer himself served from 1717 to 1723.
From Wikipedia:
Bach's dedication to the Margrave was dated 24 March 1721. Most likely, Bach composed the concertos over several years while Kapellmeister at Köthen, and possibly extending back to his employment at Weimar (1708--17). The first sentence of Bach's dedication reads:
«As I had the good fortune a few years ago to be heard by Your Royal Highness, at Your Highness's commands, and as I noticed then that Your Highness took some pleasure in the little talents which Heaven has given me for Music, and as in taking Leave of Your Royal Highness, Your Highness deigned to honour me with the command to send Your Highness some pieces of my Composition: I have in accordance with Your Highness's most gracious orders taken the liberty of rendering my most humble duty to Your Royal Highness with the present Concertos, which I have adapted to several instruments; begging Your Highness most humbly not to judge their imperfection with the rigor of that discriminating and sensitive taste, which everyone knows Him to have for musical works, but rather to take into benign Consideration the profound respect and the most humble obedience which I thus attempt to show Him.»
The dedication page Bach wrote for the collection indicates they are "Concerts avec plusieurs instruments" (Concertos with several instruments). Bach used the «widest spectrum of orchestral instruments [...] in daring combinations», as Christoph Wolff has commented (Christoph Wolff, "Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician" (WW Norton, New York, 2000). «Every one of the six concertos set a precedent in scoring, and every one was to remain without parallel». Heinrich Besseler has noted that the overall forces required (leaving aside the first concerto, which was rewritten for a special occasion) tallies exactly with the 17 players Bach had at his disposal in Köthen (Besseler's preface to the "Neue Bach-Ausgabe" edition of the Brandenburg Concertos is reprinted with a translation in "Bärenreiter's Study Score of the Six Brandenburg Concertos", Bärenreiter TP9, 1988).
Because King Frederick William I of Prussia (1688 - 1740) was not a significant patron of the arts, Christian Ludwig seems to have lacked the musicians in his Berlin ensemble to perform the concertos. The full score was left unused in the Margrave's library until his death in 1734, when it was sold for 24 groschen (as of 2008, about US$22.00) of silver. The autograph manuscript of the concertos was only rediscovered in the archives of Brandenburg by Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn in 1849; the concertos were first published in the following year. [Malcolm Boyd, Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos (Cambridge UP, 1993)]
For those who don't know about the story behind Bach's Brandenburg concertos. In 1721, Bach composed six “concertos for various instruments”. He dedicated them to a German nobleman and sent the manuscript as a gift, hoping to land a job as the court composer in Brandenburg. The nobleman never replied. Bach eventually took another job in Leipzig, where he lived for the rest of his life. The 6 concertos were lost for 130 years. They were never performed. The manuscript was eventually sold for about $20 and shelved in a library. The Brandenburg Concertos sat there until 1849, when they were discovered and published for the first time. Thank goodness!
Excellent! - Thanks
Thank you Caroline for that information. Who discovered the manuscripts, in wich library, who played them for the first time?
@@ASPOWER4 This is what I found : THE CONCERTOS LOST AND FOUND
The Margrave’s apparent disinterest in the concertos risked having them lost entirely, but kept them sufficiently preserved so that when they were eventually rediscovered - the manuscript was in great shape.
The Margrave died in 1734, at which time the manuscript was sold for roughly the equivalent of $24. Eventually, it ended up being found by the custodian of the Prussian royal library in 1849. The concertos were then published, for the first time, in 1850. They were given the name the “Brandenburg Concertos” in 1873, by Phillip Spitta in his biography of Bach.
The rare manuscript was almost lost again during World War II before another librarian stepped in to save the day. Due to heavy bombing and fighting in Germany, a librarian transported the manuscript out of the country. Unfortunately, his train fell under an aerial bombing as well. The librarian escaped into the forest with the work under his coat. It’s now safely housed in the Berlin State Library.
@@ASPOWER4 And I think someone said Mendelsshon ?
@@ASPOWER4 There used to be two sites on internet and I can't find them anymore. Sorry
Bach is an eternal and divine beauty
No. 1 (BWV 1046) 00:31
No. 2 (BWV 1047) 19:35
No. 3 (BWV 1048) 31:09
No. 4 (BWV 1049) 41:45
No. 5 (BWV 1050) 57:26
No. 6 (BWV 1051) 1:17:11
Grazie
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Thanks
Thank You!
thank you! now I wish someone would take the effort to timestamp the individual movements! lol
How many times have all of us heard these concertos? This performance is the most sensitive, most spirited and most delicate I have ever heard - no exaggeration.
To be honest, I have never liked these concertos that much, but this time I had to stop and listen and leave a little comment on UA-cam.
Bach was a miracle for the humanity.
It's because Bach has a christian worldview.
Beethoven
Bach was the emissary that God sent round the Universe as an example of what God can do. Pride is a human trait, but I wonder.
...is a miracle!
@@KenNickels If Bach, whose music is my favorite , was god's emissary, why would that god allow other Europeans of the same epoch to commit terrible atrocities in their quest to conquer the world?
this is my favourite performance of the brandenbourg concertos!
In the right setting,say alone in an old empty villa with wooden parket floors, with a view of the north sea, and your eyes closed, you can travel back in time with this performance, closest you get to time travel 🍷
This wonderful performance has a healing effect, and a panacea for the soul
This wonderful performance is like a breath of fresh air, and quenches the aridity of the soul
Been watching these over and over for years...always beautiful.
Same here
Almost every time I want to hear Bach, I want to hear Brandenburg. And this is the supreme performance, in my opinion! For awhile I could not find it here and was heartbroken. Thank you for posting again! And thank you, musicians, for such beautifully crafted performances of this timeless music. Surrounded at times by the "popular" music, this is so refreshing. Thank you, God, for creating JSBach, for his humility and willingness to share his gift with us. How wonderful it will be to meet him in heaven and hear him compose even more!!!!!
No joke I listen to the concertos numerous times a day.
Performances were filmed and recorded 23-26 March, 2000, at Hall of Mirrors in Cöthen Palace, Anhalt District in Germany, where the composer served as Kapellmeister.
Mauricio Durón un that year i started playing violín
Thanks! Can we have a list of the musicians? They deserve recognition!
@@lidiawolanskyj5560
FREIBURGER BAROCKORCHESTER
Gottfried von der Goltz
Concerto no. 1 in F, BWV 1046
Daniela Helm, violino piccolo
Concerto no. 2 in G, BWV 1047
Friedemann Immer, trumpet
Isabel Crijnen, recorder
Katharina Arfken, oboe
Gottfried von der Goltz, violon
Concerto no. 4 in G, BWV 1049
Gottfried von der Goltz, violon
Isabel Crijnen & Thera de Clerk, violons
Concerto no. 5 in D, BWV 1050
Karl Kaiser, transverse flute
Gottfried von der Goltz, violon
Michael Behringer, cembalo
Concerto no. 6 in B flat Major, BWV 1051
Christian Goosses & Ulrike Kaufmann, viola.
Also, some guy named Dieter sat in an Audi outside, smoking a cigarette.
The Brandenburg concert. Johann Sebastian Bach. Immortal music.
These six Bach concertos are possibly amongst the greatest Baroque works which cry out the great genius of Bach for music eclipsed only by his self-effacing humility. The Brandenburg concertos delight human ears taking the audience to an ecstasy that craves for more and more of it. Time stands still when you hear them with our mind and faculties engrossed over the great beauty of his music. When the heritage of man is evaluated and counted, a large and significant contribution to it would be the compositions of Bach the younger. Salutes to the great composer.
Peuh lease! Bach had what? 14 kids? a beloved wife. composed so much I have not heard it all. St Mathew's passion ring a bell? Or the Toccata and Fugue? Bach never ceased outperforming himself.
Christophe Fournier, Bach was father to 20 children, 7 with his first wife, and 13 with his second wife. But 9 or 10 of the children died before their father.
Why are you not a professional writer?
@@philipbay1548 Thanks. I am a writer by preference and do write regularly on topics of general public interest online as also of geographical, historical, environmental, artistic and scientific interest.
Very well stated: we must always find superlatives for Bach!
Bach, the climax of musical human creativity.
nah. mumble rap is
Of course
Dead heat with Beethoven. But yes! Both are on the Golden Records of course! The height of creativity.
Haim Shazar,
Up to that point in time, of course.
So Sooooo Terrifically Beautiful......................
Honestly, one of the best interpretations.
Wunderschöön Barock-konzerten!!Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburgske Konzerten(1-6)Freiburger Barockorchester *Prima!
Great.A big applause.Thank you very much
The best of classic music!
I always listen to the Brandenbergs every holiday season. This year I am enjoying this performance and video, one of the best versions I've ever heard. Using authentic Baroque instruments gives these gems a feeling that simply cannot be attained with modern instruments. Magnificent performances and video.
It's Burg (Castle), not Berg (Mountain).
@@Implosionstechnologie Thank you. I stand corrected.
always every ?
@@cohoegravitino5559 Yes. They are a staple of my holiday listening.
Wow!!! such a talented ensemble is the Freiburger Barockorchestra, a deluxe group of sensible artists,BRAVO!!!!
There's something about watching the musicians "bobbing and weaving" while playing that makes me feel like they're "into" the music and not just playing the notes.
@@Zimster2000 100% agree🎶👍
I do a lot of freelance writing. When I write, I always have music playing...and it's mostly classical and, when it's classical, it's mostly J.S. Bach. I find he helps my concentration and creativity. How can you not like this?
Amazing that this was likely never heard performed to it's fullest in his lifetime... only to be unearthed later to inspire generations. Wish he could hear this.
I LOVE Bach....thanks so much for posting this piece of art.
Herr Von der Goltz’s facial expressions in the first movement of Brandenburg No. 1 are delightful!
Ahhhh, I haven't listened to this for such a long time -this is nourishment to my soul ✨❤️✨❤️✨❤️
Breathtaking J.S.Bach´s work and heritage for us, the future generations! Amazing, ever!
I can't stop marveling at how we started with a relatively full orchestra even including brass and we're essentially down to a sextet of tenor and bass strings by the end. Also the tonal leap from D major to B flat major after an hour of fairly stable tonality is striking.
It is really great for times of plague. You start with a lot of musicians, but in the end...
@@u.v.s.5583 most underrated comment 😁
@@thelonelyviolin 😂
A pleasure to listen and watch.
It's wonderful watching this group, so animated.
Fantastic performance. Without the video portion of the presentation you would have no idea horn and woodwind players were using period instruments. What dedication. The art of the impossible.
You are not the only one who knows about the period instruments. And of course there they are; very possible, indeed.
magnificent! no everyone can play Bach as well as this orchestra
Takes us to wonder wonderland. Thank you for uploading! Saved my day 🦄
Freiburger Barockorchestra - Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos No. 1-6 (BWV 1046-1051)
are the Bach Gold Standard. We always come back to them.
Marvelous!!!, why is that my heart and soul are so deeply touched by this supreme music?,why?,...probably because it is the divine code God gave us to express our feelings...deep, simple, abstract, all at the same time!!! Thanks God for music, thanks for this composition Johann Sebastian Bach!!!!
erreur John , pour certain la musique éloigne de dieu : "t d j" et musulm !
ils ont bien compris la supériorité de la musique sur dieu
Bach est un homme , comme Mozart leurs esprit est supérieur !
c'est de la musique " spirituelle " !
Bach was a man made by God....so music is still for me that divine code The Lord gave us all, in order to express our feelings, migths, hopes,etc, as well a s to comunicate with Him. I respect your idea evnthough, and wish for you as well all the best. Saludos para usted, que Dios lo bendiga también.
@@dardanus41
Dear Sir,
"De Gustibus Non Disputandum Est" (in Latin - I'm sure you understand).
Do me Mr. Johann Sebastian Bach's (yes !) DIVINE Music all the time ! Though I know many cantatas and sonatas by heart, it still amazes me and touches my heart every time I hear them. Imho Mr. J. S. Bach was - and still is - the greatest composer EVER !
Btw. do you know the (world famous) Thomanerchor Leipzig ? They are no doubt the very best choir in the world - their performances of Mr. J. S. Bach's Cantatas are.. absolutely perfect !
Blessed Be
❤😊😊❤
Yours sincerely, Raven Timish, amateur Baroque/Renaissance musician & (Music) historian.
hope he sees this bro
Bach's beautiful mind = My tears of joy.
If we apply the passion in which the Brandenburgs are played, particulary the 3rd. movt. of the #3 Allegro (Joy, Alegria) in our lives, in everything we do......imagine the quality of life....Thanks, God for JS Bach.
man, I love the Brandenburg concertos!
Johann would be delighted. This is the best.
Simply elegant.
Bach's music is so transcendental.
Delightful! Thank you for taking the time to perform these works on such lovely instruments, and in this historic setting.
Great performance, and I'm marveling at the periodic instruments and setting! Amazing what natural horn players can do!!
He might be on PEDs, who knows
@@HerbalistGuybrush 😂😂😂
Black eye danger!! Heavenly music , natural Horns. Expressive Body movements.
all period instruments. Absolutely wonderful.
Expressive body movements? Didn't their teachers ever explain to them how to sit still? For Christ's sake, it looks like a puppet show.
do you play anything, dead wood ingrate?
yes
@Dònal Brügge These musicians are too hammy for me. This is my opinion. If you enjoy watching them pulling faces and exaggerating the body unnecessarily, then this is good for you. No big deal. I find it corny. Old fashioned teachers would slap the student who behaves like this. It is a self indulgent distraction from the music. "Hey everyone, watch me now!" Give me a break.
@Dònal Brügge Then we agree, because a certain amount of body movement is part of playing any instrument. These folks are playing for the camera more than to the ear. They may as well be on Lawrence Welk.
I love Bach's music, as he's my favorite composer, and entirely agree with you. Bravíssimo!
This is highly virtuosic and simply wonderful! Thank you all!
I love the baroque instruments with all of their specialities and the baroque way of performing - highly skilled work! Excellent!
Oh, by the way: In my mind the photographers did an excellent job as well - congrats!
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I mean it's a nice joke in a way, but it simply doesn't fit in here ...!
Bach makes you see wonderful things.
Outstanding!!
Made my day!!
Dankeshoen
This is the best concert , takes me to higher self.. Awesome spirituality experience..
Just totally marvelous in every way. Thanks so much for making my life better!
The cameras direction is brilliant
Beautiful. Wonderful ensemble sonorities.
Dank des famosen Freiburger Barockorchesters erklingt hier Barockmusik vom Allerfeinsten. Auch beim wiederholten Anhören wirkt diese erfrischende Interpretation reinigend auf die Seele. Musik für die Ewigkeit! Wie sagte doch Beethoven: Nicht BACH sondern MEER müsste er heißen. Bachs Musik ist monumental; aber sie bedarf keines monumentalen Aufführungsapparates. Das Freiburger Barockorchester liefert eine glänzende Bestätigung!
I love when Bach's music performed temperamental and inspired! I enjoyed listening to this performance. Bravissimo!
Extraordinario Bach. Maravillosa interpretación de los conciertos. Para llenarse el corazón. Gracias por compartirlo y dejarlo a disposición.
Marvellous, great, beautiful, thank you so much to all of you.
An absolutely wonderful period instruments rendition! BRAVISSIMO!
Beautiful music of great virtuosity and remarkable skill.
Great joy: beautiful music most divine!
Belle interprétation, grand merci pour ce partage ! La musique de Bach est un réconfort.
lovely, conducting w his eyebrows and body movements
Bach le génie de l'enfance retrouvée : musiques ludiques et mélodies mélancoliques se succèdent avec succès.
BARROQUE MUSIC, THE BEST EVER.
One thousand upvotes.
Absolutely.
yes!!
Yes, when it's played by musicians like these, who bring it to life! I'm not keen on Baroque music performed by non-period ensembles.
A delightful rendering of a masterpiece. Thanks for the new insights I got of the score.
J.S.BACH: un gigante formidabile indimenticabile affascinante eccezionale e poi TUTTO. ...
32:40 love this quick recognition they have … they really enjoy playing together and Bach
Best music in the world.
Absolutely fantabulous!!
Brave, bold, brilliant…..Bach!!!!
7 people detest the detestable ads that sometimes intrude on this wonderful music.
Polished trumpet ,fantastic player,man its high accurate and brilliant
Really? Sorry to be a wet blanket but I think the trumpet was off, really off... I suppose a period instrument is much harder to play than a modern one, but even so... I'm thinking of Winston Marsalis (with Katherine Battle). What a difference. Sorry again, I don't mean to offend.
@@musicfanBRA Natural trumpet is a whole different ballgame. This player is exceptional! Nuff said.
I think it's interesting to note the way the musicians are compelled to move as they play, especially the violinists, leaning, swaying, dipping, to the inspiration of a particular passage in the music.
Δεν υπάρχουν λόγια που να μπορούν να εκφράσουν το χρέος και την απύθμενη ευγνωμοσύνη που έχει η ανθρωπότητα απέναντι στο συνθέτη, που με τόση αβίαστη ευκολία την ομόρφυνε. Αν ποτέ η ανθρωπότητα μπει στην ιστορία του σύμπαντος, σίγουρα θα ευθύνεται για αυτό και η μνημειακή αυτή μουσική, ως δείγμα υψηλής ανθρώπινης ευφυίας και γούστου. Αυτές οι ηχογραφήσεις γίνανε το 2000 στα πλαίσια παγκόσμιου τηλεμαραθώνιου στις 28 Ιουλίου λόγω συμπλήρωσης 250 ετών από το θάνατο του αρχιμουσικού, μεταδίδοντας 24 ώρες μόνο συνθέσεις του
Wunderbare !
Bach is back !!! cool jam ! du vrai pipeau, on en danse de bonheur !
Great!
un sommet de musicalité,un chemin de lumière
Bravísimo !!! FELICITACIONES !!!
I love it, thank you.
that Harpsichord melts my heart !!
ENORME orquesta !! " Orchestra di Cámera " Enorme !!
Gênio dos Gênios Johann Sebastian Bach !!!!
La música compuesta por Bach, no deja de sorprender.cada vez se escuchan nuevos matices
At 54:23 the lead violinist was on mad; At 21:08 the trompeter fell in delirium; At 01:03:15 the cembalist went wild; At 34:30 the entire orchestra started getting mad; Finally in the end at 01:27:15 everybody including me have gone mad. 🤯😅🥰😇
Amazing!
You have managed to gather such an exquisite ensemble in Freiburg, heck there are many places in the world where you can't gather such a gifted ensemble from a whole country even), God save Germany!
Well played...
Bach's music is the only thing that makes me think of the existence of God
spannend, schwungvoll und trotzdem unaufgeregt. top notch.
Came for 31:15, stayed for an hour and a half. Bravo Bach !
This is just immense.
C'est splendide , un grand merci.
wunderbar
Terrific!
Absolutely glorious. Bach is the standard by which all other music is measured.
I like your opinion of JS Bach! I studied Bach with a Prof. Westermann@ Hunter College, CUNY
Can Bach's music be surpassed by any mortal in the universe? I think not!
maybe just match.
Picked up this DVD after watching it here. Might not have gotten it otherwise. Thanks!
merci aux deux femmes hauboïstes quelles artistes ! ! !
Danke!
Absolutely Outstanding !! I Really enjoyed this!