Something for a Friday: All of Bach

[EdgeleyRob]

Thanks again ferney.

What a fabulous sound in that 'gas tank' too.

[Padraig]

Thanks again ferney.

What a fabulous sound in that 'gas tank' too.

Yes, and a surprising sound, Rob, though I had already bought the Suites with Dmitry Badiarov playing his own violoncello da spalla. Still, I was caught off guard slightly.

My last live recital was of the cello suites when I visited the Heaney Centre in September. They were played on the other cello.

[Beresford]

Thanks again ferney.

What a fabulous sound in that 'gas tank' too.

Looks like the mic is fastened to the tailpiece - I can't see one anywhere else.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Cantata BWV 137; "Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren"

"Praise the Lord, the Mighty King of Honour" - a 3VpP performance (presumably following Bach's practice in Cantata 29 and elsewhere, of supplying ripieno parts in works involving trios of trumpets in the orchestra) given by the Netherlands Bach Society, conducted by Peter Dijkstra, and recorded in the Walloon Church in Amsterdam in February.

http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-137/

Over all too soon.

[Padraig]

Praise the Lord - I was able to see this one!

How I enjoyed seeing and hearing this marvellous group again. I read the notes and realise how much detail is contained in this piece and how cleverly it is structured. But then, I think that every time I hear Bach. For now I'm just enjoying the singing and playing and recognising a few old 'friends' in the ensemble.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Praise the Lord - I was able to see this one!

Hurrah!

How I enjoyed seeing and hearing this marvellous group again. I read the notes and realise how much detail is contained in this piece and how cleverly it is structured. But then, I think that every time I hear Bach. For now I'm just enjoying the singing and playing and recognising a few old 'friends' in the ensemble.

[Padraig]

Hurrah!

I seem to have all my videos back again - I have checked a few that I know I could not previously access and there they are! I did nothing; it must be a miracle. I have many to catch up on, but I'll grit my teeth and think of Christmas.

[EdgeleyRob]

I seem to have all my videos back again - I have checked a few that I know I could not previously access and there they are! I did nothing; it must be a miracle. I have many to catch up on, but I'll grit my teeth and think of Christmas.

Made up for you,so much to look forward to Padraig.

Thanks as always ferney.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Chorale Prelude "Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf", BWV 1092

Splendid to hear the excellent news about the miracle, Padraig - and, to celebrate .... erm ... a piece lasting two-and-a-half minutes! Bart at Bavo's again for this early work, possibly written when the composer was still in his teens.

http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-1092/

[Padraig]

Splendid to hear the excellent news about the miracle, Padraig - and, to celebrate .... erm ... a piece lasting two-and-a-half minutes! Bart at Bavo's again for this early work, possibly written when the composer was still in his teens.

http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-1092/

two-and-a-half-minutes quite sufficient a celebration for me, fhg.
The 'miracle', which is still generating, takes a bit longer. Out of 42 cantatas so far performed I have caught up on 9. The video of each cantata is a work of art showing not only the expertise of each performance but the love and commitment of all the participants to the music and often to each other.

[hmvman]

Violoncello da Spalla - "little big viol for the shoulder" - the five-stringed instrument for which Bach (might have) written the Sixth of his unaccompanied 'cello suites. This is the first of the works to be included in the "All of Bach" project, recorded a year ago by Russian 'cellist Sergey Malov in the Gashouder, Amsterdam - a former gas tank, now used for Arts events.

http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-1012/

I liked this a lot!

PS - yes; a "gas tank": I kid thee not!

http://www.westergasfabriek.nl/en/locations/gashouder/

Just caught up with this one. For me it's the most stunning thing so far in this project and one of the most amazing/stunning things I've seen and heard this year. Just incredible.

[Padraig]

Just caught up with this one. For me it's the most stunning thing so far in this project and one of the most amazing/stunning things I've seen and heard this year. Just incredible.

Since I have been viewing all the Cantatas so far performed I noted that in BWV 22 and BWV 23 Lucia Swarts and Sigiswald Kuijken both play the violoncello da spalla, though not as a solo instrument.

[Keraulophone]

Just caught up with this one. For me it's the most stunning thing so far in this project and one of the most amazing/stunning things I've seen and heard this year. Just incredible.

Extraordinary.

So different from Yo-Yo Ma at the Proms on his ‘cello, sublime though that experience was in the RAH.

Just the sight of someone playing this archaic instrument is remarkable enough, but of course the sound is totally engaging and unsurprisingly perfectly matched to the task.

[EdgeleyRob]

Just caught up with this one. For me it's the most stunning thing so far in this project and one of the most amazing/stunning things I've seen and heard this year. Just incredible.

Agreed,and thanks as always for the continuing updates ferney

[hmvman]

Looks like the mic is fastened to the tailpiece - I can't see one anywhere else.

The mics were positioned up on a bracket or 'tree' arrangement - you can see them being set up in one of the interview videos. They're positioned quite high presumably to capture the acoustic of the tank as well. I don't think that's a mic on the tail of the instrument and it wouldn't produce the superb sound that we can hear. I would guess that the audio was recorded alongside the wide shots with the mics out of shot and then the close ups were taken separately. Clearly there were at least two full takes - one with a dry floor and one with the water. Interesting that they chose to cut to the 'wet' shots halfway through, at the Sarabande. Great result though.