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Are the runs reminiscent of curling tobacco smoke It may be a simple idea but no simpler than the way in which the words explore the similarities between people and pipes: both are made of earth and both are blackened by use. However hot" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-TptHQCmBM4) 2021-01-07T11:59Z 559K followers, 85.7K engagements "Bach - Prelude and fugue in G minor BWV [---] - Van Doeselaar Netherlands Bach Society Organist Leo van Doeselaar performs the Prelude and fugue in G minor for All of Bach. Theres no prelude without a fugue you would think. Yet it is questionable whether Bach thought up this pair of works together as the prelude bears more resemblance in style to his early works than the fugue. Bach may have written the prelude directly after making acquaintance with Buxtehude who constructed his preludes as Bach does here in neat well-defined movements. Recorded for the project All of Bach on Jun 23rd [----] at" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-XmRy-iS4xQ) 2020-09-10T10:59Z 559K followers, 271.6K engagements "Bach - Willst du dein Herz mir schenken BWV [---] - De Geyter Netherlands Bach Society The Notenbchlein for Anna Magdalena Bach is a collection of different sorts of music by several composers. Besides pieces for harpsichord preludes partitas and various dances it also includes a series of songs. Some are more spiritual in character and others more secular. This song 'Willst du dein Herz mir schenken' belongs in the latter category. It is a love song in four strophes in which the singer asks her lover to keep their love hidden and unspoken because being too free and feeling confident has" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-b06eO8QQkI) 2022-08-04T10:59Z 559K followers, 33.4K engagements "Bach - Preludium et partita del tuono terzo BWV [---] - Van Delft Netherlands Bach Society The 'Preludium et partita del tuono terzo' performed by Menno van Delft for All of Bach has been preserved in a manuscript compiled by Johann Christoph containing harpsichord suites by Nicolas Lebgue copied from his 'Les pieces de clavessin' (Paris: 1677). The manuscript also contains an explanation about how to play various ornaments copied from the 'Six suites de clavessin' by Charles Dieupart a French keyboard player who worked in England. BWV [---] exudes the seventeenth-century French style of Lebgue." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0YZ_M0LZiQw) 2020-10-29T11:59Z 559K followers, 46.5K engagements "Bach - O Mensch bewein dein Snde gross BWV [---] - Wiersinga Netherlands Bach Society An organ work as poignant and moving as 'O Mensch bewein dein Snde gross' performed by Erwin Wiersinga for All of Bach is a rarity even for Bach. We are all reminded of our responsibility which we have hopelessly renounced as we know. O ye faithful of all lands take shame Though Christ saved us he had to die a horrible death in order to do so. Recorded for the project All of Bach on August 24th [----] at Stiftskirche St. Georg Goslar-Grauhof. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5oha0oITfYk) 2021-03-25T11:59Z 559K followers, 191.6K engagements "Bach - Easter Oratorio: Kommt eilet und laufet BWV [---] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society The Netherlands Bach Society performs 'Kommt eilet und laufet' for All of Bach. This Oster-Oratorium (Easter oratorio) was first performed on Easter Sunday in [----]. Two days earlier the congregation in Leipzig had listened to the St John Passion just as in [----]. The closing chorus Ruht wohl ihr heiligen Gebeine sent them on their way home to celebrate Holy Saturday. And then on Sunday morning the church resounded with the huge contrast of a Sinfonia with leading roles for three trumpets and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=62fawgUUpg8) 2019-04-23T11:00Z 559K followers, 2.2M engagements "Bach - Sonata for violin and harpsichord no. [--] in A major BWV [----] Netherlands Bach Society Musically speaking this work is everything that its predecessor is not. BWV [----] is in the poignant key of B minor and is dominated by a melancholy tone and many expressive dissonants. BWV [----] on the other hand is in the radiant A major a key that says theres not a cloud in the sky as it were. The first movement is pastoral and dreamy in nature and the quick movements are airy. Only in the third movement do the skies cloud over briefly. Recorded for the project All of Bach on December 6th [----] at" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7-T9lbly3q0) 2023-05-25T13:59Z 559K followers, 76.8K engagements "Bach - Cantata Weichet nur betrbte Schatten BWV [---] - Yamagata Netherlands Bach Society The joyful cantata Weichet nur betrbte Schatten - recorded here for All of Bach at the annual Friends concert of the Netherlands Bach Society - was written on the occasion of a wedding celebration. The poet arranged an expressive bouquet: five arias with short recitatives. The composer Bach lets us hear the poetry more than ever before and skilfully builds up to the highlight of the day: the ball. So one quick listen and then its time for a knees-up For more information on BWV [---] and credits of this" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=874txGMTwoQ) 2023-11-02T14:59Z 559K followers, 100.1K engagements "Bach - Liebster Gott wenn werd ich sterben BWV [---] - Johannsen Netherlands Bach Society Liebster Gott wenn werd ich sterben recorded here for All of Bach with tenor Daniel Johannsen and organist Matthias Havinga was one of the main hymns in Leipzigs churches in the seventeenth century. Bach used the tekst (by Caspar Neumann) and the melody (by Daniel Vetter) as a basis for one of his most beautiful cantatas (BWV 8) nd this Schemelli-song from [----]. For more information on BWV [---] and credits of this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-483/ For the interview with tenor" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8lNiJ0_Tkxw) 2025-04-17T01:59Z 560K followers, 27K engagements "Bach - Prelude in D major BWV [---] - Fernando Lourens Netherlands Bach Society This Prelude in D major recorded here for All of Bach with young talent Fernando Lourens from the Netherlands as part of a talent development project by the Netherlands Bach Society is part of the Klavierbchlein fr Wilhelm Friedemann. Bach wrote this teaching method to help his son play better and to compose. BWV [---] is one of the pieces attributed to both father and son. It is a fugue; a musical form that father Bach had mastered to perfection and raised to new heights. The essence of a fugue is a short melody a" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9uvofauJhJY) 2026-02-05T14:59Z 560K followers, [----] engagements "Bach - Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille BWV [---] - Daniels Netherlands Bach Society The hymn 'Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille' performed here by Charles Daniels and Menno van Delft for All of Bach was top of the spiritual hit parade in Bachs day. Nowadays his chorale 'O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden' is most famous but at the time people sang the long poem 'Gib dich zufrieden' at least as often to many different melodies. Bach chose two of them for the Notenbchlein. The message is rich yet very practical: even if God seems faraway (after all lifes no picnic) in the end he offers salvation and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AqJpyzESLnM) 2024-05-30T01:59Z 559K followers, 37.5K engagements "Bach - Schweigt stille plaudert nicht 'Kaffeekantate' BWV [---] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society In Bachs day drinking coffee was certainly not without controversy. The text in this Kaffeekantate 'Schweigt stille plaudert nicht' here performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach tells of a girl who is addicted and of women who know their own mind and sexual innuendo is never far away. If Bach had written an opera then it could have looked like this. Recorded for the project All of Bach on 17th May [----] at Radio Kootwijk. This recording was made possible by the support of the Eleven" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=B6Loyexw3uk) 2019-10-21T13:59Z 559K followers, 411.3K engagements "Bach - Partita no. [--] in C minor BWV [---] - Edwards Netherlands Bach Society In this ambitious tricky Partita No. [--] recorded here for All of Bach with Mark Edwards Bach proceeds as a lighting technician. By placing a spotlight here and a colour filter there he keeps showing you a different scene. From the dark and weighty ouverture with the dotted-note stately rhythms of the French overture to the lightning-fast two-part fugue that eventually comes back to the earlier dotted rhythm. For more information on BWV [---] and credits of this production go to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BFjgA9t2bU4) 2024-03-28T14:59Z 559K followers, 107.7K engagements "Bach - Komm Gott Schpfer Heiliger Geist BWV [---] - Havinga Netherlands Bach Society Bach wrote the chorale prelude Komm Gott Schpfer Heiliger Geist recorded here for All of Bach with Matthias Havinga on the occasion of Whitsuntide. For this he arranged an ancient melody the gregorian hymn Veni creator spiritus. Beneath the calm chorale melody the rhythm of a gigue a fast Baroque dance is heard which supports the festive character of the Whitsun celebrations. The unusual syncopated bass ensures that this chorale prelude stands out immediately. For more information on BWV [---] and credits of this" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BeAPr2XnaF8) 2025-06-12T13:59Z 560K followers, 19.1K engagements "Bach - Cantata Die Elenden sollen essen BWV [--] - Kuijken Netherlands Bach Society Bachs cantata 'Die Elenden sollen essen' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach broke the ice in his new post. At last his appointment as cantor in Leipzig had been finalised and he had moved with his family from Kthen to Leipzig on [--] May [----]. And his first actual duties as cantor were carried out at the service on Sunday [--] May [----]. Recorded for the project All of Bach on April 23rd [----] at the Walloon Church Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CVigm_9XHj0) 2019-01-17T12:00Z 559K followers, 333.4K engagements "Sato on Bach Violin Partita no. [--] in D minor BWV [----] Netherlands Bach Society "It seems to have been part of Bach's personality or household just like we do Sudoku or crossword puzzles." Violinist Shunske Sato talks about Violin Partita in D minor which he performed for All of Bach. This interview was recorded on November 28th [----] at the Oude Dorpskerk Bunnik. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB or consider donating http://bit.ly/2uZuMj5. For the complete performance of Violin Partita in D minor go to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DeXSXVJMGIs) 2019-10-08T10:57Z 560K followers, 32.5K engagements "Bach - Prelude and fugue in B minor BWV [---] - Te Lindert Netherlands Bach Society This Prelude and fuga in B minor performed by Elske te Lindert for All of Bach may have premiered by Bach in St Pauls Church in Leipzig. That is where on [--] October [----] the university held a memorial service for the recently departed Queen of Poland. During the ceremony Bach played the organ himself. He opened with a prelude and ended with a fugue and although nobody can prove it it seems highly likely that it was this piece. Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 2nd [----] at Bovenkerk Kampen. If you" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ES7fN2lXWHU) 2020-05-07T10:59Z 559K followers, 385.7K engagements "The Baroque oboe I Nederlandse Bachvereniging Which instrument is best for playing Baroque music In this documentary Katharina Verhaar hoboist in the Netherlands Bach Society talks about the difference between modern oboes and Baroque oboes. "This quest this striving for a sound that might approximate the actual sound of the Baroque period is what I find interesting and fun." Recorded for the project All of Bach on December [--] [----] at the Akoesticum in Ede. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel https://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GOcoPA3oWgM) 2025-05-15T13:59Z 560K followers, 17.6K engagements "Bach - Cantata Weinen Klagen Sorgen Zagen BWV [--] - Jacobs Netherlands Bach Society This cantata recorded for All of Bach with conductor Ren Jacobs is one of the most popular works today by Bach. The cantata was written for the 3rd Sunday after Easter Sunday Jubilate and glorifies the pain of earthly life. Tears worries suffering and fear are an inevitable part of life for all those baptised in Christs name. After all Jesus paid for eternal life for his followers with his death. So redemption awaits those who are patient. For more information on BWV [--] and credits of this production go to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GZNg3CWTt14) 2025-02-20T14:59Z 559K followers, 135.3K engagements "Ayrton on WTC I Prelude and fugue no. [--] in C-sharp major BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society To me the fugue has the the most lively and joyful theme Bach ever wrote. Harpsichordist Patrick Ayrton talks about WTC I Prelude and fugue in C-sharp major BWV [---] which he performed for All of Bach. Recorded for the project All of Bach on 16th April [----] at Culles-les-Roches France. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating http://bit.ly/2uZuMj5. For the complete performance of WTC I Prelude and fugue no. [--] in C-sharp major" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GhKcfXCk2bM) 2019-10-08T11:57Z 559K followers, [----] engagements "Bach - Cantata Jesu der du meine Seele BWV [--] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society The opening chorus of this cantata 'Jesu der du meine Seele' performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach resembles a chaconne. You can hear a number of layers in the music: strings and winds a chorale melody; multiple voices that all make their own contribution at the same time - a sampling of fantastic ensembles. As a contrast the arias are sung by one or two singers with an accompanying instrument. Recorded for the project All of Bach on February 10th [----] at the Walloon Church" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JAlt2NAfaYA) 2019-09-05T11:00Z 559K followers, 457.2K engagements "Bach - So oft ich meine Tobackspfeife BWV [---] - Wrner Netherlands Bach Society The song 'So oft ich meine Tobackspfeife' performed here by Dominik Wrner for All of Bach in a special staged production by Thomas Hft appears twice in the Notenbchlein from 1725: once without words and again directly alongside with words and a more embellished bass line. Are the runs reminiscent of curling tobacco smoke It may be a simple idea but no simpler than the way in which the words explore the similarities between people and pipes: both are made of earth and both are blackened by use. However hot the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KnVZHEBqiVA) 2023-07-27T13:59Z 559K followers, 27.4K engagements "Bach - The Art of Fugue BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society Bachs The Art of Fugue is shrouded in mystery. We dont know whether Bach intended the music as material for practice or performance. The order of the [--] sections is unclear as well and we dont know whether the piece was ever completed. Shunske Sato made his own instrumentation for the Netherlands Bach Society. I wanted to bring out the many colours of the work and of my ensemble. Every fugue has its own character. On the basis of the rhythm time and chromatic lines etc. you can determine which instrument is most suitable. Ive" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=N6sUlZa-IrU) 2022-09-15T16:29Z 559K followers, 1.3M engagements "Bach - Herrscher des Himmels from Christmas Oratorio BWV [---] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society The third cantate from the Christmas Oratorio recorded here for All of Bach under the direction of Shunske Sato is the closing piece of what you might call the first cycle of Bachs oratorio. This first cycle consists of the first three out of six cantatas of the Christmas Oratorio and follow a single narrative line quoted directly from the gospel of Luke. In cantata [--] the shepherds come to Bethlehem and bring the glad tidings of the birth of Jesus to the people for the first time. Highlights in this" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ny_0nxMzUgw) 2024-12-19T14:59Z 559K followers, 108.2K engagements "Bach - Concerto for three harpsichords in D minor BWV [----] - Mortensen Netherlands Bach Society In the Concerto for three harpsichords in D minor performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach Bach plays with monophony and polyphony. It is a solo concerto but then for three harpsichords. Sometimes all the instruments play the same melody but then they go off on their own again. And even when they follow their own path there are still always lines played by two three or four hands together. When the harpsichordists are actually all playing something different their instruments still" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PdNjyzxqmWU) 2019-02-12T11:59Z 559K followers, 1.6M engagements "Bach - Fecit Potentiam from Magnificat BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society Fecit Potentiam from 'Magnificat' (BWV 243) by J.S. Bach. The Magnificat is the first large choral work that Bach composed after his appointment in Leipzig in the spring of [----]. It is an old-fashioned but delightful five-voiced work that uses Latin just like the other rarity among Bachs works the Mass in B minor. The text comes from the Gospel of Luke and is about the visit made by Mary to her cousin Elisabeth who was also pregnant. She welcomed Mary with the words: Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QK74OzuXqyQ) 2020-08-25T10:59Z 559K followers, 34K engagements "Bach - Cantata Aus der Tiefen rufe ich. BWV [---] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society The cantata 'Aus der Tiefen rufe ich Herr zu dir' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach is not just about slight misfortune but deep misery. The piece comes from the very beginning of Bachs career during his time as organist in Mhlhausen. He was then in his early twenties and trying his hand at vocal church music for the first time. He did so properly according to the book and in stylistic line with his fellow seventeenth-century musicians. Recorded for the project All of Bach on May" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TMWDxIkl1fc) 2020-03-26T11:59Z 559K followers, 502K engagements "Bach - Oboe Concerto in F major BWV 1053r - Black Netherlands Bach Society This Concerto for Oboe in F major performed by Emma Black and the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach is a reconstruction of an oboe concerto based on the keyboard concerto in E major BWV [----]. Oboists did fairly well out of Bach as his oeuvre contains more than two hundred oboe solos. They often concern one or two oboes in opening choruses and arias in the cantatas. But the true solo repertoire is sparse. For example no solo concertos for oboe have survived. There are indications that Bach did indeed compose oboe" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TPw5TvDPRoc) 2021-01-21T11:59Z 559K followers, 2.5M engagements "Bach - Cantata Was Gott tut das ist wohlgetan BWV [--] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society 'Was Gott tut das ist wohlgetan' performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach originated in Bachs second year in Leipzig. He was working at the time on a complete series of chorale cantatas taking inspiration each week from a well-known hymn. He usually used the words of the first and last verses literally and arranged the in-between verses to suit the sermon of the day in this case the Sermon on the Mount. For more information on BWV [--] and credits of this production go to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TwmQo97zb6I) 2019-11-14T11:59Z 559K followers, 165K engagements "Bach - WTC I Prelude and fugue no. [--] in B minor BWV [---] - Van Asperen Netherlands Bach Society Arriving at the Prelude and fugue in B minor performed by Bob van Asperen for All of Bach Bach had already put his students to the test [--] times. Just one more key to go and the circle of unprecedented contrapuntal inventions would be complete. What would Bach do now he had arrived at the last couple of pieces Would he surpass himself by combining yet more techniques or finish off in simplicity and thus conquer the heart of the listener Bach succeeded in doing both of course even though the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UGieOVATEOM) 2020-05-12T10:59Z 559K followers, 100.7K engagements "Bach - Cantata In allen meinen Taten BWV [--] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society The text of this cantata was based on the hymn of the same name written by poet Paul Fleming before undertaking a perilous diplomatic trade mission to Moscow. The words are brimming with boundless faith and Bach adheres to them exactly without the additions Bach usually commissioned for such chorale cantatas. Recorded for the project All of Bach on [--] June [----] at the Philharmonie Haarlem the Netherlands. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel https://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=V8zPoLLoRZg) 2023-05-04T13:59Z 559K followers, 245.8K engagements "Bach - Flute sonata in E minor BWV [----] - Root Netherlands Bach Society In this flute sonata recorded here for All of Bach with Marten Root Mieneke van der Velden and Menno van Delft Bach makes the most of the delicate soft timbre of the traverso while also paying special attention to the bass or continuo part. The conversation partners are equally interesting on many points. So the piece might be better regarded as a duet for traverso and basso continuo. For more information on BWV [----] and credits of this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-1034/ Recorded for the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VvIRtEedd9c) 2024-09-05T13:59Z 559K followers, 121.3K engagements "Bach - Beschrnkt ihr Weisen dieser Welt BWV [---] - Johannsen Netherlands Bach Society This song recorded here for All of Bach with tenor Daniel Johannsen and organist Leo van Doeselaar is part of the Schemelli Gesang-Buch. In the eighteenth century sacred songbooks for private use were an important aid in simple domestic devotion. In [----] pietist Georg Christian Schemmel alias Schemelli launched his own songbook. In order to outdo the competition he involved probably the most famous music consultant of all time who happened to be his sons music teacher: Bach. For more information on BWV 443" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=W3w_PM_0xSg) 2025-07-03T13:59Z 560K followers, 20.7K engagements "Bach - Cantata Der Herr denket an uns BWV [---] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society "One sunny day Bach walked with his wife Maria Barbara to the lovely little church in Dornheim carrying his latest composition 'Der Herr denket an uns' performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. The church where Bach was to perform his latest piece was familiar territory as it was where he had married Maria Barbara six months earlier. Their marriage was solemnised by a friend of the family Johann Lorenz Stauber. Today it was Staubers turn to get married. As a wedding present Bach" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YNjAHgMMsFs) 2019-02-28T11:59Z 560K followers, 457.1K engagements "Bach - Cantata Auf schmetternde Tne BWV 207a - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society 'Auf schmetternde Tne' performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach was played in Leipzig in [----] to celebrate the name day of Friedrich August II Elector of Saxony. Although his court was in Dresden important occasions were also celebrated in Leipzig with extraordinary concerts. The libretto of this cantata is a typically eighteenth-century and for modern ears rather exalted ode to the virtues of the Elector and the ensuing prosperity of his subjects. Recorded for the project All of Bach" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YnhkPwFno0Y) 2020-03-08T11:59Z 559K followers, 247.9K engagements "Bach - Violin Sonata no. [--] in A minor BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society In this Sonata no. [--] performed by Shunske Sato for All of Bach Bach makes the unviolinistic violinistic but also embraces what the violin does best anyway. Even the Fugue and the Andante sound completely natural here despite their polyphony that is so difficult to play well. The Andante in which the violinist accompanies himself with continually repeated notes below the melody is a marvel of apparent straightforwardness. And the spirited Allegro with its echo effects sometimes appears almost ironic in intent and is" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=b24_rysm2S8) 2019-11-07T11:59Z 560K followers, 397.7K engagements "Ogg on Bach WTC I Prelude and fugue no. [--] in F-sharp minor BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society "The relative simplicity of the Prelude I think that's such a stroke of genius." Harpsichordist Jacques Ogg talks about the Prelude and fugue in F sharp minor which he performed for All of Bach. From the piece itself to the harpsichord on which he played Ogg gives us an intimate insight into his performance of this work. Recorded for the project All of Bach on March 10th [----] in Bunde The Netherlands. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h1lf4AnCaEM) 2018-10-09T11:00Z 559K followers, [----] engagements "Bach - Chorale Herzlich lieb hab ich dich o Herr BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society The chorale Herzlich lieb hab ich dich o Herr recorded here for All of Bach with singers of the Netherlands Bach Society is one of the many chorales in the standard hymn repertoire in the church of Bachs day. This chorale was a well-known hymn for the dying. For more information on BWV [---] and credits of this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-340/ Recorded for the project All of Bach on May 6th [----] at Sint-Gertrudiskerk Bergen op Zoom. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iEY5ZY0KNaA) 2025-05-29T13:59Z 560K followers, 35.6K engagements "Sato and Deans on Concerto for two violins in D minor BWV [----] Netherlands Bach Society "The second movement feels like a kind of spiritual love cantilene between the two violins." Shunske Sato and Emily Deans talks about the Concerto for two violins in D minor which the performed with the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 7th [----] at the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating http://bit.ly/2uZuMj5. For the complete" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iwHOeTHMiGk) 2019-10-08T10:57Z 560K followers, 26.1K engagements "Bach - Cantata Ich glaube lieber Herr hilf meinem Unglauben BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society Ambiguity and doubt resound in the opening of Bachs cantata 'Ich glaube lieber Herr hilf meinem Unglauben' performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. The same applies to the subsequent recitative by the tenor and particularly the aria with its indecisive rhythms and uncertain harmonies. But then the alto gives heart to the doubter: God will stand by his side in the battle so that faith will win in the end. And just where you expect a simple chorale at the end of the cantata" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jgjgWDAaTbA) 2022-07-21T13:59Z 559K followers, 182.1K engagements "Bach - Prelude and fugue in E-flat major BWV [---] - Van Doeselaar Netherlands Bach Society While Bach was putting together his definitive Clavier-bung III he may have had a brilliant idea. Rather then putting his tremendous 'Prelude and fugue in E-flat major' performed here by Leo van Doeselaar for All of Bach in the middle as planned what if he were to separate them to form the opening of the volume and a surprising finish In a volume that was essentially devoted to the Trinity there could have been no clearer statement than this piece with all its references to the number three. On paper" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jr_jK-fzglM) 2021-11-11T13:59Z 559K followers, 535.2K engagements "Bach - Cantata Jesus schlft was soll ich hoffen BWV [--] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society The cantata 'Jesus schlft was soll ich hoffen' performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach was performed on the fourth Sunday after Epiphany. On his appointment as cantor at the Thomasschule in [----] Bach was told that his church music must not be too opernhafftig or operatic. Might the gentlemen of the Leipzig council have cast their minds back to this condition on the second to last day in January [----] Recorded for the project All of Bach on January 21st [----] at the Walloon Church" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=n5QJIGTCgIs) 2020-03-17T11:59Z 559K followers, 95K engagements "Bach - Harpsichord concerto in A major BWV [----] - Corti Netherlands Bach Society The basis for this Harpsichord Concerto in A major BWV [----] was probably a concerto for oboe damore as suggested by the key and the fact that it is only really the right hand of the harpsichord that plays concertante. Apart from Bach himself listeners at the time it was written would probably not have known that the solo instrument was originally an oboe. And if you had not read this you might not have suspected it either. Recorded for the project All of Bach on 3rd February [----] at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pXMH56hJBVI) 2019-11-05T11:59Z 559K followers, 319.6K engagements "Bach - Violin Sonata in G major BWV [----] Netherlands Bach Society *This recording was made as part of a staged concert entitled 'Bach's Family Reunion'. This performance can be viewed in its entirety via https://youtu.be/OSQpEnaIpS4 Thats how it should be. At least thats how Bach and his contemporaries saw it. Nowadays we always perform instrumental works like this violin sonata in concert halls. But in Bachs day this sort of music was played at elite dinners or parties given by musical friends. So pouring a glass of beer or wine with this chamber music is allowed or even encouraged. For more" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qekqd0elm6c) 2024-08-02T13:58Z 559K followers, 31.2K engagements "Bach - Cantata Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen BWV [--] - Rademann Netherlands Bach Society In 'Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach the three magi travelled from the East to Bethlehem in order to see the newborn Jesus. Bach illustrated their exotic origins with oriental sounds. He opted for a varied instrumental setting including strings horns recorders and oboes da caccia. Its very beautifully done says conductor Hans-Christoph Rademann. Recorded for the project All of Bach on January 23rd [----] at the Grote Kerk Harlingen. If you want to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qhzr7EU6XS8) 2020-01-14T11:59Z 559K followers, 141.2K engagements "Bach - Sonata for violin and harpsichord no. [--] in B minor BWV [----] Netherlands Bach Society This Sonata for violin and harpsichord no. [--] in B minor performed here by Bojan ii and Steven Devine for All of Bach is the first in a set of six that Bach probably wrote during his years in Kthen. The slow opening section immediately shows Bachs ambitions for the whole set. He reveals himself at his most expressive and there is also room for virtuosity and complexity. For instance after the melancholic introduction by the harpsichord the violin enters in a lament with a long motionless note and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=s5I1xxxt56s) 2022-09-29T10:59Z 559K followers, 172.3K engagements "Bach - Ach Gott und Herr BWV [---] - Jacobs Netherlands Bach Society The first movement of 'Ach Gott und Herr' performed by Bart Jacobs for All of Bach is special as practically nowhere else does Bach write such purely Italianate organ music. This is definitely the Italian style of 'durezze e legature' which literally means harshness and suspensions. Here Bach writes long sustained notes resolving dissonants and making room for new dissonants in a chain that is only truly resolved at the end. In Italy this sort of mystical music often accompanied the elevation: the displaying of the host during" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sG5Qzm1p0hE) 2020-11-10T11:59Z 560K followers, 48.1K engagements "Bach - [--] inventions BWV 772-786 Netherlands Bach Society Like the ricercares of the Renaissance and early Baroque Bachs [--] inventions performed by various young performers for All of Bach are experiments (here very concise ones) on a musical idea a theme and a new way of combining lines. In tiny doses the player can thus familiarise himself with the effect of music and with Bachs genius. Bachs [--] inventions are in the Klavierbchlein the exercise book that Bach compiled around [----] for his eldest son Wilhelm Friedemann. Recorded for the project All of Bach on April 16th [----] at Ottone" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sdaCRiSqfjM) 2022-04-07T11:00Z 559K followers, 204.7K engagements "Bach - Kommst du nun Jesu vom Himmel herunter BWV [---] - Jacobs Netherlands Bach Society In the story of the six Schbler Chorales 'Kommst du nun Jesu vom Himmel herunter' performed by Bart Jacobs for All of Bach stands for Advent. The cantata from which he took this aria have nothing to do with the birth of Jesus. The words of BWV [---] are jubilant in a more general way and were sung in the middle of the ecclesiastical year. The Christmas accent is added by sticking an alternative chorale text onto the music even if we have to imagine it ourselves in this purely instrumental setting. Recorded" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tNIwNhTh8fc) 2020-12-22T11:59Z 559K followers, 82.8K engagements "Bach - Mass in G minor BWV [---] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society The Mass in G minor performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach derives its opening from cantata [---] while the other two choruses and three arias are taken from cantatas [---] and [--]. Bach probably wrote this and three other 'Lutheran' masses to create a safe haven for some of his favourite pieces. The neutral character of a Latin Mass means it can be used on far more occasions than the one specific moment in the ecclesiastical year assigned to the cantatas written in German. Recorded for the project All of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=upVlACKAU3c) 2021-12-16T11:59Z 559K followers, 373.7K engagements "Sato on 'Brandenburg' Concerto no. [--] in G major BWV [----] Netherlands Bach Society "It excites something quite deep inside of me this piece." Violinist Shunske Sato talks about the 'Brandenburg' Concerto no. [--] in G major which he performed with the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. In this piece many aspects come to play: familiarity number symbolism and tutti versus solo aspect. Sato has to be aware of these aspects and actively work with them. For more information on BWV [----] and credits of this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-1048/ For the complete" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=v5INRyT3XYg) 2020-09-24T10:58Z 559K followers, 31.8K engagements "Bach - Invention No. [--] in F major BWV [---] - Frank Monster Netherlands Bach Society Invention No. [--] in F major (BWV 779) by J.S. Bach. Performed by Frank Monster (15). Recording: [--] april [----] Ottone Utrecht Watch al the Inventions at allofbach.com: http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-772-786/ This special project was supported by Rabobank. Every Friday you will find a new recording on allofbach.com of one of Johann Sebastian Bachs works performed by the Netherlands Bach Society and many guest musicians. http://allofbach.com/en/" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=whbFffxr2q4) 2016-07-27T14:02Z 559K followers, 225.3K engagements "Ter Schegget and Sato on Bach 'Brandenburg' Concerto no. [--] BWV [----] Netherlands Bach Society "I always feel slightly apologetic and embarrassed when I come to that part." Violinist Shunske Sato apologizes to recorder player Heiko ter Schegget for the space he claims in 'Brandenburg' Concerto No.4 in G major. They performed this piece with the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. For more information on BWV [----] and credits of this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-1049/ For the complete performance of 'Brandenburg' Concerto no. [--] go to https://youtu.be/oSZJ__GIbms" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yKAPxpBlh3Q) 2018-09-13T11:00Z 559K followers, 14.7K engagements "Bach - St John Passion BWV [---] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society The St John Passion performed by the Nederlands Bach Society for All of Bach was the first Passion Bach had written as cantor in Leipzig. The Passion story as told in the Gospel of John is different from that told by the other three evangelists Matthew Luke and Mark. Johns version places the emphasis on Christs divine origin. Throughout his suffering this divine origin still plays a role and nowhere is Jesus as human as in the other gospels. For this performance we selected a cast of singers under the age of [--]. Apart" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zMf9XDQBAaI) 2018-04-10T10:07Z 560K followers, 3.6M engagements "Bach - Violin Partita no. [--] in D minor BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society Shrouded in wistfulness all the movements of this Partita no. [--] here performed by Shunske Sato for All of Bach are in a minor key. Bachs manuscript originates from [----] the year in which he returned from a journey to the unexpected news that his wife Maria Barbara was dead and buried. Even if Bach had already composed this partita it is not hard to imagine that the music gained a whole different meaning for him after the death of his wife. Recorded for the project All of Bach 24th June [----] at the Lichtfabriek" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=44Wz92zQe04) 2019-12-05T11:59Z 560K followers, 417.4K engagements "Bach - Cantata Sei Lob und Ehr dem hchsten Gut BWV [---] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society The message of this cantata recorded here for All of Bach with Shunske Sato - is fairly general and one that the devout church-goer in Bachs day would have known only too well: praise and glory to he who created the earth and mankind. Partly due to this general character we can only guess at the precise occasion for which Bach wrote this cantata. It is obvious however that it was a festive one; maybe a wedding or a thanksgiving service. The alto aria Ich will dich all mein Leben lang is sometimes described" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CK-BI6AR15s) 2024-02-08T15:00Z 559K followers, 228.2K engagements "Bach - Cantata Es ist dir gesagt Mensch was gut ist BWV [--] - Rademann Netherlands Bach Society The words of the opening chorus of this cantata recorded here for All of Bach with Hans-Christoph Rademann - are imbued with Old Testament strictness. God has decreed what he demands of you: keeping to his word being humble and practising love. To Bach's music this enumeration takes on a cheerful and light-hearted character. For more information on BWV [--] and credits of this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-45/ Recorded for the project All of Bach on March 9th [----] at the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OZxghOxfN_c) 2024-01-18T15:00Z 559K followers, 308.6K engagements "Bach - Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her BWV [---] - Te Lindert Netherlands Bach Society Elske te Lindert performs 'Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her' for All of Bach. For this piece Bach arranged a cheerful Christmas chorale with words and music written by Luther himself. The first two lines of the chorale paraphrase the words of the angel who brings the glad tidings to the shepherds: I descend from heaven on high; I bring you wonderful new tidings. Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 2nd [----] at the Bovenkerk Kampen. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=biXXT1YHC6M) 2018-11-27T12:00Z 559K followers, 112.2K engagements "Bach - Cantata Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen BWV [--] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society The cantata 'Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen' performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society directed by Shunske Sato is one of several dialogue cantatas written by Bach. As in the case of the other dialogues the lyrics Bach used were already suited to the form beforehand. Bach underlines the form musically: a characteristic element in nearly all his dialogue cantatas is the choice of soprano and bass as the only soloists. The underlying idea is always the same. The soul (soprano) and Christ (bass) converse" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=f-zOGllVJzs) 2022-03-03T17:59Z 559K followers, 218.9K engagements "Bach - Cantata Herr gehe nicht ins Gericht BWV [---] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society The cantata 'Herr gehe nicht ins Gericht' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach tells the tale of a desparate sinner symbolizing humankind which is weighed down by sin. This is a provocative topic for a composer it allows for a lot of musical expression. And Bach certainly made use of that: there are lots of dissonants and modulations. Recorded for the project All of Bach on [--] February [----] at Walloon Church Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hT3RlTfuTdk) 2019-06-18T11:00Z 559K followers, 177.1K engagements "Bach - Prelude in D minor BWV [---] - Adriel Gonzlez Netherlands Bach Society The Prelude in D minor recorded here for All of Bach with young talent Adriel Gonzlez from Spain as part of a talent development project by the Netherlands Bach Society is a practice piece father Bach wrote for his young son Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. BWV [---] is found in a cluster of twelve little preludes included in the Klavierbchlein and we know for certain which is a rarity in research into Bach that it is by J.S. himself as the manuscript has all sorts of corrections in his handwriting. For more information on BWV" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-VDuMRZmg3Y) 2025-07-17T13:59Z 560K followers, 35.6K engagements "Bach - Pice d'Orgue BWV [---] - Van Doeselaar Netherlands Bach Society The 'Pice d'Orgue' (Fantasia in G major) performed by Leo van Doeselaar for All of Bach was a majestic exercise in French style created before [----]. In this period Bach copied the Livre dOrgue from [----] by the French organist and composer Nicolas de Grigny wishing to master the French style. Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 21st [----] at St. Catherine's Church Hamburg. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel https://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating https://bit.ly/3J5uprM." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-_Nu2cDYvUQ) 2022-11-17T12:56Z 559K followers, 160.1K engagements "Bach - Fantasia in G major BWV [---] - Matthias Havinga Netherlands Bach Society It is unclear as to whether this cheerful Fantasia in G major recorded here for All of Bach with Matthias Havinga is actually written by Bach. Research on Bach hasnt resolved this issue. But is perhaps interesting to see what happens to a piece if we stick Bachs name on it. With Bachs works in mind all sorts of things come to light in the piece. In some places for instance it is reminiscent of Bachs much better known Passacaglia in C minor. And the structure of the piece reminds us of an Italian concerto grosso." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-bAavfrFSRI) 2025-11-06T14:59Z 560K followers, 36K engagements "Bach - Cantata Was Gott tut das ist wohlgetan BWV [---] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society When Bach used the chorale text for 'Was Gott tut das ist wohlgetan performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach for the second time he took a completely different approach to his cantata of the same name from ten years earlier (BWV 99). He lent extra festivity to the instrumentation of that version (flute oboe damore horn strings and basso continuo) by adding a second horn and timpani. Recorded for the project All of Bach on February 7th [----] at the Grote Kerk Naarden. If you want to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0oS4clt71dU) 2020-05-05T10:59Z 559K followers, 197.9K engagements "Bach - Partite Diverse Sopra BWV [---] - Te Lindert Netherlands Bach Society Partite Diverse Sopra: Ach was soll ich Snder machen performed by Elske te Lindert for All of Bach is based on a chorale which opens with the words Oh what should I a sinner do Oh where should I begin Bach shows no sign of such doubts in a musical sense at any rate. He begins with a relatively simple harmonisation of the chorale melody (partita 1) and he also knows how to continue. It is followed by a series of [--] variations (partitas [--] - 10). Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 2nd [----] at the Bovenkerk" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=12REZGdqxw4) 2025-07-24T13:59Z 560K followers, 29K engagements "Bach - Motet Frchte dich nicht ich bin bei dir BWV [---] - MacLeod Netherlands Bach Society 'Frchte dich nicht ich bin bei dir' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach shows strong similarities to a motet by Johann Michael Bach the father of Bachs first wife and the leading motet specialist of his day. His Christmas motet for double choir entitled 'Frchtet euch nicht' has many similar elements to Bach's motet. We cannot know for certain but it would be typical for the young Bach to write a wonderful motet as a somewhat competitive tribute to his father-in-law. Recorded for the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1629dqvlP8s) 2020-07-02T10:59Z 560K followers, 158.6K engagements "Bach - Violin Sonata no. [--] in C major BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society In this Sonata no. [--] performed by Shunske Sato for All of Bach Bach appears to have been looking to Italy for inspiration. The mysterious first Adagio for instance seems just like the opening of the Adagio of the oboe concerto by Marcello. The monumental Fugue in this sonata is full of contrapuntal tricks. Although not exactly Italian it has no German equivalent either. Recorded for the project All of Bach 23rd June [----] at the Lichtfabriek Haarlem. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1oNBktYlGgQ) 2019-11-21T11:59Z 559K followers, 313.3K engagements "Bach - An Wasserflussen Babylon BWV [---] - Van Doeselaar Netherlands Bach Society *Please note: this is an improved version of an earlier release. The chorale 'An Wasserflssen Babylon' performed by Leo van Doeselaar for All of Bach describes the desperate situation of the Israelites in exile. Many composers in the seventeenth century made an arrangement of it with the Hamburg organist Adam Reincken as the absolute champion. As a fifteen-year-old Bach copied this version down and undoubtedly studied it well. But when he made his own arrangement ten years later he did not follow Reinckens" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=27ikjVNPZPg) 2024-08-08T13:59Z 560K followers, 45.1K engagements "Bach - Canon a [--] Cancrizans from The Musical Offering BWV [----] Netherlands Bach Society The Musikalisches Opfer is a special collection of chamber music within the work of Johann Sebastian Bach written for Frederick the Great of Prussia. Musikalisches Opfer means a musical offering and that is precisely how the collection originated. In May [----] Bach was introduced to Frederick who had heard that Bach was a great improviser and asked him on the spot to improvise a fugue on a given theme. According to the sources Bach made a brilliant job of it and showed such enthusiasm about the royal theme" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=29YwFjE2b1A) 2021-08-31T10:59Z 560K followers, 143K engagements "Bach - Chromatic Fantasia and fugue in D minor BWV [---] - Van Delft Netherlands Bach Society The Chromatic Fantasia and fugue in D minor performed by Menno van Delft for All of Bach was already legendary in its day. It almost certainly started out as an improvisation. When Bach improvised he had power over all [--] keys; he could do whatever he wanted with them. Biographer Forkel repeats it time and time again: Bach was a real wizard on the keyboard. Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 17th [----] at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=38hgCCoGxgE) 2021-07-15T10:59Z 559K followers, 200.6K engagements "Bach - Mass in B minor BWV [---] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society Sublime extreme and all-embracing only superlatives will do to describe Bachs Mass in B minor the 'Hohe Messe' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. In between an awe-inspiring Kyrie and the jubilant final Dona nobis pacem there are nine completely unique arias and duets fourteen impressive ensemble sections for four five six and even eight voices a broad spectrum of instrumental solos and an incredible variety of styles. Recorded for the project All of Bach on December 15th [----] at the Grote Kerk" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3FLbiDrn8IE) 2019-01-22T14:59Z 559K followers, 5.6M engagements "Bach - Cantata Was soll ich aus dir machen Ephraim BWV [--] - John Butt Netherlands Bach Society Bach's cantatas don't usually begin with a question. BWV [--] recorded here for All of Bach with John Butt - does however with a question asked by God himself in the Book of Hosea: "What shall I make of you Ephraim". God wonders whether he should destroy the sinful tribe of Ephraim or give in to his desire for mercy. Bach puts Gods inner debate about justice and mercy into music: with a pensive opening followed by a strict alto aria about retribution leading to a illuminating soprano aria where mercy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3iBj0gNpyrw) 2025-11-13T14:59Z 560K followers, 33.7K engagements "Bach - Cantata Bereitet die Wege bereitet die Bahn BWV [---] - Bernardini Netherlands Bach Society The Netherlands Bach Society performs 'Bereitet die Wege bereitet die Bahn' for All of Bach. A better salary and more musical elbow room these were the ambitions of the young Bach after barely a year as the organist at Blasiuskirche in Mhlhausen. This dream came true after seven years later in [----] when he was appointed Konzertmeister at the court of Weimar. Here he got the chance to work with professional musicians. This piece is from the beginning of his Weimar period. Recorded for the project" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4DzowOUZtB0) 2019-12-12T11:59Z 559K followers, 164.8K engagements "Bach - Sinfonia in D major BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society The Sinfonia in D major performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach is possibly one of Bachs most surprising compositions. According to the manuscript it is an Intrada an instrumental introduction to what was probably a festive cantata. However there is no trace whatsoever of the vocal parts. This sinfonia is therefore doomed to remain an independent instrumental movement. Recorded for the project All of Bach on May 13th [----] at the Walloon Church Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4P8I-4vOGwQ) 2018-09-06T11:00Z 560K followers, 554.3K engagements "Bach - Sonata no. [--] in E minor BWV [---] - Van Doeselaar Netherlands Bach Society This trio sonata recorded here for All of Bach with Leo van Doeselaar is the fourth trio sonata for organ that Bach wrote. Generally speaking a trio sonata is a piece for two melody instruments and basso continuo. Bach the organist often thought in keyboard logic and so he wrote trio sonatas for just one instrument: the organ. The two solo instruments were played by his hands (on two different manuals) and the bass by his feet. This fourth trio sonata is a compilation of earlier pieces that did not belong together" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4TxQyLZXpzI) 2025-05-22T13:59Z 560K followers, 108.9K engagements "Bach - Cum Sancto Spiritu from Mass in B minor BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society Sublime extreme and all-embracing only superlatives will do to describe Bachs Mass in B minor the 'Hohe Messe' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. In between an awe-inspiring Kyrie and the jubilant final Dona nobis pacem there are nine completely unique arias and duets fourteen impressive ensemble sections for four five six and even eight voices a broad spectrum of instrumental solos and an incredible variety of styles. For the complete performance of the Mass in B minor BWV [---] go to:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4gZe5ZZsE9U) 2020-12-15T11:59Z 559K followers, 280K engagements "Bach - Fallt mit Danken from Christmas Oratorio BWV [---] - Mortensen Netherlands Bach Society The radiant fourth cantata of the Christmas Oratorio Fallt mit Danken fallt mit Loben recorded here for All of Bach with Lars Ulrik Mortensen Bach wrote for New Years Day which marks the Feast of Christs circumcision in the church calendar and the moment Jesus was given his name. Bach zooms in on this latter aspect: that one name God helps which will continue to resonate throughout the ages. For more information on BWV [---] and credits of this production go to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4h-TeQkfvG0) 2025-12-18T14:59Z 560K followers, 45K engagements "Bach - Motet Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV [---] - MacLeod Netherlands Bach Society A complete orchestra should be added to this wrote Mozart on his copy of Bachs motet 'Singet dem Herrn' performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. He was very enthusiastic about the piece which was performed as a surprise when he visited the Thomasschule in Leipzig in [----]. At his request Mozart was given a copy of it. In his account of the event ten years later Johann Friedrich Rochlitz says that Mozart even shouted Now theres something you can learn from Recorded for the project All" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6aaESm5ySWU) 2019-01-03T11:59Z 559K followers, 331.2K engagements "Bach - 'Brandenburg' Concerto no. [--] in B-flat major BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society Bach turns things upside down in this 'Brandenburg' Concerto No. [--] in B-flat major performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. Violins usually the golden boys of the orchestra are conspicuous by their absence Instead two violas play the leading role. As the highest parts they play first fiddle as soloists. supported by two viola da gambas and a double bass. For more information on BWV [----] and credits of this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-1051/ For the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=76oidwtHyIo) 2020-02-20T11:59Z 559K followers, 449K engagements "Bach - Concerto from Cantata Geist und Seele wird verwirret BWV [--] Netherlands Bach Society Cantata BWV [--] opens with this 'Concerto' recorded here for All of Bach with Jos van Veldhoven. The 'Concerto' straight away creates a sense that this is a special cantata: very festive unusually long and the only cantata by Bach with two instrumental parts. Bach wrote the piece in [----] for his third series of cantatas. He had already tried out various concepts in detail and was clearly in need of new impulses such as a greater instrumental contribution. Another new element was the obbligato organ part" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BaMXFa9h-Ls) 2026-01-29T14:59Z 560K followers, 30.1K engagements "Bach - Chorale Eins ist not ach Herr dies eine BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society The text of the melodious chorale Eins ist not ach Herr dies eine recorded here for All of Bach with singers of the Netherlands Bach Society emphasizes the importance of listening to Jesuss message the only thing that really counts. Bachs composition too clings to a single harmonic message. Unlike in many other chorales where nearly every phrase changes key the music here stays almost exclusively in a glorious D major. As in many chorales the piece is divided into two musical phrases but the unusual thing about" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CFUtsFWyVNg) 2025-10-30T14:59Z 560K followers, 14.1K engagements "Bach - Prelude and fugue in G major BWV [---] - Winsemius Netherlands Bach Society The paper that was used for the Prelude and fugue in G major performed by Bernard Winsemius for All of Bach is the same on which Bach wrote a recommendation letter for his oldest son Wilhelm Friedemann. At the age of [--] Wilhelm had completed lessons with his father and he applied for the position of organist at the Sophienkirche in Dresden. BWV [---] forms the ideal audition piece: virtuoso light-hearted and energetic from start to finish and completely on-trend in Italian style. Recorded for the project All of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CUvasybre88) 2020-10-27T11:59Z 559K followers, 247.8K engagements "Bach - Ehre sei dir Gott from Christmas Oratorio BWV [---] - Mortensen Netherlands Bach Society The bright fifth cantata from the Christmas Oratorio recorded here for All of Bach with Lars Ulrik Mortensen has a modest instrumentation. No trumpets timpani horns or even flutes in this second to last cantata of Bachs famous Christmas piece. This doesnt prevent the Christmas light to shine brightly in this cantata. The opening chorus is so sunny that it almost seems to be summertime light dancy and smooth like gymnastics for the chorus. In the aria for bass with oboe damore the light of Jesuss" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CWc2kZzRdNw) 2025-12-25T14:59Z 560K followers, 47.5K engagements "Bach - Chorale Nicht so traurig nicht so sehr BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society The chorale Nicht so traurig nicht so sehr recorded here for All of Bach with vocalists of the Netherlands Bach Society belongs to the less known chorale harmonisations published after Bachs death. The melody didnt recur in organ works Passions and cantatas by Bach himself and those of other composers. The words are by German preacher and poet Paul Gerhardt and were published for the first time in [----] but always in a setting to another melody. Recorded for the project All of Bach on the 6th of May [----] at the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CwxLR13XFi4) 2025-09-11T13:59Z 560K followers, 36.9K engagements "Bach - Lass Frstin lass noch einen Strahl 'Trauerode' BWV [---] - Luks Netherlands Bach Society In [----] Bach composed a funeral cantata: 'Lass Frstin lass noch einen Strahl' BWV [---] better known as the 'Trauerode' here performed by the Netherlands Bach Society conducted by Vclav Luks. The music was written for a memorial service for Christiane Eberhardine wife of Augustus the Strong Elector of Saxony. The 'Trauerode' is undoubtedly one of Bachs most moving compositions. He could not have given stronger confirmation of the esteem in which the deceased electress was held. From start to finish the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DTPRzSV-zZg) 2021-03-04T11:59Z 559K followers, 358.5K engagements "Bach - Sinfonia from Cantata BWV [---] - Jos van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society This Sinfonia recorded here for All of Bach with Jos van Veldhoven is the instrumental opening of cantata Wir mssen durch viel Trbsal in das Reich Gottes eingehen BWV [---]. The message of this cantata: Here on earth life is miserable but fortunately it does not last long and then there is heaven. The fairly cheerful Sinfonia in the form of a mini organ concerto refers to the heavenly joy that will follow and which is audible in the cantata's final duet and chorale. For more information on BWV [---] and credits of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DX3UlhEEA2M) 2025-10-16T13:59Z 560K followers, 76.7K engagements "Bach - Cantata Himmelsknig sei willkommen BWV [---] - Soller Netherlands Bach Society The festive cantata Himmelsknig sei willkommen recorded here for All of Bach with Johanna Soller is a hit. And that was just what Bach intended it to be. He wrote the cantata on the occasion of Palm Sunday as well as the Feast of the Annunciation and to impress the Weimar court where he was that day making the transition from organist to concertmaster. On this double festive day Bach pulls out all stops: four singing parts solos for recorder and himself () on violin two violas a partly independent cello part" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DoHgP6G8YBU) 2025-04-03T13:59Z 560K followers, 146.1K engagements "Bach - Cantata Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme BWV [---] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society In cantata 'Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach everything revolves around the parable of the wise and foolish virgins. They wait throughout the night with burning lamps for the arrival of the bridegroom. Five of them have brought along extra oil to keep their lamp burning. The others run out of oil and go off to buy some more. The bridegroom arrives while they are away. Recorded for the project All of Bach on February 11th [----] at the Walloon" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DqZE54i-muE) 2019-03-12T11:59Z 560K followers, 4.2M engagements "Bach - Orchestral Suite no. [--] in C major BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society Orchestral Suite no. [--] in C major performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach is in the style and atmosphere of the dance music written by Lully at the court of Louis the Fourteenth: a series of French stylised dances. Nowadays we call this a suite but at the time it was known as an Overture or opening piece. As a tribute to the king such a succession of dances began with a stately opening that had a remarkably staccato rhythm to which the king could make his entrance. However we do not know why or" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DquhZcSwrrI) 2020-03-10T11:59Z 560K followers, 720.1K engagements "Bach - Valet will ich dir geben BWV [---] - Zerer Netherlands Bach Society 'Valet will ich dir geben' recorded here for All of Bach with Wolfgang Zerer is a Sterbelied inspired by heartrending events. The lyricist Valerius Herberger was a clergyman in his hometown the German Protestant enclave of Fraustadt in Silesia Poland where there was an outbreak of the plague in [----]. Bach must have been particularly moved by the hymn on which this chorale arrangement is based. Recorded for the project All of Bach on 21st October [----] at St. Catherine's Church Hamburg. If you want to help us complete All" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ERSt7dYxFy8) 2025-08-21T13:59Z 560K followers, 21.1K engagements "Bach - Cantata Ihr die ihr euch von Christo nennet BWV [---] - John Butt Netherlands Bach Society Suffused with orthodox seventeenth-century Lutheranism Bachs texts sometimes sound strange to our ears. At first sight the words of Bachs cantata Ihr die ihr euch von Christo nennet BWV [---] recorded here for All of Bach with John Butt dont appear to be particularly alienating. The imagery of lyricist Salomo Franck concentrates on the heart; this corresponds well with the theme of mercy. But behind Francks apparently everyday imagery there lurks the rich world of seventeenth-century medical science" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EjzvkC0FuMY) 2025-09-04T13:59Z 560K followers, 34.4K engagements "Bach - Opening Chorus Herr unser Herrscher from St John Passion BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society The opening chorus 'Herr unser Herrscher' from St John Passion performed by the Nederlands Bach Society for All of Bach. The St John Passion was the first Passion Bach had written as cantor in Leipzig. The Passion story as told in the Gospel of John is different from that told by the other three evangelists Matthew Luke and Mark. Johns version places the emphasis on Christs divine origin. Throughout his suffering this divine origin still plays a role and nowhere is Jesus as human as in the other" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FyeOPfg_6FE) 2020-03-29T14:29Z 559K followers, 449.9K engagements "Bach - Allegro from 'Brandenburg' concerto no. [--] BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society This Allegro from the Brandenburg concerto no. [--] was recorded for All of Bach conducted by violinist Shunske Sato. This concerto is remarkable for its unusual form and instrumentation. Bach composed it for three violins three violas three cellos and basso continuo. There is no distinction between solo and ensemble instruments: all the strings play both solo and tutti. The Allegro is characterised by a strong rhythmic drive. The fast notes stream through the instrumental groups like a perpetuum mobile." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GEhc0cqXsYA) 2025-03-27T14:59Z 560K followers, 182.4K engagements "Bach - Pastorella in F major BWV [---] - Smits Netherlands Bach Society This Pastorella in F major recorded here for All of Bach with Reitze Smits refers to Italy to sheperds music and with that to Christmas. But it also has parts separate from these themes. A work that is hard to place in one corner: a bit of Italy a bit of France and a good dash of Christmas. For more information on BWV [---] and credits of this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-590/ For the short documentary on the Schnitger organ in Uithuizen go to https://youtu.be/JUrsCUksrKw Recorded for the project" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GLvt096_H6c) 2024-01-11T14:59Z 559K followers, 75.7K engagements "Bach - Jesus bleibet meine Freude from Cantata BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society For the complete cantata 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' BWV [---] go to: https://youtu.be/h97JE4--p84 Bachs famous chorale 'Jesus bleibet meine Freude' from cantata 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' was first heard when the cantata was performed in Leipzig on [--] July [----] for the Feast of the Visitation. It was during Bachs first months as cantor and he reused music that he had to hand as he often did. Bach had already written most of BWV [---] in [----] as an advent cantata for the court chapel in Weimar but it was" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GWtoeYznx8E) 2021-08-10T10:59Z 559K followers, 1.2M engagements "Bach - Cantata Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen BWV [--] - Bonizzoni Netherlands Bach Society 'Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach is one of the few cantatas that Bach actually called a cantata himself writing Cantata a Voce Sola e Stromenti on the score even though it is not a real solo cantata as four singers sing one of Bachs most beautiful chorales at the end. However the main role is clearly played by the bass. Recorded for the project All of Bach on January 17th [----] at the Walloon Church Amsterdam. If you want to help us" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GqtHzaPCe9I) 2019-04-11T10:59Z 559K followers, 161.3K engagements "Bach - Fantasia and fugue in C minor BWV [---] - Wiersinga Netherlands Bach Society The Fantasia that precedes the Fugue in C minor performed by Erwin Wiersinga for All of Bach is a lamento pur sang. The rarefied notes floating high up seem to be lamenting some tragic loss or other. It is hard to imagine a greater contrast with the fugue that follows. Still in mournful mood from the fantasia you suddenly plunge into an extremely energetic first theme of the fugue. Recorded for the project All of Bach on August 24th [----] at the Stiftskirche St. Georg Goslar-Grauhof. If you want to help us" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HopXS1gIrpQ) 2020-01-16T11:59Z 559K followers, 383.1K engagements "Bach - Partita no. [--] in A minor BWV [---] - Van Delft Netherlands Bach Society The origins of this Partita in A minor performed by Menno van Delft for All of Bach lie in playing alone in a homely setting as it is the opening work of the second book of music Bach compiled for his wife Anna Magdalena in [----]. It is the ideal context for a clavichord. The music itself is also looser in form than usual. Not only does the work begin with a Fantasia but later on there is an unusual Burlesca (from the Italian burlare: making fun of mocking) with big leaps for the left hand which is followed by a" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HrpzQEv-eos) 2025-08-28T13:59Z 560K followers, 72K engagements "Bach - Concerto for two violins in D minor BWV [----] - Sato and Deans Netherlands Bach Society The two solo parts of the Concerto for two violins in D minor performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach have survived in Bachs own handwriting. This autograph dates from around [----] a few years after the composer had moved from Kthen to Leipzig. Bach composed most of his instrumental concertos in the period [--------] while working at the court of Leopold von Anhalt-Kthen but this work appears to be an exception. Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 7th [----] at the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ILKJcsET-NM) 2019-03-07T12:00Z 560K followers, 4.3M engagements "Bach - Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme BWV [---] - Zerer Netherlands Bach Society 'Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme' performed by Wolfgang Zerer for All of Bach is more or less a literal copy of Zion hrt die Wchter singen the fourth movement of Bachs masterly cantata 'Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme' BWV [---]. The viola and violin parts are played in unison in the right hand and the bass parts in the pedal. The arrangement is simple with a couple of surprising tricks. Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 21st [----] at St Catherine's Church Hamburg. If you want to help us complete All of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IiUyz4HG-Kc) 2021-03-28T14:59Z 559K followers, 440K engagements "Bach - Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden from St Matthew Passion BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society The chorale 'Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden' from the St Matthew Passion (BWV 244) performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society and conducted by Jos van Veldhoven for All of Bach. The St Matthew Passion tells the story of the last days of Jesus. He is betrayed tried crucified and buried. The lyrics were compiled by Picander (the pseudonym of Christian Friedrich Henrici) probably in close consultation with Bach himself. For their theme they took the story as told by St Matthew the Evangelist. As" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Io7G2WYbbcg) 2019-04-07T10:59Z 559K followers, 150.3K engagements "Bach - French Suite no. [--] in E-flat major BWV [---] - Hantai Netherlands Bach Society Bach frequently constructs melodies from small simple elements which he gradually expands. It often begins straightforwardly with a little motif that could be devised by any composer but soon becomes unmistakably Bach. 'French' Suite no. [--] performed here by Pierre Hanta for All of Bach is a good example of this. For more information on BWV [---] and credits of this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-815/ Recorded for the project All of Bach on June 29th [----] at the Doopsgezinde Kerk" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=J2rQtGtxpOw) 2022-06-16T10:59Z 560K followers, 166.4K engagements "Bach - Sonata no. [--] in D minor BWV [---] - Havinga Netherlands Bach Society The opening of this sonata in D minor performed by Matthias Havinga for All of Bach has an uncertain and emphatically andante sound. To the ears of seventeenth and eighteenth-century musicologists the key of D minor represented melancholy devotion solemnity and seriousness. Following this tentative start Bach launches into experimentation by juggling motifs almost wildly and searching for new keys. Recorded for the project All of Bach on September 21st [----] at the Sint-Bavokerk Haarlem. If you want to help us complete" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=J6jl0_QVX5c) 2020-07-16T10:59Z 559K followers, 495.8K engagements "Bach - Sinfonia from Cantata BWV [--] Netherlands Bach Society The first part of this cantata recorded here for All of Bach - that conductor Jos van Veldhoven ever heard was the instrumental Sinfonia and it has stuck in his mind ever since. Its so cheerful and Bach doesnt do that very often. Here he clearly wants to prolong the festivities of Easter for a while. This Sinfonia may once have been the first part of a concerto for two oboes bassoon and orchestra. For the complete performance of cantata BWV [--] go to https://youtu.be/LgH-ICiUCH0 For the interview with conductor Jos van Veldhoven on" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JWKpmq6NKJs) 2025-05-08T13:59Z 560K followers, 175.7K engagements "Bach - Toccata in G minor BWV [---] - Maude Gratton Netherlands Bach Society In this Toccata in G minor recorded here for All of Bach with Maud Gratton the young Bach experiments with the stylus phantasticus: an imaginative and fanciful way of composing that was full of surprises and popular with forerunners of Bach. The Toccata in G minor begins and ends with great flair with an enormous gesture that embraces nearly the whole keyboard. In between Bach places four varied movements: a sarabande-like Adagio an Allegro with the annotations forte and piano a slow lyrical movement and a strict" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JmTzspn4xWs) 2025-10-23T13:59Z 560K followers, 60.8K engagements "Bach - Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BWV [---] - Van Doeselaar Netherlands Bach Society This arrangement of 'Nun komm der Heiden Heiland' performed by Leo van Doeselaar for All of Bach is full of mystical expectation which is underlined by the quiet performance of this performance. Although Bach borrowed the form from Buxtehude in style BWV [---] would not be amiss as the middle movement of an Italian concerto. All the elements are present: a walking bass a duet of middle voices and a leading upper voice. Recorded for the project All of Bach on June 23rd [----] at the Walloon Church Amsterdam. If you" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=K2ANMpDoRow) 2019-12-10T11:59Z 559K followers, 368.7K engagements "Bach - Chorale Nun danket alle Gott BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society The chorale Nun danket alle Gott recorded here for All of Bach with singers of the Netherlands Bach Society has a hymn text that was very well-known in Bachs time. Written amid the violence of the Thirty Years War (16181648) by the clergyman Martin Rinckart it conveyed a message of hope. The song is a hymn of praise: to Gods grace to his promise to save mankind and to God himself. In Leipzig Nun danket alle Gott was often sung at weddings and on feast days but also after the Passion on Good Friday. Bach used the melody in at" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KrllnKa347o) 2026-01-08T14:59Z 560K followers, 28.5K engagements "Bach - 'Brandenburg' Concerto no. [--] in D major BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society The Netherlands Bach Society performs the 'Brandenburg' Concerto in D major for All of Bach. Bach himself never went to Amsterdam and Rembrandt never went to Leipzig or Berlin. However there were many ties between the Republic of the Netherlands and Bachs employers. Nowadays both Rembrandts paintings and Bachs music are regarded as icons of European art and here they are presented as a unique combination for eye and ear. For this recording we were guests at the Gallery of Honour at the Rijksmuseum in" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LHjbRMIIhuM) 2018-09-25T11:00Z 559K followers, 1.9M engagements "Bach - Cantata O holder Tag BWV [---] - Yamagata Netherlands Bach Society For this wedding cantata recorded here for All of Bach with Sayuri Yamagata - Bach used the cantata he had written earlier: 'O angenehme Melodei' BWV 210a. In five arias Bach achieves maximum variety with regard to instrumentation and atmosphere. From the beautiful beseelte Lieder we go via matte Tne and zarte Harmonie to the paradoxical third aria. Here the flute is silenced in vain as it goes its own way more virtuoso than ever. This is followed by a stylised polonaise and a chorale-like closing aria. For more" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Lg2Sv_D6-Q4) 2024-10-17T13:59Z 559K followers, 71.2K engagements "Bach - Cantata Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats BWV [--] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society The first part of this cantata 'Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach that conductor Jos van Veldhoven ever heard was the instrumental sinfonia and it has stuck in his mind ever since. Its so cheerful and Bach doesnt do that very often. Here he clearly wants to prolong the festivities of Easter for a while. This sinfonia may once have been the first part of a concerto for two oboes bassoon and orchestra. The long alto aria Wo Zwei und Drei" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LgH-ICiUCH0) 2021-09-02T08:59Z 560K followers, 430.8K engagements "Bach - Cantata Herr Jesu Christ wahr Mensch und Gott BWV [---] - Rademann Netherlands Bach Society Cantata Herr Jesu Christ wahr Mensch und Gott recorded here for All of Bach with Hans-Christoph Rademann cites and paraphrases a funeral hymn by the theologian Paul Eber a friend of Luther. A funeral may seem a gloomy occasion but Eber weaves the promise of eternal life throughout his hymn. This cantata formed a grand finale to Bachs second year in Leipzig. His plan for that year was to write a new cantata every week based on a chorale and in the opening chorus of BWV [---] the melody is indeed" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=M1A6dq4kK6k) 2024-04-25T13:59Z 559K followers, 158.9K engagements "Bach - Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fllt BWV [--] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society The cantata Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fllt performed by the Netherlands Bach Society conducted by Shunske Sato is one of Bachs earliest. Later in Leipzig Bach wrote a version to which he added recorders. In this performance were opting for the original version without wind or high string instruments which creates a dark timbre. Recorded for the project All of Bach on September 21st [----] at the Groote Kerk Maassluis. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MFftxZNUiew) 2020-03-05T11:59Z 559K followers, 247.7K engagements "Bach - Violin Sonata no. [--] in G minor BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society The first of Bachs six solo works for violin exudes the most calm. This Sonata no. [--] performed by Shunske Sato for All of Bach is written in the key of G minor. On a violin this key has a pure and stable sound as the two lower strings (the G and the D) fit naturally in the root position triad without needing to use the fingers of the left hand. The sonority of these low open strings reverberates throughout the whole sonata. Recorded for the project All of Bach on 24th June [----] at the Lichtfabriek Haarlem. If you" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MRKy3kX8XUM) 2019-10-24T10:59Z 560K followers, 870.9K engagements "Bach - Ruht wohl ihr heiligen Gebeine from St John Passion BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society The chorus 'Ruht wohl ihr heiligen Gebeine' from St John Passion performed by the Nederlands Bach Society for All of Bach. The St John Passion was the first Passion Bach had written as cantor in Leipzig. The Passion story as told in the Gospel of John is different from that told by the other three evangelists Matthew Luke and Mark. Johns version places the emphasis on Christs divine origin. Throughout his suffering this divine origin still plays a role and nowhere is Jesus as human as in the other" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=O9bOaHvKUZE) 2020-03-22T15:29Z 559K followers, 291.8K engagements "Bach - Prelude and fugue in C major BWV [---] - Van Doeselaar Netherlands Bach Society In the Prelude and fugue in C major performed by Leo van Doeselaar for All of Bach Bach plays with movement and motionlessness. The 9/8 time signature of the Prelude almost automatically evokes a rocking motion which is underlined in the first bar by the clear division into three groups of three notes. It is almost like a procession striding into the church and is reminiscent of the opening chorus of cantata BWV [--]. Recorded for the project All of Bach on February 18th [----] at the Walloon Church Amsterdam. If" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=P97d0Y8Hx_g) 2019-03-26T11:59Z 559K followers, 234.7K engagements "Bach - Jauchzet frohlocket from Christmas Oratorio BWV [---] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society In this first cantata of the Christmas Oratorio recorded here for All of Bach under direction of Shunske Sato Bach attains a perfect balance between the jubilant celebration of the birth of Jesus and the serious sad undertone that points to his fate on the cross. From the orchestral firework show of the opening chorus via the sensual aria Bereite dich Sion to the simple prayer of the final choral surrounded by the royal sound of the timpani and trumpets. For more information on BWV [---] and credits of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PhhRDst_l10) 2023-12-14T15:00Z 559K followers, 367.2K engagements "Bach - Cantata Ich habe genung BWV [--] - Mortensen Netherlands Bach Society The way that mortality was viewed in the eighteenth century is expressed wonderfully in 'Ich habe genung' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. Death was seen as a deliverance from the earthly vale of tears and as a chance to unite with your creator. So rather than being heart-rending the music exudes a subdued melancholy. Recorded for the project All of Bach on February 1st [----] at the Geertekerk Utrecht. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q_5DG9BD-SU) 2021-02-02T11:59Z 560K followers, 387.2K engagements "Bach - Harpsichord concerto in F minor BWV [----] - Henstra Netherlands Bach Society This Harpsichord concerto in F minor BWV [----] performed here by Siebe Henstra and the Netherlands Bach Society is in a melancholy key. Although the plaintive character is noticeable straight away the sun does shine through in several places. The whole concerto hangs together perfectly says soloist Siebe Henstra. Recorded for the project All of Bach on 3rd February [----] at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QzOYMTT_xx8) 2019-08-29T10:59Z 559K followers, 537.5K engagements "Bach - Minuet in G major BWV [---] - Fernando Lourens Netherlands Bach Society This minuet in G major recorded here for All of Bach with young talent Fernando Lourens from the Netherlands as part of a talent development project by the Netherlands Bach Society is part of the Klavierbchlein fr Wilhelm Friedemann. Bach wrote this teaching method to help his son play better and to compose. This BWV [---] probably is by Bachs son himself and immediately stands out for its ambitiousness. Compared to the two brothers that directly precede it in the Klavierbchlein it takes a huge leap forwards: nearly" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Rz7XWCjsP88) 2025-11-20T14:59Z 560K followers, 19.9K engagements "Petzold - Minuet in G major and G minor BWV anh. [---] [----] - Shuxian Ding Netherlands Bach Society This menuet recorded here for All of Bach with young keyboard talent Shuxian Ding from the U.S.A. as part of a talent development project by the Netherlands Bach Society for very many years was attributed to Bach but was written by Christian Petzold. Petzold was a confidant of Johann Sebastian Bach and his second wife Anna Magdalena. Contemporaries counted him among the best of the best but precious little Petzold has been handed down to us. Except for this minuet the minuet copied by Anna" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=T-y85lt2TQk) 2025-05-01T13:59Z 560K followers, 48K engagements "Bach - Concerto in G major after Vivaldi BWV [---] - Kanji Daito Netherlands Bach Society In this Concerto in G major after Vivaldi recorded here for All of Bach with young talent Kanji Daito as part of a talent development project by the Netherlands Bach Society Bach pushed his musical boundaries. When Bach managed to lay his hands on a source of Vivaldis Violin Concerto RV299 he set to work himself on the sensational new genre of the solo concert. In his transcription he succeeds in playing out this distinction between solo and tutti wonderfully well in the timbres and textures afforded by" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=T0cH_BvpeCU) 2025-09-18T13:59Z 560K followers, 37.3K engagements "Bach - Viola da gamba sonata in G major BWV [----] - Van der Velden Netherlands Bach Society Bach wrote this Sonata for viola da gamba and harpsichord - performed here by Mieneke van der Velden and Emmanuel Frankenberg for All of Bach in Kthen and it is very likely that he wrote the piece for Christian Ferdinand Abel one of the cellists at the court. Although this sonata has never become as famous as other instrumental works it is Bach through and through. In the quick movements we hear the gilt cast-iron polyphony that forms the trademark of the composer. For more information on BWV [----] and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TvZlLyYa4DI) 2023-11-23T14:59Z 560K followers, 227.5K engagements "Bach - Cantata Ach wie flchtig ach wie nichtig BWV [--] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society The theme of cantata Ach wie flchtig ach wie nichtig - recorded here for All of Bach with Shunske Sato on the occasion of his farewell as artistic director of the Netherlands Bach Society is clear from the beginning: life is uncertain fleeting and futile. Bach communicates this theme musically from the virtuoso opening chorus to the closing chorale lasting barely one minute which looks the finiteness of the world straight in the eye. For more information on BWV [--] and credits of this production go to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=U8f7g0a0u5U) 2024-11-21T14:59Z 559K followers, 118.1K engagements "Bach - Cantata Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot BWV [--] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society The undoubted highlight of the cantata Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot - recorded here for All of Bach with Shunske Sato on the occasion of his farewell as artistic director of the Netherlands Bach Society - is the spectacular opening chorus. With no fewer than three different time signatures it sets one of the most important biblical commands: Break your bread for the hungry and lead the poor who have no shelter into your house. Bach musically demonstrates this sharing: he breaks up the melody line into smaller" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Uie1DZbhleo) 2025-06-05T13:59Z 560K followers, 115.1K engagements "Bach - Violin Concerto in A minor BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society Many listeners will recognise this Violin Concerto in A minor performed by Shunske Sato and the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach immediately and even identify it with a specific violinist. In contrast to many of Bachs other works it never disappeared completely from the repertoire. At the end of the eighteenth century it was already circulating in Berlin and it continued to do so. On [--] March [----] Bachs birthday Julius Eichberg (1824-1893) played the concerto for the first time in the United States. One critic" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VSwLeKWKtis) 2021-03-18T11:59Z 560K followers, 1.1M engagements "Bach - Viola da gamba sonata no. [--] in D major BWV [----] - Van der Velden Netherlands Bach Society From the very first notes it is clear that Bach wrote the Sonata for viola da gamba in D major performed here by Mieneke van der Velden and Benjamin Alard for All of Bach for a top-level gambist. The most likely candidate was the fourteen-year-old Carl Friedrich Abel a promising gambist who went to study at the Thomasschule in Leipzig in [----]. Under Bachs wing he grew into an outstanding musician and composer. Although we cannot be certain Carl Friedrichs close ties with Bach and his great talent" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XVtkxtwWr5M) 2018-12-06T12:00Z 560K followers, 228.1K engagements "Bach - Concerto in A minor BWV [---] - Smits Netherlands Bach Society 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 Vivaldis volume of revolutionary new concertos Lestro armonico was published in Amsterdam in [----] it was not long before Bach got a look at it. Recorded for the project All of Bach on November 29th [----] at the Lutheran Church The Hague. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z-xvW920gqk) 2021-07-29T10:59Z 559K followers, 619.6K engagements "Bach - Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C Minor BWV 1060R - Black and Sato Netherlands Bach Society This Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C Minor performed by Emma Black and Shunske Sato for All of Bach is a reconstruction of the supposed original form of the concerto for two harpsichords in C Minor. In this version each instrument makes full use of its own timbre and characteristics. In the finale the violin clearly gets more scope than the oboe to show off its most virtuoso side while in the second movement a rocking Siciliano both instruments become closely entangled. Recorded for the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZIaiB9X2LGs) 2020-06-11T10:59Z 559K followers, 2.3M engagements "Bach - Erbarme dich mein Gott from St Matthew Passion BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society Erbarme dich mein Gott from 'St Matthew Passion' (BWV 244) by J.S. Bach. Performed by the Netherlands Bach Society conducted by Jos van Veldhoven. Soloists: Tim Mead (Alto) Shunske Sato (violin) The St Matthew Passion tells the story of the last days of Jesus. He is betrayed tried crucified and buried. The lyrics were compiled by Picander (the pseudonym of Christian Friedrich Henrici) probably in close consultation with Bach himself. For their theme they took the story as told by St Matthew the Evangelist." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Zry9dpM1_n4) 2015-07-14T07:36Z 560K followers, 1.6M engagements "Bach - St Matthew Passion BWV [---] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society The St Matthew Passion performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. Whether or not they are an enthusiast of classical music practically everyone in the Netherlands knows the St Matthew Passion. Since [----] the Netherlands has had a rich tradition of annual St Matthew Passion performances. The Netherlands Bach Society was formed in [----] in reaction to the popular performances by Willem Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra. The founders believed that the St Matthew should be performed where it" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZwVW1ttVhuQ) 2019-04-02T09:00Z 559K followers, 5.2M engagements "Bach - Cello Suite no. [--] in D minor BWV [----] - Pincombe Netherlands Bach Society The second Cello Suite in D minor performed by Steuart Pincombe for All of Bach has a dark and introspective tone. It is one of the favourite pieces of Pincombe. As such he was delighted when we asked him to record this suite in the Main Hall of the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. The searching character of the piece suits Pincombes outlook. In his playing he always tries to create something new rather than recreating past experiences. Recorded for the project All of Bach on February 12th [----] at the Concertgebouw" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_NvZRo-3wvU) 2018-10-23T10:59Z 559K followers, 5.4M engagements "Bach - Cantata Komm du se Todesstunde BWV [---] - Johanna Soller Netherlands Bach Society The cantata Komm du se Todesstunde recorded here for All of Bach with Johanna Soller is one of Bachs most popular cantatas. Central to this work is the longing for the hereafter. For many listeners today this is a surprising idea but in Bachs time it was a familiar theme. Bachs heavenly music makes it easy to identify with the Lutheran longing for death as Bach uses every musical means available to sketch a picture of what awaits us after death. From the serene title aria to the closing chorale with" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_cSJB10S45U) 2025-10-02T13:59Z 560K followers, 40.3K engagements "Bach - Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille BWV [---] - Johannsen Netherlands Bach Society The strongly encouraging song Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille recorded here for All of Bach with Daniel Johannsen and Matthias Havinga was top of the spiritual hit parade in Bachs day. Bach used the lyrics of the famous religious poet Paul Gehrhardt before in BWV [---] but it inspired him to compose him own melody of grave and solemn beauty which he entered into the (second) Notenbchlein fr Anna Magdalena Bach. For more information on BWV [---] and credits of this production go to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_hvc9dSJBkE) 2025-09-25T13:59Z 560K followers, 23.6K engagements "Bach - Wir glauben all an einen Gott BWV [---] - Smits Netherlands Bach Society Bach was inspired by the Italian style in composing the organ prelude 'Wir glauben all an einen Gott' performed by Reitze Smits for All of Bach based on the Creed. He turned it into a trio sonata for two manuals and pedal which is both exuberant and triumphal. But Bach ignored the long chorale melody for the larger part. Recorded for the project All of Bach on November 29th [----] at the Lutheran Church The Hague. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_j_OK9tUNkM) 2020-01-28T11:59Z 559K followers, 93.7K engagements "Bach - Chorale An Wasserflssen Babylon BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society This chorale recorded here for All of Bach with vocalists of the Netherlands Bach Society is Bachs arrangement of the well-known lament from Psalm 137: by the rivers of Babylon there we sat down and wept. For BWV [---] Bach used a German adaptation of the psalm text from the sixteenth century. In his harmonisation Bach subtly expresses the plaintive character in a couple of places for example in the harmonies to the words da mussten wir viel Schmach und Schand. For more information on BWV [---] and credits of this production" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_zOGYfV8bcY) 2025-06-19T13:59Z 560K followers, 52K engagements "Bach - Ach Herr la dein lieb Engelein from St John Passion BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society The chorus 'Ach Herr la dein lieb Engelein' from St John Passion performed by the Nederlands Bach Society for All of Bach. The St John Passion was the first Passion Bach had written as cantor in Leipzig. The Passion story as told in the Gospel of John is different from that told by the other three evangelists Matthew Luke and Mark. Johns version places the emphasis on Christs divine origin. Throughout his suffering this divine origin still plays a role and nowhere is Jesus as human as in the other" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=apWYzBxtT9M) 2020-04-06T12:00Z 559K followers, 202.3K engagements "Bach - Violin Concerto in D minor BWV 1052R - Sato Netherlands Bach Society When it was composed this violin marvel the Violin Concerto in D minor performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach immediately became such a technical challenge that few soloists were able to tackle it. Too few probably as not a shred of it has survived. The concerto played here is a modern reconstruction based on a harpsichord concerto written much later by Bach but which is presumed to originate from a violin concerto. Recorded for the project All of Bach on [--] May [----] at the Rijksmuseum" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bZFOhkGGr8A) 2019-07-16T10:59Z 560K followers, 1.6M engagements "Bach - Ich halte treulich still BWV [---] - Johannsen Netherlands Bach Society The Schemelli-song Ich halte treulich still recorded here for All of Bach with Daniel Johannsen and Matthias Havinga - is a beautiful reflection of Baroque theology in which resignation in the face of afflictions was an important theme and motto for life. Bach likely valued the almost Buddhist advice of poet J.H. Till or he would not have chosen the poem for musical setting and publication in a hymnal. And we have reason to believe that the lovely F major melody with its undaunted walking bass line is Bachs own" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dAk2iw76cZk) 2025-11-27T14:59Z 560K followers, 18.6K engagements "Bach - Cantata Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe BWV [---] - Mortensen Netherlands Bach Society Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach opens with a Sinfonia that is dominated by a melancholy oboe solo. The first aria has an unusual construction. While the tenor already appears to be reconciled with his imminent death the soprano cuts through his sorrowful notes with Johann Hermann Scheins hymn Machs mit mir Gott nach deiner Gt. Recorded for the project All of Bach on February 1st [----] at the Geertekerk Utrecht. If you want to help us complete" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=drFcH_WwK7Y) 2019-03-28T12:00Z 560K followers, 373.3K engagements "Bach - Concerto in A minor BWV [----] Netherlands Bach Society Bach arranged various Vivaldi concertos for organ and harpsichord. The Concerto in A minor performed by Siebe Henstra Menno van Delft Pieter-Jan Belder and Tineke Steenbrink for All of Bach is largely based on Vivaldi's Concerto in B minor for four violins and orchestra. But of course he gave it an exciting twist as in Bachs version the soloists play harpsichords and B minor changed to A minor. Recorded for the project All of Bach on April 16th [----] at Ottone Utrecht. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=emkJ0A7IfkY) 2020-12-31T11:59Z 559K followers, 4.8M engagements "Bach - Cantata Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott BWV [--] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society This cantata Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott BWV [--] is a combative cantata written for Reformation Day as a battle song of the Reformation. Military references are found not just in the words but in the music as well built up by Bach over the years. Recorded for the project All of Bach on June [--] [----] at Philarmonie Haarlem the Netherlands. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel https://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating https://bit.ly/3J5uprM. We thank MWH4impact" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fAt2LgpDnaA) 2023-03-02T11:59Z 560K followers, 290.6K engagements "Bach - Ich ruf zu dir Herr Jesu Christ BWV [---] - Van Doeselaar Netherlands Bach Society There is far more happening in the simple chorale prelude 'Ich ruf zu dir Herr Jesu Christ' BWV [---] performed here by Leo van Doeselaar for All of Bach than would appear at first hearing. Still waters run deep. The slow gentle melody of Agricolas 16th-century hymn Ich ruf zu dir Herr Jesu Christ is supported by the pedal in a calmly progressing accompaniment. Recorded for the project All of Bach on 21st October [----] s at St. Catherine's Church Hamburg. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fLLEumabTPA) 2019-10-08T10:59Z 559K followers, 514.3K engagements "Bach - Motet Ich lasse dich nicht BWV anh. [---] - MacLeod Netherlands Bach Society However beautiful the motet 'Ich lasse dich nicht' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach languishes in the list of incorrectly attributed works. The candidate composer in this list is Johann Christoph Bach. A pity but not surprising when you consider that even Carl Philipp Emanuel who made an inventory shortly after his fathers death could no longer see the wood for the trees. Recorded for the project All of Bach on May 14th [----] at the Grote Kerk Naarden. If you want to help us complete All" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=g37yyToAgC4) 2019-01-22T12:00Z 560K followers, 194.9K engagements "Bach - Toccata and fugue in D minor BWV [---] - Van Doeselaar Netherlands Bach Society Dont be ashamed to listen to this Toccata and fugue in D minor performed by Leo van Doeselaar for All of Bach a second time as it is extremely complex music that is difficult to take in all at once. Yet the key here is frugality as Bach manages to spin out a few simple motifs over two breathtaking constructions. And although the movements of this power couple were probably not written at the same time they fit together perfectly. Recorded for the project All of Bach on June 23rd [----] at the Walloon Church" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gQMUTuNfBww) 2020-06-18T10:59Z 559K followers, 453.6K engagements "Bach - Violin Partita no. [--] in E major BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society Partita no. [--] performed by Shunske Sato for All of Bach is not a stand-alone piece. Bach was clearly delighted with this partita and particularly with the first movement. In [----] Bach arranged this Preludio as an instrumental movement of a wedding cantata (BWV 120a) and as a festive overture at the start of the cantata BWV [--]. Furthermore Bach himself copied a version of the whole partita on two staves which could be a simple keyboard piece or maybe a suite for lute or theorbo. Recorded for the project All of Bach" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gYT1JUq0k04) 2019-11-28T11:59Z 559K followers, 394.2K engagements "Bach - Das alte Jahr vergangen ist BWV [----] - Bart Naessens Netherlands Bach Society Das alte Jahr vergangen ist recorded here for All of Bach with Bart Naessens is a four-part organ arrangement of a song for New Year's Eve. Probably it is a work from Bachs youth it may even date back to his teenage years in Ohrdruf. In those days Germany introduced a calendar reform: from then on [--] February was the last day of the month and it was followed by [--] March. The chorale melody of Das alte Jahr vergangen ist is just as ambiguous as calendars in Bachs time. Bach jumps from one key to another as if" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h6_e_HGU9CY) 2026-01-01T14:59Z 560K followers, 34.8K engagements "Bach - Prelude in G minor BWV [---] - Guillermo Gonzlez Garca Netherlands Bach Society Bach is one of the most celebrated composers of all time but during his lifetime he was also an outstanding teacher. Possibly his best pupils were his wife and children for whom he wrote a number of Klavierbchlein exercise books containing short pedagogic tips and simple practice pieces. This Prelude in G minor from the Klavierbchlein fr Wilhelm Friedemann was recorded for All of Bach with young keyboard talent Guillermo Gonzlez Garca from Spain as part of a talent development project by the Netherlands Bach" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h6mxbsbnyzQ) 2025-03-06T14:59Z 560K followers, 65.2K engagements "Bach - Cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben BWV [---] - Creed Netherlands Bach Society Bachs famous chorale 'Jesus bleibet meine Freude' from cantata 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' was first heard when the cantata was performed in Leipzig on [--] July [----] for the Feast of the Visitation. It was during Bachs first months as cantor and he reused music that he had to hand as he often did. Bach had already written most of BWV [---] in [----] as an advent cantata for the court chapel in Weimar but it was only in Leipzig that he added the recitatives with instrumental accompaniment and the well-known" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h97JE4--p84) 2020-12-24T11:59Z 559K followers, 1.6M engagements "Bach - Allegro assai from Violin Concerto in E major BWV [----] Netherlands Bach Society The final movement of this Violin Concerto in E major recorded here for All of Bach with Shunske Sato resumes the exuberant mood of the opening piece of the violin concerto to the rhythm of a passepied. It is a refrain with couplets a rondo which is a form seldom seen in concertos. It is perfectly proportioned. The refrain and the couplets consist of sixteen bars except for the last couplet which is twice as long. Bach uses this extra space to follow a remote harmonic path repeating the catchy theme once" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hWmNZNy_xqc) 2025-07-31T13:59Z 560K followers, 32.6K engagements "Bach - Bist du bei mir BWV [---] - Daniels Netherlands Bach Society Charles Daniels performes 'Bist du bei mir' for All of Bach. If Bach wrote one singalong tune it was surely this song right Unfortunately not. Although Bach did have a hand in it the song itself is by Gottfried Stlzel. The theme was a wonderful choice to open his gift music book to Anna Magdalena: a simple song of gratitude trust faith in God and faith in his second wife. Recorded for the project All of Bach on May 12th [----] at the Bartolotti House Amsterdam. This recording was made possible by the support of Stichting Elise" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=i6dTpDTozmc) 2018-11-06T11:59Z 560K followers, 459.6K engagements "Bach - Prelude in A minor BWV [---] - Dymitr Szostak Netherlands Bach Society The Prelude in A minor recorded here for All of Bach with young talent Dymitr Szostak from Poland as part of a talent development project by the Netherlands Bach Society is part of the Klavierbchlein fr Wilhelm Friedemann. Bach wrote this teaching method to help his son play better and to compose. This BWV [---] probably is a composition exercise by Wilhelm Friedemann himself which father Bach committed to paper. The piece stands out for its emotionally charged chromaticism; the use of notes that do not originate in the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=i7NlNgl4dkg) 2025-10-09T13:59Z 560K followers, 16.5K engagements "Bach - Cantata Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn BWV [--] - Kuijken Netherlands Bach Society In 'Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach Jesus on his way to Jericho is asked by a blind man for help. The blind man sees the true nature of 'God and David's son' while onlookers remain blind to this fact. This cantata was composed together with 'Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwlfe' as an application piece for the position of cantor at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig. Recorded for the project All of Bach on April 23rd [----] at the Walloon Church Amsterdam. If you" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jFold6aip6s) 2020-02-13T11:59Z 559K followers, 149.2K engagements "Bach - Violin Partita no. [--] in B minor BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society Variations are placed explicitly in the foreground in Partita no. [--] performed here by Shunske Sato for All of Bach. It is the only partita in which each dance (each movement) is followed by a Double. These Doubles are not literal replicas however. Bach continues working with the same harmonic material but comes up with a different solution for example with faster notes in the Courante. Recorded for the project All of Bach on 23rd June [----] at the Lichtfabriek Haarlem. If you want to help us complete All of Bach" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=k6lmRD4FgKQ) 2019-10-31T11:59Z 559K followers, 404.1K engagements "Bach - Cantata Nach dir Herr verlanget mich BWV [---] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society In cantata 'Nach dir Herr verlanget mich' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society conducted by Shunske Sato the atmosphere changes countless times. This kind of variation in tempo and character is typical of Bachs early cantatas. It is even referred to sometimes as his earliest cantata. This appears among other things from the acrostic that is incorporated in the odd parts of the cantata: the initial letters of the lines of these parts together form the name of the municipal councilor of Mhlhausen (Doktor" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lC8UErdK_XE) 2020-09-03T10:59Z 559K followers, 361.9K engagements "Bach - French Suite no. [--] in G major BWV [---] - Corti Netherlands Bach Society The fifth French Suite in G major performed by Francesco Corti for All of Bach is the most tuneful and elegant of the six. It is also the most Italian says Corti. You can hear that straight away in the Allemande but even in the Sarabande a piece where Bach usually searches for harmonic expression the melody gains the upper hand. Recorded for the project All of Bach on January 28th [----] at Bartolotti House Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lG8v_BA0Hhs) 2019-02-05T12:00Z 559K followers, 436.1K engagements "Bach - Cantata Schauet doch und sehet. BWV [--] - Rademann Netherlands Bach Society In the opening chorus of BWV [--] recorded here for All of Bach with Hans-Christoph Rademann - Bach paints a picture of affliction and suffering in a large-scale prelude and fugue. The words come from the Lamentations of Jeremiah in the Bible and refer to the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem. But the text is also seen as a foreshadowing of the Passion of Christ thus linking the Old and New Testaments. For more information on BWV [--] and credits of this production go to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mirUuu-FdmE) 2024-08-29T13:59Z 559K followers, 104.8K engagements "Bach - Cantata Schwingt freudig euch empor BWV [--] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society On [--] December [----] a teacher at the St Thomas School would have looked up in surprise. In church he suddenly heard the music that Bach wrote for his birthday six years earlier as played here by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. The opening chorus was followed by a second surprise. The recitatives were replaced with new Advent chorales. This way it was immediately clear that this was an Advent cantata. Everyone knew these familiar and popular church songs. Recorded for the project All of Bach" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nCwXlEcnXKI) 2019-08-20T10:59Z 559K followers, 361.8K engagements "Bach - Concerto in C minor BWV [---] - Pashchenko Netherlands Bach Society There was great excitement in Weimar when Prince Johann Ernst returned in [----] from the Netherlands where he spent a great deal of money getting lots of music copied and bound including a collection of music by Benedetto Marcello. Bach arranged the string concerto no. [--] from this collection for keyboard which he probably created to liven up the dinners at the Saxe-Weimar home. This Concerto in C minor BWV [---] is here performed by Olga Pashchenko for All of Bach. But actually it was no easy task to arrange the original." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nsVZfowMeec) 2025-08-07T13:59Z 560K followers, 38.9K engagements "Bach - Cantata Geist und Seele wird verwirret BWV [--] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society Straight away the beautiful instrumental introduction creates a sense that Bach is doing something special here. Indeed this solo cantata for alto performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach is indeed very festive and unusually long. The text is about the healing of a deaf-mute man by Jesus and about the joy that ensues. Recorded for the project All of Bach on September 26th [----] at St Martin's Church Groningen. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oMclNxEre2M) 2019-07-23T10:59Z 560K followers, 335.7K engagements "Bach - 'Brandenburg' Concerto no. [--] in G major BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society In the 'Brandenburg' Concerto no. [--] in G major performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach Bach is continually misleading us. Which instruments are the real soloists Initially the lead is taken by the two recorders but later it appears that the violin is the soloist. After the next refrain the two recorders take over again but they are soon trumped by the violin which steals the show in a whirlwind of dizzying notes. And so it continues. For more information on BWV [----] and credits of this" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oSZJ__GIbms) 2018-09-13T11:00Z 559K followers, 1.6M engagements "Bach - Orchestral Suite no. [--] in D major BWV [----] - Mortensen Netherlands Bach Society It is an anachronism to call this festive Suite no. [--] in D major performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society conducted by Lars Ulrik Mortensen for All of Bach 'orchestral'. There are no trumpets timpani or even oboes in this performance as Bach only added these instruments around [----]. Mortensen reduces the line up to a minimum and does not regret the loss of the timbre of the wind instruments in the least: with just strings left the music sounds sleek and transparent. Recorded for the project All of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oqU4rF_ysQo) 2019-05-21T11:00Z 559K followers, 1.5M engagements "Bach - Violin Partita no. [--] in D minor BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society Sei solo youre on your own In the days before AutoCorrect spelling was mainly a question of feeling especially in another language. But what if Bach deliberately did not write Sei soli above his six violin solos What if he wanted to warn his soloist before sending them out on stage armed only with a bow four strings and a few of his most difficult pieces in his head Recorded on November 28th [----] at the Oude Dorpskerk Bunnik. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pnK6R5ej6Hg) 2018-10-04T11:00Z 559K followers, 1.2M engagements "Bach - 'Brandenburg' Concerto no. [--] in G major BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society The 'Brandenburg' Concerto no. [--] performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach is remarkable for its unusual form and instrumentation. Bach composed it for three violins three violas three cellos and basso continuo. In other words 3x3 which is a rational choice you would expect from a modernist like Pierre Boulez rather than a Baroque composer like Bach. There is no distinction between solo and ensemble instruments: all the strings play both solo and tutti. For more information on BWV [----] and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qr0f6t2UbOo) 2020-09-24T10:59Z 559K followers, 859K engagements "Bach - Cantata Ich bin vergnugt BWV [--] - Bonizzoni Netherlands Bach Society In this solo cantata 'Ich bin vergngt mit meinem Glcke' BWV [--] performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society conducted by Fabio Bonizzoni the oboe and soprano express their joy. It is one of the few pieces referred to by Bach himself as a cantata. The text originates from one of the collections by Bachs regular lyricist Christian Friedrich Henrici who wrote under the pseudonym of Picander. Recorded for the project All of Bach on 17th January [----] at Walloon Church Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=s17XQEd2VYY) 2022-02-10T11:59Z 560K followers, 194.4K engagements "Bach - Partite diverse sopra: Sei gegrsset BWV [---] - Van Doeselaar Netherlands Bach Society For his variations on Sei gegrsset Jesu gtig performed by Leo van Doeselaar for All of Bach Bach literally pulls out all the stops. For over twenty minutes he explores the harmonic rhythmic and stylistic possibilities of the melody forming the base of the piece. In all his chorale arrangements Bach took inspiration for the style and atmosphere from the words of the hymn on which his composition was based. But the main role in his chorale partitas seems to be given to pure pleasure in playing and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=seFBz-Cxkxw) 2019-11-26T11:59Z 559K followers, 448.2K engagements "Bach - Toccata in D major BWV [---] - Cuiller Netherlands Bach Society This Toccata in D major performed by Bertrand Cuiller for All of Bach is the most popular of Bachs seven toccatas. Cuiller too has played it very often in the past. The piece is very theatrical he says. It is extremely electric. The powerful opening which feels very improvised is followed by a more well-thought-out section in which various themes enter into dialogue. An expressive recitative forms the transition to an adagio in the unusual key of F-sharp minor. The adagio is conceived as a fugue but according to Cuiller it" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=shOEe0KvKQ8) 2019-01-10T12:00Z 559K followers, 59.5K engagements "Bach - Sonata no. [--] in G major BWV [---] - Smits Netherlands Bach Society Who is more modern: Handel or Bach This question was already being asked in the eighteenth century. Bach was often regarded as skilful but old-fashioned and Handel as more progressive. However this idea is contradicted in the first movement of this Sonata in G major performed by Reitze Smits for All of Bach. The monophonic opening by the two upper parts and the uncomplicated harmony are supremely modern. The elegant first movement and the complex chromatic rhythms of the second movement are followed by an ending that" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=slfSTazbYhE) 2021-04-29T10:59Z 559K followers, 138.7K engagements "Bach - Cantata Widerstehe doch der Snde BWV [--] - Mortensen Netherlands Bach Society 'Widerstehe doch der Snde' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. For a long time this cantata was thought to be incomplete as there are only three parts. The opposite became clear when a volume of libretti by Christian Lehms from [----] came to light containing the text from this cantata. It also clarified the occasion of the piece: Oculi the fourth Sunday before Easter. Recorded on February 1st [----] at the Geertekerk Utrecht. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tBwjv-QJhIk) 2020-06-16T10:59Z 560K followers, 286.2K engagements "Bach - Cello Suite no. [--] in C major BWV [----] - Wink Netherlands Bach Society Cellist Colin Carr sees the six suites as Bachs children at various stages of life. Could no. [--] symbolise an overconfident student Cellist Reinier Wink the student of Bach Society cellist Lucia Swarts who recorded the Cello Suite no. [--] in C major for All of Bach thinks that in any case the key of C major suits his own stage of life saying young people are simply more often cheerful. Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 8th [----] at The Loft Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tFtZ9tQiFxM) 2018-10-11T10:59Z 559K followers, 1.2M engagements "Bach - Sonata no. [--] in C minor BWV [---] - Winsemius Netherlands Bach Society Organist Bernard Winsemius performs Sonata no. [--] in C minor for All of Bach. Seated at his instrument the organist may have the means at his disposal but does he also have the mastery This is a pertinent question in the case of Bachs demanding organ sonatas with their three fully autonomous parts in two keyboards and pedal. Recorded for the project All of Bach on June 25th [----] at the Walloon Church Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tPZkWw1h8BQ) 2019-05-14T11:00Z 559K followers, 171.4K engagements "Bach - Fantasia and fugue in G minor BWV [---] - Van Doeselaar Netherlands Bach Society The Fantasia and fugue in G minor performed here by Leo van Doeselaar for All of Bach is one of the few organ works that can accurately be dated. Bach performed this work in Hamburg where the post of organist at St Jacobs Church became vacant in [----]. During a recital lasting over two hours he demonstrated his skills as an organist and struck his audience dumb. One member of that audience was the former organist Reincken the eminence grise of the Hamburg music scene who praised Bachs improvisational art as" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tgDE3klkmtQ) 2019-07-04T11:00Z 559K followers, 1.8M engagements "Bach - Air from Orchestral Suite no. [--] in D major BWV [----] Netherlands Bach Society As conductor and harpsichordist Lars Ulrik Mortensen puts it this Air from Orchestral Suite no. [--] in D major performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach describes a beauty we don't see anymore. Recorded for the project All of Bach on [--] October [----] at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating http://bit.ly/2uZuMj5. For the interview with conductor and harpsichordist Lars Ulrik" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tuB104s0Yas) 2019-05-21T08:59Z 559K followers, 676.9K engagements "Bach - Vater unser im Himmelreich BWV [---] - Havinga Netherlands Bach Society This organ arrangement of the Lords Prayer recorded here for All of Bach with Matthias Havinga - comes from the Orgelbchlein. This collection of chorale preludes dates back to the years 1712-1717. By then Bach had already gained a few years experience as an organist in Arnstadt and Weimar. The Orgelbchlein shows us Bachs organ style in its first great flush. For more information on BWV [---] and credits of this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-636/ Recorded for the project All of Bach on May" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=u1Mmj_qDV1A) 2025-03-20T14:59Z 560K followers, 31.7K engagements "Bach - Cantata Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV [--] - Jacobs Netherlands Bach Society The Easter cantata Christ lag in Todes Banden BWV [--] here recorded for All of Bach with Ren Jacobs - is one of Bachs earliest vocal works. The form of the cantata is old-fashioned: no opera arias and no new cantata texts either. Bach sets each strophe of one of Luthers best-known chorales to music. It is clear that Bach is still working in an older musical idiom here. Nevertheless in todays ears the piece sounds perfect. Bach himself also recognised its worth. Nearly twenty years later when his style was almost" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uQNBDsDdLeE) 2025-04-24T13:59Z 560K followers, 179.8K engagements "Bach - Orchestral Suite no. [--] in D major BWV [----] - Mortensen Netherlands Bach Society The performance by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach of the regal Orchestral Suite no. [--] in D major which is usually performed with trumpets and timpani has these omitted. Lars Ulrik Mortensen notes that this orchestration has long been accepted to be the original setting. If you compare the score to other pieces by Bach you see that elsewhere the brass instruments always have a high degree of independence compared to the rest and that this independence is lacking in the Orchestral Suite no. 4." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uTUEvfdHyL0) 2019-12-03T11:59Z 559K followers, 319K engagements "Bach - Cantata Wir mssen durch viel Trbsal. BWV [---] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society Cantata 'Wir mssen durch viel Trbsal in das Reich Gottes eingehen' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach begins fairly cheerfully with a mini organ concerto as a sinfonia. But immediately afterwards the misery on earth becomes audible as the singers have difficult lines filled with obstacles. Though you are sad your sorrow will turn to joy. These words from the sermon that was read in Leipzig on the third Sunday after Easter sum up the message of this cantata. The sorrow of earthly" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uXApNoaQd0s) 2024-05-09T13:59Z 559K followers, 336.3K engagements "Bach - Cantata Christen tzet diesen Tag BWV [--] - Creed Netherlands Bach Society Bachs large-scale cantata 'Christen tzet diesen Tag' here performed by the Netherlands Bach Society conducted by Marcus Creed includes four trumpets three oboes and timpani. It was performed on Christmas Day [----] in Leipzig where Bach had been working for less than six months. So it was his first Christmas there. The cantata he performed was not new but one he had brought with him from Weimar where Bach had performed it around 1714/1715 for Advent. Recorded for the project All of Bach on December 13th [----] at the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ugwRo3md1CM) 2019-12-26T11:59Z 560K followers, 326.4K engagements "Bach - Little Fugue in G minor BWV [---] - Schouten Netherlands Bach Society The 'Little' Fugue in G minor performed by Dorien Schouten for All of Bach is found in many copies from Bachs day. Around [---] years after his death it was published no fewer than four times in rapid succession. Bachs pupil Johann Georg Schbler thought the theme was so successful that he made a fugue out of it himself. So it was an immensely popular piece. It is not surprising as the music is bursting with enjoyment. It conjures up a picture of Bach writing enthusiastically and enjoying his own theme while composing." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vITIeoxcfdM) 2018-11-13T12:00Z 559K followers, 624.8K engagements "Bach - Cantata Ihr werdet weinen und heulen BWV [---] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society Jesus prefers images to explanation to great confusion of his disciples. After announcing his death and resurrection he tells them: "You will weep and lament but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful but your sorrow will be turned into joy". In the opening chorus to his cantata Ihr werdet weinen und heulen Bach makes the words for weeping and wailing almost too painful to bear the vocal lines crawling with semitones. Midway through the choir suddenly falls silent for a dramatic recitative (for" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vgGmZUBEhDQ) 2023-09-05T14:00Z 559K followers, 106K engagements "Bach - Chorale Jesu meines Herzens Freud BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society Jesu meines Herzens Freud recorded here for All of Bach with singers of the Netherlands Bach Society is one of the many beautiful chorales that Bach's oeuvre has to offer. The chorales run through Bachs music in a constant stream. He took them as the starting point for many of his organ compositions and they have left their mark on numerous vocal works. Sometimes the simple melody takes the lead surrounded by an unfolding complex web of variations. And sometimes Bach opts for the art of the modest four-part chorale; an" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=w0OajYJUTj0) 2025-12-04T14:59Z 560K followers, 25.1K engagements "Bach - Concerto in D minor BWV [---] - Van Doeselaar Netherlands Bach Society In the first notes of the Concerto in D minor performed by Leo van Doeselaar for All of Bach it is immediately clear that this is not the usual Bach. This piece is an organ version of a concerto for two violins and orchestra from Antonio Vivaldis LEstro Armonico. Vivaldis music was popular throughout Europe and Germany was no exception. During his years at the court in Weimar Bach made a series of arrangements of Italian concerto music for organ and harpsichord including six concertos by Vivaldi. Recorded for the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=w2upDLfG2Os) 2019-01-08T12:00Z 559K followers, 1.5M engagements "Bach - Cantata Gott man lobet dich in der Stille BWV [---] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society The only parts that Bach definitely wrote especially for 'Gott man lobet dich in der Stille' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach are the recitatives and the final chorale of the piece. Although the opening aria and the ensuing chorus for a large group of musicians to the words Rejoice you joyful voices correspond closely to the text Bach initially did not compose them for these words. The latter and other remaining parts were borrowed from his earlier pieces. Recorded for" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wUVwYQCwYKc) 2018-11-15T12:00Z 559K followers, 705.9K engagements "Bach - WTC I Prelude and fugue no. [--] in C major BWV [---] - Henstra Netherlands Bach Society The Prelude and fugue in C major performed by Siebe Henstra for All of Bach. Composing [--] keyboard pieces in all [--] keys was the sort of challenge Bach enjoyed. In each of the two parts of the Wohltemperirte Clavier he brought together the musical couple prelude and fugue [--] times; twelve in minor keys and twelve in major. Recorded for the project All of Bach on September 13th [----] in Bussum. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xCqWH9bKzQE) 2018-11-01T12:00Z 559K followers, 423.4K engagements "Bach - Cello Suite no. [--] in C minor BWV [----] - Suzuki Netherlands Bach Society Bach could make a cello throb like an organ as shown in the Cello Suite no. [--] in C minor performed by Hidemi Suzuki for All of Bach. It is the darkest of the set of Six Cello Suites. The Prelude arises from the depths like an organ prelude culminating in what appears to be a fugue however difficult it may be in practice to play a fugue on one cello. Recorded for the project All of Bach on August 25th [----] at KIT Royal Tropical Institute Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zEHXTrJb3HQ) 2018-10-25T10:59Z 559K followers, 3.5M engagements "Bach - 'Brandenburg' Concerto no. [--] in F major BWV [----] - Cicic Netherlands Bach Society The exciting first Brandenburg concerto recorded here for All of Bach with Bojan ii opens with two hunting horns barling through the rest of the music and deliberately disturbing the music. Listen to how they play three against four with bravura and even clash with the harmony. Bach thus immediately sets the tone for his six Brandenburg concertos which he sent by way of an open job application to the Margrave of Brandenburg in March [----]. He explores the potential of the orchestral instruments both solo" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zK4CiieG27k) 2024-11-28T14:59Z 559K followers, 245.3K engagements "Bach - Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam BWV [---] - Smits Netherlands Bach Society Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam performed by Reitze Smits for All of Bach is brimming with cheerfulness. This Lutheran hymn is one with a very special promise: that of a new life. Christ was baptised in the Jordan by St John and he baptises us to cleanse us of our sins. But the baptismal water is no ordinary water as it is coloured with the blood of Christ. Through the water of death the person baptised is reborn in Christ. Recorded for the project All of Bach on November 29th [----] at the Lutheran Church The" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zqaWVU9A7AI) 2021-06-22T10:59Z 559K followers, 72.7K engagements "Bach - Passacaglia in C minor BWV [---] - Smits Netherlands Bach Society In the Passacaglia in C minor performed here by Reitze Smits for All of Bach Bach's genius is as clear as day. As a variation work it surpasses anything Bach could have heard in his younger years. The ostinato the repetitive bass line that forms the foundation of a passacaglia is made up of eight bars rather than the usual four. The work consists of twenty variations rather than the usual five or six. And on top of its initial function the bass line is then split up and treated as two separate themes that accompanied by a" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zzBXZ__LN_M) 2020-09-01T10:59Z 559K followers, 2M engagements "Bach - Flute sonata in B minor BWV [----] - Root and Van Delft Netherlands Bach Society We know of only a handful of flute sonatas by Bach and of those only the Sonata in B minor has survived intact in a manuscript by Bach himself. The identity of the flautist Bach envisaged in 1736/37 for this demanding piece filled with subtleties is shrouded in mystery. But there is no doubt whatsoever that it must have been written for an excellent musician. Recorded for the project All of Bach on [--] October [----] at Concertgebouw Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zztgjDfi_gI) 2020-12-08T11:59Z 559K followers, 154.5K engagements Limited data mode. 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"Bach - So oft ich meine Tobackspfeife BWV [---] - Daniels Netherlands Bach Society The song 'So oft ich meine Tobackspfeife' performed by Charles Daniels Menno van Delft Mieneke van der Velden and Fred Jacobs for All of Bach appears twice in the Notenbchlein from 1725: once without words and again directly alongside with words and a more embellished bass line. Are the runs reminiscent of curling tobacco smoke It may be a simple idea but no simpler than the way in which the words explore the similarities between people and pipes: both are made of earth and both are blackened by use. However hot"
YouTube Link 2021-01-07T11:59Z 559K followers, 85.7K engagements
"Bach - Prelude and fugue in G minor BWV [---] - Van Doeselaar Netherlands Bach Society Organist Leo van Doeselaar performs the Prelude and fugue in G minor for All of Bach. Theres no prelude without a fugue you would think. Yet it is questionable whether Bach thought up this pair of works together as the prelude bears more resemblance in style to his early works than the fugue. Bach may have written the prelude directly after making acquaintance with Buxtehude who constructed his preludes as Bach does here in neat well-defined movements. Recorded for the project All of Bach on Jun 23rd [----] at"
YouTube Link 2020-09-10T10:59Z 559K followers, 271.6K engagements
"Bach - Willst du dein Herz mir schenken BWV [---] - De Geyter Netherlands Bach Society The Notenbchlein for Anna Magdalena Bach is a collection of different sorts of music by several composers. Besides pieces for harpsichord preludes partitas and various dances it also includes a series of songs. Some are more spiritual in character and others more secular. This song 'Willst du dein Herz mir schenken' belongs in the latter category. It is a love song in four strophes in which the singer asks her lover to keep their love hidden and unspoken because being too free and feeling confident has"
YouTube Link 2022-08-04T10:59Z 559K followers, 33.4K engagements
"Bach - Preludium et partita del tuono terzo BWV [---] - Van Delft Netherlands Bach Society The 'Preludium et partita del tuono terzo' performed by Menno van Delft for All of Bach has been preserved in a manuscript compiled by Johann Christoph containing harpsichord suites by Nicolas Lebgue copied from his 'Les pieces de clavessin' (Paris: 1677). The manuscript also contains an explanation about how to play various ornaments copied from the 'Six suites de clavessin' by Charles Dieupart a French keyboard player who worked in England. BWV [---] exudes the seventeenth-century French style of Lebgue."
YouTube Link 2020-10-29T11:59Z 559K followers, 46.5K engagements
"Bach - O Mensch bewein dein Snde gross BWV [---] - Wiersinga Netherlands Bach Society An organ work as poignant and moving as 'O Mensch bewein dein Snde gross' performed by Erwin Wiersinga for All of Bach is a rarity even for Bach. We are all reminded of our responsibility which we have hopelessly renounced as we know. O ye faithful of all lands take shame Though Christ saved us he had to die a horrible death in order to do so. Recorded for the project All of Bach on August 24th [----] at Stiftskirche St. Georg Goslar-Grauhof. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our"
YouTube Link 2021-03-25T11:59Z 559K followers, 191.6K engagements
"Bach - Easter Oratorio: Kommt eilet und laufet BWV [---] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society The Netherlands Bach Society performs 'Kommt eilet und laufet' for All of Bach. This Oster-Oratorium (Easter oratorio) was first performed on Easter Sunday in [----]. Two days earlier the congregation in Leipzig had listened to the St John Passion just as in [----]. The closing chorus Ruht wohl ihr heiligen Gebeine sent them on their way home to celebrate Holy Saturday. And then on Sunday morning the church resounded with the huge contrast of a Sinfonia with leading roles for three trumpets and"
YouTube Link 2019-04-23T11:00Z 559K followers, 2.2M engagements
"Bach - Sonata for violin and harpsichord no. [--] in A major BWV [----] Netherlands Bach Society Musically speaking this work is everything that its predecessor is not. BWV [----] is in the poignant key of B minor and is dominated by a melancholy tone and many expressive dissonants. BWV [----] on the other hand is in the radiant A major a key that says theres not a cloud in the sky as it were. The first movement is pastoral and dreamy in nature and the quick movements are airy. Only in the third movement do the skies cloud over briefly. Recorded for the project All of Bach on December 6th [----] at"
YouTube Link 2023-05-25T13:59Z 559K followers, 76.8K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Weichet nur betrbte Schatten BWV [---] - Yamagata Netherlands Bach Society The joyful cantata Weichet nur betrbte Schatten - recorded here for All of Bach at the annual Friends concert of the Netherlands Bach Society - was written on the occasion of a wedding celebration. The poet arranged an expressive bouquet: five arias with short recitatives. The composer Bach lets us hear the poetry more than ever before and skilfully builds up to the highlight of the day: the ball. So one quick listen and then its time for a knees-up For more information on BWV [---] and credits of this"
YouTube Link 2023-11-02T14:59Z 559K followers, 100.1K engagements
"Bach - Liebster Gott wenn werd ich sterben BWV [---] - Johannsen Netherlands Bach Society Liebster Gott wenn werd ich sterben recorded here for All of Bach with tenor Daniel Johannsen and organist Matthias Havinga was one of the main hymns in Leipzigs churches in the seventeenth century. Bach used the tekst (by Caspar Neumann) and the melody (by Daniel Vetter) as a basis for one of his most beautiful cantatas (BWV 8) nd this Schemelli-song from [----]. For more information on BWV [---] and credits of this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-483/ For the interview with tenor"
YouTube Link 2025-04-17T01:59Z 560K followers, 27K engagements
"Bach - Prelude in D major BWV [---] - Fernando Lourens Netherlands Bach Society This Prelude in D major recorded here for All of Bach with young talent Fernando Lourens from the Netherlands as part of a talent development project by the Netherlands Bach Society is part of the Klavierbchlein fr Wilhelm Friedemann. Bach wrote this teaching method to help his son play better and to compose. BWV [---] is one of the pieces attributed to both father and son. It is a fugue; a musical form that father Bach had mastered to perfection and raised to new heights. The essence of a fugue is a short melody a"
YouTube Link 2026-02-05T14:59Z 560K followers, [----] engagements
"Bach - Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille BWV [---] - Daniels Netherlands Bach Society The hymn 'Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille' performed here by Charles Daniels and Menno van Delft for All of Bach was top of the spiritual hit parade in Bachs day. Nowadays his chorale 'O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden' is most famous but at the time people sang the long poem 'Gib dich zufrieden' at least as often to many different melodies. Bach chose two of them for the Notenbchlein. The message is rich yet very practical: even if God seems faraway (after all lifes no picnic) in the end he offers salvation and"
YouTube Link 2024-05-30T01:59Z 559K followers, 37.5K engagements
"Bach - Schweigt stille plaudert nicht 'Kaffeekantate' BWV [---] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society In Bachs day drinking coffee was certainly not without controversy. The text in this Kaffeekantate 'Schweigt stille plaudert nicht' here performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach tells of a girl who is addicted and of women who know their own mind and sexual innuendo is never far away. If Bach had written an opera then it could have looked like this. Recorded for the project All of Bach on 17th May [----] at Radio Kootwijk. This recording was made possible by the support of the Eleven"
YouTube Link 2019-10-21T13:59Z 559K followers, 411.3K engagements
"Bach - Partita no. [--] in C minor BWV [---] - Edwards Netherlands Bach Society In this ambitious tricky Partita No. [--] recorded here for All of Bach with Mark Edwards Bach proceeds as a lighting technician. By placing a spotlight here and a colour filter there he keeps showing you a different scene. From the dark and weighty ouverture with the dotted-note stately rhythms of the French overture to the lightning-fast two-part fugue that eventually comes back to the earlier dotted rhythm. For more information on BWV [---] and credits of this production go to"
YouTube Link 2024-03-28T14:59Z 559K followers, 107.7K engagements
"Bach - Komm Gott Schpfer Heiliger Geist BWV [---] - Havinga Netherlands Bach Society Bach wrote the chorale prelude Komm Gott Schpfer Heiliger Geist recorded here for All of Bach with Matthias Havinga on the occasion of Whitsuntide. For this he arranged an ancient melody the gregorian hymn Veni creator spiritus. Beneath the calm chorale melody the rhythm of a gigue a fast Baroque dance is heard which supports the festive character of the Whitsun celebrations. The unusual syncopated bass ensures that this chorale prelude stands out immediately. For more information on BWV [---] and credits of this"
YouTube Link 2025-06-12T13:59Z 560K followers, 19.1K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Die Elenden sollen essen BWV [--] - Kuijken Netherlands Bach Society Bachs cantata 'Die Elenden sollen essen' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach broke the ice in his new post. At last his appointment as cantor in Leipzig had been finalised and he had moved with his family from Kthen to Leipzig on [--] May [----]. And his first actual duties as cantor were carried out at the service on Sunday [--] May [----]. Recorded for the project All of Bach on April 23rd [----] at the Walloon Church Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our"
YouTube Link 2019-01-17T12:00Z 559K followers, 333.4K engagements
"Sato on Bach Violin Partita no. [--] in D minor BWV [----] Netherlands Bach Society "It seems to have been part of Bach's personality or household just like we do Sudoku or crossword puzzles." Violinist Shunske Sato talks about Violin Partita in D minor which he performed for All of Bach. This interview was recorded on November 28th [----] at the Oude Dorpskerk Bunnik. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB or consider donating http://bit.ly/2uZuMj5. For the complete performance of Violin Partita in D minor go to"
YouTube Link 2019-10-08T10:57Z 560K followers, 32.5K engagements
"Bach - Prelude and fugue in B minor BWV [---] - Te Lindert Netherlands Bach Society This Prelude and fuga in B minor performed by Elske te Lindert for All of Bach may have premiered by Bach in St Pauls Church in Leipzig. That is where on [--] October [----] the university held a memorial service for the recently departed Queen of Poland. During the ceremony Bach played the organ himself. He opened with a prelude and ended with a fugue and although nobody can prove it it seems highly likely that it was this piece. Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 2nd [----] at Bovenkerk Kampen. If you"
YouTube Link 2020-05-07T10:59Z 559K followers, 385.7K engagements
"The Baroque oboe I Nederlandse Bachvereniging Which instrument is best for playing Baroque music In this documentary Katharina Verhaar hoboist in the Netherlands Bach Society talks about the difference between modern oboes and Baroque oboes. "This quest this striving for a sound that might approximate the actual sound of the Baroque period is what I find interesting and fun." Recorded for the project All of Bach on December [--] [----] at the Akoesticum in Ede. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel https://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating"
YouTube Link 2025-05-15T13:59Z 560K followers, 17.6K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Weinen Klagen Sorgen Zagen BWV [--] - Jacobs Netherlands Bach Society This cantata recorded for All of Bach with conductor Ren Jacobs is one of the most popular works today by Bach. The cantata was written for the 3rd Sunday after Easter Sunday Jubilate and glorifies the pain of earthly life. Tears worries suffering and fear are an inevitable part of life for all those baptised in Christs name. After all Jesus paid for eternal life for his followers with his death. So redemption awaits those who are patient. For more information on BWV [--] and credits of this production go to"
YouTube Link 2025-02-20T14:59Z 559K followers, 135.3K engagements
"Ayrton on WTC I Prelude and fugue no. [--] in C-sharp major BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society To me the fugue has the the most lively and joyful theme Bach ever wrote. Harpsichordist Patrick Ayrton talks about WTC I Prelude and fugue in C-sharp major BWV [---] which he performed for All of Bach. Recorded for the project All of Bach on 16th April [----] at Culles-les-Roches France. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating http://bit.ly/2uZuMj5. For the complete performance of WTC I Prelude and fugue no. [--] in C-sharp major"
YouTube Link 2019-10-08T11:57Z 559K followers, [----] engagements
"Bach - Cantata Jesu der du meine Seele BWV [--] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society The opening chorus of this cantata 'Jesu der du meine Seele' performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach resembles a chaconne. You can hear a number of layers in the music: strings and winds a chorale melody; multiple voices that all make their own contribution at the same time - a sampling of fantastic ensembles. As a contrast the arias are sung by one or two singers with an accompanying instrument. Recorded for the project All of Bach on February 10th [----] at the Walloon Church"
YouTube Link 2019-09-05T11:00Z 559K followers, 457.2K engagements
"Bach - So oft ich meine Tobackspfeife BWV [---] - Wrner Netherlands Bach Society The song 'So oft ich meine Tobackspfeife' performed here by Dominik Wrner for All of Bach in a special staged production by Thomas Hft appears twice in the Notenbchlein from 1725: once without words and again directly alongside with words and a more embellished bass line. Are the runs reminiscent of curling tobacco smoke It may be a simple idea but no simpler than the way in which the words explore the similarities between people and pipes: both are made of earth and both are blackened by use. However hot the"
YouTube Link 2023-07-27T13:59Z 559K followers, 27.4K engagements
"Bach - The Art of Fugue BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society Bachs The Art of Fugue is shrouded in mystery. We dont know whether Bach intended the music as material for practice or performance. The order of the [--] sections is unclear as well and we dont know whether the piece was ever completed. Shunske Sato made his own instrumentation for the Netherlands Bach Society. I wanted to bring out the many colours of the work and of my ensemble. Every fugue has its own character. On the basis of the rhythm time and chromatic lines etc. you can determine which instrument is most suitable. Ive"
YouTube Link 2022-09-15T16:29Z 559K followers, 1.3M engagements
"Bach - Herrscher des Himmels from Christmas Oratorio BWV [---] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society The third cantate from the Christmas Oratorio recorded here for All of Bach under the direction of Shunske Sato is the closing piece of what you might call the first cycle of Bachs oratorio. This first cycle consists of the first three out of six cantatas of the Christmas Oratorio and follow a single narrative line quoted directly from the gospel of Luke. In cantata [--] the shepherds come to Bethlehem and bring the glad tidings of the birth of Jesus to the people for the first time. Highlights in this"
YouTube Link 2024-12-19T14:59Z 559K followers, 108.2K engagements
"Bach - Concerto for three harpsichords in D minor BWV [----] - Mortensen Netherlands Bach Society In the Concerto for three harpsichords in D minor performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach Bach plays with monophony and polyphony. It is a solo concerto but then for three harpsichords. Sometimes all the instruments play the same melody but then they go off on their own again. And even when they follow their own path there are still always lines played by two three or four hands together. When the harpsichordists are actually all playing something different their instruments still"
YouTube Link 2019-02-12T11:59Z 559K followers, 1.6M engagements
"Bach - Fecit Potentiam from Magnificat BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society Fecit Potentiam from 'Magnificat' (BWV 243) by J.S. Bach. The Magnificat is the first large choral work that Bach composed after his appointment in Leipzig in the spring of [----]. It is an old-fashioned but delightful five-voiced work that uses Latin just like the other rarity among Bachs works the Mass in B minor. The text comes from the Gospel of Luke and is about the visit made by Mary to her cousin Elisabeth who was also pregnant. She welcomed Mary with the words: Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit"
YouTube Link 2020-08-25T10:59Z 559K followers, 34K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Aus der Tiefen rufe ich. BWV [---] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society The cantata 'Aus der Tiefen rufe ich Herr zu dir' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach is not just about slight misfortune but deep misery. The piece comes from the very beginning of Bachs career during his time as organist in Mhlhausen. He was then in his early twenties and trying his hand at vocal church music for the first time. He did so properly according to the book and in stylistic line with his fellow seventeenth-century musicians. Recorded for the project All of Bach on May"
YouTube Link 2020-03-26T11:59Z 559K followers, 502K engagements
"Bach - Oboe Concerto in F major BWV 1053r - Black Netherlands Bach Society This Concerto for Oboe in F major performed by Emma Black and the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach is a reconstruction of an oboe concerto based on the keyboard concerto in E major BWV [----]. Oboists did fairly well out of Bach as his oeuvre contains more than two hundred oboe solos. They often concern one or two oboes in opening choruses and arias in the cantatas. But the true solo repertoire is sparse. For example no solo concertos for oboe have survived. There are indications that Bach did indeed compose oboe"
YouTube Link 2021-01-21T11:59Z 559K followers, 2.5M engagements
"Bach - Cantata Was Gott tut das ist wohlgetan BWV [--] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society 'Was Gott tut das ist wohlgetan' performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach originated in Bachs second year in Leipzig. He was working at the time on a complete series of chorale cantatas taking inspiration each week from a well-known hymn. He usually used the words of the first and last verses literally and arranged the in-between verses to suit the sermon of the day in this case the Sermon on the Mount. For more information on BWV [--] and credits of this production go to"
YouTube Link 2019-11-14T11:59Z 559K followers, 165K engagements
"Bach - WTC I Prelude and fugue no. [--] in B minor BWV [---] - Van Asperen Netherlands Bach Society Arriving at the Prelude and fugue in B minor performed by Bob van Asperen for All of Bach Bach had already put his students to the test [--] times. Just one more key to go and the circle of unprecedented contrapuntal inventions would be complete. What would Bach do now he had arrived at the last couple of pieces Would he surpass himself by combining yet more techniques or finish off in simplicity and thus conquer the heart of the listener Bach succeeded in doing both of course even though the"
YouTube Link 2020-05-12T10:59Z 559K followers, 100.7K engagements
"Bach - Cantata In allen meinen Taten BWV [--] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society The text of this cantata was based on the hymn of the same name written by poet Paul Fleming before undertaking a perilous diplomatic trade mission to Moscow. The words are brimming with boundless faith and Bach adheres to them exactly without the additions Bach usually commissioned for such chorale cantatas. Recorded for the project All of Bach on [--] June [----] at the Philharmonie Haarlem the Netherlands. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel https://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider"
YouTube Link 2023-05-04T13:59Z 559K followers, 245.8K engagements
"Bach - Flute sonata in E minor BWV [----] - Root Netherlands Bach Society In this flute sonata recorded here for All of Bach with Marten Root Mieneke van der Velden and Menno van Delft Bach makes the most of the delicate soft timbre of the traverso while also paying special attention to the bass or continuo part. The conversation partners are equally interesting on many points. So the piece might be better regarded as a duet for traverso and basso continuo. For more information on BWV [----] and credits of this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-1034/ Recorded for the"
YouTube Link 2024-09-05T13:59Z 559K followers, 121.3K engagements
"Bach - Beschrnkt ihr Weisen dieser Welt BWV [---] - Johannsen Netherlands Bach Society This song recorded here for All of Bach with tenor Daniel Johannsen and organist Leo van Doeselaar is part of the Schemelli Gesang-Buch. In the eighteenth century sacred songbooks for private use were an important aid in simple domestic devotion. In [----] pietist Georg Christian Schemmel alias Schemelli launched his own songbook. In order to outdo the competition he involved probably the most famous music consultant of all time who happened to be his sons music teacher: Bach. For more information on BWV 443"
YouTube Link 2025-07-03T13:59Z 560K followers, 20.7K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Der Herr denket an uns BWV [---] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society "One sunny day Bach walked with his wife Maria Barbara to the lovely little church in Dornheim carrying his latest composition 'Der Herr denket an uns' performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. The church where Bach was to perform his latest piece was familiar territory as it was where he had married Maria Barbara six months earlier. Their marriage was solemnised by a friend of the family Johann Lorenz Stauber. Today it was Staubers turn to get married. As a wedding present Bach"
YouTube Link 2019-02-28T11:59Z 560K followers, 457.1K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Auf schmetternde Tne BWV 207a - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society 'Auf schmetternde Tne' performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach was played in Leipzig in [----] to celebrate the name day of Friedrich August II Elector of Saxony. Although his court was in Dresden important occasions were also celebrated in Leipzig with extraordinary concerts. The libretto of this cantata is a typically eighteenth-century and for modern ears rather exalted ode to the virtues of the Elector and the ensuing prosperity of his subjects. Recorded for the project All of Bach"
YouTube Link 2020-03-08T11:59Z 559K followers, 247.9K engagements
"Bach - Violin Sonata no. [--] in A minor BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society In this Sonata no. [--] performed by Shunske Sato for All of Bach Bach makes the unviolinistic violinistic but also embraces what the violin does best anyway. Even the Fugue and the Andante sound completely natural here despite their polyphony that is so difficult to play well. The Andante in which the violinist accompanies himself with continually repeated notes below the melody is a marvel of apparent straightforwardness. And the spirited Allegro with its echo effects sometimes appears almost ironic in intent and is"
YouTube Link 2019-11-07T11:59Z 560K followers, 397.7K engagements
"Ogg on Bach WTC I Prelude and fugue no. [--] in F-sharp minor BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society "The relative simplicity of the Prelude I think that's such a stroke of genius." Harpsichordist Jacques Ogg talks about the Prelude and fugue in F sharp minor which he performed for All of Bach. From the piece itself to the harpsichord on which he played Ogg gives us an intimate insight into his performance of this work. Recorded for the project All of Bach on March 10th [----] in Bunde The Netherlands. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and"
YouTube Link 2018-10-09T11:00Z 559K followers, [----] engagements
"Bach - Chorale Herzlich lieb hab ich dich o Herr BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society The chorale Herzlich lieb hab ich dich o Herr recorded here for All of Bach with singers of the Netherlands Bach Society is one of the many chorales in the standard hymn repertoire in the church of Bachs day. This chorale was a well-known hymn for the dying. For more information on BWV [---] and credits of this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-340/ Recorded for the project All of Bach on May 6th [----] at Sint-Gertrudiskerk Bergen op Zoom. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please"
YouTube Link 2025-05-29T13:59Z 560K followers, 35.6K engagements
"Sato and Deans on Concerto for two violins in D minor BWV [----] Netherlands Bach Society "The second movement feels like a kind of spiritual love cantilene between the two violins." Shunske Sato and Emily Deans talks about the Concerto for two violins in D minor which the performed with the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 7th [----] at the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating http://bit.ly/2uZuMj5. For the complete"
YouTube Link 2019-10-08T10:57Z 560K followers, 26.1K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Ich glaube lieber Herr hilf meinem Unglauben BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society Ambiguity and doubt resound in the opening of Bachs cantata 'Ich glaube lieber Herr hilf meinem Unglauben' performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. The same applies to the subsequent recitative by the tenor and particularly the aria with its indecisive rhythms and uncertain harmonies. But then the alto gives heart to the doubter: God will stand by his side in the battle so that faith will win in the end. And just where you expect a simple chorale at the end of the cantata"
YouTube Link 2022-07-21T13:59Z 559K followers, 182.1K engagements
"Bach - Prelude and fugue in E-flat major BWV [---] - Van Doeselaar Netherlands Bach Society While Bach was putting together his definitive Clavier-bung III he may have had a brilliant idea. Rather then putting his tremendous 'Prelude and fugue in E-flat major' performed here by Leo van Doeselaar for All of Bach in the middle as planned what if he were to separate them to form the opening of the volume and a surprising finish In a volume that was essentially devoted to the Trinity there could have been no clearer statement than this piece with all its references to the number three. On paper"
YouTube Link 2021-11-11T13:59Z 559K followers, 535.2K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Jesus schlft was soll ich hoffen BWV [--] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society The cantata 'Jesus schlft was soll ich hoffen' performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach was performed on the fourth Sunday after Epiphany. On his appointment as cantor at the Thomasschule in [----] Bach was told that his church music must not be too opernhafftig or operatic. Might the gentlemen of the Leipzig council have cast their minds back to this condition on the second to last day in January [----] Recorded for the project All of Bach on January 21st [----] at the Walloon Church"
YouTube Link 2020-03-17T11:59Z 559K followers, 95K engagements
"Bach - Harpsichord concerto in A major BWV [----] - Corti Netherlands Bach Society The basis for this Harpsichord Concerto in A major BWV [----] was probably a concerto for oboe damore as suggested by the key and the fact that it is only really the right hand of the harpsichord that plays concertante. Apart from Bach himself listeners at the time it was written would probably not have known that the solo instrument was originally an oboe. And if you had not read this you might not have suspected it either. Recorded for the project All of Bach on 3rd February [----] at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ"
YouTube Link 2019-11-05T11:59Z 559K followers, 319.6K engagements
"Bach - Violin Sonata in G major BWV [----] Netherlands Bach Society *This recording was made as part of a staged concert entitled 'Bach's Family Reunion'. This performance can be viewed in its entirety via https://youtu.be/OSQpEnaIpS4 Thats how it should be. At least thats how Bach and his contemporaries saw it. Nowadays we always perform instrumental works like this violin sonata in concert halls. But in Bachs day this sort of music was played at elite dinners or parties given by musical friends. So pouring a glass of beer or wine with this chamber music is allowed or even encouraged. For more"
YouTube Link 2024-08-02T13:58Z 559K followers, 31.2K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen BWV [--] - Rademann Netherlands Bach Society In 'Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach the three magi travelled from the East to Bethlehem in order to see the newborn Jesus. Bach illustrated their exotic origins with oriental sounds. He opted for a varied instrumental setting including strings horns recorders and oboes da caccia. Its very beautifully done says conductor Hans-Christoph Rademann. Recorded for the project All of Bach on January 23rd [----] at the Grote Kerk Harlingen. If you want to"
YouTube Link 2020-01-14T11:59Z 559K followers, 141.2K engagements
"Bach - Sonata for violin and harpsichord no. [--] in B minor BWV [----] Netherlands Bach Society This Sonata for violin and harpsichord no. [--] in B minor performed here by Bojan ii and Steven Devine for All of Bach is the first in a set of six that Bach probably wrote during his years in Kthen. The slow opening section immediately shows Bachs ambitions for the whole set. He reveals himself at his most expressive and there is also room for virtuosity and complexity. For instance after the melancholic introduction by the harpsichord the violin enters in a lament with a long motionless note and"
YouTube Link 2022-09-29T10:59Z 559K followers, 172.3K engagements
"Bach - Ach Gott und Herr BWV [---] - Jacobs Netherlands Bach Society The first movement of 'Ach Gott und Herr' performed by Bart Jacobs for All of Bach is special as practically nowhere else does Bach write such purely Italianate organ music. This is definitely the Italian style of 'durezze e legature' which literally means harshness and suspensions. Here Bach writes long sustained notes resolving dissonants and making room for new dissonants in a chain that is only truly resolved at the end. In Italy this sort of mystical music often accompanied the elevation: the displaying of the host during"
YouTube Link 2020-11-10T11:59Z 560K followers, 48.1K engagements
"Bach - [--] inventions BWV 772-786 Netherlands Bach Society Like the ricercares of the Renaissance and early Baroque Bachs [--] inventions performed by various young performers for All of Bach are experiments (here very concise ones) on a musical idea a theme and a new way of combining lines. In tiny doses the player can thus familiarise himself with the effect of music and with Bachs genius. Bachs [--] inventions are in the Klavierbchlein the exercise book that Bach compiled around [----] for his eldest son Wilhelm Friedemann. Recorded for the project All of Bach on April 16th [----] at Ottone"
YouTube Link 2022-04-07T11:00Z 559K followers, 204.7K engagements
"Bach - Kommst du nun Jesu vom Himmel herunter BWV [---] - Jacobs Netherlands Bach Society In the story of the six Schbler Chorales 'Kommst du nun Jesu vom Himmel herunter' performed by Bart Jacobs for All of Bach stands for Advent. The cantata from which he took this aria have nothing to do with the birth of Jesus. The words of BWV [---] are jubilant in a more general way and were sung in the middle of the ecclesiastical year. The Christmas accent is added by sticking an alternative chorale text onto the music even if we have to imagine it ourselves in this purely instrumental setting. Recorded"
YouTube Link 2020-12-22T11:59Z 559K followers, 82.8K engagements
"Bach - Mass in G minor BWV [---] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society The Mass in G minor performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach derives its opening from cantata [---] while the other two choruses and three arias are taken from cantatas [---] and [--]. Bach probably wrote this and three other 'Lutheran' masses to create a safe haven for some of his favourite pieces. The neutral character of a Latin Mass means it can be used on far more occasions than the one specific moment in the ecclesiastical year assigned to the cantatas written in German. Recorded for the project All of"
YouTube Link 2021-12-16T11:59Z 559K followers, 373.7K engagements
"Sato on 'Brandenburg' Concerto no. [--] in G major BWV [----] Netherlands Bach Society "It excites something quite deep inside of me this piece." Violinist Shunske Sato talks about the 'Brandenburg' Concerto no. [--] in G major which he performed with the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. In this piece many aspects come to play: familiarity number symbolism and tutti versus solo aspect. Sato has to be aware of these aspects and actively work with them. For more information on BWV [----] and credits of this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-1048/ For the complete"
YouTube Link 2020-09-24T10:58Z 559K followers, 31.8K engagements
"Bach - Invention No. [--] in F major BWV [---] - Frank Monster Netherlands Bach Society Invention No. [--] in F major (BWV 779) by J.S. Bach. Performed by Frank Monster (15). Recording: [--] april [----] Ottone Utrecht Watch al the Inventions at allofbach.com: http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-772-786/ This special project was supported by Rabobank. Every Friday you will find a new recording on allofbach.com of one of Johann Sebastian Bachs works performed by the Netherlands Bach Society and many guest musicians. http://allofbach.com/en/"
YouTube Link 2016-07-27T14:02Z 559K followers, 225.3K engagements
"Ter Schegget and Sato on Bach 'Brandenburg' Concerto no. [--] BWV [----] Netherlands Bach Society "I always feel slightly apologetic and embarrassed when I come to that part." Violinist Shunske Sato apologizes to recorder player Heiko ter Schegget for the space he claims in 'Brandenburg' Concerto No.4 in G major. They performed this piece with the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. For more information on BWV [----] and credits of this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-1049/ For the complete performance of 'Brandenburg' Concerto no. [--] go to https://youtu.be/oSZJ__GIbms"
YouTube Link 2018-09-13T11:00Z 559K followers, 14.7K engagements
"Bach - St John Passion BWV [---] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society The St John Passion performed by the Nederlands Bach Society for All of Bach was the first Passion Bach had written as cantor in Leipzig. The Passion story as told in the Gospel of John is different from that told by the other three evangelists Matthew Luke and Mark. Johns version places the emphasis on Christs divine origin. Throughout his suffering this divine origin still plays a role and nowhere is Jesus as human as in the other gospels. For this performance we selected a cast of singers under the age of [--]. Apart"
YouTube Link 2018-04-10T10:07Z 560K followers, 3.6M engagements
"Bach - Violin Partita no. [--] in D minor BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society Shrouded in wistfulness all the movements of this Partita no. [--] here performed by Shunske Sato for All of Bach are in a minor key. Bachs manuscript originates from [----] the year in which he returned from a journey to the unexpected news that his wife Maria Barbara was dead and buried. Even if Bach had already composed this partita it is not hard to imagine that the music gained a whole different meaning for him after the death of his wife. Recorded for the project All of Bach 24th June [----] at the Lichtfabriek"
YouTube Link 2019-12-05T11:59Z 560K followers, 417.4K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Sei Lob und Ehr dem hchsten Gut BWV [---] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society The message of this cantata recorded here for All of Bach with Shunske Sato - is fairly general and one that the devout church-goer in Bachs day would have known only too well: praise and glory to he who created the earth and mankind. Partly due to this general character we can only guess at the precise occasion for which Bach wrote this cantata. It is obvious however that it was a festive one; maybe a wedding or a thanksgiving service. The alto aria Ich will dich all mein Leben lang is sometimes described"
YouTube Link 2024-02-08T15:00Z 559K followers, 228.2K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Es ist dir gesagt Mensch was gut ist BWV [--] - Rademann Netherlands Bach Society The words of the opening chorus of this cantata recorded here for All of Bach with Hans-Christoph Rademann - are imbued with Old Testament strictness. God has decreed what he demands of you: keeping to his word being humble and practising love. To Bach's music this enumeration takes on a cheerful and light-hearted character. For more information on BWV [--] and credits of this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-45/ Recorded for the project All of Bach on March 9th [----] at the"
YouTube Link 2024-01-18T15:00Z 559K followers, 308.6K engagements
"Bach - Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her BWV [---] - Te Lindert Netherlands Bach Society Elske te Lindert performs 'Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her' for All of Bach. For this piece Bach arranged a cheerful Christmas chorale with words and music written by Luther himself. The first two lines of the chorale paraphrase the words of the angel who brings the glad tidings to the shepherds: I descend from heaven on high; I bring you wonderful new tidings. Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 2nd [----] at the Bovenkerk Kampen. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our"
YouTube Link 2018-11-27T12:00Z 559K followers, 112.2K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen BWV [--] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society The cantata 'Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen' performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society directed by Shunske Sato is one of several dialogue cantatas written by Bach. As in the case of the other dialogues the lyrics Bach used were already suited to the form beforehand. Bach underlines the form musically: a characteristic element in nearly all his dialogue cantatas is the choice of soprano and bass as the only soloists. The underlying idea is always the same. The soul (soprano) and Christ (bass) converse"
YouTube Link 2022-03-03T17:59Z 559K followers, 218.9K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Herr gehe nicht ins Gericht BWV [---] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society The cantata 'Herr gehe nicht ins Gericht' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach tells the tale of a desparate sinner symbolizing humankind which is weighed down by sin. This is a provocative topic for a composer it allows for a lot of musical expression. And Bach certainly made use of that: there are lots of dissonants and modulations. Recorded for the project All of Bach on [--] February [----] at Walloon Church Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to"
YouTube Link 2019-06-18T11:00Z 559K followers, 177.1K engagements
"Bach - Prelude in D minor BWV [---] - Adriel Gonzlez Netherlands Bach Society The Prelude in D minor recorded here for All of Bach with young talent Adriel Gonzlez from Spain as part of a talent development project by the Netherlands Bach Society is a practice piece father Bach wrote for his young son Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. BWV [---] is found in a cluster of twelve little preludes included in the Klavierbchlein and we know for certain which is a rarity in research into Bach that it is by J.S. himself as the manuscript has all sorts of corrections in his handwriting. For more information on BWV"
YouTube Link 2025-07-17T13:59Z 560K followers, 35.6K engagements
"Bach - Pice d'Orgue BWV [---] - Van Doeselaar Netherlands Bach Society The 'Pice d'Orgue' (Fantasia in G major) performed by Leo van Doeselaar for All of Bach was a majestic exercise in French style created before [----]. In this period Bach copied the Livre dOrgue from [----] by the French organist and composer Nicolas de Grigny wishing to master the French style. Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 21st [----] at St. Catherine's Church Hamburg. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel https://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating https://bit.ly/3J5uprM."
YouTube Link 2022-11-17T12:56Z 559K followers, 160.1K engagements
"Bach - Fantasia in G major BWV [---] - Matthias Havinga Netherlands Bach Society It is unclear as to whether this cheerful Fantasia in G major recorded here for All of Bach with Matthias Havinga is actually written by Bach. Research on Bach hasnt resolved this issue. But is perhaps interesting to see what happens to a piece if we stick Bachs name on it. With Bachs works in mind all sorts of things come to light in the piece. In some places for instance it is reminiscent of Bachs much better known Passacaglia in C minor. And the structure of the piece reminds us of an Italian concerto grosso."
YouTube Link 2025-11-06T14:59Z 560K followers, 36K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Was Gott tut das ist wohlgetan BWV [---] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society When Bach used the chorale text for 'Was Gott tut das ist wohlgetan performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach for the second time he took a completely different approach to his cantata of the same name from ten years earlier (BWV 99). He lent extra festivity to the instrumentation of that version (flute oboe damore horn strings and basso continuo) by adding a second horn and timpani. Recorded for the project All of Bach on February 7th [----] at the Grote Kerk Naarden. If you want to"
YouTube Link 2020-05-05T10:59Z 559K followers, 197.9K engagements
"Bach - Partite Diverse Sopra BWV [---] - Te Lindert Netherlands Bach Society Partite Diverse Sopra: Ach was soll ich Snder machen performed by Elske te Lindert for All of Bach is based on a chorale which opens with the words Oh what should I a sinner do Oh where should I begin Bach shows no sign of such doubts in a musical sense at any rate. He begins with a relatively simple harmonisation of the chorale melody (partita 1) and he also knows how to continue. It is followed by a series of [--] variations (partitas [--] - 10). Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 2nd [----] at the Bovenkerk"
YouTube Link 2025-07-24T13:59Z 560K followers, 29K engagements
"Bach - Motet Frchte dich nicht ich bin bei dir BWV [---] - MacLeod Netherlands Bach Society 'Frchte dich nicht ich bin bei dir' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach shows strong similarities to a motet by Johann Michael Bach the father of Bachs first wife and the leading motet specialist of his day. His Christmas motet for double choir entitled 'Frchtet euch nicht' has many similar elements to Bach's motet. We cannot know for certain but it would be typical for the young Bach to write a wonderful motet as a somewhat competitive tribute to his father-in-law. Recorded for the"
YouTube Link 2020-07-02T10:59Z 560K followers, 158.6K engagements
"Bach - Violin Sonata no. [--] in C major BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society In this Sonata no. [--] performed by Shunske Sato for All of Bach Bach appears to have been looking to Italy for inspiration. The mysterious first Adagio for instance seems just like the opening of the Adagio of the oboe concerto by Marcello. The monumental Fugue in this sonata is full of contrapuntal tricks. Although not exactly Italian it has no German equivalent either. Recorded for the project All of Bach 23rd June [----] at the Lichtfabriek Haarlem. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to"
YouTube Link 2019-11-21T11:59Z 559K followers, 313.3K engagements
"Bach - An Wasserflussen Babylon BWV [---] - Van Doeselaar Netherlands Bach Society *Please note: this is an improved version of an earlier release. The chorale 'An Wasserflssen Babylon' performed by Leo van Doeselaar for All of Bach describes the desperate situation of the Israelites in exile. Many composers in the seventeenth century made an arrangement of it with the Hamburg organist Adam Reincken as the absolute champion. As a fifteen-year-old Bach copied this version down and undoubtedly studied it well. But when he made his own arrangement ten years later he did not follow Reinckens"
YouTube Link 2024-08-08T13:59Z 560K followers, 45.1K engagements
"Bach - Canon a [--] Cancrizans from The Musical Offering BWV [----] Netherlands Bach Society The Musikalisches Opfer is a special collection of chamber music within the work of Johann Sebastian Bach written for Frederick the Great of Prussia. Musikalisches Opfer means a musical offering and that is precisely how the collection originated. In May [----] Bach was introduced to Frederick who had heard that Bach was a great improviser and asked him on the spot to improvise a fugue on a given theme. According to the sources Bach made a brilliant job of it and showed such enthusiasm about the royal theme"
YouTube Link 2021-08-31T10:59Z 560K followers, 143K engagements
"Bach - Chromatic Fantasia and fugue in D minor BWV [---] - Van Delft Netherlands Bach Society The Chromatic Fantasia and fugue in D minor performed by Menno van Delft for All of Bach was already legendary in its day. It almost certainly started out as an improvisation. When Bach improvised he had power over all [--] keys; he could do whatever he wanted with them. Biographer Forkel repeats it time and time again: Bach was a real wizard on the keyboard. Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 17th [----] at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please"
YouTube Link 2021-07-15T10:59Z 559K followers, 200.6K engagements
"Bach - Mass in B minor BWV [---] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society Sublime extreme and all-embracing only superlatives will do to describe Bachs Mass in B minor the 'Hohe Messe' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. In between an awe-inspiring Kyrie and the jubilant final Dona nobis pacem there are nine completely unique arias and duets fourteen impressive ensemble sections for four five six and even eight voices a broad spectrum of instrumental solos and an incredible variety of styles. Recorded for the project All of Bach on December 15th [----] at the Grote Kerk"
YouTube Link 2019-01-22T14:59Z 559K followers, 5.6M engagements
"Bach - Cantata Was soll ich aus dir machen Ephraim BWV [--] - John Butt Netherlands Bach Society Bach's cantatas don't usually begin with a question. BWV [--] recorded here for All of Bach with John Butt - does however with a question asked by God himself in the Book of Hosea: "What shall I make of you Ephraim". God wonders whether he should destroy the sinful tribe of Ephraim or give in to his desire for mercy. Bach puts Gods inner debate about justice and mercy into music: with a pensive opening followed by a strict alto aria about retribution leading to a illuminating soprano aria where mercy"
YouTube Link 2025-11-13T14:59Z 560K followers, 33.7K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Bereitet die Wege bereitet die Bahn BWV [---] - Bernardini Netherlands Bach Society The Netherlands Bach Society performs 'Bereitet die Wege bereitet die Bahn' for All of Bach. A better salary and more musical elbow room these were the ambitions of the young Bach after barely a year as the organist at Blasiuskirche in Mhlhausen. This dream came true after seven years later in [----] when he was appointed Konzertmeister at the court of Weimar. Here he got the chance to work with professional musicians. This piece is from the beginning of his Weimar period. Recorded for the project"
YouTube Link 2019-12-12T11:59Z 559K followers, 164.8K engagements
"Bach - Sinfonia in D major BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society The Sinfonia in D major performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach is possibly one of Bachs most surprising compositions. According to the manuscript it is an Intrada an instrumental introduction to what was probably a festive cantata. However there is no trace whatsoever of the vocal parts. This sinfonia is therefore doomed to remain an independent instrumental movement. Recorded for the project All of Bach on May 13th [----] at the Walloon Church Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please"
YouTube Link 2018-09-06T11:00Z 560K followers, 554.3K engagements
"Bach - Sonata no. [--] in E minor BWV [---] - Van Doeselaar Netherlands Bach Society This trio sonata recorded here for All of Bach with Leo van Doeselaar is the fourth trio sonata for organ that Bach wrote. Generally speaking a trio sonata is a piece for two melody instruments and basso continuo. Bach the organist often thought in keyboard logic and so he wrote trio sonatas for just one instrument: the organ. The two solo instruments were played by his hands (on two different manuals) and the bass by his feet. This fourth trio sonata is a compilation of earlier pieces that did not belong together"
YouTube Link 2025-05-22T13:59Z 560K followers, 108.9K engagements
"Bach - Cum Sancto Spiritu from Mass in B minor BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society Sublime extreme and all-embracing only superlatives will do to describe Bachs Mass in B minor the 'Hohe Messe' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. In between an awe-inspiring Kyrie and the jubilant final Dona nobis pacem there are nine completely unique arias and duets fourteen impressive ensemble sections for four five six and even eight voices a broad spectrum of instrumental solos and an incredible variety of styles. For the complete performance of the Mass in B minor BWV [---] go to:"
YouTube Link 2020-12-15T11:59Z 559K followers, 280K engagements
"Bach - Fallt mit Danken from Christmas Oratorio BWV [---] - Mortensen Netherlands Bach Society The radiant fourth cantata of the Christmas Oratorio Fallt mit Danken fallt mit Loben recorded here for All of Bach with Lars Ulrik Mortensen Bach wrote for New Years Day which marks the Feast of Christs circumcision in the church calendar and the moment Jesus was given his name. Bach zooms in on this latter aspect: that one name God helps which will continue to resonate throughout the ages. For more information on BWV [---] and credits of this production go to"
YouTube Link 2025-12-18T14:59Z 560K followers, 45K engagements
"Bach - Motet Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV [---] - MacLeod Netherlands Bach Society A complete orchestra should be added to this wrote Mozart on his copy of Bachs motet 'Singet dem Herrn' performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. He was very enthusiastic about the piece which was performed as a surprise when he visited the Thomasschule in Leipzig in [----]. At his request Mozart was given a copy of it. In his account of the event ten years later Johann Friedrich Rochlitz says that Mozart even shouted Now theres something you can learn from Recorded for the project All"
YouTube Link 2019-01-03T11:59Z 559K followers, 331.2K engagements
"Bach - 'Brandenburg' Concerto no. [--] in B-flat major BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society Bach turns things upside down in this 'Brandenburg' Concerto No. [--] in B-flat major performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. Violins usually the golden boys of the orchestra are conspicuous by their absence Instead two violas play the leading role. As the highest parts they play first fiddle as soloists. supported by two viola da gambas and a double bass. For more information on BWV [----] and credits of this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-1051/ For the"
YouTube Link 2020-02-20T11:59Z 559K followers, 449K engagements
"Bach - Concerto from Cantata Geist und Seele wird verwirret BWV [--] Netherlands Bach Society Cantata BWV [--] opens with this 'Concerto' recorded here for All of Bach with Jos van Veldhoven. The 'Concerto' straight away creates a sense that this is a special cantata: very festive unusually long and the only cantata by Bach with two instrumental parts. Bach wrote the piece in [----] for his third series of cantatas. He had already tried out various concepts in detail and was clearly in need of new impulses such as a greater instrumental contribution. Another new element was the obbligato organ part"
YouTube Link 2026-01-29T14:59Z 560K followers, 30.1K engagements
"Bach - Chorale Eins ist not ach Herr dies eine BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society The text of the melodious chorale Eins ist not ach Herr dies eine recorded here for All of Bach with singers of the Netherlands Bach Society emphasizes the importance of listening to Jesuss message the only thing that really counts. Bachs composition too clings to a single harmonic message. Unlike in many other chorales where nearly every phrase changes key the music here stays almost exclusively in a glorious D major. As in many chorales the piece is divided into two musical phrases but the unusual thing about"
YouTube Link 2025-10-30T14:59Z 560K followers, 14.1K engagements
"Bach - Prelude and fugue in G major BWV [---] - Winsemius Netherlands Bach Society The paper that was used for the Prelude and fugue in G major performed by Bernard Winsemius for All of Bach is the same on which Bach wrote a recommendation letter for his oldest son Wilhelm Friedemann. At the age of [--] Wilhelm had completed lessons with his father and he applied for the position of organist at the Sophienkirche in Dresden. BWV [---] forms the ideal audition piece: virtuoso light-hearted and energetic from start to finish and completely on-trend in Italian style. Recorded for the project All of"
YouTube Link 2020-10-27T11:59Z 559K followers, 247.8K engagements
"Bach - Ehre sei dir Gott from Christmas Oratorio BWV [---] - Mortensen Netherlands Bach Society The bright fifth cantata from the Christmas Oratorio recorded here for All of Bach with Lars Ulrik Mortensen has a modest instrumentation. No trumpets timpani horns or even flutes in this second to last cantata of Bachs famous Christmas piece. This doesnt prevent the Christmas light to shine brightly in this cantata. The opening chorus is so sunny that it almost seems to be summertime light dancy and smooth like gymnastics for the chorus. In the aria for bass with oboe damore the light of Jesuss"
YouTube Link 2025-12-25T14:59Z 560K followers, 47.5K engagements
"Bach - Chorale Nicht so traurig nicht so sehr BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society The chorale Nicht so traurig nicht so sehr recorded here for All of Bach with vocalists of the Netherlands Bach Society belongs to the less known chorale harmonisations published after Bachs death. The melody didnt recur in organ works Passions and cantatas by Bach himself and those of other composers. The words are by German preacher and poet Paul Gerhardt and were published for the first time in [----] but always in a setting to another melody. Recorded for the project All of Bach on the 6th of May [----] at the"
YouTube Link 2025-09-11T13:59Z 560K followers, 36.9K engagements
"Bach - Lass Frstin lass noch einen Strahl 'Trauerode' BWV [---] - Luks Netherlands Bach Society In [----] Bach composed a funeral cantata: 'Lass Frstin lass noch einen Strahl' BWV [---] better known as the 'Trauerode' here performed by the Netherlands Bach Society conducted by Vclav Luks. The music was written for a memorial service for Christiane Eberhardine wife of Augustus the Strong Elector of Saxony. The 'Trauerode' is undoubtedly one of Bachs most moving compositions. He could not have given stronger confirmation of the esteem in which the deceased electress was held. From start to finish the"
YouTube Link 2021-03-04T11:59Z 559K followers, 358.5K engagements
"Bach - Sinfonia from Cantata BWV [---] - Jos van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society This Sinfonia recorded here for All of Bach with Jos van Veldhoven is the instrumental opening of cantata Wir mssen durch viel Trbsal in das Reich Gottes eingehen BWV [---]. The message of this cantata: Here on earth life is miserable but fortunately it does not last long and then there is heaven. The fairly cheerful Sinfonia in the form of a mini organ concerto refers to the heavenly joy that will follow and which is audible in the cantata's final duet and chorale. For more information on BWV [---] and credits of"
YouTube Link 2025-10-16T13:59Z 560K followers, 76.7K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Himmelsknig sei willkommen BWV [---] - Soller Netherlands Bach Society The festive cantata Himmelsknig sei willkommen recorded here for All of Bach with Johanna Soller is a hit. And that was just what Bach intended it to be. He wrote the cantata on the occasion of Palm Sunday as well as the Feast of the Annunciation and to impress the Weimar court where he was that day making the transition from organist to concertmaster. On this double festive day Bach pulls out all stops: four singing parts solos for recorder and himself () on violin two violas a partly independent cello part"
YouTube Link 2025-04-03T13:59Z 560K followers, 146.1K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme BWV [---] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society In cantata 'Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach everything revolves around the parable of the wise and foolish virgins. They wait throughout the night with burning lamps for the arrival of the bridegroom. Five of them have brought along extra oil to keep their lamp burning. The others run out of oil and go off to buy some more. The bridegroom arrives while they are away. Recorded for the project All of Bach on February 11th [----] at the Walloon"
YouTube Link 2019-03-12T11:59Z 560K followers, 4.2M engagements
"Bach - Orchestral Suite no. [--] in C major BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society Orchestral Suite no. [--] in C major performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach is in the style and atmosphere of the dance music written by Lully at the court of Louis the Fourteenth: a series of French stylised dances. Nowadays we call this a suite but at the time it was known as an Overture or opening piece. As a tribute to the king such a succession of dances began with a stately opening that had a remarkably staccato rhythm to which the king could make his entrance. However we do not know why or"
YouTube Link 2020-03-10T11:59Z 560K followers, 720.1K engagements
"Bach - Valet will ich dir geben BWV [---] - Zerer Netherlands Bach Society 'Valet will ich dir geben' recorded here for All of Bach with Wolfgang Zerer is a Sterbelied inspired by heartrending events. The lyricist Valerius Herberger was a clergyman in his hometown the German Protestant enclave of Fraustadt in Silesia Poland where there was an outbreak of the plague in [----]. Bach must have been particularly moved by the hymn on which this chorale arrangement is based. Recorded for the project All of Bach on 21st October [----] at St. Catherine's Church Hamburg. If you want to help us complete All"
YouTube Link 2025-08-21T13:59Z 560K followers, 21.1K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Ihr die ihr euch von Christo nennet BWV [---] - John Butt Netherlands Bach Society Suffused with orthodox seventeenth-century Lutheranism Bachs texts sometimes sound strange to our ears. At first sight the words of Bachs cantata Ihr die ihr euch von Christo nennet BWV [---] recorded here for All of Bach with John Butt dont appear to be particularly alienating. The imagery of lyricist Salomo Franck concentrates on the heart; this corresponds well with the theme of mercy. But behind Francks apparently everyday imagery there lurks the rich world of seventeenth-century medical science"
YouTube Link 2025-09-04T13:59Z 560K followers, 34.4K engagements
"Bach - Opening Chorus Herr unser Herrscher from St John Passion BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society The opening chorus 'Herr unser Herrscher' from St John Passion performed by the Nederlands Bach Society for All of Bach. The St John Passion was the first Passion Bach had written as cantor in Leipzig. The Passion story as told in the Gospel of John is different from that told by the other three evangelists Matthew Luke and Mark. Johns version places the emphasis on Christs divine origin. Throughout his suffering this divine origin still plays a role and nowhere is Jesus as human as in the other"
YouTube Link 2020-03-29T14:29Z 559K followers, 449.9K engagements
"Bach - Allegro from 'Brandenburg' concerto no. [--] BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society This Allegro from the Brandenburg concerto no. [--] was recorded for All of Bach conducted by violinist Shunske Sato. This concerto is remarkable for its unusual form and instrumentation. Bach composed it for three violins three violas three cellos and basso continuo. There is no distinction between solo and ensemble instruments: all the strings play both solo and tutti. The Allegro is characterised by a strong rhythmic drive. The fast notes stream through the instrumental groups like a perpetuum mobile."
YouTube Link 2025-03-27T14:59Z 560K followers, 182.4K engagements
"Bach - Pastorella in F major BWV [---] - Smits Netherlands Bach Society This Pastorella in F major recorded here for All of Bach with Reitze Smits refers to Italy to sheperds music and with that to Christmas. But it also has parts separate from these themes. A work that is hard to place in one corner: a bit of Italy a bit of France and a good dash of Christmas. For more information on BWV [---] and credits of this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-590/ For the short documentary on the Schnitger organ in Uithuizen go to https://youtu.be/JUrsCUksrKw Recorded for the project"
YouTube Link 2024-01-11T14:59Z 559K followers, 75.7K engagements
"Bach - Jesus bleibet meine Freude from Cantata BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society For the complete cantata 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' BWV [---] go to: https://youtu.be/h97JE4--p84 Bachs famous chorale 'Jesus bleibet meine Freude' from cantata 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' was first heard when the cantata was performed in Leipzig on [--] July [----] for the Feast of the Visitation. It was during Bachs first months as cantor and he reused music that he had to hand as he often did. Bach had already written most of BWV [---] in [----] as an advent cantata for the court chapel in Weimar but it was"
YouTube Link 2021-08-10T10:59Z 559K followers, 1.2M engagements
"Bach - Cantata Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen BWV [--] - Bonizzoni Netherlands Bach Society 'Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach is one of the few cantatas that Bach actually called a cantata himself writing Cantata a Voce Sola e Stromenti on the score even though it is not a real solo cantata as four singers sing one of Bachs most beautiful chorales at the end. However the main role is clearly played by the bass. Recorded for the project All of Bach on January 17th [----] at the Walloon Church Amsterdam. If you want to help us"
YouTube Link 2019-04-11T10:59Z 559K followers, 161.3K engagements
"Bach - Fantasia and fugue in C minor BWV [---] - Wiersinga Netherlands Bach Society The Fantasia that precedes the Fugue in C minor performed by Erwin Wiersinga for All of Bach is a lamento pur sang. The rarefied notes floating high up seem to be lamenting some tragic loss or other. It is hard to imagine a greater contrast with the fugue that follows. Still in mournful mood from the fantasia you suddenly plunge into an extremely energetic first theme of the fugue. Recorded for the project All of Bach on August 24th [----] at the Stiftskirche St. Georg Goslar-Grauhof. If you want to help us"
YouTube Link 2020-01-16T11:59Z 559K followers, 383.1K engagements
"Bach - Partita no. [--] in A minor BWV [---] - Van Delft Netherlands Bach Society The origins of this Partita in A minor performed by Menno van Delft for All of Bach lie in playing alone in a homely setting as it is the opening work of the second book of music Bach compiled for his wife Anna Magdalena in [----]. It is the ideal context for a clavichord. The music itself is also looser in form than usual. Not only does the work begin with a Fantasia but later on there is an unusual Burlesca (from the Italian burlare: making fun of mocking) with big leaps for the left hand which is followed by a"
YouTube Link 2025-08-28T13:59Z 560K followers, 72K engagements
"Bach - Concerto for two violins in D minor BWV [----] - Sato and Deans Netherlands Bach Society The two solo parts of the Concerto for two violins in D minor performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach have survived in Bachs own handwriting. This autograph dates from around [----] a few years after the composer had moved from Kthen to Leipzig. Bach composed most of his instrumental concertos in the period [--------] while working at the court of Leopold von Anhalt-Kthen but this work appears to be an exception. Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 7th [----] at the"
YouTube Link 2019-03-07T12:00Z 560K followers, 4.3M engagements
"Bach - Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme BWV [---] - Zerer Netherlands Bach Society 'Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme' performed by Wolfgang Zerer for All of Bach is more or less a literal copy of Zion hrt die Wchter singen the fourth movement of Bachs masterly cantata 'Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme' BWV [---]. The viola and violin parts are played in unison in the right hand and the bass parts in the pedal. The arrangement is simple with a couple of surprising tricks. Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 21st [----] at St Catherine's Church Hamburg. If you want to help us complete All of"
YouTube Link 2021-03-28T14:59Z 559K followers, 440K engagements
"Bach - Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden from St Matthew Passion BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society The chorale 'Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden' from the St Matthew Passion (BWV 244) performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society and conducted by Jos van Veldhoven for All of Bach. The St Matthew Passion tells the story of the last days of Jesus. He is betrayed tried crucified and buried. The lyrics were compiled by Picander (the pseudonym of Christian Friedrich Henrici) probably in close consultation with Bach himself. For their theme they took the story as told by St Matthew the Evangelist. As"
YouTube Link 2019-04-07T10:59Z 559K followers, 150.3K engagements
"Bach - French Suite no. [--] in E-flat major BWV [---] - Hantai Netherlands Bach Society Bach frequently constructs melodies from small simple elements which he gradually expands. It often begins straightforwardly with a little motif that could be devised by any composer but soon becomes unmistakably Bach. 'French' Suite no. [--] performed here by Pierre Hanta for All of Bach is a good example of this. For more information on BWV [---] and credits of this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-815/ Recorded for the project All of Bach on June 29th [----] at the Doopsgezinde Kerk"
YouTube Link 2022-06-16T10:59Z 560K followers, 166.4K engagements
"Bach - Sonata no. [--] in D minor BWV [---] - Havinga Netherlands Bach Society The opening of this sonata in D minor performed by Matthias Havinga for All of Bach has an uncertain and emphatically andante sound. To the ears of seventeenth and eighteenth-century musicologists the key of D minor represented melancholy devotion solemnity and seriousness. Following this tentative start Bach launches into experimentation by juggling motifs almost wildly and searching for new keys. Recorded for the project All of Bach on September 21st [----] at the Sint-Bavokerk Haarlem. If you want to help us complete"
YouTube Link 2020-07-16T10:59Z 559K followers, 495.8K engagements
"Bach - Sinfonia from Cantata BWV [--] Netherlands Bach Society The first part of this cantata recorded here for All of Bach - that conductor Jos van Veldhoven ever heard was the instrumental Sinfonia and it has stuck in his mind ever since. Its so cheerful and Bach doesnt do that very often. Here he clearly wants to prolong the festivities of Easter for a while. This Sinfonia may once have been the first part of a concerto for two oboes bassoon and orchestra. For the complete performance of cantata BWV [--] go to https://youtu.be/LgH-ICiUCH0 For the interview with conductor Jos van Veldhoven on"
YouTube Link 2025-05-08T13:59Z 560K followers, 175.7K engagements
"Bach - Toccata in G minor BWV [---] - Maude Gratton Netherlands Bach Society In this Toccata in G minor recorded here for All of Bach with Maud Gratton the young Bach experiments with the stylus phantasticus: an imaginative and fanciful way of composing that was full of surprises and popular with forerunners of Bach. The Toccata in G minor begins and ends with great flair with an enormous gesture that embraces nearly the whole keyboard. In between Bach places four varied movements: a sarabande-like Adagio an Allegro with the annotations forte and piano a slow lyrical movement and a strict"
YouTube Link 2025-10-23T13:59Z 560K followers, 60.8K engagements
"Bach - Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BWV [---] - Van Doeselaar Netherlands Bach Society This arrangement of 'Nun komm der Heiden Heiland' performed by Leo van Doeselaar for All of Bach is full of mystical expectation which is underlined by the quiet performance of this performance. Although Bach borrowed the form from Buxtehude in style BWV [---] would not be amiss as the middle movement of an Italian concerto. All the elements are present: a walking bass a duet of middle voices and a leading upper voice. Recorded for the project All of Bach on June 23rd [----] at the Walloon Church Amsterdam. If you"
YouTube Link 2019-12-10T11:59Z 559K followers, 368.7K engagements
"Bach - Chorale Nun danket alle Gott BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society The chorale Nun danket alle Gott recorded here for All of Bach with singers of the Netherlands Bach Society has a hymn text that was very well-known in Bachs time. Written amid the violence of the Thirty Years War (16181648) by the clergyman Martin Rinckart it conveyed a message of hope. The song is a hymn of praise: to Gods grace to his promise to save mankind and to God himself. In Leipzig Nun danket alle Gott was often sung at weddings and on feast days but also after the Passion on Good Friday. Bach used the melody in at"
YouTube Link 2026-01-08T14:59Z 560K followers, 28.5K engagements
"Bach - 'Brandenburg' Concerto no. [--] in D major BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society The Netherlands Bach Society performs the 'Brandenburg' Concerto in D major for All of Bach. Bach himself never went to Amsterdam and Rembrandt never went to Leipzig or Berlin. However there were many ties between the Republic of the Netherlands and Bachs employers. Nowadays both Rembrandts paintings and Bachs music are regarded as icons of European art and here they are presented as a unique combination for eye and ear. For this recording we were guests at the Gallery of Honour at the Rijksmuseum in"
YouTube Link 2018-09-25T11:00Z 559K followers, 1.9M engagements
"Bach - Cantata O holder Tag BWV [---] - Yamagata Netherlands Bach Society For this wedding cantata recorded here for All of Bach with Sayuri Yamagata - Bach used the cantata he had written earlier: 'O angenehme Melodei' BWV 210a. In five arias Bach achieves maximum variety with regard to instrumentation and atmosphere. From the beautiful beseelte Lieder we go via matte Tne and zarte Harmonie to the paradoxical third aria. Here the flute is silenced in vain as it goes its own way more virtuoso than ever. This is followed by a stylised polonaise and a chorale-like closing aria. For more"
YouTube Link 2024-10-17T13:59Z 559K followers, 71.2K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats BWV [--] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society The first part of this cantata 'Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach that conductor Jos van Veldhoven ever heard was the instrumental sinfonia and it has stuck in his mind ever since. Its so cheerful and Bach doesnt do that very often. Here he clearly wants to prolong the festivities of Easter for a while. This sinfonia may once have been the first part of a concerto for two oboes bassoon and orchestra. The long alto aria Wo Zwei und Drei"
YouTube Link 2021-09-02T08:59Z 560K followers, 430.8K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Herr Jesu Christ wahr Mensch und Gott BWV [---] - Rademann Netherlands Bach Society Cantata Herr Jesu Christ wahr Mensch und Gott recorded here for All of Bach with Hans-Christoph Rademann cites and paraphrases a funeral hymn by the theologian Paul Eber a friend of Luther. A funeral may seem a gloomy occasion but Eber weaves the promise of eternal life throughout his hymn. This cantata formed a grand finale to Bachs second year in Leipzig. His plan for that year was to write a new cantata every week based on a chorale and in the opening chorus of BWV [---] the melody is indeed"
YouTube Link 2024-04-25T13:59Z 559K followers, 158.9K engagements
"Bach - Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fllt BWV [--] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society The cantata Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fllt performed by the Netherlands Bach Society conducted by Shunske Sato is one of Bachs earliest. Later in Leipzig Bach wrote a version to which he added recorders. In this performance were opting for the original version without wind or high string instruments which creates a dark timbre. Recorded for the project All of Bach on September 21st [----] at the Groote Kerk Maassluis. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our"
YouTube Link 2020-03-05T11:59Z 559K followers, 247.7K engagements
"Bach - Violin Sonata no. [--] in G minor BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society The first of Bachs six solo works for violin exudes the most calm. This Sonata no. [--] performed by Shunske Sato for All of Bach is written in the key of G minor. On a violin this key has a pure and stable sound as the two lower strings (the G and the D) fit naturally in the root position triad without needing to use the fingers of the left hand. The sonority of these low open strings reverberates throughout the whole sonata. Recorded for the project All of Bach on 24th June [----] at the Lichtfabriek Haarlem. If you"
YouTube Link 2019-10-24T10:59Z 560K followers, 870.9K engagements
"Bach - Ruht wohl ihr heiligen Gebeine from St John Passion BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society The chorus 'Ruht wohl ihr heiligen Gebeine' from St John Passion performed by the Nederlands Bach Society for All of Bach. The St John Passion was the first Passion Bach had written as cantor in Leipzig. The Passion story as told in the Gospel of John is different from that told by the other three evangelists Matthew Luke and Mark. Johns version places the emphasis on Christs divine origin. Throughout his suffering this divine origin still plays a role and nowhere is Jesus as human as in the other"
YouTube Link 2020-03-22T15:29Z 559K followers, 291.8K engagements
"Bach - Prelude and fugue in C major BWV [---] - Van Doeselaar Netherlands Bach Society In the Prelude and fugue in C major performed by Leo van Doeselaar for All of Bach Bach plays with movement and motionlessness. The 9/8 time signature of the Prelude almost automatically evokes a rocking motion which is underlined in the first bar by the clear division into three groups of three notes. It is almost like a procession striding into the church and is reminiscent of the opening chorus of cantata BWV [--]. Recorded for the project All of Bach on February 18th [----] at the Walloon Church Amsterdam. If"
YouTube Link 2019-03-26T11:59Z 559K followers, 234.7K engagements
"Bach - Jauchzet frohlocket from Christmas Oratorio BWV [---] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society In this first cantata of the Christmas Oratorio recorded here for All of Bach under direction of Shunske Sato Bach attains a perfect balance between the jubilant celebration of the birth of Jesus and the serious sad undertone that points to his fate on the cross. From the orchestral firework show of the opening chorus via the sensual aria Bereite dich Sion to the simple prayer of the final choral surrounded by the royal sound of the timpani and trumpets. For more information on BWV [---] and credits of"
YouTube Link 2023-12-14T15:00Z 559K followers, 367.2K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Ich habe genung BWV [--] - Mortensen Netherlands Bach Society The way that mortality was viewed in the eighteenth century is expressed wonderfully in 'Ich habe genung' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. Death was seen as a deliverance from the earthly vale of tears and as a chance to unite with your creator. So rather than being heart-rending the music exudes a subdued melancholy. Recorded for the project All of Bach on February 1st [----] at the Geertekerk Utrecht. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel"
YouTube Link 2021-02-02T11:59Z 560K followers, 387.2K engagements
"Bach - Harpsichord concerto in F minor BWV [----] - Henstra Netherlands Bach Society This Harpsichord concerto in F minor BWV [----] performed here by Siebe Henstra and the Netherlands Bach Society is in a melancholy key. Although the plaintive character is noticeable straight away the sun does shine through in several places. The whole concerto hangs together perfectly says soloist Siebe Henstra. Recorded for the project All of Bach on 3rd February [----] at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and"
YouTube Link 2019-08-29T10:59Z 559K followers, 537.5K engagements
"Bach - Minuet in G major BWV [---] - Fernando Lourens Netherlands Bach Society This minuet in G major recorded here for All of Bach with young talent Fernando Lourens from the Netherlands as part of a talent development project by the Netherlands Bach Society is part of the Klavierbchlein fr Wilhelm Friedemann. Bach wrote this teaching method to help his son play better and to compose. This BWV [---] probably is by Bachs son himself and immediately stands out for its ambitiousness. Compared to the two brothers that directly precede it in the Klavierbchlein it takes a huge leap forwards: nearly"
YouTube Link 2025-11-20T14:59Z 560K followers, 19.9K engagements
"Petzold - Minuet in G major and G minor BWV anh. [---] [----] - Shuxian Ding Netherlands Bach Society This menuet recorded here for All of Bach with young keyboard talent Shuxian Ding from the U.S.A. as part of a talent development project by the Netherlands Bach Society for very many years was attributed to Bach but was written by Christian Petzold. Petzold was a confidant of Johann Sebastian Bach and his second wife Anna Magdalena. Contemporaries counted him among the best of the best but precious little Petzold has been handed down to us. Except for this minuet the minuet copied by Anna"
YouTube Link 2025-05-01T13:59Z 560K followers, 48K engagements
"Bach - Concerto in G major after Vivaldi BWV [---] - Kanji Daito Netherlands Bach Society In this Concerto in G major after Vivaldi recorded here for All of Bach with young talent Kanji Daito as part of a talent development project by the Netherlands Bach Society Bach pushed his musical boundaries. When Bach managed to lay his hands on a source of Vivaldis Violin Concerto RV299 he set to work himself on the sensational new genre of the solo concert. In his transcription he succeeds in playing out this distinction between solo and tutti wonderfully well in the timbres and textures afforded by"
YouTube Link 2025-09-18T13:59Z 560K followers, 37.3K engagements
"Bach - Viola da gamba sonata in G major BWV [----] - Van der Velden Netherlands Bach Society Bach wrote this Sonata for viola da gamba and harpsichord - performed here by Mieneke van der Velden and Emmanuel Frankenberg for All of Bach in Kthen and it is very likely that he wrote the piece for Christian Ferdinand Abel one of the cellists at the court. Although this sonata has never become as famous as other instrumental works it is Bach through and through. In the quick movements we hear the gilt cast-iron polyphony that forms the trademark of the composer. For more information on BWV [----] and"
YouTube Link 2023-11-23T14:59Z 560K followers, 227.5K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Ach wie flchtig ach wie nichtig BWV [--] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society The theme of cantata Ach wie flchtig ach wie nichtig - recorded here for All of Bach with Shunske Sato on the occasion of his farewell as artistic director of the Netherlands Bach Society is clear from the beginning: life is uncertain fleeting and futile. Bach communicates this theme musically from the virtuoso opening chorus to the closing chorale lasting barely one minute which looks the finiteness of the world straight in the eye. For more information on BWV [--] and credits of this production go to"
YouTube Link 2024-11-21T14:59Z 559K followers, 118.1K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot BWV [--] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society The undoubted highlight of the cantata Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot - recorded here for All of Bach with Shunske Sato on the occasion of his farewell as artistic director of the Netherlands Bach Society - is the spectacular opening chorus. With no fewer than three different time signatures it sets one of the most important biblical commands: Break your bread for the hungry and lead the poor who have no shelter into your house. Bach musically demonstrates this sharing: he breaks up the melody line into smaller"
YouTube Link 2025-06-05T13:59Z 560K followers, 115.1K engagements
"Bach - Violin Concerto in A minor BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society Many listeners will recognise this Violin Concerto in A minor performed by Shunske Sato and the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach immediately and even identify it with a specific violinist. In contrast to many of Bachs other works it never disappeared completely from the repertoire. At the end of the eighteenth century it was already circulating in Berlin and it continued to do so. On [--] March [----] Bachs birthday Julius Eichberg (1824-1893) played the concerto for the first time in the United States. One critic"
YouTube Link 2021-03-18T11:59Z 560K followers, 1.1M engagements
"Bach - Viola da gamba sonata no. [--] in D major BWV [----] - Van der Velden Netherlands Bach Society From the very first notes it is clear that Bach wrote the Sonata for viola da gamba in D major performed here by Mieneke van der Velden and Benjamin Alard for All of Bach for a top-level gambist. The most likely candidate was the fourteen-year-old Carl Friedrich Abel a promising gambist who went to study at the Thomasschule in Leipzig in [----]. Under Bachs wing he grew into an outstanding musician and composer. Although we cannot be certain Carl Friedrichs close ties with Bach and his great talent"
YouTube Link 2018-12-06T12:00Z 560K followers, 228.1K engagements
"Bach - Concerto in A minor BWV [---] - Smits Netherlands Bach Society 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 Vivaldis volume of revolutionary new concertos Lestro armonico was published in Amsterdam in [----] it was not long before Bach got a look at it. Recorded for the project All of Bach on November 29th [----] at the Lutheran Church The Hague. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our"
YouTube Link 2021-07-29T10:59Z 559K followers, 619.6K engagements
"Bach - Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C Minor BWV 1060R - Black and Sato Netherlands Bach Society This Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C Minor performed by Emma Black and Shunske Sato for All of Bach is a reconstruction of the supposed original form of the concerto for two harpsichords in C Minor. In this version each instrument makes full use of its own timbre and characteristics. In the finale the violin clearly gets more scope than the oboe to show off its most virtuoso side while in the second movement a rocking Siciliano both instruments become closely entangled. Recorded for the"
YouTube Link 2020-06-11T10:59Z 559K followers, 2.3M engagements
"Bach - Erbarme dich mein Gott from St Matthew Passion BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society Erbarme dich mein Gott from 'St Matthew Passion' (BWV 244) by J.S. Bach. Performed by the Netherlands Bach Society conducted by Jos van Veldhoven. Soloists: Tim Mead (Alto) Shunske Sato (violin) The St Matthew Passion tells the story of the last days of Jesus. He is betrayed tried crucified and buried. The lyrics were compiled by Picander (the pseudonym of Christian Friedrich Henrici) probably in close consultation with Bach himself. For their theme they took the story as told by St Matthew the Evangelist."
YouTube Link 2015-07-14T07:36Z 560K followers, 1.6M engagements
"Bach - St Matthew Passion BWV [---] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society The St Matthew Passion performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. Whether or not they are an enthusiast of classical music practically everyone in the Netherlands knows the St Matthew Passion. Since [----] the Netherlands has had a rich tradition of annual St Matthew Passion performances. The Netherlands Bach Society was formed in [----] in reaction to the popular performances by Willem Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra. The founders believed that the St Matthew should be performed where it"
YouTube Link 2019-04-02T09:00Z 559K followers, 5.2M engagements
"Bach - Cello Suite no. [--] in D minor BWV [----] - Pincombe Netherlands Bach Society The second Cello Suite in D minor performed by Steuart Pincombe for All of Bach has a dark and introspective tone. It is one of the favourite pieces of Pincombe. As such he was delighted when we asked him to record this suite in the Main Hall of the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. The searching character of the piece suits Pincombes outlook. In his playing he always tries to create something new rather than recreating past experiences. Recorded for the project All of Bach on February 12th [----] at the Concertgebouw"
YouTube Link 2018-10-23T10:59Z 559K followers, 5.4M engagements
"Bach - Cantata Komm du se Todesstunde BWV [---] - Johanna Soller Netherlands Bach Society The cantata Komm du se Todesstunde recorded here for All of Bach with Johanna Soller is one of Bachs most popular cantatas. Central to this work is the longing for the hereafter. For many listeners today this is a surprising idea but in Bachs time it was a familiar theme. Bachs heavenly music makes it easy to identify with the Lutheran longing for death as Bach uses every musical means available to sketch a picture of what awaits us after death. From the serene title aria to the closing chorale with"
YouTube Link 2025-10-02T13:59Z 560K followers, 40.3K engagements
"Bach - Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille BWV [---] - Johannsen Netherlands Bach Society The strongly encouraging song Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille recorded here for All of Bach with Daniel Johannsen and Matthias Havinga was top of the spiritual hit parade in Bachs day. Bach used the lyrics of the famous religious poet Paul Gehrhardt before in BWV [---] but it inspired him to compose him own melody of grave and solemn beauty which he entered into the (second) Notenbchlein fr Anna Magdalena Bach. For more information on BWV [---] and credits of this production go to"
YouTube Link 2025-09-25T13:59Z 560K followers, 23.6K engagements
"Bach - Wir glauben all an einen Gott BWV [---] - Smits Netherlands Bach Society Bach was inspired by the Italian style in composing the organ prelude 'Wir glauben all an einen Gott' performed by Reitze Smits for All of Bach based on the Creed. He turned it into a trio sonata for two manuals and pedal which is both exuberant and triumphal. But Bach ignored the long chorale melody for the larger part. Recorded for the project All of Bach on November 29th [----] at the Lutheran Church The Hague. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and"
YouTube Link 2020-01-28T11:59Z 559K followers, 93.7K engagements
"Bach - Chorale An Wasserflssen Babylon BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society This chorale recorded here for All of Bach with vocalists of the Netherlands Bach Society is Bachs arrangement of the well-known lament from Psalm 137: by the rivers of Babylon there we sat down and wept. For BWV [---] Bach used a German adaptation of the psalm text from the sixteenth century. In his harmonisation Bach subtly expresses the plaintive character in a couple of places for example in the harmonies to the words da mussten wir viel Schmach und Schand. For more information on BWV [---] and credits of this production"
YouTube Link 2025-06-19T13:59Z 560K followers, 52K engagements
"Bach - Ach Herr la dein lieb Engelein from St John Passion BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society The chorus 'Ach Herr la dein lieb Engelein' from St John Passion performed by the Nederlands Bach Society for All of Bach. The St John Passion was the first Passion Bach had written as cantor in Leipzig. The Passion story as told in the Gospel of John is different from that told by the other three evangelists Matthew Luke and Mark. Johns version places the emphasis on Christs divine origin. Throughout his suffering this divine origin still plays a role and nowhere is Jesus as human as in the other"
YouTube Link 2020-04-06T12:00Z 559K followers, 202.3K engagements
"Bach - Violin Concerto in D minor BWV 1052R - Sato Netherlands Bach Society When it was composed this violin marvel the Violin Concerto in D minor performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach immediately became such a technical challenge that few soloists were able to tackle it. Too few probably as not a shred of it has survived. The concerto played here is a modern reconstruction based on a harpsichord concerto written much later by Bach but which is presumed to originate from a violin concerto. Recorded for the project All of Bach on [--] May [----] at the Rijksmuseum"
YouTube Link 2019-07-16T10:59Z 560K followers, 1.6M engagements
"Bach - Ich halte treulich still BWV [---] - Johannsen Netherlands Bach Society The Schemelli-song Ich halte treulich still recorded here for All of Bach with Daniel Johannsen and Matthias Havinga - is a beautiful reflection of Baroque theology in which resignation in the face of afflictions was an important theme and motto for life. Bach likely valued the almost Buddhist advice of poet J.H. Till or he would not have chosen the poem for musical setting and publication in a hymnal. And we have reason to believe that the lovely F major melody with its undaunted walking bass line is Bachs own"
YouTube Link 2025-11-27T14:59Z 560K followers, 18.6K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe BWV [---] - Mortensen Netherlands Bach Society Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach opens with a Sinfonia that is dominated by a melancholy oboe solo. The first aria has an unusual construction. While the tenor already appears to be reconciled with his imminent death the soprano cuts through his sorrowful notes with Johann Hermann Scheins hymn Machs mit mir Gott nach deiner Gt. Recorded for the project All of Bach on February 1st [----] at the Geertekerk Utrecht. If you want to help us complete"
YouTube Link 2019-03-28T12:00Z 560K followers, 373.3K engagements
"Bach - Concerto in A minor BWV [----] Netherlands Bach Society Bach arranged various Vivaldi concertos for organ and harpsichord. The Concerto in A minor performed by Siebe Henstra Menno van Delft Pieter-Jan Belder and Tineke Steenbrink for All of Bach is largely based on Vivaldi's Concerto in B minor for four violins and orchestra. But of course he gave it an exciting twist as in Bachs version the soloists play harpsichords and B minor changed to A minor. Recorded for the project All of Bach on April 16th [----] at Ottone Utrecht. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to"
YouTube Link 2020-12-31T11:59Z 559K followers, 4.8M engagements
"Bach - Cantata Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott BWV [--] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society This cantata Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott BWV [--] is a combative cantata written for Reformation Day as a battle song of the Reformation. Military references are found not just in the words but in the music as well built up by Bach over the years. Recorded for the project All of Bach on June [--] [----] at Philarmonie Haarlem the Netherlands. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel https://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating https://bit.ly/3J5uprM. We thank MWH4impact"
YouTube Link 2023-03-02T11:59Z 560K followers, 290.6K engagements
"Bach - Ich ruf zu dir Herr Jesu Christ BWV [---] - Van Doeselaar Netherlands Bach Society There is far more happening in the simple chorale prelude 'Ich ruf zu dir Herr Jesu Christ' BWV [---] performed here by Leo van Doeselaar for All of Bach than would appear at first hearing. Still waters run deep. The slow gentle melody of Agricolas 16th-century hymn Ich ruf zu dir Herr Jesu Christ is supported by the pedal in a calmly progressing accompaniment. Recorded for the project All of Bach on 21st October [----] s at St. Catherine's Church Hamburg. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please"
YouTube Link 2019-10-08T10:59Z 559K followers, 514.3K engagements
"Bach - Motet Ich lasse dich nicht BWV anh. [---] - MacLeod Netherlands Bach Society However beautiful the motet 'Ich lasse dich nicht' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach languishes in the list of incorrectly attributed works. The candidate composer in this list is Johann Christoph Bach. A pity but not surprising when you consider that even Carl Philipp Emanuel who made an inventory shortly after his fathers death could no longer see the wood for the trees. Recorded for the project All of Bach on May 14th [----] at the Grote Kerk Naarden. If you want to help us complete All"
YouTube Link 2019-01-22T12:00Z 560K followers, 194.9K engagements
"Bach - Toccata and fugue in D minor BWV [---] - Van Doeselaar Netherlands Bach Society Dont be ashamed to listen to this Toccata and fugue in D minor performed by Leo van Doeselaar for All of Bach a second time as it is extremely complex music that is difficult to take in all at once. Yet the key here is frugality as Bach manages to spin out a few simple motifs over two breathtaking constructions. And although the movements of this power couple were probably not written at the same time they fit together perfectly. Recorded for the project All of Bach on June 23rd [----] at the Walloon Church"
YouTube Link 2020-06-18T10:59Z 559K followers, 453.6K engagements
"Bach - Violin Partita no. [--] in E major BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society Partita no. [--] performed by Shunske Sato for All of Bach is not a stand-alone piece. Bach was clearly delighted with this partita and particularly with the first movement. In [----] Bach arranged this Preludio as an instrumental movement of a wedding cantata (BWV 120a) and as a festive overture at the start of the cantata BWV [--]. Furthermore Bach himself copied a version of the whole partita on two staves which could be a simple keyboard piece or maybe a suite for lute or theorbo. Recorded for the project All of Bach"
YouTube Link 2019-11-28T11:59Z 559K followers, 394.2K engagements
"Bach - Das alte Jahr vergangen ist BWV [----] - Bart Naessens Netherlands Bach Society Das alte Jahr vergangen ist recorded here for All of Bach with Bart Naessens is a four-part organ arrangement of a song for New Year's Eve. Probably it is a work from Bachs youth it may even date back to his teenage years in Ohrdruf. In those days Germany introduced a calendar reform: from then on [--] February was the last day of the month and it was followed by [--] March. The chorale melody of Das alte Jahr vergangen ist is just as ambiguous as calendars in Bachs time. Bach jumps from one key to another as if"
YouTube Link 2026-01-01T14:59Z 560K followers, 34.8K engagements
"Bach - Prelude in G minor BWV [---] - Guillermo Gonzlez Garca Netherlands Bach Society Bach is one of the most celebrated composers of all time but during his lifetime he was also an outstanding teacher. Possibly his best pupils were his wife and children for whom he wrote a number of Klavierbchlein exercise books containing short pedagogic tips and simple practice pieces. This Prelude in G minor from the Klavierbchlein fr Wilhelm Friedemann was recorded for All of Bach with young keyboard talent Guillermo Gonzlez Garca from Spain as part of a talent development project by the Netherlands Bach"
YouTube Link 2025-03-06T14:59Z 560K followers, 65.2K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben BWV [---] - Creed Netherlands Bach Society Bachs famous chorale 'Jesus bleibet meine Freude' from cantata 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' was first heard when the cantata was performed in Leipzig on [--] July [----] for the Feast of the Visitation. It was during Bachs first months as cantor and he reused music that he had to hand as he often did. Bach had already written most of BWV [---] in [----] as an advent cantata for the court chapel in Weimar but it was only in Leipzig that he added the recitatives with instrumental accompaniment and the well-known"
YouTube Link 2020-12-24T11:59Z 559K followers, 1.6M engagements
"Bach - Allegro assai from Violin Concerto in E major BWV [----] Netherlands Bach Society The final movement of this Violin Concerto in E major recorded here for All of Bach with Shunske Sato resumes the exuberant mood of the opening piece of the violin concerto to the rhythm of a passepied. It is a refrain with couplets a rondo which is a form seldom seen in concertos. It is perfectly proportioned. The refrain and the couplets consist of sixteen bars except for the last couplet which is twice as long. Bach uses this extra space to follow a remote harmonic path repeating the catchy theme once"
YouTube Link 2025-07-31T13:59Z 560K followers, 32.6K engagements
"Bach - Bist du bei mir BWV [---] - Daniels Netherlands Bach Society Charles Daniels performes 'Bist du bei mir' for All of Bach. If Bach wrote one singalong tune it was surely this song right Unfortunately not. Although Bach did have a hand in it the song itself is by Gottfried Stlzel. The theme was a wonderful choice to open his gift music book to Anna Magdalena: a simple song of gratitude trust faith in God and faith in his second wife. Recorded for the project All of Bach on May 12th [----] at the Bartolotti House Amsterdam. This recording was made possible by the support of Stichting Elise"
YouTube Link 2018-11-06T11:59Z 560K followers, 459.6K engagements
"Bach - Prelude in A minor BWV [---] - Dymitr Szostak Netherlands Bach Society The Prelude in A minor recorded here for All of Bach with young talent Dymitr Szostak from Poland as part of a talent development project by the Netherlands Bach Society is part of the Klavierbchlein fr Wilhelm Friedemann. Bach wrote this teaching method to help his son play better and to compose. This BWV [---] probably is a composition exercise by Wilhelm Friedemann himself which father Bach committed to paper. The piece stands out for its emotionally charged chromaticism; the use of notes that do not originate in the"
YouTube Link 2025-10-09T13:59Z 560K followers, 16.5K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn BWV [--] - Kuijken Netherlands Bach Society In 'Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach Jesus on his way to Jericho is asked by a blind man for help. The blind man sees the true nature of 'God and David's son' while onlookers remain blind to this fact. This cantata was composed together with 'Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwlfe' as an application piece for the position of cantor at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig. Recorded for the project All of Bach on April 23rd [----] at the Walloon Church Amsterdam. If you"
YouTube Link 2020-02-13T11:59Z 559K followers, 149.2K engagements
"Bach - Violin Partita no. [--] in B minor BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society Variations are placed explicitly in the foreground in Partita no. [--] performed here by Shunske Sato for All of Bach. It is the only partita in which each dance (each movement) is followed by a Double. These Doubles are not literal replicas however. Bach continues working with the same harmonic material but comes up with a different solution for example with faster notes in the Courante. Recorded for the project All of Bach on 23rd June [----] at the Lichtfabriek Haarlem. If you want to help us complete All of Bach"
YouTube Link 2019-10-31T11:59Z 559K followers, 404.1K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Nach dir Herr verlanget mich BWV [---] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society In cantata 'Nach dir Herr verlanget mich' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society conducted by Shunske Sato the atmosphere changes countless times. This kind of variation in tempo and character is typical of Bachs early cantatas. It is even referred to sometimes as his earliest cantata. This appears among other things from the acrostic that is incorporated in the odd parts of the cantata: the initial letters of the lines of these parts together form the name of the municipal councilor of Mhlhausen (Doktor"
YouTube Link 2020-09-03T10:59Z 559K followers, 361.9K engagements
"Bach - French Suite no. [--] in G major BWV [---] - Corti Netherlands Bach Society The fifth French Suite in G major performed by Francesco Corti for All of Bach is the most tuneful and elegant of the six. It is also the most Italian says Corti. You can hear that straight away in the Allemande but even in the Sarabande a piece where Bach usually searches for harmonic expression the melody gains the upper hand. Recorded for the project All of Bach on January 28th [----] at Bartolotti House Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and"
YouTube Link 2019-02-05T12:00Z 559K followers, 436.1K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Schauet doch und sehet. BWV [--] - Rademann Netherlands Bach Society In the opening chorus of BWV [--] recorded here for All of Bach with Hans-Christoph Rademann - Bach paints a picture of affliction and suffering in a large-scale prelude and fugue. The words come from the Lamentations of Jeremiah in the Bible and refer to the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem. But the text is also seen as a foreshadowing of the Passion of Christ thus linking the Old and New Testaments. For more information on BWV [--] and credits of this production go to"
YouTube Link 2024-08-29T13:59Z 559K followers, 104.8K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Schwingt freudig euch empor BWV [--] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society On [--] December [----] a teacher at the St Thomas School would have looked up in surprise. In church he suddenly heard the music that Bach wrote for his birthday six years earlier as played here by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. The opening chorus was followed by a second surprise. The recitatives were replaced with new Advent chorales. This way it was immediately clear that this was an Advent cantata. Everyone knew these familiar and popular church songs. Recorded for the project All of Bach"
YouTube Link 2019-08-20T10:59Z 559K followers, 361.8K engagements
"Bach - Concerto in C minor BWV [---] - Pashchenko Netherlands Bach Society There was great excitement in Weimar when Prince Johann Ernst returned in [----] from the Netherlands where he spent a great deal of money getting lots of music copied and bound including a collection of music by Benedetto Marcello. Bach arranged the string concerto no. [--] from this collection for keyboard which he probably created to liven up the dinners at the Saxe-Weimar home. This Concerto in C minor BWV [---] is here performed by Olga Pashchenko for All of Bach. But actually it was no easy task to arrange the original."
YouTube Link 2025-08-07T13:59Z 560K followers, 38.9K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Geist und Seele wird verwirret BWV [--] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society Straight away the beautiful instrumental introduction creates a sense that Bach is doing something special here. Indeed this solo cantata for alto performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach is indeed very festive and unusually long. The text is about the healing of a deaf-mute man by Jesus and about the joy that ensues. Recorded for the project All of Bach on September 26th [----] at St Martin's Church Groningen. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel"
YouTube Link 2019-07-23T10:59Z 560K followers, 335.7K engagements
"Bach - 'Brandenburg' Concerto no. [--] in G major BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society In the 'Brandenburg' Concerto no. [--] in G major performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach Bach is continually misleading us. Which instruments are the real soloists Initially the lead is taken by the two recorders but later it appears that the violin is the soloist. After the next refrain the two recorders take over again but they are soon trumped by the violin which steals the show in a whirlwind of dizzying notes. And so it continues. For more information on BWV [----] and credits of this"
YouTube Link 2018-09-13T11:00Z 559K followers, 1.6M engagements
"Bach - Orchestral Suite no. [--] in D major BWV [----] - Mortensen Netherlands Bach Society It is an anachronism to call this festive Suite no. [--] in D major performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society conducted by Lars Ulrik Mortensen for All of Bach 'orchestral'. There are no trumpets timpani or even oboes in this performance as Bach only added these instruments around [----]. Mortensen reduces the line up to a minimum and does not regret the loss of the timbre of the wind instruments in the least: with just strings left the music sounds sleek and transparent. Recorded for the project All of"
YouTube Link 2019-05-21T11:00Z 559K followers, 1.5M engagements
"Bach - Violin Partita no. [--] in D minor BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society Sei solo youre on your own In the days before AutoCorrect spelling was mainly a question of feeling especially in another language. But what if Bach deliberately did not write Sei soli above his six violin solos What if he wanted to warn his soloist before sending them out on stage armed only with a bow four strings and a few of his most difficult pieces in his head Recorded on November 28th [----] at the Oude Dorpskerk Bunnik. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel"
YouTube Link 2018-10-04T11:00Z 559K followers, 1.2M engagements
"Bach - 'Brandenburg' Concerto no. [--] in G major BWV [----] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society The 'Brandenburg' Concerto no. [--] performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach is remarkable for its unusual form and instrumentation. Bach composed it for three violins three violas three cellos and basso continuo. In other words 3x3 which is a rational choice you would expect from a modernist like Pierre Boulez rather than a Baroque composer like Bach. There is no distinction between solo and ensemble instruments: all the strings play both solo and tutti. For more information on BWV [----] and"
YouTube Link 2020-09-24T10:59Z 559K followers, 859K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Ich bin vergnugt BWV [--] - Bonizzoni Netherlands Bach Society In this solo cantata 'Ich bin vergngt mit meinem Glcke' BWV [--] performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society conducted by Fabio Bonizzoni the oboe and soprano express their joy. It is one of the few pieces referred to by Bach himself as a cantata. The text originates from one of the collections by Bachs regular lyricist Christian Friedrich Henrici who wrote under the pseudonym of Picander. Recorded for the project All of Bach on 17th January [----] at Walloon Church Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of"
YouTube Link 2022-02-10T11:59Z 560K followers, 194.4K engagements
"Bach - Partite diverse sopra: Sei gegrsset BWV [---] - Van Doeselaar Netherlands Bach Society For his variations on Sei gegrsset Jesu gtig performed by Leo van Doeselaar for All of Bach Bach literally pulls out all the stops. For over twenty minutes he explores the harmonic rhythmic and stylistic possibilities of the melody forming the base of the piece. In all his chorale arrangements Bach took inspiration for the style and atmosphere from the words of the hymn on which his composition was based. But the main role in his chorale partitas seems to be given to pure pleasure in playing and"
YouTube Link 2019-11-26T11:59Z 559K followers, 448.2K engagements
"Bach - Toccata in D major BWV [---] - Cuiller Netherlands Bach Society This Toccata in D major performed by Bertrand Cuiller for All of Bach is the most popular of Bachs seven toccatas. Cuiller too has played it very often in the past. The piece is very theatrical he says. It is extremely electric. The powerful opening which feels very improvised is followed by a more well-thought-out section in which various themes enter into dialogue. An expressive recitative forms the transition to an adagio in the unusual key of F-sharp minor. The adagio is conceived as a fugue but according to Cuiller it"
YouTube Link 2019-01-10T12:00Z 559K followers, 59.5K engagements
"Bach - Sonata no. [--] in G major BWV [---] - Smits Netherlands Bach Society Who is more modern: Handel or Bach This question was already being asked in the eighteenth century. Bach was often regarded as skilful but old-fashioned and Handel as more progressive. However this idea is contradicted in the first movement of this Sonata in G major performed by Reitze Smits for All of Bach. The monophonic opening by the two upper parts and the uncomplicated harmony are supremely modern. The elegant first movement and the complex chromatic rhythms of the second movement are followed by an ending that"
YouTube Link 2021-04-29T10:59Z 559K followers, 138.7K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Widerstehe doch der Snde BWV [--] - Mortensen Netherlands Bach Society 'Widerstehe doch der Snde' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. For a long time this cantata was thought to be incomplete as there are only three parts. The opposite became clear when a volume of libretti by Christian Lehms from [----] came to light containing the text from this cantata. It also clarified the occasion of the piece: Oculi the fourth Sunday before Easter. Recorded on February 1st [----] at the Geertekerk Utrecht. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to"
YouTube Link 2020-06-16T10:59Z 560K followers, 286.2K engagements
"Bach - Cello Suite no. [--] in C major BWV [----] - Wink Netherlands Bach Society Cellist Colin Carr sees the six suites as Bachs children at various stages of life. Could no. [--] symbolise an overconfident student Cellist Reinier Wink the student of Bach Society cellist Lucia Swarts who recorded the Cello Suite no. [--] in C major for All of Bach thinks that in any case the key of C major suits his own stage of life saying young people are simply more often cheerful. Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 8th [----] at The Loft Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please"
YouTube Link 2018-10-11T10:59Z 559K followers, 1.2M engagements
"Bach - Sonata no. [--] in C minor BWV [---] - Winsemius Netherlands Bach Society Organist Bernard Winsemius performs Sonata no. [--] in C minor for All of Bach. Seated at his instrument the organist may have the means at his disposal but does he also have the mastery This is a pertinent question in the case of Bachs demanding organ sonatas with their three fully autonomous parts in two keyboards and pedal. Recorded for the project All of Bach on June 25th [----] at the Walloon Church Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and"
YouTube Link 2019-05-14T11:00Z 559K followers, 171.4K engagements
"Bach - Fantasia and fugue in G minor BWV [---] - Van Doeselaar Netherlands Bach Society The Fantasia and fugue in G minor performed here by Leo van Doeselaar for All of Bach is one of the few organ works that can accurately be dated. Bach performed this work in Hamburg where the post of organist at St Jacobs Church became vacant in [----]. During a recital lasting over two hours he demonstrated his skills as an organist and struck his audience dumb. One member of that audience was the former organist Reincken the eminence grise of the Hamburg music scene who praised Bachs improvisational art as"
YouTube Link 2019-07-04T11:00Z 559K followers, 1.8M engagements
"Bach - Air from Orchestral Suite no. [--] in D major BWV [----] Netherlands Bach Society As conductor and harpsichordist Lars Ulrik Mortensen puts it this Air from Orchestral Suite no. [--] in D major performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach describes a beauty we don't see anymore. Recorded for the project All of Bach on [--] October [----] at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating http://bit.ly/2uZuMj5. For the interview with conductor and harpsichordist Lars Ulrik"
YouTube Link 2019-05-21T08:59Z 559K followers, 676.9K engagements
"Bach - Vater unser im Himmelreich BWV [---] - Havinga Netherlands Bach Society This organ arrangement of the Lords Prayer recorded here for All of Bach with Matthias Havinga - comes from the Orgelbchlein. This collection of chorale preludes dates back to the years 1712-1717. By then Bach had already gained a few years experience as an organist in Arnstadt and Weimar. The Orgelbchlein shows us Bachs organ style in its first great flush. For more information on BWV [---] and credits of this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-636/ Recorded for the project All of Bach on May"
YouTube Link 2025-03-20T14:59Z 560K followers, 31.7K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV [--] - Jacobs Netherlands Bach Society The Easter cantata Christ lag in Todes Banden BWV [--] here recorded for All of Bach with Ren Jacobs - is one of Bachs earliest vocal works. The form of the cantata is old-fashioned: no opera arias and no new cantata texts either. Bach sets each strophe of one of Luthers best-known chorales to music. It is clear that Bach is still working in an older musical idiom here. Nevertheless in todays ears the piece sounds perfect. Bach himself also recognised its worth. Nearly twenty years later when his style was almost"
YouTube Link 2025-04-24T13:59Z 560K followers, 179.8K engagements
"Bach - Orchestral Suite no. [--] in D major BWV [----] - Mortensen Netherlands Bach Society The performance by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach of the regal Orchestral Suite no. [--] in D major which is usually performed with trumpets and timpani has these omitted. Lars Ulrik Mortensen notes that this orchestration has long been accepted to be the original setting. If you compare the score to other pieces by Bach you see that elsewhere the brass instruments always have a high degree of independence compared to the rest and that this independence is lacking in the Orchestral Suite no. 4."
YouTube Link 2019-12-03T11:59Z 559K followers, 319K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Wir mssen durch viel Trbsal. BWV [---] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society Cantata 'Wir mssen durch viel Trbsal in das Reich Gottes eingehen' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach begins fairly cheerfully with a mini organ concerto as a sinfonia. But immediately afterwards the misery on earth becomes audible as the singers have difficult lines filled with obstacles. Though you are sad your sorrow will turn to joy. These words from the sermon that was read in Leipzig on the third Sunday after Easter sum up the message of this cantata. The sorrow of earthly"
YouTube Link 2024-05-09T13:59Z 559K followers, 336.3K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Christen tzet diesen Tag BWV [--] - Creed Netherlands Bach Society Bachs large-scale cantata 'Christen tzet diesen Tag' here performed by the Netherlands Bach Society conducted by Marcus Creed includes four trumpets three oboes and timpani. It was performed on Christmas Day [----] in Leipzig where Bach had been working for less than six months. So it was his first Christmas there. The cantata he performed was not new but one he had brought with him from Weimar where Bach had performed it around 1714/1715 for Advent. Recorded for the project All of Bach on December 13th [----] at the"
YouTube Link 2019-12-26T11:59Z 560K followers, 326.4K engagements
"Bach - Little Fugue in G minor BWV [---] - Schouten Netherlands Bach Society The 'Little' Fugue in G minor performed by Dorien Schouten for All of Bach is found in many copies from Bachs day. Around [---] years after his death it was published no fewer than four times in rapid succession. Bachs pupil Johann Georg Schbler thought the theme was so successful that he made a fugue out of it himself. So it was an immensely popular piece. It is not surprising as the music is bursting with enjoyment. It conjures up a picture of Bach writing enthusiastically and enjoying his own theme while composing."
YouTube Link 2018-11-13T12:00Z 559K followers, 624.8K engagements
"Bach - Cantata Ihr werdet weinen und heulen BWV [---] - Sato Netherlands Bach Society Jesus prefers images to explanation to great confusion of his disciples. After announcing his death and resurrection he tells them: "You will weep and lament but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful but your sorrow will be turned into joy". In the opening chorus to his cantata Ihr werdet weinen und heulen Bach makes the words for weeping and wailing almost too painful to bear the vocal lines crawling with semitones. Midway through the choir suddenly falls silent for a dramatic recitative (for"
YouTube Link 2023-09-05T14:00Z 559K followers, 106K engagements
"Bach - Chorale Jesu meines Herzens Freud BWV [---] Netherlands Bach Society Jesu meines Herzens Freud recorded here for All of Bach with singers of the Netherlands Bach Society is one of the many beautiful chorales that Bach's oeuvre has to offer. The chorales run through Bachs music in a constant stream. He took them as the starting point for many of his organ compositions and they have left their mark on numerous vocal works. Sometimes the simple melody takes the lead surrounded by an unfolding complex web of variations. And sometimes Bach opts for the art of the modest four-part chorale; an"
YouTube Link 2025-12-04T14:59Z 560K followers, 25.1K engagements
"Bach - Concerto in D minor BWV [---] - Van Doeselaar Netherlands Bach Society In the first notes of the Concerto in D minor performed by Leo van Doeselaar for All of Bach it is immediately clear that this is not the usual Bach. This piece is an organ version of a concerto for two violins and orchestra from Antonio Vivaldis LEstro Armonico. Vivaldis music was popular throughout Europe and Germany was no exception. During his years at the court in Weimar Bach made a series of arrangements of Italian concerto music for organ and harpsichord including six concertos by Vivaldi. Recorded for the"
YouTube Link 2019-01-08T12:00Z 559K followers, 1.5M engagements
"Bach - Cantata Gott man lobet dich in der Stille BWV [---] - Van Veldhoven Netherlands Bach Society The only parts that Bach definitely wrote especially for 'Gott man lobet dich in der Stille' performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach are the recitatives and the final chorale of the piece. Although the opening aria and the ensuing chorus for a large group of musicians to the words Rejoice you joyful voices correspond closely to the text Bach initially did not compose them for these words. The latter and other remaining parts were borrowed from his earlier pieces. Recorded for"
YouTube Link 2018-11-15T12:00Z 559K followers, 705.9K engagements
"Bach - WTC I Prelude and fugue no. [--] in C major BWV [---] - Henstra Netherlands Bach Society The Prelude and fugue in C major performed by Siebe Henstra for All of Bach. Composing [--] keyboard pieces in all [--] keys was the sort of challenge Bach enjoyed. In each of the two parts of the Wohltemperirte Clavier he brought together the musical couple prelude and fugue [--] times; twelve in minor keys and twelve in major. Recorded for the project All of Bach on September 13th [----] in Bussum. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider"
YouTube Link 2018-11-01T12:00Z 559K followers, 423.4K engagements
"Bach - Cello Suite no. [--] in C minor BWV [----] - Suzuki Netherlands Bach Society Bach could make a cello throb like an organ as shown in the Cello Suite no. [--] in C minor performed by Hidemi Suzuki for All of Bach. It is the darkest of the set of Six Cello Suites. The Prelude arises from the depths like an organ prelude culminating in what appears to be a fugue however difficult it may be in practice to play a fugue on one cello. Recorded for the project All of Bach on August 25th [----] at KIT Royal Tropical Institute Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our"
YouTube Link 2018-10-25T10:59Z 559K followers, 3.5M engagements
"Bach - 'Brandenburg' Concerto no. [--] in F major BWV [----] - Cicic Netherlands Bach Society The exciting first Brandenburg concerto recorded here for All of Bach with Bojan ii opens with two hunting horns barling through the rest of the music and deliberately disturbing the music. Listen to how they play three against four with bravura and even clash with the harmony. Bach thus immediately sets the tone for his six Brandenburg concertos which he sent by way of an open job application to the Margrave of Brandenburg in March [----]. He explores the potential of the orchestral instruments both solo"
YouTube Link 2024-11-28T14:59Z 559K followers, 245.3K engagements
"Bach - Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam BWV [---] - Smits Netherlands Bach Society Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam performed by Reitze Smits for All of Bach is brimming with cheerfulness. This Lutheran hymn is one with a very special promise: that of a new life. Christ was baptised in the Jordan by St John and he baptises us to cleanse us of our sins. But the baptismal water is no ordinary water as it is coloured with the blood of Christ. Through the water of death the person baptised is reborn in Christ. Recorded for the project All of Bach on November 29th [----] at the Lutheran Church The"
YouTube Link 2021-06-22T10:59Z 559K followers, 72.7K engagements
"Bach - Passacaglia in C minor BWV [---] - Smits Netherlands Bach Society In the Passacaglia in C minor performed here by Reitze Smits for All of Bach Bach's genius is as clear as day. As a variation work it surpasses anything Bach could have heard in his younger years. The ostinato the repetitive bass line that forms the foundation of a passacaglia is made up of eight bars rather than the usual four. The work consists of twenty variations rather than the usual five or six. And on top of its initial function the bass line is then split up and treated as two separate themes that accompanied by a"
YouTube Link 2020-09-01T10:59Z 559K followers, 2M engagements
"Bach - Flute sonata in B minor BWV [----] - Root and Van Delft Netherlands Bach Society We know of only a handful of flute sonatas by Bach and of those only the Sonata in B minor has survived intact in a manuscript by Bach himself. The identity of the flautist Bach envisaged in 1736/37 for this demanding piece filled with subtleties is shrouded in mystery. But there is no doubt whatsoever that it must have been written for an excellent musician. Recorded for the project All of Bach on [--] October [----] at Concertgebouw Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach please subscribe to our"
YouTube Link 2020-12-08T11:59Z 559K followers, 154.5K engagements
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