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Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier – BWV 731 [video]

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Re: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier – BWV 731 [video]

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Post by rejschaap »

bachpug wrote: post #33

I used to play the pipe organ before becoming a software engineer. Bach's works are like living inside of a multi-threaded algorithm in real time. You can understand/appreciate a lot of them from a high level without knowing what they really are doing as implementation details. Some people even can play his pieces just with muscle-memory. But if you try to fully understand as a composer what he is doing in any piece,…

I appreciate the complexity and ingenuity of Bach's compositions, but I can't really enjoy listening to them. I always feel like I'm missing out. So occasionally I try to get into it again, but I fail every time.

edit: talking about the organ works here

Re: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier – BWV 731 [video]

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Post by kristianp »

lmcnish14 wrote: post #29

I love seeing this on HN! I'm particularly fond of Bach's cello suites but I'm probably biased since I'm a cellist. http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-1010/

The tapping on the fingerboard is quite audible, which isn't something I've noticed before. Is it normally muted (perhaps by mic position) in recordings?

Re: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier – BWV 731 [video]

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Post by profpandit »

jinfiesto wrote: post #19
cjauvin wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Haha nothing in particular! I just happened to stumble upon that site, which I had forgotten about, while searching for this particular piece, which I find incredibly moving for some reason. I thought the HN hivemind might also find beauty and inspiration in it, which is why I shared.

It was an odd coincidence on my end. I just finished listening to Bach's Capriccio in B flat major 'on the Departure of his Beloved Brother' when I browsed to HN.

I hear ya, the mind gets tricky with some of those associations

Re: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier – BWV 731 [video]

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Post by tzmudzin »

rejschaap wrote: post #51
bachpug wrote: post #33

I used to play the pipe organ before becoming a software engineer. Bach's works are like living inside of a multi-threaded algorithm in real time. You can understand/appreciate a lot of them from a high level without knowing what they really are doing as implementation details. Some people even can play his pieces just with muscle-memory. But if you try to fully understand as a composer what he is doing in any piece,…

I appreciate the complexity and ingenuity of Bach's compositions, but I can't really enjoy listening to them. I always feel like I'm missing out. So occasionally I try to get into it again, but I fail every time. edit: talking about the organ works here

It is an acquired taste.

One needs to invest some time into the listening (and preferably: some music appreciation courses/ material) to start picking up the nuances. BTW -- the analogy with IT systems holds here. A layman will not appreciate the beauty behind some of the designs...

My personal experience with Bach as a beginning player is that a piece that sounds just fine becomes really interesting when you start playing it, and then at some point you get the extatic moment of enlightment... even if you still don't know it how Bach got there...

Re: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier – BWV 731 [video]

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Post by Piskvorrr »

marze wrote: post #17
itengelhardt wrote: post #6

great piece of music, beautiful website design, something completely different for a change. Bach wasn't into computers much, but man did he hack those notes. Great pick!

Organs and watches were the "computers" of Bach's time.

No need for quotes. Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_organ - the mechanics of a pipe organ are direct predecessors to phone switches and thence to transistors.

Re: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier – BWV 731 [video]

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Post by gemma »

seertaak wrote: post #34
theprop wrote: post #3

Nice. I still prefer the Partitas for solo violin...

Haha, that brings up fond memories practising Giga on the guitar!

As a violinist with a degree in performance: I harbor eternal bitterness towards you and the rest of your kind.

Re: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier – BWV 731 [video]

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Post by ianai »

fredley wrote: post #50
bachpug wrote: post #33

I used to play the pipe organ before becoming a software engineer. Bach's works are like living inside of a multi-threaded algorithm in real time. You can understand/appreciate a lot of them from a high level without knowing what they really are doing as implementation details. Some people even can play his pieces just with muscle-memory. But if you try to fully understand as a composer what he is doing in any piece,…

> Beethoven tells you what it's like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe. -- Douglas Adams

The radio station here seems to play Bach nearly exclusively. (By my expectations of classical radio stations) It's wonderful.

Re: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier – BWV 731 [video]

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Post by samuell »

samuell wrote: post #57

If any Bach newbies want something easy listened to start with, don't miss the classic, Toccata & Fuga in D minor: http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-565/ Especially the middle parts (2:37 and forward) is just astonishing ... Very beautiful site btw!

And then the trio sonatas for organ are the master pieces of the master pieces if you ask me ... with three truly independent melodies masterfully interwoven most of the time ... did only find one so far though:

http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-527/

Re: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier – BWV 731 [video]

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Post by bencollier49 »

If anyone on here wants to get fully into their organ music, Priory is a fairly definitive label (nb: Am son of the founder). The "Great European Organs" series was recently celebrated on BBC Radio 3 here in the UK.

Quick search for Bach on the website:

http://prioryrecords.co.uk/index.php?route=product/search&se...

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