J. S. Bach - Partita in C moll BWV 997 - Evangelina Mascardi, Liuto barocco

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  • J. S. Bach - Partita in C moll BWV 997 - Evangelina Mascardi, Liuto barocco
    0:00 Prelude 3:46 Fuga 11:55 Sarabande 16:57 Gigue 20:13 Double
    Registrato a Mondovì (Cuneo) il 26 febbraio 2021 nella sede dell'Academia Montis Regalis da Edoardo Lambertenghi e Alma Zeccara
    Liuto costruito da Cezar Mateus (New Jersey 2007)
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Комментарии • 9 тыс.

  • @SmeagolTheBeagle
    @SmeagolTheBeagle 3 года назад +5068

    "Tradition is not the worship of ashes, it is the preservation of fire" - Gustav Mahler.

    • @domsusefulstuff
      @domsusefulstuff 3 года назад +81

      Thank you for sharing this.

    • @hjarnansjarn5969
      @hjarnansjarn5969 3 года назад +35

      Burn it all and let the phoenix rise from the ashes.

    • @noeldacosta7621
      @noeldacosta7621 3 года назад +120

      @@hjarnansjarn5969 Go watch Ariana Grande then. Shoo!

    • @noeldacosta7621
      @noeldacosta7621 3 года назад +3

      “was” being the point. You’d prefer his works were burned and forgotten?

    • @Minotauro_di_Chieti
      @Minotauro_di_Chieti 3 года назад +5

      Amen bro!!!

  • @twosetviolin
    @twosetviolin 2 года назад +4437

    This. Is. Epic.

    • @Manu8X
      @Manu8X 2 года назад +113

      Ling Ling level of epicness

    • @HankChillin
      @HankChillin 2 года назад +110

      Im loving how older instruments are making a come back

    • @elricky1996
      @elricky1996 2 года назад +9

      Hell yeee

    • @hemiola07
      @hemiola07 2 года назад +25

      YES!!!!!! Welcome to the wonderful world of Baroque performance! I went from being a concert violinist in training to a recorder/Baroque flute player and singer … and I totally love it! Best way to channel this young lady who was so obsessed with Vivaldi that she wanted to play nothing else on violin …. ;)

    • @irakliiremashvili5190
      @irakliiremashvili5190 2 года назад +23

      Hopefully now Brett knows what lute is 😃

  • @chrispysaid
    @chrispysaid Месяц назад +21

    what's absolutely insane to me is that you can learn all the notes, become proficient in playing all of them in the correct order, make 0 technical mistakes, and you're still only 1/3 of the way to crafting a performance this beautiful

  • @peterjongsma3221
    @peterjongsma3221 Год назад +28

    This is The Instrument That JS Bach wrote for.
    I'm a Classical Guitarist.
    Bach never heard a Guitar in his Life.
    He heard this.

    • @Io-Io-Io
      @Io-Io-Io 6 месяцев назад +2

      Guitars existed back then already, the baroque guitar

    • @brandonacker
      @brandonacker 6 дней назад +1

      Just so you know, Bach didn't write for the lute. Evidence suggests he composed on a keyboard instrument called the lautenwerk. To be played on the lute most of these pieces have to be adapted and even keys changed. It's a common myth.

  • @craigkidd9524
    @craigkidd9524 2 года назад +1521

    I'd be impressed with myself if I could just tune that thing

    • @excelsior999
      @excelsior999 2 года назад +62

      I'm not an expert on the history of string instruments, but even though I love to hear music played on the Lute I believe that one pf the main reasons why the guitar overtook the Lute in popularity is the reason that you mentioned.
      (Keeping a harpsichord in tune is no stroll in the park either.)

    • @mirmalchik
      @mirmalchik 2 года назад +32

      right? what a beautiful monster

    • @ezekielbrockmann114
      @ezekielbrockmann114 2 года назад +13

      @@excelsior999 Also also why the metallic frame of the Pianoforte put so many harpsichords in the closet.

    • @skyko
      @skyko 2 года назад +1

      😆 SO right on…! 😂

    • @soaringvulture
      @soaringvulture 2 года назад +10

      @@ezekielbrockmann114 That's why you always play the harpsichord with a wrench nearby.

  • @eldonhagen1257
    @eldonhagen1257 5 месяцев назад +176

    Committing baroque pieces to memory is no easy feat...executing them flawlessly like this is superhuman!

    • @evangelinamascardiofficial4766
      @evangelinamascardiofficial4766 5 месяцев назад +4

      💕

    • @user-od9co7dt7v
      @user-od9co7dt7v 4 месяца назад +3

      Я исполнял его на гитаре в музыкальной школе

    • @lightgatha
      @lightgatha 4 месяца назад +4

      Just human. Most aren’t

    • @herbertwest6003
      @herbertwest6003 4 месяца назад +2

      it is indeed

    • @Steve-im3wj
      @Steve-im3wj 2 месяца назад +2

      Baroque pieces are actually the easiest to memorize because they are so formulaic. Bach was genius but stayed well within the limitations of respective keys. You’re not going to hit a wrong note or chord if you know your theory.

  • @beetlejuus
    @beetlejuus Год назад +126

    Based on the viewcount, alone, I feel great joy knowing that we, all of us, without ever having met each other, or coming from the same place on earth, independently recognize great beauty when in its presence. This is beautiful.

  • @beachbora1837
    @beachbora1837 Год назад +123

    This is the second time I played this song while my baby of 3 months is crying like hell and suddenly he stop crying to fall asleep slowly. Thanks so much !

    • @mariaevangelinamascardi304
      @mariaevangelinamascardi304 Год назад +7

    • @stevechanning497
      @stevechanning497 11 месяцев назад

      Ah. I didn't know it was a song and not just a tune. Do you have the words ?

    • @verve3245
      @verve3245 3 месяца назад

      Твой ребёнок черт?😂😂😂

    • @louielouie6259
      @louielouie6259 3 месяца назад

      ​@@verve3245
      Still looking for your dad?
      Don't be a cad, grow up and be a productive person.

    • @adrichao
      @adrichao 2 месяца назад

      💚

  • @brianogden1789
    @brianogden1789 2 года назад +691

    A master lutist (Evangelina Mascardi), playing the music of a master composer (J.S. Bach), both making this world a better and richer place to live.

    • @Mystery207
      @Mystery207 2 года назад

      Waiting for the song to repeat the same 3 bars

    • @puppenbuhnebauchkribbeln1183
      @puppenbuhnebauchkribbeln1183 2 года назад +3

      Amen❣️

    • @Apollo1011
      @Apollo1011 2 года назад +3

      Amazing woman.

    • @jaikee9477
      @jaikee9477 2 года назад +12

      We just sit and appreciate the result, and one can only guess how many years of hard work, discipline and tears it takes to eventually perform Bach on this amazing level.

    • @puppenbuhnebauchkribbeln1183
      @puppenbuhnebauchkribbeln1183 2 года назад

      @@jaikee9477 Amen❣️

  • @jean-yvesPrax
    @jean-yvesPrax 2 года назад +2354

    Very beautiful and skilled interpretation of very demanding music and instrument ! Let me answer to some posts and give a little knowledge about Lute :
    Most people heredown wonder why guitar replaced lute: that's not the case, they co-existed and were often played together. The baroque guitar was small instrument, very nicely ornamented, with 5 to 6 double cords; the lute comes from the arabic "oud", had 7 double strings at end of middle-age, then 8 to 10 at renaissance, then up to 15 strings (archilute, theorbo) in late 17th cent. with a very long (up to 2 meters) neck for bass strings. She plays on a "baroque lute" double strings, with a small neck for bass, and a specific tuning. Bach and Weiss wrote for baroque lute. Basically you play with left hand only the upper 6 strings, like a guitar (although it's not the same tuning), and you play the open bass strings with your right hand thumb. Before electronic devices it was, indeed, a nightmare to tune, not only due to number of strings, but due to "temperament issue" (another long and complex story) ; people used to joke against us saying that "lutenist spend half of the evening tuning their instrument, and the other half playing false !" Regarding the cost, it seems that Evangelina plays with gut strings, and that's very expensive and very fragile... but SOOOO beautiful. Most players use nylon strings and a complete set is less than 150 € and lasts for several years. Lute disappeared because orchestra grown more and more bigger and "noisy" 🙉... and lute could not follow. Hope it helps.

    • @j.p.8811
      @j.p.8811 2 года назад +23

      This might be a mistranslation since I assume English isn't your native language, but we usually call them "strings" not chords. Chords are usually what we call triads in music.

    • @jamestulk4169
      @jamestulk4169 2 года назад +86

      There is also some social and economic history at play here. In the early baroque period, most 'serious' music would have been played in an aristocratic salon - a relatively intimate setting. As the middle classes became more economically prominent, and more desirous of having access to 'high culture', public concerts became more common, with larger concert halls. Orchestras grew in size and composers began to offer more dramatic work. With the increased sound levels, soft-voiced instruments like the lute just couldn't keep up! Thanks however to the magic of recorded music, we can enjoy this wonderfully intimate music "in the comfort of our living room". Artist like Ms. Mascardi can reach large audiences and don't have to rely on the (fickle) patronage of a prince or count!

    • @jean-yvesPrax
      @jean-yvesPrax 2 года назад +69

      Ooops, yes Josh, thank you : string in french is called "corde" a "faux-ami"...

    • @j.p.8811
      @j.p.8811 2 года назад +13

      @@jamestulk4169 That's the only flaw I can see with the guitar is that it's sound doesn't carry like a violin for example. Classical guitarists are forced to amplify their instrument with a microphone if they want their sound to carry in an orchestra setting or something.

    • @corneliaarendsen1358
      @corneliaarendsen1358 2 года назад +28

      I have learned a lot of your explanation.

  • @houmm08
    @houmm08 Год назад +250

    Bach was a genius for composing this stuff, she's a genius for being able to play that thing and the pieces from memory. Insane

    • @tremblence
      @tremblence Год назад +20

      Bach, despite being "well known" was not as famous at his time, his complex counterpoint stuff was over most people's heads, and only fully appreciated centuries later
      This song is what I'd call medium complexity, since its mostly a bass and melody, more digestable than a lot of his more complex stuff
      Of course Air in G is less complex, still unique distinct and amazing but easier to digest and understand....... I have synesthesia which helps me see notes as colors, so Bach music is extremely complex to experience the emotions/colors ... I love his music but at times I wished certain notes and chords were held for longer than .2 seconds

    • @avp1874
      @avp1874 Год назад +6

      @@tremblence Wonderful reply, thank you.

    • @parkpatt
      @parkpatt 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@tremblence I don't have synesthesia but totally agree about wishing some parts were longer... there are certain moments that hit like a freight train for me, but Bach always keeps moving along.
      Could you recommend some higher complexity pieces? Preferably lesser-known... I love Bach but there's still so much I haven't heard

    • @drecksnoooob648
      @drecksnoooob648 11 месяцев назад +13

      ​@@tremblence To be honest, the fleeting, fragile beauty of those certain moments appears symbolic for the baroque motif of transience, impermanence. It's kind of poetic that no matter how beautiful the moment is, it will inevitably pass.

    • @speedyx3493
      @speedyx3493 11 месяцев назад +4

      @@tremblence check his compositions for organ if you want longer notes. Composing for lute is really all about short sounds

  • @bertrandcamus3666
    @bertrandcamus3666 6 месяцев назад +64

    Angelina Mascardi est divine. Une interprétation des œuvres de Bach de cette qualité avec cette justesse et cette sensibilité est un cadeau du ciel.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @FreyaWarr
    @FreyaWarr 2 года назад +1112

    I got my first real 24 string, it was the summer of 1669.
    All jokes aside…this was an absolute treat to listen to. Made my brain all tingly and stuff. Amazing dedication to your art!

    • @odelayrowemonkey2145
      @odelayrowemonkey2145 2 года назад +17

      hahaha classic! I was born in the summer of 1669!

    • @MiltonRoe
      @MiltonRoe 2 года назад +11

      Could you play Ragnar the Red?

    • @gozimusable1
      @gozimusable1 2 года назад +6

      almost didn't want to LIKE ur comment as it literally turned 69 into 70

    • @tonyhaag4651
      @tonyhaag4651 2 года назад +15

      Your post gives me faith in humanity.

    • @stshstsh07
      @stshstsh07 2 года назад +2

      yea, you get it. this is how star comedians are discovered.

  • @NatsAstrea
    @NatsAstrea Год назад +503

    I just want to say how lucky I am that (a) music like this exists at all, (b) it is performed by such an artist, and (c) I can hear it at all, and whenever I want to. Without the internet, I wouldn't have been able to listen to this masterpiece, played by this master. So, for all its faults, I am thankful that the internet exists.

    • @rexwave4624
      @rexwave4624 Год назад +15

      I was thinking the same thing. I would have lived and died ignorant. And the artist would have had a tiny audience.

    • @amirpedram2266
      @amirpedram2266 Год назад +12

      That's the attitute I wish I could see more often in people

    • @batarasiagian9635
      @batarasiagian9635 Год назад +4

      Strongly agree.

    • @ceterumcenseo12
      @ceterumcenseo12 Год назад +13

      Your very moving comment brings to mind a line of poetry I cherish: 'the million-petalled flower of being here'. As against the Great Squalor of so much of human life, there are those luminous things in art and nature which leave one in a state of awed, ecstatic gratitude. The tree outside my window is one; Mascardi playing Bach is another.

    • @joszeb
      @joszeb Год назад +9

      There has never been a better time in history. The older you are the better you appreciate this wonderful time. Our sons won´t understand.

  • @nitromethane001
    @nitromethane001 Год назад +31

    The heart and soul of this musician is flowing through the instrument as though it was living and breathing.

  • @RichardHerbalist
    @RichardHerbalist Год назад +71

    Вечность, порхающая бабочкой над столетиями... Какое счастье попасть во времена, когда звучит такая Музыка! Низкий поклон Баху и Евангелине!

  • @honigdachs.
    @honigdachs. 2 года назад +368

    I can't imagine restringing or tuning, let alone learning to play this thing. It sounds incredible and this woman is a virtuoso. Also, she does rock'n'roll faces while playing which is a bonus.

    • @harrytruax5195
      @harrytruax5195 2 года назад +8

      I was thinking the exact thing. I restrung a 12 string once and that was enough for me!

    • @FilmaticProductions
      @FilmaticProductions 2 года назад +34

      JS Bach IS 1700s Rock and Roll.

    • @catkeys6911
      @catkeys6911 2 года назад +13

      Jimmy Page on the lute.

    • @Admiralmeriweather
      @Admiralmeriweather 2 года назад +56

      there's an old joke (from when lute-players used gut-strings, which went out of tune easier than the modern synthetic ones): "A Lute player spends half their life tuning and the other half playing out of tune."

    • @clifover
      @clifover 2 года назад +15

      No, the rockers did not invent facial expression in music, they just exaggerate and pose with it.

  • @lasvegasleblanc
    @lasvegasleblanc 3 года назад +53

    I think Bach would be proud. love your phrasing.

  • @carlkligerman1981
    @carlkligerman1981 9 месяцев назад +55

    OMG that fugue is a monster! Absolutely gorgeous. Anybody who has attempted Bach on a modern classical guitar can only stand back and listen to this in wistful awe. An amazing performance, thank you and brava!

  • @danieloreilly881
    @danieloreilly881 5 месяцев назад +17

    to play this partita is to dive into the soul of Bach and his exquisite way of resolving asymmetrical harmonic structures. Evangelina gives this work a gentle yet passionate performance.

  • @jaffarbaqi
    @jaffarbaqi 2 года назад +20

    More than 23 minutes of speaking music, complex and ornate, without a glitch.
    Unreal.

  • @gandolph999
    @gandolph999 Год назад +84

    The soul of Bach still speaks in the eternal void.

    • @missundercover5061
      @missundercover5061 8 месяцев назад +3

      Eternity is not void. It is either filled with joy and peace or with eternal grief and pain. Bach was a Christian and I do believe his music was inspired by God.

    • @enterpassword3313
      @enterpassword3313 8 месяцев назад

      The soul of bach and the body of professor snape.

  • @maristhelatgalian9366
    @maristhelatgalian9366 8 месяцев назад +29

    I have listened to this video for so many times, and never have given any reviews.
    The greatest of respects to the amazing performance of these pieces.
    I have not hear any better performance of this part of Bach's Partita anywhere..
    Please accept my most sincere compliments to the Evangelina Mascardi amazing performance.

  • @JohnSmith-lk8cy
    @JohnSmith-lk8cy 20 дней назад +3

    Magnificence! And genius too from the composer and the performer who is not wasting her time watching netflix. Hours of devotion to achieve this.

  • @WilliamPhelpsIII
    @WilliamPhelpsIII 3 года назад +327

    The genius of Bach will never fade.

    • @Philrc
      @Philrc 3 года назад

      what about in a million years?

    • @Philrc
      @Philrc 3 года назад +1

      @Cosmic Jack something tells me that will not be possible

    • @Philrc
      @Philrc 3 года назад

      @@kareno1456 so you think his music will still be around in a million years, sister ?

    • @Philrc
      @Philrc 3 года назад +1

      @@kareno1456 sadly not true

    • @PEaChKiLLER2238
      @PEaChKiLLER2238 3 года назад

      @@Philrc I have to agree with you.

  • @terenssotiri1683
    @terenssotiri1683 3 года назад +367

    This never happened in lute history, I guess this is the first video recording available of the BWV997, even if there's a Prelude played by Hopkinson Smith in the Rai Archives.
    This recording is a true Jewel!

    • @elricky1996
      @elricky1996 3 года назад +3

      It truly is!

    • @vicentedobroruka3501
      @vicentedobroruka3501 3 года назад +3

      @@elricky1996 you are correct. This should be preserved by all of us in a separate file.

    • @chilesuicmez
      @chilesuicmez 3 года назад +8

      sorry im a guitar player :c, i know im missing big time besides the beautiful performace, why it hasnt happened? for tuning? for scale? for complexity (i know nothing on lute performing techs, but this seemed advance but not expert difficulty)? for the actual instrument?

    • @jeffjames3111
      @jeffjames3111 3 года назад

      @@vicentedobroruka3501 Well said!

    • @jonathanbarnes3061
      @jonathanbarnes3061 3 года назад +3

      Yes sir it is a treasure.

  • @ribz4539
    @ribz4539 Год назад +13

    I think she's one of, if not THE coolest person I've ever seen. This is actually awesome!

  • @carm383
    @carm383 Год назад +16

    A heavenly instrument! What a gift she has. God bless her!

  • @lolmaemae
    @lolmaemae Год назад +106

    What a total boss lady! I can't imagine how many hours of practice she's put into playing a lute. Truly a master musician!

  • @robertcolucci4137
    @robertcolucci4137 2 года назад +382

    Unreal. This is hands down the best version I’ve ever heard. I know people cry about the timing when it comes to baroque stuff, but stick it where the sun doesn’t shine. This version is alive and she lets the music breathe. The space between the notes is what makes her rendition so amazing

    • @robertburnett6348
      @robertburnett6348 2 года назад +10

      Yes. A musician said that the space between notes is just as important. I have to Denver that.

    • @lucasmoreel8126
      @lucasmoreel8126 2 года назад +7

      It is precisely what sucks me in with this performance quite honestly.

    • @abmackay
      @abmackay 2 года назад +21

      I'll admit I don't really understand any of that.. but how can anyone criticize this? This is obviously a musician at the peak of her craft. While obviously all the stuff that happens at a deeper level in this music is important, nobody should let it spoil their ability to just close their eyes and enjoy a master playing the composition of a master.

    • @timeghostband9594
      @timeghostband9594 2 года назад +10

      I agree! It is so fragile this way, and so vulnerable... not trapped in the cogs of a music box.

    • @robertcolucci4137
      @robertcolucci4137 2 года назад +9

      I agree completely about being able to just close your eyes and enjoy beautiful music regardless of the genre. Music theory/timing isn’t hard to understand at all some people just like to be snobs about it. Basically there is a divide between musicians about how to perform baroque music. Some people are total sticklers for playing the precise way the sheet music was written.. hence the “music box” reference. There are other people who believe the sheet music was more or less a guideline and free to interpretation. We can only really guess at the composers intentions from earlier music as they are dead and there are no recordings of their music. It’s only my opinion but I feel a lot of the baroque recordings are boring and lacking emotion, as technically skilled as the player might be. Listen to the way Glenn Gould performs The art of the fugue (Bwv 1080) or the two different ways he plays the Goldberg variations if you want to get a better sense of what I was trying to say

  • @Oliver-uh5ze
    @Oliver-uh5ze Год назад +21

    Pretty sure Bach would be proud if he could attend this concert now, seeing that his compositions are still being played the way they were intended to be played!

    • @TheSapanone
      @TheSapanone 2 дня назад

      Sure. Bach was always proud. He knew exactly how good he is.

  • @briancrowley6413
    @briancrowley6413 Год назад +6

    I have learned to play a six string guitar with my frankenstein fingers for my own enjoyment. I cant imagine playing a 24 string lute and so beautifully.Thankyou

  • @pixelmangler
    @pixelmangler 3 года назад +363

    Divinità! Questa è stata un'incredibile esecuzione di questa serie di brani di JS Bach. Amo la musica di questo periodo e ho ascoltato molti brani di Domenico Scarlatti. Sono completamente attratto dalle composizioni di Johann Sebastian Bach. L'esecuzione di Bach è un'esperienza che è vicina a Dio. Raggiunge la sua massima espressione nelle mani di un maestro sensibile come te, Evangelina. La bellezza di questo pezzo e il tuo modo di suonare ci ricordano che noi umani possiamo essere ispirati alla grandezza. Musica deliziosamente rilassante e riposante che ha richiesto tutto il tuo duro lavoro e anni di studio per renderla così bella e senza sforzo. Grazie mille, maestro, per aver reso le mie giornate più luminose.

    • @mariaevangelinamascardi304
      @mariaevangelinamascardi304 3 года назад +23

      Grazie mille

    • @lovewavesdriftingforever
      @lovewavesdriftingforever Год назад +11

      @@mariaevangelinamascardi304
      And a thousand thanks to you Evangelina.. 💗🎶💗

    • @joshua2400
      @joshua2400 Год назад +6

      Jesus Christ, the true sovereign God loves you 😊

    • @joshua2400
      @joshua2400 Год назад +6

      @@mariaevangelinamascardi304 Gesù Cristo, il vero Dio sovrano ti ama,
      puoi sempre confidare in Gesù Cristo, la sua cura è buona e la sua parola è vera

    • @joshua2400
      @joshua2400 Год назад +4

      @@lovewavesdriftingforever Jesus Christ loves you :" )
      may you trust in Jesus the good true sovereign God who miraculously healed me of a chronic breathing issue that plagued me most every night for years, instantly in an anointed prayer

  • @joshkneubuhl1349
    @joshkneubuhl1349 2 года назад +25

    This piece just needed to wait for 400 years before it was played perfectly. Bravo! Bravo!! Bravo!!!

  • @elrioviolino3549
    @elrioviolino3549 Год назад +16

    I would not have thought it humanly possible to play like this.....but here it is. Absolutely magnificent.

  • @moelarrycurly708
    @moelarrycurly708 11 месяцев назад +6

    ''' All music leads up to Bach and follows Bach '' Well done Evangelina !

  • @renaissancestudios8202
    @renaissancestudios8202 Год назад +52

    Bach lives through the mind and fingers of Evangelina Mascardi. Anyone wishing to study this music needs the listen to this performance. It doesn't get any better. It's as if this music is raining down from the angels. Bravo!!

  • @dbadagna
    @dbadagna 3 года назад +191

    One so rarely hears a lutenist play with such exquisite musicality. Brava.

    • @AlbertoOlivieri
      @AlbertoOlivieri 3 года назад +9

      Music for the Soul.. In another life I will play Baroque Lute like Her.. Amazing!!

    • @noeldacosta7621
      @noeldacosta7621 3 года назад +14

      One so rarely hears a lutist play.

    • @evangelinamascardiofficial4766
      @evangelinamascardiofficial4766 2 года назад +4

      thanks! here you have the new video with BWV 996 , saluti! ruclips.net/video/qvPv7_HL8GI/видео.html

    • @evangelinamascardiofficial4766
      @evangelinamascardiofficial4766 2 года назад +1

      @@AlbertoOlivieri grazie Alberto, ecco il link con il nuovo video della BWV 996 here you have the new video with BWV 996 , saluti! ruclips.net/video/qvPv7_HL8GI/видео.html

  • @TheProphet6661
    @TheProphet6661 Год назад +21

    Evangelina is a rockstar to me. Such immaculate playing, a true master of the lute and damn impressive.

    • @evangelinamascardiofficial4766
      @evangelinamascardiofficial4766 Год назад +5

      🙏💕💕

    • @ClassicCaffe
      @ClassicCaffe Год назад +5

      @@evangelinamascardiofficial4766 i have a 1 year old child. Every morning he listens this piece in his way to Nursery. Long term effect : my kid is happy all the time ,playfull. Bach has an effect on child's brain.
      I'm remembering when i made first contact with J.S. Bach - i was in my 2nd grade. It changed the way i percive music.
      Thank for this beautiful interpretation

    • @evangelinamascardiofficial4766
      @evangelinamascardiofficial4766 Год назад +1

      @@ClassicCaffe 🙏

  • @wrongfootmcgee
    @wrongfootmcgee Год назад +10

    seeing her peek under the strings to make sure she hits the right fret is unexpectedly and strangely uplifting

  • @secretsquirrel6308
    @secretsquirrel6308 2 года назад +284

    Imagine the amount of knowledge, committed to heart, necessary to perform in the manner which we have here witnessed. I am awed by such mastery.

    • @ianjohnson458
      @ianjohnson458 2 года назад +5

      Exactly!

    • @laurachiar6086
      @laurachiar6086 2 года назад +3

      💝

    • @z.s.n.
      @z.s.n. 2 года назад +4

      I know I am baffled.

    • @lx4302
      @lx4302 2 года назад

      pretentious..

    • @FingerinUrDaughter
      @FingerinUrDaughter 2 года назад

      sorry bruh, but this is 100% muscle memory and nothing more. this is something the guy has played so much that it basically plays itself while he thinks of other things. not to mention its all for show, 90% of the instrument goes unused because of how hes holding it making it impossible to fret about half the strings.

  • @MaxwellAlvesOliveira
    @MaxwellAlvesOliveira 2 года назад +409

    No showing off, no music industry, no lights, no bobs. She carries the music to the highest level of divine. Thank you to bring perfect MUSIC to this imperfect world.

    • @kapsi
      @kapsi 2 года назад +4

      No bobs, nor vagena

    • @donrafip2342
      @donrafip2342 2 года назад +1

      Baroc rules!

    • @GabithWhyborn
      @GabithWhyborn 2 года назад +4

      Imperfect world ? Look inside, look closer and the veil will dissolve :)

    • @m0-m0597
      @m0-m0597 2 года назад +1

      Is there such thing as perfection?

    • @GabithWhyborn
      @GabithWhyborn 2 года назад +3

      @@m0-m0597 Without the ego, the mind. Yes. It is Perfection is always the case but we have to be in order to realize it

  • @xpump876
    @xpump876 10 месяцев назад +42

    This is one of my favorite pieces of music and this performance (on a baroque lute and not guitar!) was draw-drop astonishing to me. The careful phrasing and voicings available with the additional courses is where Bach's heart was creating this gorgeous music. I was literally in tears hearing this as it is very near to my heart. thank you

  • @synecdochelloyd3825
    @synecdochelloyd3825 Год назад +11

    Mastery by a master. Thank you Evangelina Mascardi.

  • @galaxylucia1898
    @galaxylucia1898 2 года назад +44

    This isn’t just music, it’s a spiritual experience. Thank you.

  • @KIVagant
    @KIVagant 2 года назад +39

    23 minutes of crystal clear performance. It's like at the reception of a king. Windy weather outside, flowers are falling down and this music... Nice atmosphere.

  • @prodesign_ru
    @prodesign_ru Год назад +32

    Спасибо, чудесные моменты! Часто, занимаясь резьбой или по столярке, включаю фоном лютневую музыку, но тут забыл про все, сижу и слушаю, не отрываясь.

  • @user-sn3vd5lw8l
    @user-sn3vd5lw8l 5 месяцев назад +32

    Спасибо Вам большое!Какое внутреннее спокойствие и гармония! Великий композитор и прекрасный исполнитель! Хочется жить, дышать и творить! 🙏🌹🌹🌹

  • @elizabethmarino7155
    @elizabethmarino7155 2 года назад +19

    I admire anyone who can play classical without sheet music.

  • @shnur1987
    @shnur1987 2 года назад +183

    I've heard this piece on classical guitar many times but hearing it on lute is like watching a sunset for the first time. Spectacular.

    • @lenn4429
      @lenn4429 2 года назад +5

      And ... , why not , a sunrise ?

    • @shnur1987
      @shnur1987 2 года назад +21

      @@lenn4429 I'm usually not awake early enough for sunrises :-D

    • @robertburnett6348
      @robertburnett6348 2 года назад +1

      Agree.

    • @mkm0901003
      @mkm0901003 2 года назад +1

      Accurate

    • @willlawrence8756
      @willlawrence8756 Год назад

      @@shnur1987 Worth getting up for, then back to bed?

  • @user-qj1ib3ey5e
    @user-qj1ib3ey5e Год назад +5

    When I was 15years old, this music is guitar playing. So I learned classic guitar. 36years later, I understand a little bit of this sensitive feeling of music from my juvenile period.

  • @user-tn5ps2nx1m
    @user-tn5ps2nx1m 8 месяцев назад +15

    Thank you Evangelina, for choosing this marvelous composition of the great German master. Your interpretation is very respectful, collected, and most profound.

  • @sriramramesh5318
    @sriramramesh5318 2 года назад +196

    I've learned the prelude to this on guitar, but it sounds so much better played by a professional on the original instrument. I was completely floored listening to this

    • @throwaway692
      @throwaway692 2 года назад +2

      Carl? That you? Bernhard misses you. ;)

    • @aestheticsyncopation7933
      @aestheticsyncopation7933 2 года назад +3

      @@throwaway692 pythagoras and gauss the best couple of westen music

  • @IIrandhandleII
    @IIrandhandleII 3 года назад +41

    genius to write genius to play

  • @CatchThesePaws
    @CatchThesePaws Год назад +11

    My favorite type of chord progression is descending minor scale and from the first two minutes I’ve heard there’s lots of that! Love it!

  • @maryotradovec9390
    @maryotradovec9390 9 месяцев назад +6

    Perfect for morning salutation and the smooth and gentle start of another beautiful day ❤

  • @imanshafieloo755
    @imanshafieloo755 3 года назад +37

    Bravo millions of times Evangelina, you speak Bach language flawlessly. He’d be in tears listening to your performance.

  • @hyojinkim2370
    @hyojinkim2370 3 года назад +30

    Music like this makes me grateful to be alive.

  • @TheEccentromanics
    @TheEccentromanics 3 месяца назад +5

    It's soooooo nice hearing a wonderful musician play something so beautiful. That was fabulous! You are truly a gift from God!

  • @writersblack5360
    @writersblack5360 6 месяцев назад +4

    The swan neck Lute, and the Harpsichord quieten my mind quicker than a belt around the head with a shovel. Mesmerising.

  • @laurelbrowne7468
    @laurelbrowne7468 3 года назад +71

    I have NEVER heard a real flesh-and-blood, body-and-soul, fire-and-passion lute performance EVER, until now. Thank you for the gift of your technique, musicality, and breath. Inspiring in every way.

  • @nickelvd9220
    @nickelvd9220 3 года назад +29

    I keep returning here to recover from days of teaching young children. It's so revitalizing and inspiring. Thank you.

    • @nickelvd9220
      @nickelvd9220 Год назад

      Lockdown flashbacks - still returning here once in a while and very happy to encounter Evangelina's album on Spotify. I've begun to rehearse the first page of the partita on my small romantic guitar. This playing is masterful, and without a glance at any sheet music.

  • @lg2058
    @lg2058 8 месяцев назад +8

    Unbelievably beautiful performance.

  • @muhsinkanadikirik678
    @muhsinkanadikirik678 Год назад +4

    The Great BACH,stunning performance!..👍👌🎼👏🎶👏🎶👏🤝🙏♾💯

  • @paulsutton5896
    @paulsutton5896 2 года назад +329

    Not only did she play these pieces, but she played them from memory!

    • @protect_provide8031
      @protect_provide8031 2 года назад +36

      Average musician plays a song several hundred times from start to finish before preforming it, then thousands of playing specific sections of a song
      Playing from memory isnt as hard as one thinks

    • @jianghuiyuan4256
      @jianghuiyuan4256 2 года назад +7

      @@theodosios2615 Even one month will do XD

    • @dsgatm
      @dsgatm 2 года назад +3

      Definitely, it's amazing! The player, the theme, the place, the instrument... Thank you Evangelina, such beauty! And I still trying to learn this pieces since install demo version of guitar pro 3, twenty years ago...

    • @alexmay2825
      @alexmay2825 2 года назад +4

      How could you play a piece with real feeling, if you had to read the notes?

    • @jaikee9477
      @jaikee9477 2 года назад +4

      Everyone can memorise the notes. Playing them on this level is a whole different matter!

  • @taylordiclemente5163
    @taylordiclemente5163 3 года назад +242

    She's fantastic. Her tone is beautiful. She tells a story with her phrasing. Thousands of other clean players do not.

    • @zealotzealot4848
      @zealotzealot4848 3 года назад +4

      Not she, but the Lute and Bach

    • @JulioLeonFandinho
      @JulioLeonFandinho 3 года назад +70

      @@zealotzealot4848 Bach is dead and the Lute is an unanimated object, so yes, it's her

    • @wysiwyg2489
      @wysiwyg2489 3 года назад +1

      Reminds me of Alvin Lee (face expression)

    • @BIGMOUTHLOUIS
      @BIGMOUTHLOUIS 3 года назад +2

      @@wysiwyg2489 now you're talkin!

    • @marwanmoasis8963
      @marwanmoasis8963 3 года назад +5

      Very clean and fantastic player..

  • @mikhailskryga1568
    @mikhailskryga1568 Год назад +42

    Прекрасное исполнение прекрасной музыки ....стоя у окна наблюдать за приходом осени, как опадают листья с дерева.... благодарю

  • @user-gg2ox8ru8p
    @user-gg2ox8ru8p Год назад +48

    Я не большой знаток классической музыки, но, случайно нашёл этот ролик и с восторгом прослушал до конца
    Все пять шедевров Баха в исполнении прекрасного виртуоза Евангелины. Впервые слушал Баха на щипковом сложном инструменте-это фантастика. Получил большое наслаждение и много положительных, приятных эмоций. Браво исполнительнице шедевра!!!

  • @jonhowell5014
    @jonhowell5014 2 года назад +18

    This is what true mastery looks and sounds like.

  • @cassio1209
    @cassio1209 3 года назад +31

    Thanks Evangelina for such a feeling , perfect balance, hearth, soul, timbre, tone, I loved, state of art music.
    ( from Sao Paulo , Brazil )

  • @JasperMay
    @JasperMay Год назад +6

    A minute of music for every string. Beautiful piece.

  • @WeFrost62
    @WeFrost62 Год назад +6

    Keyboard player by profession here (before I retired). Guitar, and all of its permutations, absolutely scrambles my brain. Wonderful job. Bravo!

  • @thomassicard3733
    @thomassicard3733 2 года назад +48

    THIS recording should have been put on the gold record sent out on Voyager.

  • @dancrossley1102
    @dancrossley1102 2 года назад +26

    How a human being can contain this much information and just make it appear from their hands over an ancient instrument is a tesament to the fact we are beautiful and amazing beings. Even then, we as the outsider can listen to what they are outputting and be in awe.
    A beautiful piece and an even more staggering performance.
    Baffling.

    • @donnavorce8856
      @donnavorce8856 Год назад +1

      Seeing inside their head, as what's in there comes out the hands, and into the instrument. It's amazing when one pauses to consider it.

  • @wildrosecece
    @wildrosecece Год назад +8

    This is so peaceful and I take a deep breathe and walk into my day, eyes to God.

  • @FlexingClassicalMusic
    @FlexingClassicalMusic 5 месяцев назад +6

    🎵 The magic of classical music lies in its ability to evoke emotions that transcend language. As you listen to the harmonies, you embark on a journey through the soul-stirring landscapes crafted by legendary composers. 🌌🎼

  • @r.e.bookreviews8418
    @r.e.bookreviews8418 3 года назад +222

    This may be the greatest solo performance of anything that I've ever seen in my life. Bravo

    • @JustFiddler
      @JustFiddler 3 года назад +5

      same here

    • @AlainJohannes
      @AlainJohannes 3 года назад +7

      Agreed. It’s otherworldly and sublime.

    • @angelsciang
      @angelsciang 3 года назад +7

      Bravissima .

    • @guillaumefloatin91
      @guillaumefloatin91 3 года назад +1

      Gary moore in " The messiah will come again " live at montreux is not bad either, but not at the top of this masterpiece. But on electric guitar it is masterclass.

    • @maurogarofalo3198
      @maurogarofalo3198 3 года назад +6

      “Brava”

  • @6jack6metal6
    @6jack6metal6 3 года назад +115

    i have no words for her playing, she's incredible

    • @ghoulish6125
      @ghoulish6125 3 года назад +6

      Looks like you managed

    • @iankelley9704
      @iankelley9704 3 года назад +1

      There's barely any words in the title either.

    • @leocastanon6194
      @leocastanon6194 3 года назад +1

      Will you go to Heaven when you die? Here’s a quick test: Have you ever lied, stolen, or used God’s name in vain? Jesus said, “Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” If you have done these things, God sees you as a lying, thieving, blasphemous, adulterer at heart, and the Bible warns that one day God will punish you in a terrible place called Hell. But God is not willing that any should perish. Sinners broke God’s Law and Jesus paid their fine. This means that God can legally dismiss their case: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” Then Jesus rose from the dead, defeating death. Today, repent [turn away from your sins and don’t practice them] trust Jesus, and God will give you eternal life as a free gift. Then read the Bible daily and obey it. God will never fail you

    • @leocastanon6194
      @leocastanon6194 3 года назад +1

      @@ghoulish6125 Will you go to Heaven when you die? Here’s a quick test: Have you ever lied, stolen, or used God’s name in vain? Jesus said, “Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” If you have done these things, God sees you as a lying, thieving, blasphemous, adulterer at heart, and the Bible warns that one day God will punish you in a terrible place called Hell. But God is not willing that any should perish. Sinners broke God’s Law and Jesus paid their fine. This means that God can legally dismiss their case: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” Then Jesus rose from the dead, defeating death. Today, repent [turn away from your sins and don’t practice them] trust Jesus, and God will give you eternal life as a free gift. Then read the Bible daily and obey it. God will never fail you

    • @leocastanon6194
      @leocastanon6194 3 года назад +1

      @@iankelley9704 Will you go to Heaven when you die? Here’s a quick test: Have you ever lied, stolen, or used God’s name in vain? Jesus said, “Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” If you have done these things, God sees you as a lying, thieving, blasphemous, adulterer at heart, and the Bible warns that one day God will punish you in a terrible place called Hell. But God is not willing that any should perish. Sinners broke God’s Law and Jesus paid their fine. This means that God can legally dismiss their case: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” Then Jesus rose from the dead, defeating death. Today, repent [turn away from your sins and don’t practice them] trust Jesus, and God will give you eternal life as a free gift. Then read the Bible daily and obey it. God will never fail you

  • @anasevero399
    @anasevero399 Год назад +6

    And all the rock guitarists suddenly left the room.... Beautiful soul feeding ❤

  • @asmrmetalman1061
    @asmrmetalman1061 Год назад +5

    Recently learned the sarabande portion on classical guitar, so this is how it sounds on lute, beautiful.

  • @DiamondCutter423
    @DiamondCutter423 Год назад +18

    It's no wonder she has over 3 million views.
    Splendid.

  • @ianmckenney9080
    @ianmckenney9080 3 года назад +180

    Evangelina thank you for all the hours of practice and dedication you have spent to achieve such mastery of the instrument. Your interpretation was wonderful. Bravo!

  • @cellomensch1
    @cellomensch1 10 месяцев назад +3

    Calligraphyof the highest order; perfect counterpoint, distinct and independent voices in an accord to imply the intended harmonic tensions and releases; again Bravissima Maestra

  • @Lwayte
    @Lwayte 3 года назад +385

    The playing is astoundingly musical. But what really impresses me is the memorization.

    • @MichelleFrets
      @MichelleFrets 3 года назад +27

      No kidding . Some days I can't remember 3 measures of anything and here she has hundreds of measures of fingerstyle

    • @infledermaus
      @infledermaus 3 года назад +41

      I can remember a concerto's worth of notes (treble clef cuz I play mandolin so I use violin music), but I don't think I could remember a suite (I rely on sheet music too much), and I certainly can't play anything like as beautifully as she does. Lordy! Lute is so soft and calming. I wish i could afford one. If you've studied and played music for many years as she undoubtedly has, you'd have a brain trained to memorize thousands of notes. I played piano and memorized all my music because my music reading skill was so shitty that I had to learn it like a measure at a time and memorize it. I never had formal lessons. Learning a piece was grueling, but I love playing so I kept at it.
      On that note .... uh .... My ADHD is very active tonight. Rambling a lot. Sorry, but I feel this is important so I'm going to go on rambling.
      My reading improved when I started playing in a mandolin orchestra (lots of music!), but the biggest improvement came when I started using software to input music notation for piano and for baroque concerti just to hear certain parts plainly. I don't know why it helped so much, but it provided me with about a 1000% reading improvement such that I read and play without looking at my fretboard. For anyone having trouble learning to read music or wanting to improve, you can or could download and install Musescore®. It was free. Windows and Linux. Probably for Apple, too. There are other notation software packs out there. Musescore is great and it's public license and FREE! Or was. If not, get some staff paper or make it with word processing software and copy your favorite composer's music. Doing so forces you to concentrate on each note. Good thing about software is that you can play it back to make sure you entered it properly. It sucks to get 50 or 60 measures entered and realize that, awww crap, you lost your place at measure 23, duplicated 2 or 3 measures (cut/copy & paste) in the treble with the correct bass (or screwed 'em both up - ahhhh!) and spend a hour figuring it out where you went wrong and have to go back and repair it especially if you're copying a full score with multiple instruments. Waaaa!! Misery! MISERY!!!
      Ok. If you're reading this blurb, you've read the whole thing so bless you! Thanks for reading my nonsense. I'll leave now. Hopefully someone will get some benefit out of this!
      Cheers everyone! Stay safe and stay healthy! Get your vaccine!

    • @infledermaus
      @infledermaus 3 года назад +25

      @@MichelleFrets And all the nuance of performing it, the dynamics, fingering, etc. Don't forget playing the music with a camera on you the whole time! Nerve wracking! I'd be throwing things and shouting, "SHHHIIIIIIIIIITTT! Shit! Shit! Shit! Take 227! Shit!" LOL!

    • @MichelleFrets
      @MichelleFrets 3 года назад +25

      @@infledermaus I'm only an amateur and not a particularly gifted one, but I do record audio and video pretty regularly. I claim that recording only audio takes 20% of my guitar powers away and if video recording then about 50%. It's amazing what nerves do. I've never played for an audience aside from friends, but I'd guess my powers would diminish to the point where I couldn't play a thing. The mind is a powerful thing. It needs to be reigned in.

    • @Michail_Chatziasemidis
      @Michail_Chatziasemidis 3 года назад +6

      That's not very impressive for a Greek, like myself. Many Traditional/Laiko-music Greek instrumentalists know a LOT of songs by memory, or they can even play along with others even if they haven't heard the piece before just be listening to the rest of the orchestra.

  • @spaceangel4594
    @spaceangel4594 3 года назад +116

    Not only does she have superb technical skill,but she also memorized the piece and plays with her eyes closed. A gentle bow to you my lady.

    • @FertassiFarah
      @FertassiFarah 3 года назад +8

      By the way it is more efficient to play with closed eyes, I am a beginner and my teacher scold me when I look at the strings. And he is right because when I look at the strings I am slower and make more mistakes... :)

    • @spaceangel4594
      @spaceangel4594 3 года назад

      Interesting! Maybe I will try with eyes closed

    • @UncleEti
      @UncleEti 3 года назад +4

      It am not really surprised by this aspect : memorization belongs to her work. Who knows? Maybe she trains 6 hours a day. Think of theater actors memorizing thousand of lines. It 's an aspect they don't like to speak about because it 's mostly a technical matter and as such a someone boring thema. All respect due.

    • @DanieleCruciani
      @DanieleCruciani 3 года назад +4

      @@FertassiFarah right. Eyes are not quick enough to follow your fingers, and also you need to pay attention to the sound. Sometime it's convenient to have a quick look at the position of your hand though

    • @narnbrez
      @narnbrez 3 года назад +1

      i don't want to spoil the magic but I think you can tell the cut & her head angle at 3:10 or so that it's not a continuous recording, at least enough for me to be cynical!

  • @ursulathomas113
    @ursulathomas113 Год назад +7

    it is as if the lute is playing on it’s own, flawless. Thank You ❤🇺🇸

  • @EntropicRemnants
    @EntropicRemnants Год назад +7

    Wow. Just wow. Stunningly performed. I can only imagine the task of tuning this wondrous "archlute" using only the friction pegs. In awe.

  • @hereBDBD
    @hereBDBD 3 года назад +28

    beautiful how she nurtures each note as if it's her only child.

  • @EonTide1111
    @EonTide1111 3 года назад +12

    There's just something magical about the lute.

  • @Itemtotem
    @Itemtotem 6 месяцев назад +7

    Your joy is so profound it vibrates without loss through your person.and instrument and entrances us unconditionally in it's embrace
    God Bless you and Bach

  • @parideblasi2027
    @parideblasi2027 Год назад +2

    Questa musica mi addolcisce il cuore ;bach e' l'indiscusso sopratutto quando viene così magistralmente
    Interpretato....cavolo e" una donna.che suona

  • @sydmannion7483
    @sydmannion7483 3 года назад +129

    The phrasing and musicality of this performance is outstanding. I want more.

    • @mariaevangelinamascardi304
      @mariaevangelinamascardi304 3 года назад +11

      Soon!

    • @warp9988
      @warp9988 3 года назад +6

      @@mariaevangelinamascardi304 MAGNIFICENT. I am deeply and profoundly moved.

    • @peterwatchorn5618
      @peterwatchorn5618 2 года назад +6

      @@mariaevangelinamascardi304 This profoundly beautiful. I am a harpsichordist (I have recorded this work as part of my Compleat Bach) and my brother a builder of lutes and viols in Australia. I have never heard better than this! Brava! Peter

    • @evangelinamascardiofficial4766
      @evangelinamascardiofficial4766 2 года назад +2

      dear Sydnis, here you have the BWV 996 saluti ruclips.net/video/qvPv7_HL8GI/видео.html

    • @evangelinamascardiofficial4766
      @evangelinamascardiofficial4766 2 года назад +1

      @@warp9988 ruclips.net/video/qvPv7_HL8GI/видео.html

  • @christinacutlass1694
    @christinacutlass1694 Год назад +35

    You have brought light into an ever darkening world. Thank you, may God protect you from all harm.

  • @tobianclarke
    @tobianclarke Год назад +4

    I love how inspired and engaged she looks. Beautiful video.

  • @Sergiodeus172
    @Sergiodeus172 11 месяцев назад +3

    one time and again l keep coming back to watch something divine as this performance

  • @Oldman808
    @Oldman808 Год назад +15

    Salutes! As a guitarist, I am in awe.

    • @Io-Io-Io
      @Io-Io-Io 6 месяцев назад

      Time to learn the lute

  • @savannas.2958
    @savannas.2958 Год назад +14

    This woman is amazing. 👏👏👏👏

  • @chessematics
    @chessematics Год назад +2

    When headbanging starts, you know Bach's metal concert has begun.

  • @kamilkowalczyk4258
    @kamilkowalczyk4258 3 года назад +21

    She plays Bach with passion and really feels the music, which is so wonderful to see.

  • @donsurlylyte
    @donsurlylyte 3 года назад +18

    greatest composer ever. you could play bach every day of your life .