J.S. Bach - Prelude & Fugue in Eb, BWV 552 "St. Anne" - Prelude (Synthesized)
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- From Wikipedia: The Prelude combines the elements of a French overture (first theme), an Italian concerto (second theme) and a German fugue (third theme).
There are the conventional dotted rhythms of an ouverture, but the alternation of themes owes more to the tradition of contrasting passages in organ compositions than the solo-tutti exchanges in a Vivaldi concerto.
The piece also has three separate themes (A, B, C), sometimes overlapping, which commentators have interpreted as representing the Father, Son and Holy Ghost in the Trinity.
00:00 - First theme: "God, the Father"
01:28 - Second theme: "God, the Son"
02:21 - First part of first theme
03:12 - Third theme: "The Holy Ghost"
04:17 - Second part of first theme
04:51 - Second theme
05:40 - Third theme with countersubject in pedal
07:01 - Third theme in Bbm
07:36 - Repeat of first theme 
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As someone without a musical background, I appreciate your explanation/analysis of the different parts.
Nice! Waiting eagerly for the fugue :)
Of course! You need to be true to your name :)
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Thank you!
Hi OrzoMondo, thanks for this new upload, it was a fascinating journey for me because the piece is packed full of such interesting material. You had to make some important decisions about articulation, voicing, tempo and just the general feel, and you did an excellent job! Thanks again.
Thank you, this was indeed quite difficult to crack, because, as you say, you have so many choices - I went for the Ouverture feel for the First theme (fanfare - trumpets) and a much more austere polyphonic feel for the Third theme. I am not sure what I made out of the second theme. To be honest I think that the orchestral transcription (Schoenberg's) does the best job of it.
There are many things that appeal to me about Bach on synth, but one of the things I always find particularly striking is the purity and depth of the bass. It adds a dimension (of course when applied appropriately, as in this recording) which otherwise would be impossible - no mechanical instrument can produce bass quite like that. The double-bass is the closest and is also a favourite, but it cannot produce notes of such amplitude.
Great rendition and very enjoyable.
Completely agree. For me they're like powerful, round, warm, pure, "fuzzy" notes.
This is also the biggest thing for me too with midis. My phone midi player has the bass line as the most perfect electronic sound that adds so much more to the cantatas. Then whenever I listen to the actual versions, they feel less "groovy". I genuinely believe this electronic Bach thing could get blown up if it gets some spotlight.
Precisely
Thank you! Bass is always very challenging in the mix, because it has a lot of power (and therefore tends to blow the peaks), but it cannot be compressed much (otherwise you'd hear "pumping").
Even though digital music has enormous dynamic range, our ears don't, so you can't just keep the levels low until the bass comes in, because the whole piece would sound too quiet.
My solution is to thin out the bass, I add very low sub bass and lots of harmonics, and then cut the mid-lows drastically. It doesn't always work well, but in some pieces (like this one: ruclips.net/video/5s2_zG5dr6w/видео.html, where it's so low that you need proper headphones to hear it properly) it just rocks :)
@@97mesut I'll be honest, there's a part of me that wonders why it has not blown up already. :)
This is such a beautifully crafted arrangement! ❤
Well, thank you!!
Thank you for all this great effort. Beautiful !
Many thanks, glad you like it!
Beautiful, and a work that is new to me!
Thank you! If you want to hear some fireworks, you should check out this one: ruclips.net/video/enhxKlIPGAI/видео.html
Absolutely wonderful. One of my favorite organ preludes. When I first found your channel I did a search for this one, but today is the day! Leo van Doeselaar has a stunning version of this on the Netherlands Bach Society channel, too.
Thank you!!
Hope BWV 553 is next 🙏🏻
I'm doing them all, no worries :)
Beautiful music is enhanced with your art, tante grazie
Prego e grazie!
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Brilliant performance and interpretation! One wonders what Bach would have done with a synthesizer had they been available in the 17/18th century?
Thank you, and yes, I ask myself this question all the time.
But I think that the organ *was* the twenties' synthesizer. And by twenties I mean the 1720s :)
I even tried to bring it forward as a discussion point (ruclips.net/video/2QgmnwU48SM/видео.html)
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