沢山のご視聴、誠にありがとうございます。 10年程前に、イツァーク・パールマンさんのシャコンヌをお聴きし、心を奪われました。原曲は、ヴァイオリンソロですので、二十五絃箏での演奏は無謀な箇所が多々ございますが、私も演奏してみたい一心で、何とか、収録させて頂きました。 あまりにも有名で、素晴らしい作品のため、様々な解釈があると思います。 生涯、演奏し続けたい作品です。 Thank you very much for watching. About 10 years ago, I heard Itzhak Perlman's Chaconne and was fascinated by it. The original piece is a solo violin piece, so there are quite a few parts that would be reckless to play on the koto, but I wanted to play it myself, so I managed to record it. It is a very famous and wonderful piece, and I am sure there are many interpretations. It is a piece that I would like to continue performing throughout my life.
He lost his little sister at the age of 7, his mother at the age of 9, his father at the age of 10. He lost some of his own kids and then he lost his wife at the age of 35. With his chaconne the greatest composer is pouring out his heart, full of grief. Everyone understands this piece, whether you're from Bach's hometown or from Tokyo doesn''t matter. We're all human and we all know what it means to suffer. Incredible, beautiful performance on the Koto! Thanks so much!❤
Se habría maravillado que algo tan extraño pudiese existir y dar un timbre tan distinto a su partitura. Lo habría motivado a estudiarlo y componer una pieza especial. Hace una semana oí a Bach interpretado con bandoneón y por algunos compases parecía un tango o una milonga. Pero era el mismo Bach de SIEMPRE. Al oír esto, me dan ganas de beber té verde y luego un sake, mientras improviso versos.😮💞 20.7.2024
Bach would be deeply moved ... and he would immediately order a Koto to study it's capabilities. Also he knew Japan under the name "Zipangri" as it was called in his day. Greetings from Bach's hometown.
This work by Bach is just one of the highest points of human achievement, and this performance shows that. Humans do terrible things, but a few of them can also do things like this, this woman is a marvel. This is just unreal virtuosity and musicianship.
@@marcossidoruk8033 I absolutely LOVE this piece by Bach, and this particular interpretation of it on the koto. Nonetheless, I think there are human achievements which might rival it, e.g. Einstein's theory of relativity or Rembrandt's paintings or some works by Shakespeare or Tolkien, Brahm's piano concerto no. 1 in D, ......
@@bilbodw None of those things come even close to 1% of this. Especially the works of Shakespeare and Tolkien wich are MASSIVELY overrated, there are far, far better writiers out there. And seriously, did you just compare this with Brahms concerto 😂😂😂. Don't make me laugh.
@@marcossidoruk8033 You could argue that some Bach pieces are even higher, the Matthaeus Passion, the Art of Fugue, a few cantata movements... after all Bach was at most 35 when he wrote the Ciaccona. He still had 30 years to live and he kept learning and researching... but who are we to judge, we humble mortals? I don't blame you, however. As a rule, the Bach piece I just heard is almost always the greatest of all.
You understand Bach. This is an uncommon and impressive accomplishment on its own, but to do so on a koto says quite a lot about your musical sensitivity, and this extraordinarily expressive instrument. Brava and thank you for sharing.
I'm a Violinist and this is the best performance I ever heard. I never heard such a deep understanding and performance before, not even Old School violinists, whose I'm a huge admirer btw. You're incredible!
есть понятие - число Бога. Оно выпадает на первый такт Чаконы. 3205 тактов цикла, а расстояние от начала 1 сонаты до 1 такта Чаконы 1985 тактов. 3205 : 1985 = 1,615. Число Бога. Все Чаконы. Пассакалии и Сарабанды начинаются на сильную долю. Почему Чакона Баха начинается так странно? Автор, ориентируясчь на текст Библии, изобразил момент Сотворения мира. Нет ноты ре - D - Dominus! Бог непознаваем. Нет паузы? Другая причина: начало страстей по Иоанну: "Вначале было слово"! Нет места ни ноте, ни паузе. Как раз на этот такт приходится Число Бога. Наверняка Бах написал сначала Чакону, а затем - остальные циклы, иначе как возможенн подобный расчёт? Манускрипт утерян, основа наших знаний о сольном цикле - копия. Какой-то ученик Баха при переписывании мог случайно указать название Чаконы мелким шрифтом, и пьеса вошла, за счёт общей тональности, в партиту Ре-минор. Не могло быть танцевальных пьес перед изображаемым моментом Сотворения мира. Темп=110, баховское аллегро, Не траурное шествие, а всеоблемъющая картина мироздания. 1720 год, посмертный подарок Марии Барбаре, эпитафия. Мы знаем о Большом взрыве, а Бах знал Библию. Всё совпадает: вакуум, взрыв протовещества, и - появление света. В качестве света - звучание скрипки. Мощный мыысленный импульс вначале, и - первые доли во всех тактах перетягивать нельзя! Вторые доли - продолжение, третьи надо договорить, мелкие длительности в конце тактов нельзя првращать в форшлаги. Вы скрипач? Отлично. Откройте Адажио из 2 концерта ми-мажор для скрипки. Первые 5 тактов гармонически построены на теме Чаконы. Адажио - жизнь человека, несправедливо короткая. Чакона - весь мир.
Agreed that this was an excellent performance. The expressiveness and phrasing were outstanding. I was also impressed with the flexibility of the instrument in handling the different scales in the piece.
This is impossibility!!! For an instrument like koto to faithfully make music of Bach's time one needs to constantly retune, repurposes strings while constantly augmenting intonation on the fly, and on top of all these, project the great musical thoughts and emotional depth the work itself carries. I refuse to believe any human can do it, unless it is a miracle....It must have been a miracle!
I studied the Chaconne for years, and this brings me so much joy it cannot be described. I watched with laughter and tears at the unfolding of the brilliance through your playing. I used to be able to see it in my mind, now I can't play the first chord, but I get to relive that journey through your excellence. Thank you
I felt that the Chaconne was fully adapted to the koto and to your playing. Bach would be proud of how well you brought out the core intent of the composition!
Dear Ms. Kimura, you can rest assured you have achieved your goal: your Chaconne is no less breathtaking than Perlman's. Thank you for presenting this most beautiful piece on your difficult instrument. Your touch and skill make this music seem as written just for you and your koto. Perfect.
Bending strings is part of the art - but also moving the bridges seemingly with little effort… I’m absolutely knocked to the floor in amazement… After pondering the complexity and sheer wonder of her performance, my words can’t express anything meaningful. My deepest thanks! 🙏
I bet Bach would absolutely have loved this, so interesting hearing what the instrument does for example in the broken chords and bringing out the harmonies so beautifully.
This is so impressive on many levels. To interpret, you have to know the piece intimately, and there is a lot to remember, lots. And the sheer physicality of it. That instrument seems designed to wreck a person's back, yet she danced around it with lightness and focus. Thank you for your work and dedication. And thank you for sharing with us.
This is an instant classic of the towering repertoire. Kimura shows a depth of understanding that would have surprised and moved J.S. Bach probably to tears. Well, it got me anyway chaps :')
I can't speak for her, but as a koto player, what we normally do if we have to quickly change the bridge position during a piece, is during setting up, make a small chalk mark (on the sound board) at the point we need to move the bridge to. It is surprisingly accurate, because even if the strings tighten or slacken due to temperature, as they are all the same thickness, they all adjust by the same amount.
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@@IfUfindthisURlost That's fine once, but all the time?
She isn't retuning all the time, most of the time she is simply string bending. The string is supported by a bridge, which divides it in to a playing side and an untuned side. When she pushes the string down, she is doing that on the untuned side, in order to tighten it. This can be done in half or whole steps in order to gain two more tones from the same string. When released, the sting returns to its previous tuned note. This is not retuning the instrument, but is equivalent to a guitar player bending a string.
I am a musician and I am completely in awe of the beauty of this transcription and transcendental performance full of great skill, understanding and love.
As a guitarist, I played this wonderful work with tears in my eyes, so deep and transcendental is the wonder of J. S. Bach's musical thought. I found everything here while listening to this work played on a Koto. The delicacy, the depth, I would even say the respect that we must have for this work so demonstrative of the deep connection that J. S. Bach had with the world of sound. A wonderful interpretation that goes beyond understanding, so much so that the adaptation on this instrument requires constant adjustment with the alterations. A performance that leaves us speechless, but makes us live a pure moment of bliss. Thank you so much Mrs. Maya Kimura for daring to confront this immense challenge with so much sensitivity, and a mastery that makes us completely forget all the difficulties of adaptation. Comme guitariste, j'ai joué cette merveilleuse oeuvre les larmes aux yeux tant la merveille de la pensée musicale de J. S, Bach est profonde et transcendantale. J'ai tout retrouvé ici en écoutant cette oeuvre jouée sur un Koto. La délicatesse, la profondeur, je dirais même le respect que l'on doit porté envers cette oeuvre si démonstrative du lien profond qu'avait J.S. Bach avec le monde du son. Une merveilleuse interprétation qui dépasse l'entendement tant l'adaptation sur cette instrument qui demande un ajustement constante avec les altérations. Une performance qui nous laisse sans voix, mais nous fait vivre un pure moment de bonheur. Merci infiniment Madame Maya Kimura d'avoir osé vous confronté à ce défi immense avec tant de sensibilité, et une maitrise qui nous fait complètement oublié toutes les difficultés d'adaptation.
Nie widzę żadnych wpisów po polsku, więc dołączę. To wykonanie Chaconne na koto jest jedną z najpiękniejszych interpretacji J.S. Bacha jaką słyszałem. Dziękuję.
Funny, my own classical guitar teacher told me the same thing when I was 18 and asked to play this song. She said I need to be older to properly interpret the song. I picked it up again when I was 37 and it took me nearly 2 years to play it to my satisfaction. This woman plays it beautifully on an instrument so foreign to Western music is absolutely amazing.
True! Bach would have loved to learn more about the Koto. He studied all the instruments and musical styles available to him. Sadly, there wasn't much information about Japanese music culture available to him in his day. He would have adored it for sure.
Fantastisch - intoniert, gespielt... das ist schon mehr als meisterhafte Beherrschung diese Instrumentes. Schade, dass Bach das nicht hören und sehen konnte :) Mir fehlen die Worte... das ist gleichermaßen beeindruckend wie berührend 💖
The runs of 16th notes are handled beautifully. Masterfully nuanced playing. Changing key on the fly by depressing the string of shifting the bridge is also a wonderful demonstration of proficiency of the musician.
Unbelievable beautiful - she is not only able to play this complicated piece - she can also tune the instrument while performing, just beyond this world. I have heard this chaconne being played by many artists and also on unimaginable instruments and all of them where up to this monumental piece of music. I got to know this chaconne not before I was in my 80s - I am thankful that I didn't die before that happened,
When you say 'tuning' are you referring to Ms. Kimura placing her fingers on the other side of the bridge and pressing the string down? That would just be temporarily bending the string to get chromatics. That is often done to get vibrato, but in this case, it allows her to tune the 25 strings to a single key, and then bend the notes for any chromatics needed in the score. UPDATE: Sorry, you are correct, I see that she is moving the bridges as the piece progresses!
Lovingly performed and faithful to the original. Your technical mastery of the koto is on full display. I really enjoyed the performance. Thank you for sharing this video.
@@dcc70A musician can't interpret a song? If she can't be too rubato, I guess she shouldn't be playing it on a koto, either. I mean if one were trying to be pedantic about it, it seems the tempo would be the least of one's concerns.
Absolutely breathtaking. As a pianist, this interpretation gives such a breath of fresh air to the piece entirely. Taking this piece at this slower tempo with so much space and air between harmonies creates such an intense atmosphere that is so captivating. Bravo 👏🏼
Brilliant! Art as a celebration of human ingenuity is radiant through your performance. I like the curation that neutralizes the flavor of traditional Koto-sound, honoring the original. Your execution is absolutely awe-striking. I was particularly amazed by how the chromatic movements, the two key changes, and the arpeggio part were played with such precision and proficiency. JS Bach would be so pleased. RIP Maria Barbara Bach 🙏
If the performer's facial expressions are not the highest priority for you, then may I humbly suggest that you may not have a very interesting perspective on the musical arts.
Since I left my teens in the 1970'es this piece has been a lighthouse for me. It has always shown me a way to something I would call home. I have "seen" and arrived at it from many angles of my life, and in many forms. In the first many years of course experienced it as played on violin in countless different recordings by different musicians, later on guitar, lately on grand piano. And now THIS!! My god. Somebody once said, East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet. He was obviously wrong. Many meetings have happened since and this performance is among the most precious testimonies that humanity may hope to come home, where it belongs, one day, maybe soon. Thank you very much.
Wo gehört die Menschheit hin ? Bach schrieb unter fast alle seiner Werke SDG Soli Deo Gloria Allein Gott die Ehre, und oft auch über seine Werke JJ Jesu Juva Jesu hilf. Wohin geht die Menschheit wenn sie immer gottloser wird?
@@bikemike9412 Thank you. My wording "come home" was maybe too metaphorical. Just as my personal coming home when listening to Chaconne doesn't require me to move anywhere. Listening to Chaconne guides my attention and awareness in a way that makes a home of the place where I am at. That has in fact been many different places in the world. For humanity to come home, it also doesn't have to MOVE anywhere - but it must rearrange its current dwellings to something more homely and less alienating. You are probably right, that it requires a change of understanding of and relation to the divine. God if you will. Following that ... humanity must learn to organize its dwelling, environment and its way of life into something, where the divine/God can feel at home. And then issue an invitation and wait - knowing that it will all become more like home, when God/the divine becomes a regular guest and welcomed, and really home, when God moves in for good and takes a seat at the end of the table. All that requires a new understanding of the divine and of God, but I think it is possible to get there. Relatively soon - after all we must see these things in a perspective of 1000's of years. I don't think it was possible on a global scale in Bach's days either. Those were also hard times of religious schisma, where many Europeans couldn't find the same god under the same roof at the same time.
Amazing, one is transported to a recollection of Lute and Harpsichord timbres... yet this is unique. Your rubato and dynamic sense are superb, even invoking the ponticello and tasto of the original violin manuscript (BWV 1004). Your roaming intonation and tuning changes/string depressions are a sight to behold! Bravo Maestra.
Yes, imagine any other instrument, other than the human voice, that you can tune and re-tune on the fly, so to speak. Truly mind boggling virtuosity, that.
All you need is Bach, artists in love with music, complex instruments they play and ears to listen. Your soul connects with its homeland and a new life begins ❤
Not only was the interpretation beautiful, the mastery of the instrument and the dificulty of playing bent over it just blew my mind. Thank you so much for sharing your talent with us.
this amazing instrument was made for this transcendent piece of music, and this transcendent piece of music was made for a sublime artist like Kimura san. much gratitude.
I am STUNNED to see this performed on the koto. What a masterful performance. There aren’t even words for how impressed I am. Thank you so much for the time you must have spent working on this, and thank you for recording it to share with us!
Qué maravillosa interpretación del padre de la música JSBACH en el koto!!! Me hizo derramar lágrimas de emoción. Si JSB la hubiera escuchado seguramente coincidirá conmigo en que es una pieza maestra pero estra sonoridad y sensibilidad del instrumento es capaz de imprimirle aun más melodia y belleza !!! Amo a JSBach desde niña y hoy dia me he vuelto a enamorar de su chacona! Alguna vez la ibterprete pero esta version excede cualquier expectativa posible Es un epitome de belleza y perfección. Felicito a la maravillosa artista por tan increíble ibterpretacion....llego a mi alma.
I've been watching this video for many times now but still can't find the words to express my feelings. Doesn't matter, others already have said everything what possibly could be said. I just want to add, it was a great occasion when a great piece, a great artist and a great instrument met each other. And the most important thing: the devotion to the piece was unsurpassable.
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沢山のご視聴、誠にありがとうございます。
10年程前に、イツァーク・パールマンさんのシャコンヌをお聴きし、心を奪われました。原曲は、ヴァイオリンソロですので、二十五絃箏での演奏は無謀な箇所が多々ございますが、私も演奏してみたい一心で、何とか、収録させて頂きました。
あまりにも有名で、素晴らしい作品のため、様々な解釈があると思います。
生涯、演奏し続けたい作品です。
Thank you very much for watching.
About 10 years ago, I heard Itzhak Perlman's Chaconne and was fascinated by it. The original piece is a solo violin piece, so there are quite a few parts that would be reckless to play on the koto, but I wanted to play it myself, so I managed to record it.
It is a very famous and wonderful piece, and I am sure there are many interpretations.
It is a piece that I would like to continue performing throughout my life.
正直に、息を忘れました！
まさか、琴でシャコンヌを…
小生は、ギターを囓っていましたが、弾くだけでも数年かかったのに、木村さんは原曲をも凌駕する演奏をなさっておられる。
驚愕そのものです…
素晴らしい、実に素晴らしい‼️
@@namu-chaconne-bach
「琴」→「箏」
両方とも読みは「こと」ですが、厳密には相違点が多い楽器です。
詳しくはご自身でお調べください。
ワシントン近郊に住む日本人のバイオリニストです。もう何十年も前に日本からアメリカに移り此方のオーケストラで長い事弾き最近リタイアしました。
シャコンヌはバイオリンのレパートリーの中で最も難しい曲の一つです。私も学生時代に何回も挑戦しましたが、その度に余りの難しさに諦めた事が何度もありました。 このヴィデオは夫の友人が送ってくれ、彼が聴いてる部屋に入った時はハープか？と思いましたが貴女の姿と楽器を見て、本当に驚いてしまいました。 自分が親と言うのも気が引けますが、ロサンジェルスでロックバンドでベースギターを弾いていた息子が、最近突然バッハに懲り始め、チェロソナタから始め、今はバイオリンソナタ、パルティータを編曲したりして頑張って練習してる様です。親が音楽家なので(夫はフレンチホルン)完璧に弾ける様になるまで、と聴かせてくれませんでしたが、3年前に、訪ねて来た時やっと説得して弾いてくれたのがシャコンヌでした。アマチュアなので完璧とは言えませんでしたが、最初に弾いてくれたのが、シャコンヌとは驚きました。 私の1番尊敬しているピアニストの Glenn Gould がバッハの曲はどんな楽器でも弾ける、と言ってました。まさしくその通りですね。 琴でのシャコンヌは初めて聴きましたが、ダイナミックの変化や、フレーズの作り方、音質が見事です。 Brava..!!
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この先が見たい❗
He lost his little sister at the age of 7, his mother at the age of 9, his father at the age of 10. He lost some of his own kids and then he lost his wife at the age of 35.
With his chaconne the greatest composer is pouring out his heart, full of grief. Everyone understands this piece, whether you're from Bach's hometown or from Tokyo
doesn''t matter. We're all human and we all know what it means to suffer. Incredible, beautiful performance on the Koto! Thanks so much!❤
As a violinist, whose favourite piece of music is the Bach Chaconne, I just want to say
WOWWWW
Astonishing performance. So much feel, so much love, so much respect to the source material. Lovely plyaing.
バッハが貴女のこの演奏を聴いたら、何を感じただろう。
私は崇高な魂の深淵を覗いているような気持ちななりました。ありがとう！
Se habría maravillado que algo tan extraño pudiese existir y dar un timbre tan distinto a su partitura.
Lo habría motivado a estudiarlo y componer una pieza especial.
Hace una semana oí a Bach interpretado con bandoneón y por algunos compases parecía un tango o una milonga. Pero era el mismo Bach de SIEMPRE.
Al oír esto, me dan ganas de beber té verde y luego un sake, mientras improviso versos.😮💞 20.7.2024
大変興味深い見方ですね。
バッハの生きていた時代の価値観や与えられていた情報の内容、技術、そして何より彼自身の宗教観を推察しながらいろいろな想像をしてみるのは時代を越えた愉悦の体験です。
Bach would be deeply moved ... and he would immediately order a Koto to study it's capabilities.
Also he knew Japan under the name "Zipangri" as it was called in his day. Greetings from Bach's hometown.
Moving the bridge while performing this piece is an incredible level of mastery of the instrument. Damn
This is the most amazing musical performance I have seen in my 72 years on this planet. I am in awe and in tears. Nothing else to say.
La Fusión de Occidente con Oriente es impactante. Es para silenciar la mente y oír al más allá en el más acá. 8-10-2024
Assolutamente geniale, un pezzo di una bellezza unica, evocativo, spirituale, coinvolgente, fantastico... 😮
This work by Bach is just one of the highest points of human achievement, and this performance shows that. Humans do terrible things, but a few of them can also do things like this, this woman is a marvel. This is just unreal virtuosity and musicianship.
Bach sat down and wrote this entire piece in his head! Let that sink in.
One of?? What is higher than this?
@@marcossidoruk8033 I absolutely LOVE this piece by Bach, and this particular interpretation of it on the koto. Nonetheless, I think there are human achievements which might rival it, e.g. Einstein's theory of relativity or Rembrandt's paintings or some works by Shakespeare or Tolkien, Brahm's piano concerto no. 1 in D, ......
@@bilbodw None of those things come even close to 1% of this. Especially the works of Shakespeare and Tolkien wich are MASSIVELY overrated, there are far, far better writiers out there.
And seriously, did you just compare this with Brahms concerto 😂😂😂. Don't make me laugh.
@@marcossidoruk8033 You could argue that some Bach pieces are even higher, the Matthaeus Passion, the Art of Fugue, a few cantata movements... after all Bach was at most 35 when he wrote the Ciaccona. He still had 30 years to live and he kept learning and researching... but who are we to judge, we humble mortals? I don't blame you, however. As a rule, the Bach piece I just heard is almost always the greatest of all.
You understand Bach. This is an uncommon and impressive accomplishment on its own, but to do so on a koto says quite a lot about your musical sensitivity, and this extraordinarily expressive instrument. Brava and thank you for sharing.
Bach sits in heaven listening to you nodding and smiling to you!
I'm a Violinist and this is the best performance I ever heard. I never heard such a deep understanding and performance before, not even Old School violinists, whose I'm a huge admirer btw. You're incredible!
есть понятие - число Бога. Оно выпадает на первый такт Чаконы. 3205 тактов цикла, а расстояние от начала 1 сонаты до 1 такта Чаконы 1985 тактов. 3205 : 1985 = 1,615. Число Бога.
Все Чаконы. Пассакалии и Сарабанды начинаются на сильную долю. Почему Чакона Баха начинается так странно?
Автор, ориентируясчь на текст Библии, изобразил момент Сотворения мира. Нет ноты ре - D - Dominus!
Бог непознаваем.
Нет паузы? Другая причина: начало страстей по Иоанну:
"Вначале было слово"!
Нет места ни ноте, ни паузе.
Как раз на этот такт приходится Число Бога.
Наверняка Бах написал сначала Чакону, а затем - остальные циклы, иначе как возможенн подобный расчёт?
Манускрипт утерян, основа наших знаний о сольном цикле - копия.
Какой-то ученик Баха при переписывании мог случайно указать название Чаконы мелким шрифтом, и пьеса вошла, за счёт общей тональности, в партиту Ре-минор. Не могло быть танцевальных пьес перед изображаемым моментом Сотворения мира.
Темп=110, баховское аллегро,
Не траурное шествие, а всеоблемъющая картина мироздания.
1720 год, посмертный подарок Марии Барбаре, эпитафия.
Мы знаем о Большом взрыве, а Бах знал Библию.
Всё совпадает: вакуум, взрыв протовещества, и - появление света.
В качестве света - звучание скрипки.
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Чакона - весь мир.
@@boristansky4426 Thank you for this precious insight!
Agreed that this was an excellent performance. The expressiveness and phrasing were outstanding. I was also impressed with the flexibility of the instrument in handling the different scales in the piece.
This is impossibility!!! For an instrument like koto to faithfully make music of Bach's time one needs to constantly retune, repurposes strings while constantly augmenting intonation on the fly, and on top of all these, project the great musical thoughts and emotional depth the work itself carries. I refuse to believe any human can do it, unless it is a miracle....It must have been a miracle!
シャコンヌはいろいろな楽器で聴いてきましたが、木村さんのこの箏の演奏が最も魂を揺さぶられました。
音色自体が凛としていて、素晴らしい世界を作り上げていると感じました。
この演奏に出会えて幸せです。ありがとうございます。
I'm floored .She makes you feel like the piece was written for the Koto.
I studied the Chaconne for years, and this brings me so much joy it cannot be described. I watched with laughter and tears at the unfolding of the brilliance through your playing. I used to be able to see it in my mind, now I can't play the first chord, but I get to relive that journey through your excellence. Thank you
I felt that the Chaconne was fully adapted to the koto and to your playing. Bach would be proud of how well you brought out the core intent of the composition!
Dear Ms. Kimura, you can rest assured you have achieved your goal: your Chaconne is no less breathtaking than Perlman's. Thank you for presenting this most beautiful piece on your difficult instrument. Your touch and skill make this music seem as written just for you and your koto. Perfect.
Strumenti incredibile e difficilissimo da suonare
Bending strings is part of the art - but also moving the bridges seemingly with little effort…
I’m absolutely knocked to the floor in amazement… After pondering the complexity and sheer wonder of her performance, my words can’t express anything meaningful.
My deepest thanks! 🙏
Perfectly expressed.
Thank you from all of us Bach lovers, this is quite an achievement and much appreciated
I bet Bach would absolutely have loved this, so interesting hearing what the instrument does for example in the broken chords and bringing out the harmonies so beautifully.
This remains one of the few most amazing things I have seen ever.
Indeed
Seen ? You missed everything, it's a piece to hear.
in bach we trust, for ever !!
素晴らしい演奏でした。シャコンヌは大好きな特別な曲です。この難曲を箏で弾けるのか、という興味もあって
視聴しましたが予想をはるかに超えていました。箏は以前かじったことがあるのでシャコンヌを箏で弾くことが
いかに難しいことかわかります。ときどき琴柱の位置を変えながらの演奏、音程も正確だったと思います。
シャコンヌはピアノ、チェロ、ギター、ハープなどでも聴きますがこの箏版はヴァイオリン演奏と並んで大好きな
演奏になりました。また演奏の姿が美しく迫力がありました。アルペジオがきれいでした。
Maya Kimura is herself a form of music in this amazing performance!
とても美しい、ありがとう
This is so impressive on many levels. To interpret, you have to know the piece intimately, and there is a lot to remember, lots.
And the sheer physicality of it. That instrument seems designed to wreck a person's back, yet she danced around it with lightness and focus.
Thank you for your work and dedication. And thank you for sharing with us.
I’ve heard this many times on many different instruments. This is the most beautiful and moving version I’ve ever heard.
Musically , visually, and emotionally a total tour de force… stunning
This is an instant classic of the towering repertoire. Kimura shows a depth of understanding that would have surprised and moved J.S. Bach probably to tears. Well, it got me anyway chaps :')
Indeed! I think Bach is looking down from wherever he is and is deeply moved!
A monumental lifetime achievement.
I cannot imagine how deeply you need to know the music to be able to retune the instrument on the fly. Amazing.
I can't speak for her, but as a koto player, what we normally do if we have to quickly change the bridge position during a piece, is during setting up, make a small chalk mark (on the sound board) at the point we need to move the bridge to. It is surprisingly accurate, because even if the strings tighten or slacken due to temperature, as they are all the same thickness, they all adjust by the same amount.
@@IfUfindthisURlost That's fine once, but all the time?
She isn't retuning all the time, most of the time she is simply string bending. The string is supported by a bridge, which divides it in to a playing side and an untuned side. When she pushes the string down, she is doing that on the untuned side, in order to tighten it. This can be done in half or whole steps in order to gain two more tones from the same string. When released, the sting returns to its previous tuned note. This is not retuning the instrument, but is equivalent to a guitar player bending a string.
@@IfUfindthisURlost At 4:40 she's moving the bridges around though, not just bending the string.
@@orsonpeters That's right, please read the original reply which covers this.
Bach wrote music - he left it to us to play it - even on instruments he never knew about (and even those we still haven't invented...)
A flawless performance of one of the greatest masterpieces in musical history!
This piece sounds so natural. Like it was made for it. Sounds a lot like the baroque lute
I was thinking viole de gambe.
I am a musician and I am completely in awe of the beauty of this transcription and transcendental performance full of great skill, understanding and love.
I think the great JSB himself would have enjoyed this. I know I certainly did. Awesome!
Mesmerizing. Hypnotic. Magical, Beautiful.
Thank you.
First, I heard a fantastic rendering of this on Swedish nyckelharpa, then this! They both sound like Bach composed it for their specific instrument!
The respect shown to the music by this brilliant musician is palpable.
This is a blessing to the world. An offering of healing and peace to all who hear. Thank you so very much!
Sublime! Bach transcends all boundaries, your artistry commands the utmost respect, Bravo!
Maravilloso felicitaciones al artista no sé su nombre o el nombre del instrumento pero su forma de tocar y me encantó
As a guitarist, I played this wonderful work with tears in my eyes, so deep and transcendental is the wonder of J. S. Bach's musical thought. I found everything here while listening to this work played on a Koto. The delicacy, the depth, I would even say the respect that we must have for this work so demonstrative of the deep connection that J. S. Bach had with the world of sound. A wonderful interpretation that goes beyond understanding, so much so that the adaptation on this instrument requires constant adjustment with the alterations. A performance that leaves us speechless, but makes us live a pure moment of bliss. Thank you so much Mrs. Maya Kimura for daring to confront this immense challenge with so much sensitivity, and a mastery that makes us completely forget all the difficulties of adaptation.
Comme guitariste, j'ai joué cette merveilleuse oeuvre les larmes aux yeux tant la merveille de la pensée musicale de J. S, Bach est profonde et transcendantale. J'ai tout retrouvé ici en écoutant cette oeuvre jouée sur un Koto. La délicatesse, la profondeur, je dirais même le respect que l'on doit porté envers cette oeuvre si démonstrative du lien profond qu'avait J.S. Bach avec le monde du son. Une merveilleuse interprétation qui dépasse l'entendement tant l'adaptation sur cette instrument qui demande un ajustement constante avec les altérations. Une performance qui nous laisse sans voix, mais nous fait vivre un pure moment de bonheur. Merci infiniment Madame Maya Kimura d'avoir osé vous confronté à ce défi immense avec tant de sensibilité, et une maitrise qui nous fait complètement oublié toutes les difficultés d'adaptation.
Nie widzę żadnych wpisów po polsku, więc dołączę. To wykonanie Chaconne na koto jest jedną z najpiękniejszych interpretacji J.S. Bacha jaką słyszałem. Dziękuję.
Spectacular - Amazing - Beautiful. The universe contains some wonderful things, and this is one of them. Thank you.
😢this performance had me crying. so touching so so beautiful
All I can report is speechlessness .. what a supremely fine and spiritual interpretation of one of Bach's finest pieces.
Absolutely extraordinary! No superlatives come close to expressing the beauty and power of this performance. Bravo!!!
It’s more than wonderful, perfect mastery and above all heavenly musicality !!!! Bravissimo !!!!!
昔バイオリンの先生に「次はどの曲を弾きたい？」と問われ、「シャコンヌ」と答えたら、「あなたにはまだ早い」と拒否されたものの、ひと月後先生は私にその楽譜を残して亡くなりました。それ以来何度この曲を弾いたことでしょう。今日は他の動画を流していたら、偶然この動画に切り替わり、その神々しい音色や容姿、そして美しい手の動きに魅せられて結局４回見てしましました。👍×1000倍！
Funny, my own classical guitar teacher told me the same thing when I was 18 and asked to play this song. She said I need to be older to properly interpret the song. I picked it up again when I was 37 and it took me nearly 2 years to play it to my satisfaction. This woman plays it beautifully on an instrument so foreign to Western music is absolutely amazing.
@@didiermontagnier6114you should upload your chaconne.
何という神々しさ。魂が洗われるような演奏でした。
バッハが現代によみがえり、この演奏を聴いたとしたら、チェロ、ギター、ビオラダガンバなど多くの楽器の可能性を極限まで追求して傑作を残したバッハのことですから、新たな創作意欲が刺激されて琴の名曲を紡ぎだしたことでしょう。こんな想像をめぐらしながら意欲的な演奏に感動しつつ、じっくりと堪能させていただきました。
True! Bach would have loved to learn more about the Koto. He studied all the instruments and musical styles available to him.
Sadly, there wasn't much information about Japanese music culture available to him in his day. He would have adored it for sure.
箏でバッハを弾くんじゃなくて、バッハを箏で弾く。その真摯な態度が伝わってきます。音の先にある演奏者に最後は行きつくのがクラシック音楽の醍醐味だと思っています。この演奏から木村摩耶さんと言う演奏家の成長をずっと見守りたいと思いました。素晴らしいです！
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Fantastisch - intoniert, gespielt... das ist schon mehr als meisterhafte Beherrschung diese Instrumentes. Schade, dass Bach das nicht hören und sehen konnte :) Mir fehlen die Worte... das ist gleichermaßen beeindruckend wie berührend 💖
Brava! What a beautiful interpretation. Moved me to tears. Bach would be so proud.
♥
The runs of 16th notes are handled beautifully. Masterfully nuanced playing. Changing key on the fly by depressing the string of shifting the bridge is also a wonderful demonstration of proficiency of the musician.
Unbelievable beautiful - she is not only able to play this complicated piece - she can also tune the instrument while performing, just beyond this world. I have heard this chaconne being played by many artists and also on unimaginable instruments and all of them where up to this monumental piece of music. I got to know this chaconne not before I was in my 80s - I am thankful that I didn't die before that happened,
When you say 'tuning' are you referring to Ms. Kimura placing her fingers on the other side of the bridge and pressing the string down?
That would just be temporarily bending the string to get chromatics.
That is often done to get vibrato, but in this case, it allows her to tune the 25 strings to a single key, and then bend the notes for any chromatics needed in the score.
UPDATE: Sorry, you are correct, I see that she is moving the bridges as the piece progresses!
@@OrpheusSonOfCalliopepay attention at 5:15
Lovingly performed and faithful to the original. Your technical mastery of the koto is on full display. I really enjoyed the performance. Thank you for sharing this video.
The rhythm at the beginning already is far from what Bach wrote.
A little too free with the rubato
@@dcc70A musician can't interpret a song? If she can't be too rubato, I guess she shouldn't be playing it on a koto, either.
I mean if one were trying to be pedantic about it, it seems the tempo would be the least of one's concerns.
何気なく見つけてそのまま最後まで聴き通してしまいました。この曲を琴で弾いてすごい、などという月並みの感想を遙かに越えて、ひたすらバッハの音楽だけが聞こえてくるような真摯な演奏で感動しました。いろいろな名演奏がある中で木村さんの演奏もそれらの列に加わるものではないかと思いました。
I was waiting for a standing ovation of the crowd at the end of the video... You deserve one, Maya!
なんと素晴らしいことでしょう、ありがとう リトアニアからのご挨拶
Absolutely breathtaking. As a pianist, this interpretation gives such a breath of fresh air to the piece entirely. Taking this piece at this slower tempo with so much space and air between harmonies creates such an intense atmosphere that is so captivating. Bravo 👏🏼
木村麻耶さんの
この音楽に対する
計り知れない尊敬の念を
偉大なバッハへの限り無い愛を
感じ取りました
素晴らしい
270年以上前の音楽が
作曲家が
こうして
現在の音楽家を
インスパイアし続ける
有りえないことなのに
心揺さぶられた人の気持ちが
こうして繋げていき
新しい地平を開いていく
これこそ芸術の力
美の存在証明
今ここに
この瞬間に
私は生きているという
刻印を得られた
Brilliant! Art as a celebration of human ingenuity is radiant through your performance. I like the curation that neutralizes the flavor of traditional Koto-sound, honoring the original. Your execution is absolutely awe-striking. I was particularly amazed by how the chromatic movements, the two key changes, and the arpeggio part were played with such precision and proficiency. JS Bach would be so pleased. RIP Maria Barbara Bach 🙏
Who knew the traditional koto could play such amazing classical music. Maya Kimura is a true master of her instrument. Bravo!!
Many thanks to the cameraman for cutting out of the scene, for most of the time, the most interesting things to see. What a genius.
If the performer's facial expressions are not the highest priority for you, then may I humbly suggest that you may not have a very interesting perspective on the musical arts.
@@dzhaughnne he means what she is actually doing when she is playing the instrument...
@@dzhaughnne You are insane. Watching her perform on the instrument is what's important - not her facial expressions. Not her dress.
shut up and enjoy
@@alvarobelevan Hey calm down ok? Take a cold shower
Since I left my teens in the 1970'es this piece has been a lighthouse for me. It has always shown me a way to something I would call home. I have "seen" and arrived at it from many angles of my life, and in many forms. In the first many years of course experienced it as played on violin in countless different recordings by different musicians, later on guitar, lately on grand piano.
And now THIS!! My god. Somebody once said, East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet. He was obviously wrong. Many meetings have happened since and this performance is among the most precious testimonies that humanity may hope to come home, where it belongs, one day, maybe soon. Thank you very much.
Wo gehört die Menschheit hin ?
Bach schrieb unter fast alle seiner Werke SDG Soli Deo Gloria Allein Gott die Ehre, und oft auch über seine Werke JJ Jesu Juva Jesu hilf.
Wohin geht die Menschheit wenn sie immer gottloser wird?
@@bikemike9412 Thank you. My wording "come home" was maybe too metaphorical.
Just as my personal coming home when listening to Chaconne doesn't require me to move anywhere. Listening to Chaconne guides my attention and awareness in a way that makes a home of the place where I am at. That has in fact been many different places in the world.
For humanity to come home, it also doesn't have to MOVE anywhere - but it must rearrange its current dwellings to something more homely and less alienating.
You are probably right, that it requires a change of understanding of and relation to the divine. God if you will.
Following that ... humanity must learn to organize its dwelling, environment and its way of life into something, where the divine/God can feel at home.
And then issue an invitation and wait - knowing that it will all become more like home, when God/the divine becomes a regular guest and welcomed, and really home, when God moves in for good and takes a seat at the end of the table.
All that requires a new understanding of the divine and of God, but I think it is possible to get there.
Relatively soon - after all we must see these things in a perspective of 1000's of years. I don't think it was possible on a global scale in Bach's days either. Those were also hard times of religious schisma, where many Europeans couldn't find the same god under the same roof at the same time.
Amazing, one is transported to a recollection of Lute and Harpsichord timbres... yet this is unique. Your rubato and dynamic sense are superb, even invoking the ponticello and tasto of the original violin manuscript (BWV 1004). Your roaming intonation and tuning changes/string depressions are a sight to behold! Bravo Maestra.
She is amazing! Wow!😮 Moving the bridges while playing would be so hard to master.
Yes, imagine any other instrument, other than the human voice, that you can tune and re-tune on the fly, so to speak. Truly mind boggling virtuosity, that.
とっても魂を感じさせて頂きました！！有難う御座います。
Really beautiful. At certain passages it moves the soul even more than the violin does.
バッハは偉大である、ということがよくわかります。素晴らしい演奏です。
Életem eddig talán legmeghatározobb élménye ez a videó. Imádás van
I can't believe what I just saw 😮🙏
respect from China!
Oh my god.....this is absolutely outstanding!
All you need is Bach, artists in love with music, complex instruments they play and ears to listen.
Your soul connects with its homeland and a new life begins ❤
どうもありがとうございます。Bach聴き50年の爺です。崇高です、魂に響きました、涙しました。あまりの凄さに呆然としております。Bachは時空を超えて普く顕現いたします。どうして琴？どのようなお気持ちがJ.S. Bachと琴を繋いだのでしょうか？衝撃です。
This performance extends the limits of beauty.
バッハはすごいと改めて実感しました。どんな楽器でもその美しさを醸し出すことができる。もちろん、アレンジ、演奏の巧みさのゆえですが、琴においてもパフォーマンスの高さを引き出してくれました。
逆に、これほどの世界観をよくぞバイオリン１つで表現したものだなと原曲の偉大さを感じました。そして琴の演奏では限りなく深遠な世界観で聴く者を魅了してくれたと思います。シャコンヌは永遠の名曲です。
ありがとうございました。
Not only was the interpretation beautiful, the mastery of the instrument and the dificulty of playing bent over it just blew my mind.
Thank you so much for sharing your talent with us.
BRAVO !
Erstaunlich, Bach auf diesem Instrument zu hören, aber es klingt wunderbar und ist hervorragend gespielt. Viele Grüße aus Deutschland.
私もイツァーク・パールマンさんのシャコンヌに魅了された一人ですが、木村さんの演奏に巡り会えて、また大きな喜びが加わりました。
バッハの音楽は高次元から降りる光だと思いますが、木村さんの演奏は、この光に新たな輝きや煌めき、艶を乗せて届けてくれています。魂が浄化されます。
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Absolutelly wonderful! one of the best musicians ever listened. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
this amazing instrument was made for this transcendent piece of music, and this transcendent piece of music was made for a sublime artist like Kimura san. much gratitude.
15分以上、箏の演奏をまじまじと見続けたのは初めてです。
演奏しながら先のパートに向けてチューニングを仕込んでいることに気づき、ぞわっとしました。
vnのような力強さがないのにもかかわらず、演者の情動が伝わってくる感覚がありました。
とても良いものを見せていただきました。ありがとうございます。
I am STUNNED to see this performed on the koto. What a masterful performance. There aren’t even words for how impressed I am. Thank you so much for the time you must have spent working on this, and thank you for recording it to share with us!
Magnifica esecuzione... grazia..tecnica...musicalità che sfiora il divino❤
とてつもない緊迫感と音楽の凝集力、圧倒的でした。バッハのほかの曲もぜひ聞いてみたいです。素晴らしい音色、渋みのある、重厚感のある音色が印象的でした。
Bach is universal.
She is a national treasure❤❤❤
Magnificent in all respects. Thank you!
Qué maravillosa interpretación del padre de la música JSBACH en el koto!!!
Me hizo derramar lágrimas de emoción. Si JSB la hubiera escuchado seguramente coincidirá conmigo en que es una pieza maestra pero estra sonoridad y sensibilidad del instrumento es capaz de imprimirle aun más melodia y belleza !!!
Amo a JSBach desde niña y hoy dia me he vuelto a enamorar de su chacona! Alguna vez la ibterprete pero esta version excede cualquier expectativa posible
Es un epitome de belleza y perfección.
Felicito a la maravillosa artista por tan increíble ibterpretacion....llego a mi alma.
I've been watching this video for many times now but still can't find the words to express my feelings. Doesn't matter, others already have said everything what possibly could be said. I just want to add, it was a great occasion when a great piece, a great artist and a great instrument met each other. And the most important thing: the devotion to the piece was unsurpassable.
こういう卓越した素晴らしい編曲／演奏をを聞くたびに、バッハが生きていたらどういった反応をするだろうと思います。ただただ感動です、ありがとうございます！
Surprised at the moving dynamics - and great recording! Thanks for posting this.
ここ最近一番の音楽的感動です。言葉も出ない。素晴らしすぎます。
バッハ、パールマン、シャコンヌの大ファン、ピアノ、ギター、バイオリンと遍歴してきたものですが、 この曲が流れてきて耳を奪われました。一瞬琴だとわかりませんでした。 琴も編曲と奏法、 パラダイムシフトで聞き慣れていない音を出すのですね。 ただただ素晴らしい演奏ですの一言です。 ❤
cellistです。バッハも貴女の解釈も感性も飛び抜けています。素晴らしい。有難うございます。
There is so much that is astonishing about this performance that I don’t even know where to begin. Truly masterful. Thank you for this video.