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.
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! 🙏
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.
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
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'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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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!
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.
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.
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 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.
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'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.
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.
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 ❤
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 💖
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.
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.
This is one of the deepest and reflexive pieces of my favorite composer. In the 70s I found a recording of Bach's music played on Japanese instruments it was a marvelous recording that I cherished for a long time. This performance, although the difficulties of the composition and the inherent difficulties of the koto, is of such beauty that any praise to the performer falls short of my thoughts and words. ¡Bravo, bravísimo! Thanks for such beauty. There's something about the Koto that has the warmth of flesh. Certainly if Bach knew about the instrument he would wrote exquisite music for it, as he did for the lute and the cello.
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.
What some humans can achieve! This is just insane 🤯 I us no idea a koto was capable of all this. Bending pitches, moving bridges and still playing with such emotion. The major section transition 8:05 is beautiful 😍
From the first chord to the last note's resonance fading, good balance and expression between tension and peace had me listen to your interpretation many times. A well-chosen repetoire and sincere respect from Seoul.
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.
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.
Wow, what a treat! Knowing Bach's fondness for experimentation, I am sure he would have been delighted not only by the technical challenge of performing such a chromatic piece on an instrument best suited for pentatonic music, but the really beautiful and compelling phrasing and musicality of Ms. Kimura's playing. I heard this piece performed on the harp before, but the Koto adds a dynamic bite that just brings another dimension to those dramatic melody lines.
This is the most extraordinary thing I've seen. Not just the superb performance, but the knowledge and mastery of one's instrument. Tuning on the fly! And what a beautiful sound! Knock out performance of this wonderful Bach piece. Just wow! Thabk you for sharing and thank you introducing me to this instrument. Wow! ❤❤❤
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 👏🏼
Maestra Kimura Maya-san has opened a whole new world of beauty in her stunning, incredibly expressive and heart-felt performance of this epic Bach classic on the Japanese koto. It seemed like the music organically came up from the earth itself through her koto. Bravo!!!!!!!!!! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 💖💖💖💖💖
Absolutely and utterly amazing! Many years ago, I saw Segovia play this - but now I think this is my favourite. It's not a question of the evident skill or the difficulty of the instrument, but the sheer musicality of the interpretation.
Why? His music is transcribed by now to almost all kind of instruments, this by the way actually written originally for violin, may even be known for most people as either a classical guitar or piano showcase piece. I wouldn't even be surprised, if I saw a kazoo transcription by now!
@@1corinthians15.1-4kjvHe is surprised because the koto has technical challenges when playing polyphonic music like Bach. You may notice her moving tuning blocks frequently so that she is set up for certain passages. She is also bending strings to get certain pitches. Yes, everybody knows this is part of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin. It’s literally one of the most famous violin pieces in the repertoire. Playing it on classical guitar is a much more straightforward matter because the guitar has fixed frets - you can just about play it on guitar right off the violin score.
@@1corinthians15.1-4kjv watch the video again to see how she has to adjust the strings while playing. You don’t need to do that on a classical guitar or a piano
Yes!!!! When the last measure was about to sound, the single D note was the greatest one of them all, and especially the way it sounds on this instrument. And I think it summarises the singularity Bach experienced. The divinity he was so commited and thankful to. That this whole piece with its extraordinary grandiosity, just ending on a single whole note. Beautiful rendition!
Extraordinaire interprétation sur un instrument si difficile à pratiquer...une grande artiste qui mérite toute notre admiration ... et qu'elle sensibilité...un grand respect...🙏
Just amazing! I wish I could understand the principles of this wonderful instrument. Building bridges between cultures, this is what you are doing in the most exquisite and sublime way. Thank you.
listened to a talk discussing how Bach is 'about' the harmony achieved by the combination of differing voices, something easy to understand in a string quartet or orchestra, but harder perhaps on a single instrument. But here there are so many different textures, tempi, dynamics one can really hear different voices brought vividly to life.
Yes. There is clear yet subtle dividing line between the mere virtuoso and the consummated musician. Sound is music's matter, not its living form or soul.
@@klausehrhardt4481 virtuosity leaves you with admiration for the skill of the player, while consummate playing admiration for the piece and sometimes a feeling that the piece has a life independent of its playing or the piece or yet music but has become a quality of your thought.
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!
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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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.
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... 😮
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!
It’s more than wonderful, perfect mastery and above all heavenly musicality !!!! Bravissimo !!!!!
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。
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。
This piece sounds so natural. Like it was made for it. Sounds a lot like the baroque lute
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!
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.
@@boristansky4426 Thank you for this precious insight!
I'm floored .She makes you feel like the piece was written for the Koto.
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.
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.
A flawless performance of one of the greatest masterpieces in musical history!
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 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.
I’ve heard this many times on many different instruments. This is the most beautiful and moving version I’ve ever heard.
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!
First, I heard a fantastic rendering of this on Swedish nyckelharpa, then this! They both sound like Bach composed it for their specific instrument!
Musically , visually, and emotionally a total tour de force… stunning
Spectacular - Amazing - Beautiful. The universe contains some wonderful things, and this is one of them. Thank you.
Absolutely extraordinary! No superlatives come close to expressing the beauty and power of this performance. Bravo!!!
All I can report is speechlessness .. what a supremely fine and spiritual interpretation of one of Bach's finest pieces.
Brava! What a beautiful interpretation. Moved me to tears. Bach would be so proud.
♥
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.
Mesmerizing. Hypnotic. Magical, Beautiful.
Thank you.
Moving the bridge while performing this piece is an incredible level of mastery of the instrument. Damn
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
This remains one of the few most amazing things I have seen ever.
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...)
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.
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!
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。
😢this performance had me crying. so touching so so beautiful
Sublime! Bach transcends all boundaries, your artistry commands the utmost respect, Bravo!
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.
Who knew the traditional koto could play such amazing classical music. Maya Kimura is a true master of her instrument. Bravo!!
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'm not religious, but this is sacred to me
とても美しい、ありがとう
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.
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.
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 ❤
Really beautiful. At certain passages it moves the soul even more than the violin does.
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 💖
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.
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
respect from China!
I was waiting for a standing ovation of the crowd at the end of the video... You deserve one, Maya!
I can't believe what I just saw 😮🙏
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。
Incredible performance! That’s not just playing it. That’s putting it on your shoulders and walking out the door with it!
This is one of the deepest and reflexive pieces of my favorite composer. In the 70s I found a recording of Bach's music played on Japanese instruments it was a marvelous recording that I cherished for a long time. This performance, although the difficulties of the composition and the inherent difficulties of the koto, is of such beauty that any praise to the performer falls short of my thoughts and words. ¡Bravo, bravísimo! Thanks for such beauty. There's something about the Koto that has the warmth of flesh. Certainly if Bach knew about the instrument he would wrote exquisite music for it, as he did for the lute and the cello.
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.
What some humans can achieve! This is just insane 🤯 I us no idea a koto was capable of all this. Bending pitches, moving bridges and still playing with such emotion. The major section transition 8:05 is beautiful 😍
数十年前（私は10代だったと思います）にパールマンのシャコンヌの演奏をテレビで見て、あれ？本当に1人で弾いているの？出てくる音楽の壮大に衝撃を受けたことを思い出しましたが、今回それ以上のものを頂きました。ヴァイオリン、ギター（独奏・2重奏・ギター合奏）、マンドリン、ピアノ、フルオーケストラなど、様々な演奏形態でシャコンヌを体験しましたが、正直その楽器でも演奏できますよ感がぬぐえず演奏に没入できないこともあったのですが、今回は違いました。私の実家にも箏があり、さらに職場でも接する機会は少なくないのですが西洋音楽を箏で聴くときの違和感は常にありました。ところが木村様の演奏はシャコンヌを箏で演奏することに何の違和感も感じず自然さを感じました。バッハもあったし、箏もありました。いやこれは上手に演奏できているとかうまく表現できているからとかというよりもバッハ（のシャコンヌ）に向き合う木村様のひたむきさに心を動かされたのだと思います。本当にありがとうございました。私も1年に数度はギターで演奏し、体験させていただいていますが、演奏の意味をもう一度深めていきたいと思いました。生きていく元気が出ました。
Felicitaciones 🎉20.7.2024
One of the greatest Bach interpretations. Very deep, passionate and very baroque. Rhythm and Notes inégales are marvelous.
From the first chord to the last note's resonance fading, good balance and expression between tension and peace had me listen to your interpretation many times.
A well-chosen repetoire and sincere respect from Seoul.
As a violinist, whose favourite piece of music is the Bach Chaconne, I just want to say
WOWWWW
Although it is a Japanese instrument
Feel the smell of the dry cobblestones of medieval Europe
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.
A monumental lifetime achievement.
何という神々しさ。魂が洗われるような演奏でした。
Absolutelly wonderful! one of the best musicians ever listened. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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.
Wow, what a treat! Knowing Bach's fondness for experimentation, I am sure he would have been delighted not only by the technical challenge of performing such a chromatic piece on an instrument best suited for pentatonic music, but the really beautiful and compelling phrasing and musicality of Ms. Kimura's playing. I heard this piece performed on the harp before, but the Koto adds a dynamic bite that just brings another dimension to those dramatic melody lines.
This is a blessing to the world. An offering of healing and peace to all who hear. Thank you so very much!
...a trip to God. Thanks to Johann Sebastian and to you for this great rendering..
This is the most extraordinary thing I've seen. Not just the superb performance, but the knowledge and mastery of one's instrument. Tuning on the fly! And what a beautiful sound! Knock out performance of this wonderful Bach piece. Just wow! Thabk you for sharing and thank you introducing me to this instrument. Wow! ❤❤❤
You said what I wanted to say! Spot on.
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 👏🏼
Best proof Bach Music is for all Mankind. Universal and magnificent
これは私が RUclips で見つけた最高のパフォーマンスです。
C'est la meilleure performance que j'ai trouvée sur RUclips.
とっても魂を感じさせて頂きました！！有難う御座います。
Maestra Kimura Maya-san has opened a whole new world of beauty in her stunning, incredibly expressive and heart-felt performance of this epic Bach classic on the Japanese koto.
It seemed like the music organically came up from the earth itself through her koto.
Bravo!!!!!!!!!! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 💖💖💖💖💖
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。
Words fail me here. This breathtakingly beautiful.... Touched by God.
She is a national treasure❤❤❤
Absolutely and utterly amazing! Many years ago, I saw Segovia play this - but now I think this is my favourite. It's not a question of the evident skill or the difficulty of the instrument, but the sheer musicality of the interpretation.
Életem eddig talán legmeghatározobb élménye ez a videó. Imádás van
She is Making a sound through her own will ! It was impressive and astonishing.
Applause!
I am surprised that it is possible to play Bach on the Koto.
Kimura-san is truly a high master of her kind.
Why? His music is transcribed by now to almost all kind of instruments, this by the way actually written originally for violin, may even be known for most people as either a classical guitar or piano showcase piece. I wouldn't even be surprised, if I saw a kazoo transcription by now!
@@1corinthians15.1-4kjvHe is surprised because the koto has technical challenges when playing polyphonic music like Bach. You may notice her moving tuning blocks frequently so that she is set up for certain passages. She is also bending strings to get certain pitches. Yes, everybody knows this is part of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin. It’s literally one of the most famous violin pieces in the repertoire. Playing it on classical guitar is a much more straightforward matter because the guitar has fixed frets - you can just about play it on guitar right off the violin score.
@@1corinthians15.1-4kjv
watch the video again to see how she has to adjust the strings while playing. You don’t need to do that on a classical guitar or a piano
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！
!!!!!!!
Wonderful. Very moving. Bach himself would be amazed. Greetings and love from Korea.
Amazing. It never occurred to me that something like this could exist but I'm so glad it does. Thank you!
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
ただ、ただ、素晴らしいです。本当に、ありがとうございます。バッハの音楽は偉大で敬愛してやみません。これほどまで魂に響くシャコンヌは世界トップレベルだと思います。月並みな表現でしか表せない語彙力で申し訳ありませんが、琴という事でも、他にない表現の聴かせて頂いて大変感謝しております。
Bach is universal.
When a composer is so great, you can transcribe it to distant instruments, it bears witness to the Glory of God.
Beautiful playing.
Incredible performance on an instrument that is incredibly difficult to play.
Incredible mastery of the instrument!
Yes!!!! When the last measure was about to sound, the single D note was the greatest one of them all, and especially the way it sounds on this instrument. And I think it summarises the singularity Bach experienced. The divinity he was so commited and thankful to. That this whole piece with its extraordinary grandiosity, just ending on a single whole note. Beautiful rendition!
Absolutely beautiful. I wish there were more yranscriptions played on this instument for the world to hear.
Just amazing! Your performance and creative artistry brought me to tears. Thank you.
Extraordinaire interprétation sur un instrument si difficile à pratiquer...une grande artiste qui mérite toute notre admiration ... et qu'elle sensibilité...un grand respect...🙏
涙が出ました。至高です💦
Just amazing!
I wish I could understand the principles of this wonderful instrument.
Building bridges between cultures, this is what you are doing in the most exquisite and sublime way. Thank you.
listened to a talk discussing how Bach is 'about' the harmony achieved by the combination of differing voices, something easy to understand in a string quartet or orchestra, but harder perhaps on a single instrument. But here there are so many different textures, tempi, dynamics one can really hear different voices brought vividly to life.
Yes, to me that's one of the amazing geniuses of Bach, that he can make a single instrument sound like many.
Yes. There is clear yet subtle dividing line between the mere virtuoso and the consummated musician. Sound is music's matter, not its living form or soul.
@@klausehrhardt4481 virtuosity leaves you with admiration for the skill of the player, while consummate playing admiration for the piece and sometimes a feeling that the piece has a life independent of its playing or the piece or yet music but has become a quality of your thought.
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!
how could this not be an example of Peace on Earth?