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

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

This. Is. Epic.

Ten points for House Slytherin.

God bless you and I thank you ❤.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-How many strings do you want? -All of them.

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

Me after making Gryffindor lose 50 points.

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

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

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

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

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