Bach on an Enormous Wooden Xylophone

OK, I normally don’t post any advertisements on Everyday Listening, nor do I publish two posts on one day, but it’s time for an exception. Check out this huge wooden xylophone playing a part of Bach’s Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben in the middle of the forest. 

The video is made by Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo to promote their Touch Wood phone. This video sure grabs the attention. 

Comments

[rsz]

Great! Wonderful! Original!
...
Yet,

I would rather listen to the forest.

I would rather listen to the cantata in a church.

[Betty]

I agree with everything he/she just said. Bravo, but....

[mt]

wut a piece of crap

[Sam Edwards]

It's always a little disconcerting to see great creativity paired with advertising.. but I think this is great. Interesting how they try to maintain an overall tempo with the curvature of the blocks. Reminded me of a kid practising a piece they're learning - how they speed up in the parts they can do well and vice versa.

[admin]

I agree, Sam. It's made with a commercial goal in mind. I do really like the concept and I like the rhythmic imperfections which indeed make it sound like a player searching for the right notes.

[Bach & Rube Goldberg fan]

Why shouldn't a commercial goal sponsor true ingenuity ?... perhaps this is a perversion of commercialization, not art, at last!