When was Brandenburg Concerto 3?

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On March 24, 1721, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) dedicated six “concertos with several instruments” to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg.

What instrument is featured in Brandenburg Concerto No 2 MVT 3?

More videos on YouTube The second “Brandenburg” Concerto has a most unusual solo ensemble in Bach’s presentation manuscript, consisting of trumpet, flute, oboe, and violin.

Why are the Brandenburg Concertos so good?

The Brandenburg Concertos (so called because they were dedicated to the Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt) are not only some of the liveliest and most colourful orchestral works of their day, they were also groundbreaking, generating new sounds and new possibilities that Bach’s contemporaries could not ignore.

What was Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major?

BWV 1048 Title Concerto in G major Epithet ‘Brandenburg’ Concerto No. 3 Instrument Viola, Violin Genre orchestral works Serie Brandenburg concertos Year 1719-1720 City Köthen Occasion Dedicated in 1721 to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg Special notes

How are the two fast movements of the Brandenburg Concerto separated?

The two fast movements are separated by an adagio of a single measure consisting merely of two sustained chords: a harmonic cadence that seems to have been composed more as a bridge and short pause for breath. In this performance, Shunske Sato decided to make the middle movement into a real pause for breath and play a brief cadenza.

What was the first movement of Bach’s Violin Concerto?

Together, the six concertos thus form a virtuoso sample sheet of the Baroque concerto. Bach used the first movement in 1729 as a sinfonia in the cantata Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte, BWV 174. “One of the biggest challenges of leading from the violin is simply that you don’t hear absolutely everything at all times.”

When did Bach play for the Margrave of Berlin?

In the preface, Bach stated that he had played for the margrave ‘a couple of years ago’ and had promised to send him ‘some of his compositions’. That was probably during a visit to Berlin in March 1719, when Bach had travelled to the Prussian capital to take receipt of a new harpsichord for the court in Köthen.