Bach - Harpsichord Concerto No.2 in E Major BWV 1053 - 3/3

[Pretendkid]

I'm glad that this didn't get taken down like all of my angela hewitt Bach videos...

[i2construct]

The comments on this video are wonderful! I love seeing other YouTubers sharing their appreciation and curiosity and wealth of knowledge for/about beautiful music! Almost warms my heart more than the piece. :)

[mattdogg86]

wow That's really cool. I appreciate you clearing that up. I know of scientific tuning in which A = 432. I know in Bach's days there was no equal temperamental music too. That's a cool factoid there. Thanks for informing me. I was just wondering cuz i was playing along w it for creative enhancement. You know, licks and such things.. You can hear a lot of cool phrases and cool musical fills and things in classical. I'm more of a rocker but i loove classical. Especially Mozart any suggestions?

[Lity10]

@mattdogg86 sure =D Practically all of his opera overtures, piano sonata no. 18, 4, 10-15 etc., piano concertos 21-27 (They're incredible. You have to listen to them.) and no. 5 is also excellent. symphonies no. 35-41 and the list goes on :p if you're interested in something specific, feel free to message me

[revacohen]

@mattdogg86 It might interest you to know that the concept of popular music was influenced by the Baroque era. Baroque composers liked sustained bass lines accompanied by melody.

[VMOjeda1]

@mattdogg86 what can you tell me about the cantatas, do you know it?

[mattdogg86]

Why is it in E flat instead of E? Is that just the way the key they chose or what?

Hmm..

[Antoriz]

@mattdogg86 It sounds like that because they are playing with baroque pitch. The baroque A was aproximately a half step down than modern A 440. This is a H.I.P. (Historically informed performance) :D

[bobmusick]

@Antoriz Isn't baroque tuning equal to like.. A=415? Im not sure how close a half step is to actual frequencies :P

[firebirdsdaughter]

I LUV IT!!!!!

[JSBach2u]

Beautiful.

[klaverfar]

Thanks! (I think I have read somewhere that this is the only of Bach's keyboard concerts not originally composed for another instrument... Am I right?)

[monsoonostrich]

I will find out

[klaverfar]

So all of Bach's keyboard concertos are adaptions in one way or the other?

[wcbroccoli]

Except BWV 1061, which began as a concerto for 2 harpsichords WITHOUT accompaniment, in the manner of the Italian Concerto BWV 971. The string parts may not have been added by Bach.

BWV 1050 (Brandenburg Concerto#5) is neither a harpsichord concerto nor an adaptation.

BWV 1044 (concerto in a for flute, violin & harps. ) is adapted from BWV 894 (Prelude&Fugue in A minor for solo harpsichord) & middle movement of BWV 527(organ sonata in D minor)

[wcbroccoli]

In "The Learned Musician" Christoph Wolff suggests that BWV 1053 may have originally been an organ concerto with string accompaniment. He observes that other hypothetical solo instruments proposed for this work present serious problems: E.g, if the final movement is performed on flute or oboe, there's hardly a place to breathe.

[klaverfar]

Interesting. Thanks a lot, wcbroccoli!