Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 BWV1050 - Mov. 1/3

[newtlover94]

wow, this is even better than the fbo version... love it!

[pbohnhof001]

I don't know why, but the ducks just fit for some reason, lol.

[emethveneeman]

This ranks among my top five favorite pieces of music.

[RHIANNEISAWESOME]

im playing the violin 2 part of this song in orchestra at aragon and it sounds awesome!!!

[LauraGaynorTV]

I was looking for number three it was the ducks that brought me here

[thethikboy]

Counterpoint quack

[dogcat126]

i love your picture and i love this piece of music!!!! thank you soso much for posting!!!!!!

[Hamunii93]

Jazz crank that up for me

[BchWrkVrzchn565]

ME ENCANTA.

[Ria629]

LA CORDA D'ORO. <3

[futbolesvida8]

somehow, the ducks helped me memorize this song for my test lol

[kmball7275]

im gonna ace my test tomorrow!! thanks!

[MrStrangeSensation]

Nothing goes together like Bach and baby ducks.

[CharmDaniel]

ducks :D

[hobedes1]

meu favorito ,,,adoro barroco..

[jai2ktballer]

thanks for uploading. youre saving me from failing my exam

[xXSpaceMexicanXx]

thank u for putting up this up, not only is it enterrtaining, but i got a test this monday, i got to know the music, form, genre and the Man who made it

...once again thank u

[jai2ktballer]

@xXSpaceMexicanXx

lol same

i didnt know music before 2001..now i do

[crazzee247]

@ruralrandom are you serious? what drugs are you on? this is genius...complex and simple all at the same time. clearly you dont have an ear with which to listen and appreciate this. i feel bad for you.

[crazzee247]

one of the best versions of this movement. Bach COllegium Japan has the best

[Ottozimerman]

Bach never ceases to amaze me. When you think you know quite well his music always appears another score that makes you fly higher. Thanks for this beautiful link. Romàntic nocturn.

[twooffour]

Those are ducks... ducks... not turds... ducks.

[Ruralrandom]

i have to study this piece for music. God it's drab and dull and uneventful.

Technically brilliant, but none-the-less boring as!

[Atanassos]

@Ruralrandom: Yes, but it's not about being eventfull, nor about being technically brilliant. It's about being structurally magical. But ok, that's just my point of view. :) It occurs to me when I listen to it while looking at a tree in the sun in the late afternoon...

[julieandrewsno1fan]

why the ducks? :P

[30inventionman]

Great, now I am going to be haunted by that image, five eyes

[danooii]

I like looking at the duckies while listening to this

[PoeMSchzde]

@danooii Me too. . .

[classiqmusiq]

Cadenza material is already heard around 0:28 mark. It's so cool.. Cadenza material is hidden under all the crazy stuff going on top..

[twooffour]

@classiqmusiq

Hactually, the cadenza is built around the secondary theme from the concerto - like most other cadenzas in existence ;)

[Meszics94]

Happy third birthday! :DD

[bluecollarboiler]

I love this music, it was used in the movie "The American President" Michael Douglas and Annette Benning

[coulsons3]

thats it. I am sick and tired of listening to the same old stuff from the modern world,I am going baroque from here on

[Exofort]

what with the duck :-l

[uhohwhoops]

After much work, I repent my previous comment... Concerto Grosso for sure ;) Love my Music Appreciation class! Try out Beethovens Spring Sonata.. My fav

[PanthaSan]

Always puts me in a good mood. Sometimes I listen to certain instruments and sometimes I just listen.

[DanJTWebb]

The way this guy handles the cadenza is probably my favourite of those I've heard, because he takes time to breath, just occasionally, and lets some of the freer bits be emoted; the recordings where they just play it stupidly fast without any freedom at all don't sound as good to me. I tend to take a bit more freedom still, but that may be because I don't like to commit to doing it so strictly and so quickly in performance XD Just glorious music.

[MrMaxmorphing]

grandissimo Alessandrini

[bgirlraiderette20]

Played this on the violin in high school. MEMORIES! Love it :) Thank you!

[TheCosmicChicken]

That's some amazing harpsichordery (a new word is born today)! You could get picked up and swept about by the golden sound waves it produces!

I wish harpsichords were still used more today.

[30inventionman]

QWAUK QWAK

QUACK

[ReaIly]

2:56 - 3:20

[ReaIly]

This is high-tech music.

[Brandnew3597]

Cadenza is nuts!



[Ms1969music]

@Brandnew3597 That was to show off the new harpsichord Back just purchased...It was the first piece to solos a haprsichord and I think they started something.

[oki288]

These ducklings sure have excellent musical taste ;)

[xxTyNikkiRxx]

I am playing this Concerto for my upcoming concert. It is nine minutes long. Definitely a workout.

[uhohwhoops]

Is this a concerto grosso?

[wschmrdr]

Jazz: *turntable scratches*

*Fresh Prince theme plays*

[kbachand2]

@wschmrdr Hahaha! Very true!

[eddiewantsme]

There's ducks because when they quack, they go "BACH BACH BACH."

[mtheadedwally]

@eddiewantsme Surely it's dogs that go Bach?

Duck's like Quacklebel!

I'm sorry. I'll go and boil my head now!

[xmayhemxenv]

ducks?

[Pleonastikosis]

I love the piece, but hate that it starts with a cough. Fuck the verisimilitude of the concert hall. It severely dampens my enjoyment of the performance. This may sound a bit petty, but, really, in this day of technological control and finesse, could you not have edited the track to remove the offending gurgle? Just like Glenn Gould, and his vile perversional babbling. Quite.

[xxTyNikkiRxx]

@Pleonastikosis they lifted their instrument and the bow hit against it!

[tastyfoxman]

@Pleonastikosis Ahem... virgin. Quite.

[Pleonastikosis]

@tastyfoxman Hee hee...in need of lessons in the fundamentals of reading, perhaps? The intellectual pretense is charming, but rather hymenal in itself. A brain, a brain - my kingdom for a brain. My, I've never met a thought I did not have. Meaning must be clear in order to offend. Otherwise, it becomes a question of putting the idiot before the folly...

[tastyfoxman]

@Pleonastikosis cool story bro

[KindOfMaroon]

Ducks aren't that bad...A Mozart String Quintet on Youtube has a picture of pancakes. I dont think ducks have anything to do with Bach, but pancakes? Seriously?

[ugb0rx1btgro]

Why are ducks?

[francoboy100]

6:20-9:15 What jimi hendrix would sound like if he played harpsichord

[GoforEmpire]

A green terrace at twilight, candles lit about the field, wine in one hand and my woman in another amongst dearest friends....While this peice of heaven is played. Tell me a better time to be alive, TELL ME!

[ilheawdan]

Harmonico101 really posts all the best music.

[silverfishes]

thumbs up for ducks :)

[jyhhtj1]

I luv this song.. Its stuck in my head

[devinyo98]

i play this in orchestra great song cant help but get up and play along!!

[lampwithbulb2]

the music phrases "orgasm".... all of the organs have something to say each moment!

[natonyh]

@MrHa1999 So am I! Our concert's tonight actually, haha.

[defyinggravity999]

This was the first song I ever learned on the violin, even before Twinkle Twinkle and all the regular ones you learn how to note-read, etc.

[Juicylein]

@defyinggravity999 suuure :D and how did you get the skills for that if it was the first song you learned? ;)

[defyinggravity999]

@Juicylein because i memorized the piece

[Juicylein]

@defyinggravity999 and so you know all the things like vibrato or trill? you cant play this piece without having any skills.

[lgallant100]

LOVE THIS PIECE

[WizardKing78]

Bach, you were the best!

[thepinkcornerman]

@moozzmclaren: thank you for the explanation, very refreshing.

[BuckeyeBalla21]

reminds me of little bear

[CELIBERICO]

i love this !!!

[setordjie17]

I love this piece...I used to hear this as a young kid growing up but did not who composed it ..I happened to be watching the film Love Story and and managed to get both the composer's name and the name of this beautuful piece...thanks for posting this...I love to de-stress to this genre of music!!

[Alon235235]

One duckling

Ahh ahh ahh

Two ducklings

Ahh ahh ahh

Three ducklings

Ahh ahh ahh

Four ducklings

Ahh ahh ahh

Five ducklings

Five ducklings!

[davonindonesia1]

I like the music of yours HARMONICO101. but not all videos i watched is yours, some are the videos of Bacholoji.

but you upload more than Bacholoji, and you must believe it!

[FriendlyCroock]

i don`t like small orchestras

[WizardKing78]

It doesn't get better.

[WizardKing78]

Ducks in a row?

Love this music BTW.

[giligara30492]

I love the harpsichord solo.

[seosamhoduibhir]

There's nothing quite like playing a bit of air-harpsichord to this piece.

An excellent workout I tell you!!!

[xxTyNikkiRxx]

@seosamhoduibhir Yep! Such a workout. I am playing this for my upcoming concert.

[kiltlvr]

Thank you, Harmonico101, for posting this in Oedipus Coloneus' honor. He is gone!! Shut down! And I am heartbroken. What am I going to do without my OP?

[thetruthis9]

ahhh...i remember playing this in jr. high...i played viola...this engulfs me with feelings of nostalgia... :)

thanks for posting...!!!

[selami32]

what is job of ducks here

[thinedoor2]

There are five of them, and if you check out HARMONICO's other videos featuring the Br. Concertos, each concerto has an image which corresponds to its number in the set.

[Matteo7419]

Bellissimo.

[lolitstiffy]

HAHAHAAH the comments r soo formal

[vwei65401]

This is such a lovely piece. I heard in it in my music theory class as we were learning about ripieno, concerto grosso, concertino, and ritornello. It's more than 11 mins. and for me, that's a rather grueling time, but the piece is so excellent I can hardly help but be glued to it. If I remember correctly, it was written in 1721 and is by Johann Sebastian Bach. Such a wonderful composer... I enjoy playing piano pieces by him and listening to his lovely works of art.

[DePianoViolinGirl]

Hi, I was just wondering, do you go to LaGuardia High School for the Music and Arts and Performing Arts?

[DePianoViolinGirl]

Fyi, I was just asking because in my music history class, we have also studied this piece as well when we were studying the concerto grosso just very recently as you have posted this comment 1 week ago. :)

[PwnageSoul]

duude Ms Ballard ftw!

[DePianoViolinGirl]

LOL! Omg, I have Ms. Ballard too! Are you in period 6 or 7? I'm asking because I don't know who you are!

[DePianoViolinGirl]

I love how fellow LaGuardians meet each other on youtube because of classes like music history, haha. :)

[Keeled7by7de7BUG]

Oh my god. So many educated responses on this... *O* I am amazed in a good way. :)

Though I can't add something a paragraph long like that, I can say that it sounds extremely nice. xD;;;

[J1N50KU]

ahhhh so relaxing

[ConductorsHateMe]

This conversation reminds me that shoenburg believed that "In music, there is no form without logic, there is no logic without unity." In my (uneducated) opinion, I believe Baroque to be pure logic, entirely fundamental and of a single mind in its composition, and seemingly objective in its performance. It seems to like to circle around the tonal center, finally forcing it into itself and rising into another suspension, which begins the orbit around the tonal center...

[ConductorsHateMe]

...once again, perpetuating the idea, like "small talk"; simple, although nuanced from reading too far into the other person's words. Among my favorite elements of this piece is the portrayal of emotions, not through tone colors itself, but through the abject understatement of the harpsichord cadenza by the tutti. All of the piece unified by a single idea, which to apply both logic and form around.

[Baggs4299]

The relationships between movements is rather limited to relative key signature progressions and generally..... instrumentation. Oh yes if a piece is something like an oratorio, then there is textual relationships. Tempi, rhythms, dynamics, generally don't interrelate in the movements of a composition.

[Baggs4299]

regarding Baroque music. the notation was more limited. Almost similar to that of a "Fake book"  This included the dynamics (or lack thereof) as the performers should be trained to understand how the music is best delivered with dynamics, embellishments and any other manner of variance that would be aesthetically artistic.

[Baggs4299]

The Doctrine of the Affections relates to rhetoric and relating the delievery of the performance in a manner that is effective for the listeners. Quantz: Musical execution may be compared with the delivery of an orator......mainly to make themselves masters of the hearts of the listeners,, to arouse or still their passions. The concept of terraced dynamics originated with Ferruccio Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto Busoni (April 1, 1866 July 27, 1924). mainly because of the kbd insts. inability

[Baggs4299]

Where in the baroque period do any of the writers refer to terraced dynamics?

[Baggs4299]

The Doctrine of the affections was generally used to define the mood of a movement but the unity was intended to not flow between movements in this manner. It was meant that there were some relating factors BUT that movements did change moods and most rhythmic motives and thematic materials didn't carry between movements. One example where it did was in the Trio Sonata from the M O. but this sonata was somewhat unique in intended purpose.

[alwaysright10000]

Didn't John Cage arrange this for kazoo and prepared typewriter?

[Baggs4299]

I'm not sure that I'm misunderstanding at all. This is a situation where it is possible for others (such as students) to misunderstand the nature of the music. The harmony is in a constant flux of logical progression. Unity is a stagnant state in the piece, just as there IS a unifying nature in all three movements in this work. So, most all pieces have constant motion but that is not to say that this motion is or should be constant.

[Baggs4299]

I hate to point out in disagreement but "Perpetual motion" is then not the correct term for any descriptive comment about this music because there is no perpetuity.

"perpetual motion

n.

The hypothetical continuous operation of an isolated mechanical device or other closed system without a sustaining energy source."

[Joh70]

i think i have this recording on CD since years, one of the best interpretation ever . . . like a fresh shower on a beatufil sunday morning

[Joh70]

haha perpetual motion? i agree! i think you are a fan of Johann Ernst Elias Bessler, which invented his perpetual motion machine around the same years...

[Davccelion]

Appart of the quality of the performance, which is, in my humble opinion, excelent, I must congratulate you for the quality of the recording. The purity of the sound is amazing.

Thank you!

[glantz91]

The best idea - Ducks & Bach! It concentrates my attention even more to the music! (:

[alfredmoral]

It´s beauty and amazing: Bach and the everlasting ducks!!!!

[HARMONICO101]

Interesting. But in the context of tempo, it is "absent".

[Vampire1899]

teraz już są.

Znakomita muzyka!

[Paragioudaki]

I find in this part the true meaning of the term "Allegro"!!!

Excellent! *****

... or 5 ducks! :-)

[radagast1986]

the harpsichord loses the all sense of perpetual motion :(

[HARMONICO101]

Why would you ever want "perpetual motion" in this music? How boring, undynamic, unbaroque, and uninteresting.

[radagast1986]

perpetual motion is the most important aspect of baroque music... I know, I teach music history

[HARMONICO101]

I'm sure you do. That doesn't mean you are right. Harpsichord music in particular is always pushing and pulling.

[blackmagd]

GREAT performance...

[himmelon]

Why the ducks???? for mercy, clarify your ideas please.

[ClassicalMango]

It´s 5 ducklings because the music is Brandenburg Concerto # 5. You´ll see the pattern if you start at Brandenburg Concerto # 1...

This version by the Concerto Italiano is so full of life, very vibrant!

[HARMONICO101]

My heart leaps everytime I listen to Concerto Italiano's rendition of this set of concertos. I can't say this about very many recordings, but to me, this is perfect. I don't think I will ever buy another recording of the Brandenburgs.

[steeeeevve]

@ClassicalMango

That makes sense because the number of ducks is the same as the number of the Concerto. So if you see, say THREE ducks then you know it's the THIRD Concerto. It's very helpful but only when you know the SIGNIFICANCE of the ducks. They are there for a PURPOSE. And the key is the NUMBER of ducks. It should be understood however that it could just as easily be GEESE or WASHING MACHINES. THREE washing machines would ALSO mean the THIRD Concerto.I hope that is clear. Thanks.

[GlenShannon]

You post tons of great music and have an extensive collection, but it's only half-way there if you don't have any video. At least for me and maybe one or two others, that's the point of YouTube — to see the performances.

[HARMONICO101]

Firstly, I do have some videos. not many, but they are there.

DVDs are expensive, and most of my favorite classical recordings I can think of come from CDs. Baroque music also doesn't seem to pop up very often in DVDs. Most of those I have to order online, becuase the classical shop in my town doesn't have anything but opera DVDs. And many excellant ensembles, like this one, have no DVDs or recorded live performances.

[bluecaddy17]

When did Bach's music become about the video?

[HARMONICO101]

Ha, well thank you very much, and thanks for listening.

[debartzen]

Maravilloso.Conjunción de equllibrio y sonoridad excelente.Definitivamente Alessandrini es uno de los mas grandes músicos actuales en la comprensión de Bach.Logra lo difícil.Que parezca fácil.

[bananatree94]

woot woot im named after this =) and it is actually spelled Branden not brandon....

[AnimeForever3]

I thought it was only first movement...how come it's over 9 minutes long? I only got 2 pgs to the song...And it's only like 3 minutes...?

[HARMONICO101]

Then you must have the wrong score, because this piece is 24 pages long in the Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe edition.

[amadeus9man]

The solo harpsichord section from 6:20 to 9:16 is better than any guitar solo out there.

[oboistCONDUCTOR]

Beautiful!

[peres010492]

My favourite Brandenburg Concerto

[PrInCeShAdE1]

@peres010492 me too

[seann588]

thanks

[Monrealese]

Allesandrini is a great example to me! Wonderfull interpretations from Monteverdi to Bach. He understands them all!

[OedipusColoneus]

This concerto have a crazy efect on me. When I listen just the first notes, I can't stop myself! I start to dance like a little child dancing arround the table of my living room! That dialogue between the flute, violin and harpsichord (2.57 - 3.50) it's ... just to not repeat the words about RV 522... Something!!!

Thank you so much Harmonico!!! :D

[OedipusColoneus]

:)

I love everything what Rinaldo does and I don't understand some of the controversy about his interpretations. :) A Marvellous Musician. :)

[HARMONICO101]

What I love about Alessandrini's interpretations is that he doesn't rely on kitsch and uniqueness like Europa Galante or Il Giardino Armonico, who more often then not put authenticity on the back burner. His orchestra plays with vitality, creativety, and dynamism without betraying the nature of the piece and the era it was written in.

[HARMONICO101]

About controversy, I think Rinaldo tried to be a little more kitschy like Europa in the beginning of his career as a concert director, but now he has defined his own unique style and method that doesn't betray the "dogma" of historically informed performance. He tended to do more weird things in his early recordings, which seem to get the most controversy. Plus, he likes his orchestra to play fast. And alot of times, thats to fast for some people's taste.

[OedipusColoneus]

:)

The "tempo" was allways a mistery when I listen the first Rinaldo's cd's. :) He like to find other's views for the pieces who have to many records... in other way try to give a "punch" into the Vivaldi sacra music interpretations, like Jordi and Koopman did.

I do not care to much about the tempo... just the shine that cames from the music. For example, like Paul McCreesh in Bach's Magnificat or Rinaldo Vivaldi's in Gloria. In the beginning a little strange... then a road to paradise.

[HARMONICO101]

Not caring about tempo I must say is quite admirable. I find that I have a hard time with a piece if it's tempo is not what I think it should be. However, if the artistry of the performance is outstanding, I can be converted. :)

For example, I had a hard time adjusting to the deathly slow tempi of Rinaldo's recording of the Vivaldi Stabat Mater. now I think that's the unsurpassed pinnacle recording of the piece.

[OedipusColoneus]

Yes, I really don't give to much attention in tempo. :) Adjusting is a word that I was looking for! Stabat Mater (I agree with you, maybe the problem it's the "heavy" that Rinaldo gave to the notes of that masterpiece)... and so many others works with wonderfull interpretations needs time and a open soul to people understand it.

[OedipusColoneus]

Hello again, :)

I went to a store and see that he record the Domenico Scarlatti Stabat Mater for ten voices and the Monteverdi Vespro della Beata Vergine with Sara. :) You can offer me that in christmas. :) I'm broke! And they are expensive! Cantus Koln also record the Vesperas. :)

[HARMONICO101]

Ohh! I'll have to look at those! I'm thinking of getting his recording of Alessandro Scarlatti's Magnificat and Dixit Dominus next.

[BecsM2]

@OedipusColoneus ur a creep

[patriveg]

@OedipusColoneus Hummmm! sweet, too sweet...you're lovely!

[mimfri]

Those are some baroque ducks!

[OedipusColoneus]

hehehehehehe :)