1. Bach: Brandenburg concerto no. 3 in G major (BWV 1048)

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December 17, 2008

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750).

Brandenburg concerto no. 3 in G major (BWV 1048).

1st mov: Allegro.

Concentus Musicus Wien.

Dir: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Title on autograph score: Concerto 3zo a tre Violini, tre Viole, è tre Violoncelli col Basso per il Cembalo.

1. Allegro.
2. Adagio.
3. Allegro.

Instrumentation: three violins, three violas, three cellos, and basso continuo (including harpsichord).

The second movement consists of a single measure with the two chords that make up a so-called 'Phrygian cadence' and - although there is no direct evidence to support it - it was likely that these chords are meant to surround or follow a cadenza improvised by a harpsichord or violin player. Modern performance approaches run a gamut from simply playing the cadence with minimal ornamentation (treating it as a sort of "musical semicolon"), to inserting movements from other works, to cadenzas varying in length from under a minute to over two minutes. Notably, Wendy Carlos's three electronic performances (from Switched-On Bach, Switched-On Brandenburgs, and Switched-On Bach 2000) have second movements that are completely different from each other.

Occasionally, the third movement from Bach's "Sonata for Violin and Continuo in G , BWV. 1021" (marked Largo) is substituted for the second movement as it contains an identical Phrygian mode cadence as the closing chords. The Adagio from the Violin Sonata in G, BWV 1019a, has also been used.

The outer movements use the ritornello form found in many instrumental and vocal works of the time. The first movement can also be found in reworked form as the sinfonia of the cantata BWV 174, "Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte", with the addition of three oboes and two horns.

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morgulddt: afinación barroca

abejasyyo (1 month ago) Show Hide

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i prefer the faster version

morgulddt (1 month ago) Show Hide

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¿por qué le bajan el tono? si esta en sol mayor...

peres010492 (1 month ago) Show Hide

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Baroque pitch is a half step lower than current standard pitch

morgulddt (1 month ago) Show Hide

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Oooh I see..this is bad.

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porque es malo???

morgulddt (4 weeks ago) Show Hide

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A mi no me gusta, pienso que la pieza en sol mayor debe tocarse en sol mayor y no en otra tonalidad!

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It is. I play that part, quite well. It's taken me almost three months or so. :]
But it is extremely fast.

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For my father.

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this was written for one of my ancestors, a prince with a hard to spell first name, i only learned this about a month ago i always thought that the concertos were written in honor of the city

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