Bach - Violin Concerto in A Minor BWV1041 - Mov. 2-3/3

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)

Concerto for violin, strings, and basso continuo in A minor BWV1041

2. Andante

3. Allegro assai

Performed by Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Featuring Jeanne Lamon, violin

Category:

Music

Tags:

• vivaldi
• handel
• mozart
• beethoven
• baroque
• classical
• piano
• harpsichord
• fugue
• clavier
• suite
• organ
• brandenburg
• mass
• cantata

[amki1111]

I prefer capella istropolityana's rendition of this I think it's the best (on naxos)

[HARMONICO101]

They do play well, but they use modern instruments. Not my taste. :)

[anciiica]

great playing. who is playing it?

[HARMONICO101]

It's all in the description. :)

[cjpeters12]

HARMONICO currently my favourite youtuber! Thanks for uploading this excellent rendition.

[sabinulik]

this is Heaven!!!

[ezrabach]

I like it played with baroque instruments, this performance is awesome! I think the second movement is better a little bit slower, but the 3rd is wonderful!

[wcbroccoli]

@caladchold Peaceful? What an odd appraisal. You must think Bach was writing mood music for doctor's offices, elevators and supermarkets.

[wcbroccoli]

@sharonch217 They're tuned to German Baroque chamber pitch (A415). But there were other pitch standards used in Bach's time: E.g,, French chamber pitch (A392) and organ pitch (A465). The harpsichord and strings can be all tuned higher than A415. If necessary, simply use a lighter gauge of strings. I can easily change the tuning of my viol from A415 to A440 without even changing strings. Schuetz and Bach (in Weimar) performed their church music at ~A465, as was the custom !

[wcbroccoli]

@Milky111wtf Not quite. A440 tuning was lobbied by the American music industry since the 1930s but did not become an international std. until the 1950s. Even so, there are today some major philharmonics that tuned even higher. And Baroque period ensembles now tune to A465 when performing certain Baroque church music, as it is now known that the custom was for decades to tune to baroque organ pitch, which was ~A465 or higher! LOL

[wcbroccoli]

@Milky111wtf Fiction. Renaissance winds tuned around A465, same as Baroque organs. Baroque chuch music was played at organ pitch well into the early 18th c. A415 tuning was the result of the design of wind instruments coming out of France in the late 17th and early 18th c. In his Weimar days (1708-1717), Bach performed his church music at organ pitch (A465), the custom since Schuetz and before! Winds that could only play at A415 had their parts transposed up!

[caladchold]

best piece iv heard. its so peaceful and you just cant help but stop and listen

[lemke4022]

Jeanne Lamon is for sure one of the best baroque violinist around: she's one of the few who can assure a a perfect pitch and a lovely musical tone... two rare qualities...

[Milky111wtf]

@sharonch217 A was only established at 440 later on when music moved from smaller halls to concert halls, and the sound needed to project more. The higher pitch makes it all brighter and it projects more.