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Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F by Bach with period instruments

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Uploaded by on Sep 2, 2008

Conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt leading the Concentus Musicus Vienna. This video only has the first two movements. I thought folks might be amused at seeing the somewhat younger Harnoncourt at his specialty of Baroque music.

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  • And for an extra touch of authenticity, the conductor is not waving one of those little white sticks, because in Bach's day they had not yet been invented. :)

  • When were batons invented and by whom?

  • @Amiduffer

    The baton, much like the piano or the automobile, evolved gradually with many different designers and builders introducing features over the course of several decades; but it is generally agreed that the first fully functioning modern baton was invented in 1879 by the German engineer Otto Heilmann.

    I happen, by the way, to own an authentic Guineri cedar baton (dated 1678 and much neglected) which I'm paying the lordly sum of nearly 5,000$ to have restored to performance condition.

  • @polymath7 Wow. I'm slightly amused by the amounts people spend on items like retro computers, but $5000 for a piece of wood. What group do you conduct?

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  • This is how the Brandenburg Concertos should be played. I definitely prefer baroque music played on period instruments to modern interpretations.

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  • a poetry for good i always enojy this music

  • @Amiduffer The dumbass morons orchestra.

  • @Amiduffer

    Oh I'm no conductor. In fact I've never even worked out how the conductor's gestures correspond to the sounds the orchestra produce. I have a friend who is a gongist for the Anchorage Philharmonic, and sometimes when listening to a particularly kickass piece, I'll "air conduct" -which sends her into paroxysms of laughter.

    I'm merely a collector.

    I happen also to own an air baton, which I'm lending to another friend who's to conduct an upcoming performance of Cage's '4:33'.

  • Sounds like a mash-up.

  • This is my favourite interpretation of Concerto No. 1. It's a pity audio quality isn't better.

  • hahaha watch his look on 5:46-5:47

  • That happened to Jean-Baptiste Lully.

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