Bach on Mandolin - Brandenburg Concerto #3 - 1st Mvt. BWV 1048 by Ben Bosco

Me playing Bach's masterpeice "Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, 1st Movement - Allegro (BWV 1048)" on mandolin, mandola, guitar and bass.

Also just letting you know my Bach Album is available to buy. I've been wanting to record something like this for a while, and I finally got round to doing it! It contains several duets for mandolin and guitar, and trio pieces for mandolin, guitar and mandola, as well as four multi-track concertos played on as many tracks as was sensible.

Album can be purchased (both physical and digital versions) from my website:
http://www.benbosco.com

(available from cdbaby and itunes etc soon).

I recorded 2 more videos from this album, which I'll upload in the coming weeks.

Track listing:
1. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, 1st Movement - Allegro (BWV 1048)
2. Invention No. 1 in C Major (BWV 772)
3. Invention No. 13 in A Minor (BWV 779)
4. Violin Concerto in E Major, 3rd Movement - Allegro Assai (BWV 1042)
5. Goldberg Variation No. 1 in G Major (BWV 988)
6. Goldberg Variation No. 21 in G Minor (BWV 988)
7. Trio Sonata for Organ in Eb Major, 3rd Movement - Allegro (BWV 525)
8. Sonata No.1 for Solo Violin in G Minor, 4th Movement - Presto (BWV 1001)
9. French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, 4th & 5th Movements - Menuet-Trio (BWV 814)
10. Trio Sonato in F Major (BWV 1040)
11. Ouverture No. 2 in B Minor, 7th Movement - Badinerie (BWV 1067)
12. Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1: No. 23 in B Major, Prelude & Fugue (BWV 868)
13. English Suite No. 2 in A Minor, 5th Movement - Bourrée 1 (BWV 807)
14. Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, 1st Movement - Vivace (BWV 1043)
15. Sinfonia No. 11 in G Minor (BWV 797)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• bach
• mandolin
• ben
• bosco
• brandenburg
• mandola
• classical
• bwv
• 1048
• concerto
• eastman

[coughsyrup78]

Does anyone know what the instrument in the upper right corner is (at the beginning)? It's like a larger mandolin.

[bobfresco]

@coughsyrup78 It's an octave mandolin. So just like a mandolin, but larger and tuned an octave down from a mandolin (so GDAE, just like a bouzouki, but with a shorter neck)

...but I restrung it to CGDA (a 5th down from a normal mandolin) so it's acting as a Mandola in this video.

[bobfresco]

actually..I think GDAD is more common for a bouzouki, but I know some ppl using GDAE

[13640]

this is just awsome!!!

[challiday1979]

What can I say? This is just pure unadulterated brilliance.

Loved every second of it.

[connchisannchez]

Brilliant!!!

What programme have you used to make the video?

[marigroszek]

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[wuffpaw]

You, sir, are a genius.

[RisenofAshes12310]

This inspired me to write an amazing poem im in love with you persistance and i just love it fuck!

[anamneses28]

This is amazing! You are so talented! Your channel is pure pleasure!

[vanni9283]

Brilliante! Bravo!!!

[NemoNepersonne]

Perfect hand position and the most relaxed right hand I've ever seen. That's very nice to see. Good work. I generally find Eastman tone thin on mandolins, but it seems to work very well for this sort of music.

[Albatross960]

Pretty cool

[frozenstrawbs]

genius

[place910]

bravo