"baton of Eric Milnes with six """"New Brandenburg concertos Nos. 7-12"""" by Johann Sebastian Bach. Bruce Haynes had arranged Bach cantata movements into concertos in the same manner as Bach used to rework his own compositions. ""These concertos are not meant as serious reconstructions"", Haynes wrote in the cd-booklet, ""merely as speculative trials to demonstrate the possibilities for instrumental treatment of Bach's rich fund of musical inventions contained in the cantatas and other vocal works"". Bruce Haynes Bruce Haynes (April 14, 1942 – May 17, 2011) was an American and Canadian oboist, recorder player, musicologist and specialist in historical performance"
"Keyboard concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach The harpsichord concertos, BWV 1052–1065, are concertos for harpsichord, strings and continuo by Johann Sebastian Bach. There are seven complete concertos for a single harpsichord (BWV 1052–1058), three concertos for two harpsichords (BWV 1060–1062), two concertos for three harpsichords (BWV 1063 and 1064), and one concerto for four harpsichords (BWV 1065). Two other concertos include solo harpsichord parts: the concerto BWV 1044, which has solo parts for harpsichord, violin and flute, and ""Brandenburg Concerto"" No. 5 in D major, with the same scoring. In addition, there is a nine-bar concerto fragment for harpsichord (BWV"
"Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 Johann Sebastian Bach wrote his fifth ""Brandenburg Concerto"", BWV 1050, for harpsichord, flute and violin as soloists, and an orchestral accompaniment consisting of strings and continuo. An early version of the concerto, BWV 1050a, originated in the late 1710s. On 24 March 1721 Bach dedicated the final form of the concerto to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg. In his Weimar period (1708–1717) Bach was involved in the concerto genre, mainly through copying and transcribing. The earliest extant sources of Bach's own concerto compositions date from his Köthen period (1717–1723), where the 1721 autograph of the six"
"Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 Johann Sebastian Bach wrote his fifth ""Brandenburg Concerto"", BWV 1050, for harpsichord, flute and violin as soloists, and an orchestral accompaniment consisting of strings and continuo. An early version of the concerto, BWV 1050a, originated in the late 1710s. On 24 March 1721 Bach dedicated the final form of the concerto to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg. In his Weimar period (1708–1717) Bach was involved in the concerto genre, mainly through copying and transcribing. The earliest extant sources of Bach's own concerto compositions date from his Köthen period (1717–1723), where the 1721 autograph of the six"
"Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the ""Brandenburg Concertos"" and the ""Goldberg Variations"" as well as for vocal music such as the ""St Matthew Passion"" and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach Revival he has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. The Bach family already counted several composers when Johann Sebastian was born as the last child of a city musician in Eisenach. After becoming an orphan at age 10,"
"Switched-On Brandenburgs Switched-On Brandenburgs is a 1979 double album by Wendy Carlos. It was the seventh album released by Carlos, and the fourth album in her project of classical music which also included ""Switched-On Bach"" (1968), ""The Well-Tempered Synthesizer"" (1969), ""Switched-On Bach II"" (1974), and ""Switched-On Bach 2000"" (1992). ""Switched-On Brandenburgs"" is a collection of all six of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos performed by Carlos on her Moog modular synthesizer. Concerti #1, (most of) #2, and #6 were recorded specifically for the album. Concerti #3, #4, and #5 had been previously released on ""Switched-On Bach"", ""The Well-Tempered Synthesizer"", and ""Switched-On Bach"
"Church remembers Bach and Handel with Heinrich Schütz. Scores Recordings Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the ""Brandenburg Concertos"" and the ""Goldberg Variations"" as well as for vocal music such as the ""St Matthew Passion"" and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach Revival he has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. The Bach family already counted several composers when Johann Sebastian was born as the last child of a city"
"II"" respectively (though the second movement of #3 was re-recorded for this release). The first movement of the Second Concerto had been recorded for the album ""By Request"", released in 1975, however an updated mix is on this album. Switched-On Brandenburgs Switched-On Brandenburgs is a 1979 double album by Wendy Carlos. It was the seventh album released by Carlos, and the fourth album in her project of classical music which also included ""Switched-On Bach"" (1968), ""The Well-Tempered Synthesizer"" (1969), ""Switched-On Bach II"" (1974), and ""Switched-On Bach 2000"" (1992). ""Switched-On Brandenburgs"" is a collection of all six of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos"
"early version of the Brandenburg Concerto). In the first aria the soprano is accompanied by two violins, in the second aria of dance character, by three oboes. The two horns of the sinfonia return in the closing chorale, horn 1 supporting the soprano, horn 2 playing a fifth part. Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht, BWV 52 Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata (False world, I trust you not), , in Leipzig for the 23rd Sunday after Trinity. He led the first performance of the solo cantata for soprano on 24 November 1726. Bach composed the cantata, a solo"
"EMI Classics, and in 2014 Orpheus released its first self-produced album containing Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 recorded live at Carnegie Hall. Within the past decade, Orpheus presented The New Brandenburgs program, engaging six composers to create six new works for the orchestra. Each composer was joined with one of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos and was asked to compose a new piece inspired by the original. Following the completion of The New Brandenburgs, Orpheus launched its Project 440 initiative that commissioned four emerging composers chosen by a diverse group of advisors through a nationwide selection process. The four composers included"
"(an association of musically inclined burghers) who played his church music as well. Bach first performed the cantata on 6 June 1729; he noted the year in the score. The cantata in five movements is ""lavishly scored"" for the feast day, for three soloists, alto, tenor and bass, a four-part choir only in the chorale, two corni da caccia, two oboes, taille (tenor oboe), three solo violins, three solo violas, three solo cellos and basso continuo. The cantata begins with a Sinfonia, which Bach derived from the first movement of his Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, possibly composed already in Weimar."
"left Weimar in 1717. Many of Bach's orchestral harpsichord concertos are adapted from a model with one or more violin solo parts. Several of these earlier models are extant. The oldest of these is Vivaldi's concerto for four violins, RV 580, published in 1711, model for Bach's concerto for four harpsichords, BWV 1065. Bach replaced the part of his fourth ""Brandenburg Concerto"", BWV 1049, composed in 1721 or earlier, by a harpsichord part when he reworked it to the harpsichord concerto BWV 1057. Bach's extant violin concertos BWV 1041–1043, two for a single violin soloist and one for two violin"
"followed by the works by Charles Rosen, and Daniel N. Leeson and Robert Levin. The first complete edition in print was not until that of Richault from around 1850; since then the scores and autographs have become widely available. Concerto No. 7 is for three (or two) pianos and orchestra, and No. 10 is for two pianos and orchestra, leaving 21 original concertos for one piano and orchestra. Early keyboard concertos were written by, among others, C.P.E. Bach, J.C. Bach, Soler, Wagenseil, Schobert, Vanhall and Haydn. Earlier still, in the Fifth Brandenburg Concerto by J.S. Bach, the keyboard part is"
"Concerto for Two Violins (Bach) The Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043, also known as the Double Violin Concerto, is one of the most famous works by Johann Sebastian Bach and considered among the best examples of the work of the late Baroque period. Bach may have written the concerto between 1717 and 1723 when he was the Kapellmeister at the court of Anhalt-Köthen, Germany, though the work's surviving performance materials were created for the concert series that Bach ran as the Director of the Collegium Musicum in Leipzig and are dated 1730–31. Later in 1739, in"
"sixth concerto grosso: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 scored for 2 violas ""concertino"", cello, 2 violas da gamba, and continuo, in which the two violas were placed in the primary melodic role. He also used this unusual ensemble in his cantata, Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt, BWV 18 and in Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199, the chorale is accompanied by an obbligato viola. There are a few Baroque and Classical concerti, such as those by Georg Philipp Telemann (one of the earliest viola concertos known), Franz Anton Hoffmeister and Carl Stamitz. Hector Berlioz's ""Harold in Italy"""
"to more densely dissonant music."" He has also played the same composer's ""Ebb"" (2000), which ""comprises a spasmodic discourse against a manic background of descending scale patterns like a kind of out-of-kilter change-ringing"". He toured Europe and the Far East in 2007 with the European Brandenburg Ensemble, a baroque orchestra, formed to mark his 60th birthday by recording Bach's Brandenburg Concertos and performing popular baroque music. Its recording of the concertos won the Gramophone Award for Baroque Instrumental in 2008. The band was not a permanent orchestra, but planned to reconvene in 2011 when Bach's ""St John Passion"" was to"
"the harpsichord concertos BWV 1052, 1053 and 1059. Based on harpsichord concertos and earlier cantata movements orchestral organ concertos were reconstructed and/or transcribed and arranged. The parts from the Concerto for four harpsichords BWV 1065 (Bach's arrangement of the Concerto for Four Violins, RV 580, by Antonio Vivaldi), have been dated to around 1730. Whereas the concertos with a single harpsichord soloist were composed partly to showcase Bach's own prowess at the keyboard, the others were written for different purposes, one of them being as —music for domestic performance within the Bach household at the Thomaschule in Leipzig. Johann Nikolaus"
"the cantata in six movements, beginning with a chorale fantasia, followed by a series of alternating recitatives and arias, and concluded by a four-part chorale. He scored it for three vocal soloists (soprano, tenor and bass), strings and continuo. Bach led the first performance on 2 December 1714. As , director of music of the main churches of Leipzig, he performed the cantata again on 28 November 1723. On 2 March 1714 Bach was appointed concertmaster of the Weimar court capelle of the co-reigning dukes Wilhelm Ernst and Ernst August of Saxe-Weimar. As concertmaster, he assumed the principal responsibility for"
"Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes The Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes, BWV 651–668, are a set of chorale preludes for organ prepared by Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig in his final decade (1740–1750), from earlier works composed in Weimar, where he was court organist. The works form an encyclopedic collection of large-scale chorale preludes, in a variety of styles harking back to the previous century, that Bach gradually perfected during his career. Together with the Orgelbüchlein, the Schübler Chorales, the third book of the Clavier-Übung and the Canonic Variations, they represent the summit of Bach's sacred music for solo organ. Early versions"
"Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes The Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes, BWV 651–668, are a set of chorale preludes for organ prepared by Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig in his final decade (1740–1750), from earlier works composed in Weimar, where he was court organist. The works form an encyclopedic collection of large-scale chorale preludes, in a variety of styles harking back to the previous century, that Bach gradually perfected during his career. Together with the Orgelbüchlein, the Schübler Chorales, the third book of the Clavier-Übung and the Canonic Variations, they represent the summit of Bach's sacred music for solo organ. Early versions"
"profound in the repertoire. He wrote sonatas for a solo instrument such as the viola de gamba accompanied by harpsichord or continuo, as well as trio sonatas (two instruments and continuo). ""The Musical Offering"" and ""The Art of Fugue"" are late contrapuntal works containing pieces for unspecified (combinations of) instruments. Surviving works in the concerto form include two violin concertos (BWV 1041 in A minor and BWV 1042 in E major) and a concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043, often referred to as Bach's ""double"" concerto. Bach's best-known orchestral works are the ""Brandenburg Concertos"", so named because"
"and other instruments by Vivaldi. The earliest organ concertos can probably be credited to Handel (16 concertos, c. 1735–51), the earliest harpsichord concertos to Johann Sebastian Bach (14 concertos for one to four harpsichords, c. 1735–40). In the latter case, all but probably one of the concertos are arrangements of existing works, though Bach had already approached the idea of a harpsichord concerto before 1721 in the Brandenburg Concerto no. 5. The Classical period brought the triumph of the solo concerto over the group or multiple concerto, assisted by the continued rise of the virtuoso soloist and the growing demand"
"Chorale cantata (Bach) There are 52 chorale cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach surviving in at least one complete version. Around 40 of these were composed during his second year as Thomaskantor in Leipzig, which started after Trinity Sunday 4 June 1724, and form the backbone of his chorale cantata cycle. The eldest known cantata by Bach, an early version of ""Christ lag in Todes Banden"", BWV 4, presumably written in 1707, was a chorale cantata. The last chorale cantata he wrote in his second year in Leipzig was ""Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern"", BWV 1, first performed on Palm Sunday,"
"works of Johann Sebastian Bach (LPs of the complete Brandenburg concertos, The Art of Fugue, The Musical Offering, trio sonatas, flute sonatas, of cantatas, concertos reconstructions, etc.), Bach's sons (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: sonatas, sinfonies, concerts; Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: sinfonies, sonatas; Johann Christian Bach: chamber music, sinfonies), Antonio Vivaldi (concertos, sonatas, ""Stabat Mater""), Jean-Philippe Rameau (e.g. ""Pièces en Concerts""), François Couperin (""Les Apothéoses"", ""Les Goûts réunis""), Georg Philipp Telemann (concertos, orchestral suites, ""Nouveaux Quatuors"", ""Tafelmusik"", ""Essercizii musici"", ""Der harmonische Gottesdienst"", cantatas), Jan Dismas Zelenka (trio sonatas ZWV 181, orchestral works, ""Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae""), František Benda (sonatas, flute concertos), Jiří Antonín"
"recital in 1993 at the Festival Domaine Forget in Quebec at the request of Radio Canada and his baroque compositions in a broadcast by CBCTV 'Compass' in Maritimes Canada in 1994. The CBC/Radio Canada – Toronto, Moncton, Halifax and CBCTV Halifax and ATV Halifax Canada have broadcast numerous 'live' premiere performances of his works as well as 14 feature portraits. He has made 16 transcriptions of works by François Couperin, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Georg Philipp Telemann, and J. S. Bach, including two Brandenburg Concerti in a version for two harpsichords and an orchestration of Bach's ""Italian Concerto"" as well as several"
"Bach led the first performance on 11 December 1726. The cantata became the basis for a similar work ""Auf, schmetternde Töne der muntern Trompeten"", BWV 207.2. Bach structured the cantata in ten movements, beginning with an instrumental march. He wrote it for four solo singers who represent allegorical figures: (Fortune, soprano), (Thankfulness, alto), (Diligence, tenor), and (Honour, bass). The cantata also features a four-part choir for the movements framing a sequence of recitatives and arias. Bach orchestrated it festively with three trumpets, timpani, two transverse flutes, two oboes d'amore, taille, two violins, viola, and basso continuo. Different attempt have been"
"Harpsichord Concerto in E major, BWV 1053 The Harpsichord Concerto in E major, BWV 1053, is a concerto for harpsichord and string orchestra by Johann Sebastian Bach. It is the second keyboard concerto in Bach's autograph score of . It has three movements: Scoring: harpsichord solo, violin I/II, viola, continuo (cello, violone). Like the other harpsichord concertos, BWV 1053 is generally agreed to be a transcription of a lost instrumental concerto. As with BWV 1052, all the movements had previous incarnations in Leipzig cantatas written ten or more years prior to the 1738 or 1739 autograph manuscript, with the part"
"in the format of Bach's second cantata cycle begun in 1724; in that cycle, each chorale cantata relies exclusively on one Lutheran hymn. Bach's son Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, who inherited the scores, later adapted the first and fifth movement, adding parts for three trumpets and timpani. In the later Leipzig version, Bach structured the cantata in eight movements. He scored it for four vocal soloists (soprano (S), alto (A), tenor (T) and bass (B)), a four-part choir (SATB), and a Baroque chamber ensemble of three oboes (Ob), two oboes d'amore (Oa), oboes da caccia or taille (Ta), two violins (Vl),"
"structured in nine movements, three of them choral (1, 7, 9), the others alternating arias and recitatives. The orchestra is large and representative, with four trumpets, timpani, two recorders and three oboes, in addition to strings and basso continuo. Bach led the Thomanerchor in the first performance. In 2015 the cantata was performed by the Thomanerchor at the place of its premiere on 12 June, opening the Bachfest and celebrating both the 1000th anniversary of the first recorded mention of Leipzig and the 850th anniversary of the Nikolaikirche. As ""Thomaskantor"", Bach served as music director of Leipzig and had to"
"recent research lead to thinking that it likely refers to Adolf Strecker, the former mayor who had just left office aged 83 years, since ""details of his public and private life match extremely well with the texts chosen for the cantata, and it seems likely that hearers would have recognized Strecker in them"". Bach structured the cantata in seven movements. He scored the vocal parts for four soloists: soprano, alto, tenor and bass. The choral writing is in four parts, and the work can be sung with just four singers, the so-called OVPP approach. Some performances deploy more singers in"
"held by the Moravian Archives. Other sources suggest an initial performance date of 1865 at Harvard University. Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80 Bach scored the cantata for four vocal soloists, a four-part choir and a Baroque chamber ensemble of up to three oboes of different kinds, strings and continuo. After his death, his son Wilhelm Friedemann Bach arranged the first and fifth movements, adopting a new text and adding trumpets and timpani. Bach wrote the cantata in Leipzig for Reformation Day, celebrated annually on 31 October. In composing this work, Bach reused an earlier cantata, ""Alles, was"
"Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 The Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052, is a concerto for harpsichord and string orchestra by Johann Sebastian Bach. It is the first of Bach's harpsichord concertos. It has 3 movements: The earliest surviving manuscript of the concerto can be dated to 1734; it was made by Bach's son Carl Philipp Emanuel and contained only the orchestral parts, the cembalo part being added later This version is known as BWV 1052a. The definitive version BWV 1052 was recorded by Bach himself in the autograph manuscript of all eight harpsichord concertos BWV 1052–1058,"
"Organ Sonatas (Bach) The organ sonatas, BWV 525–530 by Johann Sebastian Bach are a collection of six sonatas in trio sonata form. Each of the sonatas has three movements, with three independent parts in the two manuals and obbligato pedal. The collection was put together in Leipzig in the late 1720s and contained reworkings of prior compositions by Bach from earlier cantatas, organ works and chamber music as well as some newly composed movements. The sixth sonata, BWV 530, is the only one for which all three movements were specially composed for the collection. When played on an organ, the"