Thank you Matthew. The wonderful thing about this piece is how Bach extends the echo beyond the violas and into the 2 Gambas & Cello (The first instance at 1:02 when he passes a 2-beat motif from Cello to 1st Viola to 1st Gamba to 2nd Viola & to 2nd Gamba). I'm glad you are enjoying the videos.
Beautiful indeed! Especially at 4:53 where the 1st/2nd Violas & 1st Gamba kinda get stuck in a "mini canon loop" and the Cello has to break it up with the 2-beat motif used throughout the 1st movement.
any bach that doesn't include clavichord or harpsichord has the same effect on me. Those two instruments seem so cloying to me. I bet Roger Fry was listening to this when he wrote "Bach almost persuades me to be a Christian."
First of all! Thanks for the fantastic production. This is for the history of humanity! I love the 6th. In my humble opinion the best of the Brandenburger concertos. Saw it live performed at Carnegiehall in 2002 played by a Russian chamber orchestra who was standing on stage in a circle. This piece has stayed with me ever since. It has this consistent rhythm in the back ground seeming to be the universe's heart beat. And Bach's masterful harmonic structures on top. Sublime! Thanks so much!
@@austinjim9082 haha yeah ikr it's almost as if they actually said brandenburger in their comment and I was pointing out how that was kinda funny that he made that mistake.
I haven't heard the Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in years. I always thought the first movement was one of the "simpler" Brandenburg works. Yikes! Was I totally wrong about that! Now that I see the notes--this is quite an exquisite fugue. But it bops up and down with such verve, and so melodiously, I didn't even pick up on the fact that it was a fugue! When listening to it, I always get into a state almost like jazz, where I just go with the flow and don't even register how complex the whole structure is. Marvelous. Simply marvelous. This is why I love Bach--you discover totally new things you didn't even know were there in old territory already tread!
This is definitely my favorite Brandenburg Concerto. I love the 3rd movement. It seems to me that the two violas playing quite different melodies pose an extra burden on the conductor! The basso obbligato representend by the Violone and the Cembalo seem to play an important part in keeping the whole thing together!!!
@@segala7853 no. It is op who should have been ironic in saying that this is "ancient Rock'n'Roll" that's like comparing the works of oscar wilde to a Wattpad story.
@@marcossidoruk8033 Musical elitists, such as yourself, scare off people who might be beginning to listen to these masterpieces, when you call rock and roll "plebeian" music you sound like a living stereotype as well.
Wow, I loved this interpretation, especially the Adagio. It have some rubatos there between every single beat that makes you really feel the cadence between one note and the next. I don't know how to explain it :D
Did anyone else notice that from 8:13 everytime the first viola da braccio plays an E-flat, there is another sound, maybe from a flute or a different Instrument, that can be heard and that plays the same Note? I can not Imagine myself how that happened, because I think not that this was intentionally. Sorry for my poor English.
The progressive rock band The Nice combined this and Bob Dylan's "Country Pie" (of all things!) in live performance. So, I put a live version by Dylan, this and The Nice's mashup in my "Classical and Prog" playlist. Thanks for the upload!
17:03 What's w/ the Low Bb in the Bass Part? Sounds like this was probably meant to be played on a 7 String Violone which is the same as a 7 String Bass Viol but it sounds an Octave lower.
Funny looking back at the comment I posted here a year ago... Though I could bet money that the two performers are usually violinist, this recording isn't really bad at all. I guess I became spoiled with smalin's (less baroque) recording!
Aiden Peleg True. I'm looking at the start of the 3rd movement 11:41. It has two "violas da braccio", which is the normal viola you're thinking about. It also has 2 "viola da gamba"s, which are played like cellos/bass, but are still called "viola"s. The "violoncello" is just the regular cello. "violone e cembalo" is actually two things: "violone" is probably the double bass, and "cembalo" is the harpsichord. Got all this from wikipedia! Hope this helps.
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the score is incomprehensible. nice performance though. really it makes little sense. why the bars of color. greatest Brandenburg written. I was expecting a full scrolling score, not some bizarre coloring book. thanks tho. second movement is profound and beautiful. e flat I believe. I've loved that slow movement since I was a child. full of sensitivity and suffering it is.