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Bach structured the cantata in five movements in a symmetrical arrangement of two framing duets surrounding recitatives and a central aria.Bach scored the work for two vocal soloists (soprano (S) and bass (B)), and a Baroque instrumental ensemble of originally two violins (Vl), viola (Va), and basso continuo. [1]
1. Vivace. 2. Largo ma non tanto. 3. Allegro. The Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043, also known as the Double Violin Concerto, is a violin concerto of the Late Baroque era, which Johann Sebastian Bach composed around 1730.
From the outset in the original piece, Vivaldi creates an unusual texture: the two violins play as a duet and then are answered by a similar duet for obbligato cello and continuo bass. On the organ Bach creates his own musical texture by exchanging the solo parts between hands and having the responding duet on a second manual. For Williams ...
2 oboes. bassoon. 2 violins. viola. continuo. Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen (Rejoice, you hearts), [1] BWV 66.2, BWV 66, [2] is a church cantata for Easter by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it for the Second Day of Easter in Leipzig and first performed it on 10 April 1724. He based it on his congratulatory cantata Der Himmel dacht auf Anhalts ...
Similar to other cantatas on words by Franck, the work is scored for a small Baroque chamber ensemble of two violins, viola, two cellos and continuo. Bach composed a unique aria with a dark texture of a bass voice and two obbligato cellos. A duet has been described as a love duet and compared to operatic duets.
The accompanying violins and violas play muted (con sordino), and the bass part for cellos and double basses is to be played pizzicato and sempre pianissimo, with the same change in effect compared to Bach's original. [7] Later, a spurious story circulated that the melody was always intended to be played on the G string alone. [8]
Partita No. 2, performed on guitar by Yaron Hasson(from the Wayback Machine) "Rethinking Bach's Violin Ciaccona"(commentary by Raymond Erickson, with Mikyung Kim, violin and Julie Iwasa, dancer)on YouTube. "Bach's Ciaccona for Unaccompanied Violin: A Reassessment" (commentary by Raymond Erickson; Luosha Fang, violin)on YouTube, played by Luosha ...
The bass solo is accompanied by the violins and violas playing gentle semiquaver figures; and by the basso continuo playing repeated pizzicato quaver octaves. In Bach's musical iconography, these repeated quavers represent the death knell, when—in the record of goods, body and life—judgement on the soul is passed by God.