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The Cello Song
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Bach is back (with 7 more cellos). Based on J.S. Bach’s Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude
Enjoy it and have a nice weekend.
Magnificat anima mea Dominum BWV 243
Friday, July 1st, 2011
“Magnificat anima mea Dominum” from “in D Major”, BWV 243, Mov. I
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig, 1728-1731
Scoring:
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Soloists: Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto, Tenor, Bass; 5-part Chorus (SSATB)
Orchestra: 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 transverse flutes, 2 oboes, 2 oboes damore, 2 violins, viola, continuo (+ violoncello, violone, bassoon)
Badinerie
Friday, June 10th, 2011
The badinerie is best known for its designation as the final movement of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, the piece we are going to enjoy. The movement is light in mood, and is structured in a binary form; it is cast in a swift 2/4 metre beginning on the upbeat, [...]
Wenn soll es doch geschehen, cantata BWV 11 of J.S.Bach
Friday, September 10th, 2010
Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen (Praise God in his kingdoms), BWV 11, also known as the Ascension Oratorio, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, marked by him as Oratorium In Festo Ascensionis (Oratorio for the feast of the Ascension). It was probably composed in 1735 for the service for Ascension and first performed on [...]
Sarabande of Haendel – la folia later style
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
The fourth movement Sarabande of George Frideric Handel’s Keyboard suite in D minor (HWV 437) for solo harpsichord achieved modern popularity when an orchestrated version was used by Stanley Kubrick for his 1975 film Barry Lyndon. Later, Brian De Palma featured the same orchestration as the overture for his 2007 film Redacted. Also, in another [...]
Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, organ
Friday, June 18th, 2010
Bach’s most famous organ piece, with a bar-graph score.
And for cartoon lovers. Fantasia (1940)
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Musical score: Johann Sebastian Bach – Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565 (Stokowski’s own orchestration)
Directed by Samuel Armstrong
Story development: Lee Blair, Elmer Plummer, and Phil Dike
Art direction: Robert Cormack
Background painting: Joe Stahley, John Hench, and [...]
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