Posted on 02/27/2022 12:36:47 PM PST by lee martell
I throughly enjoy this violin sonata by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach, one of J.S. Bach sons. The Sonata begins with a flowing 3/4 movement on the keyboard soon joined by the violin in a lightly syncopated manner. I believe 'to syncopate' means to use a rhythm with displaced beats or accents so that the strong beats are weak and vice versa. I'm still learning how to listen to baroque music and break down what they are presenting. When I first heard this, it reminded me of another composition that was written about 100 years after this sonata. I thought of the famous Trout Quintet in A Major by Franz Schubert. Schubert is said to have composed all five movements of this in 1819 when he was only 22 years old. This piece, written for piano and strings was not actually published until 1829, a year after his death.
As I was reading a mystery novel, written in the 1990's, one of the characters mentioned a piece by J.S. Bach I had never heard of. Most of his work, I've never heard, there is so much of it. The piece is called
Wir Danken Dir Gott; J.S. Bach, Sinfonia 2, Cantata 29, BWV 291 performed by the Netherlands Bach Society.
This is a wonderful, lush and sparkling piece. It carries a steady but gentle power that at first is almost breathtaking. Sort of a sweeping, whirlpool effect. In short, I loved it! I am no musician, (not really) so I leave it up to others to describe the work if they wish to.
**I apologize for not providing an attached YouTube. I'm still enough of a Computer Troglodyte not to know how to post a video and not to really care about learning.
I have always wanted to teach myself cello because of those pieces. I just love the sound. (guitar player since about 1980)
Click here for Hungarian Rhapsody played by...you can guess by now...
He (JS Bach) must have been one of those people who find it impossible to sit still and do nothing.
Quite the multi-tasker.
The Prelude to the first sonata - like boarding a rollercoaster of audio joy...
Very nice.
Old Man Johann’s boy?
That’s the rumor, anyway! //
if you have not heard these metalica covers, they are also very good. for example
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjvGjUovxPU
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWEmsUiQELU
looks like they are touring again. I heard them many years ago.
I had a friend who was a concert cellist for a while.
Those are good. There are several classical pieces around that would also work in a crossover style such as heavy metal.
One such work would be ‘Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
BWV 538 “Dorian”, Pipe Organ powerhaus. 12: 59 minutes!
Your second YouTube; “Hall of the Mountain King” was composed by Edvard Grieg. I like a lot of his work. I have some of his concertos written for cello.
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