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The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Concerto for Recorder & Viola da Gamba in A minor TWV52:a1
July 1, 2016 in Music | Tags: Concerto for Recorder & Viola da Gamba in A minor TWV52:a1, Telemann, The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude | by The Arbourist | Comments closed
Georg Philipp Telemann (14 March 1681 – 25 June 1767) (German pronunciation: [ˈteːləman]) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family’s wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually settled on a career in music. He held important positions in Leipzig, Sorau, Eisenach, and Frankfurt before settling in Hamburg in 1721, where he became musical director of the city’s five main churches. While Telemann’s career prospered, his personal life was always troubled: his first wife died only a few months after their marriage, and his second wife had extramarital affairs and accumulated a large gambling debt before leaving Telemann.
Telemann was and still is one of the most prolific composers in history[1] (at least in terms of surviving oeuvre)[2] and was considered by his contemporaries to be one of the leading German composers of the time—he was compared favorably both to his friend Johann Sebastian Bach, who made Telemann the godfather and namesake of his son Carl Philipp Emanuel, and to George Frideric Handel, whom Telemann also knew personally. Telemann’s music incorporates several national styles (French, Italian) and is even at times influenced by Polish popular music. He remained at the forefront of all new musical tendencies and his music is an important link between the late Baroque and early Classical styles.
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The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Vivaldi Recorder Concerto RV 433
June 24, 2016 in Music | Tags: La tempesta di mare, RV 433, The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude, Vivaldi | by The Arbourist | 3 comments
The Largo and Presto movements from Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto in F Major for Recorder and Strings, RV 433, with soloist Hanneke van Proosdij, recorder, and the San Francisco Early Music Ensemble Voices of Music.
Such a far cry from the elementary music classes that feature the recorder.
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The DWR Baroque Interlude – Cello Suite No.1 J.S. Bach
May 13, 2016 in Music | Tags: 1st Movement, Bach, Cello Suite No. 1, The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude | by The Arbourist | 1 comment
Well, with a neat visualization of how the bowing on this particular piece works a master work becomes even more interesting. :)
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The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Scarlatti Sonata in D Minor K141
April 29, 2016 in Music | Tags: Scarlatti, Sonata in D Minor K141, The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude | by The Arbourist | 1 comment
This D minor effort is one of Scarlatti’s finest Sonatas and also one of his most unusual: it is really a toccata whose focus on repeated notes is said to be an attempt to imitate the sonorities of a mandolin. In addition, it makes considerable demands on the soloist with hand-crossings and other keyboard acrobatics executed at rapid tempos.
Marked Allegro, the work’s opening is striking: the sound world of a mandolin is immediately invoked in the manic character of the repeated notes. Some listeners may identify this rapid-fire, tremolo-like effect more with the guitar, another instrument Scarlatti often imitated in his keyboard works.
The main theme scurries about playfully, but with a sense of urgency in its hyperactivity. The material of the second subject is just as driven, but focuses less on repeated notes, more on heightening the sense of conflict and resolution, but always with elegance, if a breathless elegance. Midway through Scarlatti turns to development of his thematic material, as was his usual course. Here the music maintains the same busy mood in expanding largely on the secondary material, and in those nervous repeated notes as well. Without a doubt this three-and-a-half minute gem is one of Scarlatti’s finest and most challenging sonatas.
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The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Vivaldi – Lute Concerto in D major, RV 93
February 12, 2016 in Music | Tags: Lute Concerto in D major RV 93, The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude, Vivaldi | by The Arbourist | 3 comments
The concerto is in three movements:
- Allegro
- Largo
- Allegro
The first movement is in a fast tempo and begins with a ritornello played by the entire orchestra and then repeated by the solo lute.[1][2] According to AllMusic critic Brian Robins, the ritornello “contrasts a tuneful opening theme with a more lyrical motif in the minor mode.”[1] During the movement, the solo lute plays melodies in contrast to the ritornello.[2] The movement consists of several sections, almost all of which incorporate a portion of the ritornello melody.[2]
The second movement also consists of several sections.[2] Robins describes this movement as a “reflective meditation by the soloist” against accompaniment by the violins and pizzicato bass.[1] Robins praises the movement’s “exquisitely simple shift from triple to duple meter.”[1] The third and final movement is another fast movement in a 6/8 time signature which Robins describes as having “a bit of tarantella-like feel.”[1] The soloist also has the option of playing the half notes in the movement using a more vigorous 12/8 time signature.[3]
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The DWR Baroque Interlude – Bach, Chaconne from Partita for Violin No. 2, BWV 1004, arranged by Brahms.
February 5, 2016 in Music | Tags: Bach, BWV 1004, Chaconne from Partita for Violin No. 2, The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude | by The Arbourist | 1 comment
Bach, Chaconne from Partita for Violin No. 2, BWV 1004, arranged by Brahms for left hand piano: The Chaconne is the fifth movement of Bach’s Partita in D Minor for Unaccompanied Violin, written between 1717-1723 (ages 32-38), while Bach was in the service of Prince Leopold in Cöthen. Joshua Bell has said that the Chaconne is “not just one of the greatest pieces of music ever written, but one of the greatest achievements of any man in history. It’s a spiritually powerful piece, emotionally powerful, structurally perfect.” Brahms knew and loved the music of Bach at a time that it was mainly of historical interest. His respect for Bach’s Chaconne was reverential: “The Chaconne is in my opinion one of the most wonderful and incomprehensible pieces of music. Using the technique adapted to a small instrument, [Bach] writes a whole world of the deepest thoughts and most powerful feelings.” In 1877 (age 44), when his close friend Clara Schumann injured her right hand, Brahms arranged Bach’s Chaconne for left-hand piano. Brahms told Clara Schumann that, only by arranging the work this way could he understand the technical difficulties faced by a violin soloist.
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The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Bach – Minuet in G Major BWV Anh 116
January 8, 2016 in Music | Tags: Bach - Minuet in G Major BWV Anh 116, Piano Stuff I can play, The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude | by The Arbourist | Comments closed
Returning to the Bach this year. First up in line is this Minuet in G major, I’m in love with the passage that modulates to E minor soooo much. :)
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