I’m staying with that old Reader’s Digest collection today. The first disc included the Brandenburg Concerto No.1 and it is interesting to think that, assuming I started with Disc 1, this may have been the first piece of classical music I had listened to.
Baroque
Not The Original Instrument
I know you are all thinking that I can’t possibly continue the percussion theme into the “smooth and gentle” episode that is Friday. Well try this one…..
Laid in Lockdown
Most, although not all, of my Friday choices have been of relatively positive/happy music. Today’s is less cheerful.
The Winter Season
For today’s “full work” I was going to share Vivaldi’s “Winter” from the set of violin concerti that go by the title “The Four Seasons”. Then I changed my mind and decided to give you all four! 😁
More Bach
Having started Christmas Day with the opening chorus of Bach’s Weihnachts Oratorium, “Jauchzet, frohlocket!” I was going to bookend it with the final chorus today – but having searched for a suitable video I decided that you should have a bigger slice of Bach.
High Horn
I’ve been neglecting the horn players recently 😃
Some Fireworks Today
The music of the baroque period covers so many great composers – and can be very exciting. This performance is really good – and on period instruments making it sound more like it might have done originally.
Rockelbel !?!
There are many examples of “new versions” of music – some simply change the instrumentation; or take a vocal piece and make it instrumental; or change the style; and many other types of change. My next few videos can perhaps be best summed up as “not the original”.
Back To Brass
Like last week the “big choice” this Monday is a little different – not one very long piece of music but rather a collection of short ones – from the video title I have linked to the album playlist so you can listen to as few or as many that you want to.
Finally It Is Jazz Bach
Couldn’t have a week of Bach arrangements without Jacques Loussier.