Something for a Friday: All of Bach

[oddoneout]

I don’t know if it has electric lighting, but I know he used to use candles, and had a good collection of fine candlesticks which were sold off at auction after he died. I’ve always fancied doing that in one room - using candle light. Hmmm - maybe I’ll get that sorted for this autumn.

There are some very good LED battery versions of candles these days which reduce the heat, smell, mess and fire risk of the real thing. I had a chunky one that was a wax case with the workings inside and could be switched off by "blowing it out".

[Edgy 2]

Concerto in D Minor BWV 974

Arrangement an oboe concerto by Alessandro Marcello played by Patrick Ayrton

https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-974/

[Mandryka]

[Edgy 2]

I love these extra videos, I'll listen shortly.

[Padraig]

Yes, Rob and Mandryka, the extra video makes a big difference to this Bach 'arrangement'. And here we have a teacher pointing out how the concerto is itself a lesson by Bach in how to do ornamentation and so to every player of the piece since then.

[Mandryka]

Menno van Delft playing the chromatic fantasy and fugue on a clavichord. If you'd have asked me I'd have said that this shouldn't work because the music demands the brilliance of a harpsichord, like the toccata of the 6th partita. But I think they've cheated by recording the clavichord closely -- so it sounds more brilliant than the recording of the Partitas he made.

Anyway, he's a good musician I think and so worth hearing.


EDIT -- I just noticed this comment, which seems spot on to me

An exceptional performance!
I’m eager to know how this was recorded? Was the sound amplified during the performance too? I know how quiet the sound of a clavichord is. I remember doing a clavichord course 2 years ago and you can barely hear it from a distance of 10+ meters

[Mandryka]

In this video he seems to be using the same instrument, and when he plays (about 2 and a half minutes in) it it sounds more natural, less amplified

[Hitch]

Catching up...

[Hitch]

[Hitch]

[Padraig]

Catching up...

Hitch, I never miss an episode of All Of Bach. It is a very scholarly thread at times, so I usually confine myself to enjoying the music. Like, for example, today's piece has all sorts of doubt about it - that's when I leave it to others to comment. I know the scholars love the doubt. I don't forget that you were the one who started this great thread off.

[Hitch]

Sorry, Padraig. I didn't mean to step on your toes. I'm not proprietorial about the thread; it belongs to everyone. In fact, I'm amazed and thankful that you and others keep updating it. As a musical ignoramus, I leave it to others to comment on the content. If you think any of the videos are unsuitable, I will delete the relevant post. No harm done.

[Mandryka]

Doesn’t sound like J S Bach to me! One of his kids maybe.

[Bryn]

Doesn’t sound like J S Bach to me! One of his kids maybe.

Was that supposed to be a joke or di you just not know BWV1022? I like the up-tempo approach in this performance.

[Mandryka]

Was that supposed to be a joke or di you just not know BWV1022? I like the up-tempo approach in this performance.

I can’t remember hearing 1022 before, I’ll listen later. But I can see there’s a connection now to CPE from this

https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-1022/

How you getting on with the Apartment House number pieces? My finger’s twitching over the order button.