Sunday Baroque

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Bach – Violin Concerto in D minor BWV 1052R – Sato | Netherlands Bach Society

When it was composed, this violin marvel – the Violin Concerto in D minor, performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach – immediately became such a technical challenge that few soloists were able to tackle it. Too few, probably, as not a shred of it has survived. The concerto played here is a modern reconstruction, based on a harpsichord concerto written much later by Bach, but which is presumed to originate from a violin concerto. –  Netherlands Bach Society.

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Bach – Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F major BWV 1047 – Sato | Netherlands Bach Society

Like the set of ‘Brandenburg’ concertos as a whole, this ‘Brandenburg’ Concerto no. 2 in F major, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach, is also a piece for several instruments: a quartet of trumpet, oboe, recorder and violin is accompanied by a string ensemble. The notes on paper would suggest that all four soloists are equal. And of course it all revolves around playing together and a measured balance. Yet one of the soloists is ‘more equal’ than the others, as the trumpet definitely attracts most attention. – Netherlands Bach Society