Beautiful music by J. S. Bach

[Lionel Mandrake]

Orchestral Suite no. 2 BWV 1067

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMingKS22Ik&feature=related

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Lionel Mandrake!

Ah, thank you for that. It IS beautiful!

I've heard it many times, and it never gets old.

:hi:

[pokerfan]

2. If it's baroque...

don't fix it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZXM2eq46_s

(Air on the G String: Bach's timeless work, performed on original instruments by San Francisco Early Music Ensemble Voices of Music and accompanied by a montage of the most beautiful images of deep space. )

[Lionel Mandrake]

3. Air on a G String

is a 19th century arrangement of one movement (by far the most popular) of Bach's Third Orchestral Suite. The arrangement is in C major. The piece you posted is actually Bach's original 2nd movement, not the arrangement. It's a lovely performance. Thanks for posting it.

The original was in the key of D major. The performance you posted is in D-flat (assuming A 440), which may be what the key of D sounds like on period instruments.

When I first clicked on the link, it would play for a while and then get stuck, play again for a while, get stuck again, etc. An hour later it played all the way through with no problems (YouTube weirdness).

Here, for comparison, is "Air on the G String" actually played on the G string of a violin, in the key of C major:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op_29zAo23g

The melody here is more than an octave below that of the original.

[Iggo]

4. 'Beautiful' & 'music by JS Bach'...

...from the Department Of Redundancy Dept.

[Lionel Mandrake]

6. Guilty as charged, your honor.

From now on, I'll try to avoid repeating myself redundantly over and over.

[stuntcat]

5. vury nice

yes vury vury nice :loveya: