Bach's Brandenburg Concertos

As Court Kapellmeister (musical director) to Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Kothen from 1717 to 1723, Johann Sebastian Bach completed a set of six concertos known as the Brandenburg Concertos. In this excerpt from the third concerto in the key of G, three groups of three stringed instruments each, with basso continuo (continuous bass harmony; string bass and harpsichord in this instance), are eloquently combined, alternated, and contrasted with one another.

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