ExclusiveBach: Harpsichord Concerto no. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 - I. Allegro

【Classical music and nature 古典音樂小站】Johann Sebastian Bach: Harpsichord Concerto no. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 - I. Allegro. This beautiful piece was played by Michel Rondeau and Aline Letendre. It has Creative Commons license (Attribution 3.0 Unported, CC BY 3.0 Deed) and is provided through www.musopen.org.

This concerto for harpsichord is in the melancholy key of F minor. Although the plaintive character is noticeable straight away, the sun does shine through in several places. “The whole concerto hangs together perfectly”, says soloist Siebe Henstra. In the first movement, Bach gets the orchestra and the harpsichordist to play a refined game, with a sort of ‘bunged-up-nose’ echo effect. They play together and then the harpsichord repeats the last figure. In the third movement, Bach harks back to this – but then the other way round, with the orchestra repeating while the harpsichord is silent.

As with all Bach concertos, the middle movement is special. And actually, it isn’t even Bach, as the melody refers back to the Andante from the Flute Concerto in G major, TWV 51:G2 by Telemann. Bach takes Telemann’s theme and develops it in his own way. And he was obviously pleased with the result, as he used this middle movement again in his cantata Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe, although there the solo is played by an oboe rather than a harpsichord.

Source: bachvereniging.nl

This enchanting place is located in a nature reserve and is accessible by car for a small road toll of 15 Swiss francs.

The video was captured by Simone Schlegel above Habkern, Switzerland and was edited by Wenjing Ma.






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