ExclusiveBach: Trio Sonata in G major, BWV 1039 - Complete Performance

【Classical music and nature 古典音樂小站】Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata in G major, BWV 1039 - Complete Performance. This beautiful piece was played by Hartmut Strebel, Rainer Kussmaul, Werner Taube, Lisedore Praetorius. It has common licence (Public Domain Mark 1.0 Universal), and is provided through musopen.org.

This trio sonata for two flutes and basso continuo, BWV 1039, also exists in a version for viola da gamba and harpsichord. Researchers suspect, however, that neither version is the original. It may originally have been a trio sonata for two violins and basso continuo, although it is far from certain. The final movement of the sonata also exists in a version for organ (BWV 1027a), dating from the 1730’s.

The reason for all these different versions is clear: like the other trio sonatas, this is a balanced work full of nice melodic and harmonic inventions. So who wouldn’t want to play it? Although the other trio sonatas also exist in versions for different instruments, this is the only one for two flutes. In Bach’s day, the transverse flute, or traverso, was a popular instrument with the upper middle classes and the nobility, and this sonata gave (and still gives) the opportunity of enjoying Bach’s music to two flautists, rather than just one. No wonder that Marten Root smiles so happily after the final note.

Source: bachvereniging.nl

The video was filmed by Simone Schlegel in Switzerland and was edited by Wenjing Ma.


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