Vittorio Redaelli

Amo viaggiare, leggere, i miei gatti e Johann Sebastian Bach

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BACH’S WEDNESDAY POLL #BACHDUEL

Which is Bach’s greatest contrapuntal achievement?

1) The Art of Fugue
2) The Musical Offering
3) Other work (comment below)

Vote below!
#Bach

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Johann Sebastian Bach’s Du lieber Heiland du from the Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 (1736-46): an intimate alto arioso with two transverse flutes and continuo, following the disciples’ protest against the woman who anoints Jesus at Bethany. Picander’s text transforms the biblical scene into a deeply personal prayer. While the disciples argue over the “waste” of precious ointment, the believer asks to offer something humbler: tears of repentance and love. The delicate flutes create an almost tearful atmosphere around the alto voice, turning the scene into one of the Passion’s earliest moments of personal devotion and inward reflection.
https://t.co/Fg3fHKrM3z
#Bach #BWV244 #ClassicalMusic #JSBach

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@ClaudioBorghi @fabriziofabriz9 Perfettamente comprensibile.

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@maurizio_bufi Segnalato.

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276 years after his death, Johann Sebastian Bach continues to inspire new sounds. The Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068, performed by a glass harp and string quartet, reveals the timeless beauty and extraordinary adaptability of his music. Bach could never have imagined such an ensemble, yet the purity of the glass harp blends seamlessly with the warmth of the strings, reminding us that true masterpieces transcend instruments, centuries, and musical traditions.
https://t.co/h26d6drtBC
#Bach #JSBach #ClassicalMusic

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Johann Sebastian Bach died on July 28, 1750: 276 years later, his music still breathes. The Adagio from Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major BWV 564 is one of his most intimate inspirations. Here, in Leopold Stokowski's magnificent orchestral transcription, the same melody takes on new colors without losing its quiet humanity, luminous beauty, or timeless voice.
https://t.co/cL1jcJ9Rx7
#Bach #BWV564 #JSBach #OrganMusic #ClassicalMusic

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"Bach is Bach, as God is God". Hector Berlioz.
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Johann Sebastian Bach’s Oboe Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056R (reconstruction): although no original manuscript survives, this beloved concerto is a scholarly reconstruction based primarily on the Harpsichord Concerto in F minor BWV 1056, itself widely believed to be an arrangement of an earlier work from Bach's Köthen years. Most scholars agree that the outer movements probably derive from a lost Violin Concerto in G minor, while the celebrated central Largo traces back to the Sinfonia of Cantata BWV 156 Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe, where the oboe sings its unforgettable melody above gently accompanying strings. Following the reconstruction by Winfried Radeke, the concerto is transposed to G minor, allowing the oboe's warm, expressive voice to shine. The energetic opening and finale frame one of Bach's most sublime slow movements: a serene, deeply moving meditation whose lyrical simplicity has made it one of the most cherished melodies in all of Baroque music. Though reconstructed rather than preserved, BWV 1056R beautifully illustrates Bach's extraordinary ability to transform and elevate musical ideas, and it remains one of the finest works in the oboe repertoire.
https://t.co/KBq39JNNMC
#Bach #BWV1056R #ClassicalMusic #BaroqueMusic #JSBach

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Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cantata Durchlauchtster Leopold, BWV 173a (1722): a secular birthday cantata composed in Köthen for Prince Leopold von Anhalt-Köthen's 28th birthday. One of Bach's congratulatory serenatas, it is remarkable for surviving complete, unlike several companion works whose music is known only through later sacred parodies. Scored for soprano, bass, two flutes, bassoon, strings, and continuo, the cantata unfolds in eight movements of striking variety: graceful dance rhythms, brilliant coloraturas, a lively Vivace, an ingenious minuet duet that rises through successive keys and increasingly rich orchestration, a flute-dominated bourrée, and a finale with the character of a polonaise. Bach later transformed seven of its eight movements into the sacred cantatas BWV 173 and BWV 175, demonstrating how his "parodies" were not mere recycling but creative reimaginations of existing music for entirely new theological and expressive purposes.
https://t.co/odVZSdD0L1
#Bach #BWV173a #ClassicalMusic #BaroqueMusic #JSBach

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@vincenzo802810 @ClaudioBorghi @PGabri88 Vivuto! Click istantaneo.

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@andst7 Il nome è noto, ma Giorgia non vuole cambiare neanche un ministro (ce ne sarebbero da cambiare! A partire dal ministro URSS).

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Max Reger’s Piano Duet Transcription
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 - I. Allegro.
Max Reger left Bach lovers a remarkable gift with his complete piano four-hands transcriptions of all six Brandenburg Concertos, as well as some of Bach's greatest organ masterpieces, including the Passacaglia and Fugue BWV 582 and the Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565. Far more than practical arrangements, these transcriptions reveal Bach's music in an intimate new light. The orchestral colors give way to exceptional contrapuntal clarity, rhythmic vitality, and joyful elegance. They remain a heartfelt tribute from one of Bach's greatest admirers.
https://t.co/ox1ADC78Ka
#Bach #BWV1047 #JSBach #ClassicalMusic #Reger

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"Bach is the supreme arbiter of music, the one whose works are the eternal standard of perfection". Igor Stravinskij.
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Johann Sebastian Bach’s Fugue for violin and continuo in G minor, BWV 1026 (1714-17): long regarded as doubtful, this remarkable work is now widely accepted as an authentic early composition by Bach, thanks to research by musicologist Peter Wollny published in 2005. Dating from Bach’s Weimar years, it may well be his earliest surviving chamber work. Its idiom differs from the mature Bach we know, which led many scholars to question its authenticity for much of the twentieth century. Yet the seeds of Bach’s later genius are already unmistakable: expressive counterpoint, frequent double stops, and a richly woven two-part texture that foreshadows the virtuosity of the Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin. BWV 1026 reminds us that even Bach’s earliest voice was already evolving toward greatness.
https://t.co/M6niLVdHVR
#Bach #BWV106 #JSBach #ClassicalMusic #BaroqueMusic

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@maurone771 @ClaudioBorghi @Luca_Fantuzzi Ma tu, cretino, perché lo segui se non lo sopporti? Sei proprio un minus, eh?

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Johann Sebastian Bach’s Wir Christenleut, BWV 612 (c.1711-1713) from the Orgelbüchlein: the final Christmas chorale prelude, in G minor, based on Caspar Füger's hymn celebrating Christ's birth and humanity's redemption.
The chorale melody appears plainly in the soprano, while lively inner voices spin flowing semiquaver figures derived from the hymn itself. Beneath them, the pedal's firm, striding quavers provide an unwavering foundation. The result has the buoyant character of a Baroque gigue, bringing the Christmas section of the Orgelbüchleinto a joyful close.
Many interpreters hear the descending figures as a symbol of Christ descending to earth, while the steadfast pedal line represents the believer's unwavering faith. A fascinating detail: in Bach's autograph, the final two and a half bars are written in German organ tablature because he simply ran out of space on the page.
https://t.co/XxavP6KFYJ
#Bach #BWV612 #ClassicalMusic #OrganMusic #Orgelbuchlein

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@alessandropolli Non mi sembra salubre...

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BACH’S WEDNESDAY POLL

Which Johann Sebastian Bach's masterpiece best represents his genius?

1) St Matthew Passion
2) Mass in B minor
3) The Art of Fugue
4) The Musical Offering

Vote below!
#Bach

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Johann Sebastian Bach’s Da versammleten sich die Hohepriester from the Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 (1736-46): a dramatic sequence of recitatives and choruses that propels the Passion narrative forward. The Evangelist recounts the chief priests' plot against Jesus, followed by the tense double-choir chorus Ja nicht auf das Fest, where fear of public unrest shapes their conspiracy. The scene then shifts to Bethany, where the disciples protest the woman's anointing of Jesus in the agitated chorus Wozu dienet dieser Unrat? ("To what purpose is this waste?"). Jesus' response, once again accompanied by the serene halo of strings, transforms the episode into a lesson on love, devotion, and the true meaning of sacrifice. Bach masterfully contrasts human calculation and indignation with Christ's calm authority, creating one of the Passion's earliest dramatic climaxes.
https://t.co/1V64TMgZuc
#Bach #BWV242 #ClassicalMusic #JSBach

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Johann Sebastian Bach’s Prelude and Fughetta in F major, BWV 901 (1720-1727?): a charming early keyboard work that offers a fascinating glimpse into Bach’s evolving contrapuntal art. The bright, free-flowing Prelude prepares the way for a concise three-part Fughetta whose subject would later be transformed into the opening half of the Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 886/2, from The Well-Tempered Clavier II. About twenty-five years later, Bach expanded this youthful fugue into a richer four-voice masterpiece, adding new contrapuntal layers while preserving the original thematic core. In just over two minutes, BWV 901 reveals how Bach could revisit an earlier idea and elevate it into something even more profound: a perfect example of his lifelong pursuit of contrapuntal perfection.
https://t.co/rgDXCJZ76e
#Bach #BWV901 #ClassicalMusic #BaroqueMusic #JSBach