Johann Sebastian Bach: Arioso Cantata 156: String Orchestra: Score & Parts

Even the most basic understanding of Western music must include an intimate familiarity with the magnificent body of works by J.S.Bach. The charming beauty of the ARIOSO from BWV 156 must almost certainly appear on anyone?s personal list of the world's most beautiful melodies. What a wonderful vehicle for the study of artful phrasing and expression! Don't let the Grade 2 designation make you overlook this exquisite rendition for bands that normally play at grades 4 5 and 6. Musicians at any level of ability will find great rewards here.As the perfect festival centerpiece or as a lovely introspective moment on any concert Jacob de Haan's touching arrangement of Bach'sincomparable ARIOSO speaking its own inherent and spiritual truth is sure to find a permanent home in your concert band library.

Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. 50 original piano works and arrangements of great music from iconic Baroque composer J.S. Bach / Date parution : 2023-06-02/ Recueil / Piano

Bach’s Arioso was arranged in many different forms by the composer. First written as a Violin or Oboe Concerto in G minor now lost it was then transposed and re-used as the Sinfonia to the Cantata BWV 156 in F major first performed in 1729. A much embellished version was then used as the middle movement of his Harpsichord Concerto in F minor BWV 1056 published in 1738. It has been arranged here for Flute with Piano accompaniment by George Barrère. J. S. Bach (1685-1750) was a German Baroque composer who is revered for the originality and skill of his contrapuntal and harmonic techniques. He spent most of his life working as an organist andchoirmaster but was also employed as a composer a many different Royal Courts.

Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Bach transcriptions have always been popular for the musical brilliance of the Baroque master opens up a vast field, for composers and performers. Even the pianist and composer Emile Naoumoff who began his career at the age of 8, composed a piano concerto at the age of 10 and played it under the direction of Yehudi Menuhin is an expert and great admirer of Bach's music. The present edition contains no virtuoso 'fireworks music' but unites three slow, meditative pieces: 'O Mensch bewein dein Sünde groß' (Orgelbüchlein), the aria 'Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben' (St. Matthew's Passion), and the arioso 'Betrachte, meine Seel', mit ängstlichem Vergnügen' (St. John's Passion), demanding from the performer the pianistic realisation of subtle polyphony and the development of a very refined sound./ Recueil / Piano

from Suite D Major (Air On The G String)-An arrangement by Walter Ehret freely based on J.S. Bach's Air from the Suite in D which is better known as Air on the G String a melody that almost the entire population became familiar with when it featured in a long-running television advertisement for a particular brand of cigar which claimed to impart happiness to anyone who purchased some. The arrangement suggests that the vocal line should sung on a hum or some neutral vowel sound and has optional String Bass and/or Keyboard.