6.7 Discussion: Brandenburg Concerto Visual & Performing Arts Essay

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Brandenburg Concerto
Brandenburg Concerto is an orchestral works form of music established in Italian concerto grosso style, which was composed by Johann Sebastian Bach in the period 1708-1721 for Christian Ludwig. When Bach was sent to Berlin to buy a new harpsichord, he met Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, a Margrave who loved music. Bach appreciated Ludwig’s regard in his music compositions, and years later, Bach designated his six concerts to Ludwig, hence the name Brandenburg Concerto. From the video, the first concerto started with an intense and lively rhythm by the use of two violas. The other instruments are then removed step by step into the continuous flow of melodic formulation, which indicates the writer’s proficiency in polyphony. The tempo in the first movement is Allegro, with a key of D major structured in solo and tutti themes, which are different. In concerto No. 1, the solo instruments were one bassoon, one violin, two horns, and three oboes...