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37: The Brandenburg Fifth, BWV 1050
Published 4 years, 3 months ago
Description
Two episodes ago we covered the first movement of the fifth Brandenburg concerto up to the famous harpsichord cadenza. In this episode we look at the two existing versions of the famous cadenza: an early version a mere 18 measures, and the the famous one, more than three times as long.
Glenn Gould’s video mentioned is here:
Ton Koopman’s featured live performance is here:
And the film in which Leonhardt himself plays Bach (The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach) is here:
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