Bach opens his Violin concerto in E major, recorded here for All of Bach with Shunske Sato, with a festive triad. The simple but catchy motif reminds of the music of his Italian colleague and inspiration Vivaldi. In any case, Bach based the piece on the Venetian concerto model in three movements, but gave it his own twist, as each movement has an unItalian characteristic. For instance, the Allegro was given an ABA structure, like most of the Baroque arias, whereby the first section returns with great embellishment after a contrasting second section. And like in many of Bach’s arias, the soloist frees himself from the ensemble ‘before his turn’, in brief anticipation of his solo.

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Recorded for the project All of Bach on May 19th 2015 at Felix Meritis, Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB or consider donating https://bit.ly/3J5uprM.

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Netherlands Bach Society
Shunske Sato, violin and direction