JS Bach's immense catalogue of sacred music is among the greatest musical achievements of the baroque period. Listen to Bach's best arias and choruses read about their place in music history. Best of Bach. Tuesday 18 June pm. Image: Johann Sebastian Bach composed over pieces of music. Here are some of his best. Share Facebook Twitter Mail Whatsapp. Here is some of his best music. Goldberg Variations According to an early biography of Bach, the Goldberg Variations were composed to help ease the nights of an insomniac Count and were named after harpsichord virtuoso Johann Gottlieb Goldberg who played outside the Count's bedroom at night.
Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach is considered one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music. Why Bach? Ah Bach. Bach was a Baroque composer and keyboardist who simply defines the entire classical music genre — it feels, to us, like all the important roads in music lead from Bach, and back to Bach.
Bach wrote in almost every genre you could think of — from big orchestral and choral settings, to chamber pieces and instrumental sonatas for a myriad of musical instruments, to enduringly powerful unaccompanied works, and volumes of keyboard music. To narrow it down to ten works is, of course, ambitious. The six concertos demonstrate the sheer complexity and enduringly recognisable melodies typical of Bach. The third concerto, especially, seems to epitomise the Baroque era for many music lovers, underpinning many a film or TV soundtrack still today, and remaining a firm concert hall favourite.
The Goldberg Variations , originally composed for the harpsichord, centre around this most sublime keyboard aria, lightly sprinkled with grace notes and embellishments, but at its core simple and achingly beautiful. The concerto closes with a flashy third movement, in which one violin seems to chase the other, just a fraction of a step behind all the way through, making for a thrilling and energetic finale.
Both collections contain a prelude and accompanying fugue, written in all 24 major and minor keys of the Western music scale. Bach wrote two choral oratorios based on the Passion, or final period, of the life of Jesus in Christianity. Take a look for yourself in this performance of the trio sonata by Nevermind.
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