Brandenburg Concerto 6 – 3 for 6 melodicas
By Jaems • Aug 16th, 2010 • Category: Online Performances, Video
The final movement of Bach’s 6th Brandenburg Concerto required a significant amount of arranging before it could be played on melodicas. There were several passages in the solo viola parts that needed to be moved, and most of the 2nd gamba part was out of the range of the alto melodica. In most cases I changed octaves, but for certain situations, I rearranged some of the pitches to preserve the voicing. The distribution of parts for this video is as follows:
Viola 1: alto melodica (shown)
Viola 2: alto melodica (shown)
Viola da gamba 1: alto melodica
Viola da gamba 2: alto melodica
Cello: bass melodica (shown)
Bass: bass melodica alla ottava
This video is dedicated to my wife who gave me a gift of some extra studio time for my birthday a few weeks ago. It is tricky to find the time to work on these projects since the birth of our son last January, and so I immediately took the opportunity to do this movement, since it had been high on my list since last winter, so thank you to her!
