This is a transcription for melodicas of the final movement from Bach’s Concerto for 2 Violins in d minor BWV 1043. I have already uploaded the first movement here. I wanted to preserve the feeling of this piece being unified so I have the same stereo placement, balance, and other settings as I used for [...]

The famous Vivace from Bach’s Double Violin Concerto in d minor mvt. 1, BWV 1043 is one of the more tricky pieces in the repertoire, similar to the Sinfonia BWV 29 in terms of the articulation that was necessary. The long bowed phrases are difficult to synchronize and several attempts needed to be trashed before [...]

The first movement of Bach’s Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042 clocked in at just under 7 minutes, making it the longest piece I have done so far. This movement has also been requested by a few people. The solo violin part isn’t as virtuosic as some of Bach’s other solo parts, but it [...]

This is the third movement from the quadruple violin concerto in b minor from L’Estro Armonico of Vivaldi. As in the first movement, I have chosen to use an alto melodica for all parts. The video includes solo violin 1 through 4 clockwise from upper left. The orchestration breaks down like this: Solo: Vln 1, [...]

For this arrangement, I chose not to use an actual recorder for the recorder part, unlike for the first movement. The distribution of instruments is as follows: Concertino Trumpet: soprano melodica Recorder: soprano melodica Oboe: alto melodica Violin: alto melodica Ripieno: Vln 1, Vln 2, Vla: alto melodica Continuo: alto melodica Cello: bass melodica Bass: [...]

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 [...]