Symphony Listening Program - Bach

What

Symphony Listening Program - Bach

When

3/14/2025

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Daily scripts to use with students:
Monday: This week's feature composer is Johann Sebastian Bach (Bawk). The feature composition is the first movement of Brandenburg Concerto No. 1. Bach composed Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in 1721 as part of a set of six concertos written especially for a nobleman of the city of Brandenburg, Germany. Bach enjoyed designing musical problems and then solving them. He designed each concerto to feature a different combination of instruments as a small group, contrasting with the string orchestra and harpsichord. In the first Brandenburg Concerto, Bach chose six wind instruments-two horns, three oboes, and bassoon-to contrast with the string orchestra and harpsichord.

Tuesday: This week's feature composer is Johann Sebastian Bach. The feature composition is the first movement of Brandenburg Concerto No. 1. Bach composed the first Brandenburg Concerto for six wind instruments-two horns, three oboes, and bassoon-string orchestra, and harpsichord. Bach was clever. He knew he could keep the music interesting by changing the combination of instruments. Sometimes Bach combined oboes and bassoon, sometimes oboes and horns, sometimes strings and harpsichord, and sometimes, all the instruments together.

Wednesday: This week's feature composer is Johann Sebastian Bach. The feature composition is the first movement of Brandenburg Concerto No. 1.Bach composed the first Brandenburg Concerto for six wind instruments-two horns, three oboes, and bassoon-string orchestra, and harpsichord. Sometimes Bach combined oboes and bassoon, sometimes oboes and horns, sometimes strings and harpsichord, and sometimes, all the instruments together. Bach made the music interesting by constantly changing the texture from tightly to loosely woven.

Thursday: This week's feature composer is Johann Sebastian Bach. The feature composition is the first movement of Brandenburg Concerto No. 1. Bach composed the first Brandenburg Concerto for a specific group of instruments. Do you remember the names of these instruments? (Short pause). Did you think of horn, oboe, bassoon, string orchestra, and harpsichord? Good for you. Bach constantly changed the combinations of instruments to make his music interesting. It's almost like walking through a dense forest and then coming upon a small meadow.

Friday: This week's feature composition is the first movement of Brandenburg Concerto No. 1. Do you remember the name of the composer? It is Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach combined the horn, oboe, bassoon, string orchestra, and harpsichord in constantly changing combinations to create thicker and thinner textures.