Johann Sebastian Bach - Violin Concerto in E major BWV1042, composed before 1730. I. Allegro http://youtu.be/xWzMqPmSEc8 II. Adagio http://youtu.be/SZIjDn3GYqc III. Alegro Assai http://youtu.be/iMMuSDchlI4 Yehudi Menuhin, Violin, 30.VI.1965, London. Complete Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWzMqPmSEc8&list=PLF2ayhcb2yRXhPLzxt39MbASCQ2FePcnu&index=1 This work, along with Bach's other surviving violin concerto, was composed during his stint in the service of the Prince of Anhalt-Cöthen. J.N. Forkel, Bach's original biographer, describes the concerto as being "full of an unconquerable joy of life, that sings in the triumph of the first and last movements. In the central Adagio, a deeply mournful instrumental aria of unique beauty, the violin's intricate musings are woven in and around a quiet ostinato in the bass instruments. The Allegro assai rondo finale is a dance-like movement of an extraordinary exuberance. Each successive contrasting passage exploits the violin's bravura capabilities more and more, until at last the final refrain swoops in on the wings of wild thirty-second notes.
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