00:00Thank you so much for joining us.
01:30I'm going to play the last two measures for you and it leads to a concluding note and something's missing. Normally a chord consists of three notes. We are only going to play two.
01:49And that is typical sound of the era. Last two measures. Can we have the last two measures of that one?
01:56One, two, three, four.
02:00You might say, it's the key of no key.
02:14So that takes care of that era of music before the Baroque, before the standard rules have been established. And let me tell you, the rules are very strong.
02:26We are so accustomed by the evolution of the 18th century and the way music was constructed, that if it doesn't fit a formula, it sounds wrong.
02:38Wait a minute. How is that possible? And that is our conditioning. One more thing which I'll reveal later on about the Great American Songbook, which you may not have known.
02:50In any case, we are going to move on to Johann Sebastian Bach.
02:57And he was one of the most prolific people, historically. He fathered 23 children.
03:13Eight from his first wife and the balance, do the math, from his second wife, about whom very little is known, except the only thing we have from her was she would say,
03:27I'm tired, I'm tired.
03:29So, the piece we are going to play is the movement from one of six Brandenburg conchettos.
03:36And they are called that because they were commissioned by the margrave of Brandenburg.
03:45He was the local prince.
03:48And unfortunately, he never paid Bach for them.
03:53And yet, they are some of his most often played compositions.
03:58There are other things about Bach which may interest you.
04:03No? I don't understand.
04:08You don't understand.
04:10So, we are going to play the first movement of the third Brandenburg.
04:16Now, this is in a style and structure that you will sense and you will know.
04:23Okay? Trust me. Here we go.
04:25This is in the style and you will know.
04:26Here we go.
04:27This is a fresh heart.
04:28Here we go.
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