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Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051

171816 min

This guide follows Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051 (1718) in three parts: [Allegro], Adagio ma non tanto and Allegro.

Recording: Orchestra Mozart (2007)

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Follow all 25 sections as they play

  1. I[]
  2. II
  3. III
I[]0:03–5:47

No is written, though it is usually played at or . The two violas open with an energetic in , one chasing the other, and the rest of the joins in gradually, in an almost unbroken flow of new melodic ideas. A () comes back five times, with episodes between.

II 6:01–10:40
III10:51–16:00

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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