31 Oct 2020

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV 1068

From Music Alive, 8:00 pm on 31 October 2020
Members of NZSO play Bach

Members of NZSO play Bach Photo: Screenshot NZSO/Latitude Creative

Although the exact composition date of JS Bach's third 'Orchestral Suite' is not known it's likely that he wrote it around 1731 and that it was part of the repertoire of his Collegium Musicum in Leipzig.

There are five movements and the second of these is a wordless Aria featuring especially eloquent writing for the violin.

Recorded 31 October 2020, Alan Gibbs Hall, Wellington College by RNZ Concert

Producer: David McCaw

Engineer: Darryl Stack