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A journey to Bach's Chaconne in D minor

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps a musical landscape around Bach's chaconne with works by Tarquinio Merula, Johannes Brahms, Lou Harrison, Jeff Buckley and Niccolo Paganini.

One of the longest and hardest solo pieces ever written for the violin, the Chaconne is the fifth and final movement of J.S Bach's Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004.

In today's Music Map Sara Mohr-Pietsch plots the musical landscape around it, travelling down lamento bass lines, through shifts from minor to major and back again, and towards ever-increasing displays of solo virtuosity, through the sound worlds of Tarquinio Merula, Johannes Brahms, Lou Harrison, Jeff Buckley and Niccolo Paganini.

Producer: Ruth Thomson

1 hour, 29 minutes

Last on

Sun 8 Sep 2024 13:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Tarquinio Merula

    Ciaccona (from Canzone op.12)

    Music Arranger: Erik Rydval. Ensemble: Lodestar Trio.
    • NAXOS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich (BWV 150) - final chorus

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SDG.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 4 in E minor Op.98 - 4th mvt

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Chaconne in G major HWV 435

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • SONY.

  • Lou Harrison

    Suite for Violin and American Gamelan - Chaconne

    Performer: David Abel. Performer: William Winant.
    • NEW ALBION.

  • Henry Purcell

    Dido's Lament: "When I am laid in Earth"

    Performer: Leontyne Price. Orchestra: Orchestra della RCA Italiana. Conductor: Francesco Molinari‐Pradelli.
    • RCA.

  • Nina Simone

    Feeling Good

    • VERVE.

  • Louis Couperin

    Suite in D minor (Chaconne)

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • HYPERION.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita no.2 in D minor, BWV 1004: Chaconne

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova.
    • HYPERION.

  • Jeff Buckley

    Lilac Wine

    • COLUMBIA/LEGACY.

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu No 2 in A flat major Op.142

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • DECCA.

  • Anonymous

    Diverse bizzarie sopra la vecchia sarabanda o pur ciaccona

    Performer: Mirjam MΓΌnzel. Music Arranger: Mirjam MΓΌnzel. Ensemble: Lux Musicae London.
    • FIRST HAND RECORDS.

  • NiccolΓ² Paganini

    24 Caprices Op.24: No 1 in A minor

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43: Variations 19-23

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • DECCA.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 21 Apr 2024 13:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
  • Sun 8 Sep 2024 13:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3