Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Two episodes ago we covered the first movement of the fifth Brandenburg concerto up to the famous harpsichord cadenza. In this episode we look at the two existing versions of the famous cadenza: an early version a mere 18 measures, and the the famous one, more than three times as long.
Alfred Cortot (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cortot)
Glenn Gould’s video mentioned is here:
youtu.be/gvs4v_aswfk
Ton Koopman’s featured live performance is here:
youtu.be/eLJ24CnVRyQ
And the film in which Leonhardt himself plays Bach (The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach) is here:
youtu.be/MhZ71owC7Ps
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Two episodes ago we covered the first movement of the fifth Brandenburg concerto up to the famous harpsichord cadenza. In this episode we look at the two existing versions of the famous cadenza: an early version a mere 18 measures, and the the famous one, more than three times as long.
Alfred Cortot (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cortot)
Glenn Gould’s video mentioned is here:
youtu.be/gvs4v_aswfk
Ton Koopman’s featured live performance is here:
youtu.be/eLJ24CnVRyQ
And the film in which Leonhardt himself plays Bach (The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach) is here:
youtu.be/MhZ71owC7Ps
Donate to this podcast:
patreon.com/wtfbach
paypal.me/wtfbach
venmo.com/wtfbach
https://cash.app/$wtfbach
Get full access to WTF Bach? at wtfbach.substack.com/subscribe (wtfbach.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)
