My arrangement of Bach's “Adagio e dolce” from Triosonata in D-minor BWV 527, II. To my knowledge this is the first arrangement of this piece for solo guitar. In G-major (original F-Major) Sheet music and Tabs are available here: http://shop.per-olovkindgren.com ...
Guitar: Per Hallgren, Sweden (2016)
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VeojamTeam6 years ago
Dear Peo, this is what I like best from your repertoire - playing Bach's works. But that's probably because I was always fascinated by music and life of Bach.
Interesting is that day before your video uploaded, I have read long story about Bach, that he lost a lot of reputation as a composer of lute music and that his music relation with contemporary guitar is not that big in fact. I've read great story about Bach's meeting (1739 in Leipzig) with Sylvius Leopold Weiss, great lutenist and composer, who was much more recognized artist at the time (he was the highest paid artist in the employ of Saxony’s King Augustus). Recently this was discovered that Bach arranged some of Weiss’ music (BWV 1025, and possibly BWV 998, 997 and 1006a). Weiss had spent a lifetime playing the lute, and he was dumbfounded that old Bach himself–had managed to master the lute instrument after only a few months of effort.
Bach did not enjoy the reputation that he has today. This process took two hundred years! So it's even more fascinating that so much of Bach's works were transcribed for modern guitar and today many are better known from guitar performances. It all started from Andres Segovia who astonished the audiences in Paris with his playing of masterpieces by Bach, including famous Chaconne in D minor. Next there was Julian Bream, Narcisco Yepes and John Williams among many others who brought so many of Bach's works so popular to play on the guitar today. Now we also have transcription of BWV 537 by Mr Kindgren
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per-olov6 years ago
Dear friends at Veojam. Thank you. This is also what I like to do the most: playing Bach. He nerver gets boring no matter how much you practise his music. Every single note is a pleasure. Did you also know that he spent 1 month in jail because he complained about the bad payment he received from the King? He and Weiss agreed they were paid too little and when Bach told the King, he was jailed! :-) When Bach died 1750, he was already "old-fashioned" and Mozart was "the new kid on the block". :-)
Then, Felix Mendelssohn re-discovered Bach 150 years later. Good for us, eh? :-)
happy New Year and a happy 2018 to the whole "team".
Per-Olov
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VeojamTeam6 years ago
"new kid on the block" - well said about Mozart I've read Mozarts's biography and about Mendelssohn too! I'm not big fan of Mozart's music, but the story of his life was great to read. Always life of such genial people must be fascinating story.
VeojamTeam6 years ago
Interesting is that day before your video uploaded, I have read long story about Bach, that he lost a lot of reputation as a composer of lute music and that his music relation with contemporary guitar is not that big in fact. I've read great story about Bach's meeting (1739 in Leipzig) with Sylvius Leopold Weiss, great lutenist and composer, who was much more recognized artist at the time (he was the highest paid artist in the employ of Saxony’s King Augustus). Recently this was discovered that Bach arranged some of Weiss’ music (BWV 1025, and possibly BWV 998, 997 and 1006a). Weiss had spent a lifetime playing the lute, and he was dumbfounded that old Bach himself–had managed to master the lute instrument after only a few months of effort.
Bach did not enjoy the reputation that he has today. This process took two hundred years! So it's even more fascinating that so much of Bach's works were transcribed for modern guitar and today many are better known from guitar performances. It all started from Andres Segovia who astonished the audiences in Paris with his playing of masterpieces by Bach, including famous Chaconne in D minor. Next there was Julian Bream, Narcisco Yepes and John Williams among many others who brought so many of Bach's works so popular to play on the guitar today. Now we also have transcription of BWV 537 by Mr Kindgren
per-olov6 years ago
Then, Felix Mendelssohn re-discovered Bach 150 years later. Good for us, eh? :-)
happy New Year and a happy 2018 to the whole "team".
Per-Olov
VeojamTeam6 years ago