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The compositional style of Johann Sebastian Bach was influenced by musical developments of the baroque era, where harmonic complexity developed alongside an emphasis on contrast in instrumentation, volume, or the emotional character of a piece of music. In this excerpt from the third of Bach’s six Brandenburg Concertos, in the key of G, three groups of three stringed instruments each, with basso continuo (continuous bass harmony; string bass and harpsichord in this instance), are eloquently combined, alternated, and contrasted with one another.
"Concerto No. 3 in G Major" from J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-3 (Cat.# Naxos 8.550047) (p)1987 HNH International, Ltd. All rights reserved./Hulton Deutsch
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