Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, BWV 1048 | Claudio Ab...

Claudio Abbado and the Orchestra Mozart perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048, at the Teatro Municipale Valli in Reggio Emilia, Italy (2007). Bach wrote the third of his Brandenburg Concertos for nine stringed instruments, and basso continuo, with the strings divided into three groups – three violins, three violas, and three cellos. This Brandenburg Concerto in fact consists of only two movements, with a transitional section. We have divided it into three parts solely for the purposes of orientation.