Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G: The Brandenburgs as concerti grossi

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Introduction: Melody, Theme and Motif; Bach's opening gambit

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Onwards and upwards: Motif No. 2 and its function

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: The two elements of Motif No. 2 and the effect of their combination

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: The 'motto' rhythm hidden even within the opening bar

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Motif No. 3, introduced by the two recorders, has a kind of 'hovering' character

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Motif No. 3 repeated for a second, 'directed' listen

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Bach reminds us of the opening

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Motif No. 4 - a steadily rising derivative of Motif No. 1

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Motif No. 5, a lovely, bouncy, syncopated flourish, in which all the instruments join

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Opening Ritornello (complete)

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Episode 1 begins with virtuoso entry of the solo violin, made up of alternating arpeggios

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Motif No. 3 returns, courtesy of the recorders, recently sidelined by the violin

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Ritornello 2, a varied repeat of Ritornello 1, arrives after much harmonic movement

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Episode 2, Part 1, preceded by the 'fanfare' motif from which its first theme derives

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Episode 2 continued, with more bravura dazzle from the solo violin

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Repeat of section for purposes of hearing the harmonic movement

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Ritornello 3, with the prominent participation of the soloists

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Episode 3 proves retrospective, featuring transposed repeats of earlier material

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Ritornello 4, not altogether what it might seem; solo violin takes 'motto' motif

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Episode 4. Cue to Part 1, focusing on 'soloistic' counterpoint provided by the continuo

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Return to Ritornello 4 to hear sources of Episode 4, Part 2

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Episode 4 continued, with emphasis placed on conversational interchanges

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Return to opening Ritornello in order to enhance awareness of the contrast

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Ritornello 5, beginning

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Ritornello 5 continued, with emphasis on the determined banishment of B Minor

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Cue to complete performance of First Movement

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: First Movement (complete)

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Second Movement: Introduction: Rhythmic Motif provides basis for whole movement

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Second Movement: The melody not much to write home about; nor is the meek 'answer' offered by the soloists

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Second Movement: Putting the two together, thereby establishing a relationship

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Second Movement: Contrast and syncopation - their relationship in opening section

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Second Movement: Listening from the 'botton up'

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Second Movement: The intertwining and alternation of solo and orchestra; the irregularity of metrical groupings

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Second Movement: The next orchestral phrase; slowing the pace but not the tempo

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Second Movement: The First Section (complete)

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Second Movement: The next section; foreground symmetry and background variety

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Second Movement: The central section's groupings are hugely asymmetrical

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Second Movement: Cue to Second Movement as a whole

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Second Movement: Second Movement (complete)

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: Introduction to the Third Movement...

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: Fugue subject

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: First counter-subject

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: Second counter-subject

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: Bass entry of the subject

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: Exposition (complete)

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: First Episode; the use of fragmentary derivatives

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: The difference a detail can make!

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: Harmonic Rhythm defined; back to the beginning to find the seed...

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: ...and now the blossom

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