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MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - POTSDAM: A Musical Visit to Sanssouci and the Bach Museum in Leipzig

Sanssouci, Potsdam
First Impressions at Sanssouci
Under the pergola of the Roman Baths / Ruin Hill
Charlottenhof
Promenade in the Park and the Orangerie
Sanssouci Palace
Brandenburg
Summer in Brandenburg
Sanssouci, Potsdam
New Rooms - Ovid Hall and Jasper Hall
New Palace with the Marble Hall, Ball Room and Theatre Dragon House and Chinese Tea-House
Leipzig
The Bach Museum
Date of Production: 2015-08-17
Playing Time: 00:53:06
Catalogue Number: 2.110339
UPC: 747313533954

The Places

Potsdam owes its development as a garrison town to the soldier King of Prussia, Frederick William I. The park and places of Sanssouci, however, largely reflect the very different taste of his son, Frederick the Great, who reigned from 1740 to 1786. The park of Sanssouci, established first in 1725, includes later changes in a number of distinct horticultural styles, with lay-out in Dutch, French and English taste.

The Music

Bach's set of six concertos known as the Brandenburg Concertos was completed in 1721 at Cothen, where Bach was director of court music, possibly using some compositions written during earlier years at the court of Weimar. Bach presented the set to the Margrave of Brandenburg, prefaced by a dedication in French, from which it seems that the prince has asked Bach for something of his at a meeting some two years earlier in Berlin. There is no indication that the works were performed, and at the Margrave's death in 1734 the manuscripts were sold, apparently in a lot of 77 concertos by different masters.The fame and wide popularity of the Brandenburg Concertos was to come later. Included here are the first three concertos and a Siciliano

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