Bach’s Brandenburg on Recorders

The recorder is an ancient instrument prevalent in Bach’s time before the more familiar (to us), modern transverse flute.  No wonder, then, that Bach’s music sounds so right when played on the recorder.  

The piece in this recording is Brandenbug Concerto Number 4, one of six concerti grossi that apparently failed to get Bach a job with the Margrave of Brandenburg.  These priceless masterpieces lay unused for years.  They were discovered and then sold in the 1700s for the equivalent of about $24. The masterpieces were nearly lost during World War II.  15 minutes.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAFJXPWjKJ0

 

Edward Wolfe

Edward Wolfe has been a fan of Christian apologetics since his teenage years, when he began seriously to question the truth of the Bible and the reality of Jesus. About twenty years ago, he started noticing that Christian evidences roughly fell into five categories, the five featured on this website.
Although much of his professional life has been in Christian circles (12 years on the faculties of Pacific Christian College, now a part of Hope International University, and Manhattan Christian College and also 12 years at First Christian Church of Tempe), much of his professional life has been in public institutions (4 years at the University of Colorado and 19 years at Tempe Preparatory Academy).
His formal academic preparation has been in the field of music. His bachelor degree was in Church Music with a minor in Bible where he studied with Roger Koerner, Sue Magnusson, Russel Squire, and John Rowe; his master’s was in Choral Conducting where he studied with Howard Swan, Gordon Paine, and Roger Ardrey; and his doctorate was in Piano Performance, Pedagogy, and Literature, where he also studied group dynamics, humanistic psychology, and Gestalt theory with Guy Duckworth.
He and his wife Louise have four grown children and six grandchildren.

https://WolfeMusicEd.com
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