Brandenburg Concerto nr. 6, mov. 3 (Allegro), Johann Sebastian Bach
Channel: Paul De Bra
Date: 22/08/2022

Professor P plays the arrangement for accordion quintet, by Paul De Bra, of the third movement (Allegro) of the Brandenburg Concerto nr. 6 by Johann Sebastian Bach.
The Brandenburg Concerto nr. 6 is special because of the instrumentation: 2 violas (da braccio), 2 violas da gamba, cello, bass and continuo. This implies that compared to many other compositions everything is a bit lower, which provides a challenge for an arrangement for accordions. The minimal transposition that is needed is to go up from B-flat to C. This is also the maximal transposition to not go higher than the A (on small accordions with only 41 notes).

The arrangement is freely available from https://www.de-bra.nl/arrangements.html#sonata-telemann and from imslp.org.

Enjoy!