A full performance of all six movements is about 23 minutes long (the Air movement is about 3 minutes). This suite was composed in 1731 when Bach was in his mid-forties. Today we’ll just be looking at the Air, though I encourage you to check out the suite in full. If you’re interested in learning more about the Baroque dance suite in general, you can check out our video on the subject. Here are the six movements in this suite: 3 in D major, BWV 1068 is the second movement. In today’s video, we’re going to be looking at Bach’s original version, though we will briefly compare the two so you can hear some of the differences. He switched key signatures from D to C and transposed the violin melody down an octave, thus enabling him to play the entire composition on one string – the G string.Īnother difference between the Wilhelmj edit and Bach’s original is in the edit, the melody is carried by a single violin, whereas Bach’s version uses the first violins playing together as a group. In the later part of the Romantic era, a violinist named August Wilhelmj arranged the Air movement from this suite for violin and piano. The first thing worth specifying is that there are two different versions of this piece – the “Air on the G String” version, and Bach’s Suite No. If you’d like to see some of the perks we offer on Patreon, definitely go check out our page!ĭifferent versions of “Air on the G String” This video was requested by Malav on Patreon.
In today’s video I want to explore Bach’s famous and beautiful Air on the G String, which was one piece played during my wedding ceremony.
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