Bach "Air on the G string," performed on clarinet and piano by Joe and Nina Fried

August Wilhelmj (1845-1908) produced this famous arrangement of the second movement ("Air") of J.S. Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major. While the original orchestral suite was written for several violins and other instruments, Wiljelmj's arrangement was written for a solo violin with a very light accompaniment. In addition, the arranger lowered the key from D major to C major to enable the soloist to play the entire composition on a single string. On the score Wilhelmj wrote the words by which the air is now known: "On the G string."

This recording was made on October 14, 2016 in a performance by Joseph Fried (clarinet) and Nina Fried (piano) for the Cleveland Musical Art Society. Nina is playing the clavier part and Joe is playing the solo violin part - up one octave and transposed for Bb clarinet. The music, which is in the public domain, was obtained from the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP). For more music performances by Joe and Nina please go to https://www.youtube.com/user/jnfmusic/videos

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