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From 1723 until his death in 1750, Bach held the demanding position of Thomaskantor, directing music for the principal churches of Leipzig and training the young choristers under his care. (The city had wanted to hire Telemann, but he was unavailable, having just accepted a high-profile job in Hamburg.) Somehow Bach also found the time to direct the Collegium Musicum, an amateur ensemble founded by Telemann back when he was a student in Leipzig. With most concerts held at a coffee house, the Collegium Musicum provided Bach a space where he could present secular music not fit for church, including the four surviving Orchestral Suites inspired by French dance music.

Composed in 1738 or 1739, Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor was actually the latest of the four suites. It might even have been the very last new orchestral work composed by Bach, who had less need for such repertoire after he retired from the Collegium Musicum in 1741.

The Suite No. 2 employs the smallest ensemble of Bach’s suites, with a single flute joining the strings and basso continuo. Much of Bach’s flute music was labeled flauto, which in his time indicated a vertical instrument, like the modern recorder. This suite, however, specifically calls for a flauto traverso or transverse flute, held sideways like today’s flutes.

-- Copyright © 2018 Aaron Grad

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