J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill) Philharmonia Orchestra & Robin O'Neill

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill):
• 1 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Aria 03:57
• 2 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 1 01:36
• 3 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 2 01:09
• 4 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 3. Canone all Unisono 02:06
• 5 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 4 00:56
• 6 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 5 01:39
• 7 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 6. Canone alla Seconda 00:52
• 8 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 7. Al tempo di Giga 01:52
• 9 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 8 02:01
• 10 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 9. Canone alla Terza 01:20
• 11 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 10. Fughetta 01:21
• 12 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 11 02:15
• 13 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 12. Canone alla Quarta 02:11
• 14 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 13 05:24
• 15 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 14 02:25
• 16 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 15. Canone alla Quinta: Andante 02:25
• 17 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 16. Ouverture 02:44
• 18 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 17 02:01
• 19 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 18. Canone alla Sesta 01:20
• 20 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 19 01:06
• 21 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 20 02:29
• 22 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 21. Canone alla Settima 02:22
• 23 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 22. Alla breve 01:06
• 24 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 23 02:37
• 25 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 24. Canone all'Ottava 02:26
• 26 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 25. Adagio 08:41
• 27 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 26 01:59
• 28 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 27. Canone alla Nona 02:07
• 29 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 28 02:23
• 30 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 29 02:16
• 31 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Variation 30. Quodlibet 01:54
• 32 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill): Aria da Capo al Fine 02:13
• Total Runtime 01:13:13

Info for J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations (Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill)

Bachs Musik hat schon immer Arrangeure und Orchestratoren angezogen – wie Stokowski, Elgar und Busoni, um nur drei zu nennen. Unabhängig von ihrer Originalversion hat Bachs Musik eine Ausdruckskraft, Dramatik und architektonische Logik, die sich gut für erweiterte Orchesterklänge eignet.

Der Fagottist und Dirigent Robin O’Neill vertiefte sich in die Goldberg-Variationen, die er in den ersten Monaten des Covid-Lockdowns durch Glenn Goulds Aufnahmen entdeckt hatte. Bald darauf begann ihn die Idee zu beschäftigen, ein Orchesterarrangement vorzunehmen, als er begann, instrumentale und orchestrale Klänge in der Klavierfassung zu hören. Da die größte Herausforderung darin bestand, die Musik neu zu kleiden, ohne die subtile Komplexität des Stücks zu beschädigen, wählte O’Neill nach langem Nachdenken und Experimentieren Instrumente, die Bach selbst für die Solopartien ausgesucht hätte. Seine Neuinterpretation der Goldberg-Variationen bietet eine Mischung aus vollbesetzten Variationen, durchsetzt mit konzertanten Variationen mit zwei, drei oder vier Soloinstrumenten, die manchmal dem Stil der Matthäus-Passion nahe kommen.

Dieses Arrangement wurde in einer schwierigen Zeit fertiggestellt und entstand, in den Worten O’Neills, in der Hoffnung, dass es die Freude und den Trost zum Ausdruck bringt, die Bachs Musik sowohl dem Interpreten als auch dem Zuhörer spendet.

Philharmonia Orchestra
Robin O'Neill, Fagott, Dirigent

Robin O’Neill
is principal bassoonist with the Philharmonia Orchestra and has held the same position with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the English Chamber Orchestra.

He is a member of London Winds and the Gaudier Ensemble. He has been Professor of Bassoon at the Guildhall School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music where he is currently Visiting Professor of Bassoon. He has recorded virtually the whole of the core chamber music repertoire with more than 40 CDs to his name on labels such as Hyperion, Decca and Philips.

In the past few seasons Robin O’Neill has conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus (with whom he gave the Orchestra’s first performance in London’s Royal Festival Hall), London Philharmonic Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Bogota Philharmonic Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Nordic Chamber Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa Japan and the Orchestras of the Guildhall School of Music, Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music, where he is professor of conducting.

Robin O’Neill has collaborated with musicians such as Mikhail Pletnev, Boris Beresovsky, Mitsuko Uchida, Christoph Eschenbach, Pascal Rogé, Stephen Kovacevich, Alexander Madzar, Pinchas Zuckerman, Salvatore Accardo, Isabelle Faust, Michael Collins, Alina Ibragimova, and actors such as Jeremy Irons, Julian Glover, Paul McGann and Hugh Dancy. He has also performed by invitation for His Royal Highness Prince Charles the Prince of Wales.

Robin O’Neill is music director of the music theatre ensemble The Motion Group. In 2005 together with theatre director Andrew Steggall he travelled to Baghdad, Iraq, and used their experiences to stage Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale at the Old Vic Theatre in London. This production used both Iraqi and European actors and musicians in what was by common consent one of the most shocking and thought-provoking theatre events of 2006.

The Principal Bassoon Chair is endowed by Penny and Nigel Turnbull.

During his career as a bassoonist Robin O’Neill worked with all of the worlds finest conductors (including Karajan, Giulini, Solti, Abbado, Levine, Kubelik, Boulez, Muti, Baremboim, Sanderling, Svetlanov and Gergiev) both as soloist and orchestral principal.

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