Beautiful and elusive baroque piece

semtex · 09-10-2012, 09:11 PM

I picked this up off of a program like limewire and I know it was mislabeled. The original was labeled as 'Pachelbel Canon, Baroque F-P' and had other composers listed. None of which were actually correct. I tried checking is maybe this was an obscure piece from Pachelbel despite it being so beautiful i'd expect it to be more known, but I couldn't find anything...I do know it's baroque, though, just from the sound and the trills and techniques...So I guess that narrows it down some...
By the way, the picture is just something random I found on my computer, I know it doesn't fit the music much save for the music having a slightly dreary and dark feel. It was one of the only things that wouldn't be inappropriate(hanged people, lions feasting on other animals, death pictures)

Zot · 09-14-2012, 03:15 PM

That's the 2nd movement (Arioso) from Concerto for Flute & Orchestra in D Major by Johann Joachim Quantz.

Burning Down · 09-14-2012, 05:41 PM

Ah, you beat me to it. I played this concerto on flute in front of a paying audience a couple of years ago - it was a pretty fancy event

09-10-2012, 09:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
semtex Groupie Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 10	Beautiful and elusive baroque piece I picked this up off of a program like limewire and I know it was mislabeled. The original was labeled as 'Pachelbel Canon, Baroque F-P' and had other composers listed. None of which were actually correct. I tried checking is maybe this was an obscure piece from Pachelbel despite it being so beautiful i'd expect it to be more known, but I couldn't find anything...I do know it's baroque, though, just from the sound and the trills and techniques...So I guess that narrows it down some... By the way, the picture is just something random I found on my computer, I know it doesn't fit the music much save for the music having a slightly dreary and dark feel. It was one of the only things that wouldn't be inappropriate(hanged people, lions feasting on other animals, death pictures)

09-14-2012, 03:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
Zot Groupie Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 3	That's the 2nd movement (Arioso) from Concerto for Flute & Orchestra in D Major by Johann Joachim Quantz.

09-14-2012, 05:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
Burning Down The Music Guru. Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Beyond the Wall Posts: 4,858	Ah, you beat me to it. I played this concerto on flute in front of a paying audience a couple of years ago - it was a pretty fancy event