Bach Meets the Harmonica | Serrano, Martín Caminero & Oyarzabal · MarchVivo

Music detached from temporal constraints—often pure abstraction—found its chief prophet in Johann Sebastian Bach. Its structural balance, formal architecture, contrapuntal complexity, and harmonic support seem to elevate it above the human realm. And it is precisely its timelessness that has allowed it to be embraced by any instrument and musical style. This concert invites us to revisit Bach's greatness with the smallest and most humble of instruments, the harmonica, accompanied by a keyboard instrument and a double bass. In his hands, Baroque Bach and Bach revamped in jazz style come together with complete naturalness. More from Antonio Serrano: Harmonica & Broadway    • Harmonica & Broadway | Antonio Serrano & I...   Trailer for his album "Porter & Gershwin on Harmonica", released on MarchVivo Label    • Cole Porter: C'est Magnifique | Serrano & ...   Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 00:00 Prelude (Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007) Partita for Solo Flute in A Minor, BWV 1013 02:59 Allemanda 07:17 Corrente 10:22 Sarabande 13:30 Bourrée anglaise Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1016 16:35 Adagio 20:00 Allegro 23:07 Adagio ma non tanto 27:02 Allegro Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in G Major, BWV 1021 31:56 Adagio 35:02 Vivace 36:04 Largo 38:25 Presto Daniel Oyarzabal (1972) Visions of Bach* 40:08 Vision I 47:24 Vision III 53:46 Vision IV *This work is inspired by various compositions by Bach. Some motifs or harmonies have been taken from certain pieces, while others have been recreated in a more substantial way. The following are particularly prominent: Agnus Dei (Mass in B Minor, BWV 232); Concerto for Harpsichord in D Minor, BWV 1052; Concerto Italiano, BWV 971; Badinerie (Suite for Orchestra in B Minor, BWV 1067); Fugue for Organ in G Minor, BWV 542; Cantata “Wachet auf, ruft uns di Stimme,” BWV 140; and Motet “Jesu meine Freude,” BWV 227 Antonio Serrano, harmonica. Pablo Martín Caminero, double bass. Daniel Oyarzabal, harpsichord and piano Antonio Serrano plays a Super Chromonica 270 harmonica by Hohner in different keys (G, A and C) Closing concert of the 2024-2025 season “Bach played the harmonica” https://www.march.es/es/madrid/concie... 4 June 2025 Fundación Juan March, Madrid ______________ Concerts at Fundación Juan March: https://www.march.es/en/madrid/concerts More videos at https://canal.march.es/es/explorar/mu... Instagram:   / fundacionmarch   X:   / la_march_madrid   Facebook:   / fundacionmarch   Medium:   / fundacionjuanmarch   #Serrano #Bach #MarchVivo