: Violin Concerto No.1 in a minor BWV1041 - (A Superior Performance)

Ranni exclusive on Bach series is a first-class PPZ production event. We recorded series in a Trinity Church Ljubljana, Slovenia in the spectacular baroque set with vibrant Orchestra matutina, led by her father Matej Šarc, a recognized oboist and director of Slovenian Philharmonics. Icelandic-Slovenian violinist, Rannveig Marta Sarc, is increasingly recognized as a versatile and dynamic musician. She enjoys an active performing career as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher, and has performed throughout Asia, North America and Europe. She has appeared as a soloist with orchestras such as the Iceland Symphony, Slovenian Philharmonic and Iceland Youth Symphony. As a chamber musician, she has appeared at festivals in Ravinia, Taos, Kneisel Hall, Aspen and Thy. She has received numerous awards, including the Nerenberg Award from The Musicians Club of Women, the American Scandinavian Society Cultural Grant and the Rotary Club Scholarship, to name a few. Rannveig holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School, where she was a proud recipient of the Kovner Fellowship. Her teachers include Catherine Cho, Laurie Smukler and Donald Weilerstein, as well as Robert Mealy on baroque violin. Rannveig Marta Šarc, solo violin Orchestra matutina conductor and leader: Matej Šarc. I. violins: Žiga Faganel, Nikola Pajanović II. violins:Jelena Šarc, Milena Virijević viola: Eva Kacjan cello: Anja Mandič Faganel double base: Grega Rus harpsichord: Tomaž Sevšek The Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041, is a violin concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach. While it is “generally thought to have been composed at Köthen in 1717–23“. Christoph Wolff has argued that the work may have been written in Leipzig during Bach’s time as director of the Collegium Musicum. The piece has three movements: 1. Allegro moderato, in A minor The opening movement is in ritornello form. This means that there is a main section that comes back in fragments in both the solo violin and orchestral parts. This ’ritornello’ can be found in the first movement up until bar 24. The motifs of the theme appear in changing combinations and are separated and intensified throughout the movement. 2. Andante, in C major, common time meter; In the Andante second movement, Bach uses an insistent pattern in the ostinato bass part that is repeated constantly in the movement. He focuses the variation in the harmonic relations. Butt notes that “Bach seems to have associated“ the ostinato scheme “particularly with violin concertos.“. 3. Allegro assai, in A minor, In the final movement Bach relies on bariolage figures to generate striking acoustic effects. The meter and rhythm are those of a gigue. Butt describes it as “perhaps Bach’s most animated and carefree movement in the minor mode.“ Production crewJuš Hrastnik - executive producer Gal Nagode - production manager and light Tadej Pernuš - camera operatorMatej Zagorc - crane operatorMB Grip group - cameras, dolly, crane, lensesJakob Zevnik - media manager and Ursulines of the Roman Union - set dressingTaja Križnar Starčič, floral, scenography, cateringTinkara Šubic, scenography, floral, cateringOliver Dizdarević, balance engineerIztok Zupan, masteringJuš Hrastnik - assistant director Primož Zevnik - producer and director Productions: TAJUS, KLOPOTEC, PPZ, Slowind Musical Society, Orchestra matutinaPPZ production wants to thank Ursulines of the Roman Union Ljubljana for its amazing and friendly hospitality and help with production.