Johann Pachelbel: Canon & Gigue in D Major • 4K • Recorded "in the round"

As we gathered together in the spring of 2021 to record films when we couldn&offer live concerts, we took a few minutes to put together this experiment of Pachelbel&beloved Canon & Gigue performed in the round, showing the passing along, down the line, of each one of Pachelbel&inventive variations on the ground bass line which is played 28 times. Then, all of that beautiful music, with the violins soaring in glorious harmony, is followed by a romping jig. We had lots of fun, and we hope that you&enjoy it, too! ♥️ • PLEASE SUBSCRIBE • Thank you! • Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706): Canon & Gigue in D Major P. 27 (circa 1680) 0:00 Opening 0:18 Canon 4:25 Gigue 5:51 Credits Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin • YuEun Gemma Kim, violin • Cynthia Keiko Black, violin • Steven Lehning, violone • Corey Jamason, harpsichord Eddie Frank, video • Chris Landen, audio American Bach Soloists • Jeffrey Thomas, Artistic Director Filmed in March 2021 in the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts (Davis, California). Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706), one of the most eminent German organist-composers of the generation before J. S. Bach, held important positions in Vienna, in several German cities, and in his native Nüremberg. He helped establish in Roman Catholic south Germany both the virtuosic keyboard style of Austria and the Protestant chorale and chorale-based forms of north Germany. His works include suites, chorale variations, and chorale cantatas. Pachelbel is also one of the most noted German...