From: Andrei Jorza >In Bach's Brandenburg Concert 1 in the second Allegro but especially in the >first allegro from Brandenburg Concert 2 there is a very queerly sounding >instrument. The only solo instrument shared between the first and second Brandenburg Concertos is a violin, and even then the first concerto specifies a "violino piccolo" (I think that is the term). The three oboes from the first concerto I consider part of the orchestra; the second concerto has a solo oboe. >It is definitely some kind of a blowing instrument yet I couldn't figure >it out what. Perhaps the oboe is what you are hearing. The recorder (sometimes a flute is substituted) is the other wind instrument in the second concerto. And of course the trumpet part which is easy to pick out. >I'm writing in hope there is someone in this list who knows what it is. >And as far as not finding the part I am writing about, one can't possibly >miss it since it appears all throughout part 1 from concert 2. >P.S. I have a version of all Brandenburg Concerts. My Concert 3 has only >two parts. Is this normal or did they just cut it off. Two parts or two tracks? The Goebel/Musica Antiqua Koeln only plays what is in the score, i.e., the slow, two-measure "hinge" between the first and last movements. Many other recordings improvise on the notes given in the score, making this "hinge" into a more substantial "movement". Either way the whole concerto is in three parts: fast - slow (short or long) - fast. Mark K. Ehlert