Classical Music With Big Mike

On my morning walk in the mall on Saturday, May 27th, I was listening to Seattle’s Classical King FM on my I phone, and the announcer said, “next will be a Chaconne”, and I immediately thought… ah, Bach and his amazing Chaconne in D minor; but then she said, “Handel’s Chaconne in G Major“. I thought, oh, I want to hear this. And while not Bach, it was really good and I enjoyed it so much I want to share it with you.

From Wikipedia: Chaccone: “is a type of musical composition often used as a vehicle for variation on a repeated short harmonic progression, often involving a fairly short repetitive bass-line which offers a compositional outline for variation, decoration, figuration and melodic invention. In this it closely resembles the passacaglia. It originates and was particularly popular in the Baroque Era [of classical music]”.

From DePauw University School of Music, Form and Analysis, Re: Handel’s Chaconne in G: “Handel’s Chaconne in G Major possesses traits of both continuous and sectional variations. Characteristic of a chaconne, a continuous variation form, variations 1 through 8 maintain the same repeating harmonic structure as the original theme.”

Also, from DePauw University School of Music: “Despite being a chaconne based creating multiple variations of one theme, the piece manages to be enjoyable to listen to. The piece displays several different moods, such as majesty (the slower, more grand original theme) playfulness with quick passages full of scales and rhythmic liveliness (variations 5 and 6, for example), melancholy (the Lamenti bass of Variation 9, for example), and virtuosity and showmanship.”

Read more: http://depauwform.blogspot.com/2008/03/george-frideric-handel-1685-1759.html#ixzz82wC3obkn
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I really enjoyed this music that helped me get through my morning walk with ease! 🙂

Please turn up the volume and enjoy,

George Frideric Handel’s Chaconne in G Major:

Since I mentioned JS Bach’s Chaconne in D minor, from Partita No. 2, please turn up the volume and enjoy, as a bonus, this amazing music. by Bach.

J.S. Bach: Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: