Obbligatos pour Flute and Piano

JS Bach – Obbligatos for Flute and Piano

JS Bach Arias with flute obbligatos arranged for flute and piano by Andre Papillon.

Piano score and flute part

Most of JS Bach’s flute works are regularly played: the Sonatas, the Partita the Trio Sonatas, the 5th Brandenburg concerto and the Suite in B minor.  But many instrumentalists tend to overlook the fact that some of his best flute writing is in his vocal works.

This first volume presents some movements from sacred and secular cantatas in an arrangement for flute and keyboard in which the vocal line is transferred to the right hand of the keyboard player; only the words are omitted.

In the section where the flute plays alone with the bass, the continuo figures have been provided for the players who prefer a fuller texture. — Andre Papillon

Contents:

Alto Aria “Wer Gott bekennt aus wahrem Herzensgrand” from Church Cantata “Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist”, BWV 45
Tenor Aria “Erbarme dich” from Church Cantata “Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht”, BWV 55
Tenor Aria “Dein Blut, so meine Schuld durchstreicht” from Cantata “Jesu, der du meine Seele”, BWV 78
Tenor Aria “Ach, ziehe die Seele” from Cantata “Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn”, BWV 96
Bass Aria “Lass, O Welt, mich aus Verachtung” from Cantata “Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen”, BWV 123
Soprano Aria “Ei! wie schmeckt der Coffee süsse” from “Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht” (Coffee Cantata), BWV 211