Elsie Suddaby (soprano) ; Eda Kersey (violin); Reginald Morley (violin) ; Arthur Ackroyd (flute) ; Richard Adeney (flute). London Philharmonic Orchestra (leader, Jean Pougnet ), conducted by Sir Henry Wood
From the Royal Albert Hall, London
Bach's six Brandenburg concertos, written at the request of the Margrave Christian Ludwig, were completed, in 1721. The composer was then thirty-six and Parryw surmises that the concertos ' were probably Bach's first ventures into the realms of absolute instrumental music on a symphonic scale '. The No. 4 in G is for solo violin and two flutes, with the usual strings and continuo (Bach's name for the figured bass from which the player of the harpsichord filled up the harmonies).