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Concerto à cinq in E minor, Op. 37 No. 6, PB 441
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier · 1689–1755 · French
For recorder (or flute), violin, oboe, bassoon, continuo
Also known as Concerto à cinque in E minor · Concerto in E minor for recorder, violin, oboe, bassoon and continuo
Level 4 · Early advanced — about ABRSM 7 · RCM 8, with the parts evenly matched
Listen

- Ensemble
- With continuo
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 8 min
- Composed
- 1732
- Era
- Baroque
Notes
Five solo parts, one to a part: recorder (or flute), violin, oboe, bassoon and continuo; his most recorded chamber work
About this work
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Allegro assai
Also in Sonates en trio suivies d'un concerto, Op. 37
Trio Sonata in A minor, Op. 37 No. 5, PB 440
flute (or oboe or violin), viola da gamba (or bassoon or cello), continuo
6 min
3balanced
Trio Sonata in D major, Op. 37 No. 3, PB 438
flute (or oboe or violin), viola da gamba (or bassoon or cello), continuo
5 min
3balanced
Trio Sonata in E minor, Op. 37 No. 2, PB 437
flute (or oboe or violin), viola da gamba (or bassoon or cello), continuo
6 min
3balanced
Trio Sonata in G major, Op. 37 No. 1, PB 436
flute (or oboe or violin), viola da gamba (or bassoon or cello), continuo
5 min
3balanced
Trio Sonata in G minor, Op. 37 No. 4, PB 439
flute (or oboe or violin), viola da gamba (or bassoon or cello), continuo
5 min
3balanced
More chamber music by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
Trio Sonata in D major, Op. 50 No. 6
violin, cello (or bassoon or viola da gamba), continuo
12 min
3cello