Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
| Title | Orchestral Suite No. 3 |
| Alternative title | Overture |
| Creators | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer |
| Opus | BWV 1068 |
| Instrumentation | orchestra |
| Number of movements | 6 |
| Keys | D major |
| Composed | 1731 |
| First published | 1854 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | 1380 |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Suites, Overtures |
| Period | Baroque |
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Sections
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Metronome | Key | Measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ouverture | — | — | 124 |
| Air | — | — | 18 |
| Gavotte | — | — | 26 |
| Gavotte | — | — | 31 |
| Bourrée | — | — | 32 |
| Gigue | — | — | 72 |
Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| View | Complete | bassoon, 4 accordions and timpani | Paul De Bra |
| View | Complete | violin and piano | Radislav Kozlov |
| View | Complete | 2 harpsichords | Pierre Gouin |
| View | Complete | 2 piano 8 hands | Franz Bader |
| View | Complete | piano 4 hands | Max Reger |
| View | Complete | piano 4 hands | Gustav Martin Schmidt |
| View | Complete | piano | Giuseppe Martucci |
| View | Complete | piano | Joachim Raff |
| View | Selections | 2 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones and tuba | Michel Rondeau |
| View | Selections | 3 accordions and bass | Paul De Bra |
| View | Selections | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn | Howard Heller |
| View | Selections | 4 cellos | Orfeo Mandozzi |
| View | Selections | 4 recorders | R.D. Tennent |
| View | Selections | trumpet and organ | Michel Rondeau |
| View | Selections | violin and piano | George Percy Haddock |
| View | Selections | cello and piano | Julius Klengel Carl Reinecke |
| View | Selections | cello and piano | Julius Klengel |
| View | Selections | organ | Smith Newell Penfield |
| View | Selections | piano | — |
| View | Ouverture (No.1) | 4 recorders | Maximilian Olschewski |
| View | Ouverture (No.1) | 4 guitars | Anton Höger |
| View | Air (No.2) | orchestra | August Wilhelmj |
| View | Air (No.2) | double bass and strings | Giovanni Bottesini |
| View | Air (No.2) | strings | Jaap Wiebes |
| View | Air (No.2) | 5 flutes | Hideo Kamioka |
| View | Air (No.2) | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn | Howard Heller |
| View | Air (No.2) | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn | Thomas A. Schneider |
| View | Air (No.2) | 4 recorders | R.D. Tennent |
| View | Air (No.2) | 2 violins, viola and cello | Colin Madden |
| View | Air (No.2) | 2 recorders and keyboard | Alberto Gomez Gomez |
| View | Air (No.2) | flute and harmonium flute and piano violin and harmonium cello and harmonium |
Eduard Biehl |
| View | Air (No.2) | organ and soprano | Alain Brunet |
| View | Air (No.2) | flute and piano oboe and piano |
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| View | Air (No.2) | soprano saxophone and organ | Alain Brunet |
| View | Air (No.2) | alto saxophone and organ | Alain Brunet |
| View | Air (No.2) | horn and piano | — |
| View | Air (No.2) | Wagner tuba and piano | Quinn Mason |
| View | Air (No.2) | violin and piano cello and piano |
Alain Brunet |
| View | Air (No.2) | violin and piano | Friedrich Hermann |
| View | Air (No.2) | violin and piano | Emil Kross |
| View | Air (No.2) | violin and piano | Karl Nowotny |
| View | Air (No.2) | violin and piano | Pablo de Sarasate |
| View | Air (No.2) | violin and piano viola and piano |
August Wilhelmj Ludwig Pagels |
| View | Air (No.2) | violin and piano | August Wilhelmj |
| View | Air (No.2) | violin and piano | — |
| View | Air (No.2) | viola and piano | Orfeo Mandozzi |
| View | Air (No.2) | cello and piano | David Popper |
| View | Air (No.2) | double bass and piano | Giovanni Bottesini |
| View | Air (No.2) | 2 accordions | Paul De Bra |
| View | Air (No.2) | 2 pianos | Isidor Philipp |
| View | Air (No.2) | piano 4 hands | Luis Félix Parodi Ortega |
| View | Air (No.2) | accordion | Massimiliano Virdis |
| View | Air (No.2) | guitar | Stefan Apke |
| View | Air (No.2) | organ | Alain Brunet |
| View | Air (No.2) | organ | Nuno Carmona |
| View | Air (No.2) | organ | Johann Gustav Eduard Stehle |
| View | Air (No.2) | organ | Michael Stenov |
| View | Air (No.2) | harpsichord | Srđan Depolo |
| View | Air (No.2) | harmonium | Alexandre Guilmant |
| View | Air (No.2) | piano | Eduardo Feld |
| View | Air (No.2) | piano | Fábio Neves |
| View | Air (No.2) | piano | Luis Félix Parodi Ortega |
| View | Air (No.2) | piano | Alexander Siloti |
| View | Air (No.2) | piano | Drew Weymouth |
| View | Gavotte (No.3) | organ | William Thomas Best |
| View | Gavotte (No.3) | harmonium | Alexandre Guilmant |
| View | Gavotte (No.3) | piano | Heather Brailsford |
| View | Gavotte (No.3) | piano | — |
Scores
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Section | Ensemble | Performers | Arranged for | Files (click to listen) |
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| View | Complete | Orchestre de chambre Paul Kuentz (orchestra) | — | Complete Recording | ||
| View | Complete | Frankfurt Radio Symphony (orchestra) | Carl Schuricht, conductor | — | Complete Recording | |
| View | Complete | Bath Festival Orchestra (orchestra) | Yehudi Menuhin, conductor | — | 1. Ouverture 2. Air 3. Gavotte I, II 4. Bourrée 5. Gigue |
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| View | Complete | — | — | Complete Recording | ||
| View | Complete | — | Papalin, performer | For Recorder Ensemble (Papalin) | 1. Ouverture 2. Air 3-4. Gavotte I, II 5. Bourrée 6. Gigue |
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| View | Selections | Orchestre national de France (orchestra) | André Girard, conductor | — | Aria, Bourrée, Gigue (Nos.2, 4, 5) | |
| View | Selections | — | Paul De Bra, conductor Accordion Orchestra Avanti, performer |
For Accordion Orchestra (De Bra) | 3-4. Gavottes I and II | |
| View | Air (No.2) | — | For Orchestra (McAlister) | Complete Recording | ||
| View | Air (No.2) | — | Paul De Bra, accordion Professor P, performer |
For Accordion Orchestra (De Bra) | Complete Recording | |
| View | Air (No.2) | — | Christoph Lahme, organ | For Organ (Karg-Elert) | Complete Performance | |
| View | Air (No.2) | — | Evgeniy E. Moshkin, organ | For Organ (Moshkin) | Complete Performance | |
| View | Air (No.2) | — | Michael Stenov, organ | For Organ (Stenov) | Complete Performance | |
| View | Air (No.2) | — | Constantin Stephan, harpsichord | For Harpsichord (Depolo) | Complete Performance | |
| View | Air (No.2) | — | Gabriel Antonio Hernandez Romero, piano | For Piano (Romero) | Complete Performance | |
| View | MIDI | Complete | — | — | 1. Ouverture 2. Air 3, 4. Gavottes I, II 5. Bourrée 6. Gigue |
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| View | MIDI | Complete | — | For Harpsichord and Fortepiano (Gouin) | 1. Ouverture 2. Air 3, 4. Gavottes I & II 5. Bourrée 6. Gigue |
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| View | Synthesized | Selections | — | For 2 Horns, 4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones and Tuba (Rondeau) | Synthesized Performance (Nos.2-5) | |
| View | MIDI | Selections | — | For 4 Recorders (Tennent) | Synthesized Performance | |
| View | Synthesized | Selections | — | For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau) | 2. Air 5. Bourée 6. Gigue |
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| View | Synthesized | Ouverture (No.1) | — | For 4 Recorders (Olschewski) | Synthesized Performance | |
| View | Synthesized | Ouverture (No.1) | — | For 4 Guitars (Höger) | Synthesized Performance | |
| View | MIDI | Air (No.2) | — | For 4 Recorders (Tennent) | Synthesized Performance | |
| View | MIDI | Air (No.2) | — | For Organ (Carmona) | Synthesized Performance (Easy Version) Synthesized Performance (Advanced Version) |
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| View | MIDI | Air (No.2) | — | For Harpsichord (Depolo) | Synthesized Performance | |
| View | Synthesized | Air (No.2) | — | For Harpsichord (Depolo) | Synthesized Performance |
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