This midi file was originally realized on a Roland JX-10 and an Ensoniq ESQ-M.
I used an Alesis MMT-8 digital sequencer to record the real-time performance
of J.S. Bach's third Brandenburg concerto. The sequenced material was then
transferred to Sequencer Plus Gold tm for fine tuning the internal dynamics
of my performance.
The original file was in two parts,
bburg3a.mid and bburg3b.mid.  The third Brandenburg concerto lends itself well
to splitting into two separate files since each file represents a unique movement
within the whole frame of the piece. All of my original work was done in 1991
using the above equipment and a book containing all six Brandenburg concertos.
In 1995, I attempted to merge the original two files into a single midi file.
This was accomplished using Recording Session by Midisoft Corporation.

For your convenience, I will include the midi channel assignments, general midi
names, in parentheses, and program change numbers for each instrument:

Violino 	  = Channel 2	= (Strings1)  48
Viola   	  = Channel 1	= (Viola)     41
Violoncello       = Channel 3	= (Cello)     42
Violone e Cembalo = Channel 4	= (Contrbass) 43
Double Bass       = Channel 5	= (Contrbass) 43

The initial tempo is set to (relative) 71. This tempo is in effect from
measure 1 beat 1 tick 1 to measure 279 beat 2 tick 94. The time signature
changes from 2/4 to 12/8 at measure 282. The new tempo of 240 is in effect
from measure 282 beat 1 tick 1 to measure 378 beat 12 tick 96.  These values
were obtained from Midisoft's Recording Session program.

You, of course, are not bound by these channel assignments.

If you are using a sampling synthesizer, like the Ensoniq EPS-16, you will
achieve fullest realization of sonic quality.

Many scholars consider these six works of J.S. Bach to be the finest concerti
grosso ever conceived. It is with deep reverence for the creator of Bach, and 
indeed each of us, that I present my own performance of this great work.

For those of you who might be interested in the musical source, I will list
it below:

Johann Sebastian Bach
The Six Brandenburg Concertos
and the Four Orchestral Suites in Full Score
From the Bach-Gesellschaft Edition
Dover Publications, Inc., New York
Copyright 1976
ISBN: 0-486-23376-6
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 76-12016

One final note: If you choose a versitile sequencer program, you will be able
to modify my performance dynamics.  I admit that the dynamics could use 
considerable work.  In any event if you are as much a devoté of J.S. Bach as I
am, it is possible that you will enjoy this file and the hours of effort that
went into performing it.

Legals: Voyetra Sequencer Plus Gold by Bruce Frazer, Antony Bruni, Ed Demko,
        Jim Wright, and Hugh Steele. Version 4.04 (2/1/91) Copyright Voyetra
        Technologies 1985 - 1991.

	Roland JX-10 is a trade mark of the Roland Corporation Japan 
	
	Alesis MMT-8 is a trade mark of the Alesis Corporation Los Angeles, CA

	Ensoniq ESQ-M and EPS-16 are trade marks of ENSONIQ Corporation,
	Malvern, PA.

Thank you for trying bburg3.mid,

		Craig S. Miller

		AOL email address: mrmath314@aol.com