Vivaldi uses this sequence in the III movement of the Spring to move up through the keys of A major, B major, and C# minor:

In measure 60 of the first movement of the Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, Bach offers us an ingenious version of this ascending sequence

• All chords are dominant chords.
• The first chord is in the third inversion, and the seventh resolves to the fundamental of the next chord.
• We show the chords in root position on the lower staff.

Here is the orchestrated passage:

Vincent DiMartino (trumpet), Arnold (recorder), Rennick (oboe), Saunders (violin), Lexington Bach Choir Orchestra
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