Clavier
player, organist, violinist, singer, court musician, devout Lutheran, and
father of twenty children, Johann Sebastian Bach may also have been the most
astonishingly gifted composer of all time.
His music for keyboard instruments includes cornerstones of the
repertoire, including the "Goldberg" Variations, Art of the Fugue, The
Well-Tempered Clavier, and three sets of suites: six English Suites, six French Suites, and six
Partitas, published in 1731. Each
Partita consists of a prelude followed by a series of two-part dance movements;
in the case of the Fourth Partita, there are seven such movements, from which I
have excerpted the following for this performance:
Ouverture-a
typical French Overture beginning with a majestic slow introduction followed by
a faster fugal section.
Courante-
French dance in triple meter, a slow 3/2 time as opposed to the more lively
Italian Corrente (usually in 3/4 or 3/8).
Gigue-a
very lively dance, often in triple meter, here in 9/16. The Gigue ("Jig") originated in Ireland and
England.
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Ouverture, Courante, Gigue from Partita No. 4 BWV 828 Play
Recorded on 06/25/2003, uploaded on 01/24/2010
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J.S. Bach: Partita No. 4 in D major BWV 828:
Clavier player, organist, violinist, singer, court musician, devout Lutheran, and father of twenty children, Johann Sebastian Bach may also have been the most astonishingly gifted composer of all time. His music for keyboard instruments includes cornerstones of the repertoire, including the "Goldberg" Variations, Art of the Fugue, The Well-Tempered Clavier, and three sets of suites: six English Suites, six French Suites, and six Partitas, published in 1731. Each Partita consists of a prelude followed by a series of two-part dance movements; in the case of the Fourth Partita, there are seven such movements, from which I have excerpted the following for this performance:
Ouverture-a typical French Overture beginning with a majestic slow introduction followed by a faster fugal section.
Courante- French dance in triple meter, a slow 3/2 time as opposed to the more lively Italian Corrente (usually in 3/4 or 3/8).
Gigue-a very lively dance, often in triple meter, here in 9/16. The Gigue ("Jig") originated in Ireland and England.
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Prelude and Fugue in e minor from Well-Tempered Clavier Book I
Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor, Well Tempered Piano Book 2
Prelude from Suite BMW 1007 in G major
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major from Well-Tempered Clavier Book I
Prelude from Suite BMW 1012 in D major
Concerto No. 2 in G Major, BWV 973
English Suite No. 3 in g minor, BWV 808
Prelude and Fugue in c minor (WTC I) BWV 847
Italian concerto, BWV 971
Prelude and Fugue in A-flat Major from Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
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Allegretto from Symphony No. 7
Three Piano Pieces (Drei Klavierstücke), D. 946
Sonata V for prepared piano
Nocturne in c minor, Op. 48, No. 1
Rondo in D Major, K. 485
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59 1/2 seconds for a string-player
Legend No. 2 "St. Francis Walking on the Waves"
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