Sunday Classics: Gotta dance -- Bach the suite-maker, Part 2

Allemandes are at the top of tonight's "Bach the suite-maker" agenda. Here Mischa Maisky plays the Allemande from the First Cello Suite.

by Ken

Oh my. This was supposed to be a simple sequel to last night's presentation of some basics of Bach's suite-writing, including samples of two of the commonly used dance forms, the sarabande and bourrée, aiming us toward tomorrow's presentation of an actual whole Bach suite. The idea for tonight was just to toss in a couple, maybe a few examples of three more dance forms that appear regularly in Bach's suites (alternatively called partitas or overtures): the allemande, courante, and gigue.

And I guess really that's all I've done, but it involved a full day's work, and the result calls for more than previewlike listening attention. So I've gone back and officially relabeled last night's post "Part 1" of what is now a three-part Sunday Classics post.


FOR TONIGHT'S SAMPLING OF BACH ALLEMANDES,
COURANTES, AND GIGUES, CLICK HERE

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