Bach Sinfonia 5
The first Bach of the blog, one of his sinfonias (also known as three-part inventions). The three parts in this one are not obvious at first: the upper two voice are wonderfully intertwined, and do an intricate little tango together as third voice turns slowly through a cycle of Bach permutations underneath. I love the way it unfolds.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohann Sebastian Bach\n\n\n\n\u25b6\ufe0f\nSinfonia No 5\n\n\nPaul Cantrell, piano\n\n\n\n\n\n\u2b07\ufe0f\nDownload\n\n\n(3:58 / 5.0 M)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
As I listen to myself play this one, it sounds like I\u2019m still a bit tentative with a new piece \u2014 certainly there is room to be more expressive, and more fluid. I am pleased to have worked out the ornaments, though, which Bach only suggests and leaves largely at the performer\u2019s liberty. (Those are are the little slides, twirls and general filigree in the upper voices.) I know now why these baroque performers made a custom of improvising ornaments: it\u2019s fun!