SOPP265: The tempo of Alla breve section of BWV 532
This question was sent by Andrea. And Andrea writes:\n\nHello Ausra and Vidas,\n\nThanks for your hints and the talks you share with us!\nI would like to know your opinion about the prelude in D, BWV 532, from JSB, a piece I run into a few days ago, after years of oblivion past the days I studied it... As we know, the piece is divided into three parts, the second of which is marked Alla breve. What do you think about the tempo to be kept in this section? Shall we keep "Alla breve" as an indication of style, i.e. the Stylus Phantasticus, so to be played fast and virtuoso, or shall we think of it as a tempo indication, so to played crotchets in the region of 60-66?\n\nI would like to know your ideas about this...\n\nRight now I'll go playing, because "when we practice, miracles happen"!!!\n\nHave a nice summer!\n\nAndrea