Bach Partita 4 for Harpsichord - Allemanda

[mastulio217]

practice the notes before playing...

thank you, anyway.

[Drakopulous]

Still enjoy quite often. Thanks

[Drakopulous]

stellar...（；_・）

[blueorange4]

Beautiful playing.

[jewish1972]

muy lento para ser 1 alemana

[bigposaune]

Francesco "musiclover63" is died on December 8th 2009

[Guilmant512]

E tu come l'hai saputo?

[bigposaune]

Eravamo amicissimi fin da ragazzi. Ho ourtroppo suonato anche al suo rito funebre.

Ho sofferto molto per la sua scomparsa, anche perchè una settimana prima aveva desiderato trascorrere una serata a casa mia, in compagnia mia e di mia moglie :'(

[bigposaune]

Il suo nome era Francesco Donelli.

A lui ho dedicato due mie improvvisazioni in YouTube, con il titolo "In memoriam di Francesco"

[CracknHack]

Nice piece nicely played.

What a contrast - slow play on a harpsichord.

How good the sound.

Most harpsichord music is just too noisy.

[musiclover63]

Thanks!

[LadyGenevieveStG]

the second part is a little uncertain. Otherwise a great rendition of an immortal piece of music

[hernonnymoose]

a beautifully performed piece, promoted to favourite-able by the harmonised cow

[castello18]

this is sooo well done!!!

[kafkan]

fantastic! where did you get this instrument? is playing much different from the piano?

[Sviolinist]

Yes playing the harpsichord is different from playing the piano. No pedal, and the feel is much lighter. You have to develop some new techniques that you would never employ on a piano because of the pedal.

[Mistermagoo77]

Beautifully played my friend!

[joshisaac]

love the COW!

[voidforpurpose]

It seemed to "Moo!" right on key! (B flat?)

[dalem]

F#, I believe.

[3NUNS]

lovely

[Bachzart]

The cow was the best part. Beautiful piece with good emotion accompanied by an excellent interpretation. Bravo. But I still stand by the cow, the cow ROCKS!!!

[Gambissimo]

I like the cow in the beginning.

[shuianzhao]

great!

[naslam74]

Now if you were playing something in a fast tempo there is less of a need for agogic accents, and you can play in a more direct tempo and straighter as you would on a piano. Even though in Baroque music especially French Baroque, there is more freedom with the rhythm, like successive 8th or 16th notes, they can be "swung" almost like a loose dotted rhythm, erring more like triplets.

[naslam74]

Dalem. What you see here is 18th century performance practice. Playing with "rubato" as you say is actually agogic accenting. Since the Harpsichord does not have a sustain pedal and the strings stop vibrating much faster than on a piano, you have to "spread" the notes, especially in a slow tempo. That means holding certain notes longer, and articulating depending on what is happening musically. If you try to play straight like you would normally on a Piano it would sound like crap.

[RoYaLiSlaNdChiCk]

Wow... I wish I had a Harpsichord!! You played beautiful!

[richtomes]

Is that a cow at the beginning ?

[dalem]

Bach is hard, though.

[dalem]

There's a difference between rubato, and putting the beat early or whatevr. Even if you're being expressive etc, the piece must still have a pulse to it - and also, LH and RH must be together... i mean, the first beat of bar 8 - the A# in voice 3 doesn't come in at the same time as the E in voice 1. Overall, the piece just soudns lazy - it's because of that. Generally, you're left hand wants to come in early, and your right wants to be a bit late. Practice it with a metronome.

[ftv777]

You are simply not right. Just contrary, he feels beat very well, his left hand leads the music perfectly. You should learn much from this performance.

[michel6]

I agree with you, ftv777. Dalem didn't get it.

[FelipeAraya]

beatifull!!! :B

[pfaft]

breathtaking!!!!

[kandutery]

beatiful!!