JS Bach Sonata in A for flute and harpsichord (part 2 of 2)

Second and third movements of this beautiful and challenging work (BWV 1032) performed in Makati, Manila, in January 2008 by myself and David Johnson (flute) as part of the Clarion Chamber Ensemble concert. Those familiar with the slow movement may get a surprise in the second half when we took some liberties and started improvising on the rhythm. The third movement is a killer in terms of coordination and negotiating the leaps in the left hand!

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[catlover1000644]

Thanx so much for providing this video on You Tube. I'm competing in a music festival soon and its great to know I can listen to this, its amazing. I'm doing the second and last movement. Its so hard to find a decent recording. Thanx again.

[captaingra]

Thanks for your comment and glad if this performance comes in useful. Good luck in the festival. Happy to send you a better quality recording if you need it.

[angelhope1986]

I enjoyed your performance very much. Your rhythmic additions (I know the proper term but it has slipped my mind) in the third movement were great, my only critique would be to be careful of how many notes your slur together; given the style of that era, a few of the runs would have made a stronger impact if they were staccato. Otherwise, it was great.

[catlover1000644]

if you could send me a better recording, that would be great, i like the trills, their so distinct.

[captaingra]

Yes, glad you enjoyed it anyway. We do try to bring some element of improvisation into performances, even in music as fully written out as JS Bach's (where there is less scope).

[ChocloManx]

and then I saw the description and the second part of my post became useless. :D

[ChocloManx]

Very original performance. I was looking at the score and you guys put a lot of your own in there. Not many people are brave enough to do that, especially when playing Bach.

Or maybe you're just playing in the style it was written at the time...

[vladdegs]

Not enough tomato in the right hand and the harpsichord sounds like knitting needles on a biscuit tin, otherwise quite satisfactory. Being serious for a minute, as my old dad once said: "Bloody marvellous. A clever bugger that."