Podcasts

Performing Bach’s Sarabande: Sarabande podcast [ 17:58]

(complete: Windows Media Audio file size 16MB)

Welcome to the first Corelli podcast. The subject under discussion focuses on what exactly Bach means when he writes an appoggiatura (or Vorschlag in German). Although we might think we know what he intends by using a particular notation, how can we be sure? And have we got it right?

To hear the podcast, click on the link below. You might find it helpful to follow this link to a pdf score of the Sarabande from the 5th Partita - the piece under discussion. There is also a facsimile of the original print. You can follow the score of the Rameau example; and the Quantz quotation.

The subjects of future podcasts will include the Accompaniment of Bach’s Recitative; Performance Practice in the St John Passion; and Mozart’s Salzburg keyboard Concertos.

Watch this space!