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Bach’s sonata for Violin and Harpsichord (here, accompaniment is played on the piano) in E Major, BWV 1018. Played by Frank Peter Zimmermann & Enrico Pace. I remember hearing the 3rd movement for the first time during a documentary featuring Zimmermann, who discussed his interpretation of Bach. I had to search up the entire work and then listen to the other Sonatas with Harpsichord. 

Frank Peter Zimmermann and Enrico Pace once again, playing Bach’s Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in F Minor (BWV 1018). My favourite movement in this work is the Adagio, in which the violin plays double stops against a cascading set of arpeggios from the harpsichord (in this case, pianist). The dissonances in the harpsichord part are fascinating and prompted me to learn both the violin and bass part, as well as just the harpsichord part. It requires a strict knowledge of arpeggio fingering, as well as the various minor keys, including minors with accidentals. A challenge! 

Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord, this time in C Minor. Some may recognise the opening movement as being similar to Bach’s famed Aria, Erbarme Dich. Given Bach’s love for reusing various themes in different pieces, this should not come as a surprise. Rather, it demonstrates the eternal flexibility of his work, that he could create thematic material so evocative that it could be changed again and again to suit the circumstances. 

Rehearsing with Matthias Goerne