Friday 20 January 2012
Tune of the Day: Two Bourrées by J.S. Bach
from Cello Suite No. 4, transcribed for solo flute
This pair of bourrées constitutes the fifth movement of Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suite No. 4, BWV 1010. The first bourrée seems to implement a call-and-response illusion with a single line, while the second bourrée offers a lovely contrast with a limpid, quiet succession of quarter notes and textural simplicity.