Sunday 29 May 2011
Tune of the Day: Allegro by J.S. Bach
from Flute Sonata in E minor
The concluding movement of Bach's Sonata in E minor for flute and continuo is a dark and quick Allegro, extremely busy and energetic, often engaging the accompaniment in full-fledged counterpoint. Like the other Allegro of the E-minor Sonata, this final movement contains some long passages of sixteenth notes which leave little time for breathing.