Demonstration - J.S. Bach's Sinfonia in D major, BWV 789
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- Demonstration - Bach Sinfonia in D major, BWV 789
Dr. Ivona Kaminska expanded her pianistic knowledge under such Bach and Baroque performance practice experts as Dr. George Ritchie, Dr. Quentin Faulkner, and Dr. Gregory Butler and performance on harpsichord and organ. This fascination led her to publish her dissertation on applying such techniques to the modern piano.
In this clip, Dr. Kaminska presents Bach's Sinfonia No. 3 in D major, BWV 789 on a modern Steinway model D.
Notes:
Many aspects of Baroque performance practice are possible on the modern piano. These aspects get us closer to the way Bach heard, understood, and performed the music himself.
Baroque treatises emphasize the hierarchy of the beat structure on all levels
The phrasing is always subservient to the "superior regard" given to strong beats - as a result, romanticized slurring prevalent in modern editions goes against the principles of Baroque performance practice
o for example, legato slurring connecting weak beats to the strong beats is incorrect, as well as legato slurs that cross over barlines
The 4/4 meter suggests a moderate tempo and similar affect of an allemande dance
Ornaments are always interchangeable - one should remember that the musical score was merely a starting point, and that the informed performer understood how to interpret or ornament as needed
The Affekt of this Sinfonia is characteristic of the pervasive use of the figura corta (eighth + 2 sixteenths) - Baroque treatises discuss how this rhythmic figure should be emphasized
o the challenge here is that the romantic tradition makes us accustomed to the idea that the two short sixteenth figures are slurred to the next longer one; this is counter to baroque performance practice, where the stronger beat is always articulated
possible dynamic shading is easy to interpret from analysis of melodic contour and sequential treatment
this work is easily punctuated by clear cadences, which according to treatises should always clearly be depicted