Thanks! If I remember correctly, you often use a French style (quasi Rameau?) temperament; was this the case here? (I'm not a good musician, but, having loved early music for many years, and having taught Physics, an interest in temperament came naturally.)
Yes, I am indeed using a Rameau temperament. Admittedly it would not work for all of Bach's pieces since it's not a circulating temperament (i.e. not all keys are playable, although most are), but I like its "flavor," and I think it works well in this piece.
Thank you so much for your very insightful expositions into these works by Bach. They are some of the best and informative desciptions of Bach's works that I have ever seen.
It certainly does! Perhaps sometimes it can be tricky to read a specific Affekt in every descending second, but, depending on the context, such a gesture was associated with a sigh, and I feel that in this toccata, as well as the works you mention, interpreting it as such does fit the expressive atmosphere of the pieces.
Amazing video on an extremely underrated piece.
Thanks! If I remember correctly, you often use a French style (quasi Rameau?) temperament; was this the case here? (I'm not a good musician, but, having loved early music for many years, and having taught Physics, an interest in temperament came naturally.)
Yes, I am indeed using a Rameau temperament. Admittedly it would not work for all of Bach's pieces since it's not a circulating temperament (i.e. not all keys are playable, although most are), but I like its "flavor," and I think it works well in this piece.
Thank you so much for your very insightful expositions into these works by Bach. They are some of the best and informative desciptions of Bach's works that I have ever seen.
That 'ta-DEE-dah' motif also occurs in the WTC Book II, f minor prelude and fugue. And in the CPE Bach G minor fugue.
It certainly does! Perhaps sometimes it can be tricky to read a specific Affekt in every descending second, but, depending on the context, such a gesture was associated with a sigh, and I feel that in this toccata, as well as the works you mention, interpreting it as such does fit the expressive atmosphere of the pieces.