How Weird is This, Baroque Fans?

[Kubalivre]

Originally Posted by Despina41

hahah "now we see the influence of Wagner on Bach"

Attending these lovely forums will bag me an A+ dissertation in a few years.

[GoingBaroque]

Originally Posted by marquis66

Phil, if you are going to post something, make sure it's actually music. What's with all the weird clefs!?!?!?

The second staff appears to be an Alto Clef, the third a Tenor Clef. Not sure about the first staff but it could be a Baritone.

[bviolon8897]

I've enjoyed this thread, immensely. Thank you all for your thoughts about this detail in a work I've performed a lot. It's my understanding that the sixth sonata is from the 1724-5 period, one of discontent, in Leipzig. This sonata seems to have gone through many revisions with movements removed or substituted and then re-added, the structure and tempi altered, too. I usually perform the final form that includes the solo harpsichord movement rather than the lengthy (beautiful, but redundant) alternate movement.

I might suggest that this "weird" moment, harmonically, reflects Bach's inner turmoil that is wonderfully "released" into the "what-the-hell-I'm-going-to-dance" gigue final movement. That's been my take on this particular inter-movement moment. Also, I consciously make an effort to thread these two movements (Adagio-Allegro) together as a dialectic-like event by keeping the bow in motion (silently in the air) to create the sense of abandon into joy.

Lavius Lumens