Bach: Partita No. 1, IV. Sarabande | Richard Goode, piano

Longing and wistful. The Sarabande in Johann Sebastian Bach's Partita No. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825 is characterized by its slow, sustained character. Pianist Richard Goode gave his interpretation of the Sarabande as an encore during his piano recital at the Verbier Festival on July 29, 2017.

Johann Sebastian Bach somposed six partitas, which are not only famous but also challenging. They are Baroque suites with stylized dance movements such as Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue, or Menuet. Bach first published the partitas in individual volumes, which were refined with a copper engraving technique between 1726 and 1731. The well-known First Partita, which Bach described as “these modest musical beginnings,” was “most humbly dedicated to the newborn Emanuel Ludwig,” the first son of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen.

In 1731, Johann Sebastian Bach then published his six partitas for cembalo solo BWV 825 – 830 under the title “Clavier Übung” (“Keyboard Exercise”), thereby reaching a larger segment of the public. He called the volume “Opus 1,” although Bach was already 46 years old and a distinguished keyboard virtuoso and composer. On the title page, Bach noted that he had written the pieces to “delight the spirits" of enthusiasts. But they were more than mere “exercises”. A well-known pianist in Leipzig, Luise Gottsched, wrote at the time: “Even after playing them ten times, I still feel as if I were just beginning.”

After the Partitas, Johann Sebastian Bach published three more volumes of “Keyboard Exercises” in the years that followed. The fourth part of these keyboard exercises was published in 1741 and went down in music history as the famous “Goldberg Variations”.

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