Concerto for two violins in D minor (BWV 1043): 3rd movement
This is the second episode of our double-part look at the "Bach Double" violin concerto. In this episode, we hear how one moment of expressive subtlety can demonstrate the difference between "flashy fast notes" and true baroque emotion. A single "sighing" motif written as plain eighth notes demonstrates to us that the musicians of Bach's time were trained in a high art of ornamentation, and if they just played the notes on the page, the result would have fallen flat. Netherlands Bach Society performing the "Bach Double" (mvt. 3); Shunske Sato and Emily Deans, violin soloists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILKJcsET-NM&t=592s Sato and Deans' interview on the piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwHOeTHMiGk