Bach: Partita No. 3, BWV 1006 | Gidon Kremer (violin)

An homage to festivity: The Partita for Solo Violin No. 3 in E major (BWV 1006) by Johann Sebastian Bach. Gidon Kremer plays in the Church of St. Nikolaus in Lockenhaus, Burgenland. The recording dates from 2006. (00:00) Preludio (03:17) Loure (07:04) Gavotte en Rondeau (10:01) Minuet I & Minuet II (14:08) Bourrée (15:23) Gigue Of the three partitas for solo violin, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) composed the third in radiant E major. Its first part, the Preludio, is hardly to be surpassed in its festive character. The popular introductory piece with its triadic breaks was used again and again by Bach in various arrangements. Overall, Partita No. 3 consists of a colorful bouquet of gallantries. These were the French court dances that were popular in Bach’s time and were used instead of the traditional sequence of movements in the German suite (allemande, courante, sarabande and gigue). One of the movements of the Violin Partita in E major even received a very