Bach, Johann Sebastian - Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067, Badinerie - HighQuality

The four Orchestral Suites or Ouvertures BWV 1066--1069 are a set of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. The word ouverture refers to an opening movement in which a section of slow dotted-note rhythm is followed by a fugue; at the time, this name was also used to refer to a whole suite of dance-pieces in the French baroque style. The badinerie (also spelled ’battinerie’; from French ’jesting’) is best known for its designation as the final movement of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor. The movement is light in mood, and is structured in a binary form; it is cast in a swift 2/4 metre beginning on the upbeat, much in the manner of a fast gavotte. Badineries also appear in French ouvertures by Christoph Graupner and Georg Philipp Telemann, also in fast tempos and in 2/4 or alla breve metre. The presence of an upbeat is not a consistent feature; examples by Telemann include the upbeat (including one example which is essentially a gavotte), while Graupner’s do not. While the designation ’badinerie’ is not common, its Italian counterpart ’scherzo’ appears more frequently. Performed by: Alexander Titov-Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067/VII. Badinerie.