🇩🇪Johann Sebastian Bach ： Sinfonia no.2 c-moll BWV 788

This tightly contrapuntal one-movement piece unfolds through three voices responding to one another. The subject introduced at the opening is passed from one voice to another, creating a flowing stream of smaller notes that drives the music forward. Because short phrases follow one another in succession, it is important to hear each voice’s role clearly and maintain the direction of the phrases. In performance, the voices should be distinguished clearly and the notes kept even, while preserving a natural sense of breathing rather than sounding mechanical. Light treatment of ornaments and passing notes, with restrained dynamics shaped by the interplay of the voices and the peaks of the phrases, can bring out a transparent sonority.