🇫🇷Charles Camille Saint-Saëns ： Transcriptions of J S Bach Book 1 Bourree

This is Saint-Saëns’s transcription of a bourrée by Bach for solo piano. Its musical character is shaped by the clear meter and lively momentum of the dance, while the roles of melody and accompaniment are passed between the parts as the music unfolds. It is important to maintain an awareness of the overall flow and to bring out the phrasing and changes in repeated material. The right-hand melody should sing, while the left hand and inner voices remain light and well balanced; decorative motion should also be played with clarity. Crisp articulation and restrained pedaling help bring out both the buoyant character of the dance and the rich sonority of the transcription.