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- Peter Gregson
Bach Recomposed (Version for Double Bass and Strings) (2020)
Arrangement of movements from Bach Recomposed for double bass and string orchestra
Programme Note
I. Bourrées (Suite No.4, movt 5)
II. Sarabande (4.4)
III. Allemande (2.2)
IV. Courante (5.3)
V. Prelude (6.1)
VI. Gigue (1.6)
VII. Allemande (6.2)
Rather than thinking about Bach’s compositions as a two-dimensional painting, I thought about them as sculpture. So, although the object is the same, if you turn it around and see it from a different angle – shine the light on it in a different way – you get different textures; new shadows, new shapes appear; new pathways through the melodies and harmonies. The result is more like a suite of fantasias on a theme (of the original compositions), but still recognisably the same material... at least I hope so!
Programme note by Peter Gregson
II. Sarabande (4.4)
III. Allemande (2.2)
IV. Courante (5.3)
V. Prelude (6.1)
VI. Gigue (1.6)
VII. Allemande (6.2)
Rather than thinking about Bach’s compositions as a two-dimensional painting, I thought about them as sculpture. So, although the object is the same, if you turn it around and see it from a different angle – shine the light on it in a different way – you get different textures; new shadows, new shapes appear; new pathways through the melodies and harmonies. The result is more like a suite of fantasias on a theme (of the original compositions), but still recognisably the same material... at least I hope so!
Programme note by Peter Gregson