Bach-G. Bacewicz
Arrangements/Transcriptions of Bach's Works by Grażyna Bacewicz

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Grażyna Bacewicz - Short Biography

Works

Work

No.

Year

Chamber

Piano Quintet No. 1, for piano & string quartet (incorporating the BACH motif)
[Kraków: Polskie Wydawn. Muzyczne, 1953]

1953

The quintet represents the height of Bacewicz's Bartók phase - a masterpiece of the last century. It uses several Bartókian gestures and inhabits the same emotional territory. The quintet's opening, for example, is right out of the Concerto for Orchestra and the Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta. A slow rising, from deep within the ensemble, leading to a burst of energy. Nevertheless, there's something very individual hear, which comes out in the lyrical portions of the score, and a wit, including playing around with the B-A-C-H motif (B flat - A - C - B, in the key of C).
Source: Classical CD Review

Orchestra

Ze starej muzyki: suita na mały zespół orkiestrowy, Suite arranged for chamber orchestra: flute, clarinet, piano, and strings:
Grave / G. Tartini
Gavot / J.B. Lully
Rigaudon / J.Ph. Rameau
Sarabanda / J.M. Leclair
Menuet / F.M. Veracini
Tambourin / J.Ph. Rameau
Arietta / G.B. Pergolesi
Gawot / Fr.J. Gossec
Pieśń / Giovannini (Bach?)
Allegretto / L. Boccherini
Aria "W guście połoneza" / F. Couperin
[Warsaw : Spółdzielnia Wydawn. "Czytelnik", 1946]

1946

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Prepared by Aryeh Oron (August 2011)

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