Bach by way of Saint-Saens
Feb. 26th, 2012 09:03 pmAn arrangement of an arrangement: Bach himself took the prelude from the third partita for violin and turned it into the opening moment of Cantata 29, Wir danken dir, Gott; then a hundred and some years later, Saint-Saens arranged the cantata sinfonia into a charmingly exuberant solo piano piece:
(performed here by Joel Hastings)
(performed here by Joel Hastings)