Nev video Bach Prelude n 17 in A flat Major Pianoteq BWV 862

carmelo.paolucci wrote:

Dear Friends,

Today the discovery of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier takes us into the key of A flat major. A very bright and joyful piece... really fun to play, even if it wasn't very easy to balance the various voices....
Bach Prelude n 17 BWV 862 from WTC 1  is frequently depreciated from an esthetic point of view, and this probably arises from lack of comprehension of the rests in the principal theme, and also from want of a satisfactory clue
to the structure, as regards periods, of the piece. If the first measure be taken as unaccented, i. e. the second as answering to it, and if one read with full measure (from bar-stroke to bar-stroke), the first section is torn into
mere disconnected 2 -measure shreds.
The second period, with which the first section concludes, modulates to the key of the dominant, and opposes a more lively movement to that of the principal thought.
The second section is a fairly faithful reproduction of the first, with inverted voices, but with modulation turned towards the under -side, i. e. to the principal key, and from thence towards that of the under- dominant, so
that, at the end, the principal key is established without
any difficulty.
As to the first section, so also to the second is appended a close-confirmation of one measure, but, in addition, a coda of 8 measures and a one-measure confirmation.
The intentional avoidance of the nearest related minor keys deserves note; even the parallel key is scarcely touched and this, in part, explains the joyful repose of the whole piece.
I hope you like it, playing it was Fantastic for me!
Greetings from Italy
Carmelo

My actual setting is:

Played on Yamaha P125 piano stage                                          Video Recording Samsung Galaxy A54.
VST: Hamburg Steinway D Pianoteq Stage 8.4.0

https://youtu.be/Sp0JPic9f7U

A fine and flawless performance again. Great!

I like the tempo because the prelude itself is very pleasant in nature - I think it is like a menuet! 1 2 3 1 2 3….   

I was listening to the theme in left hand, was looking at sheet and - Amazing, you brought out the theme every time, all the time, in left hand. When it appears in the left hand, I suppose this is hard to do well and you did it wonderfull. Thank you carmelo!
And the long end chord - good!

And I I appreciate your comments about the piece as I found them quite interesting. (...... even the parallel key is scarcely touched and this, in part, explains the joyful repose of the whole piece).

Best wishes,

Stig