The Six Sonatas for Violin and Keyboard, BWV 1001-1006
arranged for Soprano Saxophone and Piano or Harpsichord by Paul WEHAGE
In 1720 J. S. Bach was in the service of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen, serving as his Kapellmeister.
Since the court of Anhalt-Cöthen was Calvinist, Church music was limited to congregational psalms and hymns. Bach?s work during this period consisted of writing chamber music for the Prince, who was an accomplished violinist, gambist and harpsichordist. Other works from this period include the Cello Suites, the viola da gamba sonatas, the Flute sonatas and the partita for solo flute and the Orchestral Suites.
The Six Sonatas presented here are in the four movement ?Church Sonata? style, except for the Sonata number 6 which is in a five movement form, including a central movement for Solo Keyboard. The first five sonatas all share the same principal of Slow-Fast-Slow-Fast with a generally unified threevoice ?Trio Sonata? texture. Passages which include double stops have been arranged as grace notes, which should be performed rapidly, but with a sensitivity to creating the necessary resonance which suggest implied chords.
Table of contents
Sonata no. 1 in b minor, BWV 1014
1. Adagio - Page 3
2. Allegro - Page 7
3. Andante - Page 16
4. Allegro - Page 19
Sonata no. 2 in A Major, BWV 1015
1. (no indication) - Page 25
2. Allegro Assaï - Page 28
3. Andante un poco - Page 36
4. Presto - Page 38
Sonata no. III in E Major, BWV 1016
1. (Adagio) - Page 46
2. Allegro - Page 50
3. Adagio ma non tanto - Page 59
4. Allegro - Page 65
Sonata no. IV in c minor, BWV 1017
1. Siciliano - Largo - Page 75
2. Allegro - Page 78
3. Adagio - Page 91
4. Allegro - Page 95
Sonata no. V in f minor, BWV 1018
1. Largo - Page 102
2. Allegro - Page 108
3. Adagio - Page 114
4. Vivace - Page 117
Sonata no. VI in G Major, BWV 1019
1. Allegro - Page 124
2. Largo - Page 132
3. Allegro - Page 134
4. Adagio - Page 137
5. Allegro - Page 140