suite no. 2 in g major (from six baroque suites)

R29.00

ISMN
979-0-804006-24-7
Catalogue No
SR 025
Scoring
piano/harpsichord
Edition
Surendran Reddy Performing Edition
Category

suite no. 2 in g major was written in July 1984 as a sequel to suite no. 1 in c major and has the same structure: Prelude-Allemande-Courante-Minuets-Sarabande-Gigue-Chorale. It captures the spirit and style of early 18th-century keyboard music in a modern idiom, using the convention wherein ‘voices’ or ‘points’ emerge or are hidden in a contrapuntal texture and so the texture is not littered with rests; rests are fully notated only in the final ‘Chorale’, which has a homophonic texture. In 2006, Reddy typeset the work from the original manuscript, making  minor notational changes. Like suite no. 1, it is dedicated to the composer’s mother, Leela Reddy but it is more intense than the childlike no. 1, and the autograph of the ‘Chorale’ shows that he used the musical letters of his mother’s name, E-A-D, as a motif.

Audio

Type:
Home Recording
Location:
Konstanz
Date:
2006
Type:
Home Recording
Location:
Konstanz
Date:
2006
Type:
Home Recording
Location:
Konstanz
Date:
2006
Type:
Concert Recording
Location:
Durban
Date:
1984
  (circa)
Type:
Home Recording
Location:
Konstanz
Date:
2006
Type:
Home Recording
Location:
Konstanz
Date:
2006
Type:
Home Recording
Location:
Konstanz
Date:
2006
Type:
Home Recording
Location:
Konstanz
Date:
2006

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