Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:38 The Ryge tablature and its notation
3:29 General remarks on tempo
5:01 Performance indications in Baroque scores
6:10 Choosing a tempo for the Allemande
9:51 Chordal texture
11:27 Rhythmic flexibility
13:52 Shaping musical gestures
17:44 Separating phrases in the Sarabande
20:17 Dislocation in the Gigue
25:06 Order of movements
25:18 Allemande
28:18 Courante
29:52 Sarabande
31:17 Gigue
32:52 Patreon information

Link to my previous performance of the suite: youtube.com/watch?v=03kT8J_Huzc

Dietrich Buxtehude, Suite in g minor, BuxWV 242:
I. Allemande
II. Courante
III. Sarabande
IV. Gigue

John Moraitis, harpsichord.
Harpsichord by Martine Argellies (Montpellier, 2012), after Dulcken.
Temperament: Rameau. A=415 Hz