Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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0:00 Introduction
1:56 Gavotte I
3:58 Passacaille – definition & general characteristics
4:54 The theme
7:48 Harmonic progression in measures 3 and 4
9:27 Variations 1 and 2
10:28 Variation 3
11:23 Variation 4
13:19 Variation 5
15:02 Variation 6
16:11 Chaconne – preliminary performance
18:08 First reaction
18:53 The ostinato bass
19:53 "sur 4. nottes"
21:19 Harmonic analysis of measures 1-4
23:36 Formal structure
25:05 Performance
25:20 Gavotte I
26:10 Gavotte II
27:08 Menuet
28:08 Gigue
29:55 Passacaille
32:15 Chaconne sur 4. nottes
34:29 Patreon information

Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy: Suite in a minor, part 2:
V. Gavotte I
VI. Gavotte II
VII. Menuet
VIII. Gigue
IX. Passacaille
X. Chaconne sur 4. nottes

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