Johann Sebastian Bach Add-on

Johann Sebastian Bach's piece "Sonata in si Minore Per Fluto" was played for within the Alba Music Festival. This piece consisted of Andante, largo e dolce, and presto. The concert consisted only of a piano and flute to preform this piece. Before the concert began, the flutist announced that they will be playing in a Baroque style. The very first thing I have notuced about the piece was the energy of the flute. There were many fast notes that the flutist was requried to play for this piece, therefore I believe it was important to her to be high energy. I noticed that the piano had played slower, longer notes, especiall in comparision with the flutist. Within this compoisition, I noticed that there was a very high contrast between the different pace and the pitch of notes between the piano and the flute. I also was aware of the call and responce technique that I learned about in one of our classes in Alba. It was clear within this piece that there was a call and responce between the piano and the flute. In my personal opinion I feel that the general sound of this specific composition seemed to be happy, pretty, and fast paced. The tempo and the notes seems to slow down at one point, but then jumps back to fast pace. This I believe, was intentional to show contrast. Within the Presto, the final part of Bach's piece, the notes seem to be louder as well as stronger in rythm. The flutes notes seems to move up and down the scale. I found it hard to pay attention to the piano because the flutist play strong, fast, and interesting notes in comparision to the piano. This piece in general seems to contain happy rythm, playful expression, as well as notes that work together to create music that flows in a positive way.