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Sarabande (Inertia Study)
for piano
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About
The “emotional heart” of JS Bach’s Partita No.3 in A minor BWV 827 is the Sarabande. Alex Taylor took on the task of responding to this movement with his ‘Sarabande, Inertia Study’, described by pianist/commissioner Stephen De Pledge as, “an inexorably lilting piece.”
Commissioned note
Commissioned by Stephen De Pledge for 'A New Zealand Partita'
Performance history
27 Feb 2018: Premiered by Stephen de Pledge at St Mary of the Angels, Wellington
22 Aug 2019: A New Zealand Partita, UK premiere
Featuring: Stephen De Pledge
28 Jun 2020: Stephen De Pledge | 50th Birthday Piano Recital
Featuring: Stephen De Pledge