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  • PROGRAM NOTES: KIRILL GERSTEIN

    PROGRAM NOTES: KIRILL GERSTEIN

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    Johann Sebastian Bach English Suite no. 6 in D minor, BWV 811 Bach’s Partitas, English Suites and French Suites – six of each – collectively rank among the glories of the keyboard literature. Each is a four-part sequence of dance movements, all in the same key but varied by rhythm, tempo and mood: Allemande, Courante,…