Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)

Composed around 1720, Bach scored the second suite for strings and a single flute, unlike the other orchestral suites which called for larger Baroque ensembles.

"Badinerie" means "jest" or "trifle" in French and refers to a playful movement in a piece. Ironically, the only known badinerie is in fact the 7th and final movement of Bach's Orchestral Suite in B Minor.

Considered one of Bach's "Top 40" hits, the Badinerie has been transcribed by many afficionado's for solo, duo, and other instrumental combinations, not least a favourite ringtone. Robert Bekkers arranged this fun piece for the piano guitar duo.

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Badinerie

from Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067

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• Recorded at Monument House in Utrecht, Netherlands on 9 July 2007
• Anne Ku on Steinway New York, model A188, 1909
• Robert Bekkers on Jeroen Hilhorst Amsterdam concert guitar, 2005