Gathering Music

J.S. Bach’s music expresses a wide range of emotions.  Here are two pieces on opposite ends of the emotional range.  The first, the Three-part Invention No. 9 in F minor, BWV 795, is a dirge that uses a common melodic move in Baroque music that signifies sadness: the descending chromatic melody.  Then the second, the Gavotte from the French Suite No.5 in G, BWV 816, is kind of happy and frisky. 
                                                          - Brian Zayman