Badinerie

Badinerie is part of Suite no. 2, made for Flute and Orchestra

Composed by J.S. Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach)

Its written in Binary form and starts in the key of B minor

suite = collection of pieces in the style of French dances of the period

Instruments

This piece is composed of a small chamber orchestra and a flute. The orchestra consists of:

• 2 violin parts

• viola

• cello

• double bass

• harpsichord (playing continuo)

continuo = using bass notes as guide and improvising right hand

First Half

The first half starts with an anacrusis and motif x, which outlines the tonic chord of B minor.

At the end of motif x there is a perfect cadence with a dominant 7th chord.

Motif X is then repeated, leading to a rising sequence and a modulation into the dominant key F sharp minor

Second Half

KEY

Second half starts with the same melody but in F sharp major. The music then modulates quickly into the subdominant key E minor, and then its relative major D major.

A long passage of semiquavers leads to a perfect cadence in D. The there is a descending sequence. Then at the end it returns to the tonic B minor