Johann S. Bach: Six Suites for Violoncello - Baritone Saxophonev

Bach’s Suites for unaccompanied cello are a masterpiece of the Classical Western canon for their singularity and their creator’s mastery.

A myriad of transcriptions were madethroughout the centuries with bigger or lesser freedom. The particularity of this study, in relation to the multiple existing literature about Bach’s music, is its focus on a wind player’s point of view, a saxophonist.

So given the restriction of the polyphonic possibilities of the instrument, reveals some discerning solutions on the performance, analysis and elaboration of the polyphonic thinking in Bach’s Suites.

Similar to the relative novelty of the cello at Bach’s time, this work aims at giving as close as possible the same perspective of the music through a new vision and instrument.