French Suite No. 1 in D Minor: Bourrée
Braunstein, Usov, and Rossi, Triton Fountain (1725-26), Orangery, Peterhof (Petrodvorets)
Braunstein, Usov, and Rossi, Triton Fountain (1725-26), Orangery, Peterhof (Petrodvorets)
The French Suite in D Minor was composed in 1987. This six-movement work clearly shows my affection for the music of Bach and Handel, although no identical dance sequence is found in either of the German masters' keyboard compositions.
The bourrée, a sprightly dance whose name literally means "stuffed" or "thrashed," traces its origins to the Auvergne region of France.