French Suite No. 1 in D Minor: Menuet
Niccolo Michetti et al., Sun Fountain (from 1724), Peterhof (Petrodvorets)
Niccolo Michetti et al., Sun Fountain (from 1724), 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 menuet, a French country dance which became highly stylized at the court of Louis XIV--the Sun King, here takes on a somewhat plaintive tone.