Sarabande 2
Ornamental urn, Chenonceaux, Garden of Diane de Poitiers. The château, which dates from around 1515, was occupied in the eighteenth century by Madame Dupin de Francueil, grandmother by marriage of George Sand. Her portrait hangs in the Louis XIV Salon, decorated in the baroque manner.
The Partita in D Minor is a six-movement work which clearly evinces the influence of Bach and Handel, although no identical dance sequence is found in either of the baroque masters' keyboard compositions.
In contrast to the first sarabande, the second manages to achieve an almost cheerful disposition during its second half, which terminates with a tièrce de Picardie.