Harpsichordist Hadrien Jourdan offers an immersive reading of Bach’s Partitas BWV 826, 829 and 830 from the Clavier-Übung I. The programme highlights Bach’s mature synthesis of French, Italian and German styles—the gemischter Stil—where dance forms, preludes and character pieces unfold with rhetorical clarity. Jourdan’s articulation and pacing reveal both structural brilliance and quiet affect, while the music’s contrasts create intimate and expansive moments that refresh the spirit and invite deep listening to its emotional and expressive richness.
