Farewell My Love for solo piano by Jacques Bailhé published on 2015-04-24T21:40:29Z An interpretation of JS Bach's Chaconne from Partita No. 2, arranged for solo piano In the commoner’s graveyard in Cothen, Germany, a freshly dug earthen grave, a clutch of wilted flowers on top left by children. No gravestone or other marker. A strong and fit man of 35 carrying a suitcase runs to the grave. In panic and falls to his knees. This is Johann Sebastian Bach. The woman, the girl he adores, the mother of his children, lays buried at his feet. Rage erupts. His legs shake. His mind races through a thousand images. Her eyes. Her kiss. She bore him seven children. He remembers when they first met, their first embrace. They were married when he was just twenty-two, but now, only thirteen years later, in the prime of their life, she is gone. Delirious with anger, he cannot understand. He's losing his mind. A woman appears. It’s her, his deceased love, Maria Barbara Bach, playful and flirtatious. The dance, as they loved to do. Lustily, laughing, competing to down steins full of beer, tricking each other. She calms him. Fills his heart with peace. It’s OK. It’s going to be OK. He must care for their children. He must live. And he must let her go. He says farewell. And she to him. Genre Music for Dance Comment by Anomon loving this pianistic narrative 2015-10-14T18:41:16Z Comment by Torumtay Altan | Composer very great interpretation, Thank you. 2015-04-25T08:51:22Z