Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord No. 3 in G minor BWV 1029
The darkest and most ambitious of the three gamba sonatas, cast in three movements rather than the usual four and closer in scale to a concerto. The opening Vivace is built on a driving figure passed between the instruments; the Adagio is a plaintive siciliana; the closing Allegro is a rigorous double fugue. The cellist and keyboardist are true equals throughout, and the writing rewards chamber-music-level rehearsal rather than soloist framing.
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I. Vivace
II. Adagio
III. Allegro
Bärenreiter
Neue Bach-Ausgabe critical edition, the standard scholarly source.
Henle Verlag
Urtext edition with separate parts. Includes both the keyboard realisation and the gamba part with minimal editorial additions.