Bach at Work : Real Time Calligraphy

The opening Adagio of Bach's solo violin music is complex to play and notate.

This is a real speed recording, Bach may have done it twice as fast.
The tip of the quill traces a collection of his gestures and recovers a library of movements, a physical and tactile experience that somehow opens doors to more metaphysical concepts.

Seeing how it is done could also bring him closer in a human sense: handling his ink and feather with precision and elegance.

BWV 1001 D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 967 Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz

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00:00:00:00 Title BWV 1001 Adagio
00:03:22:03 Bar 1 & 2 BWV 1001 Adagio
00:10:04:00 Bar 3 & 4 BWV 1001 Adagio
00:18:06:12 Bar 5 & 6 BWV 1001 Adagio
00:25:19:15 Bar 7 & 8 BWV 1001 Adagio
00:32:23:14 Bar 9 & 10 BWV 1001 Adagio
00:41:26:12 Bar 11 & 12 BWV 1001 Adagio
00:50:14:02 Bar 13 & 14 BWV 1001 Adagio
01:01:15:04 Bar 15 & 16 BWV 1001 Adagio
01:09:22:05 Bar 17 & 18 BWV 1001 Adagio
01:18:30:11 Bar 19 & 20 BWV 1001 Adagio
01:24:35:11 Bar 21 & 22 BWV 1001 Adagio
01:30:35:11 Volti subito volti BWV 1001 Adagio
01:30:55:02 Correction of a beam
01:32:20:28 Scan Calligraphy BWV 1001 Adagio
01:32:40:03 Calligraphy by Joost Witte

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