CPE Bach: Solfeggietto in C minor (H 220, Wq 117:2))

This very short video is of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s best-known piece, one of three ’solfeggios’ written in 1770. It is probably learned by every aspiring pianist, and is sometimes used in examination syllabuses (including ABRSM). Solfeggietto means little study. I have used a public domain edition apparently edited by Hans von Bulow, and while I have retained his octave doublings, I have discarded the few notes he suggested in the last bar to give a conventional ending (my performance ends very quietly - the last note is there!). It is played at many different tempi, and always provides a challenge for the player to get the semiquavers even. Nevertheless, I think a little rubato is sometimes in order! --------------------------------------- Played by Phillip Sear