Bach: Orchestral Suite No.4 in D major, BWV 1069

Introduction

The source is lost, but the existing parts date from circa 1730. Rifkin has argued that the lost original version was written during Bach's tenure at Köthen, did not have trumpets or timpani, and that Bach first added these part when adapting the Ouverture movement for the choral first movement to his 1725 Christmas cantata Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, BWV 110 ("Our mouths are full of laughter").

1. Ouverture (In D major. Metrical sign is C for the opening section, 9/8 for the fast fugal section)
2. Bourrée I/II (Bourrée I in D major & Bourrée II, the middle section, in B minor. Metrical sign is C)
3. Gavotte (In D major. Metrical sign is C)
4. Menuet I/II (In D major. Metrical sign is 3/4)
5. Réjouissance (In D major. Metrical sign is 3/4)

Instrumentation: Trumpet I/II/III, timpani, oboe I/II/III, bassoon, violin I/II, viola, basso continuo.