One of the six surviving chaconnes by the composer, it is one of his best known organ works. Here the work is performed by Vadim on a Steinway grand piano live at a public piano recital at the Richard Strauss villa in the Bavarian town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen on August 11, 2017.
Johann Pachelbel (1653 – 1706): Chaconne in F minor (PWC 43, T. 206, PC 149, POP 16)
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No information concerning the date of composition is known. Since the piece is more sophisticated than most other chaconnes, it may represent a late stage of development of Pachelbel’s chaconne style.
The chaconne comprises a theme and 22 variations, the last of which is an almost exact repeat of the theme. The ostinato bass pattern is not kept intact in all variations, and disappears in some, anticipating similar passages in Johann Sebastian Bach’s famous Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582. Pachelbel’s variation technique serves to “dissect” the harmonies, rather than vary the “theme”, which is typical of his mature chaconnes, including the Chaconne in D minor and the Chaconne in F major. The Chaconne in F minor has been described as one of Pachelbel’s finest works. (from Wikipedia)
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