Badinerie (Orchestral Suite No. 2)

J. S. BachBWV 1067 (mvt 7)

Key

Bm

Time

2/4

Tempo

♩=120

AO focus

AO1

Form

Badinerie — closing movement of the second Orchestral Suite. 'Badinerie' = 'banter'. Solo flute over strings, fast and playful, binary form.

Teaching points

• Tonguing — every fast articulation in the flute part requires controlled single-tongue or double-tongue technique
• Phrasing across barlines — the four-bar phrases never feel symmetrical; track where the rest goes
• AO1: top-tier flute audition piece — fast enough to be impressive, idiomatic enough to highlight breath control