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As a cellist who regularly works on the Bach cello suites, I'd qualify Nico's statement slightly. While Simen can certainly afford to refine his work here, condensing and streamlining to better create an overall arch and direction, this is more than a baroque "bead necklace." I perceived a definite high point and direction rising and falling from it. There were "bumps" along the way: lulls in the motion at points (especially long 8th note passages in the last 1/3) and perhaps an overabundance of (good) ideas that lessened the forward motion. Already, however, Simen has crafted some style-appropriate sequences and given this piece a character enjoyable to the performer. Eliminating and refining would make the piece shine even more.
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