QUOTE(anacrusis @ Jan 18 2006, 12:50 PM)

Which one are you playing?
I'm playing a sonata from opus 5, and have three fast movements to contend with - sometimes I'm using slurs for repeated passages to keep interest going, but only sparingly. Since this is effectively repeating a few bars which I've just played tongued, I'm still having to do things the difficult way! I think some slurring is acceptable, as long as it isn't obvious that it's being done to make life easier...

Yes good point - slurs are a common and effective way of adding variation to otherwise relentless semiquaver passages, as in the Vivaldi I'm studying and the Babel I did for Grade 8.
Baroque is often based on short themes which repeat (identical, inverted, or any other version), so you can change the articulation for variation. Ask me if you want an example but I'm sure you get me