Sunday, February 17, 2013

Music #329 - Bach

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Johann Sebastian Bach  

/BAHkhh/   (1685 - 1750)  
  

A biography (1 hour)


(L) Bach's compositional methods
 
(R) Swinging Bach (1h)

(L) What makes Bach great?
 
(R) a documentary on Bach's “The Art of Fugue”

on organ:
on violin in an orchestra   Wow!
on feet   Wow-Wow!
digitally

c.f. Davy Jones on organ in a "Pirates of the Caribbean" (2006) movie


Six Cello Suites
Each has a prelude and 5 dance movements.
No.1 - the prelude


The Well-Tempered Clavier 
Two books, each with 24 preludes and fugues 
(for all 24 major and minor keys) 



Work for harpsichord:
(L) an aria plus 30 variations 




In 'The English Patient' (1996 movie), 
Aria was what she played on a piano, 
slanted by 45 degrees, among rubble.


  
The Preludio demands advanced bowing technique and consists almost entirely of semiquavers (i.e. sixteenth notes).

Vanessa Mae on violin



BWV 1060 - Violin Concerto 
BWV 1052 - Harpsichord Concerto I - played on a piano 




(L) Frederick the Great, a skilled flautist, 
performed for his courtiers under the expert guidance
of his tutor, Johann Quantz (1697-1773, German).

(R) Bach meets Frederick the Great


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