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139: Bach's Second (or Third) Cantata
At just 22 years old, Bach set the immortal words of David, ‘Out of the depths I cry to thee, O Lord.’ From the opening bars, we see depths, cries:
The second and fourth movements already show Bach’s interest in using chorale melodies in h...
138: Bach's Very First Cantata
— Who is Doctor Conrad Meckbach, and what is he doing in the middle of cantata 150?!
Using clues from a clever acrostic spread throughout the text, scholars have securely dated this cantata to Bach’s years in Arnstadt. Penitential in theme...
Inner Monologue: A Classical Musician's Thoughts at a Party
Am I the only one who hates when people ask what I ‘do?’
Composed first as a dialogue, I decided to make this more stream of consciousness, as today is Bloomsday (though this is not the least bit Joycean.) With which Evan will you sympath...
137: Special Guest! Peter Wollny
Last December, I spoke with Peter Wollny, one of today’s most important Bach scholars. We discuss how one becomes a Bach scholar, what it’s like to be in close proximity with Bach’s handwritten manuscripts, using watermarks within the paper...
136: Bach's 12-Tone Fugue (WTC Finale!)
(Fear not the length of this episode: the last 25 minutes or so are three different playings of the piece.)
Having written a prelude and fugue in every possible key, having created a single temperament for all of those pieces, having stret...
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