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142: Monster Toccata in F, BWV 540
About four years ago I made an episode about Bach’s ‘longest’ piece:
Somehow I missed a piece which should definitely be in contention for his ‘longest.’ At 437 measures, the Toccata in F, BWV 540, is (I think!) the longest stretch of Bach...
Parallel Fifths in Bach
I recently made two posts on Instagram about ‘parallel fifths’ in Bach’s music. For whatever reason, these posts did better than most of my ‘content,’ but it was the tone of the comments that struck me: my intentions had been misread.
Comm...
Classical Music Robots
(PG-13 Warning)
Songs Without Lungs
Of course I’m not worried about AI replacing me. I’m a pianist. No one will ever pay to watch robots perform.
And then we met Sophia.
That’s right. Earlier this year, with the Baptist University...
141: Bach's Orchestral Debut
As part of his new job, the 22-year-old Bach had to provide music for Mülhausen’s city council elections. For the first time, he officially had an occasion to write for a large orchestra: brass, timpani, woodwinds, flutes, strings, two choi...
140a: Passacaglia Supplement
I hope you get something out of this experiment!
Enjoy Paul Jacobs’ beautiful live performance, followed by, at 16:20, an extremely slow MIDI version of BWV 582. The idea is that you, the listener, can adjust the playback speed to alter y...
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