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145: Der Herr denket an uns, BWV 196
Bach married his second cousin, Maria Barbara, on October 17, 1707, in St. Bartholomäi’s Church (pictured in the cover image) in a charming little village called Dornheim. They were both 22. According to Spitta, some eight months later, Bac...
144: Why (And How) I Became An Organist
Opsimath Organist
My first trip to Germany (I was 21) I walked into a church in Weimar and heard— by beautiful coincidence— an unseen organist play Bach’s Passacaglia and Fugue, BWV 582. This was a piece I heard for the first time only a...
143: Special Guest, Emma Smith (University of Oxford)
“For something to be relevant, is it outside of time, or is it somehow speaking to us directly, now?” -Emma Smith
Today’s guest is Emma Smith! Professor of Shakespeare studies at the University of Oxford. We discuss the Brook and the Bard,...
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...
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