Tonebase Bach Stage
This thread is dedicated to J.S. Bach keyboard music. We would like to renew the inspiring spirit of the old thread "Group-Journey through J.S. Bach" based on the inventions and extend to the entire Bach repertoire: inventions, preludes, fugues, toccatas, dances of the Suites and Partitas...
This is for everyone who wants to join!
We can enjoy Bach music together and motivate each other in the process of learning and practicing it!
"I begin every day with Bach - usually for about an hour. I used to torture myself with Czerny, which of course wasn't exactly stimulating for the mind. On the other hand, it teaches you the fingering for a B flat major scale, chromatic thirds, and so on. The daily grind of learning. Later, I discovered that I could get my 'training' under way better with Bach - a refreshment for the body, soul and spirit". (András Schiff, Music Comes Out of Silence, p. 21)
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I've been working on the Toccata in E minor (BWV 914) for a Bach Festival. Here is the recording I made:
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Variation Nº 18. It looks simple, but that's a typical misunderstanding. Glenn Gould described it as "a gem of balance and understatement". It's a canon at the sixth with perfect distribution of the voices, and that kind of flowing quality which is pure Bachian beauty.
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Hello everyone! I'm just checking in to let you know I'm still around and still working on the WTC. I've been in a state of involuntary exile from Tonebase threads for much of the past 2 months, as one of my cases in my allegedly part time job managed to fill most of my days with urgencies & deadlines. I see there are a lot of interesting new posts here that I can't wait to give a serious listen to. I'll likely have some comments and feedback soon, and if things go well perhaps another Prelude & Fugue to post in the next few weeks. In the meantime, best of holidays to everyone, and Keep practicing!