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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Just wanted to share this personal milestone of finishing learning the two books of WTC the past year, and the next chapter is a lifelong one — to try to polish each one of them… please enjoy one of my personal favourite of all time — E-flat minor from book I, BWV 853. P.s. I’m not a professional pianist so please share some advices or tips XD
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Katrina Wei Dear Katrina these are very beautiful performances of both the Prelude and the Fugue. The Fugue is certainly among the more difficult and complex ones in the entire 48, where the subject appears recto, then inversio, then in augmentation, and then sometimes all at the same time! I could hear every voice very clearly, and having played this one myself, I know how very difficult it is to bring the voices out clearly and independently. You do great justice to the seriousness and profundity of these pieces.
The only advice I can think of to give is: onward to polishing the next one on your list!
P.S. I'm working on this very same goal -- to get through the entire WTC. It's proceeding slowly for me, but I'm chipping away at it, pair by pair. I have 14 to go, and at that point I will have worked out the fingering and played through every one of them. But bringing one to performance level is a very different story; each one can take months. It's truly a lifelong journey. Congratulations on hitting your milestone, and keep up the good work.
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Peter Golemme thank you so much for the kind words Peter! And I absolutely love your performance of the P&F of F-sharp minor of book II (also one of my favourites)! I agree that this is one of the most difficult Fugue to play and I also find it quite challenging to keep a steady rhythm especially when playing slowly…
I have also been hooked on the Partitas lately (quite a distraction from the WTC haha) and find these to be some of the most exquisite and beautiful pieces of Bach, especially No. 6 in E minor and No. 4 in D major, hoping to be able to record some of these soon!
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