A Year of Bach

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An interlude: Aging alongside the songs inside you
On the transcendent collapse of time
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July 24: Cantatas (BWV 97-103; Stuttgart Bach-Ensemble; Helmuth Rilling, conductor)
Steal these tunes!
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Evan Goldfine
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July 17: The Well-Tempered Clavier (Book 1); Pierre Hantaï, harpsichord
Happenstance and personal taste, or "Why be that way, Glenn?"
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July 11: Cantatas (Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Gustav Leonhardt, conductors)
On Michael Hedges, Bach's melodies, and bad casting choices
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Evan Goldfine
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July 3: The Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes (Jörg Halubek, organ)
Experience Virtual Reality Organ, or just put on your headphones
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June 2024

June 27: Midway through a Year of Bach
Plus: ~1000 subscribers, and some preliminary teeth grinding about Glenn Gould
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June 25: Cantatas (Bach Academie Stuttgart; Hans-Christoph Rademann, conductor)
The unexpected pleasures of iciness
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June 18: Cantatas (Bach-Collegium Stuttgart; Helmuth Rilling, conductor)
A barely known masterpiece
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June 13: The French Suites (Keith Jarrett, harpsichord)
On ornery geniuses
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June 7: Cantatas (Orchester der J.S. Bach-Siftung; Rudolf Lutz, conductor)
I don't like countertenor singing. Why?
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Evan Goldfine
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June 3: Orgelbüchlein & Other Organ Works (Jörg Halubek, organ)
Channeling the analog.
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May 2024

May 31: Six Violin Sonatas (Monica Huggett, violin; Ton Koopman, Harpsichord)
On finding the performance that sings to you.
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