Bach’s Gavotte en Rondeau from
Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006

Same Piece, Two Worlds
#AndresSegovia vs. #AnaVidović

,See old school vs. new school in action: Segovia’s warm, expressive tone versus Vidović’s precise, modern clarity’

https://youtu.be/dTViCExfBXw

#nowlistening #classicalguitar #gavotte #johansebastianbach #bwv1006 #bach

“Celebrated Air” on the Piano

A while ago I went to a concert that featured a Mozart Piano concerto with soloist David Fray. I mentioned then that his encore was a piece by Johannn Sebastian Bach, arranged for piano. I thought I’d post a performance of the same piece today.

Originally the second movement  “Air” from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3, this piece became known as the Air on the G string when it was arranged for solo violin and orchestra, by August Wilhelmj, which involved transposing it down from D Major to C Major so that the violin part could be played entirely on the lowest of the four strings. It’s also sometimes called the (and sometimes “Celebrated Air”, which is more appropriate when it is played on anything other than a violin. The piano version performed by David Fray was arranged by Alexander Siloti and I think it’s very beautiful, based on a beautifully simple bass. Bach’s keyboard pieces often have a left-hand part which is interesting on its own. You can also see hear why jazz musician’s like Bach so much; the left hand provides such a steady but rich foundation for improvisation with the right hand.

Anyway, here is a nice performance of the same piece, at a gently swinging tempo, not unlike a slow blues, by Ukrainian pianist Valentina Lisitsa.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNkIj_BhHvY

One of the Youtube commenters calls this version “melancholy”, which I don’t agree with at all! Whatever it is, it’s a nice way to spend 5 or 6 minutes relaxing in between lectures.

#AirOnTheGString #AlexanderSiloti #CelebratedAir #JohanSebastianBach #ValentinaLisitsa

Zhu Xiao Mei, How Bach Defeated Mao-Zhu Xiao Mei, Cómo Bach derrotó a Mao-Subtítulos para corregir/revisar

Los subtítulos en mandarín y una traducción automática al español para corregir/revisar y una forma de descargarle los subtítulos

Al video con los subtítlos en mandarín lo encontré, sin que estuviera como publicado en el directorio de YouTube!

Algo más que NO encontré por ahí

#bach #comoBachDerrotóAMao #HowBachDefeatedMao #johanSebastianBach #mao #maotseTung #ZhuXiaoMei

I thought I’d share this lovely little clip of the late great jazz guitarist Joe Pass. It’s from a show that classical guitarist John Williams presented along with three other exponents of the guitar from different genres. At this point they had been talking about the similarities between Jazz and Baroque music, especially with regards to the improvisation, so Williams invited Pass to improvise on a Chaconne by Johan Sebastian Bach. The result is absolutely fascinating, not least because of the musical jokes in the form of blue notes that Pass includes during his spontaneous elaboration. The first elicits a big smile from John Williams because the tritone Pass plays was regarded as the diabolus in musica in Bach’s time, but for a jazz musician blue notes like this are par for the course.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39vBE3ICf6A

P.S. it’s amazing how little Joe Pass’s right hand seems to move…

https://telescoper.blog/2024/10/12/pass-on-bach/

#DiabolusInMusica #JoePass #JohanSebastianBach #JohnWilliams #Tritone

Concebimos la música clásica como algo fijo, inamovible; casi como grabada en piedra.

Pero hay un pianista que se atrevió a hacer lo que quiso con ella.

Y a día de hoy, aún no está claro si era un genio o un arrogante. O ambas cosas.

Hoy, en #LaHistorietaMusical, Glenn Gould.

#LaHistorietaMusical #johansebastianbach #variacionesgoldberg #glenngould