BACH

There is something deeply revealing about the modern approach to Johann Sebastian Bach at the piano. One listens today to countless performances praised for their “clarity,” “objectivity,” “purity of line,” and “historical awareness,” yet one leaves strangely untouched, as if having visited an impeccably maintained museum where every painting hangs perfectly under ideal lighting, but where no human being has cried for a hundred years. Everything is in place. Everything is cor

What Bach and Beethoven Really Teach Us About the Human Mind. A pianist who approaches Bach or Beethoven often believes he is preparing to perform the music. In truth, he is preparing consciousness. The keyboard is not merely an instrument that produces tones. It is a surface upon which the inner life of the human being becomes audible. Every phrase that passes through the fingers reveals something about the condition of the mind that produces it. A performer may possess flaw

In 1893, Ferruccio Busoni accomplished something remarkable. He transcribed Johann Sebastian Bach's Chaconne from the Partita No. 2 for...

... the idea of willingly spending hours grappling with the intricacies of Bach's compositions.

Delving into the metaphysical and spiritual aspects of Johann Sebastian Bach's fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier is a fascinating...

Goldberg Variations. Working through the 16th. var., titled "Ouverture", I felt something was "off" in this variation. It was a very...

Transcribing the "48" Fugas, I entered almost automatically into the metaphysical and spiritual aspects of Johann Sebastian Bach's fugues fr