Podcasts about bach's goldberg variations

The pianist Lang Lang this year released his first recording of Bach's 1741 keyboard masterpiece, Goldberg Variations, feeling he was finally ready to do so 20 years into his own musical career. At the piano from a studio near his home in Beijing, Lang Lang discusses the work originally written for harpsichord, what a challenge it presents for a performer, and why he chose to release two versions of the 31 works, - one recorded in one take in St Thomas Church in Leipzig, Germany - Bach’s workplace for almost 30 years and where the composer is buried - and the second a studio version recorded shortly afterwards. Presenter Kirsty Lang Producer Jerome Weatherald

We’re going to look at Bach’s famous Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, perhaps the most remarkable set of variations composed in the Baroque period.

This week on Inside the Arts, mezzo-soprano Hilary Ginther is The Maid of Orléans in Tchaikovsky's Joan of Arc. This production by the New Orleans Opera Association marks the American premiere of the English translation of this work. Hilary Ginther joins us with Maestro Robert Lyall. Then, Musaica Chamber Ensemble continues its 14th season, The Architecture of Music with Keyboard Cornerstones of Bach and Fauré. Among the works featured are Bach's Goldberg Variations for string trio and Fauré's 2nd Piano Quartet in G minor. Musaica violist and president Bruce Owen joins us for a chat. And, actor/writer Ricky Graham's Carnival comedy tribute to local Y'at culture celebrates a milestone! Yes, the 25th Anniversary of "...And The Ball and All" is upon us. And, this year it's back with a twist! Ricky Graham and cast member Gary Rucker stop by with all the details. Airs Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m., Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m., and Thursdays at 8:45 a.m.

On 12 January 2019 Hansjörg Albrecht (http://hansjoerg-albrecht.com/) got a standing ovation after performing Bach's Goldberg Variations on Organ at St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta. Albrecht sees the Goldberg Variations as a spectacular architectural plan. #vbf19

The scripture lesson for this past Sunday, August 12, was Exodus 2:11-3:12. Rev. Laura Mayo gave the proclamation. The first part of this recording is our youth pianist playing Aria and Variation No. 1 from J. S. Bach's Goldberg Variations.  The photo below is from our week of Camp Community. With the help of all our little Moses' we created blankets and pillows for the SoftTouch program at Lifeline Chaplaincy. #TheseAreOurSacredStories  

Bear Ears Buttes in the background. Looking north from the top of Cedar Mesa, San Juan County, Utah. Elevation 7000 feet. A conversation with author Terry Tempest Williams about the source of the problem in the battle over public lands in southern Utah.Click here for a link to some of Terry's work.Music by Glenn Gould playing Bach's Goldberg Variations. Donate Bears Ears from the west. In the foreground is one of the many sandstone canyons draining Cedar Mesa. Elevation 5000 feet. The bridge over the Colorado River where it becomes Lake Powell, Hite Crossing. Elevation 4000 feet.

Allan Corduner is an astonishingly versatile actor, equally at home in the West End, on Broadway, in television series such as Homeland, or in films like Yentl, Florence Foster Jenkins, and Mike Leigh's Topsy-Turvy, in which he played the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan, perfect casting for an actor who is also an accomplished pianist. He talks to Michael Berkeley about his favourite music, with pieces by Scriabin, Sibelius, and Bruch that reflect his Russian, Finnish and Jewish heritage. And Allan chooses piano music by Schubert, which he loved playing as a child, and his favourite recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations, with Glenn Gould. Producer: Jane Greenwood A Loftus production for BBC Radio 3.

In the inaugural episode of Toledo SymphonyLab™, we take a tour through the many magical variations of Bach's Goldberg Variations. Special guest Martha Reikow tells us about the Sitkovetsky arrangement she is bringing to the Toledo Club this Sunday, while cellist Damon Coleman gives us a sneak preview with an in-studio performance. Also, a supercut of the Goldberg Aria and our quiz for the day, "Bach or Not."

Alice Fogel is Poet Laureate of New Hampshire, and the author of six collections of poetry, including Interval: Poems Based on Bach's Goldberg Variations. Her most recent work is A Doubtful House.  Episode Music by Little Glass Men

Janine di Giovanni has spent more than two decades reporting from some of the most dangerous places on earth: Sarajevo, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Iraq, and Syria. She's the Middle East Editor of Newsweek, and writes for the New York Times, as well as for glossy magazines - winning numerous prizes, including two Amnesty International Media Awards. She's also written seven books - including most recently "Dispatches from Syria: The Morning They Came for Us", a moving account of the horror, and boredom, of war: War means endless waiting, endless boredom. There is no electricity, so no television. You can't read. You can't see friends. You grow depressed but there is no treatment for it and it makes no sense to complain-everyone is as badly off as you. It's hard to fall in love, or rather, hard to stay in love. When she's not travelling, Janine di Giovanni lives in Paris, with her 12-year-old son. For Private Passions, Michael Berkeley met her earlier this summer on her brief visit to the Hay-on-Wye festival. In a moving interview, di Giovanni reveals how she deals with danger, and her deep belief in her Guardian Angel. The youngest of a large Italian-American family, Janine di Giovanni's sister died as a child; she talks about being brought up in the shadow of that death, feeling that she and her brother were lost, like Hansel and Gretel in the fairytale. She reflects too on love, and particularly her love for her son, and how they both cope with her journeys to the front line. Janine di Giovannni's music choices include Humperdinck's opera "Hansel and Gretel"; Glenn Gould playing Bach's "Goldberg Variations"; Schubert's Trio Op 100 (which she says captures the horror and pity of war); Mozart's Clarinet Concerto; and Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing". Produced by Elizabeth Burke A Loftus production for BBC Radio 3.

April 6, 2016 at the Boston Athenæum. In this series of poems responding to Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Goldberg Variations,” Fogel pays homage to the 274-year-old masterpiece and renders from it a luminous new interpretation. The readings will be accompanied by Boston Conservatory student Junhong Jiang on piano.

John examines favorite recordings of Bach's Goldberg Variations

Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal. Bach wrote his Goldberg Variations for harpsichord in the 1740s, but today it's performed by pianists all over the world. People describe the place these pieces have in their lives, including a neuroscientist from New York, pianist Angela Hewitt, a father driving his family through the night in the Australian Outback, and a woman from Oregon whose life was transformed, perhaps even saved, by this music.

This is the first variation on the Aria from Bach's famous Goldberg Variations. This set of variations on a simple Aria is one of the greatest keyboard works available. Bach demonstrates his unique capability to compose so many different styles of music within the constraints of counterpoint as well as the theme upon which the variations are composed. The entire work is truly a brilliant masterpiece of music. This recording of the first variation is a bit premature as you will notice several slip-ups and some problems with tempo consistency. However, despite being away from the piano for several months I wanted to release something to keep the website fresh, so I dug up this recording out of an archive. Despite the obvious weaknesses, I hope that you will enjoy my rendition of the first Variation from Bach's Goldberg Variations.

Episode 35: Kirk Muspratt's innovative ideas about demystifying classical music - Upcoming Events: Montreal Chamber Music Festival: May 20 - Martinu Madrigals for violin and viola; May 21 - Bach's Goldberg Variations for string trio; May 22 - solo recital "From Mozart to Metallica": May 24 - Beethoven Marathon including the "Archduke" piano trio, Op. 95 string quartet, "Kreutzer" sonata, and Septet - Inquiries from my Inbox: Caitlin asks, "How can I fix my left-hand pinky?" - Random Musical Thought: Oscar Shumsky says, "It's not the bowings you do, but how you do the bowings." - A conversation with Maestro Kirk Muspratt, Music Director of the New Philharmonic, DuPage Opera, and Northwest Indiana Symphony.  Kirk shares his thoughts about making orchestra concerts into special events for the whole community and talks about his creative programming ideas. total playing time: 33:45 SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST ON I-TUNES! Would you like to be featured on Violin Adventures? Just send your question via text or as an MP3 attachment to rachelbartonpine@aol.com and listen for you answer on Inquiries From My Inbox! Thanks for listening! www.rachelbartonpine.com www.myspace.com/rachelbartonpine www.youtube.com/RachelBartonPine Violin Adventures with Rachel Barton Pine is produced by Windy Apple Studios www.windyapple.com