![]() ![]() Other Goldberg Week guests include pianist Jeremy Denk, whose thoughtful and offbeat sense of humor creeps into his essays, performances and videos pianist Lara Downes, who looks forward from Bach through the lens of today's composers Andreas Staier, who takes us on a tour of his high-performance harpsichord and thoughts from pianist Leif Ove Andsnes. Throughout this Bach birthday week - he was born 327 years ago Wednesday - we'll explore the Goldbergs with guests like Harvard professor Christoph Wolff (click the audio link above), the director of the Bach Archive in Leipzig, who helps put the music in context. On one level, it's simply a beautiful keyboard work, and on another, it's a Rubik's Cube of invention and architecture.įrom its apocryphal back story (based on a count's sleepless nights), to its labyrinthine structure, to the breakthrough recording by Glenn Gould, the Goldbergs carry a heavy load of compelling baggage. ![]() Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations has become an iconic monument in Western music. All this week, a look at Bach's Goldberg Variations from many points of view. ![]()
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