Listen "Bach's Glorious Goldberg Variations"
Episode Synopsis
J. S. Bach proves his compositional genius in the Goldberg Variations. A bass line with implied harmony of 32 bars provides the basis on which Bach creates the world in a piece of music, over 30 variations following the initial Aria.
In this video we go through this bass material in depth to see how its harmonic movement enables the piano to sing so beautifully over it. With Henrik Kilhamn.
Video: https://youtu.be/8AU7d5hhlwQ
In this video we go through this bass material in depth to see how its harmonic movement enables the piano to sing so beautifully over it. With Henrik Kilhamn.
Video: https://youtu.be/8AU7d5hhlwQ
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