Pere Portabella's The Silence Before Bach is why I live in New York City. Whenever I feel a little lost in the big city and dream of living somewhere greener with cheaper rent, I remind myself that I live in a city where I can go to the local movie theater and see something as wonderful as Portabella's Bach. A lyrical look at the life and music of German composer Johann Sebastian Bach, the film explores the relationship between image and sound. Portabella gives us Bach's music on many... Read Full Story
It's Valentines Day.. And while I don't really buy into America's celebration of everyone spending money to prove that we love each other - I suppose that it isn't such a bad idea to reflect on the people we care about. So I'm going to do just that and reflect a little on German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder . He may not have been known as the most likable fellow, but his films make up for any nasty personality traits that he might have had. In a 13 year period (he died at age 37) he... Read Full Story
Bach - Christmas Oratorio / Gardiner ( Audio CD ) By Johann Sebastian Bach Buy new : $17.47 40 used and new from $14.99 Customer Rating: Related tags: johann sebastian bach (5), oratorios (5), gardiner (3), christmas music (3), christmas classics (2), vocal (2), countertenor (2), baroque , herreweghe , classical music - romantic , bach , baroque music Review & Description This isn't an oratorio in the Handelian sense, but a series of cantatas for various days from Christmas to Epiphany. Bach... Read Full Story
Bach - Christmas Oratorio / Gardiner ( Audio CD ) By Johann Sebastian Bach Buy new : $17.47 41 used and new from $14.99 Customer Rating: Related tags: johann sebastian bach (5), oratorios (5), gardiner (3), christmas music (3), christmas classics (2), vocal (2), countertenor (2), baroque , herreweghe , classical music - romantic , bach , baroque music Review & Description This isn't an oratorio in the Handelian sense, but a series of cantatas for various days from Christmas to Epiphany. Bach... Read Full Story
Magnificat, BWV 243 - Vocal score (Latin Edition) ( Paperback ) By Johann Sebastian Bach Buy new : $9.95 19 used and new from $7.78 First tagged by Carl V. Simpson "serenissima" Related tags: classical music , choral music , classical music - baroque , choral , printed music , score , vocal score , christmas music , bach , klavierauszug , music score Review & Description Contents: 1. Magnificat Anima Mea (Coro) 2. Et Exultavit (Aria) 3. Quia Respexit (Aria) 4. Omnes Generationes (Coro) 5... Read Full Story
Here’s some fan-filmed video footage of former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach and his solo band performing a brand new song called “Live The Life” at Pakkahuone in Tampere, Finland.
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NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters Life) - American jazz legend Dave Brubeck will join his long-time friend Brazilian pianist and conductor Joao Carlos Martins and his orchestra on Friday to play a Bach-inspired repertoire. The concert at Lincoln Center will celebrate decades of musical dialogue between the two men who share a passion for composer Johann Sebastian Bach. Both musicians had a breakthrough in their careers 50 years ago when Brubeck launched his now jazz classic work "Time Out," and... Read Full Story
The top 10 piano songs of all time may be more a matter of personal preference than anything. Ask any piano student though, and he’ll likely name at least five of these 10. This list contains many of the “staples” of piano instructors worldwide:
1. Beethoven’s “Fur Elise.” Take piano lessons a few years and you’ll certainly encounter this classical piece. Most every young piano student requests Beethoven’s “Fur Elise” early in his or her career.
2. Scott Joplin’s “The Entertainer... Read Full Story
Richard Wagner is the classical composer most associated with the Nazis, but it was Johann Sebastian Bach whom the party dubbed "the most German of Germans" and whose music was played at rallies to stir up nationalist zeal. The Nazis praised Bach for his "racially pure" family tree dating back to the 11th century and for the "German" discipline of his baroque-style music. Felix Mendelssohn, on the other hand, who revived Bach's concertos and overtures in modern concert halls, was scorned by... Read Full Story
Amazon.com Review
Everything is a symbol, and symbols crapper consortium to modify patterns. Patterns are bonny and revelatory of large truths. These are the bicentric ideas in the intellection of Kurt Godel, M.C. Escher, and Johann Sebastian Bach, perhaps the threesome large minds of the time quarter-millennium. In a stunning impact of humanism, Hofstadter ties unitedly the impact of mathematician Godel, realistic creator Escher, and composer Bach.
Godel, Escher, Bach, a publisher prize... Read Full Story
