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My problem with Bach is that the best advice to a musician seems to be: Just play the notes. Most other composers can benefit from creative interpretation.
by mynameishere 8y ago
My problem with Bach is that the best advice to a musician seems to be: Just play the notes.
Most other composers can benefit from creative interpretation.
- Bud 8y agoAs someone who has made a good part of his living performing Bach for about 25 years now, I can tell you that your impression here is very, very much mistaken. Modern Bach performances are alive with "creative interpretation", both textual and musical.
- holri 8y agoDo you know "Play Bach" from Jacques Loussier Trio?
- jacquesm 8y agoI don't know if he does but I do and it is a favorite for many years, so long that I had the original on vinyl.
- brookside 8y agoYou may find this Song Exploder episode interesting - Yo Yo Ma talking about his changing interpretation of Bach over the years. (Ma is also referenced in original article.) http://songexploder.net/yo-yo-ma http://songexploder.net/yo-yo-ma
- wool_gather 8y agoTwo of the most famous Bach recordings readily put the lie to this: the Goldberg Variations performances that Glenn Gould recorded in 1955 and 1981. They are wildly different, but equally artistically meritorious.
- madhadron 8y agoYou need better advisors. Bach's technical chops were so high that omitting large parts of the performance practice still leads to an amazing piece, but it can't be considered a competent performance.