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Why Bach Moves Us
- gtani 13y agoI've convinced a few people who were fans of rock guitarists like Blackmore, Malmsteen, Rhoads and EVH to listen to teh Prelude #2 in Well tempered Clavier and describe the commonality. A couple of them opened their eyes wide and went "Woah".
- ergoproxy 13y agoReview of the book Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven by John Eliot Gardiner. A couple other reviews in the NYTimes http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/04/books/bach-music-in-the-castle-of-heaven-by-john-eliot-gardiner.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/04/books/bach-music-in-the-ca... ...and the Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-review-bach-music-in-the-castle-of-heaven-by-john-eliot-gardiner/2013/12/23/ac347e2c-55df-11e3-ba82-16ed03681809_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-revie... The Bach piece that most moves me is the 2nd movement (Largo) of Harpsicord Concerto No. 5 in F-minor (BWV 1056) here played by Glen Gould in 1957 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0zPokdN2wg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0zPokdN2wg [video] What Bach work moves you?