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(5 Min. Rant) How To Twist A Shirt

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

115: F Major Prelude & Fugue, BWV 856

Anyone else feel like we don’t have enough fugues in F major?

In the last of Bach’s four layerings to the fair copy of The Well-Tempered Clavier, we s…

9 months, 4 weeks ago

Why You Should Listen To This Podcast (Ars Podcastica)

Giving thanks to all my listeners today! Why do you listen to this podcast?

The original Spanish of the Borges poem, as read by my good friend, Andrea…

10 months, 1 week ago

Ep. 114: Bach Improvises On His Prelude

Something’s missing:

The fact that this piece was conceived independently of its solo line is a marvelous insight into Bach’s compositional process. S…

10 months, 1 week ago

113: New Bach Works (!) Heard TODAY

Just a few moments ago, two newly christened works were connected to Bach’s name for the time after 320 years. Exciting news, have a listen! Many tha…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

(5 min. Rant) Self-Inflationary Language!

—More matter with less art. (Hamlet, II.ii)

Got friends who speak English? Spread W.T.F.

P.S. The music at the end is a taste of a forthcoming W.T.F. B…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

112: E-flat or D-sharp minor?

“Whoever has once felt this wonderful tranquility has comprehended the mysterious spirit that has here expressed all it knew and felt of life in the …

10 months, 4 weeks ago

111: The Blind Organist's Improvisations and Registrations

A most precious 15 minutes of audio. In improvised miniatures with different combinations of stops, Helmut Walcha gives invaluable insights into the …

11 months ago

110: Bach Put A Fugue Inside A Prelude?

Continuing our study of The Well-Tempered Clavier, (hear the first episode in this series via this link) Bach begins the second quarter of the collec…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

109: 'The Swimmer' by John Cheever

“Cheever was a reasonably tormented man.” -Jerry Lowenthal

Enjoy this short story— one of the great American short stories— by John Cheever.

Thanks!-Ev…

11 months, 3 weeks ago