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100th Episode! Special Guest: Ton Koopman
A few months back I had the pleasure of interviewing Ton Koopman. If you’re at home in the Baroque, you’re no stranger to his work. Please enjoy this…
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep. 99: NEW ALBUM - Partitas 1-3
Listen to the new album here:
https://modernclassicalx.lnk.to/BachCompleteKeyboardWorksVol4PartitasPtOne
Today I’ve released Volume 4 in my “Complete K…
1 year, 3 months ago
98: Borges, Bach, Barthelme.
Would you object to the comparison of Messiaen and Borges? I see both 20th century giants deeply steeped in the masters of the past, throughly conver…
1 year, 4 months ago
97: Bach as A Minor in a minor.
Yep. I based an entire episode on the pun. We study two works not usually heard in the organ repertoire, the Prelude (Fantasy) BWV 569 and the Prelud…
1 year, 4 months ago
96: Alleluia! Bach's Jubilant Ululation.
The oldest surviving (ca. 1100) German church melody is centered around Easter and the resurrection: Christ ist erstanden. Luther adapted this into C…
1 year, 5 months ago
95: Bach’s St. John Passion, Which Version?
Today, Good Friday 2025, marks 300 years since Bach performed the St. John Passion in Leipzig. … but it started like this:
But wait, I thought the St.…
1 year, 5 months ago
94: Baroque Keyboardists Weren’t Specialists—They Played Everything
The organ held a central role in the life of a baroque keyboardist. Not only was an accomplished harpsichordist or clavichordist comfortable playing …
1 year, 6 months ago
93: The 'Actus Tragicus' BWV 106
A beloved cantata from Bach’s early 20s, the Actus Tragicus anticipates the future of opera more than it foreshadows Bach’s own later cantatas. Alber…
1 year, 6 months ago
92: Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis. An Audiobook.
The bard— not the brook, but don’t worry, this podcast isn’t going to become an English lesson.
Thanks for reading WTF Bach! This post is public so fe…
1 year, 7 months ago
91: MiniSeries (10/10!) The Final Episode
UPDATE: One of my astute listeners pointed out that it is in fact Jones’ review of Butler’s work in Music & Letters, and the original work by Butler …
1 year, 7 months ago