tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38560481.post5453548420911565915..comments2023-04-10T04:17:16.433-04:00Comments on The Transcontinental: The Unbabbling BachAndrew W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00071098030747838202noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38560481.post-25783098957988471402007-03-21T22:36:00.000-04:002007-03-21T22:36:00.000-04:00Chris, that's what I really like about you - no he...Chris, that's what I really like about you - no hemming and hawing, just dive right in.<BR/><BR/>There is a playfulness, and an inventiveness- he plays with the forms. Perhaps it's the strange time he was in - taught under the guidance of the living summation of the Baroque style yet reaching a maturity when that style had transformed so completely.<BR/><BR/>I'd like to see if there's some more poignant music out there by him. I have some of his scores on order from the library.<BR/><BR/>And I'm glad that you agree that this delightful painting catpures him so well.Andrew W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00071098030747838202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38560481.post-43860286197016145822007-03-21T11:52:00.000-04:002007-03-21T11:52:00.000-04:00It turns out I had four WF Bach recordings open in...It turns out I had four WF Bach recordings open in the store -- and I've been playing them all over the past few days.<BR/><BR/>It all strikes me as light hearted chamber music -- even the music for organ -- which is such a pleasant contrast to the stuff I remember from church.<BR/><BR/>The music for flute duets (on the Accord label) was just too precious - into exhausting -- with flutes pattering away to each other like precocious children.<BR/><BR/>I guess I enjoyed the harpichord music the most (if I can only purge my brain of associations with Lurch on the "Addams family")<BR/><BR/>Overall -- I think the portrait you've shown is an accurate depiction of this playful man.chris millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575033275184403015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38560481.post-31530812545808679902007-03-15T09:46:00.000-04:002007-03-15T09:46:00.000-04:00Thanks - there's an excellent recording of some of...Thanks - there's an excellent recording of some of his music by Toronto's own Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra on the Sony Classics label. <BR/><BR/>I wish I could have found a better version of that portrait - it's very compelling.Andrew W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00071098030747838202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38560481.post-656528290439641742007-03-15T08:44:00.000-04:002007-03-15T08:44:00.000-04:00Aha -- another epigone -- and a very nice portrait...Aha -- another epigone -- and a very nice portrait as well.<BR/><BR/>I'll look for W.F. in the shop today -- maybe I'll get to listen to him.chris millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575033275184403015noreply@blogger.com