The New Bach

Wednesday, June 8th, 2005

This is a huge find - to discover a yet-unknown composition by J.S. Bach, simply amazing. Bach composed the work for a soprano, to be accompanied by strings or a harpsichord, to mark the 52nd birthday of the duke of Saxony-Weimar, for whom he worked as a court organist, the ...

Bach Progress

Sunday, May 11th, 2003

I have made good headway into the Prelude to the Bach Cello Suite No. 3, and just about nailed the Allemande and the Bourrées. The Prelude is the key part of this piece and has the trickiest fingering problem in the middle section. I somehow got it going again and ...