Category: music-3-Baroque

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Performing the Goldberg Variations is a public rite of passage for many contemporary pianists, but that wasn’t the case before the early 20th century. This video is a reception history focusing on the long path the Goldberg Variations took from being privately admired to publicly proclaimed in the modern era. We’ll look at how modern… Continue reading Against Bach’s Intent?

Georg Friedrich Handel: Nisi Dominus HWV238 Georg Friedrich Handel: Dixit Dominus HWV232 Georg Friedrich Handel: Ode to Saint Cecilia HWV76 Tired of being interrupted by adverts ? View this film here ADVERT FREE : h   • Handel in Versailles   In order to view this film with NO ADVERTS and HELP Altea Media restore in UHD resolution new productions, please… Continue reading Haendel in Versalles

From a 2002 lecture on Bach’s ornamentation for the Taubman Institute in Williamstown, Massachusets a few months before her death…