Bach's Project

Try to listen as much as Bach as possible the past week!
1. Variations Goldberg
The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, are a set of an aria and 30 variations for harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach. First published in 1741, the work is considered to be one of the most important examples of variation form. The Variations are named after Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, who may have been the first performer.

The work opens and closes with a tranquil Aria in the form of an ornamented sarabande in the French style.

In these variations without a theme in G major (only 3 variations, nos 15,21 and 25 are in minor, all three of them highly expressive), in which Glenn Gould saw 'neither a beginning nor an end', Bach systematically explores all the possibilities of keyboard style with an intensity rarly attained.

More details in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldberg_Variations

My favourite pieces:
No.1 so cheerful and lively! Think of the springtime in Leipzig!
No.5 I love the hand-crossing n the lively beat n rapid melody-line! It keeps on going and going!
No.7 Love the trills and the 6/8 meter n it is suggested that it's for dancing:)
No.23 I love the rhythm, so energetic and u can hear different voices at once!
No.28 love the great deal of hand-crossing and the fast pace! It's so colourful
No.29 Big surprises in the beginning and a sharp difference from no.28!It's so exciting:)
No.30 The end! Bach ended with a touch of humour, on a joyous quodlibet (A quodlibet is a piece of music combining several different melodies, usually popular tunes, in counterpoint and often a light-hearted, humorous manner. The term is Latin, meaning "whatever" or literally, "what pleases." ) built on the combination of 2 folk tunes!