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Topic: Prael & Fugue D minor WTC 1  (Read 5784 times)

Offline counterpoint

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Prael & Fugue D minor WTC 1
on: July 06, 2007, 09:03:28 PM
Another Prael & Fugue from my WTC concert  :)

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Re: Prael & Fugue D minor WTC 1
Reply #1 on: July 06, 2007, 09:21:10 PM
counterpoint - in general, i love your 'impression.'  the only thing is that the tempo seems rather sporadic.  i'd like to hear it more even.  but, perhaps this is a 20 or 21st century desire and not necessarily what bach actually did.  i know that you live in bach country - so - i suppose if i heard this on an organ - i might like the delays better.  i would consider them to be a function of the decay of sound with an organ.  vs. a piano which has no real delay.

ps kudo's for learning all of them!

what a GREAT job with voicing in the fugue.  those things are difficult.  and the trilling is really nice.

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Re: Prael & Fugue D minor WTC 1
Reply #2 on: July 06, 2007, 09:43:02 PM
i know that you live in bach country

Yes, Bach lived 500 kilometers and about 280 years away from me  ;)

In general, Bach is played very strict (in Germany as well as everywhere else)

So I have absolute no excuse for my excessive rubato. I'm a musical anarchist  ;D


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ps kudo's for learning all of them!

what a GREAT job with voicing in the fugue.  those things are difficult.  and the trilling is really nice.

I learned them in the past 35 years, so there was enough time  :)

I'm glad about your comment on the voicing  I've really worked on that.
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Re: Prael & Fugue D minor WTC 1
Reply #3 on: July 06, 2007, 10:41:14 PM
Nice work!! You play this music with a lot of excitement and energy.  I can tell you really love Bach!  (He's my favorite, too :))

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Re: Prael & Fugue D minor WTC 1
Reply #4 on: July 07, 2007, 11:04:17 AM
Nice work!! You play this music with a lot of excitement and energy.  I can tell you really love Bach!  (He's my favorite, too :))

I'm aware that there is much more exitement and energy than real mastery, but anyways: I'm glad about such nice encouragement from someone like you!  :)
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