Aria: "He was superman"
At last, we bring it all together with the return of the aria. It's the same place we began, and yet it feels different, colored by the journey. A journey through many different worlds, different plac...
21 Mai 202124min
Lennart Felix: "When I come back here, I always feel at home"
Variation 30. In the last variation of the Goldbergs, Bach returns home, to a tradition of his family: creating mashups. Interview with and performance by German pianist Lennart Felix, with additiona...
14 Mai 202119min
Hie-Yon Choi: "So much fun"
Variations 26, 27, 28, and 29. These variations vibrate with joy, energy, excitement. We explore the times when Bach could let loose and lose himself in play within his music. First interview conduct...
30 Apr 202124min
Jeremy Denk: "The farthest possible place"
If the Goldbergs are a celebration of life, variation 25 is a reckoning with mortality, revealing pain but also providing comfort. In this episode, we hear from many different people, including pianis...
23 Apr 202129min
Kevin Sun: "We need joy"
Variations 22, 23, 24. Interview with Kevin Sun, medical student and concert pianist. We discuss sources of joy in Bach’s life, and his ability to conjure joy, warmth, and humor in his music as an ant...
16 Apr 202125min
Rachel Breen: "My musical education was painful"
Variations 19, 20, and 21. Pianist Rachel Breen didn't have an ordinary classical music education; guided by her father, not himself a musician, Breen began with a diet exclusively of Bach. This episo...
9 Apr 202125min
"Bach would have been a good programmer, a good engineer"
Variations 16, 17, 18. Bach was a consummate craftsmen -- he knew not just how to write music, but how to build it. In this Interview, we speak with pianist Jeffrey LaDeur and his student, Ken Kociend...
2 Apr 202129min
Jeff Scott: "This is just an absolute party"
Who said Bach's music was the last word? Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones
26 Mar 202121min
