#bach

[saatkontor]

A river flows in you

[meine-waldmomente]

[les-larmes-d-eros]

Photo par Bach

[theblvcksupreme]

[unsterbliche--geliebte]

Glenn Gould’s score for Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations, used in his 1981 recording.

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[aprillikesthings]

Happy Halloween month, time to share one of my fave things ever, which is Toccata and Fugue on THE HARP.

(Trust me, you will recognize it from the first notes.)

She arranged the piece herself?! (She also has a ton of covers of video game music on her channel)

ANYWAY. I just need you to know how fucking impressive this is. It’s. Absolutely batshit levels of skill. Both arranging the piece and playing it.

“What’s that thing she’s doing with her feet?” This kind of harp is called a pedal harp. Each pedal controls all the strings for a particular note—for instance, one pedal controls all the F strings. Each pedal has three positions—sharp, natural, and flat. This means that yes, it’s a PITA to play accidentals, and it’s physically impossible to play an F sharp and an F natural at the same time.

All the blue strings are F’s. The red ones are C’s. The highest notes’ strings are nylon, the middle ones are gut (sheep intestine), the lowest are brass wire wrapped around nylon.

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - Concerto for Violin, Cello, Strings and Basso continuo in d-minor, after BWV 1060, III. Allegro. Performed by Giuliano Carmignola, violin, Mario Brunello, violoncello piccolo, and Riccardo Doni/Accademia dell'Annunciata on period instruments.