Brad Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 For those of you who may be so inclined, WKCR is running its annual Bach festival, starting this Thursday night at 12:00 am EST. I've listened to it a little bit in the past and recommend it, if that's your thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 I don't think I've ever heard any Bach that I didn't like. I don't own a ton of Bach (maybe a dozen CD's or so, not more than 20 at most), but everything I've ever heard by Bach was OK in my book!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 From the WKCR web site: If you're in NYC, tune in 89.9FM. If not, WKCR.org on the web. WKCR Presents: Bach Festival 2007 Facets of Bach 9:30 AM December 24, 2007 - 2:00 AM January 1, 2008 The Classical Department of WKCR-FM presents the annual Bach Festival 2007. For the full duration of the week running from Christmas Eve through New Year's Day, WKCR (89.9 FM and wkcr.org) will dedicate all broadcasting to the music and influence of Johann Sebastian Bach. The BachFest has been a tradition at WKCR for over twenty years, and this year's festival promises to be one of the best. Few composers are better loved and none more highly respected than J.S. Bach. He has inspired an unparalleled academic tradition and a large international community dedicated to exploring, performing and appreciating his work, from the solo suites to the Christmas Oratorio. Eight days is not enough time to play all of J.S. Bach's works, let alone to do justice to their full range and variety; each day of BachFest promises to deliver something new. BachFest 2007: The Facets of Bach will examine the many lenses through which J.S. Bach has been understood and performed over the last three hundred years. All roads lead back to Bach and we'll travel many of them. Bach's unique role within the classical tradition provides a fascinating framework for concentrated study and also for just plain listening to the many performances of his masterpieces. The familiar voices of WKCR classical hosts will be augmented by a number of esteemed guest speakers and instrumentalists from New York and Beyond. Their expertise will be applied to a different facet of Bach throughout each day of the Festival: Monday, December 24: Bach in his Time Tuesday, December 25: Bach and the Church Wednesday, December 26: Historically Informed Performance Thursday, December 27: The Performer's Challenge Friday, December 28: Bach in the Classical Tradition Saturday, December 29: Bach Beyond Classical Monday, December 30: Bach Today Check wkcr.org for further refinements of the schedule as the festival approaches. Listen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 Annual Microtonal Bach Christmas Day radio broadcast, 10 am to 2 pm EST on WKCR. 12/25/2007. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 the discussion of authentic period instruments is very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 the discussion of authentic period instruments is very interesting. I was listening to that in the car. Interesting enough...last night I was listening to some fine orgone music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe G Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 I tried to tune in last night but couldn't get the streaming to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 Maybe they have too many net listeners. Again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 edc was lost in the orgone & missed both the Microtonal Bach segment & the Tim Page interview. 7/4, did you catch at least the former? what did they talk about, & play? thanks-- I missed Microtonal Bach this year, but I've heard it many times before. discussion of JSB's use of the Werkmeister III tuning.description of what exactly is the Werkmeister III tuning.guest Johnny Reinhard plays authentic recordings in historic tunings by his group, The American Festival of Microtonal Music. I have a tape of at least one of the old shows, he's been doing this for years, but I have no idea of what the condition is. I hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 There's also a good chance he played cuts from Switched on Bach 2000 by Wendy (aka Walter) Carlos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 SOB, they have some fucking ball game on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe G Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 Just picked up that reissue of Gould's Goldberg Variations - the one with both versions plus a radio interview. Looking forward to hearing that. Hewitt is nice but doesn't grab my attention. The last time I put on Perahia I thought.... hmmm.... Any advice for good Cantatas? Been getting interested in the chorales lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonnyhill Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 Listening this morning (around 8:30) and heard some Bach pieces with just cello and violin. Can anyone point me to recordings of Bach works with just cello and violin or string trio? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 (edited) the last hours of the bach fest are a sad event. Edited December 31, 2007 by alocispepraluger102 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 15 hours to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonnyhill Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 (edited) As for the violin and cello I heard, I believe that was actually violin and viola duo and a violin, viola, and cello trio performance of the two and three-part inventions that was contained on a recent cd by dutch violinist Janine Jansen. Edited December 31, 2007 by sonnyhill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe G Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 i'll get back to both of these but let me say again, Angela Hewitt is ** HORRIBLE **... avoid at all costs. (Perahia[b/] is punk by comparison.] I hear ya, just that I reserve such language for the likes of Marion Meadows. Thanks for the recs, though vinyl isn't an option for me. I was looking at the Gardiner stuff in a store recently - very expensive, and the cover shots of obscure ethnic folk seemed an odd choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 (edited) If you want cheap cantata recordings, Berkshire Record Outlet has the whole set (60 CDs for $99.40) and various pieces (5 CDs for $14.95) thereof, with Leusink on Brilliant Classics. Warning: these recordings use mostly amateur performers, so may not be as polished... You can find more info at the Bach Cantata website. Edited January 1, 2008 by T.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe G Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Joe-- if you have a source for cheap classical vinyl, for now get any of the Leonhardt, Harnoncourt discs on Telefunken/Teldec. they are imperfect but come with miniature scores & might still be the best available, overall. of all modern series, i dunno... Not cheap, but... Complete Sacred Cantatas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe G Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Thank you, sir! Yeah, I have difficulty wrapping my mind around the fact that one man wrote more music than a person can digest in a lifetime. And we don't even have all of what he wrote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Joe-- if you have a source for cheap classical vinyl, for now get any of the Leonhardt, Harnoncourt discs on Telefunken/Teldec. they are imperfect but come with miniature scores & might still be the best available, overall. of all modern series, i dunno... Not cheap, but... Complete Sacred Cantatas Be careful about what level of documentation (texts, notes, etc) is included. Berkshire has a version of the Harnoncourt/Telefunken box at a higher price, but they claim: "Label: TELEFUNKEN/TELDEC BRO Code: 132146 Label Cat. #: 91765-2 Format: CD Amount/set: 60 Audio Type: Analogue Genre: Cantatas Country: GERMANY Bach, The Sacred Cantatas. (Cond. Harnoncourt & Leonhardt. PLEASE NOTE: this is the fully-annotated version, not the 'bargain box' package.) Featured Restock! Add to Cart Price: $239.40" I can't tell from the CDU link which version they have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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