J.S. Bach Archives

005: Glenn Gould, Toccata in Cm (J.S. Bach)

Old Jack Bach’s jazz.
Glenn Gould’s utter engagement.

December 28, 2023 by jeff Classical Song Of the week 1

113: J.S. Bach, ‘Prelude to Suite #2 for Unaccompanied Cello’ (Casals)

Yom Kippur is when we Jews face up to the way we lead our lives. The cantor uses the liturgy to break open our hearts and try to pry open God’s. But if there were going to be a secular soundtrack, it would have to be Bach’s Cello Suites.

September 28, 2022 by jeff Classical Song Of the week 7

084: Dmitri Shostakovich, Prelude & Fugue No 16 in B-flat Minor (Tatiana Nikolaeva)

As our hearts weep with the innocent Ukrainian victims of Russian aggression, our thoughts turn to Dmitri Shostakovich, a courageous human being and a great composer who lived and worked under the shadow of Soviet oppression.

March 10, 2022 by jeff Classical Personal Song Of the week 8