http://www.triolis.com/Site/Podcast/Podcast.html iWeb 3.0.3 http://www.triolis.com/Site/Podcast/Podcast_files/IMG_1872.jpg http://www.triolis.com/Site/Podcast/Podcast.html 60 no en http://www.triolis.com/Site/Podcast/Entries/2007/12/3_S._Bach%E2%80%99s_WTC,book_one,_Page_2.html d7f2eb04-9244-4d59-b8d4-31918dba03d6 Mon, 3 Dec 2007 09:18:06 -0800 no 00:36:52 S. Bach’s WTC,book one, Page 2 S. Bach’s WTC,book one, Page 2 http://www.triolis.com/Site/Podcast/Entries/2007/12/2_J._S._Bach%E2%80%99s_WTC,_Book_one.html 3ffdc36e-48cb-458e-b12a-80225feae297 Sun, 2 Dec 2007 21:23:14 -0800 Johann Sebastian Bach’s Das Wohltemperirte Klavier (The Well-Tempered Clavier) comprises two collections, each of 24 preludes and fugues, for every major and minor key. (The “well-tempered” part of the title refers to Bach’s campaign to adopt the tempered scale so as to standardize tuning systems for keyboard instruments. Incidentally, only the first book is so-called originally; the second set, introduced more than 20 years later, was called simply 24 Preludes and Fugues.) Collectively and individually, they are among the most influential and widely studied of all the keyboard literature.<br/><br/>I was fortunate to be asked to archive, on three successive Saturdays, a remarkable lecture-demonstration series covering the whole of Book One. The presenter was Randolph Hokanson, Emeritus Professor of Piano at the University of Washington, whose knowledge, artistry, stamina, and intensity are, I think, great lessons in themselves, above what he teaches about the music. This is to say, in part, that the thing about getting on in years (Prof. Hokanson is now 92 and some) is to keep working hard, keep living well, laugh at the funny stuff and rage at the wrong, and learn something new every day.<br/><br/>Two of these sessions are included here. They were given at Sherman Clay (the Seattle Steinway dealership), a downtown venue; hence all the street noises you hear. Regardless of the location’s acoustic difficulties, however, the overall effect I consider quite magical.<br/><br/> no 00:50:59 Johann Sebastian Bach’s Das Wohltemperirte Klavier (The Well-Tempered Clavier) comprises two collections, each of 24 preludes and fugues, for every major and minor key. (The “well-tempered” part of the title refers to Bach’s ca Johann Sebastian Bach’s Das Wohltemperirte Klavier (The Well-Tempered Clavier) comprises two collections, each of 24 preludes and fugues, for every major and minor key. (The “well-tempered” part of the title refers to Bach’s campaign to adopt the tempered scale so as to standardize tuning systems for keyboard instruments. Incidentally, only the first book is so-called originally; the second set, introduced more than 20 years later, was called simply 24 Preludes and Fugues.) Collectively and individually, they are among the most influential and widely studied of all the keyboard literature. I was fortunate to be asked to archive, on three successive Saturdays, a remarkable lecture-demonstration series covering the whole of Book One. The presenter was Randolph Hokanson, Emeritus Professor of Piano at the University of Washington, whose knowledge, artistry, stamina, and intensity are, I think, great lessons in themselves, above what he teaches about the music. This is to say, in part, that the thing about getting on in years (Prof. Hokanson is now 92 and some) is to keep working hard, keep living well, laugh at the funny stuff and rage at the wrong, and learn something new every day. Two of these sessions are included here. They were given at Sherman Clay (the Seattle Steinway dealership), a downtown venue; hence all the street noises you hear. Regardless of the location’s acoustic difficulties, however, the overall effect I consider quite magical.