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pangaia

(24,324 posts) Sat Apr 22, 2017, 10:33 PM Apr 2017

Kyung Wha Chung at Carnegie -- The SIX BACH SONATAS AND PARTITAS - May 18,

I posted this in CLASSICAL MUSIC.
201 views, 2 recs and 0 replies.. Ah well..
So, I thought I would post it again here..

The legendary Kyung-Wha Chung, one of the greatest violinists of this or any other generation, will perform ALL SIX Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin on the same concert !

For ANYBODY at all interested in classical music, or just culture and the arts in general, this is a REALLY BIG DEAL.

If that is not your cup of tea.. not so much..

Damn straight I will be there. :&gt ))

Kyung Wha Chung at Carnegie -- The SIX BACH SONATAS AND PARTITAS - May 18,
2017. A once in a lifetime chance...

https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2017/5/18/0730/PM/Kyung-Wha-Chung-Violin/

Another interview with Kyung Wha Chung about performing the Bach.

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Kyung Wha Chung at Carnegie -- The SIX BACH SONATAS AND PARTITAS - May 18, (Original Post) pangaia Apr 2017 OP

Well we're up to 38 views and no replies. :)) pangaia Apr 2017 #1

That will be fantastic. I hope they release a recording of it. Enjoy! JudyM Apr 2017 #2

YEAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks, I feel better. pangaia Apr 2017 #3

. JudyM Apr 2017 #5

OH MY that is BIG !!!! pangaia Apr 2017 #7

The accompaniment is the negative space beneath the solo violin. longship Apr 2017 #4

good way to put it. pangaia Apr 2017 #6

No, that would be Wanda Landowska! longship Apr 2017 #8

:)))))))) The very summit !! both of them.. pangaia Apr 2017 #9

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

1. Well we're up to 38 views and no replies. :))

Reply to pangaia (Original post)

Sat Apr 22, 2017, 10:52 PM

Apr 2017

Doesn't anybody here know who Kyung-Wha Chung is?

JudyM

(29,251 posts)

2. That will be fantastic. I hope they release a recording of it. Enjoy!

Reply to pangaia (Original post)

Sat Apr 22, 2017, 10:58 PM

Apr 2017

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

3. YEAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks, I feel better.

Reply to JudyM (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 22, 2017, 11:05 PM

Apr 2017

She did record all six released I think last October or so....

JudyM

(29,251 posts)

5. .

Reply to pangaia (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 22, 2017, 11:11 PM

Apr 2017

(Well, that was unexpectedly large! LOL)

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

7. OH MY that is BIG !!!!

Reply to JudyM (Reply #5)

Sat Apr 22, 2017, 11:15 PM

Apr 2017

longship

(40,416 posts)

4. The accompaniment is the negative space beneath the solo violin.

Reply to pangaia (Original post)

Sat Apr 22, 2017, 11:08 PM

Apr 2017

It is a foreground/background thing, as Douglas Hofstadter wrote about in Godel, Escher, Bach. As Hofstadter explains the background and contrapuntal melodies are filled in by the listener's brain.

J S Bach! Was brilliant.

Here! Here is Glenn Gould from 1955. 32 not so simple variations on a rather delightful theme.

Bum, bum, ba-bum, ba-bum de-bum de-bummm...

And yes, the contrapuntal is more explicit here.

Also, I recommend the six solo cello suites for pure Bach.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

6. good way to put it.

Reply to longship (Reply #4)

Sat Apr 22, 2017, 11:15 PM

Apr 2017

Did he ever record the Goldberg Variations on Harpsichord?

longship

(40,416 posts)

8. No, that would be Wanda Landowska!

Reply to pangaia (Reply #6)

Sat Apr 22, 2017, 11:20 PM

Apr 2017

Here:

Without any judgements, the difference between the two performances is interesting.

Both are extraordinary performances!

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

9. :)))))))) The very summit !! both of them..

Reply to longship (Reply #8)

Sat Apr 22, 2017, 11:35 PM

Apr 2017

I will not even compare or judge either..
It is like looking up from base camp.

The only thing I prefer, if I had to choose one to be with on a desert island, would be... the harpsichord...

So there it is....

But then........

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