{"id":681,"date":"2011-08-28T17:47:26","date_gmt":"2011-08-28T21:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.155dayswithbachandme.com\/?p=681"},"modified":"2011-08-28T17:47:26","modified_gmt":"2011-08-28T21:47:26","slug":"day-thirty-two-keyboard-works-part-three-cd-2-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.155dayswithbachandme.com\/?p=681","title":{"rendered":"Day Thirty Two: Keyboard Works, Part Three (CD 2-9)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bach<\/a>Another CD of very old, miscellaneous Bach compositions (often of dubious origin), once again performed by Christiane Wuyts<\/a>, a Belgium-born harpsichord known particularly for her performances of Bach’s music, as well as for her use of period instruments. The two harpsichords she’s playing on this CD were made by Henri Hemsch<\/a> (1754) and Jacques Goermans<\/a> (1774).<\/p>\n

Bach must have had a robust sense of humor. Or maybe it’s harpsichordist Christiane Wuyts pulling a Glenn Gould. But one minute sixteen seconds into a very sleepy BWV 909 (“Concerto E Fuga in C minor”), Wuyts starts banging away on the keyboard with crashing chords and then intersperses the pounding with a flurry of notes starting at the 1:23 mark. It’s like Bach wanted to surprise listeners, given them something completely different. I loved it. In fact, I enjoyed the entire piece of music. There are lots of rapid-fire notes and quirky little passages in this composition. Sadly, one Bach web site<\/a> indicates BWV 909 is “Authenticity doubtful; not by J.S. Bach.” Figures. One of my favorite Bach pieces to date may not have been written by Bach.<\/p>\n

Many of the compositions on today’s CD interested me, mostly because of the speedy at which many of the passages were played. A harpsichord sounds terrific when its player’s fingers are a blur.<\/p>\n

Another interesting piece was BWV 832 (“Suite in A major”) right around the 5:33 mark. There’s that dampened\/muted sound again. I’d love to see how that’s performed. What is the player doing to achieve that sound?<\/p>\n

Another interesting piece is BWV 955 (“Fuge in B flat major”). It just has a nice, snappy, rich sound to it. Lots of very Baroque-sounding trills. Likewise for BWV 820 (“Overture Suite in F major”). It sounds so Baroque! Like someone picking music for a movie soundtrack — if the movie had some reference to the Bach or was a period film about<\/em> Bach — should consider BWV 820. I think it’s the trills.<\/p>\n

The compositions on today’s CD are:
\nBWV 909 — authenticity doubtful
\nBWV 832 — unknown
\nBWV 989 — 1714 (Bach was 29)
\nBWV 821 — unknown
\nBWV 955 — unknown
\nBWV 820 — unknown
\nBWV 950 — 1711 (Bach was 26)
\nBWV 992 — 1703 (Bach was 18)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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