Comments on: Thursday playlist: Bach, Bach

By: swells

swells — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:00:00 +0000

I must confess that, like multivitamins, i have not listened to the bach yet, but I have to come back to this post to share with all the complete delight I felt (and still feel) at the prose. Totally tickled by your tone. Early 09 whatsie nominee for my favorite voice and language on a subject that I’m not even that interested in. With a setup like this, you might just culcha me yet.

By: Natasha

Natasha — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:56:32 +0000

I love Bach. I spend a year of my life listening to nothing, but Bach and Vivaldi. Loving the analysis and the playlist.

By: Ivy

Ivy — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:44:37 +0000

My favourite Bach moment was back in the dark ages when I was at school. I went to an Anglican school, so four times a week we went to chapel. Our chapel wasn’t large but we had a medium-sized organ, big for the venue, and a gifted if slightly crazed organist. (For some reason he reminded me of the irritating frog Jeremy Fisher in the Beatrix Potter books. He thought we were all complete philistines and on the whole he was right. British, one can only begin to imagine how he ended up in a girls’ school in NZ.) As we processed out of chapel one day he cranked up Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, the ‘dracula’ music, as a recessional. I’d been listening to it at home and was delighted to hear it live. I ducked back into the chapel once I’d gone out (as a choir nerd I was one of the first out) into the back, to be joined by my chemistry teacher. To my endless delight Mr Jackson was playing for his own pleasure and played right through. I can’t imagine how I excused my subsequent lateness to class, but I’m glad I made the choice I did. It was sublime and grand and one of the few positive things I remember from what was an unusually trying year. So hoorah for Bach and strange old passionate men.

By: j-man

j-man — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:24:22 +0000

I think that Bach and the Beatles are similar in that while their songs sound so simple, when you actually analyze them they’re quite intricate and complicated. Can’t wait to listen – perfect for working!

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:10:33 +0000

P.S. Lane, that’s one of the best M*A*S*H moments ever.