I’m so writer’s blocked it’s not funny, so, when nothing else will come, I’ll cheat and throw in a video:
And, for something completely different, one of my all time favorites, Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata, BWV 147, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring:
I’m so writer’s blocked it’s not funny, so, when nothing else will come, I’ll cheat and throw in a video:
And, for something completely different, one of my all time favorites, Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata, BWV 147, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring:
Love me some Bach. Yeah!
[Video added -- JH]
Thank you. Magnificent!
Just what I needed to hear after a long day.
For the record, my beard isn’t gone. It’s just amputated.
Since this is a music thread, may as well stretch my legs a bit with part of my eclectic taste.
Nangleator wrote:
Here in tiny Jim Thorpe, we are lucky to have The Bach and Handel Chorale. They are quite good.
Now when it comes to Bach, politics goes out the window.
As an acolyte in my church, an old Episcopal Church in West Philly at 38th and Chestnut, which had a magnificent pipe organ, I became well acquainted with it and our organist Frederick Rowe. One of my duties was to turn pages for the organist, and he played a lot of Bach (and Handel at Christmas), which has stayed with me for my lifetime.
Then surely you will appreciate Toccata & Fugue in d minor:
The fugue is extremely fun to play. Like much contrapuntal music, it feels like a conversation between your two hands, in the language of natural finger movements.
Indeed, Dana! That’s a terrific rendition too. The organ console is similar, except our old church organ looked even more complex as I recall. Note that the page turner had some additional responsibility regarding the stops. Everytime I hear this peice it brings back fond memories of a bygone time. Thanks, Dana!!!