Sunday, March 18, 2007

Boning Up on Bach

I've spent the past month investigating J S Bach, having been selected to appear on the Australian television program, The Einstein Factor with The Music of J S Bach as my topic.

When Rachmaninov said that
Music is enough for a lifetime
But a lifetime is not enough for Music
he could have been speaking about the music of Bach. What a massive topic!

There are some excellent resources on the internet, including the Wikipedia article, The J S Bach Home Page, helpful biographical and other information at the Baroque Composers and Musicians Homepage, Tim Smith's wonderful Shockwave animations of the fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier and the superb Bach Cantatas Website.

I'm enjoying investigating this fascinating topic, but I wish I knew what kind of questions will be asked! I promise not to give out any information about the program, to be recorded on Bach's birthday, until after the broadcast.
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2 comments:

  1. Vaughan SmithTuesday, March 20, 2007

    Hi David,
    It is indeed me, Vaughan from Kinross. I've always felt bad about quitting piano in 2001 over the time I was spending playing it, considering I went on to spend about 3 hours a day playing guitar all the way through the HSC! I went on to study music performance at JMC in Sydney, and am now working until I settle into a theological degree. You are still at Kinross I'm guessing? How are things there?

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  2. Vaughan SmithTuesday, March 20, 2007

    Yep. Rick is my uncle, he sharked Allie and me from Barneys in the city.

    I wan't a Christian when I went to Kinross, I was really "putting it off" until I was older, not knowing that there really was an anvil and it could have dropped on my head at any time! I moved into the terraces in 2003 and God really used the people at church to get my rear in gear.

    I can remember you talking about your son, isn't he the one who recorded that "Who Farted?" song, or something? Or maybe worked on the Home and Away song?

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