Glenn Gould plays J. S. Bach
Goldberg Variations
On Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzO0XWcnA38.
Bach is different from Mozart and Chopin (my current two favourite composers). I feel that he lacks the emotional intensity and tension that characterize the latter two in that his pieces are not exactly of a certain mood or thought. But Bach is absolutely sublime in the intricacy of the pieces so that the quick succession of the notes reaches a prayerful electricity--I don't know what I would call it, slow or fast, it is dreamlike in its contemplativeness.
Music is not representative (unlike any other art form which I can think of at this time), and therefore it comes the closest to our hearts. At the same time, it is also the most abstract. So I cannot say in so many words what it means and what Bach's piece was to tell us.
I would say that it is an expression of nature, as all music is (you: duh? ). The Goldberg Variations is quite a joy to listen to, and it is an expression of exactly that: Joy.
Rightly, I shouldn't even be writing this because it is quite a pointless exercise, how can I tell this: what is music? Listen to the piece I have linked (above) and comment here.
On Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzO0XWcnA38.
Bach is different from Mozart and Chopin (my current two favourite composers). I feel that he lacks the emotional intensity and tension that characterize the latter two in that his pieces are not exactly of a certain mood or thought. But Bach is absolutely sublime in the intricacy of the pieces so that the quick succession of the notes reaches a prayerful electricity--I don't know what I would call it, slow or fast, it is dreamlike in its contemplativeness.
Music is not representative (unlike any other art form which I can think of at this time), and therefore it comes the closest to our hearts. At the same time, it is also the most abstract. So I cannot say in so many words what it means and what Bach's piece was to tell us.
I would say that it is an expression of nature, as all music is (you: duh? ). The Goldberg Variations is quite a joy to listen to, and it is an expression of exactly that: Joy.
Rightly, I shouldn't even be writing this because it is quite a pointless exercise, how can I tell this: what is music? Listen to the piece I have linked (above) and comment here.
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