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...supreme masters of Bach interpretation today are men like Helmut Walcha, Ralph Kirkpatrick, Glenn Gould and Karl Richter. But curiously enough, it is the women who always seem to win the Johann Sebastian Bach International Competitions, which are held in Washington, D.C.; in the last six Bach contests, women took first prize four times and tied once for first-place honors...
Last week the girls cleared the field again. When the eleven men and twelve women had finished playing their way through the single contest piece-Bach's monumental Goldberg Variations-the judges gave the first prize of $1,000 to Toronto Pianist Mari-Elizabeth Morgen, 23. Mari-Elizabeth was so sure that she would not get past the semifinals that she brought only one dress to Washington. That was her only mistake; at the piano, she was flawless-poised, professional, and in full control of the knuckle-crunching requirements of the Goldbergs.* Second and third prizes were given...
...because the people there have to run the fastest to get to dinner. One strange thing, though. A German conductor named Karl Munchinger, who is aboard for the whole trip, keeps grumbling about the recorded music in the salons and corridors. But Daddy and I really do enjoy hearing Bach and Beethoven wherever we go. All he says is "Encores aweigh!" Have to run now. Herr Kempff is practicing Mozart, and we are all invited. Much love...
...only a third and fourth movement. As a concert commentator, he is the leading exponent of the sportscaster style ("The brasses are taking the theme and running ahead! Folks, this piece is definitely going to go into over time!"). His great contribution to musicology is the "discovery" of P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742)?, the last and oddest of Johann Sebastian's 20-odd offspring. As countless amused concertgoers and record buyers know, P.D.Q. is the perpetrator of such neglected works as Concerto for Horn and Hardart, Pervertimento for Bagpipes, Bicycle and Balloons, and the oratorio The Seasonings ("Bide thy thyme...
...responsible for this repertory of parody is Peter Schickele, a chubby, flop-haired imp of 32, who has done for classical music what Spike Jones did for pop. Since Schickele started his P.D.Q. Bach concerts in New York City three years ago, the baroque revival has never been the same. What makes his satire so devastating is that even his broadest buffoonery is backed by thorough knowledge and fine musicianship; he is an experienced "serious" composer who took a degree at Juilliard and studied with Roy Harris and Darius Milhaud...