Classical piano, clavichord, and harpsichord
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Ryan Layne Whitney: J.S. Bach, Prelude and Fughetta BWV899
Ryan Layne Whitney: J.S. Bach, Prelude and Fughetta BWV899
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Name:
Ryan Layne
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Piano (and some clavichord and harpsichord) music

Click the "playlists" link to see my videos organized into logical groups.
About Me:
 
I am a pianist who lives in Seattle, and I also play the harpsichord and clavichord. I work for NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) to put a crust on the table and tune the piano (and buy the books that line my condo). These videos are examples of my home music making, some more unpolished than others, much as I would play for friends at home---supposing they took the time to listen to me. What does a solitary minor government functionary in Seattle do in his spare time? The (partial) answer is in these videos.

I also teach piano (and, if wanted, music theory, music history---and even literature!), if anyone in the Seattle area is interested.
Hometown:
Seattle
Country:
United States
Occupation:
IT Specialist, editor
Companies:
NOAA
Hobbies:
Classical music, reading, collecting Roman coins, movies, music composition, writing, ancient Greek language, thinking, being quiet
Movies:
Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad; Tarkovsky's Stalker and The Sacrifice; Bergman's Through a Glass Darkly (and many others of his); Antonioni's Eclipse and Red Desert; Kobayashi's Kwaidan; Visconti's Rocco and His Brothers
Music:
J.S. Bach (ALL of it), Domenico Scarlatti, Anton Bruckner, Nikolai Medtner, Alexander Scriabin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Robert Schumann, Hector Berlioz, C.P.E. Bach
Books:
Schopenhauer's The World as Will and Representation, Anthony Trollope's novels, George Eliot's Middlemarch, Homer's Iliad, Lucretius' On the Nature of Things, Herman Melville, Plutarch, Plato, Thomas Mann
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J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fughetta in D minor, BWV 899, played on an 1892 6'2" Knabe grand. This piece is often included in the collections of ...   more
 
 
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J.S. Bach: Contrapunctus 4 from "The Art of the Fugue," BWV 1080, played on an 1892 6'2" Knabe grand.
 
 
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J.S. Bach: Contrapunctus 8 from Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080, played at faster tempo, on an 1892 6'2" Knabe grand. I have also played it at a ...   more
 
 
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Channel Comments (42)
SYLVESTRIVS (1 week ago)
Please, add me as your friend... I love your videos
jacksongrant15 (3 weeks ago)
Hey, I live in Seattle as well; I'm fascinated with clavichords and I love your videos. I'm just curious; do you formally teach piano?
opidacul (3 weeks ago)
your chanel on the tube is pure magic, thank you for the music, like someone here said we should pay you for this clips. thank you again for the music
fagottist (1 month ago)
can you play seventh chords on that tripple fretted clavichord?

htis is for a rather unusual discussion i'm having
OrchestrationOnline (1 month ago)
We should be paying you to listen to some of these clips, especially the clavichord ones!

How could 8 or 9 members of the Bach family all be practicing simultaneously in the same small house? Now we know!
BachScholar (1 month ago)
Nice new pencil image of you. All you need now is a pipe.
Kraviotho (1 month ago)
Hi teafruitbat!

great videos!

you are a truly pianist :´D
MsRoyanderson (1 month ago)
Great Channel
laustibi4 (2 months ago)
Great Channel
dorty365b (2 months ago)
Great Videos
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