Gabriela Montero - Improvisation on Bach's Goldberg Variations

La Divina improvises on Bach's Goldberg Variations at her Kölner Philharmonie debut.

To Get Nuts!!!

Kölner Philharmonie -
Köln (Germany)
August 10, 2007

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[evilbunnyrabbits]

How do you kill a piano critic? Give them 7 octaves plus a minor third and tell them to fill the silence.

[franjaserra]

He oido las variaciones de Goldberg infinidad de veces, al oir a Gabriela se siente un resurgimiento contemporaneo de una pieza musical muy dificil y retadora. Realmente refrescante manteniendo el espiritu que le impuso Bach.

Gracias Gabriela... un gran orgullo criollo...

[4hm3dimr4n]

Is it me or does this sound like jazz?

[VibratorDefibrilator]

"We can only guess what is REAL music", Bach once said. He's realized that he can't look beyond his conceptual horizon. This lady here has 250 years of musical development AFTER Bach - the whole bunch of musical stiles that Bach couldn't imagine at all. And she uses her musical background very cleverly... which is the very essence of improvisation. Thank you, miss Montero!

[fenderbender92]

@marcxopoco Well, not exactly, I've never actually said that. I said both improvised. I believe Bach to be the greatest spiritual communicator in the history of music.

Call me more names. I'm a clueless cretin. What else am I? I don't know.

What I do know is that people like you ruin Bach for me. Let me know, do you enjoy that, too? It's hard for me to differentiate if you're a troll or a Bach chauvinist. But I guess that just only proves my stupidity. Wouldn't you say? Well, why am I asking?

[marcxopoco]

Youtube cretin @fenderbender92 equates this lady's noodling with Bach.

IGNORANCE is bliss, huh fenderbender?

[fenderbender92]

@marcxopoco What's with you? The point is that both Montero and Bach improvised.

[suzimagalhaes]

Técnica aliada a muita inspiração e talento! Parabéns Gabriela!!

[multiinvisibleman]

Goldberg Goodness throughout, not a moment without it. She's a genius with the harmony, which is what the Goldberg variations are all about. Bach mainly did variations with respect to the Goldberg bass line, and its not always about the theme melody.

[goodcatholicboy]

Who are these uncircumcised Philistines that they can't hear beauty and utter joy when thy hear it? Makes me feel bad for them.

[marcxopoco]

Clueless @fenderbender92 is a youtube musical "expert" who just posted an all time winner in any category for the all time most clueless youtube comment.

Musical expert fender says Bach "noodled."

Without question fender has established himself as one of the great minds of the century.

[fenderbender92]

@marcxopoco Bach noodled too, you know.