Bach: Prelude in C, on Harpsichord -- Bradley Lehman

Informal rehearsal at home January 2005, demonstrating the tuning from Lehman's research on the Well-Tempered Clavier.

A better-miked version is available on CD (recorded March 2005), along with other details and much more repertoire, at http://www.larips.com .

The harpsichord shown and heard here -- sorry about the poor lighting! -- is in Flemish style, built several years ago by Anne Acker.

A tuning demonstration is now available, too, showing how to set this up. Check my other videos.

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[a0a0aful]

Despite the splendid performance, such a bad condition of the recording that it is a matter for regret.

[thebpl]

@a0a0aful Thanks, and sorry about the bad sound from my video camera. On the other hand, my CD of this is available, and it has studio-quality sound. These videos are only demos, and no good substitute for the published work.

[smithsherman]

I respectfully say to you that,Baroque music(of any nationality)must have GESTURES in order to be expressive & intesresting.AND they

need a flexible central tempo & an unequally weighted heirarchy of the inner phrase.

[thebpl]

Thanks for the suggestion. I do play a lot more gesturally in live performance. As it says above, this video is merely from an informal run-through at home way back in 2005, with the primary purpose of testing/demonstrating the tuning.

At my home page I have a 2003-4 essay I wrote about gestural performance manner; on my "Articles and Essays" page it's the link "What does a musical performer think about?"

There's a more gestural Bach video coming up, from a September 2007 live performance.

[thebpl]

Please check also my arrangement of "Ein feste Burg" from that 2007 concert (search "ein feste burg lehman" for the video). I'm sure you'll agree that it's both gesturally played and gesturally composed. Enjoy!

[paxdemocratica]

The tuning is marvellous: what a rich sparkling C major.

[cembalist]

Sensitive performance with relaxed forward motion to it. If you do more of them could the lighting be improved?

[Amauroca]

Congratulations!

I recorded myself playing this song too. It's on my channel, please thumbs up here so people can see it!

[LinuxLinense]

@a0a0aful I do agree

[H1J9D7V9]

yeah men. it sounds fantastic. Great work!

[cangjie12]

@writingsofmine It's not disrespectful to put books on a harpsichord, but I wonder if the harpsichord can take so much weight?? lol

[onetimeonthegoodfoot]

@smithsherman

And yet Bach was reported to play with only the slightest movement of his fingers. All the rest is bullshit.

[a0a0aful]

@thebpl

This is just a rehearsal isn't it?

It is I, not you, that must say "sorry".

I had formed a hasty conclusion.

[grzegorz19plonka]

Słyszę ze nie jest do konca dobrze nastrojeny. Tercja trzeba dostroic

[gringosampson]

Wow, what a fuss over nothing! Ostentatious, you are an idiot; writings - you've been trolled! Haha!