J.S. Bach--Contrapunctus 9 a 4 Alla Duodecima

An abandoned piano comes to life.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/eflon/2715396635 'Dirty Piano Keys' http://www.flickr.com/photos/eflon/2716211616 'Abandoned'
by eflon on flickr

Category:

Music

Tags:

• bach
• contrapunctus
• nine
• art of fugue
• fugue

[akapushkin]

Not sure about the performance, but beautiful hands.

[Seabamirum]

@akapushkin umm thanks, I guess

[MrLittlegate]

Where was that? That old girl has at one time been in concert pitch - only some of the finest pianos can achieve that.

[Seabamirum]

@MrLittlegate it's in a forgotten little room in Barton Hall on the Cornell Campus. It looked like they were renovating it though so I wonder if the piano is still there...

[jayliew2]

Only the versatility of Bach, can something sounds so beautiful on just about any instrument, in tune or out of tune.

[kodyjbosch1]

Delightful...and inspiring...I hope to play as accomplished one day-

[bakaja]

:)

[Dachion]

" You have good technique. "

[tronkel1]

To add to the foregoing, Glenn Gould used to maintain that the the modern concert grand had far too large a range of tonal colours. An old piano like the one here has the effect of "clipping the the pianist's wings" as regards expressive control over the instrument - good thing with a lot of Bach's music

[tronkel1]

Yes indeed a fine rendition of this. In Bach's day all keyboard instruments were tuned to a lower pitch than those of today. The tuning temperaments employed back then would sound out-of-tune to us today - but this out-of-tuneness only seems to enhance this particular performance!

[hidrigin01]

of all the keyboard performances currently available on youtube, I like yours best. That out of tune old piano shows that sheer musicianship wins out over everything else. I like your performance very much, regardless of the instrument. Frankly Zoltan Kocsis on Philips is a pedestrian performing amateur compared to your performance on this tired old upright piano.