Guitarist Miles Okazaki on the Rhythms of Bach and Monk
Guitarist and composer Miles Okazaki has been an important guitarist in the New York jazz scene for over twenty years.
A Year of Bach
Bach is the greatest, and I haven't yet heard his complete catalog, so in 2024, I'm listening to every Bach composition and writing about it here.
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My Polish Passport
And the new unease for American Jews
"Making Music Visible": Ballerina and Critic Faye Arthurs on Dancing Bach
Faye Arthurs spent two decades at New York City Ballet dancing Balanchine, Robbins, and Wheeldon.
"You Can't Be Rote" - Harpsichordist Lillian Gordis on Keeping Bach Fresh
Lillian Gordis is a Franco-American harpsichordist born in Berkeley, California, and based in Paris.
On the Shattering of Shared Silence
How do you get to Carnegie Hall?
Bach’s Transformations, with Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
In this episode of A Year of Bach, Evan talks with keyboardist Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya about her new harpsichord album Transformations, which explores Bach’s adaptations of works by composers including Marcello and Vivaldi.
Rooting for the Whale, and Eight Other Thoughts About Moby-Dick
Everyone seems to be reading Moby-Dick these days, so I gave it a go.
Guitarist Scott Tennant on the Lute Suites and Teaching Bach
What a pleasure to speak to guitar hero Scott Tennant about playing and teaching Bach.
Erik Hall on Bach and the Minimalists
A conversation with Erik Hall, a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and one of the most compelling interpreters of the minimalist canon.
New Bach Recordings: Yunchan Lim’s Ho-Hum Goldbergs; Lillian Gordis’s Joyful Harpsichord
Insofar as there are any splashy classical releases anymore, Yunchan Lim’s live recording of the Goldberg Variations is being pitched as the record of the year.