# 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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## [Guitarist Miles Okazaki on the Rhythms of Bach and Monk](https://yearofbach.substack.com/p/guitarist-miles-okazaki-on-the-rhythms)

_2026-08-14 · Evan Goldfine_

Guitarist and composer Miles Okazaki has been an important guitarist in the New York jazz scene for over twenty years.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209710547/0c0e6c32da6a14c6ee86aae211a0f4b1.mp3)

## [My Polish Passport](https://yearofbach.substack.com/p/my-polish-passport)

_2026-08-05 · Evan Goldfine_

And the new unease for American Jews

## ["Making Music Visible": Ballerina and Critic Faye Arthurs on Dancing Bach](https://yearofbach.substack.com/p/making-music-visible-ballerina-and)

_2026-08-03 · Evan Goldfine_

Faye Arthurs spent two decades at New York City Ballet dancing Balanchine, Robbins, and Wheeldon.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209546451/dbbaa6a2c11390d4ae44146b263cfb21.mp3)

## ["You Can't Be Rote" - Harpsichordist Lillian Gordis on Keeping Bach Fresh](https://yearofbach.substack.com/p/you-cant-be-rote-harpsichordist-lillian)

_2026-06-16 · Evan Goldfine_

Lillian Gordis is a Franco-American harpsichordist born in Berkeley, California, and based in Paris.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/202214445/0179bf6b27325b2656647270ac70dd49.mp3)

## [On the Shattering of Shared Silence](https://yearofbach.substack.com/p/on-the-shattering-of-shared-silence)

_2026-05-19 · Evan Goldfine_

How do you get to Carnegie Hall?

## [Bach’s Transformations, with Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya](https://yearofbach.substack.com/p/bachs-transformations-with-alexandra)

_2026-04-29 · Evan Goldfine_

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.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/195793434/57e609cf998700e4468dcb0db9e19b81.mp3)

## [Rooting for the Whale, and Eight Other Thoughts About Moby-Dick](https://yearofbach.substack.com/p/rooting-for-the-whale-and-eight-other)

_2026-04-17 · Evan Goldfine_

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](https://yearofbach.substack.com/p/guitarist-scott-tennant-on-the-lute)

_2026-03-12 · Evan Goldfine_

What a pleasure to speak to guitar hero Scott Tennant about playing and teaching Bach.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/190760050/c9df3fc5dbbd46a1778952d1d1a6e874.mp3)

## [Erik Hall on Bach and the Minimalists](https://yearofbach.substack.com/p/erik-hall-on-bach-and-the-minimalists)

_2026-02-26 · Evan Goldfine_

A conversation with Erik Hall, a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and one of the most compelling interpreters of the minimalist canon.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/188957583/beb0fd4f48cb1ca619d14fa45e9f397c.mp3)

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## [New Bach Recordings: Yunchan Lim’s Ho-Hum Goldbergs; Lillian Gordis’s Joyful Harpsichord](https://yearofbach.substack.com/p/new-bach-recordings-yunchan-lims)

_2026-02-16 · Evan Goldfine_

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.