Still Goldberg After All These Years

When harpsichordist Johann Gottlieb Goldberg asked Bach to write
  pieces for him to play to help a Saxon count get to
sleep at night he   could hardly have realized that he
was playing a key role in creating   music that would
inspire audiences and musicians for centuries.


Not only are the Goldberg Variations among the most frequently
 performed works  today, they also continue to inspire
composers to write  new variations  on the famous
themes. We’ll feature an incredible array  of these this
 week on Relevant Tones.


Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters





Dan Tepfer: Improvisation 1 &
Variation 1
Dan Tepfer, piano


Uri Caine: The Introitus
Variation
Kettwiger Bach Ensemble; David Moss, vocals


J.S. Bach: Aria fr. Goldberg Variations
Jeremy Denk, piano


Misha Zupko: Ghost
Variation
Lara Downes, piano


Jennifer Higdon: Gilmore
Variation
Lara Downes, piano


Derek Bermel:
Kontraphunktus
Lara Downes, piano


Karlheinz Essl: Fantasia Chromatica fr.
Gold.berg.werk for instruments and electronics
Christina Neubauer, violin; Martin Kraushofer, viola; Eva
Landkammer, cello


Gabriela Montero: Improvisation on the
Aria fr. Bach’s Goldberg Variations
Gabriela Montero, piano


Uri Caine: Variation 9 (Canon at the
Third)
Ralph Alesi, trumpet; Don Byron, clarinet; Uri Caine, piano; Reid
Anderson, bass


Uri Caine: Variation 10
(Fughetta)
Kettwiger Bach Ensemble; David  Moss, vocals


J.S. Bach: Aria fr. Goldberg Variations
(excerpt)
Lara Downes, piano


Bright Sheng: Variation
Fugato
Lara Downes, piano