Ten Days of Bach

[Lisanti]

New York City's classical music station, WQXR, is playing everything Bach wrote, starting March 21;  here's the write-up from their website:

"Starting on March 21, WQXR will celebrate the life, the legacy and the incredible music of Johann Sebastian Bach. For ten days, WQXR will suspend regular programming and play the complete (yes, the complete) works of Bach in a festival called Bach 360°. It's a fitting tribute for a great composer who has touched the lives of so many, so deeply. As part of the festival, WQXR will explore the allure of Bach with historians, musicians, authors and, of course, our listeners. WQXR is inviting listeners to share their stories via a special Bach Voices hotline and online. Call 347-286-1059 to record your story or visit WQXR.org/BACH360, where you can also find a full list of festival programming including live events".   

They are at 105.9 FM on the radio, and there is a decent signal, but they also broadcast (stream?) online at www.wqxr.org. I just wanted to let you all know, in case you need a Bach fix. If you decide to check out the webpage, the Bach360 link is on the bottom of the main page.

[Opus106]

Thank you for letting us know, Lisanti.

[sound67]

For ten days, WQXR will suspend regular programming and play the complete (yes, the complete) works of Bach

In clear violation of the Geneva Conventions and the Helsinki Charter.

[Lisanti]

In clear violation of the Geneva Conventions and the Helsinki Charter.

Oh my God, you are absolutely right. I do like Bach - the Brandenburgs, Orchestral Suites, and some others, but ten days was way too long. Do you know how many freaking cantatas the man wrote? And they played every single one. I can now go several years quite happily without listening to caterwauling in German. I turned it off and on, mostly off, after day one. Oh well, it was an interesting idea on WQXR's part.

[Sammy]

Oh my God, you are absolutely right. I do like Bach - the Brandenburgs, Orchestral Suites, and some others, but ten days was way too long. Do you know how many freaking cantatas the man wrote? And they played every single one.

Of course.  As you said in your initial post, the station would be playing the complete Bach works.

You're evidently not a Bach man.  Try some Vivaldi.

[Wakefield]

Of course.  As you said in your initial post, the station would be playing the complete Bach works.

You're evidently not a Bach man.  Try some Vivaldi.

I'm curious, Don: Who's you favourite Baroque composer after Bach?

[Octave]

caterwauling in German

Oh dear.  Yep, that's the cantatas: what a bunch of caterwauling!     

[Lisanti]

Of course.  As you said in your initial post, the station would be playing the complete Bach works.

You're evidently not a Bach man.  Try some Vivaldi.

I do like Bach, although not as much as I like Vivaldi, Corelli, and Handel; I was hoping to hear non-vocal works that I hadn't heard or appreciated before, and I'm sure that they played several like that, but I was too busy dodging the cantatas to hear them. I am not a big fan of "the Tocatta and Fugue transcribed for accordion" type of works, and they had a whole day of "Bach Reimagined", chock full of them.

[Lisanti]

Who has a gun to your head forcing you to listen; and much more to the point - complain about it here?

I was voicing my opinion, not complaining; if it seemed like a complaint, then my word choice was not what it should have been, which is regrettable. As far as saying it here, reading the entire thread, if you haven't already, will, I think, put my comments in context.

[Sammy]

I'm curious, Don: Who's you favourite Baroque composer after Bach?

Concerning the high baroque, Handel and then Zelenka/Louis Couperin.