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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

So Good!

I don't read about music and I'm no Bach fan, but I am so delighted by Jeremy Denk's writing that I have to link to his guest blogs on NPR's site about the "Goldberg Variations." They are clever and hilarious.

3 comments:

CAVA said...

哈哈,NPR这篇有点激将法的意思。等周末我也来听听全篇。

Little Meatball said...

Goldberg Variations 本身就挺长的,我还没从头到尾听过一遍呢。

CAVA said...

今天做饭切了一堆土豆丝胡萝卜丝,一边听了Goldberg Variations的前几段,快节奏的片段很合拍呢,哈哈哈。

严肃点说,我还蛮喜欢它充满喜悦地耐心地一点点变化过来,没觉得闷。如果没记错的话,电影The English Patient里Hannah在废墟堆中发现旧钢琴,顺手弹出的正是这一曲,选得非常合适。

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