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Soul Music: Series 9: Bach's Goldberg Variations

Bach's Goldberg Variations

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BBC Radio 4 - Soul Music, Series 9, Bach's Goldberg Variations

People describe the place that Bach's Goldberg Variations have in their lives.

An exploration of what Bach’s harpsichord piece from the 1740s Goldberg Variations means to different people now. From 2010.

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Bach wrote his Goldberg Variations for harpsichord in the 1740s, but today it's performed by pianists all over the world. People describe the place these pieces have in their lives, including a neuroscientist from New York, pianist Angela Hewitt, a father driving his family through the night in the Australian Outback, and a woman from Oregon whose life was transformed, perhaps even saved, by this music.

Produced by Sarah Conkey

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.

Soul Music: Series 9

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