It does nurture one's understanding and appreciation. You can relate what he says @1:26 with Schubert's op.90 Impromptu and D.894 Sonata both in the same key.
I've always taken this piece to be largely and straightforwardly joyful, and I agree with Perahia's idea that in the allemande it's as if there is a memory being re-lived. It's happily recollected, but also with a tinge of melancholy, like an old man musing on a pleasant love affair from early in his life, but one which nonetheless went nowhere...the kind that makes one smile, but a little sadly. So it's not like the merely outward-looking joy one can experience while walking through the countryside, as in the opening of Beethoven's A major string quartet (Op. 18. No. 5). It's more personal, more wistful.
Perahia is not only an engaging, insightful Bach player (which is stating the obvious), but also a wise lecturer. His thoughts on Bach are, like his playing, elegant and worth thinking about after for a while. Thank you, Deutsche Grammaphon, for making these talks available on youtube, and for all you do. BTW, what is that thing protruding from his right middle finger? It looks like a string. ;-)
The band-aid on his right middle finger freaked me out for a second! Thought it was a hang nail or something. Why did the camera man not say something!?
There is a modesty to his playing of everything that I respect and love.
Such explanations by the performer are enriching and enlightening for the listener. Here they give insight not only into Bach but also the pianist.
It does nurture one's understanding and appreciation. You can relate what he says @1:26 with Schubert's op.90 Impromptu and D.894 Sonata both in the same key.
such beauty and tenderness in his playing. Love him.
I've always taken this piece to be largely and straightforwardly joyful, and I agree with Perahia's idea that in the allemande it's as if there is a memory being re-lived. It's happily recollected, but also with a tinge of melancholy, like an old man musing on a pleasant love affair from early in his life, but one which nonetheless went nowhere...the kind that makes one smile, but a little sadly. So it's not like the merely outward-looking joy one can experience while walking through the countryside, as in the opening of Beethoven's A major string quartet (Op. 18. No. 5). It's more personal, more wistful.
Perahia is not only an engaging, insightful Bach player (which is stating the obvious), but also a wise lecturer. His thoughts on Bach are, like his playing, elegant and worth thinking about after for a while. Thank you, Deutsche Grammaphon, for making these talks available on youtube, and for all you do.
BTW, what is that thing protruding from his right middle finger? It looks like a string. ;-)
The band-aid on his right middle finger freaked me out for a second! Thought it was a hang nail or something. Why did the camera man not say something!?
Why are you so trivial? For a man of such great stature the band aid really doesn’t matter. Only to your mind.
Huge talented pianist
taste, feeling, harmony, religious tenderness
The joy of the soul!
Sam Ye that was my first thought
This is my favourite French Suite by Bach but I prefere the Sarabande from the sixth. Always a pleasure listening to the master.
Yes yes !!! thank you
Fantastic insight. And I hope to buy this CD today
Incrível. Queria tê-lo como meu professor🙂, aprenderia imensamente
Amazing!!
Very wonderful!!!
amazing!
Beyond a genius: a semi-holy man...
Perahia enlighten that soul merge sound is Bach
Merci!
06:24 aunque él explica que el Louree debe tocarse lentamente, admito que este tempo mas vivaz lo vuelve más entretenido e interesante.
Exactly its my secoond time at this video and i was looking for this comment. His version was cooler and a most interesting fact
Bad time stamp tho
cool
His right hand third finger...
Why is the nail so weird?
Sapphira Tan its a band aid
Эта интерпретация более ясна и выразительна чем у Андраша Шиффа при всём уважении к нему, великому пианисту.
Perahia's Bach doesn't have the elegance of Andras Schiffs interpretation to my mind.
DG couldnt afford to tune the piano?? Cumon....
pianoforte atroce
am i wrong or is this piano out of tune?
You're right, and it could use some voicing as well.
he didn't finish cutting his fingernails
Please play more (and talk less)!
I love his explanations. It’s not a concert.
There is a version were he only plays. you can find it on youtube!!!
Thus aint concert perahia on a concert pianuh this is cool perahia in your local steinway store playing the loure like a gigue