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Bach - Goldberg Variations (BWV 988)

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Video Director: Paul Smaczny - Artist: Zhu Xiao-Mei - Producer: Paul Smaczny & Accentus Music - Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
St. Thomas Church, Leipzig, Germany | 85 min | 2014 | TV-G

Bach - Goldberg Variations (BWV 988)

Chinese pianist Zhu Xiao-Mei performs J. S. Bach's Goldberg Variations (BWV 988) at the Leipzig Bach Festival. This June 2014 concert was recorded at St. Thomas Church, where Bach spent most time of his career as 'Thomaskantor', the musical director of the Thomanerchor church choir. The Goldberg Variations consist of one aria and a set of 30 variations. The work was first published in 1741 and was named after harpsichordist Johann Gottlieb Goldberg. In contrast to melodic variations on a theme, the Goldberg Variations do not follow the melody, but rather use the aria's bass line and chord progression. Every third variation in the series of 30 is a canon that follows an ascending pattern. The Goldberg Variations are among Bach's most celebrated works, which gained an even larger audience thanks to Glenn Gould's legendary recordings of the work in 1955 and 1981.

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