Tag Archives: Bach

Life in G Major

Posted on November 21, 2013 by sonyasutton

Jeremy Denk, MacArthur “genius” grant recipient, pianist and author has a new recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations out and was interviewed this past Sunday about his love/hate relationship with Bach’s hour+ set of variations.  I too have had a lifelong … Continue reading →

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Let us joyful be?

Posted on April 4, 2013 by sonyasutton

One of Bach’s most beautiful chorale tunes, Christ lag in Todesbanden, frames the 9:15 and 11:15 services on Sunday, appearing in organ settings at the beginning and end of the services, and as a hymn during communion (186 in The … Continue reading →

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What is true?

Posted on October 25, 2012 by sonyasutton

What better time than at the height of a presidential election season is there to meditate on the word “truth”?  What is true?  Which of those deeply held beliefs, firmly rooted in us, could we name as true? Truth:  at … Continue reading →

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Things are not always as they seem

Posted on August 11, 2011 by sonyasutton

Here are three things you know about the celebrated Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by J.S. Bach: It is an organ piece It is by J.S. Bach It is associated with creepy mansions It might be the only organ piece … Continue reading →

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