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Bach, of course, was my first love. He still is. I mean, he's the man of my life, that's for sure. And when I say that there's been a re-evaluation, look, to be perfectly honest, I think I have a…

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Well, within a phrase. And with a series of phrases, you can certainly create the effect of diminuendo and crescendo, no question.

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I mean to me, the harpsichord has a huge dynamic range. And I always say to people, come and listen to it. You know,…

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And it totally has transformed my relationship with someone like, say, Bach. You know, Bach is born 330 years ago but, you know, gosh,…

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Gorecki, you know, there's a kind of personal thing there for me. I had, you know, kind of become obsessed with that sort of Soviet Bloc period. And actually, a lot of composers in the Soviet Bloc - Gorecki's not the only one - are writing for the harpsichord as a sort of reaction against enforced Soviet realism, expressionism, sort…

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When I say that there's commonality, I mean more in terms of the sort of techniques by which we perceive Baroque and minimalist music…

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The harpsichord was actually ideologically considered a very questionable instrument in that period, much like I think it's ideologically considered suspect today in some…

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I think, you know, for someone who does play, let's say, old music or, you know, Baroque music or Renaissance music - and you know, and I do play a lot of that, obviously - engaging with new composers, engaging with young composers, is really exciting because it makes me look at people of the past in a very different…

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I think in Baroque music, especially in the case of Bach, what really transformed Bach's musical language, what changed it for him was hearing…

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One of the tracks that I have is Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - by the way, that's Bach's second son - Emanuel Bach's variations…

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Well, harpsichord is kind of a big guitar, isn't it? I mean, it is plucked, after all.

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As long as there's a place for sundials and gardening and beautiful things, there's a place for the harpsichord. I completely reject the idea…

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Bach, of course, was my first love. He still is. I mean, he's the man of my life, that's for sure. And when I…

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