Alive Quote by Mahan Esfahani

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

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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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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…

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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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