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JACK GIBBONS plays J.S. BACH
Gigue (from Partita no.1 in B flat)
Performance copyright Jack Gibbons 2006
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The popular modern conception of J.S. Bach (1685-1750) as a dull, "ivory-tower" academic could hardly be further from the truth. His life story is littered with evidence of his spirited character, fiery temper, and strong dislike of unreasoning authority. Records of his time as a young man at Arnstadt include many reprimands for unauthorised leave, for "making many curious variations in the chorale, and mingling many strange tones in it... that the Congregation has been confused by it" (Bach's musical inventiveness clearly left lesser mortals behind!), for "playing the organ rather too long, but after his attention had been called to it by the superintendent, he had at once fallen into the other extreme and had made it too short", and finally, "by what right he recently caused the strange maiden [possibly his first wife, Maria Barbara] to be invited into the choir loft and let her make music there"! Clearly he could be difficult and somewhat cantankerous, but to his friends and most colleagues he was good company — lively, gregarious and hospitable. According to his son C.P.E. Bach "his house was like a beehive, and just as full of life. Association with him was pleasant for everyone, and often very edifying".
Johann Sebastian Bach
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