0:00 If Bach had a piano
0:38 Bach's Preface to the Inventions
3:15 Articulation, fingering, phrasing, and charm
6:53 Consistency, ornamentation, and climax
9:28 Slurring 8thnote leaps
11:49 Did Bach apply the Golden Ratio to this Invention?

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Join 96yearold Seymour Bernstein and Ben Laude at Seymour’s cottage on the Atlantic Coast in Maine for three intimate lessons on popular intermediate works from the piano repertoire. In this lesson, Seymour shares his secrets on Bach’s First Invention.

Beginning with Bach’s Preface to his Two and ThreePart Inventions, Seymour cites Bach’s emphasis on cultivating a “cantabile” touch at the keyboard, and shares a schema for articulation and phrasing with Ben, who seeks to integrate them into his own interpretation.

Recorded March 2023
Producer/Director: Ben Laude
Video/Audio: Daniel Kurganov
Production assistant: Jack Desrosier



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