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Special Guest: Robert Hill. How does he play Bach?

96 min • 15 juni 2020

Guest Interview: Robert Hill, Harpsichordist


I had the privilege of speaking to Robert Hill, one of the foremost harpsichordists alive. Our discussion spans many different topics including harpsichord tuning and repair, clavichords, piano actions, lute-harpsichords, early Bach, old Bach, figured bass, inaudible sounds, metronomes, partimento, and anything else listed here:


People / Topics Covered:


Keith Hill (Instrument maker, Robert’s Brother)


Jaap Schröder (Dutch violinist Hill heard in Michigan)


Fernando Valenti (American Harpsichordist)


Charles Burney (English Music Historian)


Lute Harpsichord: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lautenwerck


Gustav Leonhardt 


John Dryden (the poet Leonhardt Quoted)


The Goethe Haus, Weimar (paint color)


Andreas Bach Book (french text only) https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Bach_Buch


Andreas Staier Harpsichordist with whom Hill recorded BWV1080


David Stanwood https://www.stanwoodpiano.com/ (Piano Technician)


The Squiggle on the title page of the Well Tempered Clavier


"Bach's face reconstructed"


"Bach's Seal"


Partimento (Reduction Technique): 


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Randy Rainbow (comedian) 


Madame de Villedieu (authoress), novel of note: "Desordres d'Amour


 


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