We all have our little morning rituals. Sometimes it's just habit. But when it's intentional, the way you start your day says a lot about you. For Pianist Andras Schiff, it's almost always the same. He spends an hour or so playing preludes and fugues from J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. Schiff never tires of it. He says, "As long as I live and I am lucky to be in good health, I want to continue to explore the mysteries of this music." Today marks the start of a four-day series of music and conversation with Andras Schiff and PT host Fred Child, on Bach's vast and mysterious Well-Tempered Clavier.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Sergei Prokofiev: Song from Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op. 60
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Andre Previn, conductor
Gabriela Montero: Improvisation on George Gershwin's Summertime
Gabriela Montero, piano
The Martha Argerich Project, Lugano, Switzerland
Robert Schumann: Fantasiestucke, Op. 73
Gautier Capucon, cello, Gabriela Montero, piano
Wigmore Hall, London, England
Antonio Vivaldi: Recorder Concerto in F, RV 442 (Pastorale)
Erik Bosgraaf, recorder, Cordevento XL
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Georg Philipp Telemann: Excerpts from Suite in A Minor, TWV 55:a 2
Erik Bosgraaf, recorder, the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, Thierry Fischer, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Antonin Dvorak: Scherzo Capriccioso
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Christopher Koenig, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Hour 2
Johann Sebastian Bach: Excerpts from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
Andras Schiff, piano
Igor Stravinsky: Pastorale
Isabelle Faust, violin, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Opera House, Sydney, Australia
Andras Schiff and the Well-Tempered Clavier, Part I: Andras Schiff and the Well-Tempered Clavier
Johann Sebastian Bach: Excerpts from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
Andras Schiff, piano
Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No. 15 in C, Op. 72, No. 7
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle, conductor
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
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