J.S. Bach – My Favorite Composer

My favorite instrument is the Harpsichord and Bach wrote some of the best music for it ever in its history. While I personally love the sound and feel of playing it, there are many who don’t like it at all...

My dear friend A.M. once called it “a weapon”, and Sir Thomas Beecham (1879 - 1961) has been quoted at saying "It's like listening to skeletons copulating on a corrugated iron roof during a hail-storm!" LOL!!!

Anyway – I found this independent film on YouTube and thought I would share it. I had to post it even though it is in 10 parts. (It is also a little over an hour and-a-half long – so if you do, try to watch if on a rainy weekend). If you enjoy this as much as I did, you can get more info at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062804/

Actually, I never knew many of the things discussed/mentioned – I was never one for prying into the personal lives of my favorite composers, but he led such an interesting life!

“The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach”
(First release at the 1968 New York Film Festival on 19, September 1968)

Directors: Danièle Huillet & Jean-Marie Straub
Writers: Danièle Huillet & Jean-Marie Straub

It is a black and white film from France in German with English subtitles... By the way that is the GREAT Gustav Leonhardt on Harpsichord, Clavichord and Organ also conducting the music.

Plot summary: A chronicle of Johann Sebastian Bach's life, the eschewing drama to focus almost entirely on his music. Narrated by his wife Anna in voiceover, it consists largely of static scenes of Bach conducting and/or playing his brilliant compositions.

Part 1: (09:59)



Part 2: (09:05)



Part 3: (10:09)



Part 4: (10:43)



Part 5: (07:42)



Part 6: (08:52)



Part 7: (09:42)



Part 8: (10:28)



Part 9: (09:26)



Part 10: (07:27)