WEEK 3: Heavenly Harmonies of J.S.Bach! 🌤

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martin.3
3 yrs ago
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Welcome to the Main Thread for the third week of the J.S.Bach Challenge! This is the place to post submissions of the third week!

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- Classical Guitarist and Electroacoustic Interpreter
- Moses
- 3 yrs ago
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Hi, friends! For this 4th week I did something different (for me, at least). I listened to some pieces for clavichord and choose one to transcribe for two guitars.

…And the Oscar goes to... BWV 930 Prelude!!

I didn't find any recording with guitar or guitar duo, just pianos and clavichords. Maybe that is the WORLD PREMIERE of BWV 930 for guitar duo... 😄

Most recordings are at 90 BPM. To be honest, I prefer a bit faster, 100 or even so 120, but I followed the crowd.

I discovered that is not easy to record a guitar duo video... Anyway, the result is below. No ornaments, just experimentation. For me, it was like a playground!
- Wai_Ng
  
  3 yrs ago
  
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  Moyses Lopes Sounded fantastic and the sound balance was really good!
- Derek
  
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  Moyses Lopes I love it Moyses - brilliant!
- Eric
  
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  Moyses Lopes That was wonderful, Moyses! The sound was good and the contrapuntal texture really came out beautifully. That really opens up a big world of music to play.
- Nora_TorresNagel
  
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  Moyses Lopes fantastic!!!!!!!!👍
- Emma
  
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  Moyses Lopes you and your twin brother play so well the guitar!!!! That was fantastic!!!
- The Journey is My Destination!
  
  Steve_Pederson
  
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  Moyses Lopes This was really great Moyses! It sounded terrific. It must've been fun to do this. It reminded me of a video I've seen with Julian Bream playing a duet with himself - side by side:
- Eric
  
  3 yrs ago
  
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  Steve Pederson That's awesome! Bream has the best face and body expressions when he plays!
- Classical Guitarist and Electroacoustic Interpreter
  
  Moses
  
  3 yrs ago
  
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  Wai , Thank you!
- Classical Guitarist and Electroacoustic Interpreter
  
  Moses
  
  3 yrs ago
  
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  Derek Thank you, Derek!
- Classical Guitarist and Electroacoustic Interpreter
  
  Moses
  
  3 yrs ago
  
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  Eric Phillips I'll try another recording, faster, I guess the texture may sound better. We'll see...
- Classical Guitarist and Electroacoustic Interpreter
  
  Moses
  
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  Nora Torres-Nagel Thank you, Nora!
- Classical Guitarist and Electroacoustic Interpreter
  
  Moses
  
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  Steve Pederson It's a great video, thank you! Not just a great guitarist, Bream reveals himself as a great actor too! 😄
- Barney
- 3 yrs ago
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This version of the Prelude was done by Ponce for Segovia to bring out the music using the capabilities, beauty and poetry of the modern day guitar. I first heard it while watching (with my father) a Segovia Masterclass series on TV filmed in Santiago de Compostella, Spain in I think about 1965. Segovia played this for his students. IMO, it was a magical guitar moment.

I have played the bare bones version, but always wanted to learn this one. It was more difficult than expected and is still in process. Here it is!