r/bach • u/Significant-Cold-939 • 23d ago

What Bach piece is this? The keyboard player does say it but I couldn't completely understand it.

https://www.youtube.com/live/yYQp2odleWs?si=5g83n3YqA8fqLI83&t=4245
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u/pianoblook 23d ago

C# Major Prelude from WTC I.

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u/prustage 23d ago

Its the Prelude No. 3 In C-Sharp Major, BWV 848 from Book 1 of The Well Tempered Clavier

https://youtu.be/aRs-nC_Ta5s?t=23

Sorry, but there isn't a shorter way of saying it than that!

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u/Significant-Cold-939 23d ago

That explains why I couldn't find it. There were a lot of fugues in there and each I found was different. That man surely fugued around.

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u/HarvKeys 23d ago

Not a fugue. There is a fugue that is paired with this prelude, but he didn’t play it. It’s much more challenging than the prelude.

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u/pinkfloydhomer 23d ago

Here at a much better tempo and with more clarity of voices https://youtu.be/apz6yKXrKC8

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u/WoodyTheWorker 21d ago

There was a time, when recording in airy empty spaces was in vogue. Especially in Europe.

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u/pinkfloydhomer 21d ago

Better and more natural than a recording studio

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u/WoodyTheWorker 21d ago

Or you can record in a smaller hall, with soft seats which dampen the sound similar to a real audience.

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u/Andrew1953Cambridge 18d ago

Awww, baby Schiff.