It became important to me to focus on a new way
of looking at Bach's music and that by virtue
of the fact that I transcribed for piano. And
it's really a different way of seeing his music
because as a musician who played several instruments
himself, he obviously approached whatever he
wrote with the particular instrument in mind.
Yet his music is so universal in language and
so easily translatable. I think we all need a
new perspective on Bach and a new perspective
on his music as kind of a tool for enjoyment
and calmness and centering and how it can feed
the brain of you know amateurs and children and
just lovers of music alike. In our upcoming episode
Bach Reimagined, artistic innovation of timeless
music for all audiences. I had a pleasure of
speaking with Eleanor Beinman, pianist arranger
and recording artist renowned for her inventive
and accessible transcriptions of Bach's works
for solo and four -hand piano. With her extensive
recordings and thriving YouTube channel supporting
her transcriptions, she is reshaping the way
we approach and engage with Bach's music. inviting
pianists of all levels to rediscover its joy,
beauty, and relevance. My purpose is not to be
able to play this on my own. My purpose had become
to make this accessible to people. So one of
my criteria is that also I don't want this to
be very difficult because I don't want 3 % of
the existing pianists to be able to play it.
I would like, you know, more than 50 % to be
able to play it. So I'm always... wary of adding
things that are very difficult. His music sounds
great no matter what instrument you play it on
because it is structured on very basic patterns
that are very clearly manipulated and there's
something about that that I think appeals to
our brains because we react to symmetry and structure
and we somehow see it as something akin to beauty.
And also there is complexity at the same time.
Don't miss this episode, which premieres Tuesday,
May 20th at 8 p .m. Eastern time on our YouTube
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page. See you all on Tuesday.