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It became important to me to focus on a new way

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of looking at Bach's music and that by virtue

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of the fact that I transcribed for piano. And

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it's really a different way of seeing his music

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because as a musician who played several instruments

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himself, he obviously approached whatever he

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wrote with the particular instrument in mind.

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Yet his music is so universal in language and

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so easily translatable. I think we all need a

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new perspective on Bach and a new perspective

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on his music as kind of a tool for enjoyment

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and calmness and centering and how it can feed

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the brain of you know amateurs and children and

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just lovers of music alike. In our upcoming episode

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Bach Reimagined, artistic innovation of timeless

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music for all audiences. I had a pleasure of

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speaking with Eleanor Beinman, pianist arranger

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and recording artist renowned for her inventive

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and accessible transcriptions of Bach's works

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for solo and four -hand piano. With her extensive

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recordings and thriving YouTube channel supporting

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her transcriptions, she is reshaping the way

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we approach and engage with Bach's music. inviting

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pianists of all levels to rediscover its joy,

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beauty, and relevance. My purpose is not to be

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able to play this on my own. My purpose had become

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to make this accessible to people. So one of

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my criteria is that also I don't want this to

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be very difficult because I don't want 3 % of

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the existing pianists to be able to play it.

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I would like, you know, more than 50 % to be

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able to play it. So I'm always... wary of adding

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things that are very difficult. His music sounds

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great no matter what instrument you play it on

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because it is structured on very basic patterns

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that are very clearly manipulated and there's

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something about that that I think appeals to

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our brains because we react to symmetry and structure

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and we somehow see it as something akin to beauty.

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And also there is complexity at the same time.

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Don't miss this episode, which premieres Tuesday,

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May 20th at 8 p .m. Eastern time on our YouTube

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channel and on your go -to podcast platforms.

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If you are a VIP member on Substack, you will

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get early access to the audio version available

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one day before the official release on our Substack

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page. See you all on Tuesday.