Avalon Mentors

Morimur (Bach's Partita in D minor for solo violin)


Listen Later

A commentary on the human artistic endeavor.  Helga Thoene proposes in her essay that Johann Sebastian Bach embedded into the ciaccona (Partita in D minor for solo violin (BWV 1004) numerous mathematical and musical references making the work a memorial, or trombeau, to his deceased wife, Maria Barbara Bach, who died in 1720.

Check out a recording of the Partita here

The album Morimur by the Hilliard Ensemble can be found here

More about the research by Thoene can be found here, here, and here.


The Patreon Page:

https://www.patreon.com/user?u=21129179

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Avalon MentorsBy William J Lasseter

  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5

5

7 ratings


More shows like Avalon Mentors

View all
Fast Asleep
with Gena Marie by Gena Marie

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie

20 Listeners