The Well-TAMPERED Clavier: A rhythmic reimagining of JS Bach by Sam Post

About this episode

The episode explores Sam Post's rhythmic reimagining of JS Bach's experimental spirit.

JS Bach was experimental, and that spirit has carried on into the 21st century with composers and pianists like Sam Post and Ralitza Patcheva. While Bach was experimenting with using all 12 major and minor keys at a single keyboard, Sam Post's rhythmic reimagining brings together elements that didn't exist in Bach's time.

Topics covered

• JS Bach
• Sam Post
• music
• piano
• rhythm

Keywords

• reimagining
• 21st century
• composers
• pianists

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