OK this post is a day late, but I played the Prelude in F major both yesterday and the day before, and the Fugue (and the F major Sinfonia) yesterday. I couldn’t wait to post, and so I utterly forgot to post. Isn’t this our life these days?
I hope you played the F major yesterday. What did you think? I’ll tell you what I think, I think it’s one of the most sublime preludes ever written. I think Bach is introducing us to Debussy about 150 years early. It just floats like sweet F major rose incense over my piano while I play. What a gift.
Comments:
Nadia: Hi everyone! I really enjoyed playing F major yesterday and came back to the fugue multiple times throughout the day. Next, I played F minor (from Book 1) which brought a feeling of nostalgia to me. This was the prelude and fugue I worked on for a few years in high school and it was arguably one of my favorite sets from the WTC collection. Sadly, I was never able to perform the fugue but I always wish I did because it has so many beautiful lines especially when it goes into 4 voices. Hope everyone else is having fun playing through Book 2!
Helen: So glad that you went back and back to the fugue several times. I do that a lot, both with preludes and fugues, and accompanying inventions. The F major WTCI is a lovely fugue!
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