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21 Feb 2024 Conversations with Tyler Masaaki Suzuki on Interpreting Bach
“Quite a mysterious feel, I think. I’m trying to understand, and I’m trying to come closer to a sense of Bach’s mind, but actually, it is very, very difficult.”
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- Masaaki Suzuki
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- 21 Feb 2024
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…How good a sense of the grasp of Bach’s mind do you feel you have? Or is he just a complete mystery to you? Quite a mysterious feel, I think. I’m trying to understand, and I’m trying to come closer to a sense of Bach’s mind, but actually, it is very, very difficult. The more you work, the more distant you can get. That’s true. [laughter] When you’re hiring for the Bach Collegium Japan, of course, they have to be wonderful musicians, but given the extreme productivity demands that will be placed on them, what is it you look for in the people you hire?…
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