099 - My Bach Year

Podcast: Field Notes on Music Teaching & Learning · Ashley Danyew

Opublikowano: 2026-09-16

It started with an aspiration: “I want to get back into regular practicing,” I said to Steve one day. “But without a performance commitment, it’s hard to justify the time. What’s the point?” “There doesn’t need to be a point,” he said simply. “Do it for you. I think you’d enjoy it.” In that moment, I gave myself permission to start: A recommitment, a new routine, an artistic practice. But what would I play? Almost immediately, I thought of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier. I played a few of the preludes and fugues from Book 1 in high...