Songlines #10: Bach to the Future (James Rhodes)
Shooting the pianist
The Question:
What piece of music means the most to you?
One of the world’s outstanding pianists, James Rhodes, speaks eloquently – on a fag break after a shoot for a forthcoming Channel 4 multiplatform project on music education – about a supremely resonant, moving piece of music central to his life.
The Piece: the chaconne from D minor partita for solo violin, transcribed for piano
The Composer: Bach, transcribed by Busoni
Here’s what the piece sounds like:
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