WTF Bach

(5 Min. Rant) Customer Support Hero I'm Not a Pianist, I'm a Musical Excellence Facilitator

Language is being perverted: Customer Support Hero open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...

Ep. 124: Joy in G Major. Book One. The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 860, Prelude and Fugue

NEW EPISODE! Joy in G Major. Book One. open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...

Ep. 123: The Negroni & 'Paradise Lost' PLUS 'Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott' BWV 721

The #Negroni & #ParadiseLost open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...

Ep. 122: Was F-Sharp Minor Golgotha? Or was it b minor? Prelude and Fugue No. 14, in f# minor, BWV 859

Was F-Sharp Minor Golgotha? #Bach and the #theology of #tonality: open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...

Ep. 121: So... What Does 'Well-Tempered' Mean? Analysis of the F# Major Prelude and Fugue, BWV 858

What Does 'Well-Tempered' Mean? #temperament #tuning #bach open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...

Opinion | Classical Music Doesn’t Need a Glow-Up Concert halls and symphony orchestras try to lure younger listeners by mutilating the music. There’s a better way.

Stop using gimmicks to entice people into embracing classical music, writes Evan Shinners, the host of the podcast “W.T.F. Bach.”

Thanks!

Opinion | Bach Doesn’t Need a Glow-Up

My Guest Essay in the #NewYorkTimes @nytimes.com @nytimesoped.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o...

Ep. 120: A Double Canon (4 Parts from 2 Lines) BWV 608, Gorgeous Chorale Prelude on 'In Dulci Jubilo'

#BWV608 A Double Canon (4 Parts from 2 Lines) open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...

Ep. 119: Special Guest! Paul Jacobs Concert Organist, Chair of the Organ Department, Juilliard

NEW SPECIAL GUEST: Interview with organist Paul Jacobs open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...

Ep. 118: How to Practice! (+ Advice for Teens) Efficiency Advice from Classic Organ Method Books

Ep. 118: How to Practice! (+ Advice for Teens)
open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...

Ep. 117: I Forgot C Minor! BWV 847 Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1, and c minor Invention BWV 773

#Well-TemperedClavier I Forgot C Minor! #BWV847 #JSBach open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...

Ep. 116: Chromatic Finale Of The First Half, BWV 857 F minor, Book One, Well-Tempered Clavier

#BWV857 Chromatic Finale Of The First Half, f minor book one open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...

(5 Min. Rant) How To Twist A Shirt YouTube These Days....Know a YouTuber?

A YouTube Mockery. Enjoy. open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...

Ep. 115: F Major Prelude & Fugue, BWV 856 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book One (With some revisions to the e minor solo)

#JSBach F Major Prelude & Fugue, #BWV856 Well-Tempered Clavier open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...

Ep. 114: Bach Improvises On His Prelude Well-Tempered Clavier, e minor, E Major, BWV 854, 855

NEW EPISODE: Bach Improvises On His Prelude #bwv855 open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...

Ep. 113: New Bach Works (!) Heard TODAY Two Brand-New Chaconnes by J.S. Bach (Organ Works, 1705/1707)

Newly Discovered Bach Works (!) Heard TODAY -wow! open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...

(5 min. Rant) Self-Inflationary Language Actually. Yeah, no.

Rant: Our Self-Inflationary Language! open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...

Ep. 112: E-flat or D-sharp minor? Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 853, Prelude and Fugue no. 8

#BWV853 E-flat or D-sharp minor? open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...

Ep. 111: The Blind Organist's Improvisations and Registrations Helmut Walcha's Demonstrations from his 1947 Bach Cycle (Schnitger Organ, Cappel)

Helmut Walcha demonstrates the possibilities of organ registration: open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...

YouTube video by W.T.F. Bach J.S. Bach, Fugue in a minor, BWV 959 (OPEN SCORE)

#Fugue! #BWV959 #jsbach Totally outrageous early Bach fugue. Enjoy!

youtu.be/ZTreseHU7ps?...

Ep. 110: Bach Put A Fugue Inside A Prelude? Well-Tempered Clavier, E-Flat Major, BWV 852

#BWV852 Bach Put A Fugue Inside A Prelude? open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...

YouTube video by W.T.F. Bach J.S. Bach, Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 682 (in OPEN SCORE + Sheet Music)

J.S. Bach, Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 682 (in OPEN SCORE)
youtu.be/5iQuocYRdkY?...
#Bach, #JohannSebastianBach, #BWV682, #VaterunserimHimmelreich, #Organchorale, #Leipzigchorales, #ClavierÜbungIII, #Baroqueorganmusic, #Organcounterpoint, #Churchmusic, #Bachchoraleprelude

Thanks for listening!

Ep. 109: 'The Swimmer' by John Cheever Audiobook, Short Story (1964)

#AUDIOBOOK 'The Swimmer' by John #Cheever #JohnCheever open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...

Ep. 108: Bach's D Minor Prelude and Fugue, Book One Well-Tempered Clavier BWV 851, Analysis, Early Versions, Performance Practice

#BWV851 #WellTempered #Bach D Minor Prelude and Fugue, Book One open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...

Ep. 107: D Major Fugue, To Dot... or Not? 'Double-Dotting' in Bach's BWV 850, Well-Tempered Book One

Double Dots in Bach? #BWV850 D Major Fugue, To Dot... or Not? open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...

Thanks! What a suite, right?

(6 Min. Rant) Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth Idioms we use. Proverbs we shouldn't.

Brief Rant on Idioms and Proverbs:
"Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth" open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...