#BachUpsideDown Variation 26 from Bach's Goldberg Variations, first as written, then upside down (i.e. chromatically inverted). Variation 26 is a barn-burner, a shocking contrast to the deep introspection of Variation 25. It needs to be fast to make this contrast as stark as possible, and the extreme hand-crossing combined with the symmetry of the left and right hands makes this perhaps the most technically challenging of all. Did I mention that this variation is in two time-signatures simultaneously? The lines are in 18/16, the chords in 3/4. One of my favorite aspects of this variation is the harmony, with the chords constantly suspending against the prevailing harmony of the lines. In the inversion, these suspensions sound wild, like nothing I've heard before.
I'm performing Goldberg Variations / Variations Feb 21st to celebrate the completion of the #BachUpsideDown project. $5 livestream tickets at dantepfer.com/tix
Sheet music and thoughts on the #BachUpsideDown project at http://dantepfer.com/bachupsidedown
Full #BachUpsideDown playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUzNnspxG1f7AjeMgZ_1nE0D6TH9zrH9R
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