Goldberg Variations Var 23 #BachUpsideDown

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Dan Tepfer

#BachUpsideDown Variation 23 from Bach's Goldberg Variations, first as written, then upside down (i.e. chromatically inverted). Bach is obsessed with the musical interval of the third here. First, it shows up in an extremely tight canon where the second voice enters only an eighth note behind the first; then in a trilled melody that moves up in thirds eight consecutive times as the second voice interjects in wild blurts; then in an unusual number of consecutive thirds and sixths (an inverted third) between two contrapuntal voices; and finally, after these first three ideas have been developed, it shows up in the last section, where both hands play thirds and sixths in a hilarious hocket. This one is so wild it shocks me every time I play it.

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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