SOPP333: I think it is not a torture, it is a necessity for Bach
This question was sent by Lukasz. And he starts with his questions, with a quote from our previous podcast conversation about performing the Dorian Toccata by Bach, where Ausra, says:\n\n..."A: Well, unless you would use the 5th and 4th finger to make the trill.\n \nV: \u201cOh, that\u2019s...that\u2019s torture!\u201d\n \nA: \u201cIt is! Or maybe you could play those 16th notes with your left hand"\u2026 So Lukasz later writes:\n \nI think it is not a torture, it is a necessity for Bach. Try to play Goldberg's without 5th and 4th trills in right ... and left hand... agree, at start it is difficult, but for Bach - in my opinion - necessary, same like playing parallel sixths legato in one hand - same right and left hand. I also considered these things as too difficult, something just from art of circus and not really needed for organ. Until the time I've start to work with Goldberg's variations\u2014which I loved and when I started to play it I went crazy about it. But by the way, it completely overturned my manual technique. More\u2014I practiced it on SINGLE!!! manual organ!!! Yes\u2014I have been working on them for a long time, I will say honestly, I will work on them until the end of my life. (By the way, many musicians - including Glenn Gould - say and I confirm it\u2014that as you start to play Goldberg Variations\u2014it will stay with you for the rest of your life.) This is really amazing music\u2014not just for listening\u2014but especially for playing. It changes a lot\u2014also playing the ornaments and long trills by 4 and 5 fingers appears to be not a torture :)\nHave a nice weekend\nLukasz