Virtuoso Voices™ - Hilary Hahn (Keep it Clean)  0:25
March 2010 CD 


[Use this clip to enhance your introduction of Hilary Hahn playing Bach, including her new CD, "Voices and Violin" (DGG 001383202); Tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12 are recommended.  Also – Solo Bach (Sony 62793 and Sony 92749); Bach Violin Concertos, Violin/Oboe Concerto and the Double Concerto (DGG 000098602).  Hilary Hahn’s entire discography is available at www.arkivmusic.com.]


SUGGESTED HOST INTRO

There's a lot going on in Bach – beautiful melodies, complex, and at times conflicting harmonies and intricate rhythms – all happening simultaneously.  Sometimes, we hear people say Bach is a master craftsman, and violinist Hilary Hahn says he achieves that status by keeping things "clean."


Hilary Hahn Clip:

"Clean in the sense of not being cluttered.  If you just play what he writes, it becomes a pleasant cacophony, and with this music it’s just a crime to let that happen.  So you really have to delve into it, be very emotionally involved with it, then you get on stage and you listen to what your colleagues are doing, you respond to that and it really comes alive."


SUGGESTED HOST OUTRO

Violinist Hilary Hahn explaining the near assembly line approach to playing Bach – and how she and her colleagues make the interplay of melody, harmony and rhythm appear seamless.  You might try focusing on one of those elements, and then listen to how Bach merges them all together.  Or, just listen and let it all wash over you as the composer intended.  (Insert music title and performers.)




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