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A Year of Bach

by Evan Goldfine

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Philosopher Rebecca Lowe on Bach: "It Feels Like Going Home"

October 20, 2026 · 57 min

A conversation with political philosopher Rebecca Lowe (The Ends Don’t Justify the Means) about objectivity and musical beauty, the differences between American and British choral singing, and her skepticism about historically-informed…
Guitarist Miles Okazaki on the Rhythms of Bach and Monk

August 14, 2026 · 34 min

Guitarist and composer Miles Okazaki has been an important guitarist in the New York jazz scene for over twenty years. His latest album is Boomtown, featuring a large chamber jazz ensemble playing his jagged Americana. Miles is best known…
"Making Music Visible": Ballerina and Critic Faye Arthurs on Dancing Bach

August 3, 2026 · 34 min

Faye Arthurs spent two decades at New York City Ballet dancing Balanchine, Robbins, and Wheeldon. She originated a role in Wheeldon’s Scenes de Ballet while still a student at SAB, and she danced Robbins’ Goldberg Variations. She now…
"You Can't Be Rote" - Harpsichordist Lillian Gordis on Keeping Bach Fresh

June 16, 2026 · 37 min

Lillian Gordis is a Franco-American harpsichordist born in Berkeley, California, and based in Paris. Her latest album is J.S. Bach: Partita No. 6, English Suite & Preludes and Fugues, released in 2026 on the French label Artalinna, and…
Bach’s Transformations, with Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya

April 29, 2026 · 32 min

In this episode of A Year of Bach, Evan talks with keyboardist Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya about her new harpsichord album Transformations, which explores Bach’s adaptations of works by composers including Marcello and Vivaldi. The…

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Guitarist Scott Tennant on the Lute Suites and Teaching Bach

March 12, 2026 · 33 min

What a pleasure to speak to guitar hero Scott Tennant about playing and teaching Bach. We talked about his early days with the instrument, how he became a nylon pumper, and how strange it is that most of us guitarists love the Spanish…
Erik Hall on Bach and the Minimalists

February 26, 2026 · 41 min

A conversation with Erik Hall, a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and one of the most compelling interpreters of the minimalist canon. We talk about the surprising resonances between J.S. Bach and composers like Steve Reich, Charlemagne…
Violist and author Edward Klorman on Bach's Cello Suites

January 4, 2026 · 44 min

Violist and Author Edward Klorman discusses his new book, Bach: The Cello Suites, and adds commentary at the keyboard. Edward's website: http://Edwardklorman.com/ A Year of Bach Substack: https://yearofbach.substack.com This is a…
Historian Richard Tedlow on Bach's Charisma, and Trump's

September 22, 2025 · 51 min

Historian Richard Tedlow joins me to ask what made Bach charismatic in his own time and ours. He also argues that no matter the political situation, “Bach’s music is going to exist as long as the human race exists and can’t be taken away.”…
FCC Commissioner Reed Hundt on the early Internet, Bach, and "ER"

August 19, 2025 · 47 min

As Commissioner of the FCC during the Clinton administration, Reed Hundt helped shape the modern internet. We speak about his attending the first Beatles concert in the USA (with his friend Al Gore), and the democratization of publishing…
Tyler Cowen on Bach, Beethoven, John, and Paul

August 7, 2025 · 45 min

I’ve listened to Tyler Cowen talk for hundreds of hours about economics, music, history, art, travel, and regional cuisine, so meeting him on Zoom felt a little like stepping through The Purple Rose of Cairo. My composure mostly held, and…
‘Everything is melody’: Classical Guitarist Jason Vieaux on Bach

July 10, 2025 · 40 min

Episode 2 of A Year of Bach Podcast features my conversation with the great classical guitarist Jason Vieaux. We talked about the pleasures and sorrows of adapting Bach for guitar, how not to play too big in a recording studio, and the…

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About the show

Bach is the greatest, and we still don’t talk about him enough. A Year of Bach extends my year-long listening project into conversation. I sit down with writers, philosophers, economists, and entrepreneurs to ask how this 300-year-old music continually rewrites us. Subscribe here: https://yearofbach.substack.com/ yearofbach.substack.com