The Well-Tempered Ear
Classical music: YOU MUST SEE AND HEAR THIS: Tap dancing to Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations
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By Jacob Stockinger
The Ear really likes the “Goldberg” Variations by Johann Sebastian Bach (below).
In fast, he probably owns more recordings of that work than of any other.
And The Ear also likes tap dancing – although for his life he could not do even the most basic moves.
But it would never occur to The Ear to combine tap dancing and the “Goldberg” Variations.
But it did occur to tap dancer Caleb Teicher and pianist Conrad Tao (below) who teamed up to do just that — at least for the opening aria and first variation of the epic work.
It’s not profound, but it sure is fun.
And thanks to the Deceptive Cadence blog on National Public Radio, you can see and hear the four-minute video, done at the Steinway Factory and presented by the New York Philharmonic, for yourself.
Here it is.
Enjoy it.
You can find some other tap dancing and other dancing to the Goldbergs on YouTube . But please let The Ear know of any similar combination between other works of classical music and tap dancing that you have seen or heard or thought of and can suggest.
The Ear wants to hear.
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