Switched on Bach

Evening Music | May 6, 2010
When Wendy Carlos released “Switched on Bach,” the now notorious album of Bach compositions for Moog synthesizer, the record received a mixed reception to say the least. It was one of the first classical albums to go platinum, but many purists considered it to be musical blasphemy. Tonight we hear selections from this infamous album as part of Evening Music’s Bachanalia, an ongoing festival celebrating Bach’s birth.

Also Featured Tonight:

Alec Wilder / Suite No. 2 for Tenor Sax and Strings
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat, K. 417
Max Reger / Variations and Fugue on a theme of Bach Op 81
Edvard Grieg / Two Elegiac Melodies: "Spring," Op. 34/2
Arnold Rosner / "A Gentle Musicke," Op. 44

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