It became important to me to focus on a new way of looking at Bach's music and that by virtue of the fact that I transcribed for piano. And it's really a different way of seeing his music because as a musician who played several instruments himself, he obviously approached whatever he wrote with the particular instrument in mind. Yet his music is so universal in language and
so easily translatable. I think we all need a new perspective on Bach and a new perspective on his music as kind of a tool for enjoyment and calmness and centering and how it can feed the brain of you know amateurs and children and just lovers of music alike. In our upcoming episode Bach Reimagined, artistic innovation of timeless
music for all audiences. I had a pleasure of speaking with Eleanor Beinman, pianist arranger and recording artist renowned for her inventive and accessible transcriptions of Bach's works for solo and four -hand piano. With her extensive recordings and thriving YouTube channel supporting her transcriptions, she is reshaping the way we approach and engage with Bach's music. inviting pianists of all levels to rediscover its joy, beauty, and relevance. My purpose is not to be
able to play this on my own. My purpose had become to make this accessible to people. So one of my criteria is that also I don't want this to be very difficult because I don't want 3 % of the existing pianists to be able to play it. I would like, you know, more than 50 % to be able to play it. So I'm always... wary of adding
things that are very difficult. His music sounds great no matter what instrument you play it on because it is structured on very basic patterns that are very clearly manipulated and there's something about that that I think appeals to our brains because we react to symmetry and structure and we somehow see it as something akin to beauty. And also there is complexity at the same time. Don't miss this episode, which premieres Tuesday,
May 20th at 8 p .m. Eastern time on our YouTube channel and on your go -to podcast platforms. If you are a VIP member on Substack, you will get early access to the audio version available one day before the official release on our Substack page. See you all on Tuesday.