Interpreting Bach

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One of the most fascinating aspects of playing music is that so many people play the same piece in different ways - as they should. As a performer, a musician makes hundreds of minute decisions during the preparation of a work to get the performance they want. These decisions are often grounded in intuition, musicians and personal preferences.

Here are three performances of the same work. In this case Back's Prelude from the Cello Suite number 4.

Bruno Cocset