Symphony Listening Program - Bach
- What
- Symphony Listening Program - Bach
- When
- 2/6/2026
Day 1: This week's feature composer is Johann Sebastian Bach (Bawk). The feature composition is Invention No. 14 . J. S. Bach was a composer and a teacher. He composed inventions for his piano students. He created music that would be fun to play but would also build strength and speed in their fingers. In his Invention No. 14, he decided to write a short, quick, uphill and downhill motive. To make this invention interesting to play, Bach used this motif right-side-up and upside-down.
Day 2: This week's feature composer is Johann Sebastian Bach. The feature composition is Invention No. 14 . For his Invention No. 14, Bach created a short, quick uphill and downhill motive. He sometimes used this short melody right-side-up, sometimes upside-down. Because Bach wanted his piano students to have fun while they were strengthening their fingers, he designed his Invention so that the right hand and the left hand take turns.
Day 3: This week's feature composer is Johann Sebastian Bach. The feature composition is Invention No. 14. Bach composed his inventions for his piano students. He knew they had to practice so that both right and left hands would be able to play with strength and speed. He cleverly arranged his short, quick, up and down melody so that sometimes the hands take turns with the motive, and sometimes they play it at the same time; sometimes they play it right-side-up and sometimes upside-down. Bach knew his students would have some fun if he kept things unpredictable.
Day 4: This week's feature composer is Johann Sebastian Bach. The feature composition is Invention No. 14. In his Invention No. 14, Bach created a short up and down motive. He knew his students would build strength and speed in their fingers because sometimes the right and left hand take turns and sometimes they play together. But Bach also wanted this invention to be fun to play, so he decided to sometimes have the motive played right-side-up and sometimes upside-down.
Day 5: This week's feature composition is Invention No. 14. Can you think of the name of the composer? (Short pause.) Are you thinking of Johann Sebastian Bach? Good for you. I wonder who had more fun with Invention No. 14's up and down, right hand and left hand, right-side-up and upside-down melody-Bach or his piano students?