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WHO’S “ME”?

You can call me Johann. But don't expect me to answer to that.

My name is Bill.

One morning in 2009 I awoke and realized I wanted to accomplish a few things before my next birthday. So I designed a one-year regimen that immersed me in four of mankind's finest achievements, from literature to music. And a lot in between.

So, starting June 2009, I spent 70 days reading all of Hemingway's novels, 81 days watching every Oscar-winning movie, 30 days studying Aristotle's Poetics, and 180 days listening to everything Mozart composed.

I took a year off and then started up again on June 30, 2011, with 27 Days With Billy Wilder And Me, an exploration of every movie the great director ever, uh, directed.

Now, in this fool's errand, starting July 28, 2011, I'll spend 155 non-stop days listening to everything Johann Sebastian Bach composed.

For more information, see the A Year in the Life page above.

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Day Four: Orchestral Suites 3 & 4 (CD 1-4)

July 31st, 2011 · No Comments · Andrew Manze, Bach at 40-54, Baroque, Bouree, BWV 1068, BWV 1069, BWV 146, CD 1-4, Christoph Lehmann, Fugue, La Stravaganza Koln, Les Claypool, Orchestral Suites 3 and 4, Period Instruments, Primus, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Zero Hour

This CD sounds like a movie score to me, something like Erich Wolfgang Korngold would have written to add flair to an Errol Flynn swashbuckler. It is majestic and triumphant and boisterous. I like it. Of the two Orchestral Suites on this CD, I prefer Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, although I like […]

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Day Four: Orchestral Suites 3 & 4 (CD 1-4)

July 31st, 2011 · No Comments · Andrew Manze, Bach at 40-54, Baroque, Bouree, BWV 1068, BWV 1069, BWV 146, CD 1-4, Christoph Lehmann, Fugue, La Stravaganza Koln, Les Claypool, Orchestral Suites 3 and 4, Period Instruments, Primus, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Zero Hour

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