American classical pianist and educator Christopher O’Riley has spent his career gleefully ignoring musical boundaries and playing whatever turned him on. In addition to playing Beethoven, Busoni, Ravel, Scriabin, and Liszt, he’s also arranged music by Nick Drake, Nirvana, Elliot Smith, and Radiohead; he leads masterclasses covering nearly every aspect of piano playing and repertoire from 1600 to 2020. Christopher O’Riley’s latest album is of J.S. Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier, done in a distinctly personal, even idiosyncratic style. He presents his years-long study of the Preludes &amp; Fugues by Bach and a recent arrangement of a classic popular song, in-studio.
Set list: 1. Bach: Prelude &amp; Fugue #1 in C major, BWV 846 2. Bach: Prelude &amp; Fugue #4 in C# minor, BWV 849 3."Over the Rainbow"

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American classical pianist and educator Christopher O’Riley has spent his career gleefully ignoring musical boundaries and playing whatever turned him on. In addition to playing Beethoven, Busoni, Ravel, Scriabin, and Liszt, he’s also arranged music by Nick Drake, Nirvana, Elliot Smith, and Radiohead; he leads masterclasses covering nearly every aspect of piano playing and repertoire from 1600 to 2020. Christopher O’Riley’s latest album is of J.S. Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier, done in a distinctly personal, even idiosyncratic style. He presents his years-long study of the Preludes &amp; Fugues by Bach and a recent arrangement of a classic popular song, in-studio. Set list: 1. Bach: Prelude &amp; Fugue #1 in C major, BWV 846 2. Bach: Prelude &amp; Fugue #4 in C# minor, BWV 849 3."Over the Rainbow"

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Pianist Christopher O'Riley on the Life-Changing Music of J.S. Bach

Pianist Christopher O'Riley on the Life-Changing Music of J.S. Bach

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