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It is the start of my second week off from uni, and on Thursday, I'll be at the Melbourne Recital Centre for Erin Helyard performing Bach's Goldberg Variations on harpsichord. Thirty variations unfolding from a single aria, each one its own universe of mathematical precision and emotional depth. I remember Helyard conducting Handel's Messiah with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in December 2024, and I was in the chorus. His direction brought out those moments where text and music fused into something transcendent.
This week, I should finally get access to my units at the new uni. My Learning Access Plan is now active, which feels good after so much advocacy. These accommodations will create conditions that enable my brain to show what it can do rather than what it can't.
Music has always been the language I understand most fluently. In the architecture of Bach's variations, there's something about the way complexity emerges from simplicity that mirrors how I experience learning itself. One foundational idea, endlessly transformed. Each variation is a different lens, a different pathway to understanding. Perhaps that's why the Goldberg Variations feel so essential right now. They remind me that depth isn't about covering more ground but about exploring what's already there with greater attention.
The space between finishing one semester and beginning another holds its own music. Rest isn't absence. It's the silence between notes that gives them meaning.
#ClassicalMusic #Bach #GoldbergVariations #Harpsichord #BaroqueMusic #MelbourneRecitalCentre #AuDHD #Blind #DisabilityAccess #LearningAccessPlan #CounsellingMasters #MusicAndIdentity #Reflection
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It is the start of my second week off from uni, and on Thursday, I'll be at the Melbourne Recital Centre for Erin Helyard performing Bach's Goldberg Variations on harpsichord. Thirty variations unfolding from a single aria, each one its own universe of mathematical precision and emotional depth. I remember Helyard conducting Handel's Messiah with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in December 2024, and I was in the chorus. His direction brought out those moments where text and music fused into something transcendent.
This week, I should finally get access to my units at the new uni. My Learning Access Plan is now active, which feels good after so much advocacy. These accommodations will create conditions that enable my brain to show what it can do rather than what it can't.
Music has always been the language I understand most fluently. In the architecture of Bach's variations, there's something about the way complexity emerges from simplicity that mirrors how I experience learning itself. One foundational idea, endlessly transformed. Each variation is a different lens, a different pathway to understanding. Perhaps that's why the Goldberg Variations feel so essential right now. They remind me that depth isn't about covering more ground but about exploring what's already there with greater attention.
The space between finishing one semester and beginning another holds its own music. Rest isn't absence. It's the silence between notes that gives them meaning.
#ClassicalMusic #Bach #GoldbergVariations #Harpsichord #BaroqueMusic #MelbourneRecitalCentre #AuDHD #Blind #DisabilityAccess #LearningAccessPlan #CounsellingMasters #MusicAndIdentity #Reflection
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For me the Gould/Bernstein Bach keyboard concertos
https://youtu.be/6mnfl1y7fcw
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RT @Prof_Andra
Happy #WorldPianoDay on the 88th day of the year celebrating the 88 keys of the piano. A favourite remains the #GoldbergVariations two piano transcription performed by @twopianists ! (@ninaschumann & @luis_piano) https://youtu.be/8z3Qpy9CGfw
https://twitter.com/Prof_Andra/status/1641154369293828106 -
Working on Xmas cards while listening to a mostly #Bach playlist. Right now it's the #Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in d minor, than which there is nothing more glorious (save perhaps the #CelloSuites and the #GoldbergVariations, which will follow shortly).
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Working on Xmas cards while listening to a mostly #Bach playlist. Right now it's the #Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in d minor, than which there is nothing more glorious (save perhaps the #CelloSuites and the #GoldbergVariations, which will follow shortly).
#NotXmasMusic -
Working on Xmas cards while listening to a mostly #Bach playlist. Right now it's the #Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in d minor, than which there is nothing more glorious (save perhaps the #CelloSuites and the #GoldbergVariations, which will follow shortly).
#NotXmasMusic
