Tags: music from firing line
02/28/08
Almost as much as I fantasized about having breakfast with Victoria Principal, as a younger man, I longed to attend one of William F. Buckley's famous get-togethers at his apartment- the Elton John after-parties for conservatives. We would have talked, eaten, lit complementary cigarettes from the tobacco industry with $100.00 bills, laughed at the staff's lack of health coverage. No doubt the assemblage of leading lights would have pestered me with questions on the issues of the day, "You're going to have to ask me later, Mr. Kissinger- I'm trying to eat."
We also would have listened to Bach. For years, Firing Line had as its theme song Bach's second Brandenburg Concerto. Bach, of course, along with Beethoven and Mozart (sorry, Michael Bolton) is one of the top three musical geniuses in music history. Bach was the most "mathematical" of the three, by which I mean the most purely musical in the Pythagorean sense and the least emotional in the Tchaikovskian sense. The counter-melody attack from the second horn is one of the glories of music. Trevor Pinnock is the conductor. The part you're looking for is in movement three.
BMV 1047 No. 1:
BMV 1047 No. 2
BMV 1047 No 3
Finally, one of the fine musicians who'd perform at those soires is great harpsichordist and pianist Rosalyn Tureck. Here's one short work from her fantastic ablum of Bach keyboard works:
Minuet BMV 116
Tags: buckley music, classical music on firing line, music from firing line, william buckley and bach
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