Menoizikul; Midweek Musicalisms

As stated at the start of the month, there were only three composers who fitted the 'lesser-known' intention of this series. Of the famous names to pick for the closing music for March, it was just impossible to go past J S Bach! Born on the 21st March, 1685, in Eisenach, Germany, he left an undisputed legacy in music. Mathematical precision, geometrical and mesmerising rhythms, lyrical and philosophical passages that reach into the very core of the listener... I do not believe there is any work of this composer that fails to delight (and I have listened to a great, great deal of JSB over the years).

Here, today, a short and peaceful item from the Goldberg variations. I had the Glenn Gould version on vinyl and still consider it one of the definitive performances. However, the more recent Canadian pianist, Angela Hewitt, certainly equals it...