Missed opportunity to create a rich drama from this intriguing historical encounter Why is it so hard to write a decent play about Bach? Maybe, in part, because there are no words that can express anything as eloquently as his music did " about life and death, pain and transcendence, wretchedness or rapture at the simplest aspects of existence. So much of what he represented was distilled into that music " and what w…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:24AM on February 28, 2025