• 373 - Matthew Wilkinson - Mystical Bach and the Breakdown of Music

  • Jan 5 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
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373 - Matthew Wilkinson - Mystical Bach and the Breakdown of Music

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  • For this interview I have a great discussion with organist, pianist, conductor, arranger, and recording artist Matthew Wilkinson, who also happened to put together the Symbolic World intro music. We delve into the symbolism of music, particularly focusing on Bach's organ works. The discussion also touches on the evolution of musical styles from the Baroque period to the Classical, modern and postmodern eras, the historical context of music, from the music of the spheres to modern dissonance, and how these concepts reflect broader ideas about hierarchy and opposites.

    Support Matthew Wilkinson's wonderful work:
    Check out his website and buy his CD: https://matthewwilkinson.net/
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/24DSGAdbVt7by0JHEqTwMh?si=ZJlpdMkcSg6SfMvz7YbkFg
    YouTube: https://youtube.com/@matthewwilkinson2276?si=m1gbZgTSpOALVdq5

    Join us for Annie Crawford's course on C.S. Lewis' Till We Have Faces, starting live on January 17th, 2025. Learn more here: https://www.thesymbolicworld.com/courses/till-we-have-faces-with-annie-crawford

    Original YouTube version: https://youtu.be/d-9FRODiDKM

    Timestamps:
    00:00 - Coming up
    00:56 - Intro music
    01:21 - Introduction
    02:18 - The album on Bach
    05:38 - Trinitarian symbolism
    14:49 - Meaning in structure vs outside it
    20:15 - The hero's journey
    22:05 - Signatures
    25:06 - Subject and countersubject
    26:19 - The organ
    29:25 - Going through the entrances
    32:39 - Various subjects
    35:03 - Baroque
    36:37 - Counterpoint
    37:21 - Duality in music
    40:14 - Music of the spheres
    43:54 - Hierarchy in beats
    47:15 - Glenn Gould
    49:19 - The dialectic
    51:04 - Hierarchy in music
    55:16 - Music in the modern era
    01:07:45 - Postmodernism

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    My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.
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