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Bach and Belief | The New Yorker

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Sonatina from Bach’s Cantata BWV 106, “Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit,” arr. György Kurtág; G. and M. Kurtág, upright piano; BMC CD 123. The…

Save this story Save this story _Sonatina from Bach’s Cantata BWV 106, “_ Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit,” arr. György Kurtág; G. and M. Kurtág, upright piano; BMC CD 123 . The Hungarian composer György Kurtág, perhaps the most widely revered figure in contemporary European music, speaks his mind in an eponymous new book from the University of Rochester Press. The volume was compiled by the music publisher Bálint András Varga, and, like many of Kurtág’s finest pieces, it is short but densely packed. In three extended interviews with Varga, the composer provides piercing insights into a va

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