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The WTF Bach Podcast

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Evan Shinners

Hear the music of J.S. Bach with new understanding! For music lovers, to professional musicians. Let Evan Shinners, (aka W.T.F. Bach) guide your mind through a contrapuntal journey. Go to: wtfbach.substack.com for the full experience. [wtfbach.substack.com] (https://wtfbach.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)

#119

Ep. 115: F Major Prelude & Fugue, BWV 856

Anyone else feel like we don’t have enough fugues in F major? In the last of Bach’s four [... more

08 Dec 2025

39 MINS

39:32

08 Dec 2025

#118

Why You Should Listen To This Podcast (Ars Podcastica)

Giving thanks to all my listeners today! Why do you listen to this podcast? The original S... more

27 Nov 2025

17 MINS

17:10

27 Nov 2025

#117

Ep. 114: Bach Improvises On His Prelude

Something’s missing: The fact that this piece was conceived independently of its solo line... more

24 Nov 2025

54 MINS

54:38

24 Nov 2025

#116

Ep. 113: New Bach Works (!) Heard TODAY

Just a few moments ago, two newly christened works were connected to Bach’s name for the t... more

17 Nov 2025

40 MINS

40:43

17 Nov 2025

#115

(5 min. Rant) Self-Inflationary Language!

—More matter with less art. (Hamlet, II.ii) Got friends who speak English? Spread W.T.F. P... more

13 Nov 2025

05 MINS

05:50

13 Nov 2025

#114

Ep. 112: E-flat or D-sharp minor?

“Whoever has once felt this wonderful tranquility has comprehended the mysterious spirit t... more

08 Nov 2025

1 HR 12 MINS

1:12:22

08 Nov 2025

#113

Ep. 111: The Blind Organist's Improvisations and Registrations

A most precious 15 minutes of audio. In improvised miniatures with different combinations ... more

30 Oct 2025

21 MINS

21:22

30 Oct 2025

#112

Ep. 110: Bach Put A Fugue Inside A Prelude?

Continuing our study of The Well-Tempered Clavier, ( [hear the first episode in this serie... more

22 Oct 2025

49 MINS

49:08

22 Oct 2025

#111

Ep. 109: 'The Swimmer' by John Cheever

“Cheever was a reasonably tormented man.” -Jerry Lowenthal Enjoy this short story— one of ... more

14 Oct 2025

27 MINS

27:43

14 Oct 2025

#110

Ep. 108: Bach's D Minor Prelude and Fugue, Book One

How boring would this be? Admittedly, I still find that beautiful, but Bach is one note ah... more

08 Oct 2025

45 MINS

45:07

08 Oct 2025

#109

Ep. 107: D Major Fugue, To Dot... or Not?

While the ‘double-dot’ may well have shown up during Bach’s lifetime, I’m not aware of him... more

30 Sep 2025

40 MINS

40:50

30 Sep 2025

#108

(6 Min. Rant) Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth

(Rated PG) Don’t Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth instamus tamen inmemores caecique furore,e... more

24 Sep 2025

07 MINS

07:22

24 Sep 2025

#107

Ep. 106: What is Bach's 'Musical Offering?'

[J.S. Bach: Complete Keyboard Works, Vol. 5- Musical Offering, Suite 823] (https://modernc... more

18 Sep 2025

59 MINS

59:58

18 Sep 2025

#106

Ep. 105: Isak Dinesen, 'The Immortal Story'

Enjoy this powerful story (1953) by Karen Blixen.-Evan We Survive on your Donations! Thank... more

05 Sep 2025

43 MINS

43:25

05 Sep 2025

#105

Ep. 104: Bach (Almost) Spells His Name in a 5-Voice Triple Fugue

“Bach the master surgeon leaves no scar.” Listen on wtfbach.substack.com for the best expe... more

28 Aug 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:11

28 Aug 2025

#104

Ep. 103: The 'Covid Etude' Moral + Tureck’s Hallucination (11 min.)

“It seems that classical musicians — and as I now understand, jazz musicians at conservato... more

19 Aug 2025

23 MINS

23:46

19 Aug 2025

#103

Ep. 102: Bach's Most Famous Prelude (& Fugue...) BWV 846

In the beginning was the arpeggio, and the arpeggio was in C major, and the arpeggio was C... more

05 Aug 2025

54 MINS

54:32

05 Aug 2025

#102

Ep. 101: The Well-Tempered Clavier! Analysis, History, Revisions

It’s high time we delve into what Schumann called a musician’s ‘daily bread.’ The Well-Tem... more

25 Jul 2025

52 MINS

52:41

25 Jul 2025

#101

(4 Min. Rant) Literally Can't Thank You Enough in Advance

PG-13 Warning. This isn’t the norm—just testing the cult of Shinners. Future episodes stay... more

11 Jul 2025

03 MINS

03:55