Chords for Bach-Stokowski 'Little Fugue' - Bernstein introduces the Maestro

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Orchestral transcriptions of Bach's organ and harpsichord music are usually made by conductors who are not satisfied with the small amount of pieces Bach wrote for orchestra, to say nothing of the smallness of the orchestras he wrote them for.
I hear these virtuoso conductors with hundred-piece symphony orchestras and no Bach for them to play.
So, these conductors reason, let's give them some Bach to play by making big, lavish transcriptions, and these are usually justified by the reasoning that if Bach were alive today with these great overwhelming orchestra machines at his disposal, he would most certainly have given his music the same full treatment.
I'm not completely sold on that argument, but many other conductors are, most notably the great and beloved Maestro Stokowski.
He has made many Bach transcriptions over the years, [N] and one of the most famous is of this very G minor fugue we just heard.
And so here it is again in the grand Stokowski manner.
Of course, ideally, a Stokowski transcription should be conducted by Stokowski himself, and guess what?
We have been lucky enough to persuade the great Maestro to come and conduct it for us in person.
We are proud to welcome none other than Leopold Stokowski. _ _ _
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_ _ _ Thank you, Maestro.
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