Oliver Soden

Rescued by the Goldberg Variations

The American critic Philip Kennicott describes how playing Bach’s great work helped him overcome childhood traumas

issue 14 March 2020

  • Counterpoint: A Memoir of Bach and Mourning

    Philip Kennicott

    Norton, pp. 256, £21

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