Mr. Kernis right in saying “Bach has everything” I disagree though that one is to “leave Bach out” of his compositions.

Mozart’s Requiem “repackages” Bach’s Cantatas and Masses! He really did nothing new. Yet, it’s considered by many his best work. The reason is obvious. Beethoven incorporated ideas right and left from the Goldberg Variations, like his trill in the Waldstein; almost a direct lift from Goldberg #28. Not to mention all of the hands over stuff. So why are today’s composers afraid of tradition. In my estimation, “Penny Lane” by the Beatles has been the best effort yet in writing a companion to the Brandenburgs. The trumpet solo in Brandenburg #2 actually inspired Paul to ask George Martin to score for the “Bach” trumpet. A fine effort indeed.

Sorry, I don't get it (the “New Atonal Brandenburgs”). I'm a traditionalist. My motto is "WWBD” when I write (what would Bach do). Johann Sebastian Bach did seem to be playing with a little "atonality" himself on that first movement with those French horns while still maintaining the traditional harmony. I always did notice that about the first movement of Brandenburg #1. Bach, who even at the sight of emotionally swaying harpsichordists would refer to them as "harpsichord horsemen", might have had a hard time dealing with such atonality that has been displayed in all of the compositions written on his behalf this week. I would like to have heard at least one true traditional fugue. It’s not hard to do if one, as Herr Bach said, “puts the notes in the right place!”