Sounds Like with Sean Chen - All about that...Bach

By Sean Chen,

Sam Wisman

Published July 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM CDT

The "Lament Bass” is a descending bassline that has evoked deep sadness and mourning for pretty much all of music history.

Dido's Lament ("When I am laid in earth") from Dido and Aeneas
by Henry Purcell

Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Var. 25
by Johann Sebastian Bach

Symphonie fantastique, H. 48: Vb. Songe d'une nuit du Sabbat. Dies irae
by Hector Berlioz

Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano - Lamento. Adagio
by György Ligeti

Sounds Like with Sean Chen

Sean Chen

Sean Chen creates custom musical mashups for Classical KC's "Sounds Like with Sean Chen."

Sam Wisman

Sam Wisman is Production Director for 91.9 Classical KC and a backup announcer for KCUR 89.3