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Bach
Fretwork
Date
Mon 18 Sep 2017, 1.00pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
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  • Fretwork

    Programme

    • Johann Sebastian Bach
      1685-1750
        • The Art of Fugue BWV1080
          :
        • Contrapuncti 1–11
        • Contrapunctus 14 (completion by Richard Boothby) (completed by Richard Boothby)

    Overview

    Bach’s total mastery ofcounterpoint, encyclopaedicknowledge of musical form andfascination with the mathematicsof music is clearly revealed inhis sublime The Art of Fugue.

    Fretwork explores the first elevencontrapuncti from the work’s firstedition of 1751 and crowns therecital with Richard Boothby’scompletion of the unfinishedContrapunctus 14, a triple fuguefor four voices.

    BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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