| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 20-Feb-2013 Kings Place: Hall One | Bach stays wrapped up: The Art of Fugue with Fretwork |
 Bach’s final work The Art of Fugue, left incomplete at his death in 1750, has long been famous for (among other things) not having specified its instrumentation. It’s written in open score – each line of music, or “voice”, is given a distinct printed line, making it hard to guess what instrument Bach actually had in mind to play it. The work’s exceptionally complex counterpoint led many musicologists to assume, in fact, that it was primarily intended as a sort of study guide rather than something to be performed.
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| 11-Jan-2013 Vredenburg Leeuwenbergh | Holland Baroque Society shows its true colors with works by Fux and Bach |
 The energetic Holland Baroque Society presented a lively program juxtaposing works of Johann Joseph Fux and Johann Sebastian Bach this week. Evident from the start was the group’s overarching enthusiasm and passion for this particular repertoire. The atmosphere reflected the musicians onstage, full of youth and infused with a breath of new life. Led by a strong and vibrant Tineke Steenbrink on the organ and the harpsichord, the group of fifteen musicians was clearly in good hands.
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| 10-Nov-2011 University of Nottingham, Lakeside Arts Centre: Djanogly Recital Hall | Fitzwilliam Quartet give revelatory performance of Bruckner's String Quintet at Nottingham University |
| Bach’s Die Kunst der Fuge consists of 15 fugues (the last unfinished) and 4 canons, with no instrumentation specified - hence the subject of much discussion and controversy. The Fitzwilliam Quartet chose to play three of the fugues, beginning with the ‘simplest’, where the theme of the 14 completed fugues is presented. Read full review... | |
