The Bach Festival of Philadelphia - Andrew Rangell - Preludes & Fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavichord Book I

Monday, March 17

Andrew Rangell - Preludes & Fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavichord Book I

7:30pm - Ethical Society [tickets] [directions]

Few pianists are as seasoned specialists in performing Bach and talking about his works as Andrew Rangell from Boston. Having recorded the complete sets of the French Suites, the Goldberg Variations, the Partitas and now the 1st Book of the Well-Tempered Clavichord, he will present some very fine examples of Suites (sequences of Baroque dances) in his lecture concert as well as fugues in the mysterious key of C sharp minor. While the Suites encompass Bach, of course, and your all-time favourite Arnold Schönberg, the Fugues take you on a bridge from Froberger to Bach and to Beethoven's famous late opus 131.

Program

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Lord of Salisbury Pavane and Galliard

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

French Suite No.1 in D minor, BWV 812

Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Menuet I
Menuet II
Gigue

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)

Suite, op.25 (1925)

Praeludium
Gavotte
Musette
Intermezzo
Menuet
Gigue

Johann Sebastian Bach

Prelude and Fugue in F minor, WTC book I, BWV 857

----- Intermission -----

Johann Froberger (1616-1667)

Ricercare VI (C sharp)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Fuga (1^st mvt. of String Quartet op.131): Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo

Johann Sebastian Bach

Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor, WTC book I, BWV 849