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The Art of Bach

November 8 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

The Art of Bach

Friday, November 8 at 7:00 pm
Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church
552 West End Avenue
New York, NY 10024

In Bach’s last years, his attention turned to the art of counterpoint, raising his mastery to new and higher pinnacles of achievement. His vision was deteriorating and his handwriting worsened, until the final stroke that brought his life to a sudden end in the midst of composing the Art of Fugue. ARTEK pays homage to Bach’s art by performing his instrumental chamber music in the form of instrumental sonatas for violin, viola da gamba, obbligato harpsichord, and obbligato lute interspersed with Bach’s profound counterpoint in canons and fugues. We know that Bach arranged and re-arranged much of his instrumental music, and in that spirit, we present selections arranged for alternate instrumentation. Contrapuntal masterpieces include selections from The Art of Fugue, the and the Musical Offering. With Cynthia Freivogel, violin; Arnie Tanimoto, viola da gamba; Daniel Swenberg, baroque lute; Gwendolyn Toth, harpsichord.

Tickets: $50 preferred, $25 regular, $15 rear
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Cynthia Frievogel, violin
Arnie Tanimoto, viola da gamba
Daniel Swenberg, lute & theorbo
Gwendolyn Toth, harpsichord & lautenwerk

Sonatas and contrapuntal masterpieces by J. S. Bach (1685-1750):

Ricercare a 3 from the Musical Offering, BWV 1079
Partita in G minor BWV 997r
Sonata in G minor BWV 1030b
Sonata in G major BWV 1027a
Contrapunctus XIX and chorale, Wenn wir in höchstein nöten sein from The Art of Fugue, BWV  1080

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