Igor Levit / Berliner Barock Solisten
Works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Masterpieces in a master’s hands
When Igor Levit takes his seat at the keyboard, one thing is for sure: you’ll hear the pieces on the programme as never before. The German-Russian pianist makes his very own mark, often as unexpected as it is brilliant, on every work he plays, whisking even veteran repertoire warhorses into the here and now.
In this concert Levit is accompanied by the Berliner Barock Solisten in music by two composers who can be described without exaggeration as pinnacles of music history: Johann Sebastian Bach and his son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. The most famous of the Bach sons made a no less illustrious career for himself than his father, and was admired by fellow composers like Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn. In this cleverly thought-out programme, Levit and the Berlin ensemble create a father-son dialogue along entirely modern lines.
Performers
Igor Levit piano
Berliner Barock Solisten
Programme
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Sinfonia for Strings and Basso Continuo in D major, WFB C Inc 16
Johann Sebastian Bach
Contrapunctus I / The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080
Contrapunctus XIX / The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080
Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein / Vor deinen Thron tret’ ich hiemit, BWV 668
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Concerto for Harpsichord, Strings and Basso Continuo in D minor, Wq 23
– Interval –
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Sinfonie für Streicher F-Dur Wq/HWV deest
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ricercar a 6 / from: The Musical Offering, BWV 1079
Concerto for Harpsichord, Strings and Basso Continuo in D minor, BWV 1052
Soloist’s encore:
Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo E-Dur op. 116/4
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