Bach at St Cecilia's Hall 1974
Third of a series of six concerts entitled 'Bach at St Cecilia's Hall', given at St Cecilia's Hall in the summer of 1974.
Art of Fugue, 2 (c. 1748/50).
Venue:
Quartetto Esterhazy (Amsterdam)
Jaap Schröder - baroque violin, viola
Alda Stuurop - baroque violin
Wiel Peeters - baroque viola
Wouter Möller - baroque cello
Colin Kingsley - harpsichord
Michael Tilmouth - harpsichord
Art of Fugue ... J. S. Bach
Contrapunctus I (fugue à 4)
Contrapunctus V (fugue à 4, inverted subject)
Contrapunctus VI (fugue à 4, in stile francese)
Contrapunctus VII (fugue à 4, per augmentationem et diminutionem)
Contrapunctus XIV (canon à 2, at the octave)
Contrapunctus XVII (canon à 2, at the fifth)
Contrapunctus X (fugue à 4, at the tenth)
INTERVAL
Contrapunctus XIIIa (fugue à 3, rectus)
Contrapunctus XIXa (alio modo, fuga à 2 Clav.) version for two harpsichords
Contrapunctus XIIIb (fugue à 3, inversus)
Contrapunctus XIXb (alio modo, fuga à 2 Clav.) version for two harpsichords
Contrapunctus XVIII (fugue à 4, four subjects) unfinished
Chorale, 'Wenn wir in höchsten Nöthen seyn', oder 'Vor deinen Thron tret' ich hiemit'
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There are no programme notes.
On p.7 of the brochure there is a list of lectures given in support and in advance of the concerts at 7pm as follows: Hans Gal, 'The Art of Fugue' (1 June), Rita McAllister, 'Schönberg, composer and painter' (8 June), and Peter Williams, 'The Goldberg Variations' (9 June).
The two harpsichords used in the concert were by J. A. Hass (Hamburg), 1764, and J. Kirckman (London), 1755; the pitch is given as 'low pitch (a'=c.415Hz).