Bach's Art of the Fugue

Silence covered the air, creating a moment that you can feel your weight without sound. But lonely D passes through the tranquility and is shining black oblivion. Next is 11 other notes, simple melody, but it will be the center of one of the greatest music masterpieces of all time. This twelve melody is intertwined with various changes, corresponding points and changed themes. All of these are based on the original 12 note theme.

Studio recording by J. S. Bach's creation of "Fun Art" is a hard work. Music is inherently very complicated and intellectually and technically challenging. That is why pianist Koichi Ishizaka has spent more than 3,000 hours on the practice and research of this work. She will also do it as often as possible. St. John Smith Square (September 23, 2016) Anyone who supports the most eye-catching live performances and supports her Kickstarter project (over 20 euro) is now available for immediate download. This gives you the opportunity to get used to the work, including waiting for the studio recording to be completed and released, including completing the last fugue Kimiko himself wrote.

In the summer of 1962, world famous pianist Glenn Gould gave a full Bach concert at the Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. The second half of the show was dedicated to the art of Fuga, and Gould did radical something before he began to play - he asked the audience that it did not applaud. This is not the first time Mr. Gould announced dissatisfaction with the audience applaud. At the beginning of the year, he announced an article in the American musical "Let's stop clapping". He believes that the best way to consume art is to internalize it and reflect it in a quiet and thoughtful way.

In order to really enjoy Bach's piano instrument fuga, we must know what the custom for writing fuga is, and if we can not distinguish between 'theme entrance' and 'drama' within the entire work It will not. In addition, it helps to understand the historical background of the Baroque period, as happened during enlightenment. During this period, the values ​​of Europe have shifted to knowledge, freedom and a deeper understanding of the whole world. A musicologist asserts that the elegance of Bach's music reflects the universal emotions of this age and further translates the word Baroque into "elegance".