Concert Program IV: Preludes and Fugues

Bach elevated the simple construct of prelude and fugue to profound heights. That Bach’s preludes and fugues captivated Haydn and Mozart is evident in their writing; two centuries later, Britten and Shostakovich, too, would call on the same Bachian tradition to give voice to a wholly distinct worldview.

PROGRAM
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685–1750): Selections from
The Well-Tempered Clavier (1722)
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756–1791): Adagio and Fugue in
c minor, K. 546 (1788)
Joseph HAYDN (1732–1809): String Quartet in f minor, op. 20, no. 5 (1772)
Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847): Capriccio in e minor,
op. 81, no. 3 (1843)
Dmitry SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–1975): Prelude and Fugue no. 4 in
e minor, op. 87 (1951)
Claude DEBUSSY (1862–1918): Selections from Préludes, Book 1 (1909–1910)
George GERSHWIN (1898–1937): Three Preludes for Violin and Piano (transcribed by Heifetz) (1923–1926)
Benjamin BRITTEN (1913–1976): Prelude and Fugue for Eighteen Strings, op. 29 (1943)

ARTISTS
Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Sunmi Chang, Jorja Fleezanis, Kristin Lee, Sean Lee, Arnaud Sussmann, Ian Swensen, violins
Mark Holloway, Paul Neubauer, violas
Colin Carr, Laurence Lesser, cellos
Charles Chandler, Scott Pingel, basses
Danish String Quartet
Frederik Øland, Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, violins
Asbjørn Nørgaard, viola
Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin, cello