Phantasm & Francesco Cera

Phantasm & Francesco Cera

Imagine. Bach's Das wohltemperierte Klavier, from the first note to the last, but just a bit different. That is what we promise with this delightful four-part series. It will be a virtuosic relay in which gamba consort Phantasm alternates with harpsichordist Francesco Cera in Bach's tour de force. You will get all 48 of them, the famous preludes and fugues considered to be the ultimate musical bible by Mendelssohn and Beethoven, and by countless composers to this day. The strings and the harpsichord hero (Cera's recording of the entire collection won international awards) take turns ‘running’ through this showcase of technical ingenuity and wordless storytelling. Where the keyboard sparkles brightly, the gambas deliver melodies of timeless beauty. A hypnotic voyage of discovery along two tracks, to the heart of the baroque.

Programme

• Johann Sebastian Bach

  Prelude and fugue no. 13 in F-sharp major, BWV 858
  Prelude and fugue no. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 859
  Prelude and fugue no. 15 in G major, BWV 860
  Prelude and fugue no. 16 in G minor, BWV 861
  Prelude and fugue no. 17 in A-flat major, BWV 862
  Prelude and fugue no. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 863
  Prelude and fugue no. 19 in A major, BWV 864
  Prelude and fugue no. 20 in A minor, BWV 865
  Prelude and fugue no. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 866
  Prelude and fugue no. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 867
  Prelude and fugue no. 23 in B major, BWV 868
  Prelude and fugue no. in B minor, BWV 869
  (From: Das wohltemperierte Klavier I)
  
  Program subject to change

  1685-1750

Musicians

• Francesco Cera harpsichord
• Phantasm
• Emilia Benjamin, Jonathan Manson, Heidi Gröger, Markku Luolalan-Mikkola viola da gamba
• Laurence Dreyfus musical direction, viola da gamba