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 882
  Prelude and fugue no. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 883
  Prelude and fugue no. 15 in G major, BWV 884
  Prelude and fugue no. 16 in G minor, BWV 885
  Prelude and fugue no. 17 in A-flat major, BWV 886
  Prelude and fugue no. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 887
  Prelude and fugue no. 19 in A major, BWV 888
  Prelude and fugue no. 20 in A minor, BWV 889
  Prelude and fugue no. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 890
  Prelude and fugue no. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 891
  Prelude and fugue no. 23 in B major, BWV 892
  Prelude and fugue no. in B minor, BWV 893
  (From: Das wohltemperierte Klavier II)
  
  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