BACH ODYSSEY

Raphael Wallfisch violoncello
John Butt harpsichord
Şahika Tekand narrator

23 June Thursday, 20:00, Hagia Eirene Museum

Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach piece by piece.

Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Obbligato Harpsichord in G major BWV1027

Bach's musical foundations
Cello Suite in G major BWV1007
Cello Suite in D minor BWV1008

Bach's tedious duties
Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Obbligato Harpsichord in D major BWV1028
Cello Suite in D minor BWV1008

Bach's critics in his own time
Fantasia in D major for Harpsichord*

Mozart's ecstatic appreciation fifty years later
Cello Suite in C major BWV1009

Bach's failure to find a better post
Cello Suite D minor BWV1008
Sonata for Viola Gamba and Harpsichord in G minor BWV1029

* Georg Phillip Telemann

Interval

Bach's pleasures – tobacco and coffee
Cello Suite in E major BWV1010

The length of church services
Prelude and Fugue for Harpsichord in C minor BWV847
Well Tempered Clavier, Book I

Wagner's appreciation of Bach a century later
Cello Suite in C minor BWV1011

Bach's pleasures – wine and food
Cello Suite in C minor BWV1011 - Gavotte 1 & 2
Goldberg Variations BWV988 - Variation 30, Quodlibet

Debussy's appreciation of Bach 150 years later
Cello Suite in C minor BWV1011

Bach's death and the premonitions of a glorious musical afterlife
Cello Suite in C minor BWV1011
Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Obbligato Harpsichord in D major BWV1028 movements 1-2

Lasts 140' inc. interval.

A journey into the life of J. S. Bach, definitely, one of the greatest names in the world of classical music. Raphael Wallfisch, a most popular violoncellist, and John Butt, an harpsichord player also acclaimed for his academic studies and fascinating actress Şahika Tekand as narrator join to explore Bach in musical pieces. The concert will begin with the fundamentals of Bach's music and then develop into a journey through the pleasures of the great composer: ‘cigarettes, coffee, wine and food'. A pleasant experience for Bach lovers bringing together his great music and long and productive life. Not to mention the virtuosity of the artists who present this remarkable project .