Johann Sebastian Bach Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 Musica Antiqua Kln

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Die Kunst der Fuge/The Art of Fugue BWV 1080 Musica Antiqua Köln Reinhard Goebel, violin & dir. Margret Baumgartl, violin & viola Karlheinz Steeb, viola Klaus-Dieter Brandt, violoncello Léon Berben, harpsichord Wolfgang Kostujak, harpischord In Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue) com­poser Johann Sebas­tian Bach explores the the art of the fugue com­po­si­tion in 20 dif­fe­rent variations. In May 2006 mem­bers of Musica Antiqua Köln played Johann Sebas­tian Bach’s Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue) for this film pro­ject in various spaces of a museum buil­ding desi­gned by Japa­nese archi­tect Tadao Ando, close to the German town of Düs­sel­dorf. The buil­ding is made of con­crete, glass, and steel. The unique mix of reduc­tion and mini­ma­lism on one hand and visual variety and opu­lence on the other hand makes it a per­fect set­ting for a per­for­mance of Bach’s Art of Fugue. Since Rein­hard Goebel founded it in 1973, Musica Antiqua Köln was the German ensemble for Early Music. The inter­pre­ta­tion of The Art of Fugue per­vades the history of the Musica Antiqua Cologne Ensemble not just because of its count­less world­wide per­for­mances but also with its recor­ding in 1986 which set a world­wide bench­mark. In the year of dis­band­ment the Ensemble recorded the opus again for the film. In the film dif­fe­rent para­me­ters like shot size, shot length, per­spec­tive, rhythm or lighting, cor­re­spond with the musical form and dramaturgy. From: Contrapunctus 1 00:00 Contrapunctus 2 02:52 Contrapunctus 3 06:08 Contrapunctus 4 09:05 Canon alla ottava 12:14 Contrapunctus 5 16:25 Contrapunctus 6, a 4, in stilo francese 20:05 Contrapunctus 7, a 4, per augmentationem et diminutionem 23:46 Canon alla decima, in contrapunto alla terza 26:36 Contrapunctus 9, a 4, alla doudecima 32:04 Contrapunctus 10, a 4, alla decima 34:40 Contrapunctus 8, a 3 39:00 Contrapunctus 11 44:12 Canon alla doudecima, in contrapunto alla quinta 48:40 Contrapunctus 12, a 4, rectus 52:26 Contrapunctus 12, a 4, inversus 55:00 Fuga a 2 clav. 57:32 Allio Modo, Fuga a 2 clav. 59:46 Canon per augmentationem in contrario motu 1:02:06 Fuga a 3 soggetti (Contrapunctus 14) 1:07:02