Fügsame Fugen

The fugue is omnipresent in music history. Its secret counterpart is the prelude. While the fugue is ostensibly strictly ordered, the prelude allows more space for the musical material.
What does it sound like when a fugue by Schumann, Chopin, Ferdinand von Preussen or Lyonel Feininger (yes, the painter also composed!) is juxtaposed with a prelude by Bach? What subtle marriages are forged between the master of polyphony and his descendants?
The pianist Yaara Tal and the author Alain Claude Sulzer provide musical-literary insights.

With

Yaara Tal (piano), Alain Claude Sulzer (reading)

Program

Johann Sebastian Bach's Preludes from the «Wohltemperiertes Klavier», further fugues by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Robert Schumann, Anton Arensky, Napoleon Alkan, among others.

Duration

70 minutes, no break

Prices

CHF 35.-/25.-/15.- (free choice at the box office or in advance)
Free admission applies to persons with residence permit N, F or S. / CHF 5.- students of the Hochschule für Musik FHNW and the Musicology Seminar of the University of Basel / CHF 10.- members Colourkey and children under 12 years.