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Proms 2017 Prom 73: Sir András Schiff performs Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier

Prom 73
Prom 73: Sir András Schiff performs Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier
21:30 Thu 7 Sep 2017 Royal Albert Hall
The two volumes of Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier together represent a wealth of musical invention, ingenuity and delight. Eminent Bach-specialist Sir András Schiff here performs Book I – concluding the cycle next year with Book 2.
The two volumes of Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier together represent a wealth of musical invention, ingenuity and delight. Eminent Bach-specialist Sir András Schiff here performs Book I – concluding the cycle next year with Book 2.

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The two volumes of Bach's The Well-Temperd Clavier together represent one of Western music’s greatest achievements. Once described as the ‘Old Testament’ of the keyboard repertoire, these two sequences of 24 Preludes and Fugues – one in every key – represent a wealth of musical invention, ingenuity and delight. A supreme technical challenge for any performer, they also offer an astonishing experience for every listener.

Eminent Bach specialist Sir András Schiff, whose discography includes Bach’s complete keyboard repertoire, here performs Book I – embarking upon a cycle that he will conclude next year with Book 2.

There will be no interval

Broadcast on Â鶹ԼÅÄ Four, 7 September

Image: Sir András Schiff © Nadia F. Romanini