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Prom 68 - Bach

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2012

Organ virtuoso Cameron Carpenter performs more music by Bach, performed both as originally written and in adaptations and improvisations by Carpenter himself.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Christopher Cook

In the second of his two Proms, organ virtuoso Cameron Carpenter continues to explore the music of the grandfather of composers for the instrument - J S Bach - in works performed both as Bach originally wrote them, and as reconceived by Cameron Carpenter himself.

In the former category, this afternoon's Prom includes the well-known Fantasia and Fugue in G minor; in the latter, the famous Prelude and Fugue in D major, in a version cross-fertilised with the music of Gustav Mahler. And, in between, Cameron Carpenter demonstrates his prodigious abilities in that traditional organist's art - improvisation.

J. S. Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542
The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 - Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in G major, BWV 860
Improvisation on the BourrΓ©e from Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
J. S. Bach and Mahler, arr. C. Carpenter: Syncretic Prelude and Fugue in D major

Cameron Carpenter (organ).

1 hour, 15 minutes

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Sun 2 Sep 2012 16:00
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Music Played

  • Prom 68

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Fantasia and fugue in G minor BWV.542 (Great) for organ

      Performer: Cameron CARPENTER - Organ

    • Cameron Carpenter

      Γ‰tude-Fantasy for Pedals on the Prelude from J. S. Bach's First Cello Suite

      Performer: Cameron CARPENTER - Organ

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Bouree: Suite no. 3 in C major BWV.1009 for cello solo

      Performer: Cameron CARPENTER - Organ

    • Cameron Carpenter

      'Syncretic' Prelude and Fugue [after J.S.Bach and Mahler] in D major for organ

      Performer: Cameron CARPENTER - Organ

    • Cameron Carpenter

      Improvisation on 'Jeeves and Wooster' for organ [theme by Anne Dudley]

      Performer: Cameron CARPENTER - Organ

Broadcast

  • Sun 2 Sep 2012 16:00
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