Netherlands Bach Society | Bach - WTC II Prelude and fugue no. 1 in C major BWV 870 - Schornsheim | Netherlands Bach Society @bach | Uploaded 2 years ago | Updated 2 hours ago
A generous tune full of leaps in the right hand and a heavy pedal point in the bass: what a theme; what a powerful, optimistic statement in the radiant key of C major. And all of that in this impressive provincial government building with a wonderful view of Utrecht! Twenty years after his first collection of music in every key imaginable, Bach completed a second 'Wohltemperirte Clavier'. We recorded his first book of Preludes and Fugues at the homes of 24 different musicians. For this second part, performed in its entirety by Christine Schornsheim, we chose 12 very different locations in Utrecht, to celebrate the 900th anniversary of our home city.
Recorded for the project All of Bach on 22 April 2022 at the Provincial House of Utrecht, the Netherlands. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating bit.ly/3J5uprM.
For the interview with Christine Schornsheim on the Wohltemperirte Clavier II and the process of recording this in its entirety, see youtu.be/1qbxmF8K_rQ
For more information on BWV 870 and this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-870/
All of Bach is a project of the Netherlands Bach Society, offering high-quality film recordings of the works by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society and its guest musicians. Visit our free online treasury for more videos and background material on https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/allofbach. For concert dates and tickets go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/concerts.
Christine Schornsheim, harpsichordist
Harpsichord: Bruce Kennedy, 1989 after Michael Mietke
0:00 Prelude
2:42 Fugue
A generous tune full of leaps in the right hand and a heavy pedal point in the bass: what a theme; what a powerful, optimistic statement in the radiant key of C major. And all of that in this impressive provincial government building with a wonderful view of Utrecht! Twenty years after his first collection of music in every key imaginable, Bach completed a second 'Wohltemperirte Clavier'. We recorded his first book of Preludes and Fugues at the homes of 24 different musicians. For this second part, performed in its entirety by Christine Schornsheim, we chose 12 very different locations in Utrecht, to celebrate the 900th anniversary of our home city.
Recorded for the project All of Bach on 22 April 2022 at the Provincial House of Utrecht, the Netherlands. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating bit.ly/3J5uprM.
For the interview with Christine Schornsheim on the Wohltemperirte Clavier II and the process of recording this in its entirety, see youtu.be/1qbxmF8K_rQ
For more information on BWV 870 and this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-870/
All of Bach is a project of the Netherlands Bach Society, offering high-quality film recordings of the works by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society and its guest musicians. Visit our free online treasury for more videos and background material on https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/allofbach. For concert dates and tickets go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/concerts.
Christine Schornsheim, harpsichordist
Harpsichord: Bruce Kennedy, 1989 after Michael Mietke
0:00 Prelude
2:42 Fugue
