Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor—for Organ?
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565, is for organ, right? Maybe not. We’re bringing you a solo violin version, which just might be closer to the original...
The Toccata and Fugue in D Minor is one of Bach’s best-loved works. But recent scholarship suggests he didn’t even write it. Andrew Manze performs a solo violin version transposed to A Minor, which he doesn’t claim to be authentic, but which is based on the possibilities of the Baroque violin that Bach was familiar with. An enlightening version of a great piece, whoever wrote it, for whatever instrument!
Frans Bruggen conducts the Orchestra of the 18th Century in Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony, a work you can hear live at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall on August 9th and 10th in the Mostly Mozart series, at which conductor Tomas Hanus makes his U.S. debut. The Symphony No. 38 in D was written for a 1986 or 1987 (first performance date is unclear) concert by the Prague opera orchestra, where it was performed to so much acclaim that Mozart attributed its success to the playing of the orchestra.
Tchaikovsky lovers will appreciate the account of the “Serenade for Strings” by David Zinman and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra.
The Toccata and Fugue in D Minor is one of Bach’s best-loved works. But recent scholarship suggests he didn’t even write it. Andrew Manze performs a solo violin version transposed to A Minor, which he doesn’t claim to be authentic, but which is based on the possibilities of the Baroque violin that Bach was familiar with. An enlightening version of a great piece, whoever wrote it, for whatever instrument!
Frans Bruggen conducts the Orchestra of the 18th Century in Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony, a work you can hear live at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall on August 9th and 10th in the Mostly Mozart series, at which conductor Tomas Hanus makes his U.S. debut. The Symphony No. 38 in D was written for a 1986 or 1987 (first performance date is unclear) concert by the Prague opera orchestra, where it was performed to so much acclaim that Mozart attributed its success to the playing of the orchestra.
Tchaikovsky lovers will appreciate the account of the “Serenade for Strings” by David Zinman and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra.
