The Fantasia that precedes the Fugue in C minor, performed by Erwin Wiersinga for All of Bach, is a lamento pur sang. The rarefied notes floating high up seem to be lamenting some tragic loss or other. It is hard to imagine a greater contrast with the fugue that follows. Still in mournful mood from the fantasia, you suddenly plunge into an extremely energetic first theme of the fugue.
Recorded for the project All of Bach on August 24th 2015 at the Stiftskirche St. Georg, Goslar-Grauhof. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating bit.ly/2uZuMj5.
For the interview with organist Erwin Wiersinga on the Fantasia and fugue in C minor go to • Wiersinga on Bach Fant...
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Erwin Wiersinga, organist
Organ: Christoph Treutmann, 1731
15 янв 2020
