Cameron Carpenter – Bach

15.05.2023 20:00,

Grand Auditorium

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Cameron Carpenter orgue

Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasie und Fuge BWV 542
Johann Sebastian Bach: Präludium und Fuge N° 1 BWV 870 (Das wohltemperierte Klavier, Buch II)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Präludium und Fuge N° 11 BWV 880 (Das wohltemperierte Klavier, Buch II)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia super «Komm, Heiliger Geist» BWV 651
Johann Sebastian Bach: «O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß» BWV 622
Johann Sebastian Bach: Präludium und Fuge BWV 552 (Clavierübung III)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg-Variationen BWV 988
Bis: Improvisations

He showed the music world that organists are not necessarily grey-faced wallflowers: Cameron Carpenter is a man of grand, daring gestures, extravagant outfits and a consuming passion for his instrument. During his solo recital playing the Philharmonie’s grand Schuke organ on May 15, he pays homage not only to the organ composer, but also the organ virtuoso Johann Sebastian Bach, who put the fear of God into many a colleague and rival during his day, as tradition would have it. In addition to original works by Bach, Carpenter also plays his own arrangement of the Goldberg Variations. Written, according to another tradition, to help pass sleepless nights, in Cameron Carpenter’s hands these variations are far more likely to have an electrifying than a soporific effect!