Soloist: Schiff, Andras

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Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2

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Venue: Royal Albert Hall, London

Date of Concert: 08-218

Playing Time: 02:22:25

Television Director: Scott, Helen

Catalogue Number: 2.110654

UPC: 747313565450

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Distinguished Bach specialist Sir Andras Schiff returned to the BBC Proms in 2018 to present Book II of the Well-Tempered Clavier. Extending the variety already evident in Book 1, Bach's effortless brilliance and new-found sonorities push harmony and counterpoint further than ever with a combination of ancient and modern styles, church austerity and galant lightness. Schiff has said that 'no-one combines the sacred and the secular as Bach does', and this is comprehensively demonstrated in Bach's fascinating and challenging sequence. This performance in the Royal Albert Hall was described as 'a musical meditation for our troubled times' by the Independent.