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Composer: Bacri, Nicolas

Prelude et Fugue, Op. 91

Reyes, Eliane

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Piano: Reyes, Eliane

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Year of Production: 2010

Playing Time: 00:05:12

Catalogue Number: NVF0112

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The Prelude and Fugue, Op. 91, composed in Bayonnein September for the Fourth Pontoise International "Piano Campus" competition, is dedicated to fellow composer Rene Maillard. Like Shostakovich before him, Bacri here proves that the Baroque form that reached its apogee with Bach's harpsichord and organ works, remains fertile ground for a composer's imagination and invention, even in the 21st Century.

The Prelude, in a sparkling C major, acts as an introduction and is inextricably linked to the Fugue in that it sketches out the head of its subject. The four-part exposition in the fugue reveals a highly expressive subject, and the interest of the musical discourse lies in the subsequent use of this and its fragments as well as in the variety of ways in which it is presented. Shortly before the end, the tempo halves. The music then takes on a lyrical aspect, before a resounding C major conclusion on a rhythmic figure derived from the end of the subject.