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Viktor Lazarov, Bach and the Italian and French Baroque styles

J.S. Bach united in his work the two great national currents of the Baroque era: the French and the Italian styles.

What makes them so different? What use did Bach make of them in his keyboard works and how did he achieve their synthesis? Musicologist and pianist Viktor Lazarov will discuss these questions and play excerpts from pieces by J-P Rameau, sonatas by D. Scarlatti, the Italian Concerto and the French Overture by J.S. Bach.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Italian Concerto,

II. Andante

Lecture, presentation of relevant works, and analysis

J.S. Bach

Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor, BWV 883

excerpt from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

Sonata in D minor K.9

Sonata in B minor K.27

Sonata in F minor K.466