BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 RDATE:20170312T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 RDATE:20171105T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171108T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171108T203000 LOCATION:Agnes Flanagan Chapel GEO:45.450821;-122.671419 SUMMARY:DUO Stephanie & Saar: The Art of Fugue DESCRIPTION:DUO Stephanie and Saar (http://www.stephsaarduo.com/)\, piani sts Stephanie Ho and Saar Ahuvia\, return to Lewis &\; Clark to perfor m the complete \;The Art of Fugue by Bach. \; The duo's double CD set of the work\, their third release on New Focus Recordings ( http://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/duo-stephanie-saar-bach-the-a rt-of-fugue/)\, is the first ever complete piano duo recording of Johann Sebastian Bach's enigmatic final work. The album has been receiving unani mous international acclaim since its June 2017 release. \; Dated 1 748\, scholars have understood The Art of Fugue as an academic ende avor by an aging master paying tribute to the fugue\, which was by then f alling out of fashion. Others consider the work as a sort of "Da Vinci Co de" of numerology\, puzzles and musical coding. The mystery of Contrapunc tus 14\, notable for both the inclusion of Bach's name as a theme and for its unfinished state\, adds to the work's mythology and cult status. &# 160\; Bach found fugues to be a source of endless creativity. The Art of Fugue\, a collection of fourteen fugues and four canons\, is an ex ploration of the full spectrum of contrapuntal possibilities\, all derive d from one monolithic theme in D minor. From a purely technical standpoin t\, Bach's compositional prowess is in full display as he employs inversi on\, retrograde\, augmentation\, diminution\, multiple fugue subjects\, m irroring and canonic writing - all while creating an intense and emotiona lly gripping musical experience. \; Bach never specified the instr umentation for \;The Art of Fugue. For this performance of the work\, DUO Stephanie and Saar will play the fugues in piano four-hand ver sions and the canons as solo piano works. \;"Stephanie &\; Saar have created a true masterpiece here" - Lynn Bayley\, The Art Music Loun ge \;"The duo's playing is detailed and deliberate rather than show y\, with the pianists taking pains to make all of the counterpoint clear" - Christian Carey \;"Stephanie and Saar take us on a wonderful jo urney\, one you will want to take many times" - Allan J. Cronin\, New Mu sic Buff \;"The parts are articulated with a clarity of purpose so that we continually hear the unfolding of fugal voices\, never missing th e contrapuntal whole that is so critical for a full understanding of this masterpiece" - Grego Edwards\, Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review \;"This is creative music making of an extraordinarily high level" - Lynn Bayley\, The Art Music Lounge \;"The two-disc set is one y ou know you'll play many times\, waiting to find newly revealed truths." - Alex Baran\, The WholeNote X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
DUO Stephanie and Saar\, pianists Stephanie Ho and Saar Ahuvia\, return to Lewis &\; Clark to perform the complete \; The Art of Fugue by Bach.
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The duo's do uble CD set of the work\, their third release on New Focus Recordings\, is the first ever complete pian o duo recording of Johann Sebastian Bach's enigmatic final work. The albu m has been receiving unanimous international acclaim since its June 2017 release.
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Dated 1748\, scholars have understood
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Bac h found fugues to be a source of endless creativity. The Art of Fu gue\, a collection of fourteen fugues and four canons\, is an exp loration of the full spectrum of contrapuntal possibilities\, all derived from one monolithic theme in D minor. From a purely technical standpoint \, Bach's compositional prowess is in full display as he employs inversio n\, retrograde\, augmentation\, diminution\, multiple fugue subjects\, mi rroring and canonic writing - all while creating an intense and emotional ly gripping musical experience.
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Bach never specif ied the instrumentation for \;The Art of Fugue. For th is performance of the work\, DUO Stephanie and Saar will play the fugues in piano four-hand versions and the canons as solo piano works.
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- Lynn Bayley\, The Art Music Lounge
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- Christian Carey
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- Allan J. Cronin\, New Music Buff
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- Grego Edwards\, Gapplegat e Classical-Modern Music Review
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- Lynn Bayley\, The Art Music Lounge
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- Alex Baran\, The Who leNote
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