NARUHIKO KAWAGUCHI

Description

BACH & SONS
Music by J.S. Bach, J.C. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, W.F. Bach
NARUHIKO KAWAGUCHI, fortepiano

in collaboration with International Competition Musica Antiqua – MA Festival Bruges

Orizzonti / Harnoncourt homage

J. C. F. Bach   
Allegretto and variations ‘Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman’

J. C. Bach     
Sonata C minor op.5-6    

J. S. Bach     
Prelude and Fuga F major    BWV 880
Italian Concerto  F major BWV 971    

W. F. Bach   
Fantasie  A minor F. 23          

C. P. E. Bach  
12 Variations on “Les Folies d’Espagne,”. Wq 118/9     

J. S. Bach    
Partita No. 2   C minor BWV 826   

The young Japanese fortepiano player, winner of many international competitions (above all Musica Antiqua Bruges 2016), plays an anthology of preludes, fugues, arias and variations, concertos and sonatas by the Bach family, Johann Sebastian being ‘only’ the gemstone. His many children, born from different marriages, were excellent musicians and were appointed to important positions at court; above all, during the late 18th century, they grasped the new cultural mood of modern times.