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The Art of Prelude and Fugue Goes to Rice University's Shepherd School of Music

  • Rice University's Shepherd School of Music, Duncan Recital Hall 6300 S Main St. Houston TX 77005 USA (map)

MON, OCT 7, 2019

THE ART OF PRELUDE AND FUGUE, Excerpts
Duncan Recital Hall, The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University

7:00 LECTURE - the origins of the project, a discussion of the importance of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier and Shostakovich’s Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87, details of how the curation was produced and the particular connections between the works generated.

8:00 RECITAL

This recital, which features excerpts from the large curation project, The Art of Prelude and Fugue, puts on display some of the most riveting and compelling connections between Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier and Shostakovich’s Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87.