SF Performances presents Angela Hewitt
2014-03-09
Miner Auditorium
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA
7:00 PM, Sunday, March 9, 2014

[7:05 PM lights down, long introduction by Angela Hewitt demoing various key ideas from the work]

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080

1. [7:20 PM] Contrapunctus I
2. [7:23 PM] Contrapunctus II
3. [7:26 PM] Contrapunctus III
4. [7:29 PM] Contrapunctus IV
5. [7:34 PM] Contrapunctus V
6. [7:37 PM] Contrapunctus VI (in Stylo Francese)
7. [7:43 PM] Contrapunctus VII (per Augmentationem et Diminutionem)
8. [7:48 PM] Contrapunctus VIII
9. [7:54 PM] Contrapunctus IX (alla Duodecima)
10. [7:57 PM] Contrapunctus X (alla Decima)
11. [8:03 PM] Contrapunctus XI (a 4)
12. [8:10 PM] Contrapunctus XIIa (a 4, rectus)
13. [8:13 PM] Contrapunctus XIIb (a 4, inversus)
14. [8:16 PM] Contrapunctus XIIIa (a 3, rectus)
15. [8:18 PM] Contrapunctus XIIIb (a 3, inversus)
16. [8:21 PM] Canon per augmentationem in Contrario motu
17. [8:26 PM] Canon alla ottava
18. [8:28 PM] Canon alla decima contrapuncto alla terza
19. [8:33 PM] Canon alla duodecima in contrapuncto alla quinta
20. [8:35 PM] Contrapunctus XIV (a 4)
    [set ends 8:45 PM; Angela Hewitt silent pause at piano bench]
     
    Encore
21. [8:45 PM] Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit, BWV 668
    [show ends 8:51 PM]

• Angela Hewitt: piano.

I really appreciated Angela's pre-performance lecture, for lengthy as it was, it gave me a very helpful “listener map” for keeping my place within the work.

It was interesting comparing my recollections of various other performances – Davitt Moroney's harpsichord; the Emerson String Quartet, the New Century Chamber Orchestra and so on – against tonight's rendition by piano. And while I certainly enjoyed the clarity of presentation brought by Angela (and the Steinway grand), I think my favorite is still Moroney's gig. Nonetheless, I'm darn certain that I'll be seeing Angela Hewitt again.

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