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James McVinnie: Bach for Organ & Piano

The organist returns with a captivating recital with a difference: a rare chance to hear Bach played on both the piano and the organ by the same performer.

 

Queen Elizabeth Hall
Sun 19 Apr7.00 pm
2 hours 0 minutes

About this event

The evening begins with one of the composer’s delicate, decorative forays into the French Baroque: the French Suite in E flat major.

McVinnie contrasts this with the florid lines and spirited extroversion of the Italian Concerto, in a language that Vivaldi would have recognised.

In between these two works on the piano, McVinnie turns to the organ for the Italian-influenced Sonata in E minor, BWV.528. Here Bach deftly exploits the organ pipes’ ability to imitate the timbres of several different instruments.

After the interval, McVinnie plays two contrasting settings of the chorale Allein Gott in der Höh Sei Ehr (Alone to God be Glory), taken from the Leipzig Chorales. The recital concludes with three Preludes and Fugues, contrasting both instruments.

Venue details

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX

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