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19:00 | Johann Sebastian Bach. Selected Works for Organ |
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 Prominent Russian organist, Honored Artist of Russia, Professor of the Russian Academy Gnessin Music Fiseysky Alexander is the author anthology of organ music by Bach on the historic organ of the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul. As part of the five concerts will feature works by Bach organ in all genres, as in the early years and in the last decades of his life. Organ music by Bach - Encyclopedia of the composer and multifaceted reflection of the era. Bach organ - the "harmony of the ocean, infinitely powerful and majestic even in his impassive calm," the main element of the great German. The body was for him a kind of orchestra, capable of withstanding the immense scale of Bach's genius, with the help of the composer could convey to the audience his thoughts and emotions. Organ works like the frescoes in painting, hence the concert organ style, theatrical, dramatic upbeat images virtuosity. Legacy of Bach is in the works Fiseyskogo special place. The musician has toured with a unique cycle of concerts "All organ works of Bach" in Russia and abroad. In 2000, on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of Bach's death, he played four times this cycle is the homeland of the great German, and in Düsseldorf played it in a single day (execution lasted 19 hours!). CD recording Düsseldorf "organ marathon" fragments have been published by the German company Griola, and Alexander Fiseysky was listed in the Guinness Book of Records the world (the Russian equivalent of the Guinness Book of Records).
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