ISABELLE FAUST & KRISTIAN BEZUIDENHOUT

Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord & Works by Froberger, Handel, and Telemann

To this day, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord tend to be unjustly overshadowed by his famous solo works—even though the composer kept returning to these six pieces, the first in which he treated the two instruments as equal partners, several times throughout his life. “These are not showpieces like the partitas and solo sonatas,” says Isabelle Faust. “The violin really has to become one with the harpsichord.” She has clearly found this ideal musical unity with her longtime artistic partner Kristian Bezuidenhout. The two artists bring Bach’s Sonatas to the Pierre Boulez Saal, presenting them in a dialogue with music by famous predecessors and contemporaries.

Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in C minor BWV 1017Johann Jakob Froberger - Suite for Harpsichord in C majorNicola Matteis der Jüngere - Fantasia for Solo Violin in A minorJohann Sebastian Bach - Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in A major BWV 1015 *** - ***George Frideric Handel - Sonata for Violin and Basso continuo in D major HWV 371Georg Philipp Telemann - Fantasia for Solo Violin in B minor TWV 40:4 Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonate for Violin and Harpsichord in B minor BWV 1014

Next date:

• Date Saturday, 16/May/2026 19:00
• Venue Pierre Boulez Saal
• Address Französische Straße 33 D, 10117 Berlin-Mitte