ISABELLE FAUST & KRISTIAN BEZUIDENHOUT

Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord & Works by Handel, Biber, and C.P.E. Bach

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 E major BWV 1016Johann Sebastian Bach - Toccata for Harpsichord in D minor BWV 913Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in F minor BWV 1018 *** - ***George Frideric Handel - Prelude for Harpsichord in G minor HWV 572Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in G minor H 542.5Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber - Passacaglia for Solo Violin in G minor (from the Mystery Sonatas)Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in G major BWV 1019

Next date:

• Date Sunday, 17/May/2026 18:00
• Venue Pierre Boulez Saal
• Address Französische Straße 33 D, 10117 Berlin-Mitte