• BACH’S ART OF FUGUE

“Pure Musical Geometry.”

-The Telegraph

A playful look inside the master’s final work.
Bach’s last expression of his genius is opened from within to illuminate the finest musical brain in history.
Four actors join a flexible early music ensemble in a surprising new look at Bach in all his contradictions, both whimsical and haunting, calculating yet passionate.
Commissioned by The Academy of Ancient Music, Bach’s Art of Fugue is a new work of concert-theatre designed for early music ensembles everywhere.
World Premiere Cambridge, UK, and London’s Barbican, 2025.

“Lofty, grave, and beautiful.”

-The Telegraph

Image credit Mark Allan

Trailer

J. S. Bach

Written and Directed
by Bill Barclay

Forces

4 Actors
Harpsichord
String Quartet
Wind Quartet (optional)

80 minutes

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