🇩🇪Johann Sebastian Bach ： Fantasia and Fughetta D-Dur BWV 908

This keyboard work combines a fantasia shaped by free invention with a more concentrated fughetta. In the Fantasia, the performer should carefully follow the changing harmonies and movement of the individual voices, bringing out a supple, speech-like flow without becoming too bound by the meter. In the Fughetta, the way the subject passes from one voice to another should be made clear, while the layers of sound are kept well balanced. Expressing the contrasting character of the two sections while preserving an overall sense of continuity is central to the performance. Unhurried treatment of the smaller musical figures, together with attentive listening to the inner voices, brings out both the fascination of the counterpoint and the music’s forward momentum.