Bach - The Art of Fugue BWV 1080 - Sato | Netherlands Bach Society
Bach’s The Art of Fugue is shrouded in mystery. We don’t know whether Bach intended the music as material for practice or performance. The order of the 18 sections is unclear as well and we don’t know whether the piece was ever completed.
Shunske Sato made his own instrumentation for the Netherlands Bach Society. “I wanted to bring out the many colours of the work and of my ensemble. Every fugue has its own character. On the basis of the rhythm, time and chromatic lines, etc., you can determine which instrument is most suitable. I’ve studied each part very carefully, in order to decide which instruments are best to use. I wanted the whole Netherlands Bach Society to be heard, so the singers are taking part as well. They sing without words, to vowel sounds. When you introduce singers to the Art of Fugue, you can hardly ignore the example of the Swingle Singers. The sung Contrapunctus 9 is intended as a tribute to their great recording.“
For a more detailed explanation of this work and this particular performance go to:
Recorded for the project All of Bach on 30 September and 1 October 2021 at the Grote Kerk, Veere. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel and consider donating
For the interview with musicians on The Art of Fugue go to
For more information on BWV 1080 and this production go to
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Netherlands Bach Society
Shunske Sato, violin and direction
0:00 Contrapunctus 1
3:35 Contrapunctus 2
7:18 Contrapunctus 3
10:16 Contrapunctus 4
15:02 Chorale
15:46 Contrapunctus 5
19:23 Contrapunctus 6
23:27 Contrapunctus 7
27:13 Chorale
27:52 Contrapunctus 8
33:56 Contrapunctus 9
36:55 Contrapunctus 10
41:42 Contrapunctus 11
48:05 Chorale
48:47 Contrapunctus inversus a 4 (forma inversa)
50:42 Contrapunctus inversus a 4 (forma recta)
52:37 Contrapunctus inversus a 3 (forma recta)
55:00 Contrapunctus inversus a 3 (forma inversa)
57:23 Chorale
58:01 Canon alla Ottava
1:00:48 Canon alla Decima in Contrapunto alla Terza
1:05:40 Canon alla duodecima in contrapunto alla Quinta
1:08:17 Canon per Augmentationem in contrario motu
1:16:15 Chorale
1:17:37 Fuga a 3 soggetti (reconstruction Kees van Houten/Leo van Doeselaar)
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