Musical Collaborations presents

Well-Tempered Clavier Seminar

Sunday, June 26, 2016 - Saturday, July 2, 2016

Milan (Lake Como) - Pisa - Rome

Johann Sebastian Bach's monumental work, the Well-Tempered Clavier, comes with a monumental title. It’s a title that can be off-putting to non-musicians or even non-keyboard players who have not spent countless hours practicing various preludes and fugues.

In 1722 and later in 1742, Bach wrote his two collections of 24 preludes and fugues (Book 1 and Book 2, respectively) making them the first collections of keyboard pieces written in all keys.

Today, every student of the keyboard – piano, organ, and harpsichord – negotiates with parts of this work. In our week-long seminar, we will explore the work in its entirety. We will approach the work from its historical perspective, analysis of the music content, and of course, actual performance of individual preludes and fugues.

Concurrently with the Well-Tempered Clavier Seminar is Organ Tour Italia 2016, a program for organists, pianists, and music lovers to visit and play historic and modern instruments in the Lake Como region of Italy as well as Pisa, and Rome. Entrance to all Organ Tour masterclasses and events is included for all participants in the Well-Tempered Clavier Seminar.