Johann Sebastian Bach

The Art of Fugue

Franns-Wilfrid von Promnitz

Label: Auris Subtilis
Format: CD
Barcode: 4260077710745

Catalog number: AS 5074
Releasedate: 20-05-16

- the premiere of Von Promnitz organ version of the Art of the Fugue took place in 2013 in Ahlbeck
- it is now played on the Weisse-organ in the St. Laurentius church in Gräfenroda (Germany) with the exceptional register "Glockenspiel"

As the art of the fugue was not appreciated, and it must be immediately acknowledged that the arrangement of this 'Opus ultimum' of Bach's musical history must be immediately acknowledged, a recomposition became due in turn and the premiere of my organ version took place in 2013 in Ahlbeck. True to the principle 'Symmetry is the order of the stupid' - J. Cocteau As a three year old, Franns von Promnitzau was captivated by musical instrument: The water organ in the Hamburg garden Planten un Blomne. At thirteen, he was a choir boy in the Drener Kreuzchor and at twenty-three, he made his debut as a conductor with the Sachsische Staatsoper Dreen. Promnitzau studied conducting, piano, composition, organ, singing and cello. He gave concerts in Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Budapest, Rome and London.