Isabelle Faust & Kristian Bezuidenhout

Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in E major BWV 1016

Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata for Harpsichord in D minor BWV 913

Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in F minor BWV 1018

George Frideric Handel
Prelude for Harpsichord in G minor HWV 572

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in G minor H 542.5

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
Passacaglia for Solo Violin in G minor (from the Mystery Sonatas)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in G major BWV 1019

To this day, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord tend to be unjustly overshadowed by his famous solo works—even though the composer kept returning to these six pieces, the first in which he treated the two instruments as equal partners, several times throughout his life. “These are not showpieces like the partitas and solo sonatas,” says Isabelle Faust. “The violin really has to become one with the harpsichord.” She has clearly found this ideal musical unity with her longtime artistic partner Kristian Bezuidenhout. The two artists bring Bach’s Sonatas to the Pierre Boulez Saal, presenting them in a dialogue with music by famous predecessors and contemporaries.