142 minutes of piano that'll rewire your brain — no intermission, no mercy.
Distinguished Bach specialist Sir András Schiff returned to the BBC Proms in 2018 to present Book II of The Well-Tempered Clavier. Bach's effortless brilliance and new-found sonorities push harmony and counterpoint further than ever with a combination of ancient and modern styles, church austerity and galant lightness. Schiff has said that no-one combines the sacred and the secular as Bach does, and this is comprehensively demonstrated in Bach's fascinating and challenging sequence. This performance in the Royal Albert Hall was described as a musical meditation for our troubled times by the Independent.
Direction
Helen Scott lets the performance breathe — minimal cuts, maximum presence.
Sound
Royal Albert Hall acoustics captured with crystalline intimacy.
Director
Helen Scott
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Schiff performs on a modern Steinway but thinks in Bach's tuning systems — creating tension between historical intention and contemporary instrument.
The Independent's 'meditation for troubled times' framing came during Brexit paralysis — audiences sought Bach's structural certainty as political antidote.
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