Counterpoints on the Preludes and Fugues of the Well-Tempered Clavier, 1999

A set of Counterpoints for solo violin,viola, clarinet, flute or cello and keyboard instrument on the Preludes and Fugues of the Well-Tempered Clavier arranged for String Orchestra.

Prelude & Fugue in C minor WTC Book II
Prelude & Fugue in F minor WTC Book II
Prelude & Fugue in C minor WTC Book I
Prelude & Fugue in Bb minor WTC Book I

Duration: between 2'-5'15" each set

Publisher: Rassel Editions, NY

Since 1992 Lasser has been writing counterpoints to blend with the Preludes and Fugues of the Well-Tempered Clavier of J.S Bach. What began as playful challenge has become a long-range plan to build counterpoints to all of the 48 Preludes and Fugues of the Well-Tempered Clavier. The composer writes: "These are not just melodies placed over the Bach works, but in fact are truly new contrapuntal lines built out of the same motivic materials of their respective Prelude or Fugue. In the process, a new work emerges." For all of these counterpoints, a keyboardist (pianist or harpsichordist) plays the Bach Preludes and Fugues exactly as printed in any standard edition of the Well-Tempered Klavier while the soloist performs the counterpoint on top of the Bach.

Score and parts available for purchase. (www.rasseleditions.com)