J. S. Bach: Prelude and Fuga in F minor BWV 881 (Lavinia Meijer, harp)

J. S. Bach: Prelude and Fuga in Fminor BWV 881 from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier Lavinia Meijer, harp The Well-Tempered Clavier (Das Wohltemperierte Klavier), BWV 846--893, is a collection of solo keyboard music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. He gave the title to a book of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys, dated 1722, composed “for the profit and use of musical youth desirous of learning, and especially for the pastime of those already skilled in this study.“ Bach later compiled a second book of the same kind, dated 1742, with the title “Twenty-four Preludes and Fugues.“ The two works are now considered to make up a single work, The Well-Tempered Clavier, or “the 48,“ and are referred to as The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I and The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II Well-Tempered Clavier and Twenty-four Preludes and Fugues are generally regarded as being among the most influential works in the history of Western classical music. When she was 11 years old, Lavinia was accepted by Erika Waardenburg to study at the Young Talent Department of the Utrecht Conservatory. She graduated cum laude from the Utrecht Conservatory in 2003 and obtained a Masters Degree in Music (also cum laude) in 2005 from the Amsterdam Conservatory. For her masters degree Lavinia studied under, among others, Jana Bouskova, Isabelle Moretti, Daphne Boden, Natalia Shameyva, Emilia Moskvitina, Maria Graf, Skaila Kanga and Susann McDonald. She also took a jazz course from the jazz harpist Park Stickney and lessons on interpretation with Theo Olof (violin), Walter van Hauwe (recorder) and Willem Brons (piano). Lavinia has performed in Europe, Asia and America. She has received numerous prizes and awards, premiered works and released many albums. For more info about Lavinia Meijer: / “My goal is to make the harp better known as a solo-instrument, with all its possibilities, which are often still unknown with the wider audience. There have been quite some wonderful pieces written for the harp in the past, by composers like Saint-Saëns, Fauré, Debussy, Ravel, Britten and Hindemith (to name a few). But in order to reach new audiences, it’s also crucial to keep gaining new music for this particular instrument. To show the many different styles and colors you can make with the harp and to keep exploring in many different directions are what motivates me to be a musician.“ -- Lavinia Meijer All information and photos were taken from the internet.