Desert Fugue (2010)
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United Kingdom
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A documentary about Bach's final work, The Art of Fugue. Organist George Ritchie and scholar Christoph Wolff discuss the music's history and its performance.
contemplativeeducationalmeasuredfocusedreverentintimatemethodicalreflective
What happens
Desert Fugue is a 90-minute documentary film about Johann Sebastian Bach's The Art of Fugue directed by Will Fraser and produced by Fugue State Films. It features organist George Ritchie, Bach scholar Christoph Wolff and organ builders Ralph Richards and Bruce Fowkes. In the film, Wolff outlines the history of The Art of Fugue, while Ritchie discusses his recording of the work, described by Gramophone magazine as "the finest recording of the Art of Fugue irrespective of media or instrument". Ritchie also talks about his teacher Helmut Walcha, and Walcha's completion of the unfinished final fugue. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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