Work: Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV1080, Contrapunctus XIV

As part of their swing through some of America’s top concert halls, Isabelle Faust joined Les Violons du Roy to bring Bach and Handel to Walt Disney Concert Hall.

In the week when Culture Secretary Maria Miller told arts organisations across the UK to show her the money, it seems inappropriate to begin this review by commenting on the length of concert intervals – they are, after all, vital for venues to make a few pounds selling drinks to a culture-thirsty clientele.

Heribert Breuer wagt den riskanten Spagat zwischen der Würdigung des Traditionellen und originellen Neuerungen und präsentiert Bach und Mozart in ganz neuem Licht - mit vollem Erfolg.