Newman and Newman play Bach

Acclaimed keyboardists, Anthony Newman and Mary Jane Newman, present the great preludes and fugues of J.S. Bach arranged for two pianos, plus a piece performed on the pipe organ by Mr. Newman who is internationally renowned on the instrument.

Labeled the “High Priest of Bach” by Wynton Marsalis, Anthony Newman is considered by many to be America’s leading Bach specialist  His wife, Sanctuary Series Artistic Director, Mary Jane Newman, herself an acclaimed pianist and organist, made her New York debut in 1986 in Lincoln Center’s “Great Performers” series at Alice Tully Hall. Since then she has appeared as soloist and conductor with orchestras, chamber ensembles and vocal groups throughout Europe, the U.S. and Israel. The piano transcriptions, made by Franz Xaver Gleichauf (1801-1856), are thought to have been created for Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn

Program:

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Prelude and Fugue in C Major BWV 553

Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 541

Fantasies and Fugue in g minor BWV 542

Prelude and Fugue in f minor, BWV 534

Prelude and Fugue in C Major BWV 547

Prelude and Fugue in c minor BVW 546

Toccata and Fugue in d minor BWV 565

Pastorale in F Major  BWV 590

Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor, BWV 582 (organ)