The Art of Fugue Explored
a documentary series
conceived by Filippo Gorrini
directed and edited by Filippo Ricordi
Italy, Germany, 2023
14 x 25 min.
Documentary Series on JS Bach's "The Art of Fugue” featuring conversations on Bach’s music with eminent personalities of the cultural world. In collaboration with Unitel and RAI Cultura.
UNITEL / ORINOKIA FILMPRODUKTION
in collaboration with RAI 5
Funding by:
BORLETTI-BUITONI TRUST
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM
World Sales:
UNITEL
e-mail: info@unitel.de
Episodes
Counterpoint I - Filippo Gorini
The unknown, remembered gate
Counterpoint II - Alexander Polzin
The distant rote in the granite teeth
Counterpoint III - Alfred Brendel
The world of perpetual solitude
Counterpoint IV - Peter Sellars
The bird in the rose garden
Counterpoint V - Frank Gehry
Old stones undeciphered
Counterpoint VI - Steven Isserlis
Fare forward, voyagers
Counterpoint VII - Betül Tanbay
The heart reflecting in a watery mirror
Counterpoint VIII - Aleksandr Sokurov
The murmuring shell of time
Counterpoint IX - Leila Getz
Pentecostal fire in the dark
Counterpoint X - Alice Mado Proverbio
The future is a faded song
Counterpoint XI - Dominique Eddé
Past and future gathered
Counterpoint XII - Marcus Du Sautoy
The fire and the rose are one
Counterpoint XIII - Sasha Waltz
Round and round the fire
Fuga XIV - George Benjamin
At the still point of the turning world