Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903
This guide follows Bach’s Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903 (1720) in two parts: Fantasia and Fuga (fugue).
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Follow all 23 sections as they play
- I
- II
I0:01–5:43
Free and improvisatory. In section A the music is fast runs and passagework with no real . In section B large arpeggiated chords alternate with more runs, and the harmony wanders into remote keys. The begins with section C, a passage in the manner of a singer's speech over chords, and then the starts. In its the upper parts descend chromatically through an octave while the bass holds one note like a .
- A
- B
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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