About this Performance

Organist Paul Jacobs, “one of the major musicians of our time” (The New Yorker), tackles one of the timeless masterpieces, and great mysteries, of the classical repertoire in Bach’s The Art of Fugue. Written at the end of the composer’s life and left unfinished, this series explores and expands the possibilities of both forms. Its interpreters have called it an “intricate, grand mosaic” and “an extraordinary fusion of complicated musical structure and undiluted emotion,” while Glenn Gould called its final incomplete fugue, “the greatest piece of music ever composed.”

Jacobs says, “Bach set out to prove that there was still much to express in writing intricate fugues. The jaw-dropping complexity of this uncompromising work...has proven a crowning achievement in the history of music. Bottomless rewards await those who engage with it.” 

This performance is generously supported by the Valerie Franklin Baroque Music Fund.

The following streets adjacent to Walt Disney Concert Hall will be temporarily closed beginning Friday, October 10, at 10PM through Thursday, October 16, at 6AM. An additional lane closure will be added on Tuesday, October 14, at 12PM to accommodate valet operations/gala arrivals. Guests for this performance are encouraged to allow extra time for navigating the street closures and arrive early.

• Full street closure of Grand Avenue (1st to 2nd Street)
• Westbound curb lane closure of 2nd Street from Olive to Grand
• Eastbound curb lane closure of 1st Street from Hope to Grand

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