J.S. Bach - Fugue in E minor, BWV 548, "The Wedge"

I'm probably going to invite some disagreement with this observation, especially from my beloved organ-playing followers, but I cannot help feeling that this is one of those pieces that has far more to offer than we usually get to hear. On the organ, Bach's "Wedge" Fugue is monumental, powerful, majestic. Yet it is so often performed with a full, powerful "tutti", that many of its details disappear beneath the weight of the sound. By thinning the texture, I found an entirely different side of the piece: delicate counterpoint, playful exchanges between the voices, and countless little moments of invention that had always escaped me. The result was unexpected. This became one of my favourite Bach fugues. I hope you'll enjoy hearing it from this different perspective. As a little bonus, you'll also be able to see why this fugue earned the nickname "The Wedge": every entrance of the subject is highlighted, making its remarkable expanding shape easy to follow. PS: If you want to enjoy some brilliant visualizations done by Stephen Malinowski (‪@smalin‬), on top of the work he did with the Music Animation Machine, which is the software I used to make this video, I suggest checking out:    • Bach, "The Wedge" (animated score for Prel...      • Bach, "The Wedge" HEAVY METAL LIGHT SHOW V...   Photo by Nancy Zjaba from Pexels.com