Graduate recital in piano

Johann Sebastian Bach, universally recognized as the greatest composer of the Baroque Period, elevated keyboard compositions to a new level by developing and expanding new forms, genres, and styles. His numerous works include the Inventions, The Well-Tempered Clavier, The Art of Fugue, French and English Suites, Toccatas, Partitas, and a large amount of other works that have profoundly influenced and inspired many later composers. To this day, Bach is remembered as one of the most brilliant keyboard improvisers in the entire history of Western music. The fantasy in the Baroque era is a work in improvisatory style, usually written as a prelude that is followed by a fugue. It is similar in form to the toccata. The Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor contains Bach's most well-known fantasy - it is a masterpiece of virtuosity and bold harmonic structure. (See more in text.)