J. S. Bach - Fuga 1 WTC 1 Bandoneon duett - Santiago Segret and Bernardo Fingas

Adaptation for two bandoneon players by Bernardo Fingas
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Bandoneonists: Bernardo Fingas and Santiago Segret
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Bernardo Fingas is a german bandoneonist, arranger, composer based in Buenos Aires.
Santiago Segret is an argentinian bandoneonist, composer, teacher based in Buenos Aires.

Bachs Fuga 1 ( BWV 846) is part the well tempered clavier, book 1, written in 1722.
Bernardo Fingas carefully adapted this masterwork for two bandoneon players.

If you are interested in this arrangement or many more scores for the bandoneon, please contact Bernardo: [email protected]

About the Bandoneón:
Heinrich Band created the Bandonion (Bandoneón in spanish) in Germany around 1850.
Emigrants carried the instrument to Argentina about 1870, when it was absorbed into the nascent genre of Tango music.
It is still mostly used in Argentine Tango music nowadays.
However, Astor Piazzolla's genius and many other composers introduced the instrument also into contemporary music.
Its expressive range and superb colorful timbre, sweet on the left hand and somewhat sharp on the right, make the instrument ideal for a wide variety of musical styles.
Moving a bellow causes metal reeds inside the instrument to make music.
In certain ways, the Bandoneón appears to breathe like a human...a feature that is mentioned in many Tango lyrics.

J. S. Bach, Fuga 1 ( BWV 846) arranged and produced by B. Fingas, Buenos Aires, November 2021
Recorded in Studio 0618, Buenos Aires
Edited an mixed by Fernando Taverna at Mixoestudios, Buenos Aires
Video: Hernan Reig

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"When I heard the music of Astor Piazzolla in the 90s, living in Germany, I did not suspect that this experience could change my destiny. I traveled to Buenos Aires to study bandoneon. And now it's more than 15 years I have been living here and my bandoneon and the tango tango still share my way."