"The Art of Fugue" is, quite bluntly put, a collection of compositions on a theme whose possibilities are systematically explored. Here, Johann Sebastian Bach not only employs various types of fugues (simple fugue, counter-fugue, double fugue, triple fugue, mirror fugue, canon) and their traditional forms (inversion, augmentation, and reduction), but also other, more general musical means. Under Bach's hands, the project of a practical teaching tool attained an unexpected quality and, despite all its erudition, remains pure music of infectious vitality and typically Bachian expressiveness. 

True touchstones

Bochumer Symphoniker

Romantic fairy tales, Greek mythology, Russian puppet theater – our concert unites these and other musical stories, wrapped in compositions spanning the 19th century to contemporary works.

Fairytale time

With humor

Anneliese Brost Musikforum Ruhr

Anton Webern came up with the idea of ​​a string quartet in 1905 during a hiking holiday with his cousin Wilhelmine Mörtl, with whom he had fallen madly in love and whom he married in 1911. The work remained a fragment, and Webern only completed the slow movement. This is almost orchestral in nature, the harmony largely tonal, even though Webern certainly explores its limits - but always with references to the sound world of late Romanticism.

Esiona Stefani

Events

Upcoming events

May 24, 2026

Classic with wings · Bochumer Symphoniker

Past events

Nov 23, 2025

True touchstones · Bochumer Symphoniker

Oct 5, 2025

Fairytale time · Bochumer Symphoniker

Future and recently performed repertoire

Violin in String Quartet No. 10 by Beethoven

Bochumer Symphoniker

Violin in Piano Quintet by Brahms

Bochumer Symphoniker

Violin in Trio for Trumpet, Violin, and Piano by Ewazen

Bochumer Symphoniker

Violin in String Quartet No. 1 by Bruch

Bochumer Symphoniker

Violin in Pastorale, Menuet Triste et Nocturne by Enescu

Bochumer Symphoniker

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