Bach & Sons NHB Modern Plays
Bach & Sons NHB Modern Plays Johann Sebastian Bach, irascible and turbulent, writes music of sensuous delight and deep religious fervour. Wilhelm is brilliant but self-destructive. He's touchy, he's…
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Bach & Sons NHB Modern Plays
Johann Sebastian Bach, irascible and turbulent, writes music of sensuous delight and deep religious fervour. Wilhelm is brilliant but self-destructive. He's touchy, he's fabulously rude, he has impossibly high standards (he stabs a bassoonist for playing badly), and he's constantly in trouble with his patrons.Music is the family business - but the burden of their father's genius weighs heavily on his sons.
As the years pass, their rivalry provokes furious arguments about love, God and above all music. Tense, industrious Carl is more successful than his father, but knows he is less talented. What is it for - to give pleasure, like a cup of coffee in the sun, or to reveal the divine order that gives life its meaning?Beautiful, profound and funny, Nina Raine's play Bach & Sons is a gripping family drama and an anthem to the art that draws us together and