“TheSilencebeforeBach”isanapproachtomusicandthetradesandsubjectsthatsurrounditthroughBach’sworks.
Alookattheprofounddramaturgicrelationshipbetweenimageandmusicwherethelatterisnotmerelyconceivedassubsidiarytotheimagebutasasubjectofthenarrationinitsownright.
Thefilmspringsfromapreviouslydefinedmusicalstructure. ThesoundtrackfeedsonworksbyJ.SBachandtwoofFelixMendelssohn’ssonatastocreateanarchitecturalvaultbeneathwhichthestoryofthefilmunfolds;apromenadethroughtheXVIIIth,XIXthandXXIthcenturiesledbythehandofJ.S.Bach.
