“TheSilencebeforeBach”isanapproachtomusicandthetradesandsubjectsthatsurrounditthroughBach’sworks.
Alookattheprofounddramaturgicrelationshipbetweenimageandmusicwherethelatterisnotmerelyconceivedassubsidiarytotheimagebutasasubjectofthenarrationinitsownright.
Thefilmspringsfromapreviouslydefinedmusicalstructure.ThesoundtrackfeedsonworksbyJ.SBachandtwoofFelixMendelssohn’ssonatastocreateanarchitecturalvaultbeneathwhichthestoryofthefilmunfoldsapromenadethroughtheXVIIIth,XIXthandXXIthcenturiesledbythehandofJ.S.Bach.
