When life gives you lemons, make lemonade... Or in my case; make a fugue.
In an attempt to make the best out of the bizarre times we live in, my musical contribution to the worldwide pandemic comes in the form of a complex, 4-plus-voice fugue, based on the subject of the ...virus itself!

With some touches of artistic liberty, I interpreted "COVID-19" as an acronym for the musical terms "C° V-I D 1-9" (as explained at the beginning of the video) which when combined, shape a rather spicy fugue subject.

It was no surprise that the subject's 'unorthodox' nature made it quite challenging to integrate it in a tonal context;...a fact, however, that posed no obstacle to two-weeks worth of quarantine-induced free time, together with some Regerian/Mendessohnian inspiration.
Putting all my music degrees in practice (and some amateur-ish editing skills in Adobe After Effects), I created a 'viral' (pun intended, hopefully) fugue, which will take you on a journey across 7 tonalities, 12 subject entries and lots of juicy modulations.

🛈 Legend:
Subject entries can be seen in red.
Subject inversions are marked in blue.

🛈 Don't know what a Fugue is? Check this video:    • How to Listen to Classical Music: Fugues  

On a more serious note, much like with many other musicians, this has been a period of reduced incomes for me. Concerts, rehearsals and lessons have all been postponed until further notice.
If you would like to support me and would like to see more projects like these, you can buy a copy of this fugue from my website using the following links:

▶ Piano Version: https://www.nicholaspapadimitriou.com...
▶ Organ Version: https://www.nicholaspapadimitriou.com...
▶ String Quartet Version: https://www.nicholaspapadimitriou.com...
▶ String Orchestra Version: https://www.nicholaspapadimitriou.com...

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🛈 Notes & Acknowledgements:
• The piece has been digitally recorded on a Yamaha CPL-645 (unfortunately given the circumstances a grand piano was not available) and visualized using the MAMPlayer (created by Stephen Malinowski).
• On bar 25 of the video there has been a misprint: The fourth 8th note in the tenor should be a c natural.
• The G flat and B double-flat of the diminished chord of the subject have been enharmonically respelled as F# and A respectively to better fit the tonal context of c minor.

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