Universal is an ambitious adjective, but one which perhaps best describes the musician Karl Albrecht Fischer, alias “Bobbi Fischer”. Beginning with classical music, his musical horizons encompass chansons, Latin music and jazz, and extend to world music.
It is an exciting undertaking to research the intellectual and musical horizons of a great composer. What Bach was interested in, whether it be musical, literary, theological or even the natural sciences, what was in his music cabinet apart from his own compositions – this sometimes arouses greater attention than studying well-known works by the composer for the umpteenth time.
