Fantasia Magdalena Hoffmann

• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788): Fantasia in E-Flat Major, H. 348 (Transcr. for Harp):
• 1 Bach: Fantasia in E-Flat Major, H. 348 (Transcr. for Harp) 06:33
• Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710 - 1784): Prelude in C Minor, F. 29 (Transcr. for Harp):
• 2 Bach: Prelude in C Minor, F. 29 (Transcr. for Harp) 01:56
• Fantasia in A Minor, F. 23 (Transcr. for Harp):
• 3 Bach: Fantasia in A Minor, F. 23 (Transcr. for Harp) 03:56
• Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687 - 1750): Prelude in C Minor (Transcr. for Harp):
• 4 Weiss: Prelude in C Minor (Transcr. for Harp) 02:18
• Fantasia in C Minor (Transcr. for Harp):
• 5 Weiss: Fantasia in C Minor (Transcr. for Harp) 02:18
• George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759): Prelude & Allegro in A Minor, HWV 576 (Transcr. for Harp):
• 6 Handel: Prelude & Allegro in A Minor, HWV 576 (Transcr. for Harp): I. Prelude 01:16
• 7 Handel: Prelude & Allegro in A Minor, HWV 576 (Transcr. for Harp): II. Allegro 01:41
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Prelude in C Minor, BWV 921 (Transcr. for Harp):
• 8 Bach: Prelude in C Minor, BWV 921 (Transcr. for Harp) 03:25
• George Frideric Handel: Suite in G Minor, HWV 453:
• 9 Handel: Suite in G Minor, HWV 453: I. Ouverture (Transcr. for Harp) 03:47
• Partita in C Minor, HWV 444:
• 10 Handel: Partita in C Minor, HWV 444: I. Prelude (Transcr. for Harp) 01:14
• Air in G Minor, HWV 467 (Transcr. for Harp)
• 11 Handel: Air in G Minor, HWV 467 (Transcr. for Harp) 02:57
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Fantasia in D Major, H. 160 (Transcr. for Harp):
• 12 Bach: Fantasia in D Major, H. 160 (Transcr. for Harp) 02:31
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia in G Minor, BWV 917 (Transcr. for Harp):
• 13 Bach: Fantasia in G Minor, BWV 917 (Transcr. for Harp) 02:22
• George Frideric Handel: Prelude in D Minor, HWV 562 (Transcr. for Harp):
• 14 Handel: Prelude in D Minor, HWV 562 (Transcr. for Harp) 01:43
• Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Fantasia in D Minor, F. 19 (Transcr. for Harp):
• 15 Bach: Fantasia in D Minor, F. 19 (Transcr. for Harp) 06:43
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Fantasia in F-Sharp Minor, H. 300 "Bachs Empfindungen" (Transcr. for Harp):
• 16 Bach: Fantasia in F-Sharp Minor, H. 300 "Bachs Empfindungen" (Transcr. for Harp) 13:32
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Sinfonia (3-Part Invention) No. 11 in G Minor, BWV 797 (Transcr. for Harp):
• 17 Bach: Sinfonia (3-Part Invention) No. 11 in G Minor, BWV 797 (Transcr. for Harp) 02:14
• Total Runtime 01:00:26

Info for Fantasia

Magdalena Hoffmann made her Deutsche Grammophon debut in 2022 with Nightscapes and shortly afterwards won an OPUS KLASSIK award as Young Artist of the Year. With the album Fantasia, the harpist now delves deeper into the past of music history. Her selection of fantasies and preludes was once written for keyboard instrument or lute by JS Bach, his sons WF Bach and CPE Bach as well as his contemporaries Handel and Weiss.

In the 18th century, the term ‘fantasia’, in use since the Renaissance, was used to describe an instrumental piece that combines seemingly contradictory elements: ‘Improvisational freedom and great formal rigour are united to form a breathing figure,’ explains Magdalena Hoffmann. On Fantasia, the harpist gives the baroque spirit of improvisation its own voice. She utilises the sound and versatility of the harp to add new dynamic and spatial dimensions to the imaginative repertoire. ‘It is precisely on this instrument that a great inner tension, a spiritual dynamic is possible, which has a liberating effect,’ she states. ‘And at the same time, the fantasy - literally as a ‘snapshot’ - can sound different every time, infinitely alive and never finally captured.’

Magdalena Hoffmann, harp

Magdalena Hoffmann
was appointed principal harpist of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2018. Previously, she held the same position with the Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra for four years and teaches at the Tyrolean Conservatory of Music since 2015. In March 2021, she signed an exclusive agreement with Deutsche Grammophon.

She studied with Fabiana Trani in Düsseldorf, with Cristina Bianchi in Munich and with Skaila Kanga in London. In addition, she worked with many famous harpists such as Fabrice Pierre, Isabelle Moretti, Mara Galassi, Alice Giles, Milda Agazarian and Park Stickney. She received numerous scholarships and has won prizes at various national and international competitions in Germany, France, the UK and Slovenia; most recently, she received two special awards at the prestigious International ARD Competition in Munich. ​

In high demand as a chamber musician, Magdalena Hoffmann has been invited as soloist and chamber musician to festivals such as the DAVOS Festival or the Festival Alpenklassik. She performs with renowned musicians, namely Karl-Heinz Schütz, Andrea Lieberknecht or Aleksey Igudesman.

Magdalena not only chooses her concert programmes with the aim of extending the conventional harp repertoire, but also constantly works on interdisciplinary concepts. In 2014, she first performed her theatre concert "ODYSSEY on 47 Strings" at the Harp Masters Festival in Switzerland, in 2017 she contributed texts and illustrations to Aleksey Igudesman's album "Funny Animals" (Universal Editions).

Her first solo CD "FOOTNOTES" was published in 2018.

​Magdalena Hoffmann is cultural ambassador for the project CASA HOGAR, which aims to provide education and a home for young girls in Istmina in the Colombian crisis region Chocó.

Booklet for Fantasia